#COOKING WITH CLORIS--JUDY PENZ SHELUK'S SLEUTH COOKS UP BRIE & ASPARAGUS QUICHE

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Judy Penz Sheluk is the author of the Glass Dolphin Mystery and Marketville Mystery series, and the editor of The Best Laid Plans: 21 Stories of Mystery & Suspense. Learn more about her at her website.

I’m not much of a cook, truth be told, but I have learned to live vicariously through my Marketville Mysteries’ protagonist Calamity (Callie) Barnstable. And while there are no actual recipes in my books, Callie can often be found making dinner (when she’d not ordering in Thai or cheese pizza with hot peppers and extra sauce). In A Fool’s Journey, Callie makes Asparagus & Brie Quiche, which she pairs with mixed greens with balsamic dressing, angel food cake with fresh strawberries and a dollop of strawberry whipped cream for dessert. Sounds yummy, doesn’t it?

Brie & Asparagus Quiche

Ingredients:

1 - 9” pie shell

3 eggs

1 small white onion, chopped

1tsp. butter or margarine

8 ounces Brie cheese, cut into wedges

½ cup milk

½ cup 18% table cream

8-10 asparagus spears, ends trimmed

Salt and pepper, to taste

Nutmeg

Directions

Pre-heat oven to 400°F

Melt butter and lightly fry the onion until clear.

Blanch asparagus in salted water for 3 to 4 minutes, then drain in ice cold water to retain color.

Cut the rind from the cheese and chop into small cubes.

Mix cheese, eggs, and milk into a food processor and blend until smooth. Add salt, pepper and a pinch of nutmeg.

Spread onions on the base of the pie shell, pour in cheese mixture, then place asparagus spears on top.

Bake thirty minutes until set and lightly browned.

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A Fool’s Journey

A Marketville Mystery, Book 3

In March 2000, twenty-year old Brandon Colbeck left home to find himself on a self-proclaimed “fool’s journey.” No one—not friends or family—have seen or heard from him since, until a phone call from a man claiming to be Brandon brings everything back to the forefront. Calamity (Callie) Barnstable and her team at Past & Present Investigations have been hired to find out what happened to Brandon, and, if still alive, where he might be. As Callie follows a trail of buried secrets and decades-old deceptions only one thing is certain: whatever the outcome, there is no such thing as closure.

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