Recipe for Hello Dolly Squares (great name!) from Mystery/Thriller Author BV Lawson @bvlawson #BakeLoveWrite

December 23, 2014December 22, 2014 Helena Fairfax5 Comments

Author, journalist, poet and blogger BV Lawson is one of the authors featured in our dessert recipe book Bake, Love, Write : 105 Authors Share Dessert Recipes and Advice on Love and Writing. This is my very last recipe post before Christmas…and it’s a cracker! (Sorry, couldn’t resist the Christmas cracker jokes :) ) Thanks…… Continue reading Recipe for Hello Dolly Squares (great name!) from Mystery/Thriller Author BV Lawson @bvlawson #BakeLoveWrite

Snow Angel and a sinful Chocolate-Caramel Brownie recipe: Chantilly White’s perfect combination!

December 16, 2014December 16, 2014 Helena Fairfax16 Comments

It’s a delight to have author Chantilly White with me today. Chantilly’s tagline is Pure Hearts ~ Sinful Pleasures and she certainly has a sinful pleasure for us today with her delicious Chocolate-Caramel Brownie recipe. Chantilly is one of the contributors to our Bake, Love, Write dessert recipe book. Thanks for dropping in today, Chantilly.…… Continue reading Snow Angel and a sinful Chocolate-Caramel Brownie recipe: Chantilly White’s perfect combination!

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Daryl Devoré’s fabulous chocolate sponge toffee recipe and a hot new release

December 9, 2014December 8, 2014 Helena Fairfax10 Comments

Daryl Devoré is one of the contributors to the Bake, Love, Write dessert recipe book recently released by Lois Winston and over one hundred other authors. If you like desserts, you’re in for a treat, and if you love a hot read on a cold winter’s night, then check out Daryl’s new release! Daryl’s going…… Continue reading Daryl Devoré’s fabulous chocolate sponge toffee recipe and a hot new release

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Bake yourself some cookies and tuck in to Kathryn Jane’s gripping romantic suspense!

December 5, 2014December 4, 2014 Helena Fairfax17 Comments

It’s lovely to welcome Kathryn Jane today, with a fun and easy recipe for ice-box cookies. (The British translation of “fridge biscuits” doesn’t have quite the same ring to it!) Kathryn Jane is one of the contributors to our Bake, Love, Write dessert recipe book, where you can find lots of other delicious recipes. Thanks…… Continue reading Bake yourself some cookies and tuck in to Kathryn Jane’s gripping romantic suspense!

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A Christmas recipe for real Italian Pizzelles, with author M.L. Guida

December 2, 2014December 1, 2014 Helena Fairfax5 Comments

It’s great to welcome author M.L. Guida today with another delicious recipe for the holidays – this time all the way from Italy. Magnifico! M.L. Guida is one of the contributors to our Bake, Love, Write dessert recipe book and my first guest with an Italian recipe. Bienvenuto, M.L. Guida! * * * Christmas is…… Continue reading A Christmas recipe for real Italian Pizzelles, with author M.L. Guida

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Custard baked in a pumpkin – a fabulous recipe and a collection of heart-warming holiday stories

November 25, 2014November 24, 2014 Helena Fairfax22 Comments

Today I’m really delighted to welcome author friend Rose Anderson to my blog. Rose is a multi-talented and multi-published author of romance, as well as one of the founding members of the Exquisite Quills group of authors. I belong to several author groups, and Exquisite Quills is by far the friendliest and most supportive, due…… Continue reading Custard baked in a pumpkin – a fabulous recipe and a collection of heart-warming holiday stories

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Controversy at Christmas! Author Terry Shames and a non-recipe #recipe

November 11, 2014November 10, 2014 Helena Fairfax27 Comments

Do you have certain recipes that HAVE to be cooked at Christmas, and cooked in a certain way only? Well, I’m delighted to welcome author Terry Shames to my blog today with one of her family’s much-loved holiday recipes. Note: for previous visitors from America, I’ve had to painstakingly translate all the measurements from US…… Continue reading Controversy at Christmas! Author Terry Shames and a non-recipe #recipe

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A recipe for Tourtière and a fabulous book collection – all part of Christmas on Main Street!

November 6, 2014November 5, 2014 Helena Fairfax43 Comments

Today US author E. Ayers is here with a Christmas recipe she told me she thought “unusual” when she first read it. I had to laugh when I read what the recipe was. It’s not odd to us in the north of England – we eat pork pies a LOT. Available in every butcher’s and…… Continue reading A recipe for Tourtière and a fabulous book collection – all part of Christmas on Main Street!

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Favourite #recipes for the holidays: Maple French Toast, with author Victoria Adams

November 4, 2014November 3, 2014 Helena Fairfax12 Comments

In the run up to the holidays I’m sharing a whole feast of recipes, and I’ll be hosting lots of the authors who collaborated on our Bake, Love, Write dessert recipe book (buy links below). Today author Victoria Adams is here with her own personal favourite holiday dish. Thanks for coming all the way to…… Continue reading Favourite #recipes for the holidays: Maple French Toast, with author Victoria Adams

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Delicious #recipes for the holidays: Lourdes Venard’s Guava Rugelach

October 28, 2014October 27, 2014 Helena Fairfax18 Comments

Today I’m starting an exciting new series in the run up to the holiday season, and it involves desserts, baking and lots of pudding – hooray! If you’ve been following my blog (and if you haven’t, please do! The link is over on the right-hand side :) ), you’ll have heard how I’m part of…… Continue reading Delicious #recipes for the holidays: Lourdes Venard’s Guava Rugelach

Helena Fairfax

Romance author and editor, insatiable book lover, Yorkshire lass

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