Wine and chocolate
I wanted a sensual experience for Tori.
This is a slow awakening (hah!) of her senses and her appetites. You don’t just throw someone in the deep water to swim, and you don’t start with whips and chains the first time someone calls you Master.
The Chocolate
I did a little research (not a lot) about pairing chocolate with wine. As I grew into adulthood, I became a dark chocolate lover. Milk chocolate is great, of course, but there’s something special about the bitter-sweet depths ...
Tori’s Cherry Pie
I am not a bigger baker, but my lovely friend Tira was kind enough to give me her fantastic cherry pie recipe!
The measurements for the filling are not in absolutes, more of "Do what tastes best to you".
(That's how I cook, too.)
Her crust recipe has been handed down in her family for generations. Isn't that fantastic?
Pie Crust
One cup of flour to one stick 1/4lb unsalted butter, softened but not super soft.
Pinch of salt
Ice water
Directions:
Combine the butter, salt, ...
Drunk Brunch
I got an editor note back for Chapter 16 suggesting that I change “drunk brunch” to “hangover brunch”. And even though I’ve been friends with my editor for nearly 10 years, I guess I never mentioned drunk brunch to her. . . Oopsie.
I don’t know if it’s a Louisiana thing or a my-friends-from-college-in-Louisiana thing, but every Sunday (and some Saturdays) during college when we all lived in dorms, we would meet around 11 AM in the LSU Student Union for drunk brunch.
Somet...
Luca Paretti Rosé
The wine Nate uses to woo Tori in the final scene of Chapter Eighteen. . .
I'm sure you're shocked to learn this is not my photo. . .
I had a glass of this when I was at Catch LA for brunch for my cousin’s birthday in late July. Catch LA is a truly phenomenally rooftop garden restaurant in Hollywood. It takes weeks to get a reservation – like, you can’t even walk in without your name on the list – and the flowers alone were worth it.
My meal was meh. I really have to stop ...