A Well-Read Tart

A Food and Book Lover’s Blog

Book Review of MIDNIGHT AT THE BLACKBIRD CAFE

Midnight at the Blackbird Cafe is as wonderful and lovely as its book cover. Please read it. There. DONE! Book review complete. Oh, okay. I suppose I should tell you a little more about why I blazed through this utterly charming novel by Heather...

Book Review of GLORY ROAD

Glory Road is the first book I was able to read after my concussion, and it was the perfect novel to reacquaint me with the pleasure of losing yourself in a story well-told. Go ahead and judge this book by its gorgeous cover. Glory Road is just as...

Creamy Cajun Shrimp (Recipe Inspired by THE HIDEAWAY)

Though most of The Hideaway takes place in Sweet Bay, Alabama, the delicious city of New Orleans is a hugely influencing factor, and there are several dishes mentioned in the book that made my mouth water—chocolate pie, hummingbird cake (my...

Book Review of THE HIDEAWAY

I love me a good "renovate your house, renovate your life" story. After reading a particularly terrifying but excellent novel, I decided I needed something a bit lighter as my next read. Cue The Hideaway, by Lauren K. Denton. This was an impulse...