A Well-Read Tart

A Food and Book Lover’s Blog

Baked Brie Bites (Recipe Inspired by WINTER SOLSTICE)

With just a little over a week until Thanksgiving, these decadent Baked Brie Bites are coming at you just in time for the most delicious holiday of the year!   Why are Baked Brie Bites the book-inspired recipe for Winter Solstice? This book-inspired recipe for Winter Soltice pays homage to the delicious food served up by main character Elfrida. Lots of unexpected guests pop into her Scottish manor house over the holidays, and Elfrida...

Spruce Soda (Recipe Inspired by THE JANE AUSTEN DIET)

Move over, Cherry Coke. Spruce Soda is my new favorite soft drink. You heard me. Spruce Soda.     Why is Spruce Soda the book-inspired recipe for The Jane Austen Diet? I admit that Spruce Soda doesn’t sound like a very Jane-ish book-inspired recipe for The Jane Austen Diet. But, it’s adapted from the recipe for Spruce Beer, which was a popular drink in Austen’s time. Author Brian Kozlowski included the recipe for Summer Spruce Beer in...

Pecan Snowball Cookies (Recipe Inspired by ONE DAY IN DECEMBER)

I'm so excited to be making Pecan Snowball Cookies as my book-inspired recipe for One Day in December. I mean, you can't get a better culinary concoction for a wintry romance than a snowball, right??   Why are Pecan Snowball Cookies the book-inspired recipe for One Day in December? When Laurie sees love interest Jack through a bus window on a wintry day in London, the frigid air is swirling with snowflakes. It's magical, it's...

Chocolate Covered Christmas Pretzels

One of my favorite things about this time of year is how much baking I get to do. With Thanksgiving, my husband’s December birthday, and the Christmas season all within six weeks of each other, my oven is seriously put to the test. Cookies, cakes, bars, brownies, cheescakes -- you name it, I’m probably baking it. By the time I reach December 26, I’m admittedly a little baked out.  Which brings me to the overabundance of baked goods every...