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Vintage Cookbooks and Crafts · 2M ago

Molly MacRae: The Case of the Mysteriously Named Ice Cream Sauce

Molly MacRae returns this month with an interesting Ice Cream Sauce…-AA We had a good crop of dill in our garden again this summer. By “crop” I mean volunteer weeds and by “garden” I mean th...
Vintage Cookbooks and Crafts · 2M ago

Summer Adventures

For the past 10 years, I’ve enjoyed blogging about vintage recipes and crafts. I haven’t been blogging as much lately, but I’ve been making cooking and booking videos (talking about cooking ...
Vintage Cookbooks and Crafts · 4M ago

Molly MacRae Mondays: Summer Cooking – It’s a Beach!

Happy summer! As she is finishing her next delightful book, Molly MacRae brings us a fun post and recipe to spark your memories of vintage mold salads. In the next week, I’ll be uploading th...
Vintage Cookbooks and Crafts · 6M ago

Molly MacRae Monday: Of Scones, Scoundrels and Curtain Makers

Molly MacRae takes time to share a great recipe with us today in the middle of writing her next book in the Highland Bookshop Mystery series. These sound delicious! -Amy My mind is on scones...
Vintage Cookbooks and Crafts · 7M ago

Mint Diamonds

Ready for another minty recipe? In honor of St. Patrick’s Day and my new novella, Struck by Shillelagh, I’ve been posting some minty recipes. Do you have a favorite? This is from my 1976 Coo...
Vintage Cookbooks and Crafts · 7M ago

Molly MacRae Monday: Irish Moss Blancmange – Make Mine Minty!

Molly MacRae joins the minty celebration this month with this very interesting concoction…-Amy  This dessert doesn’t start out minty, but the recipe calls for “flavoring” and leaves the choi...
Vintage Cookbooks and Crafts · 7M ago

Triple Minty Fudge Cake & Struck by Shillelagh is Here!

Struck by Shillelagh, the 5th  Alana O’Neill mystery with recipes, is now available on Amazon for ereaders. When her friend is arrested for attempted murder of the Mayor at the St. Patrick’s...
Vintage Cookbooks and Crafts · 7M ago

Minty March Begins

Struck by Shillelagh, my new Alana O’Neill mystery, will be coming out in a few days and to celebrate, I will be posting minty recipes from now through St. Patrick’s Day. Do you have a favor...
Vintage Cookbooks and Crafts · 8M ago

Two Delicious Desserts

I’m so excited to announce the publication of A Delicious Dessert, a romance anthology with recipes. It was put together in honor of author Mary Welk, an author friend of mine (who posted on...
Vintage Cookbooks and Crafts · 8M ago

Molly MacRae Monday: Loose-Leaf Comfort Food

Molly MacRae kicks off a fun February on this blog with her post on some comfort food. Perfect thing for a February Monday!-Amy One of my favorite cookbooks is the paperback copy of Joy of C...
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