A coffee cake so good, you’ll think you’ve died and gone to heaven “ ‘It was kind of Vespasian Colville to escort you home yesterday,’ her mother said as she passed Carine a slice of Bishop’s Bread, a light cinnamon coffee cake and one of Betsy’s specialties. ‘But I wonder how proper it was […]
Pick up the fall issue of any fashion magazine and you’ll see photos and screaming headlines that the choker necklace is back. The stylish will don chokers, just like those worn for centuries by women from Egypt to Renaissance Italy to England and America. It’s one of those fashions that comes and goes, […]
We are happy to announce that Publishers Weekly Magazine (November 23, 2015 Issue) has reviewed The Willing Widow and listed The Devious Debutante as a New Self-Published Listing. “New Orleans in 1884 makes a fascinating setting for this fast-paced romance. Beautiful young widow Renee Desselle Soniat is the proprietor of a successful millinery shop when she […]
Mary reporting. A recent blogpost suggested more than 400 ways to kill a character, listing every possible calamity from avalanche to tropical fevers. My writing partner and I had to kill three men before chapter 1. When we outlined The Willing Widow, our first romance in the Love in New Orleans series, we created widows […]
Mary Reporting. Sour cream, made by fermenting cream with harmless bacteria, has more uses in the kitchen than topping baked potatoes or nachos. It’s a terrific substitute for milk in cakes. Years ago, I found this coffee cake recipe in the Century of Success Cookbook: The Best Gold Medal Recipes of 100 Years, published in 1979. […]
