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Magic Muffins

I love my readers. I love the honest and heartfelt posts they leave on my message board. Like this one: I just wanted to let Susan know how her recipe

June 7, 2008

Heard any good books lately?

Snowfall at Willow Lake is available in unabridged and abridged audio format from Brilliance. You can even download a copy here. Where do you listen to books on audio? In

January 25, 2008

Queen of Tarts

I have a tart pan! I love that I have a tart pan! Here’s a recipe I adapted from Real Simple Magazine. 1/2 cup unsalted butter, at room temperature 1/2 teaspoon baking powder

December 10, 2007

Best Books of 2007

Hooray for Jenny Majesky and the Sky River Bakery! The star of The Winter Lodge is celebrating today. This book just made the Publishers Weekly list of “Best Books of

November 5, 2007

Writing better than I can

For a long time now I have tried simply to write the best I can. Sometimes I have good luck and write better than I can. –Ernest Hemingway I

October 22, 2007

My tomatoes kicked ass this year.

I’ve been harvesting them for weeks! It’s always a feat in this part of the world to get them to ripen after Labor Day. This year I used plants from

September 23, 2007

When life gives you lemons…

…Make LEMONADE CAKE.* I put two recipes on my web site this summer, along with the promo for my August book, Dockside: The small Catskills town of Avalon, New York, on

July 29, 2007

I love the smell of fireworks in the morning.

Everyone on our beach sets off fireworks for the 4th. See a slide show of the festivities here. Also by request, here’s the cake I made for the potluck. It’s

July 4, 2007

Celebrate!

I have a banner ad! Go look–it’s a first for me. Thanks to my publisher and to Authorbuzz for this very cool gizmo on my web site. Writing is a

June 20, 2007

Tapioca changed my life.

I made a fresh peach pie the other day. Most of my pies turn into fruit soup, but the tapioca saved me. Here’s the recipe: Fresh Peach Pie 4-6 sliced

June 13, 2007

My favorite summer reading

So I promised the folks on my message board that when the registered members there reached 300, I would post something special, just for them. We hit the magic number on

May 18, 2007

Be my guest (really).

I made a donation to Brenda’s auction. The winning bidder gets a weekend stay in my guest house, where you’ll see I’m not exaggerating about “The View From Here.” I’ll

May 1, 2007

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