Made these Fennel-Brown Sugar Pork Ribs for this week’s hosted by cookinglikeimeanit from Milk Street- The New Rules. Holy moly!!! The flavor on this was sooo amazing. I may never go back to bbq sauce ! The whole family loved this one and my youngest even devoured it even though it had some heat! This … Read more
Continuing to build my booksparks with you his gorgeous book by veenarao ! This novel sounds amazing. 💜 Synopsis: Tara moves to the American South three years after her arranged marriage to tech executive Sanjay. Ignored and lonely, Tara finds herself regressing back to childhood memories that have scarred her for life. When she was … Read more
“He’d promised her homemade pizza and lemonade while they worked on her collection , and she was happy for the diversion.” 💜 • Perfectly fine beach romance you could pick up at your local grocery store while on vacation and enjoy. It pulls at some heartstrings as Hallie grieves her beloved Aunt Clara and attempts … Read more
Thank you grandcentralpub for the cookbook! It’s and perfect time to make these Mexican Beef and Jalapeño Quesadillas from gordongram new cookbook, Quick and Delicious. Baking them in the oven to finish made it less greasy and had a nice toasted flavor to it but to be completely honest , next time I may just … Read more
“five years/ since that Chicago apartment/ and saturdays with my father/ taking sips of his coffee/ while I slipped across/ the floor in my/ socks “ 💜 • A fantastic debut novel in verse that tells the story of Ada–daughter of a Nigerian father who immigrated to the US and an African American mother. The … Read more
Delighted to share my first BookSparks books with you! These 2 books by ashleyfarleyauthor are the beginning of my Fall reading stack and I can’t wait to dive in! First two books in the Hope Springs Series and you know I love new beginnings and small town books so I can’t wait to get acquainted … Read more
Made these Venetian Cornmeal Cookies for the hosted by cookinglikeimeanit from Milk Street- Tuesday Nights. These were so good!!! Perfect balance of savory from the cornmeal and the sweetness from the soaked fruit (I subbed cranberries because I couldn’t find dried currants)! They were delicious and unfortunately gone before I could grab another one! 😱 … Read more
“I got used to spending the weekends at Vivek’s house, to the Saturday breakfasts when De China would detach the cartoon section of his newspaper for Vivek and me, when Aunty Kavita made yam and eggs as if she’d been doing it her whole life.” ❤️ • This was one of those books that almost … Read more
“When I shift, there’s the crunch of chips breaking and a bag crumpling, and shards of Cool Ranch Doritos stab into my back.” 💙 • I definitely got Get Out vibes from this thriller about gentrification in Brooklyn, NY. Working in Oakland, CA I think this was a great social commentary on gentrification in general, … Read more
