tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7794927480752850942.post5915383315964464245..comments2024-03-25T14:36:16.797-04:00Comments on The Crime Writers' Chronicle: Why Do Writers Like to Cook?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7794927480752850942.post-67238799580584606042015-04-15T17:58:25.754-04:002015-04-15T17:58:25.754-04:00Wow oh wow oh wow... I just made a banana cake wit...Wow oh wow oh wow... I just made a banana cake with a Jiffy box ( for banana muffins ) and dumped a jar of blueberry jam I had on hand - it was good... I don't recall who it was but someone else on a recent blog somewhere used a jiffy box... nothing to do with mine - but it proved to me that I was not the only one in the world of literature who cooks that way!!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7794927480752850942.post-52224864723971372012015-04-15T17:22:35.889-04:002015-04-15T17:22:35.889-04:00Of course your Jiffy cake counts, Thelma. You got ...Of course your Jiffy cake counts, Thelma. You got 78 hits on that blog post, two or three times what my posts usually pull in, even with a recipe. Don't sell your cooking skills short.Kate Gallisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06107289413804236810noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7794927480752850942.post-72845370860118725462015-04-15T17:10:07.913-04:002015-04-15T17:10:07.913-04:00It's my favorite apron, bringing as it does, s...It's my favorite apron, bringing as it does, so many great memories of cooking with you, Nicoletta!Annamaria Alfierihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12311596277267789834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7794927480752850942.post-76646597471613184972015-04-15T17:09:13.038-04:002015-04-15T17:09:13.038-04:00Triss, I love your explanations for why writers li...Triss, I love your explanations for why writers like to cook. I you are right. AND you can do it in a space of time more like half an hour to maybe an hour and a half--rather than a year or a year and held. Renette said "immediate gratification." There is lot to be said for that for novelists!!!Annamaria Alfierihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12311596277267789834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7794927480752850942.post-108339138472189372015-04-15T17:07:08.172-04:002015-04-15T17:07:08.172-04:00Thelma, I wish i could share the gorgonzola dolce ...Thelma, I wish i could share the gorgonzola dolce with you. It is spectacular!!!Annamaria Alfierihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12311596277267789834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7794927480752850942.post-70667014044304909822015-04-15T17:06:28.576-04:002015-04-15T17:06:28.576-04:00Kate, I prepare instance polenta according to the ...Kate, I prepare instance polenta according to the package directions. Then, family style, pour it out on a board and cut it with a piece of thread. What you see in the picture is slice cut with a thread.Annamaria Alfierihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12311596277267789834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7794927480752850942.post-49450516728481210522015-04-15T15:46:35.457-04:002015-04-15T15:46:35.457-04:00Thanks for wearing that apron.....Love you and it!...Thanks for wearing that apron.....Love you and it!<br />Nico<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7794927480752850942.post-6218263616010992172015-04-15T15:22:09.314-04:002015-04-15T15:22:09.314-04:00I think writers like to cook because compared to w...I think writers like to cook because compared to writing- imaginary events with imaginary people- it is so real. Spend a little time, follow instructions and you end up with an actual result. Plus the eating part, of course. :-)<br />Trisshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08058396345946250313noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7794927480752850942.post-68805723264851049412015-04-15T15:04:32.513-04:002015-04-15T15:04:32.513-04:00I'll take ALL the blue cheese, please ma'a...I'll take ALL the blue cheese, please ma'am!!!!! I did enjoy this blog -and hope to see more from our gang on how you all cook!!! Kate and Sheila also have shown their talents in this art... let's all show how we create art with food and drink! tjs P.S. MY Jiffy cake does NOT count! Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7794927480752850942.post-92095761998481473582015-04-15T14:43:28.576-04:002015-04-15T14:43:28.576-04:00Yum! (So how do you fix your polenta?)Yum! (So how do you fix your polenta?)Kate Gallisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06107289413804236810noreply@blogger.com