Fig & Blueberry Clafouti

I don't usually find fresh figs where I live. They're so sweet -- what a treat! I love this week's recipe, but first --

Congratulations to Cleo on the release of her new book Roast Mortem!

The national bestselling author brews up another mystery-and this time, it's New York's Bravest that get burned.

For online ordering, just click here!

I feel so Ina Garten today. This is the kind of simple recipe she would serve to guests at an outdoor dinner party, surrounded by fields, flowers, and candles. Rustic, yet elegant.



Sophisticated flavors, perfect for impressing foodie friends, or a future mother-in-law. Shh, we won't tell how easy this is!

The last clafouti I made was a huge disappointment. Usually made with cherries, a clafouti is baked with sort of a custard/pancake batter. So this time around, I searched for alternatives and based this recipe on one from The Best of Gourmet 1988. Specifically, I was inspired by the use of ground almonds as a substitute for most of the flour. The resulting dish almost melts in your mouth.

Fig & Blueberry Clafouti

9 fresh figs
1/2 cup blueberries

1/4 cup blanched almonds
1/3 cup sugar
2 tablespoons flour
dash of salt
2 eggs
3/4 cup milk (I used nonfat)
splash of orange liquor (1/2 teaspoon-ish)


1 tablespoon butter
2 tablespoons sugar

1. Preheat the oven to 400.

2. Slice the figs lengthwise and arrange in a baking dish or pie pan. Scatter the blueberries in between the figs.

3. In a food processor, pulse the almonds until fine. Add the sugar, flour, salt, and whirl. Add the two eggs and the milk, and whirl into a batter. Pour over the fruit.

4. Cut the butter into tiny bits and scatter over top of the batter. Sprinkle with the two remaining tablespoons of sugar.

5. Bake for 35 minutes, or until golden in color and set. Cool briefly, but serve warm. You can serve it plain, with a scoop of vanilla ice cream, or with a dollop of whipped cream.

Enjoy!

WINNER! AND THE FIREHOUSE COOKBOOK WINNER IS...

Congrats to Janel of Janel's Jumble blog for leaving a comment Friday and winning one of my Roast Mortem release party prizes in an instant giveaway. To everyone who entered, keep watching this blog for your next chance to win and...

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Drink with joy!

~ Cleo Coyle

*Sales of the Firehouse Cookbook benefit the
Terry Farrell Firefighters Fund. Click here to learn more.

Cleo Coyle's Coffee Milk + Homemade Coffee Syrup

Congrats to Janel of Janel's Jumble blog for leaving a comment Friday and winning one of my Roast Mortem release party prizes in an instant giveaway. To everyone who entered, keep watching this blog for your next chance to win and...

Enter more of my hot 

ROAST MORTEM
RELEASE PARTY
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Drink with joy!

~ Cleo Coyle

*Sales of the Firehouse Cookbook benefit the
Terry Farrell Firefighters Fund. Click here to learn more.

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Cleo Coyle, author of The
Coffeehouse Mysteries. Learn more
about Cleo's national bestselling
mystery series by clicking here.

Coffee Milk. I know it sounds odd, but I assure you it is one amazingly delicious drink. It tastes like a tall, cold chocolate milkshake but with a deep, earthy dimension and a nice little kick of caffeine.

I haven't made this uniquely delicious drink for some time. Then Nancy P., one of this blog's many supportive followers, asked me to share the recipe. She recalled reading about it in one of my earlier titles, and she was right.

In book #5 of my Coffeehouse series, Decaffeinated Corpse, I introduce a struggling fine arts painter who begins to work part-time as a barista for Clare Cosi.

Clare is the main character of my amateur sleuth series. Her day job is managing a landmark coffeehouse in the picturesque historic district of Greenwich Village. (Her moonlighting gig is solving murders, but that's another blog post.)

Anyway, this part-time barista named Dante Silva is a fairly minor character in most of the Coffeehouse books with one exception. If you read my latest mystery, Roast Mortem, you'll see that he plays a much larger role in the story.

Coffee Milk also happens to be the official state drink of Rhode Island, which is the state where Dante was born and raised. This little point of coffee trivia was brought up by the characters in Decaffeinated Corpse and that's how Coffee Milk ended up being included in the book.

So here is my recipe, along with a shout-out to Nancy P. (aka booklover) for remembering the Coffee Milk and asking me about it. You have inspired today's blog post, Nanc, thanks!

