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Kraft "Food & Family" Magazine…

June 9, 2008

* * *I have gotten several e-mails/comments asking me to please send this magazine. I am sorry, but I have absolutely nothing to do with the publication or mailing of the magazine… I suggest that you call this phone number (1-800-521-4403) or go to their website and ask Kraft Foods to put you on their mailing list.* * *

This is another one of my posts which has absolutely nothing to do with Cozy Mysteries… or any other type of mystery. Sometimes I just feel so strongly about a product that I simply have to tell other people about it.

I receive the “Food & Family” magazine FREE from Kraft foods. I think that I have been with the FREE magazine for as long as they have been publishing it. It comes out each season, and is full of recipes that (of course) use their Kraft items as well as some really nice ideas for that particular season’s holiday festivities.

I can’t remember how I actually became a subscriber… whether I went online or mailed in a card… But, whichever way it was… I’m glad I did! The address is kraftfoods.com/connect, and I can see (from their information page) that they also have a 1-800 telephone number (1-800-521-4403).

I really enjoy looking through the magazine for not just the recipes, but also to find out what new items Kraft is putting on our local grocery shelves. Oh, and did I mention that the recipes are easy to follow, and seem to use a lot of short-cut ingredients? And, the FREE magazine also offers hints for new cooks… This spring’s edition explained how to make hard-boiled eggs>>> which they claim are “perfectly hard cooked eggs every time.” (I might just have to follow those directions in lieu of my own!)

*******I just found out (March 16, 2009) that the Food & Family magazine is no longer free. It cost about $12.00 for a full year, and the magazines are quarterly. Anyway, that’s what the card that came with my last issue said.***************

PS>>>>> I have gotten several e-mails/comments asking me to please send this magazine. I am sorry, but I have absolutely nothing to do with the publication or mailing of the magazine… I suggest that you call the phone number (1-800-521-4403) and ask Kraft Foods to put you on their mailing list, or go to their website.

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Golfing Cozy Mysteries… Summer Fun!

June 6, 2008

One of the site’s readers asked about books that take place during the summer months… “Summer Fun Cozies.” I suggested that she might find some on the Easter Theme page, as it has Fourth of July, Mother’s Day, and Father’s Day mystery books. Then it occurred to me… a Golfing Theme page. Of course, that’s not to say that golfing is only a summer sport… I have known golfers who simply don’t mind pouring-down rain and very cold temperatures. (I have only listed the authors who appear on the Cozy Mystery Site…)

Aaron and Charlotte Elkins write the Lee Ofsted Mystery Series, which features Lee, a woman who wants to master golfing. She and her boyfriend (a police lieutenant) solve a mystery or two… or three…

Roberta Isleib writes the Golf Lovers’ Mystery Series which has, as it’s sleuth, Cassie Brudette. Cassie is a golf pro, who manages to do more than swing a club…

Keith Miles (aka Edward Marston & Conrad Allen) writes the Alan Saxon Mystery Series. Alan, a golf pro, solves mysteries as he travels the world.

Maggie Toussaint writes the Cleopatra Jones Mystery Series which features a golfing-accountant-sleuth and her side-kick, Madonna (a rather huge St. Bernard)…

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Gardening Cozy Mysteries…

June 4, 2008

This Cozy Mystery Gardening Theme includes  authors who can be found on the Cozy Mystery site who write Cozy Mysteries with sleuths who are gardeners, botanists, horticulturalists, florists, or even people who simply love gardens.

Susan Wittig Albert (aka “half of” Robin Paige) writes the China Bayles Herbal Mystery Series which features an ex-attorney who lives half-way between Austin and San Antonio, Texas.

Alyse Carlson writes the Garden Society Mystery Series, which features a PR promoter of the exclusive Roanoke Garden Society.

Kate Collins writes the Flower Shop Mystery Series that is set in Indiana, with Abby Knight (the owner of Bloomer’s Florists Shop) as the sleuth.

E. V. Cunningham (aka Howard Fast) is the author of the Masao Masuto Mystery Series which features a Beverly Hills homicide sergeant who loves his rose garden.

Anthony Eglin‘s English Garden Mystery Series has a British professor of botany as the main sleuth.

Kathy Lynn Emerson has the Lady Susanna Appleton Mystery Series which features an herbalist in England during the reign of Elizabeth I.

