{"id":151,"date":"2007-10-25T14:04:23","date_gmt":"2007-10-25T19:04:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cozy-mystery.com\/blog\/cozy-mystery-authors-with-culinary-themes-part-1.html"},"modified":"2018-07-23T16:40:56","modified_gmt":"2018-07-23T21:40:56","slug":"cozy-mystery-authors-with-culinary-themes-part-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cozy-mystery.com\/blog\/cozy-mystery-authors-with-culinary-themes-part-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Culinary Theme Mysteries : Cooking Mysteries&#8230;.. A &#8211; D"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-4191\" title=\"20160999[1]\" src=\"https:\/\/cozy-mystery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/10\/2016099911-e1272655492159.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"130\" height=\"121\" \/>There are\u00a0many cozy mystery authors who have series that have\u00a0a culinary theme. Because the list of culinary-themed cozy mysteries is so long, I have decided to devote several blogs in order to provide more than just the &#8220;grocery store list&#8221; approach of just listing the names of the authors. So, if you don&#8217;t see your favorite culinary-theme cozy mystery series in this blog, rest assured that there will be more authors in the near future!<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cozy-mystery.com\/Avery-Aames.html\">Avery Aames<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0(aka Daryl Wood Gerber) writes the <strong>Cheese Shop Mystery Series\u00a0<\/strong>which has, as its sleuth, the co-owner of the cheese shop.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cozy-mystery.com\/Kathy-Aarons.html\">Kathy Aarons<\/a><\/strong>:<strong> Chocolate Covered Mystery Series<\/strong>\u00a0features sleuth Michelle Serrano, co-owner of Chocolates and Chapters, a combination bookstore and chocolate shop.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cozy-mystery.com\/Allyson-K.-Abbott.html\">Allyson K. Abbott<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0(aka Annelise Ryan &amp; Beth Amos) writes the\u00a0<strong>Mack&#8217;s Bar Mystery Series<\/strong>, which features recipes for both alcoholic and non-alcoholic drinks. The series is set in a bar which she (Mack) owns.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cozy-mystery.com\/Riley-Adams.html\">Riley Adams<\/a><\/strong> (aka Elizabeth Spann Craig) pens the <strong>Memphis Barbeque Mystery Series<\/strong> which (of course!) takes place in Tennessee.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cozy-mystery.com\/rebecca-adler.html\"><strong>Rebecca Adler<\/strong><\/a> writes the <strong>Taste of Texas Mystery Series<\/strong> starring a head waitress in Texas.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cozy-mystery.com\/Ellie-Alexander.html\"><strong>Ellie Alexander<\/strong><\/a> writes the <strong>Bakeshop Mystery Series<\/strong>.\u00a0 Jules Capshaw works at her family&#8217;s Torte Bakeshop in Oregon.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cozy-mystery.com\/Ellie-Alexander.html\">Ellie Alexander<\/a><\/strong> (aka Kate Dyer-Seeley): <strong>Sloan Krause Mystery Series<\/strong>. Sloan is a brewmaster in Washington state.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cozy-mystery.com\/Robin-Allen.html\">Robin Allen<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0writes the <strong>Poppy Markham: Culinary Cop Mystery Series<\/strong> which is set in Austin, and features a health inspector.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cozy-mystery.com\/Connie-Archer.html\">Connie Archer<\/a> <\/strong>pens the <strong>Soup Lover&#8217;s Mystery Series<\/strong>. It is set in a little Vermont skiing town.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cozy-mystery.com\/Sandra-Balzo.html\">Sandra Balzo<\/a><\/strong> writes the <strong>Maggie Thorsen Mystery Series<\/strong> which takes place in Wisconsin, where Maggie owns a coffee shop.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cozy-mystery.com\/Maggie-Barbieri.html\">Maggie Barbieri<\/a><\/strong> writes the<strong>\u00a0Maeve Conlon Mystery Series<\/strong> which features a bakery owner.