Mystery author Judy Penz Sheluk stops by for a return
visit and to share a recipe today. Judy is the Amazon international bestselling
author of the Glass Dolphin Mysteries and the Marketville Mysteries. Her short
stories appear in several collections. Learn more about her and her books at
her website.
Following her adventures in Skeletons in the Attic, Calamity
(Callie) Barnstable is back in Past &
Present, this time as the co-owner of Past & Present Investigations,
where she hopes to earn a living investigating cold cases long abandoned by
police. Potential love interest Royce Ashford is also back, and Callie hopes to
encourage that relationship by having him over to her house for a dinner of
lasagna with salad, complete with homemade croutons. Unfortunately, the evening
doesn’t end as romantically as planned, but it had
nothing to do with the croutons. Here’s the recipe. You can also find a
printable PDF copy on my website’s Food & Drink page: http://www.judypenzsheluk.com/recipes/
Garlic Butter Croutons
Ingredients:
4 tbsp. unsalted butter
1 tsp. sea salt
2 cloves garlic, minced
1 loaf French stick and/or
pumpernickel loaf cut into cubes (slightly stale bread is best)
Preheat oven to 350°F.
Melt butter over medium heat
in a large sauté pan. Add garlic and sea salt when butter is melted; cook and
stir for 1 minute.
Add bread cubes and toss to
coat, making sure the cubes are coated on all sides.
Place on parchment paper on
a baking sheet.
Bake for 15 to 20 minutes or
until crisp and dry, turning once. Check frequently to prevent burning.
Let cool before serving.
Past & Present will be available in trade paperback at all the usual suspects and on
Amazon Kindle on September 21, 2018, where it is currently available on
pre-order for the promotional price of $2.99 (reg. $5.99).
Past & Present
Sometimes the
past reaches out to the present...
It’s been thirteen months since Calamity
(Callie) Barnstable inherited a house in Marketville under the condition that
she search for the person who murdered her mother thirty years earlier. She
solves the mystery, but what next? Unemployment? Another nine-to-five job in
Toronto?
Callie decides to set down roots in
Marketville, take the skills and knowledge she acquired over the past year, and
start her own business: Past & Present Investigations.
It’s not long before Callie and her new
business partner, best friend Chantelle Marchand, get their first client: a
woman who wants to find out everything she can about her grandmother, Anneliese
Prei, and how she came to a “bad end” in 1956. It sounds like a perfect first
assignment. Except for one thing: Anneliese’s past winds its way into Callie’s
present, and not in a manner anyone—least of all Callie—could have predicted.
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3 comments:
Thanks for hosting me again, Lois! Always happy to answer any questions from readers.
We're always happy to have you stop by for a visit, Judy.
Thanks for the recipe! I sometimes eat croutons as a snack -- munching on them like some people munch on chips or popcorn.
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