Hello everyone!
My name is Bree Baker, and I’m the author of Live
& Let Chai, the first in a a fun new cozy series coming this July. I’m over-the-top
excited to be part of Mystery Lovers Kitchen today. In fact, I’ve been toiling
over what sort of recipe to share for weeks. To be honest, I’m not the greatest
in the kitchen, but I LOVE to read recipes, watch the cooking shows and pretend
I don’t burn toast. Thanks to my new Seaside Café series, I’ve found a few recipes
I can’t possibly burn, namely iced tea! You see, the seaside café from my
series is called, Sun, Sand & Tea, and it’s an iced tea shop on the Outer Banks
of North Carolina. I’ve made more iced tea in the last six months than I’d ever
imagined I would in a lifetime. I’m going to share one of my favorites with you
today. The world is covered in snow where I am, but that never keeps me from
dreaming of the beach. Maybe this refreshing shot of iced tea will have you
dreaming of sand between your toes right along with me!
Summer
Strawberry & Peach Tea
Nothing compliments a hot summer day like this Swan
Family Favorite, so dive in and enjoy!
Prep Time: 20 minutes Yields: 8 servings
Ingredients:
5 cups of cold water divided
½ to 1 cup strawberry preserves (to your taste *I*
go with 1. Yum!)
4 herbal peach tea bags
6 fresh strawberries, cored and sliced
Ice
Directions:
Add 2 cups of water, strawberry preserves and peach
tea bags to a saucepan and bring to a boil
Remove from heat and steep 15 minutes.
Pour in remaining 3 cups of cold water
Remove tea bags and cool completely
Add strawberry slices and stir
Refrigerate until ready to serve
Pour over ice
Live
& Let Chai, coming July 2018 from Sourcebooks!
Trouble
is brewing in Everly’s new café. Can she bag the culprit before it’s too late?
Life hasn’t been so sweet for Everly Swan over the
past couple of years, but now she’s back in her seaside hometown and the proud
owner of a little iced tea shop and café right on the beach. Things are finally
starting to look up – until a curmudgeonly customer turns up dead on the
boardwalk. With one of her hallmark iced
tea jars lying right next to him and an autopsy that reports poison in his
system, it doesn’t look good for Everly or her brand-new business.
As the townspeople of Charm turn their backs on
Everly, she fights to dig up clues about who could’ve had it in for the former
town councilman. With a maddeningly
handsome detective discouraging her from uncovering leads and a series of
anonymous attacks on Everly and her business, it will take everything she’s got
to keep this mystery from boiling over.
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About Bree:
Bree Baker is a Midwestern writer, obsessed with
small town high jinks, sweet tea and the sea. She's been telling stories to her
family, friends and strangers for as long as she can remember, and more often
than not, those stories feature a warm ocean breeze and recipe she's sure to
ruin. Now, she's working on those fancy cooking skills and dreaming up
adventures for the Seaside Cafe mysteries. Her debut title, Live & Let Chai
releases from Sourcebooks in July 2018. Bree is a member of Sisters in Crime,
International Thriller Writers and the Romance Writers of America. She is
represented by Jill Marsal of Marsal Lyon Literary Agency.