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cozy-mystery.com\/Jessica-Beck.html\">Jessica Beck<\/a><\/strong> writes the <strong>Donut Shop Mystery Series<\/strong> which features the owner of Donut Hearts Coffee Shop as the sleuth&#8230; (Doughnut recipes are included!)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cozy-mystery.com\/maymee-bell.html\"><strong>Maymee Bell\u00a0<\/strong><\/a>(aka Tonya Kappes)<strong>: Southern Cake Baker Mystery Series <\/strong>&#8211; Sophia Cummings is a pastry chef in Kentucky who owns the For Goodness Cakes bakery.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cozy-mystery.com\/Claudia-Bishop.html\">Claudia Bishop<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0writes two series, one of which is the new Dr. McKenzie series about a veterinarian and his wife. The other series is her hugely successful <strong>Hemlock Falls\u00a0Series<\/strong>. This series features two sisters, one who owns the\u00a0Hemlock Falls\u00a0Inn and the other who is the Inn&#8217;s\u00a0chef.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cozy-mystery.com\/Miranda-Bliss.html\">Miranda Bliss<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0writes the <strong>Cooking Class Mystery Series<\/strong> which features two best friends who get involved with solving murders when they venture into a world previously unknown to them: the kitchen! Neither of these two can cook, so they take a Cooking Class (thus the title of the series) in which they meet their side-kick sleuth&#8230; the cooking class instructor!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cozy-mystery.com\/ginger-bolton.html\"><strong>Ginger Bolton<\/strong><\/a> (aka Janet Bolin): <strong>Deputy Donut Mystery Series<\/strong> &#8211; Emily Westhill runs a donut shop along with her retired chief of police dad and her Tabby cat, &#8220;Deputy Donut&#8221; &gt;&gt;&gt; in Wisconsin.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cozy-mystery.com\/Michael-Bond.html\">Michael Bond<\/a><\/strong> is the author of the <strong>Monsieur Pamplemousse Series<\/strong> (as well as the children&#8217;s Paddington Bear series!)\u00a0 Monsieur Pamplemousse, who along with his bloodhound (Pommes Frites) solves crimes when not critiquing restaurants. (Some of the books have recipes, others, don&#8217;t.)<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cozy-mystery.com\/Jacklyn-Brady.html\">Jacklyn Brady<\/a><\/strong> (aka Sherry Lewis) writes the <strong>Piece of Cake Mystery Series<\/strong> which is set in New Orleans, and features Rita Lucero,\u00a0a pastry chef.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cozy-mystery.com\/catherine-bruns.html\"><strong>Catherine Bruns<\/strong><\/a> is the author of the <strong>Cookies &amp; Chance Mystery Series<\/strong>, featuring a baker.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cozy-mystery.com\/julia-buckley.html\"><strong>Julia Buckley<\/strong><\/a> writes the <strong>Undercover Dish Mystery Series<\/strong> which is set in Illinois and stars Lilah Drake, owner of a catering company where the clients can claim to have cooked the meal.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cozy-mystery.com\/Lynn-Cahoon.html\"><strong>Lynn Cahoon<\/strong><\/a> writes the\u00a0<strong>Farm-to-Fork Mystery Series<\/strong> which features\u00a0Angie Turner, the owner of a farm-to-table restaurant in Idaho.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cozy-mystery.com\/Janet-Cantrell.html\"><strong>Janet Cantrell<\/strong><\/a> (aka Kaye George):<strong> Fat Cat Mystery Series &#8211;\u00a0<\/strong>Charity (Chase) Oliver makes both people and cat treats in Minneapolis.<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cozy-mystery.com\/Joanna-Carl.html\">Joanna Carl<\/a> <\/strong>writes the <strong>Chocoholic Cozy Mystery Series<\/strong>, and need I say more!?! I must warn you, though&#8230; If you are trying to lose weight, and you have the same penchant for chocolate as I do&#8230; read these books on a full stomach! (Carl is aka <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cozy-mystery.com\/Eve-K.