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Frank Mackey grew up in a tenement house and loved a girl named Rosie. Frank and Rosie were going to run away and start a new life in London, but on their scheduled night of departure, Rosie did not show up. Frank, heartbroken, left Faithful Place, supposedly for good, and became a detective in Dublin. Twenty two years later, he gets a call that the suitcase belonging to Rosie, who had never been seen again after that night, had been found in an abandoned house. Frank returns to Faithful Place and the family he felt did their best to ruin his life to solve the mystery of what happened to Rosie.
This is a recipe I tried out for my book club party post for Faithful Place. Apples have been grown in Ireland for hundreds of years. Legend even has it that St. Patrick and his fellow monks planted apples trees in Ireland!
My son was adamant this string looks like Tigger. I squinted one eye, then the other, then both of them, but I still couldn’t see it. Do you see Tigger?
One of my kids favorite cooking activities is to decorate cakes. We pull out the candy that we have accumulated from holidays and birthday parties and their imaginations go wild.
The recipe for these muffins in How To Bake A Life comes with a streusel topping, but after adding all the healthy ingredients, I could not bring myself to add the topping. I did not miss it!
A spicy tea with a touch of sweetness. This is a recipe I will continue to tweak, trying different spices and creamers.
How to Bake a Perfect Life by Barbara O’Neal is about the power of baking to get you through the rough times. Ramona owns a bakery and when absorbed in her craft she is able to forget about the rough times in her life, such as having a baby as a teenager, bitter relationships in her family, and her son-in-law in Afghanistan. When her son-in-law is injured her pregnant daughter must head overseas to care for him and leaves her 13 year old stepdaughter, Katie, with Ramona. Through the art of baking, Ramona and Katie develop a friendship.
This recipe is so easy and my kids had a blast making it. I made my Pain Au Chocolat with special dark chocolate chips which went well with the puff pastry.
I have never tried making my own sourdough starter so I was excited to give it a try. This recipe uses potato water and rye, whole wheat and white flour
This homemade pizza dough, made with wheat flour, is a healthier alternative to store bought.
