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Home Blog POST TOPICS Cheers & Chocolate

Cheers & Chocolate - the Good Stuff of Life

Happy Family, Celebrations and Food, Lesbian Good Times - the Cheerful Side of Life from Karin Kallmaker's perspective.

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Captain Marvel is ‘Just Another Marvel Movie’ – And Why That Matters

Karin Kallmaker 03/13/2019 Cheers & Chocolate 0 Comments

It matters to me that Captain Marvel is ‘just another Marvel movie.’ It’s not the best entry to the MCU and it’s not a Susan B Anthony dollar either. Mild spoilers.

#CaptainMarvel#moviereviewCatherine Lundoff
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That One Thanksgiving with the Whipped Cream Thing

Karin Kallmaker 11/18/2018 Cheers & Chocolate 5 Comments

A family story about my grandmother’s mad baking skills, why my father married my mother, Thanksgiving, pumpkin pie, and a can of pressurized whipped cream.

#FoodisRomantic#PumpkinPieCelebrations
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Crazy Rich Asians – a RomCom that Takes Love Seriously

Karin Kallmaker 09/07/2018 Cheers & Chocolate, Craft of Writing 2 Comments

You can poke fun at the couple’s foibles, and you can put them in awkward situations, but you can’t make light of love itself. Crazy Rich Asians takes love seriously – that’s why it worked for me.

#CrazyRichAsians#moviereview#romancewriter
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Sommelier of Chocolate – Ask the Right Questions

Karin Kallmaker 01/30/2018 Cheers & Chocolate 4 Comments

Not sure what chocolate your sweetie likes? Here’s a conversation starting checklist so you can please her on Valentine’s Day.

#budget#chocolate#GiftsforHer#ValentineChocolate Advice
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Cheery Cherry Chocolate Oatmeal Cookies

Karin Kallmaker 12/14/2017 Cheers & Chocolate, Favorite Things 6 Comments

All the good things in life: Oats, brown sugar and butter, with bright pops of cherry and melting not-quite-bitter dark chocolate. Plus a short treatise on vanillin. Ad free site.

#vanillinC is for CookieCelebrationsRecipe
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