-Sandstrom.html\">Eve K. Sandstrom<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cozy-mystery.com\/Sammi-Carter.html\">Sammi Carter<\/a><\/strong> writes the <strong>Candy Shop Mystery Series<\/strong> which features an ex-lawyer who now owns the Divinity Candy Shop in Colorado. Recipes are included!<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cozy-mystery.com\/Bailey-Cates.html\">Bailey Cates<\/a><\/strong> (aka Cricket McRae) writes the <strong>Magical Bakery Mystery Series<\/strong> which takes place in Savannah, Georgia. This is a paranormal mystery series.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cozy-mystery.com\/Chris-Cavender.html\">Chris Cavender<\/a><\/strong> (aka Elizabeth Bright, Melissa Glazer, &amp; Tim Myers): <strong>Pizza Mystery Series<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cozy-mystery.com\/Laura-Childs.html\">Laura Childs<\/a><\/strong> writes the <strong>Cackleberry Club Mystery Series<\/strong>, which is set in a delightfully cozy cafe that has a book-nook corner and knitting shop area.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cozy-mystery.com\/Mary-Jane-Clark.html\">Mary Jane Clark<\/a><\/strong> : <strong>Piper Donovan Wedding Cake Mystery S<\/strong><strong>eries<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cozy-mystery.com\/Peg-Cochran.html\">Peg Cochran<\/a><\/strong> (aka Meg London): <strong>Gourmet De-Lite Mystery Series <\/strong>(Low calorie recipes are included.)<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cozy-mystery.com\/Nancy-Coco.html\">Nancy Coco<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0(aka Nancy J. Parra):\u00a0<strong>Candy-Coated Mystery Series <\/strong>(Includes recipes)<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cozy-mystery.com\/Susan-Conant.html\">Susan Conant<\/a><\/strong>, along with her daughter, <strong>Jessica Conant-Park<\/strong> writes the <strong>Gourmet Girl Mystery <\/strong>Series.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cozy-mystery.com\/Maya-Corrigan.html\"><strong>Maya Corrigan<\/strong><\/a>: <strong>Five-Ingredient Mystery Series<\/strong>, featuring the manager of a fitness club&#8217;s caf\u00e9.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cozy-mystery.com\/Shelley-Costa.html\">Shelley Costa<\/a><\/strong>: <strong>Miracolo Mystery Series<\/strong> is set in Philadelphia and features a chef in her family&#8217;s Italian restaurant.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cozy-mystery.com\/Isis-Crawford.html\">Isis Crawford<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0is the author of the <strong>Mystery with<\/strong> <strong>Recipes Series<\/strong> that features two sisters who own the Little Taste of Heaven Catering and Bake Shop in New York. (Some of you might be familiar with more of Crawford&#8217;s work as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cozy-mystery.com\/Barbara-Block.html\">Barbara Block<\/a>&#8230; and her Robin Light mystery series.)<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cozy-mystery.com\/Jessie-Crockett.html\">Jessie Crockett<\/a><\/strong>: <strong>Sugar Grove Mystery Series<\/strong> &#8211; Dani Greene works at her family-owned maple sugar farm in Sugar Grove, New Hampshire.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cozy-mystery.com\/Carol-Culver.html\">Carol Culver<\/a><\/strong> (aka Grace Carroll) pens the <strong>Pie Shop Mystery Series<\/strong> which features Hanna Denton as the sleuth who moves back home to take over her grandmother&#8217;s pie shop.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cozy-mystery.com\/Diane-Mott-Davidson.html\">Diane Mott Davidson<\/a><\/strong>&#8216;s <strong>Goldy Bear Catering Mystery Series<\/strong> is probably one of the most recognizable culinary theme cozy mystery series. The series is set in a picturesque area of Colorado and features Goldy (the caterer) who provides the best catered food in town and manages to solve a lot of the best crimes in town, also! (The books include recipes.)