Investigatin' Recipes

Food often provides interesting flavor to fiction. Here you will find a variety of my recipe favorites. Those with the asterisks are recipes for foods that are favorites of other authors or used by them to enhance the scenes in their novels.

                      *Chicken Pot Pie

(From Journey to an Untamed Land by Jonita Mullins)

            *Black Sesame Sweet Mud Soup

                (From R. F. Whong’s Zenith of Tea)

                     *Golumpki (Polish Cabbage Rolls)

(from Becky Van Vleet's novel, Her Strength Within)

                                 *Dandy Lattes

(from Kariss Ross’s novel Space, Time and the Shopkeeper)

                     *Trout Almondine

(from Chevron Ross’s The Samaritan’s Patient)

      *Spaghetti Sauce, Patricia Bradley’s) 

     (from On the Edge of Trust by Patricia Bradley)

  *Blueberry Cream Cheese Munchkin Delights

(from A Hundred Magical Reasons by Laura DeNooyer)

               *Peach Caramel Pound Cake, Deb’s

        (from Who Stirs Up the Sea by Deb Raney)

           *Tamales

(from The One You See by Melissa Knight)

            *Eggnog Pie, Cordelia’s

  (from Tasha Hackett’s Waiting for Gilbert)

Strawberries Cream & Vanilla Balsamic Drizzle

(from Angela D. Shelton’s Rise of the Y)

           *Bouillabaisse Fish Stew

(from J.A. Webb’s Fugitive: The Seekers Series Begins)

               *Raspberry Fried Pies

(from Shelia Stovall’s Every Life Filled with Purpose)

                *Waffles- Homemade

(from Becca Wierwille’s Road Trip Rescue)

                         *Butternut Cake

(from Grave Decisions by Debra DuPree Williams)

                  * Garden Vegetable Soup

          (from Ann Cavera’s Ride a Summer Wind)

      *Ginger & Rhubarb Chicken Wings

(from R. F. Whong’s Thunders over Idle Land)

                                        *Beef Empanadas

            (from The Misadventures of Itchy Izzy by N.Y. Dunlap)

            *Irish Soda Bread

(from Adjacent on the Lake by Zoe M. McCarthy)

                                         *Tiramisu Wedding Cake, Tillie’s

                (from The Lawyer, The Cook, and Their Christmas Wish by Carmen Peone)

                      *Butter, Special Flavors

(from Accepted-San Antonio Series Book 3 by Paula Peckham)

                 *Annie’s Lasagna

          (from Sweet Deceit by Sally Jo Pitts)

          *Spaghetti, Patti’s Mexican

(from Cathy’s Christmas Confession by Patti Shene Gonzales)

      *Grandma’s Southern Cornbread Dressing

    (from Diana Leagh Matthews’ Carol of the Rooms)

*RABBIT STEW

(from The Road Remembered by Kaye D. Schmitz)

              *White Chicken Chili

       (from A Future and A Hope by Caroline Powers)