History

From: http://www.kitchen-retro.com/2011/09/beware-of-stale-coffee.html

I have re-done my HIDDEN HISTORY OF SALEM book-teaser because MY BOOK INSPIRED A SONG and that is just too cool not to share: Buy the book!  You’ll like it. Click here  There’s real history plus cool obscure facts plus ghost cats and candy and coffee and romance and a…

This is the lobby of the Peabody Essex Museum.  And in their Gift Shop: Seeing my book on a shelf always makes me happy. That book to the right is really good, too. You should read all of them. All the books!  LOL

American coffee from Uncle Sam’s own possessions. You don’t see “buy American” in regards to coffee these days, do you?

This blog post is from: http://bathsbloggers.blogspot.com/2011/08/sweet-cheese-cake-but-not-as-we-know-it.html Sweet Cheese Cake but not as we know it…. You will need: 130 grams plain flour 250 grams ricotta cheese 1 egg 4 bay leaves 4 tablespoons of clear honey Serves 4 Libum to be made as follows: 2 lb cheese well crushed in a…

This snippet is from a late Victorian medical book written by a (male) doctor. I just love the line: “… I am afraid the poor little uterus would be constantly skylarking from one part of the pelvis to the other.” My first thought upon reading this was that Aristotle’s theory…

I’m a research fiend. I admit it. I love the hunt for obscure facts, the thrill of discovery… far more than the tedium of actually writing the stuff down. So I spend ages sorting through ephemera on tangential subjects that will never actually imbed themselves anywhere but inside my brain…

Cyber Launch Party: Celebrating A New Release For Susanne Saville: “Today we’re celebrating the release of Susanne Saville’s HIDDEN HISTORY OF SALEM.Susanne enjoys caffeine – especially in coffee and tea, tra…”