Cooking Up a Mystery


“There are things you do because they feel right and they may make no sense and they may make no money and it may be the real reason we are here: to love each other and to eat each other’s cooking and say it was good.” Brian Andreas

The customers at Laney’s Delectable Delights say her food’s delicious. Laney Eskridge runs the tea house in Cooking Up A Mystery, a new release.She worked to put her husband through dental school. Then he left with another woman. She's on edge from the emotional scars and her parents' deaths. Then she hears unexplained noises in her new tea house, and her anxiety is tripled. Add a budding romance with Eric—a guy with a fear of commitment—and it's all too much to handle. She cuts ties with Eric and plunges into making her business pay off.

When Eric discovers that Laney's in danger, he vows to protect her. But can he make a lasting promise? Will she trust him? . . .and when they overhear a threat that could cause national turmoil, will anyone believe them? There's more brewing than herbal tea in Cooking up a Mystery.

Laney’s Chefs in the Making section in the back of the book contains over two dozen recipes supplied by Mission Love Seeds, a charitable organization. They’re taken from the group’s Heavenly Delights, authored by Pam Nichols Griffin. Mission Love Seeds was created to help children throughout the world and responds locally after disasters to demonstrate God’s love. Visit at missionloveseeds.org or on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/groups/120924667405/

Laney Shares Her Recipe for Pineapple Rice

Ingredients:

Rice (can be instant, but not boil-in-the-bag)
Cooking oil or spray
One small onion (chopped thin)
Five cloves garlic (or minced gloves equaling five cloves)
One tablespoon fresh grated ginger
One cup fresh pineapple
Small amount of pineapple juice
One teaspoon sugar
One lime

Cook rice according to directions on the box, but substitute a couple tablespoons to 1/4 cup pineapple juice (depending on taste) for part of the water.

Chill rice

Coat a heavy bottom skillet with oil. Add the onion, garlic, ginger, pineapple and sugar and stir. Add cold rice, break up, squirt with the juice of one lime and stir until heated and blended.

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Bio:  Award-winning author Gail Pallotta’s a wife, Mom, swimmer and bargain shopper who loves God, beach sunsets and getting together with friends and family. A 2013 Grace Awards finalist, she’s a Reader’s Favorite 2017 Book Award winner and a TopShelf 2020 Book Awards Nominee. She’s published six books, poems, short stories and several hundred articles. Some of her articles appear in anthologies while two are in museums. She enjoys connecting with readers. Visit her website at https://www.gailpallotta.com
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