Welcome to Friday Favorites No. 530, a weekly series where I share interesting articles, books, fashion finds, recipes and more.
Good Friday favorites morning to you! How was your week? My week has been busy, cold and lots of fun.
I went to Highpoint Market this week for the first time. All I can say is WOW. There were so may beautiful things, from lights to antiques, to books, wallpaper, furniture, etc. I did not need, order or buy anything, I was simply there to look.
My mom arrived Wednesday and we have a packed schedule. A little work, and lots of fun will be the order of the day. Then tomorrow we are heading to a Spring festival with my niece and nephew.
Ok, on to Friday Favorites!
FRIDAY FAVORITES NO. 530
What to Cook This Weekend
I’ve always wanted to make Greek lasagna at home, it is a little time consuming but the perfect meal to make on a weekend when you have more time.
Greek-Inspired Chicken Bowls with Avocado Tzatziki, easy and delicious!
This ginger lime pork with coconut rice is easy, delicious and comes together in less time than it takes to pick up take out.
Chocolate chip cookies are one of my all time favorite desserts. I love the cookies crunchy and filled with chips. I try not to make them too often because I will eat them all warm from the oven.
Now that I found this Chocolate chip cookie recipef or 1 I do not have to worry about that any more.
This Sunshine Cake is my moms’ favorite, and I am making it today! Light and fluffy cake topped with creamy, marshmallow like frosting what could be better with a cup of tea?
Friday Favorites Articles from Around the Web
The People Who Still Love Renting DVDs From Netflix
How to build psychological fitness so you can suffer less and achieve more
The forgotten story of America’s first female architect
Tour Barbara Walters’ Longtime Upper East Side Apartment
Judy Blume’s Unfinished Endings
Five centuries of history are at the heart of Jasper Conran’s Greek island house
Artist Recreates Michelangelo’s ’David’ as an Origami Sculpture From a Single Sheet of Paper
When Did Our Kitchens Become Showrooms?
ChatGPT is going to change education, not destroy it
The Mental Health Benefits of Spring Cleaning
Book Recommendations
Murder at Kensington Palace
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Though Charlotte Sloane’s secret identity as the controversial cartoonist A.J. Quill is safe with the Earl of Wrexford, she’s ill prepared for the rippling effects sharing the truth about her background has cast over their relationship. She thought a bit of space might improve the situation. But when her cousin is murdered and his twin brother is accused of the gruesome crime, Charlotte immediately turns to Wrexford for help in proving the young man’s innocence. Though she finds the brooding scientist just as enigmatic and intense as ever, their partnership is now marked by an unfamiliar tension that seems to complicate every encounter.
I just pre-ordered this book and cannot wait to get it.
The Secret Book of Flora Lea
In the war-torn London of 1939, fourteen-year-old Hazel and five-year-old Flora are evacuated to a rural village to escape the horrors of the Second World War. Living with the kind Bridie Aberdeen and her teenage son, Harry, in a charming stone cottage along the River Thames, Hazel fills their days with walks and games to distract her young sister, including one that she creates for her sister and her sister alone—a fairy tale about a magical land, a secret place they can escape to that is all their own.
But the unthinkable happens when young Flora suddenly vanishes while playing near the banks of the river. Shattered, Hazel blames herself for her sister’s disappearance, and she carries that guilt into adulthood as a private burden she feels she deserves.
Twenty years later, Hazel is in London, ready to move on from her job at a cozy rare bookstore to a career at Sotheby’s. With a charming boyfriend and her elegantly timeworn Bloomsbury flat, Hazel’s future seems determined. But her tidy life is turned upside down when she unwraps a package containing an illustrated book called Whisperwood and the River of Stars. Hazel never told a soul about the imaginary world she created just for Flora. Could this book hold the secrets to Flora’s disappearance? Could it be a sign that her beloved sister is still alive after all these years?
The Last Heir to Blackwood Library
With the stroke of a pen, twenty-three-year-old Ivy Radcliffe becomes Lady Hayworth, owner of a sprawling estate on the Yorkshire moors. Ivy has never heard of Blackwood Abbey, or of the ancient bloodline from which she’s descended.
With nothing to keep her in London since losing her brother in the Great War, she warily makes her way to her new home.
The abbey is foreboding, the servants reserved and suspicious. But there is a treasure waiting behind locked doors: a magnificent library.
Despite cryptic warnings from the staff, Ivy feels irresistibly drawn to its dusty shelves, where familiar works mingle with strange, esoteric texts. And she senses something else in the library too, a presence that seems to have a will of its own.
Rumors swirl in the village about the abbey’s previous owners, about ghosts and curses, and an enigmatic manuscript at the center of it all. And as events grow more sinister, it will be up to Ivy to uncover the library’s mysteries in order to reclaim her own story—before it vanishes forever.
Starting out in the Evening
Leonard Schiller is a novelist in his seventies, a second-string but respectable talent who produced only a small handful of books. Heather Wolfe is an attractive graduate student in her twenties. She read Schiller’s novels when she was growing up and they changed her life.
When the ambitious Heather decides to write her master’s thesis about Schiller’s work and sets out to meet him—convinced she can bring Schiller back into the literary world’s spotlight—the unexpected consequences of their meeting alter everything in Schiller’s ordered life. What follows is a quasi-romantic friendship and intellectual engagement that investigates the meaning of art, fame, and personal connection.
Stuffed. The Sandwich Cookie Book
Heather is the creator of Browned Butter Blondie, a popular baking blog whose Instagram was named by BuzzFeed as one of the “30 Best Instagram Food Accounts You Should Be Following”
Ice cream sandwiches, whoopie pies, macarons, homemade Oreos—this irresistible baking book has recipes for all these delicious sandwich cookies and plenty more.
From Browned Butter Blondieblog creator Heather Mubarak, Stuffed features 65 mix-and-match cookie sandwiches for every occasion and craving, including both sweet and savory bakes that range from childhood classics with a twist (Nutter Butters! Chipwiches!) to sophisticated, party-ready treats (Strawberry Shortcake Macarons, Parmesan Polenta Crackers with Chive Cream Cheese).
A whole chapter dedicated to swirly buttercreams, smooth ganache, fruity jams, and more lets you experiment with different cookie-filling pairings to your heart’s content.
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Shopping Break
One of the vendors we visited in High Point was Annie Selkie, aside from the beautiful bedding and wallpaper I spied these linen pajamas. They are pricy but I have to tell you they were so soft and beautiful I am seriously thinking of buying them.
Do you have linen pjs? If so, please let me know how you like them.
Gingham is the perfect pattern for summer, these plates are durable, stylish and a great price. Add this this rattan caddy and woven tray to complete this casual look.
These botanical plates are beautiful as well.
My peony are getting buds, if yours won’t be ready to cut for a few weeks bring the scent inside with this candle.
Another great Boden dress, on sale!
I wear slippers all the time at home, I just ordered these.
J Crew just launched its summer collection, I love all of the colorful pieces and linen.
UNTIL TOMORROW
I hope you enjoyed Friday Favorites No. 530 and found something to make, bake, read and enjoy. Have a wonderful day!
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The lasagna looks good.
I have never heard of Greek lasagna. Sounds like something I definitely need to try! Glad you had a great time at the market! I’ve always thought it would be so fun to go!
Kim, it is so delicious I think you might enjoy it. Have a wonderful week.
How wonderful to have a visit from your mom. Great article on the mental health benefits of Spring cleaning.
Thank you Maria, have a wonderful week.