It’s been too damn hot to cook, so I thought I would give you my thoughts on something you can do, sitting in the air conditioning, drinking a cool beverage of your choice. A few weeks ago, I discovered a new show on Netflix, and it was clearly perfectly aligned to my interests that I have to assume that Raidió Teilifís Éireann and Mind the Gap Films created a show just for me. Lords and … Continue reading RedHeadedGirl’s Historical Kitchen: Lords and Ladles →
Long have we bemoaned the fall of the Romantic Comedy genre, and we aren’t the only ones. Chrissy Teigen feels our pain. Netflix felt that pain and seems to be willing the entire genre back into our hearts. Thank god, I know I need a bit of wacky hijinks and perhaps more screwball in my life right now. Set It Up is a Netflix original starring Zoey Deutch and Glen Powell as Harper and Charlie, … Continue reading Movie Review: Set It Up →
One of the things about food history that fascinates me is the origin of some of the things that we now take for granted. We accept that cheese comes in a near-infinite variety, but we don’t often think about WHY we figured out how to make cheese to begin with. It’s because milk spoils, and it spoils really fast when you don’t have refrigeration. Cheese and butter is a way to preserve milk and reduce … Continue reading RedHeadedGirl’s Historical Kitchen: Butter and Cheese →
In terms of books that I sneak off to the bathroom to read, this one was “a normal amount of hydrating” and not “over hydrating” book. This story has a marriage of convenience between a heroine whose family has a ridiculous amount of money that’s so new it still has that new-money smell, and a hero from an ancient and respected family with no money. Kate wants to get away from her social climbing parents, … Continue reading The Bride Takes a Groom by Lisa Berne →
This is book 5 (possibly the last?) in Quinn’s Worthington series. I reviewed the first one, Three Weeks to Wed, and I have to say, this was an improvement on a lot of the issues that Three Weeks (…since you looked at me, cocked your head to the side and said…. Sorry.) had. Geoffrey, the Earl of Harrington has a diplomatic post waiting for him on the eve of the battle of Waterloo, buuuuuut he … Continue reading You Never Forget Your First Earl by Ella Quinn →
Last month a BUNCH of people talked about how their favorite use of golden syrup was ANZAC biscuits. And ANZAC Day was on April 25th, and in the comments of a post on Go Fug Yourself about Prince Harry and Meghan Markle attending ANZAC Remembrance services, more people talked about how much they loooooved these cookies biscuits. ANZAC biscuits are associated with WWI, with the image of care packages going out and the kids at Gallipoli … Continue reading RedHeadedGirl’s Historical Kitchen: ANZAC Bisciuts →
When I was in London last fall, I had dinner at Rules Restaurant, in Covent Garden. Rules claims to the be the “Oldest Restaurant in London” (established in 1798) and that might be true, depending on how you’re defining terms like “oldest” and “restaurant” and probably “London.” The decor is very Edwardian, and several scenes from the later seasons of Downton Abbey were shot there. The food is focused on “classic game cookery.” I had pheasant, … Continue reading RedHeadedGirl’s Historical Kitchen: Golden Syrup Steamed Sponge →
I am pretty certain that Leigh wrote this as RHG Bait, because she knew very well that I would be suffering just a liiiiiiiittle Poldark Withdrawl, so a Cornish heroine that is also the ringleader of a local smuggling ring is basically just what the doctor ordered. Kit is okay, too. We meet Kit, the hero, as he’s living a dissolute life. He’s a former soldier who was given an earldom, but an earldom without … Continue reading Counting on a Countess by Eva Leigh →
I don’t know if someone at Avon went “Hey, you know what would be smart? Releasing this book around the same time as Black Panther!” or if it was a grand coincidence, but it’s brilliant synchronicity. Naledi Smith is a graduate student in epidemiology in New York. She has a tiny apartment, several jobs, two mice she rescued from a failed experiment, and a history of being shuttled from foster home to foster home. She’s … Continue reading A Princess in Theory by Alyssa Cole →
This is described in the cover copy as an “Elizabethan romp” which…is sort of true. It’s a little less rompy than the blurb implies, but it’s full of delightful research tidbits. It’s also a second chance romance (sort of) of two people who figure out that life together is better than life apart, and that sex can be fun. Frances and Henry have been married for ten years, and they have several children together, but … Continue reading Courtly Pleasures by Erin Kane Spock →
NB: Welcome to Flashback Friday! Since the opening ceremonies of the Winter Olympics are kicking off today, we want to revisit one our favorite winter sports-themed romances. That’s right, welcome to the world of figure skating romance! It’s also great for fans of the movie, The Cutting Edge. This review was originally published May 4, 2016. … If you follow me on Twitter, at the end of March/beginning of April you may have seen me live … Continue reading Pairing Off by Elizabeth Harmon →
