Comments on: Ginger Biscuits, interview with Theresa Romain, and a giveaway!

By: Maha

Maha — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 19:46:53 +0000

The first book that pops in my mind as one with a food that made me think “YUM” is one of my favorite childhood books, Matilda. The scene in which Miss Trunchbull forces one of the kids to eat this gigantic chocolate cake is priceless. I haven’t had the guts to make a chocolate cake with chocolate frosting from scratch yet, but it’s on the to-bake list!

Also, a goof-up is what led to my famous chocolate chip cookie recipe! I can’t reveal the secret, but that mistake is the best one I’ve ever made.

By: Theresa Romain, Historical Romance Author

Theresa Romain, Historical Romance Author — Tue, 01 Nov 2011 12:11:58 +0000

[…] off, my dear friend Spiceaholic (not her real name), who runs the delicious food and cooking blog Spice’s Bites, is hosting me for historic food talk, recipes, and a book giveaway! Stop by today or tomorrow and […]

By: Theresa Romain

Theresa Romain — Tue, 01 Nov 2011 02:46:40 +0000

Teslaca–in the US, we don’t usually have fish for breakfast, so kippers are a strange concept! I’d be up for trying them, but probably not in the morning. What are some other fun foods you’ve learned about from books?

By: Teslaca

Teslaca — Mon, 31 Oct 2011 19:00:18 +0000

I love to read and to cook, so I’m frequently coming across references to different foods or dishes that I want to try. I recently read a novel set in England that referred to kippers. I had heard of them before, but never tried them after reading that book.

By: spiceaholic

spiceaholic — Sun, 30 Oct 2011 03:08:23 +0000

@Gayle — definitely give the cookies a try! I think I agree with Theresa’s vision of Mississippi Mud Cake.

@Amanda — You can’t tease us like that and not tell us the recipe you included! 🙂

@Kim – Wow, I’m impressed you fished out the meatballs to fix them!

@Theresa — this was fun, I’m so glad we did this!

By: Theresa Romain

Theresa Romain — Fri, 28 Oct 2011 23:03:04 +0000

Kim–thanks for stopping by! Your meatball recipe sounds delicious. Glad they still turned out ok!

By: Kim

Kim — Fri, 28 Oct 2011 17:15:54 +0000

Congratulations on the new release, Theresa. I hope to read it soon.

I have goofed up a recipe and still have it still turn out okay. I was making Italian sauce and meatballs, when I realized I forgot the grated cheese in the meatballs. Unfortunately, the meatballs were already in the sauce and cooking on the stove at high heat. So I had to spoon out the partially cooked meatballs; smash them; mix in the cheese; and then mold them into round shapes again. This isn’t easy when the meat is semi-cooked. When dinner was ready and I tasted the meatballs, they were actually quite tasty. Disaster averted.

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By: Theresa Romain

Theresa Romain — Fri, 28 Oct 2011 15:32:37 +0000

Spiceaholic, thanks for hosting me! I’m honored to be associated with your drool-worthy food pics and so happy to be blogging with you.

Gayle–I think of Mississippi Mud Cake as Rocky Road in cake form (chocolate, marshmallows, nuts). Is that kind of the recipe you found? Good stuff.

Amanda–I love reading about food in books. What was the recipe you wrote about and then cooked?

By: Amanda

Amanda — Fri, 28 Oct 2011 14:43:53 +0000

Glad I’m not the only person who reads food scenes in books and thinks, “hey, that sounds yummy. I wanna make that!” (I once even actually made a recipe I included in a story).

I’ve already bought the book (and even started reading it!) so I don’t need to be entered, either.

By: Gayle Cochrane

Gayle Cochrane — Fri, 28 Oct 2011 05:17:57 +0000

Great looking cookies, and I love ginger so will have to give them a try. I have recently read about a food in Paula Graves Playing Dead in Dixie that I have since become obsessed with. It’s not a regency food but it is just as mysterious to me. She writes about Mississippi Mud Cake, which when I’ve asked people about it they all have such varied answers. In California we have Mississippi Mud Pie, but that’s not it at all. My hubby and daughter were super excited to bring home Popeye’s version which was a very sweet brownie.

I don’t need to be entered in the giveaway. 🙂