Tina Whittle writes the Tai Randolph mysteries for Poisoned Pen Press. The sixth book in this Atlanta-based series—Necessary Ends—is available now. Tina is a proud member of Sisters in Crime and serves as both a chapter officer and national board member. Visit her website to follow her on social media, sign up for her newsletter, or read additional scenes and short stories: www.tinawhittle.com.
WWK--Better than ever--Look for the return of blogs by Linda Rodriguez! She's back--on 1/4. Watch for our new blogger Tammy Euliano--debuting on 1/17
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Congratulations to Jennifer J. Chow for garnering a 2021 Lefty Nomination for Best Humorous Mystery Novel. We're crossing our fingers for Jennifer!
Congratulations to two WWK writers. Paula Gail Benson's "Reputation or Soul" and Keenan Powell's "Miss Millie Munz" have been chosen for Malice Domestic 16: Mystery Most Diabolical anthology to be released this spring.
KM Rockwood's "Stay Safe--Very Safe" appears in this year's 2020 BOULD anthology. Congratulations, KM!
Margaret S. Hamilton's "Dealing at the Dump" will appear in Cozy Villages of Death Fall 2020.
Margaret S. Hamilton's "Black Market Baby" and Debra H. Goldstein's "Forensic Magic" will appear in Masthead: Best New England Crime Stories Fall 2020.
Two new books for WWK members: Jennifer J. Chow's Mimi Lee Reads Between the Lines (look for the interview on WWK on 11/11) and Judy Penz Sheluk's Where There's A Will. Both books will be released on November 10.
For The Love Of Lobster Tales by Shari Randall is now available to download free for a limited time. Go to Black Cat Mysteries at: https://bcmystery.com/ to get your free copy! Thanks for the freebie, Shari.Annette Dashofy signed with agent Dawn Dowdle of the Blue Ridge Literary Agency. Congratulations, Annette!
Keenan Powell recently signed with agent Amy Collins of Talcott Notch. Congratulations, Keenan!
KM Rockwood's "Secrets To The Grave" has been published in the new SinC Chesapeake Chapter's new anthology Invitation To Murder, released by Wildside Press on 10/6.
Susan Van Kirk's Three May Keep A Secret has been republished by Harlequinn's Worldwide Mystery. The WWK interview about the book can be accessed here. We're so glad another publisher picked up this series.
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Tuesday, July 24, 2018
Food For Thought
Tina Whittle writes the Tai Randolph mysteries for Poisoned Pen Press. The sixth book in this Atlanta-based series—Necessary Ends—is available now. Tina is a proud member of Sisters in Crime and serves as both a chapter officer and national board member. Visit her website to follow her on social media, sign up for her newsletter, or read additional scenes and short stories: www.tinawhittle.com.
9 comments:
Excellent advice all the way around.
very timely! I remember telling my kids that the "baby carrots" in their packed lunches were picked early. Hah! An enterprising farmer using a cucumber cutter figured out a way to make ugly carrots saleable. And now they account for 70% of all carrots sold.
"Baby" v. "Baby cut" carrots. There's a huge difference.
Wonderful blog, Tina! Your daughter's reaction is priceless. Real food does taste different, too. Good for you. Be curious and eat local and seasonal.
We did a garden for several years so our kids could learn where food (at least vegetables) come from. We've frequently bought fish with skins, and they know that meat doesn't come from a grocery store, all neatly wrapped.
My daughter, however, is now on a kick that "red meat is bad for the environment" so she's resisting eating it. She does not, however, want to supplement the iron with other iron-rich foods (like spinach and beans), so I'm forcing her to eat *some* red meat. I've known too many people who get a severe iron deficiency because they don't balance their diets - and a One-a-day vitamin isn't sufficient.
They've never had un-homogenized milk, though. Just never bought it.
There is a joke about a man from the big city who visited a farm many years ago and found a stack of glass milk bottles. "Look," he said. "A cow's nest."
My daughter understood where her food came from and has been vegetarian since junior high. One of my granddaughters is "Pescatarian" -- not sure why fish and not other critters, but it works for her. Her younger sister is a big-time carnivore, so it's not that we push one thing or another!
Tina, a very good blog, and it's making me hungry now.
I make sure I eat at least five to six different kinds of vegetables a day. A Farmer's market is up on the Court House square in the capital city of our county on Tuesday afternoons. I haven't gone yet, but I am going today. As for chickens, I've had chickens for years and years. Unfortunately, I'm down to only three old hens, but they're still laying and since I live alone except for my critters, I can't eat all the eggs they lay so I often give a dozen eggs to my sister-in-law or my daughter and her family. I know I can't buy chicks because of the pecking order, my old hens would not treat them well, but I'm hoping someone will have at least one or two grown hens to give me.
When I taught in an inner city school, many of the kids had little concept of where the food came from before it hit the store. The furthest back they could go was often the delivery truck, and thy knew that these were dangerous jobs. If a "route man" left the truck unattended to make a delivery, it would be empty by the time he came back. So most of them stayed with the truck & phoned into the store to have someone come out & pick up the delivery. Since many of the small stores where the kids' families got their food were operated by Korean families, they speculated that Korea was the source of much of our food. But animals and plants? No way!
Thank you all for sharing your stories -- nothing connects us like sharing food and all the good things associated with it.
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