So today we celebrate Jolabokaflod, which is Iceland’s Yule Book Flood. The name translates to "Christmas Book Flood." The tradition is the giving and receiving of new books, but also the joy of reading them together all day on Christmas Day and drinking hot cocoa. As...
Photo by Melike Benli on Pexels.com Quite often we snack while we read, our choice of snack varies with our personal taste, but it may also reflect the genre we are reading. Here is a list of suggested comparable foods for several genres. Romance - Red wine & dark...
Tell us about the food you crave or favor when writing. Is it chips, nuts, chocolate or something else? Enjoy this prompt and leave your response in the comments. 1000 words maximum for a short story. Poems can be any length. A quarterly prize will be given for the...
Yesterday I helped out at an event called Savor Strathcona, this incorporates local restaurants and artisans. There are numerous foods from across the globe to try and arts of all sorts, including pottery, painting, books and jewelry. The event also included live...
I have to admit this is a lazy post but the concept is just too cool not to share. A floating farm in British Columbia, Canada. Home to a couple of artists who have made self sufficiency an art form in itself....
bromography 1860 -1860 a treatise on food. It's not enough to write a bromography - today's celebrity chefs need to be on TV! homerkin 1662 -1663 old liquid measure for beer. "I'm so thirsty I could drink a homerkin of beer,"...
Succulent - definition: full of juice : juicy I'll stretch this word's definition slightly today to fit with a blogging award I received from http://www.swatichavda.com/ The Super Sweet Award. The Award Picture: So here are the rules: I must thank the person who...
Vim - definition: force : energy : spirit If you knew me well, you would know I immediately went to the word - spirit! A glass of wine is the perfect relaxer at the end of the day and fuel for the muse too. Just for fun take the quiz and find out which one you are....
Postprandial - definition: happening or done after a meal The etiquette of meal times has changed drastically in modern times. Many households have meals balanced on laps while watching TV or plates are taken to separate rooms. The latter mostly for teenagers, I...