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Apr 11

26

The Green Book by Amal El-Mohtar

Posted by Teddyrose@1 on April 26, 2011
Posted in Short Story Read in 2011  | 8 Comments

 
Earlier this month, Carol of Carol’s Notebook reviewed The Green Book  by Amal El-Mohtar.  Her review really piqued my curiosity so I had to check it out myself.
This is a very different kind of story.  It starts out with a description of a strange green book.  Dominic, an apprentice for Leuwin in his library.  He is transcribing the book that appears to be written by four different people but he then comes to a letter, written by a woman name Cynthia.  Cynthia is trapped in the book and can’t get out.  Leuwin has fallen in love with her but cannot release her.
What happens to Dominic as he transcribes?  You will have to read the story to find out.  I had some trouble getting into the description part of the green book.  It almost seemed like a disconnected list than a description.  However, once the story turned to the letter within the green book, it captured my attention and I didn’t want it to end.  The Green Book is a well written and very inventive story.  Very refreshing!  You can read it here.
If you would like to participate in Short Story Mondays, go to John of The Book Mine Set. He has a short story review every Monday and a place for you to link your short story review. Come join in the fun and add to my short story TBR!



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Apr 11

25

Vegan Quiche Lorriane

Posted by Teddyrose@1 on April 25, 2011
Posted in Weekend Cooking  | 2 Comments

Back in march, Annie of Meet the Shannons: The Betty Crocker Project, posted her recipe for Quiche Lorriane (click for the recipe).  Annie is on a mission to veganize recipes in the Betty Crocker Cookbook.

Of course, I had to try it, so I made it for dinner this evening.  I made the pie crust exactly as the recipe stated.  However, for the filling, instead of 1 tablespoon of  Soy Coffee Creamer, I used almond milk.  Also, it seemed a bit dry so I add an additional tablespoon of almond milk.
That was a mistake.  Don’t get me wrong, the quiche was delicious, it just wasn’t as firm as I would have liked.
I had quite a bit of pie dough left so I also made my hubby a mini Veggie Pot Pie.  I just used ingredients that I had on hand.  Here’s what I did.  Sorry, I don’t have measurements.
Ingredients:
Frozen shredded hash browns
Frozen mixed veggies: Peas, Corn, Carrots, and green beans
Olive oil
Sea salt and Onion Powder
Gravy:
Whole Wheat Flour
Nutritional yeast
Tamari
Sea Salt, pepper
Olive oil
Water

First I sauteed the hash browns and mixed veggies in olive oil and added in the seasoning.  I set that aside and made the gravy by first heating the flour and nutritional yeast until browned a bit and fragrent.  Then I wisked in the rest of the ingredients.

I mixed the gravy into the veggies and put it into the pie crust.  I didn’t have quite enough crust to tope the entire pie, but I made do with it. 
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Apr 11

23

Sourcebooks Royal Giveaways and a Georgette Heyer Giveaway

Posted by Teddyrose@1 on April 23, 2011
Posted in Giveaways Galore  | 4 Comments

If you haven’t already checked out the Sourcebooks British Babes Book Brigade Facebook Page (where you can participate in giveaways and interact with authors like Elizabeth Chadwick, Jill Mansell, Helen Hollick, Sarah Bower and Phillipa Ashley and more…) then you should before next week because the page is about to go royally mad!!

 With the Royal Wedding just a week away, Sourcebooks is having their very own Royal giveaway, all next Week.  

Starting on Monday, they will be a giveaway every day until the big celebration on Friday. But these are no ordinary giveaways – these are royal wedding prize packs!
3 winners will be randomly picked each day: 
  
  • The 1st place winner will get a William & Kate wedding memento (it is top secret for now (just like Kate’s dress J) but check the page out on Monday to find out – oh and they are all different so there will be a different memento each day).  Along with that they also get their choice of three books from any of our British Book Babes. 
  • The 2nd  place winner will have their choice of any two books from any of our British Book Babes.
  •  The 3rd  place winner will have their choice of one book from any of our British Book Babes. 

 Be sure to go to Sourcebooks British Babes Book Brigade Facebook Page starting on Monday for your chance to win!

 Just for posting this, Sourcebooks has also offered me two Georgette Heyer titles for giveaway to you, my readers.  Once I find out the details of the Georgette Giveaway, I will be posting, so stay tuned.  If you want to get an extra entry in advance, into the Georgette Giveaway, please post a comment on the following post (it must be a comment relevant to the post): An Evening With Elizabeth Hay and Miriam Toews, May 5th Vancouver



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