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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
Ritter Sport: Three Chocolates: Milk Chocolate with Butter Biscuit, Espresso And Fine Extra Dark Chocolate
I have to admit that there’s something very strange about coming home to three chocolate bars in the mail and realizing that they are review copies, so I’m not allowed to just snarf them down — I have to pay … Continue reading
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The Holiday Food and Drink Favoured by Some of Our Friends
Every few years, we ask some of favourite acquaintances what they like for food and drink of a winter seasonal nature. Some give us recipes such as Stay Home Egg Fluff oftfered up by Jennifer Stevenson, or Deborah Grabien with salmon in puff … Continue reading
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Salmon in Puff Pastry
Lordy, yes. I’ve been baking and sending out goodies for the past two weeks. Last night I fed a good friend something I make rather a lot this time of year: Salmon en croute. It’s a wild sockeye salmon filet … Continue reading
Stay Home Egg Nog Fluff
This eggnog was introduced to my Irish friends in a modest way, sort of, I know we’re only Yanks and so we’re amateur drinkers at best, but it’s New Year’s Eve, and here you are trapped in Ohio for the holidays, so … Continue reading
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Tagged christmas, eggnog, Irish, local magics, Winter Holidays
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Louise DeSalvo and Edvige Giunta’s The Milk of Almonds: Italian American Women Writers on Food and Culture
“There is, within every Italian-American family, a story about why the family left Italy… usually, at the heart of a family’s emigration story, there is a story about food….” (from the Introduction of The Milk of Almonds). This book is a … Continue reading
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Amano Artisan Chocolate: Three Chocolate Bars
Chuao Reserve Dark Chocolate Ocumare Handcrafted Dark Chocolate Dos Rios Handcrafted Dark Chocolate Amano Artisan Chocolate is an American company founded and owned by Clark Goble and Art Pollard, located in Orem, Utah. They use vintage chocolate-making equipment and their … Continue reading
Alexandra Parsons’ A Proper Breakfast
Yes, another breakfast book. I eat breakfast most every day as I work that afternoon to early evening hours when possible in the Estate Pub which I manage as I like to keep my tending skills fresh. That means I … Continue reading
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Iain Banks’ Raw Spirit: In Search of the Perfect Dram
Stephen Hunt penned this review. After doing extensive research, I can definitely tell you that single malt whiskies are good to drink. — Iain M. Banks On Friday, 21st March 2003, I celebrated my forty-first birthday with a sense of … Continue reading
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What’s New for the 20th of December: Winter Holiday food and drink, a dreydl tale, Debussy’s ‘War Carol’, Kage Baker and Christmas, an egg nog recipe, a Solstice story, an offbeat Christmas film, Steeleye Span & Pratchett, Christmas Revels, music by Loreena McKennitt and much more!
It was Christmas and Kinlocochbervie had a festive atmosphere about it. Decorations and fir trees decked out with tinsel stood in windows, lighting the dull afternoon with flashes of cheerful Technicolor brilliance, and the door to the Compass was adorned … Continue reading →