<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cozy-mystery.com\/Krista-Davis.html\">Krista Davis<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0writes the <strong>Domestic Diva Mystery Series<\/strong> which centers around Sophie Winston, a&#8230; (What else?!) domestic diva! Since the series is a culinary mystery series, it includes recipes to follow along with the clues.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cozy-mystery.com\/Maddie-Day.html\"><strong>Maddie Day<\/strong><\/a> (aka Edith Maxwell &amp; Tace Baker): <strong>Country Store Mystery Series<\/strong> &#8211; Robbie Jordan owns the\u00a0Pans \u2018N Pancakes Country Store restaurant in South Lick, Indiana.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cozy-mystery.com\/Gale-Deitch.html\">Gale Deitch<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0writes the\u00a0<strong>Trudie Fine Mystery Series<\/strong>. Trudie is the co-owner of a catering company in Washington, D.C.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cozy-mystery.com\/devon-delaney.html\">Devon Delaney<\/a><\/strong>: <strong>Cook-Off Mystery Series<\/strong> &#8211;\u00a0Sherry Oliveri-Frazzelle is a competitive cook who works part-time with her dad AND Chutney, her Jack Russell Terrier in Connecticut.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cozy-mystery.com\/Christine-DeSmet.html\"><strong>Christine DeSmet<\/strong><\/a> writes the <strong>Fudge Shop Mystery Series<\/strong>. This series features a sleuth (Ava Oosterling) who is the owner of a copper kettle fudge shop which is located in her grandfather&#8217;s bait shop in Wisconsin.<\/p>\n<p><strong style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cozy-mystery.com\/Lesley-A.-Diehl.html\">Lesley A. Diehl<\/a> <\/strong><span style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\">writes the <\/span><strong style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\">Microbrewers Mystery Series<\/strong><span style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\"> which features Hera Knighsbridge, a master brewer in New York.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cozy-mystery.com\/Leighann-Dobbs.html\"><strong>Leighann Dobbs<\/strong><\/a>: <strong>Lexy Baker Mystery Series<\/strong> &#8211; Lexy is a baker who gets help from her grandmother and her friends when solving a mystery.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cozy-mystery.com\/Pamela-DuMond.html\">Pamela DuMond<\/a><\/strong> writes the <strong>Annie Graceland Mystery Series<\/strong> which features a psychic owner of a bakery.<\/p>\n<p>Here are some more of my\u00a0<strong>CULINARY &#8211; COOKING THEMES<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cozy-mystery.com\/blog\/mysteries-with-recipes-and-recipe-books-by-mystery-authors.html\"><strong>Mysteries with Recipes AND Recipe Books by Mystery Authors<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cozy-mystery.com\/blog\/cozy-mystery-authors-with-culinary-themes-part-2.html\"><strong>Cozy Mystery Authors with Culinary Themes: F &#8211; K<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cozy-mystery.com\/blog\/cozy-mystery-authors-with-culinary-themes-part-3.html\"><strong>Cozy Mystery Authors with Culinary Themes: L &#8211; R<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cozy-mystery.com\/blog\/cozy-mystery-authors-with-culinary-themes-part-4.html\"><strong>Cozy Mystery Authors with Culinary Themes: S &#8211; W Plus Some!<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cozy-mystery.com\/blog\/cozy-mystery-authors-with-culinary-themes-part-5.html\"><strong>Cozy Mystery Authors with Culinary Themes: Even More!<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cozy-mystery.com\/blog\/where-to-start-with-culinary-cozy-mystery-series.html\"><strong>Where to Start with Culinary Cozy Mystery Series\u2026<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2666To access more <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cozy-mystery.com\/Cozy-Mysteries-by-Themes.html\">Cozy Mysteries by Theme<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0click on this link.\u2666<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There are\u00a0many cozy mystery authors who have series that have\u00a0a culinary theme. 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