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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.

Food and Scientist

A Yank’s Opinion of Ireland’s Crisps

Karin Kallmaker 05/16/2017 Cheers & Chocolate 10 Comments

I donned the mantle of science and tasted the most common crisps of the Emerald Isle. This is my evaluation, which nobody asked for. Plus, I’m quite sure that the Irish couldn’t give a rusty nail about what a Yank thinks on the subject.

#FoodScience#King Crisps#Tayto
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Now It’s More than a Teapot – Travel Synchronicity

Karin Kallmaker 05/11/2017 Cheers & Chocolate, My Lady Lipstick 9 Comments

I’d already picked out the teapot to use in My Lady Lipstick. Then we toured the place where that teapot was born.

#Belleek#synchronicity#travel
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Songlist – Getting My Resolutions On

Karin Kallmaker 01/01/2017 Cheers & Chocolate, LIFE + STYLE 8 Comments

Artists record the times. Right now it’s songs that spur my resolve for the year about to land on us all. Songs that show these times are not new.

#2017#HoltzmannMusic be the Food of Love

A Fowl Mood (That Turkey Brine Thing We Do)

Karin Kallmaker 11/18/2016 Cheers & Chocolate 4 Comments

We love brined turkey. The leftovers keep longer. Gravy and bone broths are amazing. Our brine recipe is adapted from Alton Brown and Chez Panisse. Ad-free site.

#brine for turkey#ThanksgivingCelebrationsRecipe
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Reblog: The Magic Flourish at Dinner

Karin Kallmaker 05/18/2016 Cheers & Chocolate, Making Up for Lost Time

Why did I put a souffle recipe in Making Up for Lost Time?

#nationalsouffledaySilver Moon Books
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Random Trivial Things

  • Trivia – All the Wrong Places
    Brandy Monsoon's last name (All the Wrong Places) was inspired by Edina Monsoon of Absolutely Fabulous. A force of nature is a force of nature, even when it's a bit confused by life.

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  • No Rage Stalking Here – Why I Welcome Critical Reviews
    Authors behaving badly. Readers retaliating. This is why we can't have nice things? Like a viable feedback loop that helps writers grow and readers get better books for their money?
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    There is a warmth to the author's reading that works perfectly for this story.
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