Cleo Coyle's
Coffee Milk

Ingredients:

Ice cold milk
Coffee Syrup (recipe follows)

Directions: Pour Coffee Syrup into a glass of cold milk (about 2 tablespoons per 8 ounces or to your own taste). Stir and enjoy!

You can purchase Coffee Syrup from companies famous for making it like Rhode Island's Autocrat. Or you can make your own.

In the photo to the right, you'll notice what looks like a pancake syrup dispenser. But that's not maple syrup in there -- it's coffee syrup! (What did you think? It is chez Coyle, after all.)

We love this easy-pour method of storing the coffee syrup. It's a fast and easy way to add it into milk or fortify hot coffee. Try splashing some into your own morning joe for an improvised red-eye. It's delicious, and my husband and I really do enjoy it.

What follows is the recipe I use to make my homemade coffee syrup, an ingredient that's very useful in recipes beyond Coffee Milk. Examples to come in the weeks ahead.

The syrup should thicken enough
to coat the back of a spoon.

Cleo Coyle's
Coffee Syrup

Ingredients:

1 cup of ground coffee
2 cups of water
1 cup of sugar


Step 1: Brew coffee (regular or decaf) in your drip maker at the ratio of 1 cup of ground coffee to 2 cups of cold water. Depending on your coffeemaker, your final yield will be a little over one cup of very strong coffee.

Step 2: Place all of this very strong coffee into a medium saucepan. Over medium heat, slowly stir in one cup of sugar. At no time should you allow this mixture to boil, which may give the coffee a bitter taste.

Step 3: Bring the mixture to a simmer, stirring constantly to help dissolve the sugar. Once the sugar is dissolved and the mixture is clearly simmering, continue cooking for about five minutes, stirring often and not allowing the syrup to boil. The mixture will thicken a bit as you cook it.

Step 4: When it's done cooking, remove the pan from heat and allow the syrup to cool. This method will yield about one cup of syrup. Coffee syrup can be stored in a tightly sealed container in the refrigerator, for up to a month.

 

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~ Cleo Coyle

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Healthy Weeknight Meal in a Hurry--Black Bean Quesadillas

First of all, a huge congratulations to my friend and fellow Mystery Lovers’ Kitchen cook, Cleo Coyle, for her brand-new release (that just hit the shelves yesterday), Roast Mortem, now taking the bookstores by storm! For online ordering, just click here!

I start out every week thinking I’m going to cook healthy things all week, but then something happens to that plan along the way.

That thing is usually lack of time. :) In my head, healthy cooking takes a little longer for me to plan and execute than some of the other weeknight dishes that I prepare.

Most days, the hours fly by, then it’s suddenly 5:30 and I remember that supper needs to be served in an hour.

I do have one really quick, healthy recipe to make in a snap. You can whip these up and have them on the table in about 10-15 minutes.

Black Bean Quesadillas

Whole wheat tortillas
1 T Canola oil
1 can black beans, drained and rinsed
Shredded cheese (I like Monterrey Jack)
Fresh salsa (I just get the kind that’s in the refrigerated deli area…I used artichoke and garlic flavored…yum!)
sour cream

Mix the beans, cheese, and salsa together. Heat canola oil over medium heat in a pan. Scoop black bean mixture onto tortillas, then fold over and put on the heated frying pan.

It’s quick, easy, tasty…and healthy! I think I need to find more recipes like this…

Riley/Elizabeth
Delicious and Suspicious (July 6 2010) Riley Adams
Pretty is as Pretty Dies –Elizabeth Spann Craig
http://mysterywritingismurder.blogspot.com

Vacation Potpourri

I know what you're thinking.
Vacation potpourri is the stench
that comes out of your suitcase from
the fifty pounds of dirty laundry
you have just paid twenty-five bucks
to have hauled across the country
in the belly of an airplane so that you can
spend your first three days back home
getting re-familiarized with your washing
machine.


Having done just that, I suggest another way to think of
vacation potpourri and in fact, I'm including a recipe.
I hope that wherever you roam you remember to
bring a piece of your vacation home, even if it's just in your
memories.















Step one: Take a long winding stroll where the butterflies doze.
















Step two: Snitch a petal or two from a fading rose.





Step three: Take several more walks.



















Step four: Gather unusual shells and rocks.

















