Comments on: Shar 11:No Killing, No Cookies

By: ZaZa

ZaZa — Mon, 24 Dec 2007 02:31:32 +0000

Has to be yellow.
Mustard or saffron, neither of which appeals like honey and butter. Abby is just a honey and butter kind of person.

You’ve heard of honey mustard pretzels. In the foodie world, honey butter cookies with a little hot mustard or mustard seed (?) would probably be a hit.

By: talpianna

talpianna — Sun, 23 Dec 2007 23:24:42 +0000

P.S. Try defrosting the frozen bread in the microwave before toasting.

By: talpianna

talpianna — Sun, 23 Dec 2007 23:20:45 +0000

Robena, I’m worse off than you. I also want some Lemon Ginger Cremes, and I HAVE a box—but it’s earmarked for a Christmas gift! Oh, the humanity!

By: robena grant

robena grant — Sun, 23 Dec 2007 04:01:17 +0000

Talpianna, those Carr’s Ginger Lemon Creams are my fave. Drat. Now I want some and I have none. A friend just gave me a loaf of zucchini bread and like a dumbie I froze it.

And Lani, you should get applause, just roll all around in it. And yay on a second book, and a third book. Can’t wait, but in the meantime the freezer is calling me. Can you toast frozen zucchini bread?

Oh, just got home from seeing the movie Atonement. Interesting non-linear storytelling. Go see it.

By: Louis

Louis — Sun, 23 Dec 2007 03:32:10 +0000

Third Book!

Thank you Ms Jenny and Ms Lani

I’m applauding!

By: Evesie

Evesie — Sun, 23 Dec 2007 02:37:26 +0000

me likey honey butter and I’m the Cookie Monster, I should know goodness.

By: talpianna

talpianna — Sun, 23 Dec 2007 02:31:07 +0000

P.S. Carr’s makes delicious Ginger Lemon Cremes—sandwich cookies with lemon filling between ginger wafers.

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/4187C6VWM9L._AA280_PIbundle-12,TopRight,0,0_AA280_SH20_.jpg

By: talpianna

talpianna — Sun, 23 Dec 2007 02:27:53 +0000

Has to be yellow? How about lemon bars? And why anise or licorice? Does ANYONE actually LIKE that stuff???

Also for yellow–one of the “Aunt Dimity” mysteries has a recipe for gilded gingerbread in the back.

By: Jenny

Jenny — Sun, 23 Dec 2007 01:41:04 +0000

Has to be yellow.
Mustard or saffron, neither of which appeals like honey and butter. Abby is just a honey and butter kind of person.

By: inkgrrl

inkgrrl — Sun, 23 Dec 2007 00:29:25 +0000

Cloves? Cardamom? Auld Middle Eastern spices both…

By: Jenny

Jenny — Sat, 22 Dec 2007 21:47:13 +0000

Abby is not a peppery person.
Shar is, but she’s got anise. I think.

By: jessie

jessie — Sat, 22 Dec 2007 21:34:09 +0000

I am still fixating on honey butter cookies. How about some pepper to give them a little flare. Isn’t there a traditional German holiday cookie that is made with pepper? You could borrow the pepper amount from those and add it to your honey butter cookies. It might be like crab cakes: they really are tastier if you add a bit of tabasco or red pepper flakes.

By: Jenny

Jenny — Sat, 22 Dec 2007 19:51:56 +0000

I didn’t say Shar wouldn’t care. I said Shar was action oriented. She sees a spammer who’s been choked to death, she’s going to rescue his dogs from their crates and go after the person who killed him, not weep and moan.

Like some characters I could mention.

Jill, we started talking about the future and realized there would be a third book to bring everything to a close. We just have so much stuff. The second book came out of all the things we wanted in this one and couldn’t fit in. And then the third book came out of the stuff that we realized we couldn’t get in that.

Of course, this may be the only one we ever write, but it’s fun to play with.

Evesie, I’m working on a solo. I’ll probably be doing the Twelve Days of Emmeline in Jan or Feb. No walking ware, though.

By: Jill

Jill — Sat, 22 Dec 2007 18:18:55 +0000

The third book ?

By: Evesie

Evesie — Sat, 22 Dec 2007 14:34:44 +0000

Jennie, do you have a blocked out date in mind when something just you write will come out? As much as I love your collaborations (Agnes and The Hitman is a great book), my favorite ones of yours are still singular titles. To me it feels you create an imaginary world a bit better – so if you’re talking about Carlton Walking Ware, it makes me wanna go buy the damn things. Or if you’re describing an array of Minerva’s shoes…Anyway, your books to me are the kind that are like an onion with soo many layers, it’s a God-given, the reader is going to come back to it time and time again. Thanks for reading my wishful ramble.

By: Lani

Lani — Sat, 22 Dec 2007 11:30:06 +0000

But the part about the applause is true.

I like applause.

By: Lani

Lani — Sat, 22 Dec 2007 11:29:12 +0000

Libel.

I said my character would be upset. Because my character, unlike some heartless characters I could mention, would have an issue with something they did ending in the bloody death of another human being. And I made that clear, quite a few times, and still Crusie insists on misrepresenting me to the press. I don’t have a problem with a death in the book.

Yeesh.