From: The Hanged Man’s Noose

Glass Dolphin Antiques shop owner Arabella Carpenter loves shortbread cookies. I also love shortbread, especially this recipe for almond crescents, a wonderful Christmas tradition.

From: The Hanged Man’s Noose and A Hole in One

The Hanged Man’s Noose is a pub located on Lount’s Landing’s historic Main Street, and is featured in my Glass Dolphin Mystery series. Along with their signature drink, the Treasontini, the Noose is known for their Full Noose Nachos, which according to the series’ main character Arabella Carpenter, are “to die for.” Definitely not diet food!

From: We’d Rather Be Writing: 88 Authors Share Timesaving Dinner Recipes and Other Tips

Author Lois Winston put together this cookbook filled with recipes from 88 authors who’d rather be writing. This recipe for Easy Peasy Veggie Lasagna is one of my favorite go-to’s, especially if I have some leftover raw veggies that are starting to look a bit sad. Anything goes!

From: A Fool’s Journey

Callie loves to cook, and in A Fool’s Journey she prepares this dinner for Lucy Daneluk, founder of the Ontario Registry of Missing and Unidentified Adults: Brie and asparagus quiche, mixed greens with balsamic dressing, angel food cake with fresh strawberries and a dollop of strawberry whipped cream for dessert. Photo courtesy of halfbakedharvest.com. 

From: Before There Were Skeletons

I have a confession to make. Unlike Calamity (Callie) Barnstable in my Marketville mystery series, I’m a dreadful cook. But Callie, bless her cold case solving heart, finds great solace in cooking. In Before There Were Skeletons Green Beans Almondine play a small, but surprisingly significant, part to the story line.

Photo by Sara, Dinner at the Zoo

From: Hanged Man’s Noose

You can find the Treasontini on the cover of The Hanged Man’s Noose, which also happens to be the name of a pub in Lount’s Landing. The Treasontini, a blueberry martini, is the Noose’s signature drink.

From: Skeletons in the Attic

Protagonist Callie Barnstable finds a grease-stained recipe for peanut butter cookies while sorting through a trunk in the attic filled with things from her mother. I was thinking of my mom’s peanut butter cookies when I wrote that part. I’ve never tasted better.

From: Bake, Love, Write: 105 Authors Share Dessert Recipes and Advice on Love and Writing

Author Lois Winston put together this collection of dessert recipes and tips on love and writing. This recipe for Lemon Blueberry Pudding Cake is easy to make, moist and delicious. There’s even a tip on how to keep the blueberries from going to the bottom.

From: Where There’s A Will

It’s just a brief mention: Arabella Carpenter and Emily Garland at The Hanged Man’s Noose. Arabella orders Beef Tacos and Emily, a vegetarian, orders a bowl of Spicy Black Bean Chili and Mexican Bruschetta. But that’s the great fun of writing…I can tuck in something like that and, later on, add a recipe and photo to the website. There are plenty of versions of Mexican Bruschetta, but this recipe, courtesy of Sam the Cooking Guy, is by far my favorite (and it’s easy-peasy).

From: Where There’s a Will

Sydney Van Fraassen is a new character in the third and final novel in the Glass Dolphin Mystery Series, and what fun she turns out to be. As the owner of Sydney’s Smoothie Bar, she’s inventive, not only in her recipes, but her titles. Here’s Blue Suede Shoes. Elvis would be proud.