Doughnuts for Amy
Sharon, will you go out with me?
It took me twenty minutes to make the ten minute drive to the bank. My palms were sweating and my heart was racing as I finally came to a stop at the drive through. Sharon waved and smiled, pulled the microphone close and said “Hi John.” I fumbled with the metal cylinder, inserted my … Continue reading
An Interview without a Vampire ;)
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Vegan Doughnuts and Artisan Dogs
Laura Huff of Carolina Epicurean is the sweetheart of the Carolinas! Here’s her lead story for this week…by none other than your humble servant. Enjoy! Tweet Tweet
Doughnuts for Chapel Hill
Months ago I convinced Marilyn Markel, the director of the cooking school at A Southern Season to host me for a demonstration class. Amy and I decided to celebrate our 25th at the same time so we turned it into a long weekend, sans kids. I surprised her by trading favors with a friend and he … Continue reading
Happy 25th Sweetheart
Although our anniversary is still a few weeks away, Amy and I are celebrating this weekend. We’re headed to Chapel Hill where I’ll teach a cooking class at Southern Season centered around the food in my novel, Doughnuts for Amy. I swapped favors with a very good friend of mine and he has loaned me … Continue reading
Cream-filled Doughnuts
Jason asked me to make some banana cream filled doughnuts for a private party so I tried several different techniques. I made a couple of batches of yeast risen doughnuts (recipe is in the back of my novel, Doughnuts for Amy) and also a cake doughnut recipe. Cake doughnuts are leavened with baking powder and/or … Continue reading
Seven Books
I had my first book signing at a real bookstore last week. Fiction Addiction hosted me. Jill, the proprietor has been very helpful and has given me some good advice and even though I started life as a writer through Amazon, the all-powerful corporation that independent bookstores deplore, she agreed to host me at … Continue reading
How Seductive can a Dough be?
The other day I was scrolling through my Twitter feed when I came across a note from Jamie Schler, a food blogger living in the Loire Valley (yes, that Loire Valley). She made Brioche rolls filled with chocolate chips and nuts and had posted some lovely photos on her website, Life’s a Feast. I love … Continue reading
