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Blueberry Cornmeal Cake
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Easy and Delicious Gluten-Free Blueberry Cornmeal Cake

  One of the things I love about writing my Bread Shop Mystery series is that I get to read cookbooks, which is a favorite pastime.I also then get to adapt recipes and bake. And one of the things I love about living in North Carolina is the blueberries. We have two blueberry farms nearby. I go to pick them several times during the short summer window when they are ripe. Sometimes

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November 28, 2022 No Comments
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Book Excerpt: Death Gone a-Rye

Read the first chapter in Death Gone a-Rye Chapter 1 The sky was a periwinkle blue dotted with cotton ball clouds. The sound of waves crashed along the surf, intermixed with the occasional squawk of a sea gull. The light April breeze might have made the late afternoon too chilly for an outdoor wedding, but the stars had aligned and the weather was a temperate sixty-eight degrees. It couldn’t have

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March 26, 2021 No Comments
Healthy and easy potato cheese soup
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Healthy Delicious Potato Cheese Soup

  Who doesn't love a healthy potato cheese soup recipe? I certainly do, and this one fits the bill. I love potatoes. I'm with Dolly Parton when she said, "I never met a spud I didn't like." Yup, that is absolutely true for me, too.Whether a spud comes in the form of Chick-fil-A fries, a baked potato with all the fixins, or mashed and served with gravy, they are a-okay👌🏼

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March 22, 2021 No Comments
Two beautiful golden loaves of Sausage Bread
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Sausage Bread

  Sausage bread is something my family started making when I was a kid. It’s become a family favorite. I make it all through fall and winter to accompany soup, most often potato cheese soup.If I start my (gluten-free) bread dough around 3:30, or even 4:00 PM. I use this Gluten Free on a Shoestring French Bread recipe.  When I have time and plan ahead, I use this Let Them Eat Gluten-Free recipe.You

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March 22, 2021 No Comments
a tray of beautiful tye pumpernickel rolls
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Rich Rye Pumpernickel Rolls

  Rye pumpernickel rolls are rich in flavor and a great addition to almost any meal.Olaya Solis is a master bread baker. In Death Gone a-Rye, she makes Rye Pumpernickel Rolls. A basket of them end up at Owen Culpepper’s house. Everybody loves Olaya’s bread.

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March 22, 2021 No Comments
serving bowl and cups with festive Christmas Punch
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Christmas Punch

  Ivy helps at a catered party in A Murder Yule Regret, the 6th Bread Shop Mystery. She makes this delicious punch. It is so beautiful and so festive!

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March 22, 2021 No Comments
Beautiful Yule Log Buche de noel, love, life, and sugar
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Yule Log (BÛCHE DE NOËL)

  Lindsay Conchar, founder of Life, Love & Sugar, graciously shared this Yule Log cake recipe with me. It's so good! Eliza Fox, one of the characters in A Murder Yule Regret, the 6th Bread Shop mystery, attempts this showpiece cake.In the olden days in France, the spirit of love drew families together on Christmas Eve. Family members surrounded the blazing “yule log” to warm themselves before walking to Midnight

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March 22, 2021 No Comments
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Which Comes First, the Cover or the Book?

This is a chicken or the egg question. Does the cover come first, thereby influencing the book? Or does the book come first, informing the elements of the cover? For me, I can honestly answer both those questions with a resounding YES! Case in Point(s): Book First: The Walking Bread, Deadly Patterns, and the upcoming (April 27th!) Death Gone a-Rye are both great examples of the book coming first. I

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March 19, 2021 No Comments
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Book Excerpt: Kneaded to Death

Kneaded to Death A Bread Shop Mystery Winnie Archer Chapter 1 Santa Sofia is a magical town, nestled between the Santa Lucia Mountain Range and the Pacific Ocean on California’s Central Coast. I’ve always seen it as the perfect place. Not too big, not too small. Historic and true to its commitment to remain a family-oriented place to live. They accomplished this goal by having more bikes than people, concerts

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May 1, 2020 No Comments
Three conchas stacked together
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Tasty Mexican Conchas

  Tasty Mexican Conchas are a staple in Mexican markets and special gatherings, and these are so good.Choosing recipes to include in each book is one of my favorite parts of writing the Bread Shop Mysteries. In Kneaded to Death, I knew I wanted to include a traditional Mexican treat in honor of Olaya Solis and her bread-making heritage. These conchas fit the bill.Excerpt:We spent the next hour measuring and

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March 8, 2020 No Comments
Decadent Gruyere and Black Pepper popovers in a popover pan
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Light and Airy Gruyère and Black Pepper Popovers

  Popovers are one of my favorite baked treats, and these gruyère and black pepper ones are light and airy. And decadent! This recipe is shared in the very first Bread Shop Mystery, Kneaded to Death.Excerpt:The chalkboard had today’s baking plan: Gruyere and black pepper popovers. I’d never actually had a popover, but if the illustration, with its muffin-shaped base and the billowy, full top looked anything like it would

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March 8, 2020 No Comments
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