Halloween has been a month long event here at our house. We got dressed in our costumes no less than a billion times and attended at least half a dozen parties as well as hosting one for all of my little guy’s friends. I’m now raiding the boys candy stash and recovering by convincing my [...]
I grew up not reading Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl but rather watching the Gene Wilder movie. I loved it! I watched it over and over. When they announced the new movie directed by Tim Burton and starring Johny Depp you can’t imagine the kind of excitement (and nervousness – will [...]
When I recently interviewed Newbery Honor author Ingrid Law about her debut and award winning novel Savvy (book review), I asked her about cake. Mibs, our young main character, wants the perfect cake for her birthday – a cake with pink and yellow frosting, and perfect sugar roses – which isn’t really asking for much [...]
So my husband and I were grocery shopping at a store that we had never shopped at before. We were there for an hour going around the perimeter of the store looking at all the cool foods our other grocery store (which I LOVE) doesn’t carry. It almost felt like a date albeit the two [...]
It’s about time that I shared another author recipe with you! In Donna Gephart’s debut novel, As If Being 12 3/4 Isn’t Bad Enough My Mother is Running for President!, Vanessa, our main character comes home from school and loves to snack on Mrs. Perez’s yummy lemon squares. Mrs. Perez is the family’s live-in help, [...]
