Cinnamon Raisin Scones are a celebration of all things cinnamon. And, who couldn't use a little celebration right now? Mr. Tart loves cinnamon. LOVES it. He'll try pretty much anything cinnamon-flavored, including those weird, special edition Oreo cookies and KitKat bars they keep churning out. He frequently requests my Cinnamon Streusel Coffee Cake, and I've even gotten him to like cinnamon in savory dishes, like these Pomegranate Meatballs a...
It's been a long time since I've done a Quick Look Books booklist, and this one all about cookbooks is coming at you just in time for the ultimate cooking (and gift-giving!) season: the holidays! Y'know, Tarlets, sometimes I'm quite surprised that I run a blog. I'm pretty sure that some of my closest family and friends are surprised, too! If you knew me back in "the day," I eschewed most forms of technology...mostly because I failed at...
Lavender Honey Cookies are my ode to the small bits of loveliness found in Lying in Wait. There’s so much that’s ugly in this book that it’s a surprise when you stumble upon something beautiful, which can range from the simple, like pretty lace curtains hanging in the window of a drab, grey house, to the more complex, like a happy relationship between two suffering people. Or, y'know...a lovely garden in the back of a manor house...with a...
These Chai Latte Bars are an ode to my best friend. Why are Chai Latte Bars the book-inspired recipe for The Ever After? The recipe inspired by The Ever After had to be based around a latte. It had to. After all, that’s what started the story. Main character Josie was waiting for her husband to bring her a latte when she discovered the incriminating texts on his phone. If it weren’t for that fateful latte from Starbucks,...