Step five: Pick up some sticks to add to the mix.

















Step six: Put it all in a baggie and seal it tight.


Step seven: At home, open the
bag and inhale with delight.


I was lucky enough to spend a long
stretch in the wilds of Nova Scotia
this summer. No Internet access and
my cell phone couldn't get a signal.
Once I got over the twitches, it was
the calmest, most peaceful time
I've spent in a very long time and I
highly recommend it.

My bowl of vacation potpourri
is on my table and the mingled
scents of spruce with summer
roses grown by the sea gives
me great joy!



I want to thank Wendy Lyn
Watson for stepping in for me
with her fabulous recipes
and wonderful posts. And I also
want to thank my fellow MLK
gal pals for keeping the kitchen
stocked while I was gone.
Thanks all! Vacation was lovely,
but it's good to be home.



One of the best days of my vacation was listening to the rain
tapping on the roof while I curled up on the chesterfield and
read two great books (Riley's Delicious and Suspicious
and Avery's The Long Quiche Goodbye).
They were fabulous reads! And now that I'm home,
I've got Cleo's Roast Mortem on my nightstand.
Summer in the kitchen has been very productive!
Congratulations to one and all!

Uh oh, is that the phone ringing? Hang on -- I need to go sniff my bowl of
vacation potpourri.

Jenn McKinlay

SPRINKLE WITH MURDER (AVAILABLE NOW)
BUTTERCREAM BUMP OFF (AVAILABLE FOR PRE-ORDER)

www.jennmckinlay.com

Super Fabulous Summer No-Bake Cheesecake!

Today I'm sharing a truly fabulous recipe here on the blog, but first, let me congratulate my blog-sister Cleo Coyle on the release of ROAST MORTEM.

Today is release day, which is always cause for celebration!

And we here at Mystery Lovers' Kitchen do love to celebrate!

Roast Mortem is out right now. You can find it in bookstores everywhere!

Now... Cheesecake...

You won't believe how great this cheesecake is. Seriously.

I hear you: You're protesting, insisting that, no-bake cheesecakes aren't bad, but never as satisfying as the kind you get at a restaurant. I won't lie and tell you that I don't crave a classic cheesecake (Junior's, Cheesecake Factory, Eli's, etc.) from time to time, but I will tell you that baking one in the middle of

summer is not on my agenda. I'll bet it's not on yours either.

I was invited to dinner at a friend's house this past Saturday, with the only request that I bring dessert.

I put this cheesecake together that afternoon and pulled it out of the freezer just as we left the house. Nicely defrosted by dessert time, and best of all? It was delicious!

Six adults all sampled this and everyone raved. I brought home the meager leftovers and my kids went nuts for it. Creamy, rich, easy, and no-bake!

You ready? You're gonna love it!

No Bake Cheesecake a la Julie

1 cup graham cracker crumbs

2 cups pecan cookie crumbs (I pulverized the store-brand equivalent of Pecan Sandies in my food processor until finely ground)

10 Tbsp butter (1 stick plus 2 T), melted

3 Tbsp sugar for the crust

3 - 8 oz pkgs cream cheese - room temperature

1/2 cup sugar for the filling

1 Tbsp lemon juice

1 cup whipping cream

Fruit topping

Combine graham cracker and cookie crumbs with sugar. Add melted butter and stir until the mixture sticks together. Press into the bottom and sides of a 9-inch springform pan. Cover with aluminum foil and place in the refrigerator.

Combine the 3 packages of room-temperature cream cheese with the lemon juice and 1/2 cup of sugar. Using a hand mixer, beat until creamy.

In a separate bowl (I used a chilled metal bowl) whip the cream until soft peaks hold. Fold this cream into the cream cheese mixture. Mix well by hand. Don't use the mixer.

Spread into the prepared springform pan. Cover with fruit topping (I used raspberry preserves slightly warmed in the microwave for easier spreading). Once the topping is in place, cover with aluminum foil and freeze for at least an hour or two.

About an hour before serving, remove the springform side and move the cheesecake to the refrigerator. Should be just right by dessert time. Truly, truly, a fabulous dessert. Easy enough to make at home, pretty enough for company.

And... speaking of Cleo... can't you picture her strawberry or blueberry toppings here? Ooh.. I can!!

Have fun with this! Enjoy!

