A Well-Read Tart

A Food and Book Lover’s Blog

Chicken Pot Pie (Recipe Inspired by THE DROWNING KIND)

If you're looking for fall comfort food, look no further than this recipe for Chicken Pot Pie. It's a dish that makes you feel warm and cozy and like everything’s going to be all right. Which is the exact opposite of how you feel after reading The Drowning Kind. That book is creepyAF, which is why I chose Chicken Pot Pie as its book-inspired recipe. My thought process is: if you need to feel better, turn to food. (That’s not medical advice....

Orange Rosemary Shortbread Cookies (Recipe Inspired by THE LOST APOTHECARY)

Tartlets, you have no idea what I went through to bring you today’s Orange Rosemary Shortbread Cookies. For reals. If you only knew how many trial batches of cookies were tossed in the bin…. *sigh* As soon as I finished reading The Lost Apothecary, I knew what my book-inspired recipe would be. Author Sarah Penner included a recipe for Rosemary Butter Biscuit Cookies at the end of the book, and since apothecary Nella knows everything about...

Lemon Piccata Flounder with Herbed Couscous (Recipe Inspired by DAUGHTERS OF THE LAKE)

You guys, this is a fancy recipe. So, break out the company plates 'cause you’re gonna want to show this one off with your best china. I'm sure some of you are already drifting away from this post because you think "fancy" means "difficult," but that is NOT true. Stay with me. I promise that this is not going to be scary. Just really, really pretty. And tasty. The main character of Daughters of the Lake, Kate, goes to stay with her cousin...