The Debutante Ball

Seven debut authors. Seven books. One big dance toward publication.

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Tag: food

  • Posted on Thursday, April 20, 2017Wednesday, April 19, 2017
  • by Jenni L. Walsh

Jenni L. Walsh Loves Ancient Rome & Crockpots

This week, in honor of Crystal’s soon-to-be-published novel FEAST OF SORROW, which gave me such a vivid and enticing glimpse into…

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  • Posted on Monday, April 17, 2017Friday, April 14, 2017
  • by Crystal King

How Testing (and Tasting!) Recipes Shaped My Novel

This week the Debs are testing out the recipes of Apicius, ahead of Crystal’s launch week. I was SO excited…

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  • Posted on Friday, March 24, 2017
  • by Tiffany D. Jackson

An Ode To Bread! And Cheese! And Cookie Dough!

There are twenty more days of lent to go and I am STARVING…and failing. For the Holy Season, I decided…

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  • Posted on Monday, October 3, 2016Monday, October 3, 2016
  • by Crystal King

Yes, I’m a Bookaholic, and These Are My Five Favorite Books

This week the Debs are going to talk about one of our most favorite topics, books!  I have been reading…

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  • Posted on Monday, September 5, 2016Monday, September 5, 2016
  • by Crystal King

Celebrity Chefs, an Ancient Gourmand and a Set of Immortal Knives

I’ve been following The Debutante Ball since its inception a decade ago. I had always dreamed of being a Deb…

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  • Posted on Thursday, June 9, 2016Thursday, June 9, 2016
  • by Abby Fabiaschi

Dirty Fortune Cookies

The topic this week is food. I have a large extended family. My father was the oldest of five; my…

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  • Posted on Tuesday, June 7, 2016Wednesday, June 15, 2016
  • by Heather Young

Feeding the Muse a Cookie

This week I’m confronted by a topic that doesn’t bear much relationship to what I write: food. Unlike Jennifer’s MODERN…

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  • Posted on Tuesday, June 7, 2016Monday, June 6, 2016
  • by Jennifer S. Brown

The Memory of Food

A menu from the Stork Club in NYC

Even without invoking that most famous literary food of memory, I think we can all agree that food has the…

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  • Posted on Monday, June 6, 2016Monday, June 6, 2016
  • by Louise Miller

Food is Everything

I’ve been a pastry chef for over twenty years, and have spent my whole adult life in a kitchen, so…

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  • Posted on Tuesday, July 9, 2013Tuesday, July 9, 2013
  • by DanaB

On Food and Shipwreck Lane

Being the Tuesday Deb, I always get the honor and privilege of posting on my fellow Debs’ launch days because,…

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