Cooking By the Books

As an avid reader who also loves to spend time in the kitchen, I can’t tell you how many times I’ve been inspired to try cooking something I read about in a book! Here I share recipes for dishes I’ve tried that were featured in books.


Blue Castle Berry Crumble

Valancy Stirling is one of my all-time favorite book heroines.  She’s shy but secretly sassy, sweet and vulnerable, and has the guts to break out of her old life in order to make her own happy ending come true. She’s the protagonist of The Blue Castle, L. M. Montgomery’s lovely and lesser-known tale about a…

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Butterbeer Copycat Recipe

My kids and I love the Harry Potter books and movies. They’ve been an important part of childhood for my girls (both have dressed as Hermione more times than I can count) and the books mean a lot to me. They actually served as a distraction and an escape for me during some difficult times,…

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Blue Castle Berry Crumble

Valancy Stirling is one of my all-time favorite book heroines.  She’s shy but secretly sassy, sweet and vulnerable, and has the guts to break out

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