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- What’s New for the 16th of August: Deborah Grabien’s music criticism essays; new Americana and jazz, and some music for the Dog Days of Summer
- A Kinrowan Estate story: Midsomer Strangeness
- A Kinrowan Estate story: Contradances
- What’s New for the 26th of July: Witches in fiction, both books and film; an Americana reissue and some music on a smoky theme
- A Kinrowan Estate story: chicken pot pieces
- What’s New for the 19th of July: Charles de Lint’s Ottawa novels with a quote from Drink Down the Moon, Gary’s review of Nordic fiddle music, It’s Michele Walther and Irina Behrendt playing Aaron Copland’s ‘Hoe Down’ from his Rodeo album
- A Kinrowan Estate story: Midsomer Odd Things
- A Kinrowan Estate story: A Library and Its Librarian
- What’s New for the Fifth of July: Remembering Jane Yolen; some new Americana and jazz music; Fishing Blues
- A Kinrowan Estate Story: Recursive Loops
- What’s New for June 21: Jennifer Stevenson’s ‘Solstice’
- A Kinrowan Estate story: Turkish Coffee
- What’s New for the 7th of June: Foxes in literature, live Balkan music, comforting jazz, Americana jazz, and wonderfully weird fusion jazz; and John Fogerty live
- A Kinrowan Estate story: Bloodied Kings
- What’s New for the 24th of May: Gary’s Review of Elizabeth Bear’s White Space novels, iain’s review of the Lonely Signal Burns novellas by her, she reading her own story, ‘The Chains That You Refuse’, and I see Gary has some tasty music reviews fir us as well
- A Kinrowan Estate story: Our Greensward
- What’s New for the 10th of May: books reviewed by Jennifer Stevenson, music by Teddy Thompson, Americana music from all over, and some live music from John Fogerty
- A Kinrowan Estate story: A Walk
- What’s New for the 26th of April: the nature of Stories; some new and newish SF, plus new world, jazz, folk and Americana music
- A Kinrowan Estate story: A Spring Day
- What’s New for the 12th of April: Some new and recent SF; new Americana, Norwegian folk rock and jazz; and thoughts on War For The Oaks
- A Kinrowan Estate story: A Unified Theory of Libraries (A Letter to Anna)
- What’s New for the 29th of March: Beer and spirits, in song and text, some new Scandinavian fiddle music and jazz flute music, and more
- A Kinrowan Estate story: A Ghostly Librarian
- What’s New for the 15th of March: some DeLint stories for early spring; lots of polskas, Serbian folk rock, progressive jazz, and Nordic music from the archives
- A Kinrowan Estate story: Hedge Witches
- What’s New for the 1st of March: Emma Bull’s War for The Oaks, Rosanne Cash’s ‘Runaway Train’, Johnny Cash at San Quentin, plus new Americana and jazz music
- A Kinrorwan Estate story: Cranachanh
- What’s New for the 15th of February: Some Seanan McGuire fantasy, Alison Bechdel’s latest, Pamela Dean’s Tam Lin; Nordic sounds, old time, Americana and Tex-Mex music
- What’s New for the 1st of February: Kage Baker retrospective; new Americana, Buddhist chants and Finnish songs, new and reissued jazz, and more
Category Archives: Food and Drink
Simon McKie’s Making Craft Cider: A Ciderist’s Guide
Let’s get the down side out of the way first. This is not a book you’ll pick up for light entertainment. It’s not a particularly a lively read, nor is it often witty (though the wit, where it comes out, … Continue reading
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Suzanne Rodriguez-Hunter’s Found Meals of the Lost Generation
Even if you prefer J.R.R. Tolkien to F. Scott Fitzgerald, even if you would rather read Emma Bull than Ernest Hemingway, and even though you may favor Vallejo over Picasso, still, there is an appeal to the Lost Generation that … Continue reading
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Chocolove’s Raspberries in Dark Chocolate, Orange Peel in Dark Chocolate and Toffee & Almonds in Milk Chocolate
According to the Chocolove site, “Chocolove started as the classic entrepreneur story – a dream, a garage, extended credit card debt and loans from friends and family.” Founder Timothy Moley is described as “a tall and slightly eccentric man, [who] … Continue reading
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Cadbury’s Dairy Milk Golden Crisp, Dairy Milk Buttons, Dairy Milk Fruit & Nut and Crunchie
Dairy Milk Golden Crisp, Dairy Milk Buttons, Dairy Milk Fruit & Nut and Crunchie The British firm of Cadbury PLC was the second largest maker of chocolate candies in the industry until its acquisition by Kraft Foods in 2010, at … Continue reading
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A Kinrowan Estate story: Toll House cookies
Oh ymmm! Mrs. Ware and her staff just made Toll House cookies. Well sort of. But I’ll get to that later. The chocolate chip cookie as we know it was accidentally developed by Ruth Graves Wakefield in 1930. The name … Continue reading
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A Scullery Maid on our Kitchen
From a recent edition of The Sleeping Hedgehog ‘Nothing would be more tiresome than eating and drinking if God had not made them a pleasure as well as a necessity.’ — Voltaire Whisht! Hush now, will you, shhhh! Quick, over … Continue reading
Gwyneth Jones on chestnuts
I asked Gwyneth what her favorite winter comfort food was and here is her delightful answer! Chestnuts, I’m obsessed with chestnuts at Christmas. The obsession dates back to childhood, when chestnuts roasted over the coals on a fire-shovel were a winter … Continue reading
Lindt Excellence: Three Chocolates
Lindt Excellence: 90% Cocoa Supreme Dark Lindt Excellence: Intense Orange Lindt Excellence: Intense Mint The latest treat to cross my desk was a package of chocolate bars from Swiss chocolatier Lindt & Sprüngli, who have been doing this since 1845. … Continue reading
The Two Fat Ladies: The Complete 4 Series
Kathleen wrote this with her sister, Kage Baker. They were perfect role models. They were unashamedly fat, unapologetically old, defiantly erudite, determinedly eccentric, and they roared around the UK on an antique motorcycle with sidecar without giving a damn whether … Continue reading
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Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem’s Irish Drinking Songs: Come Fill Your Glass With Us / Various artists: Whiskey in the Jar: Essential Drinking Songs & Sing Alongs
I seldom drink anything stronger than fortified wine, but I can always tell an Irish strong one from a Scottish. It is quite easy really. In Scotland they spell it “whisky” and in Ireland “whiskey.” Just look at the label. … Continue reading
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