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May 11, 2011

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German Brotchen Rolls

I recently finished reading the Baker’s Daughter by Sarah McCoy. The novel follows Elsie and her family during WWII in Germany. Elsie’s family (at least somewhat) sympathized with the Nazi party (more so, they did what they were told to keep their livelihood). It was fascinating to read a story from the perspective of a regular German citizen. The story also has a second, modern day point of view character, Reba. And honestly, I would have much rather read an entire story about Elsie instead of being interrupted by Reba. Reba was boring and whiny and I really just wanted to enjoy a good historical fiction. Thankfully, more of the story centered on Elsie and her journey through WWII, so I was able to deal with Reba. Since Elsie came from a family of Bakers (thus the title), there were many amazing breads described throughout the story. However, the one that stood out the most and had a prominent role in the story were the Brotchen Rolls. Brotchen Rolls

Chocolate Fake-tini #FoodiesRead

I have a great Valentine’s Treat for the kids today! This recipe came from a super fun book, Tequila Mockingbird (Goodreads review here ). Right away, the punny title appealed to the bibliophile in me. Plus I do love a cocktail! The whole book is hilarious and offers recipes (mostly alcoholic) that all connect in some way with a popular (mostly classic) novels. Though many of the drinks sounded delicious, I reeeaally wanted to make something based off a book I’d already read. So I added a TON more books to my to-read list and chose the Chocolate Fake-tini, based on Charlie and the Chocolate Factory ! I read Charlie and the Chocolate Factory out loud to my kids last year and they absolutely loved it. Spud almost cried when Charlie didn’t find the golden ticket the first time and both boys danced around, cheering when he did find the ticket! My boys love to drink out of fancy glasses (in fact, for part of their birthday celebrations, they get to drink thei

Corned Beef Hash

Corned beef is such a staple this time of year! I tried making Corned Beef Hash once before and while it was delicious, it wasn’t quite right. It was drier than I thought it should be. This time I did my research and started with boiled potatoes instead of raw and an equal potato to corned beef ratio and it was perfection!

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