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Bibliophile’s Collective Tuesday – Food to Eat While Reading Your Favorite Genre.

May 17, 2022
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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 chocolate covered strawberries or cherries. Chocolate or vanilla flavored foods are also popular. Hot chocolate for an alternative to alcohol. Smooth, rich or decandent foods are best.

Thriller – This snack is right up there and is a real mixture – popcorn with cinnamon, olive oil and pesto or mixed with M&M. You can imagine popping each morsel into your mouth in quick succession as the tension grows within the narrative.

Fantasy – Linking back to a childhood fantasy – Snow White, this pick is the ‘bad’ apple choice. Apples covered in cinnamon, honey, or caramel. Red velvet cookies. Hummus and pita chips or french fries with ketchup.

Comedy – Animal Crackers. Tea and biscuits/cookies.

Historical Fiction – Tea and crumpets (or scones or crackers). Charcuterie. Coffee

True Crime – Aged cheese & wine.

Horror – Spicy pizza. Whisky.

Science Fiction – Cheesy Shrimp Nachos. Gummy Worms.

Action & Adventure – Sriracha popcorn.

Young Adult – Blueberry Crumb Bars. Apple slices & peanut butter.

Realistic Fiction: Chips. Sweet and sour Gummies.

Classics: Tea and Sugar Cookies. A good Bordeaux and a decadent spread of cheeses

Fanfiction: Nuts. Chocolate bars.

Biography/Autobiography: Grilled Cheese Sandwich. Trail mix.

Contemporary fiction Earl Grey tea and scones.

Writing Prompt Contest -Favorite Food for Writing…

July 23, 2016
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snacks

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 most voted for response.

Double Duty at Local Event – Books & Food…

July 11, 2016
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Savor Strathcona

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 music and food demonstrations throughout the afternoon and evening, it was extremely popular, which seems to always be the case when food is offered.

I helped out at two tables – one with my publisher, Dream Write Publishing (where we also incorporated information on my writing group, Writers Foundation of Strathcona County) and also with the Arts and Culture Council of Strathcona Council.

We saw friends, family and interested attendees and gave out postcards for our next big event Words in the Park – 1st October. Books were browsed and bought, connections made.

I feel that the more exposure to the public an organization or company gets the better. Many local people did not know about their local publisher, writing foundation or indeed their Arts and Culture Council.

My books are on the front edge of the table – Rumble’s First Scare, Ockleberries to the Rescue and The Rython Kingdom.

Savor Strathcona 2016books at Savor Strathcona 2016

I am often asked why go to so many events, when they are not always a huge success in terms of book sales. My answer is that if I am not there, how will anyone know about me or the books I write? It is more about making connections and exploiting the event to showcase my work. On subsequent events people will approach me saying they met me before, bought a book before or they buy a book because last time they did not have a special occasion to buy it for. Being recognized helps as well as always being friendly and forthcoming and informative.

Do you attend events regularly?

What is your impression of them?

Is there a reason you limit or do not attend events?

Alternative Living – Floating Farm…

March 23, 2016
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floating

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.

http://www.overgrowthesystem.com/blog/2016/1/8/freedome-cove-a-floating-farm-hidden-away-in-the-bc-wilderness

Floating 2

This is a unique alternative kind of living. Would you live there?

 

Lost Words for Food & Drink…

February 1, 2016
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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,” Simpson lamented.

jussulent                        1656 -1658

full of broth or soup. The bubbling of the jussulent cauldron and the crackling of the campfire soothed her.

buccellation                  1657 -1731

The act of dividing into small morsels. The buccellation and apportionment of their rations was the subject of heated argument.

lardlet                             1659 -1659

A small piece of bacon to put into meat to enrich with fat. The secret to her pot roasts is the use of lardlets to enhance the flavour of the meat.

 

ponask                          1922 -1963

To cook game by splitting it and roasting it on a spit. We ponasked the freshly-caught pheasant at our campsite.

spiscious                          1655 -1655

Of a thick consistency. Her soups are both spiscious and delicious, though perhaps over-laden with salt.

Make sure to visit this incredible site – http://phrontistery.info/clw.html

My sentence – A bromography of recipes detailing jussulent and lardlet uses. Lessons on ponask, spiscious and buccellation.

Can you make a sentence?

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