Cheesemaker Willa Bauer is mourning the death of her mentor, Max Dumas, the owner of the last store where she worked before setting up her own business as well as the maker of the award-winning Church Bleu cheese. The recipe for this acclaimed cheese has long been one of Max’s most closely held secrets. He’d…
Around Crime HQ we’ve been talking about book trailers. If you don’t know what we mean, here are samples of the 6 basic types we’ve seen kicking around the interweebs: Authorial, Informational, Personal, Demonstrational, Comical, and DIY! 1) Authorial This clip by James Patterson for Kill Me If You Can, co-authored with Marshall Karp, was…
I love reading and I love eating so it stands to reason I’d enjoy mysteries that involve food. I’ve been reading about amateur sleuths who solve murders and prepare great food since the early days of the “culinary cozy.” I now have lots of favorites including one about a chef who makes gourmet bloods for…
