Hi, I’m Victoria Adams and I’m so
happy to be here today.
I, along with 20 other authors, have
recently released a collection of Christmas stories. Some of the stories include
a recipe – which brings me to gingerbread.
I, will happily, admit, I love gingerbread.
I love the snap of the cookie when you bite the head off (yes, I’m worried I
might be a bit twisted). I love the way the flavor bursts into my mouth.
Confession time – I once at an entire
box of ginger snaps when I was working on an essay in university. One hand
wrote and the other hand grabbed cookies. While fun at the time, the tummy ache
I had later – ouch!
I have a kitchen wall full of cookie
cutters – large copper ones – a palm tree, a unicorn, a ballerina and yes, even
a gingerbread boy.
But my most cherished gingerbread
item is the recipe from an old cookbook in my mother’s collection. The recipe
is for 12 dozen cookies (144 cookies, if you don’t feel like doing the math –
lol)
My worse fault with the cookies –
besides binge eating them – is my decorating. I’m terrible at it. Luckily, my
daughter is great and it’s a wonderful time when we destroy the kitchen
creating cookies.
Here are three samples of decorating
gingerbread cookies. No they aren’t pictures of my cookies. The thought of pausing
long enough to put some on a plate and take a photo is incomprehensible.
How does all this relate to my short
story in Exquisite Christmas? Reese, my heroine, is a baker who is about to
have her quiet life interrupted and her shattered love affair mended by a
gingerbread cookie. And yes, I included the gingerbread recipe in the book.
Excerpt –
Reese loosened her grip on the teacup handle and pasted a
smile on her lips. The well-dressed, blonde reporter seated across from her
droned on about how she'd always wanted to be a chef. The Foodie life looked so
glamourous. And sexy.
Glamourous? Sexy? Reese held back a snort. Burn marks on
your inner forearms. Cuts on fingers. Splotches of icing decorating your face
and white hair, not because of age, but because of flour. And the proverbial
icing on the cake was stress.
She cast a glance at a half-iced wedding cake that was due
to be delivered in twenty-four hours. Reese cringed, remembering the unfinished
order for sixteen dozen Christmas cookies. Not a good time to be interviewed.
Maybe if she locked the reporter in the freezer… Mentally slapping herself,
Reese took a sip of her chocolate tea.
A curious emotion crossed the reporter's face.
Reese stifled a teenage eye roll. Here it comes. The
dreaded question. So, what made you want to become a pastry chef?
The reporter shifted on the wooden stool. "So, what was
it like dating Brandon Roberts?"
Reese coughed. "Sorry. Tea went down the wrong…"
She cleared her throat. "I thought this interview was about The Christmas
Dinner. Not my former…love life."
The Christmas Dinner was an annual fundraiser. Cat lover,
Reese was thrilled because this year the funds would benefit the local Animal
Shelter. Chefs' names were placed into a hat and two were paired up. Together
they would create a traditional turkey dinner. One chef prepared the bird and
the vegetables. The other created the breads and pies. Reese had already
planned out the pies. She was thinking of trying a different mixture of spices
for the pumpkin pies. Should I add walnuts to the apple pies? She tapped
her fingertips on the counter top.
The reporter giggled. "A bit of juicy back history will
add some spice to the story." She leaned forward. "Did you really
live with the Brandon Roberts? The sexiest celebrity chef on the
planet."
"Brandon and I dated." Reese placed the teacup on
the metal counter then folded her hands on her lap. "But it was a long
time ago. Now, can we get back to the charity dinner?"
The reporter blinked. "You mean, you don't know?"
Reese checked the wedding cake and dismissed the vision of
smashing it over the reporter's head. She really didn't have time to bake and
ice another one. She brushed a stray hair off her forehead. "Don't know
what?"
Blurb
– When romance writers give love stories to the world,
we do more than entertain – we share our hope for something better. These
imaginative moments of happy-ever-after warm the soul and ripple outward. The
world needs more love, and every bit helps.
We hope you enjoy this collection of heartwarming seasonal tales and delicious recipes by twenty-one Bestselling, Award-winning, and Multi-Published Authors from the international Exquisite Quills community: Victoria Adams, Rose Anderson, E. Ayers, Beverley Bateman, Lily Bishop, Barb Caffrey, Helena Fairfax, J.D. Faver, Jennifer Garcia, Romy Gemmell, Vonnie Hughs, Susan Jaymes, Gemma Juliana, Jean Lamb, Lyndi Lamont, Zanna Mackenzie, Janis Susan May, Dee Ann Palmer, Jane Leopold Quinn, Kaye Spencer, and M. S. Spencer.
We hope you enjoy this collection of heartwarming seasonal tales and delicious recipes by twenty-one Bestselling, Award-winning, and Multi-Published Authors from the international Exquisite Quills community: Victoria Adams, Rose Anderson, E. Ayers, Beverley Bateman, Lily Bishop, Barb Caffrey, Helena Fairfax, J.D. Faver, Jennifer Garcia, Romy Gemmell, Vonnie Hughs, Susan Jaymes, Gemma Juliana, Jean Lamb, Lyndi Lamont, Zanna Mackenzie, Janis Susan May, Dee Ann Palmer, Jane Leopold Quinn, Kaye Spencer, and M. S. Spencer.
Happy Holidays!
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Author
Bio – Victoria Adams, author of NA contemporary and contemporary romances was
born and raised in Ontario, Canada. Victoria lives in the country where she
takes long walks on her quiet country road and in the summer tends her flower
gardens and vegetable patch and in the winter dreams about them, while they are
buried under two feet of snow. Her large farm house now holds only her cat,
herself, her husband and a ghost.
Victoria
Adams is the alternate pen name to another author – secret identity. She is
indie published.
Published works
Dancing In Circles (Circles Trilogy book 1)
Circles Divided (Circles
Trilogy book 2)
Circles Interlocked (Circles
Trilogy book 3)
A Guy and A Girl
Red Tulip
Exquisite Christmas
(anthology of Christmas Stories
You can find Victoria at:
Blog –
Victoria’s Pages of Romance – http://victoriaadams.blogspot.com
FaceBook page – Books by Victoria Adams - http://www.facebook.com/CirclesTrilogy?ref=hl
Twitter – http://twitter.com/_VictoriaAdams
Amazon Author Page - http://www.amazon.com/Victoria-Adams/e/B007DVKQVC/ref=sr_tc_2_0?qid=1434080349&sr=1-2-ent
Sounds yummy. I love gingerbread.
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I'm not a gingerbread fan...but the story sounds wonderful!
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