Julie

Author of GRACE UNDER PRESSURE, first in the Manor House Mystery series. At your favorite bookstore today!

Fan Request

CONGRATULATIONS TO CLEO.

Her new book: ROAST MORTEM is due out August 3! You can go to Cleo's website and order the book there. She's having a contest and all sorts of fun!

On to other news.

This has been an interesting few weeks for me. Having my first book come out is an eye-opener. Fans write to me to tell me how much they like the book. {Thank you, one and all.} Others have written to tell me that they tried a recipe (or the idea of a recipe when the recipe wasn't provided) [Year on the Grill]. While others have requested a recipe not included in the recipes provided at the end of the book.

That brings me to today's blog. In Chapter 22 of The Long Quiche Goodbye, neighbors bring a potluck dinner to Charlotte's grandmother's house. I wrote that Gretel (the pastor's wife) brought Five-Cheese Mac and Cheese. A fan wrote and said she must have that recipe.

Our very own Krista Davis warned me that fans did this. She advised me to make sure I didn't include a recipe in The Long Quiche Goodbye that I hadn't made myself. But of course, not all recipes made it into the recipe section at the end. My editor chose four.

These are my five (as shared through Gretel).

So, here it is. Gretel's Five-Cheese Macaroni and Cheese. The five cheeses can be anything you want them to be. I wrote on Facebook about this and received replies including Cheddar x 5!

Enjoy!

GRETEL'S FIVE-CHEESE MACARONI AND CHEESE

Ingredients:

2 cups dried macaroni, cooked to tender (about 4-5 cups cooked)

3 cloves garlic chopped

8 tablespoons butter [a cube]

1 1/2 cup milk

1/2 cup white wine

3 Tbs. rice flour

1 tsp. salt

1/2 tsp. pepper

1/2 tsp. paprika

2 cups grated cheese (equal parts Cheddars, Smoked Gouda, Parmessan, Monterey Jack, Havarti)

Directions:

Cook macaroni according to package directions. Drain and set aside. May be made a day ahead. Note: Do not forget to drain and set aside. You do not want the pasta to be “wet.”

In a large sauce pan, melt butter over medium heat. Add garlic and cook about 2 minutes. Add rice flour and stir. Cook 1 minute, let boil and thicken, stirring constantly.

Add milk and wine, stir and let boil to thicken.

Remove from heat and add cheeses and seasonings.

Pour sauce over drained macaroni.

Serve with a crisp salad.

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WINNERS! Cleo's Roast Mortem Release Party!

Thank you to everyone

who left a comment on my Sunday Pancake Party post
(click here if you missed it) and my Cleo Coyle
Facebook page!

CLEO COYLE'S
ROAST MORTEM
RELEASE WEEK PARTY
CONTINUES!

KEEP CHECKING MY WEB SITE

(CoffeehouseMystery.com)
THIS WEEK
FOR MORE CHANCES TO WIN

GREAT PRIZES!

BIG CONGRATS TO

MY SUNDAY WINNERS...

LSU Reader won the "Gimme Coffee" Latte Cup

Pattie T of Pattie Tierney Designs: Wearable Literary Art won a pound of Cops Coffee

Dana Ford Halicki won the Firehouse Cookbook

Mickie Vee won the signed copy of my new...

Coffeehouse Mystery
Roast Mortem

Releasing this week
in hardcover
from Berkley Prime Crime

For more info, click here
or on the book cover

Drink (and read)

with joy!

~ Cleo Coyle

author of The Coffeehouse Mysteries
CoffeehouseMystery.com

"Where coffee and crime are always brewing..."

Cleo Coyle's Blueberry Buttermilk Firehall Pancakes + 4 Instant Giveaways!

Thank you to everyone who left a comment
on Sunday (on this post or on my Facebook page)


ROAST MORTEM'S
RELEASE WEEK PARTY
CONTINUES!

KEEP CHECKING MY WEB SITE
http://www.coffeehousemystery.com/
FOR MORE CHANCES TO WIN
GREAT PRIZES!


CONGRATS TO
MY WINNERS TODAY...

LSU Reader won the"Gimme Coffee" Latte Cup.   
Pattie T of Pattie Tierney Designs: Wearable Literary Art
won a pound of Cops Coffee  
Dana Ford Halicki won the Firehouse Cookbook.   
Mickie Vee won the signed copy of my new  
Coffeehouse Mystery: Roast Mortem,
releasing this week in hardcover from Berkley!

