Friday Favorites~a weekly series where we share our favorite books, decor, fashion finds, recipes, podcasts, articles and more.
Good morning friends, happy Friday and Good Friday to you. I hope that you had a great week. It was another crazy weather week here, in the 30’s over night, then up to 60 then down then up and then torrential rain and flooding for 2 days. Thankfully we did not have any flooding and the rain did wash away some of the pollen.
Sunday is Easter, are you ready? Do you have your menu planned and your table ready? What about Easter treats, are your baskets made? We are ready, the menu is set as is the table, all that is left is the baskets.
Ok, enough about me, let’s get to all of my favorites from this week.
FRIDAY FAVORITES NO. 578
FOOD
This week I have been craving Mexican and lucky for me that is exactly what ended up in my in box. Just in case you still need an Easter dessert I have two of those as well.
Mexican ground beef tacos, easy and delicious.
Black Bean Tostadas with roasted vegetables make a great weeknight dinner.
Thai Salad with Peanut Tempeh, with red pepper, cabbage, onions, and carrots as well as brown rice noodles and peanut tempeh!
ImageRich, fudgey chocolate cookies filled with mini eggs and dark chocolate. Use some of your Easter candy stash to make these scrumptious cookies.
Carrot loaf cake with cream cheese frosting!
LINKS TO READ+WATCH+LISTEN
The Americans Who Built the Tube
There’s no time like the present to add interest to the oft-forgotten fifth wall.
Social Media is Giving Us Popcorn Brain
Why you shouldn’t trust AI search engines
Tennessee becomes first state to pass a law protecting musicians against AI
Chick-fil-A will soon allow some antibiotics in its chicken. Here’s when and why.
Chips Ahoy, for the classic cookie is getting an update.
An American in Big Tech Moves to France for Pastry School
Katie Glaister’s London house is a masterclass in adding personality to an interior
NBC’s Paris Olympics opening ceremony will play on IMAX screens
10 Unusual Things You Need in a Survival Kit
How to Store Cucumbers So They Stay Extra Crunchy
Books
How to Solve Your Own Murder
It’s 1965 and teenage Frances Adams is at an English country fair with her two best friends. But Frances’s night takes a hairpin turn when a fortune-teller makes a bone-chilling prediction: One day, Frances will be murdered. Frances spends a lifetime trying to solve a crime that hasn’t happened yet, compiling dirt on every person who crosses her path in an effort to prevent her own demise. For decades, no one takes Frances seriously, until nearly sixty years later, when Frances is found murdered, like she always said she would be.
In the present day, Annie Adams has been summoned to a meeting at the sprawling country estate of her wealthy and reclusive great-aunt Frances. But by the time Annie arrives in the quaint English village of Castle Knoll, Frances is already dead. Annie is determined to catch the killer, but thanks to Frances’s lifelong habit of digging up secrets and lies, it seems every endearing and eccentric villager might just have a motive for her murder. Can Annie safely unravel the dark mystery at the heart of Castle Knoll, or will dredging up the past throw her into the path of a killer?
As Annie gets closer to the truth, and closer to the danger, she starts to fear she might inherit her aunt’s fate instead of her fortune.
Peggy and Molly Gainsborough—the daughters of one of England’s most famous portrait artists of the 1700s and the frequent subject of his work—are best friends. They spy on their father as he paints, rankle their mother as she manages the household, and run barefoot through the muddy fields that surround their home. But there is another reason they are inseparable: from a young age, Molly periodically experiences bouts of mental confusion, even forgetting who she is, and Peggy instinctively knows she must help cover up her sister’s condition.
When the family moves to Bath, it’s not so easy to hide Molly’s slip-ups. There, the sisters are thrown into the whirlwind of polite society, where the codes of behavior are crystal clear. Molly dreams of a normal life but slides deeper and more publicly into her delusions. By now, Peggy knows the shadow of an asylum looms for women like Molly, and she goes to greater lengths to protect her sister’s secret.
But when Peggy unexpectedly falls in love with her father’s friend, the charming composer Johann Fischer, the sisters’ precarious situation is thrown catastrophically off course. Her burgeoning love for Johann sparks the bitterest of betrayals, forcing Peggy to question all she has done for Molly, and whether any one person can truly change the fate of another.
Daphne Bell believes the universe has a plan for her. Every time she meets a new man, she receives a slip of paper with his name and a number on it—the exact amount of time they will be together. The papers told her she’d spend three days with Martin in Paris; five weeks with Noah in San Francisco; and three months with Hugo, her ex-boyfriend turned best friend. Daphne has been receiving the numbered papers for over twenty years, always wondering when there might be one without an expiration. Finally, the night of a blind date at her favorite Los Angeles restaurant, there’s only a name: Jake.
But as Jake and Daphne’s story unfolds, Daphne finds herself doubting the paper’s prediction, and wrestling with what it means to be both committed and truthful. Because Daphne knows things Jake doesn’t, information that—if he found out—would break his heart.
MORE BOOK RECOMMENDATIONS
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SHOPPING
OUTFIT OF THE DAY
Even though the weather isn’t cooperating the calendar says is is Spring and moving towards summer, this outfit is perfect for sunny days by the pool, shopping, on holiday or just around the house. This green and white caftan is a colorful addition to add to your wardrobe. If you are heading outside make sure to wear a hat and sunscreen and don’t forget your sunglasses!
Have you checked out all of the new house wear pieces on Anthro?
UNTIL TOMORROW
I hope you enjoyed the recipes, links and books I discovered this week on Friday Favorites. Thank you for spending part of your day with me. Have a wonderful weekend and a blessed Easter.
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I like the clean lines of Kate Abt Designs. I also occasionally enjoy eating Chick Filet sandwiches and am a little upset with their decision to allow antibiotics in chickens. Why do these companies never seem to stick with their word?
Brenda
Brenda, I think that the chickens must be less expensive and more plentiful. IT is a share they cannot stick to their word but in this day and age a company that does is almost non-existent. Happy Easter Brenda, I hope that you have a wonderful day.