Mary Freeman‘s Gardening Mystery Series features Rachel O’Connnor, an Oregonian landscaper.

Ann Granger writes the Markby and Mitchell Mystery Series, which although not a gardening mystery series, all of her fans know about Inspector Markby’s fondness for beautiful gardens.

Joan Hadley (aka Joan Hess) wrote the (short-lived) Theo Bloomer Mystery Series which revolved around a florist who used to be a spy. (I remember enjoying the novels and hoping that she would continue with the series.)

Rosemary Harris writes the Dirty Business Mystery Series. Paula Holliday is a master gardener and an amateur sleuth!

Janis Harrison pens the Bretta Solomon Gardening Series which features a floral shop owner from Missouri.

Julie Wray Herman‘s Three Dirty Women Landscaping, Inc Mystery Series is set in the south, and features three friends who don’t just get their hands dirty planting marigolds.

Vicky Lane pens the Elizabeth Goodweather Mystery Series which features a sleuth who owns a flower/herb farm in North Carolina…

Joyce & Jim Lavene write the Peggy Lee Garden Mystery Series which is set in North Carolina… in the “Potting Shed”.

Charlotte MacLeod (aka Alisa Craig) writes the Peter & Helen Shandy Mystery Series which feature a professor of horticulture and his wife, a librarian, in Massachusetts.

Ann McMillan: McMillan writes the Civil War Mystery Series set in Virginia, and featuring an herbalist.

Ellis Peters has the Brother Cadfael Mystery Series which takes place in Medieval England with a monk/herbalist as the sleuth…

Ann Ripley‘s Gardening Mystery Series takes place in Virginia and features an organic gardener/TV hostess as the sleuth.

Lora Roberts writes the Liz Sullivan Mystery Series which features a California sleuth who both writes and gardens… all from the comfort of her VW van.

John Sherwood writes the Celia Grant Mystery Series set in London, with a botanist/horticulturalist who looks for clues in places other than his microscope slides.

Susan Sleeman pens the Garden Gate Mystery Series which takes place in Oregon, and features a landscaper.

Dorothy St. James writes the White House Gardener Mystery Series which features an organic gardener.

Rex Stout‘s Nero Wolfe loves his orchids in New York!

Nancy Jill Thames writes the Jillian Bradley Mystery Series which features a gardening  columnist and her Yorkie.

Maggie Toussaint writes the Dreamwalker Mystery Series. The sleuth is both a landscaper and a pet sitter.

Heather Webber‘s Nina Quinn Mystery Series revolves around the “Taken by Surprise” landscaping company in Ohio which specializes in “surprise garden makeovers”.

Marty Wingate: Potting Shed Mystery Series

Suzanne Young writes the Edna Davies Mystery Series which features an amateur herbalist in Rhode Island.

Here is my Florist, Flower Shop, and Flower Farm Cozy Mystery Series entry.

If you know of any other authors from the Cozy Mystery site who write gardening-related mysteries, please post a comment.

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What Do Tim Myers, Chris Cavender, Casey Mayes, Elizabeth Bright, and Melissa Glazer Have in Common?

June 2, 2008

So, you may ask, just what DO they have in common?

Tim Myers is the author of three series: the Soapmaking Mystery Series, the Candlemaking Mystery Series, and the Lighthouse Inn Mystery Series.

Elizabeth Bright is the author of the Card-Making Mystery Series.

Melissa Glazer is the author of the Clay & Crime Mystery Series.

Chris Cavender is the author of the Pizza Lover’s Mystery Series.

Casey Mayes is the author of the Math Puzzle Mystery Series. (I have yet to make the Mayes page…)

The above information is very well-known. But, did you know that all three of these authors are one in the same person? While I was vacationing in beautiful Colorado I was sent an e-mail by a trusty, well-informed source (yep, the librarian I spoke about in at least one other blog)  who let me in on the latest disclosure: Melissa Glazer could be added to the pseudonym list for Tim Myers!

So, for all of you Tim Myers fans: You now have more books to enjoy by your favorite author! Actually, the same goes for all of you Elizabeth Bright fans, as well as all of you Melissa Glazer, Chris Cavender, and Casey Mayes fans!

Again, I have to thank Janet (my special source of all types of cozy mystery news) for letting me know that Melissa Glazer could be added to the list of Tim Myers pseudonyms.

***** And now you can add “Jessica Beck” to the list of pseudonyms!

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