--------------------------------

Sunday is usually our "guest" blogger day.

We six *mystery writing* cooks take turns inviting guest authors to tell us (and you) about their upcoming releases. But with my new Coffeehouse Mystery releasing this week, I decided to be my own
guest and tell you about this very special entry
in my ongoing series...

Cleo Coyle , New York City 2010. Yes, that's
an FDNY ladder truck behind me. :-)

To find out more about me
and my series of national bestselling
mysteries, click here and jump to
the"About the Coffeehouse Mysteries"
page at my website.

For newcomers to this blog, my name is Alice Alfonsi, and I write mysteries as Cleo Coyle in collaboration with my husband, Marc Cerasini. 

Marc and I have been living and working in New York City for over twenty years. Our Coffeehouse Mysteries—a unique blend of crime, romance, humor, and action—are set here, too, around a landmark Greenwich Village coffee shop called the Village Blend.

Through eight books now, our quirky town has fueled us with strange-but-true ideas for characters and plotlines from criminal to culinary. For the ninth entry in our series, we drew inspiration from yet another local source: New York’s Bravest.

FDNY Firefighters 2010. Photo by
Alice Alfonsi who writes as Cleo Coyle.

It's hard not to admire New York firefighters (and I’m not even going to flash you with the annual hunks in hardhats calendar). Oh, sure, they can be as cranky and crazy as the rest of us. After all, most of them actually like running into burning buildings. But I think of them more as knights in bunker gear.

Every day, these men and women beat back a new fire monster, rescuing citizens from the jaws of its wreckage. Their firehouses look like castle strongholds. Even their symbol is a knightly one—the Maltese Cross. “Every firefighter works in courage,” states the FDNY, “a ladder rung away from death, willing to lay down his life for you.”

FDNY Maltese Cross. Photo by Alice Alfonsi
who writes as Cleo Coyle

Now that’s the stuff of heroes and (crazy or not) heroes inspire writers. In fact, the very idea of running into a burning building to save an innocent victim struck me as the perfect analogy for what Clare Cosi does in our Coffeehouse Mysteries.

A divorced single-mom in her forties, Clare is a coffee shop manager by day, an irrepressible snoop by night. When something is wrong, she considers it her mission to right it—and arson that leads to murder is as wrong as it gets.

“Coyle's strong 9th Coffeehouse
Mystery pays tribute to
New York City firefighters.”
~ Publishers Weekly

At the start of Roast Mortem, an unknown arsonist begins torching cafés around the city. When an FDNY ladder company comes to the rescue of Clare and her co-workers, she returns the favor by rescuing these fearless few from some seriously bad coffee. Then her new firemen friends begin dying in suspicious ways, and Clare finds reason to believe their deaths are connected to the “Coffee Shop Arsonist.” Unfortunately, an overly-flirtatious member of the FDNY stands in her way. This strapping captain clearly has something to hide. But as Clare starts to dig deeper, someone threatens to extinguish her.


If you’ve never read a Coffeehouse Mystery, don’t let that stop you from picking up Roast Mortem. You can certainly enjoy it as a stand-alone novel. If you’ve been a fan of the series, this is one you won’t want to miss because this is more than just another murder mystery for Clare Cosi. The events of the story trigger highly personal consequences that keep her reeling until the very end.

SAMPLE MY
ROAST MORTEM
RECIPES...

Like my previous Coffeehouse Mysteries, Roast Mortem has a culinary theme and includes delicious recipes of foods mentioned in the story. CLICK HERE to get a sneak peek at the book’s recipe section, partly inspired by some firehouse kitchen favorites.


And speaking of firehouse kitchens, the recipe below was supposed to go into Roast Mortem, but I ran out of room! I'm very happy to share this bonus recipe with you now...



Cleo Coyle's
Blueberry Buttermilk
Firehall Pancakes

To download these recipes for free
and print, save, or share, click here  

Ever since I was a little girl, growing up in Western Pennsylvania, I've associated firefighters with pancakes. Why? Unlike New York with its full-time professional department of over 11,000 firefighters (the largest fire department in the United States), my little hometown had a volunteer service.

One of the ways we raised money for them was attending their periodic Firehall Pancake Breakfasts. (They had Fish Fries, too, but it's WAY to hot to fry fish in NYC at the moment. Check back for my Beer Batter Firehall Fried Fish recipe after the fall weather hits!)






