Doughnuts for Amy Archives ⋆ Chef John Malik

Follow Us FB IG

10 Dec Garlic & Gauloises

Posted at 21:51h in Authors, Doughnuts for Amy, Good Friends, Great Books, Literary Agents, Other Voices, Winter Goose Publishing by ChefJohn 0 Comments

Now that I've been picked up by a real publisher, I've found that I have a new family. I'm now a part of the Winter Goose Publishing family and all of us lean on and support one another. We disagree, we laugh, cheer and occasionally...

07 Nov Blondie in The Water

Posted at 11:38h in Doughnuts for Amy, Family, Fiction, Good Friends, Uncategorized by ChefJohn 0 Comments

I love salt water. I love being tossed about by the wave and I love feeling the tug and push of the tides. I find it mesmerizing. I can’t think of a better example to describe our planet’s forces of nature. Get into the salt...

18 Dec Sharon, will you go out with me?

Posted at 16:48h in Doughnuts for Amy, Literary Agents, Retirement by ChefJohn 7 Comments

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...

29 Oct Hopping that Blog

Posted at 21:29h in Doughnuts for Amy, Good Friends, Retirement, The Next Big Thing, Uncategorized by ChefJohn 3 Comments

My dear friend Shaunda Wenger invited me to participate in a blog hop titled "The Next Big Thing" which is meant to showcase a writer's work in progress. If you ask me that sort of sounds like a lead-in to an old Godzilla movie. So...

21 May An Interview without a Vampire ;)

Posted at 09:02h in 33 Liberty, Doughnuts for Amy by ChefJohn 1 Comment

http://www.beachboundbooks.com/john-malik.html...

19 May Vegan Doughnuts and Artisan Dogs

Posted at 23:14h in Doughnuts, Doughnuts for Amy, My Amy, Spouse by ChefJohn 2 Comments

Laura Huff of Carolina Epicurean is the sweetheart of the Carolinas! Here's her lead story for this week...

11 May Doughnuts for Chapel Hill

Posted at 11:19h in Cool Machines, Doughnuts for Amy, Family, Life, My Amy, Spouse, Uncategorized, What's really important by ChefJohn 5 Comments

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...

04 May Happy 25th Sweetheart

Posted at 09:09h in 33 Liberty, Cool Machines, Doughnuts for Amy, Family by ChefJohn 4 Comments

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...

22 Apr Cream-filled Doughnuts

Posted at 23:57h in Doughnuts, Doughnuts for Amy, Stella's Southern Bistro by ChefJohn 3 Comments

[caption id="attachment_473" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="I was curious if an empanada style doughnut turnover would work, so I placed a bit of the cream on this one, folded it over"][/caption] Jason asked me to make some banana cream filled doughnuts for a private party so I tried...

25 Mar Seven Books

Posted at 20:58h in Doughnuts for Amy, Family, Food, Life, What's really important by ChefJohn 4 Comments

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...