Chocolate Wacky Cake with Peanut Butter Frosting
I can’t think of a more appropriate recipe for 2020 than Wacky Cake. This cake, which is also known as Crazy Cake or Depression Cake, is mixed right in the […]
Maque Choux with Sausage
The novel The Vanishing Half begins in a town called Mallard, Louisianna. I wanted to share one of my favorite Louisianna dishes. Maque Choux (pronounced “mock-shoe”) is a classic Creole […]
Caramelized French Toast Bake
In The 7½ Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle, there is a time-loop that causes the same day to repeat over and over. If I was to have the same breakfast, day […]
White Bread
The novel One for the Blackbird One for the Crow takes place in the late 1800s. There are several references to the women baking bread. On several occasions bread with […]
Civil War Molasses Cookies
The novel, Sunflower Sisters takes place during the American Civil War. There is one scene where the Woolsey sisters give molasses cookies to the soldiers. This recipe for molasses cookies […]
Mini Rum Cakes
Many books have been banned on the basis that there are discussions of alcohol. Examples include Animal Farm , The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, The Perks of […]
Apple and Rum Cake
Patrick Walsh, the single father in the novel Truths I Never Told You, loved to bake apple cakes. It was comfort food for the family. Do you have special desserts […]
Kentucky Bourbon Chocolate Pecan Pie
In the novel The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek there is mention of the Pie Bake Dance held the first Friday in June. This was a pie auction to hitch […]
Black and White Cookies
When reading White Fragility: Why It’s So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism I remembered yummy black and white cookies. These cookies are perfect for someone who doesn’t […]
Sweet Potato Biscuits
The novel Yellow Crocus takes place on an antebellum Virginia Plantation. When I think of food from Virginia, I immediately think of the movie, The American President starring Michael Douglas […]