Now that my hometown is NYC, I'm trying to help the firefighters in other ways. One of them is giving away copies of this Firehouse Cookbook, which benefits the Terry Farrell Firefighters Fund, a charity established in the name of a decorated member of the FDNY who lost his life while rescuing victims on 9/11. There are some fantastic recipes in this cookbook and the proceeds go toward helping the Fund. If you'd like to learn more or purchase one for youself, just click here (or on the book cover above). Otherwise, make sure you leave a comment so you'll be entered to win this cookbook today! Now for the recipe...

To start,
you will need
to turn this...

Into this...

By making
this...

Cleo Coyle's
Fresh Blueberry Syrup

Yields: 2 cups of amazingly delicious syrup

Ingredients:

2 pints blueberries (pictured above)
1/2 cup white, granulated sugar

1/2 cup water

Directions: Place all ingredients in a bowl and lightly stir until all sugar is dissolved. Allow to stand 30 mintues to an hour. Transfer everything to a saucepan (ideally your pan will have a non-stick surface). Be sure to include all excess liquid that accumulated at the bottom of the bowl. Heat the blueberry mixture to boiling then reduce heat a bit and simmer 8 to 10 minutes, stirring often to prevent sticking. The mixture will thicken and darken (see photo above). Remove from heat and serve immediately over pancakes, ice cream, slices of angel food or pound cake. To store, allow to come to room temperature then pour into an airtight container and keep in the refrigerator.

Now we're
going to
make these...

Cleo Coyle's Favorite
Buttermilk Pancakes

Yields: 12 pancakes (about 5 inches in diameter)

Ingredients:

4 Tablespoons butter

4 eggs

1-1/2 cups lowfat buttermilk (or regular milk with 1 tsp lemon juice)
+ 1/4 cup lowfat buttermilk

1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract

2-1/2 cups all-purpose flour (measure after sifting)

3 Tablespoons white, granulated sugar

1/4 teaspoon salt

3 teaspoons baking powder

Directions:

Step 1 - Make Batter: Melt the butter and set aside to cool a bit. In a mixing bowl, whisk together the eggs, vanilla, and 1-1/2 cups of the buttermilk (or regular milk with lemon added). Add sifted flour (be sure to measure after sifting or you'll have too much), sugar, salt, baking powder, and finally the melted butter. As you stir together the ingredients, consider the thickness of the batter.

Step 2 - Adjust Thickness: If you like thick, heavy pancakes, you're good to go. I prefer to add in that additional 1/4 cup of buttermilk at this point. (The pancakes you see pictured were made with 1-3/4 cups buttermilk.) Depending on your climate, you may need to add even more buttermilk to get the batter to your desired thickness (or thinness). Note, however, do not over-mix or you'll produce gluten and your pancakes will be tough instead of tender.

Step 3 - Ladle, Flip, and Serve: You can either make the pancakes immediately or allow the batter to sit in the refrigerator (and hydrate) for 30 minutes to an hour. Ladle batter onto a pre-heated, non-stick griddle or skillet. For best results, do not grease. (TIP: If you have a good quality, non-stick griddle or skillet, one that conducts heat evenly, you should get prettier pancake results without the grease. Butter, cooking spray, and oil will all produce mottled surfaces on your cakes.) When the tops begin to bubble, flip. Serve with butter and syrup.

Click this photo to get
my recipe for "Pourable
Candy" Strawberry Syrup
and...

SYRUP LOVE

See my blueberry sryup recipe above or (if you missed it) give these a try with my homemade strawberry syrup (the recipe is extremely easy, incredibly delicious, and makes great use of your overripe berries). CLICK HERE!

 

Eat with joy!
~ Cleo Coyle  

ABOUT THE
COFFEEHOUSE MYSTERIES...
To learn more about Cleo's mysteries
 click here  or on the book cover.,

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COFFEE!

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"Sign me up" and you will be entered in all of Cleo's weekly
free coffee drawings, in which she gives away a free package
of her latest Coffee Pick. More info at Cleo's Web site.

Congrats to the winners of my Sunday giveaway. Check my web site over the next few weeks for more chances to win great prizes in celebration of the release of my new Coffeehouse Mystery: ROAST MORTEM!

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