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March 19, 2025

What’s Your Favorite?

Beth Ann Chiles/ Cooking, Recipes, Writing/ 5 Comments/ 223

. As I was preparing to make some cookies for an upcoming Book Club / Tea Party I pulled out my favorite cookie cookbook that was handed down to me from my mom. I love having so many cookbooks from her and from my Grandma Continue reading →

January 23, 2025

What’s On Your Menu?

Beth Ann Chiles/ Cooking/ 7 Comments/ 191

See that stack of cookbooks in the header? One of my favorite things to do is to try new recipes and this stack of Skinnytaste cookbooks is tagged with many, many flags of recipes to try. It’s always been fun for me to look at Continue reading →

March 8, 2024

Hey Good Looking! Whatcha Got Cooking?

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Silly title today but I have been loving a cookbook that I have been using a lot lately and felt like I needed to share. I have to credit my sister for introducing me to Skinnytaste line of cookbooks and there are a slew of Continue reading →

February 15, 2021

My Love Affair with the Ham Ball

Beth Ann Chiles/ Cooking, Recipes/ 18 Comments/ 681

Many people do not know the beauty of the ham ball. I grew to love them over the years and this weekend I cooked up a huge batch. There are many iterations of the ham ball or ham loaf and my history with them has Continue reading →

July 16, 2020

Beets and Limes

Beth Ann Chiles/ Cooking, Recipes/ 12 Comments/ 502

Beets and limes don’t really go together but that is what I have been making lately. I have continued to get my Misfits Market boxes every other week and sometimes I get things that inspire me. The last time I was finally able to customize Continue reading →

December 5, 2016

Kickstarter, Cookies and Carolyn

Beth Ann Chiles/ Cooking, Life stories, North Carolina, Products/ 28 Comments/ 691

I am a huge fan of Kickstarter. I am also a huge fan of cookies.  Kickstarter is a great place to help  entrepreneurs realize their dreams.  I have “kicked in” on quite a few projects over the years but the most recent one is the Continue reading →

January 7, 2016

Who Loves Mush?

Beth Ann Chiles/ Cooking, Food, Life stories, Recipes, Travel, Writing/ 10 Comments/ 4292

I posted this picture of mush on Facebook the other day because you know–that is what I do.  Post pictures of food. Along with pictures of cats and beaches.  But this picture struck a chord with some of my followers. You see a lot of Continue reading →

November 30, 2015

And Now There Are Two

Beth Ann Chiles/ Cooking, Family, Holiday/ 22 Comments/ 4114

And now there are two.  The holiday was wonderful for me and I hope for you as well.  It was a full house with 2 sons, 2 girlfriends and 1 grand kitty.  Our first time to have Thanksgiving in our home in years as we Continue reading →

October 3, 2015

Slightly Sweet Saturday – Easy Apple Cranberry Cookies

Beth Ann Chiles/ Cooking, Recipes/ 8 Comments/ 4993

If you are like me you are loving all of the apple varieties that are around during this time of year.  In North Carolina I have found a lot of different kinds and am loving trying them all out. I wanted to make a few Continue reading →

September 5, 2015

Lowcountry Boil on Slightly Savory Saturday

Beth Ann Chiles/ Cooking, Recipes/ 12 Comments/ 5043

Mr. Diamond is coming home this weekend and instead of asking him to grill something the minute he gets home I decided to make one of my favorite “southern” dishes.  It takes very little prep work and is as amazing as it sounds. With few Continue reading →

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The Art of Social Media: Power Tips for Power Users
5 of 5 stars
The Art of Social Media: Power Tips for Power Users
by Guy Kawasaki
As always Guy Kawasaki has a great book with great information about all things social media. I highlighted tons of places in this book and it is definitely one that I will come back to time and time again to help me in all of the socia...
Old Girls in Low Cotton
3 of 5 stars
Old Girls in Low Cotton
by Helen Childress
This short book was one that looked like it would be a fun read. I honestly did not enjoy it all that much---it was a lot of characters bickering and while some of the writing was witty and funny it was not that kind of book that made m...
The Good Girl
5 of 5 stars
The Good Girl
by Mary Kubica
I loved this book! It had my interest from the very first page and was my "airplane" book on a recent trip. Author Mary Kubica created believable and interesting characters that the reader learned to identify with and care about. Mi...
All the Light We Cannot See
4 of 5 stars
All the Light We Cannot See
by Anthony Doerr
This is quite a book! I had it recommended to me by several people and while I thought it might be a little dark and depressing it made me have a better understanding of what life in this time period was like. The strength of the huma...
An Abundance of Katherines
5 of 5 stars
An Abundance of Katherines
by John Green
Another great book by John Green. I have become a huge fan of John Green since my reading of A Fault in our Stars and this book was another that did not disappoint me at all. It was a story of a child prodigy, a lot of anagrams, and a b...

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