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You are what you eat and more

Tomatoes in My Lunchbox by Costantia Manoli

January 20, 2022 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Tomatoes in My Lunchbox by Costantia Manoli is a book about growing up and being different from the Emma’s and Jessica’s of her classroom. Her name is hard to pronounce (it does not sound as you think it would), people wonder why she has a funny sounding name, and why she does not have a sandwich but a whole tomato in her lunchbox, a tomato that squirts the seeds out onto her school clothes. Manoli takes us through being not only being out of place […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Cooking/Food, Fiction Tagged With: Costantia Manoli, freindship, Magadelena Mora, Social Themes

BlackRaven's CBR14 Review No:25 · Genres: Children's Books, Cooking/Food, Fiction · Tags: Costantia Manoli, freindship, Magadelena Mora, Social Themes ·
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She might be slow, but she will (eventually) solve the crime!

Sloth Slueth by Cyndi Marko

January 18, 2022 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Sloth Slueth by Cyndi Marko is a cute mystery with stereotypical kid humor (sloths only poop once a week, so we see her mystery pondering and pooping on the ol’ commode). The story has the basic theme of a sloth trying to solve the question of who is trying to drive the café out of business by poisoning the customers, but young readers will get a kick out of it. They will also enjoy the fact that there is a slight difference to the characters. […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Cooking/Food, Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Mystery Tagged With: & Detective Stories, animals, criminals, Cyndi Marko, friendship, sloths

BlackRaven's CBR14 Review No:17 · Genres: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Cooking/Food, Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Mystery · Tags: & Detective Stories, animals, criminals, Cyndi Marko, friendship, sloths ·
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Starting the year with a sure-fire hit

A Very Beery New Year by Jackie Lau

January 16, 2022 by Malin 1 Comment

Encouraged by his mother to socialise more, introverted software developer Gerald Nakamura goes to his local craft beer bar to sit by the bar, reading a book, not really interacting with anyone except the serving staff. He especially likes exchanging a few words with the pretty and vivacious bartender Kelsey.   Kelsey lives with her rather exasperating grandmother (who just discovered Tik Tok and is determined to become a viral sensation) and works at the bar until she can find something more suitable to her […]

Filed Under: Cooking/Food, Fiction, Romance Tagged With: #food, A Very Beery New Year, Canada, cbr14, Cider Bar Sisters, Contemporary Romance, free, Jackie Lau, Malin, novella

Malin's CBR14 Review No:1 · Genres: Cooking/Food, Fiction, Romance · Tags: #food, A Very Beery New Year, Canada, cbr14, Cider Bar Sisters, Contemporary Romance, free, Jackie Lau, Malin, novella ·
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Midwestern High End but how Representational Is it?

Dishing Up Minnesota by Teresa Marrone

January 15, 2022 by CoffeeShopReader Leave a Comment

Imagine a regional cookbook that includes recipes from that region but also from farms/mills/markets/etc and from various cultures related to the region, with some background and history to help connect everything; that’s Dishing Up Minnesota. I may be biased, having been born and raised in that state, but it also means that I actually know something about the food culture of that part of the country. Some ingredient and recipes are obvious necessities, such as a wild rice soup, at least one or two walleye […]

Filed Under: Cooking/Food Tagged With: cookbook, Dishing Up Minnesota, food writing, multi cultural, photography, Teresa Marrone

CoffeeShopReader's CBR14 Review No:9 · Genres: Cooking/Food · Tags: cookbook, Dishing Up Minnesota, food writing, multi cultural, photography, Teresa Marrone ·
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Food and Folks

Dumplings for Lili by Melissa Iwai

La Princesa and the Pea by Susan Middleton Elya

January 6, 2022 by BlackRaven 2 Comments

A local school was purchasing a few titles for their library. I was unaware of the picture books Dumplings for Lili and La Princessa and the Pea. Therefore, I gave them a quick peak when they came in. Both were two of the sweetest books I have read all year! (Okay, got the year joke out early.) These two books are a modern fairytale and a reimaging of a classic. Dumplings for Lili by Melissa Iwai is a lovely, illustrated book about a young girl […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Cooking/Food, Fiction Tagged With: cultures, families, folktale, friendship, grandmothers, Melissa Iwai, Princess and the Pea, spanish, Susan Middleton Elya

BlackRaven's CBR14 Review No:7 · Genres: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Cooking/Food, Fiction · Tags: cultures, families, folktale, friendship, grandmothers, Melissa Iwai, Princess and the Pea, spanish, Susan Middleton Elya ·
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Drinks to Read By (and Watch Movies With Too)

Tequila Mockingbird: Cocktails with a Literary Twist by Tim Federle, Lauren Mortimer (Illustrator)

Gone with the Gin: Cocktails with a Hollywood Twist by Tim Federle, Lauren Mortimer (Illustrator)

December 30, 2021 by faintingviolet Leave a Comment

I’m a fan of a pun, and back when having a small New Years Eve gathering with friends was still a possibility, I requested Tequila Mockingbird: Cocktails with a Literary Twist and Gone with the Gin: Cocktails with a Hollywood Twist by Tim Federle from my library. My idea was to find a couple of options for fun literary and movie inspired beverages for a crowd that was intended to include no less than 5 current and former Cannonballers (if you’re my friend long enough […]

Filed Under: Cooking/Food, Non-Fiction Tagged With: #cocktails, faintingviolet, games and snacks, Gone with the Gin, Mocktails, Tequila Mockingbird, tim federle, Tim Federle, Lauren Mortimer (Illustrator)

faintingviolet's CBR13 Review No:76 · Genres: Cooking/Food, Non-Fiction · Tags: #cocktails, faintingviolet, games and snacks, Gone with the Gin, Mocktails, Tequila Mockingbird, tim federle, Tim Federle, Lauren Mortimer (Illustrator) ·
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