Category: Writing

• Talking Food with… Premee Mohamed

  In my Talking Food series I’ll be featuring short interviews with authors, chefs, cooks, historians and food writers about their experiences of food, from memories to favourite recipes. This week, I’d like to introduce Premee Mohamed, author of the The Apple-Tree Throne and the much-acclaimed Beneath the Rising, whose work romps across genres, from alt-history…

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  October 30, 2020

  Interviews, Writing

  alt-history, author, gothic fiction, horror, interview, premee mohamed, talking food, Victorian

• Talking Food With… Rachel Burton

  In my Talking Food series I’ll be featuring short interviews with authors, chefs, cooks, historians and food writers about their experiences of food, from memories to favourite recipes. Today I’d like to introduce novelist Rachel Burton, whose new novel The Tearoom on the Bay is due out from Head of Zeus today. LM: Happy publication…

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  October 1, 2020

  Interviews, Writing

  book release, food and fiction, foodie novels, interview, novelist, rachel burton, the tearoom on the bay

• Talking Food with… Tiffani Angus

  In my Talking Food series I’ll be featuring short interviews with authors, chefs, cooks, historians and food writers about their experiences of food, from memories to favourite recipes. Today I’d like to introduce author and lecturer Tiffani Angus, whose debut speculative historical novel Threading the Labyrinth is published July 13th by Unsung Stories: “If Robert…

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  June 23, 2020

  Interviews, Writing

  author interview, fantasy, gardens, historical fiction, kitchen gardens, speculative fiction, talking food, Threading the Labyrinth, Tiffani Angus, Unsung Stories, walled gardens

• Look Smart: Vintage & Eco Friendly Suits

  June, 1928: “As soon as I lifted the tissue paper, I knew I had chosen well, for here it was: a suit of pale flannel, as unobtrusive as fine leather. A jacket with notched lapels, a single-breast waistcoat, wider cut trousers that hugged the waist. It all fit better than a dream, and when I…

  lauramadeleine

  March 6, 2020

  Research, Writing

  1930s, blazer, eco-friendly, fashion, petite, suits, sustainable fashion, trouser suit, two piece suit

• At the Sauce Podcast

  I was delighted to be a guest on episode 35 of At the Sauce; a brilliant food and drink themed podcast based here in Bristol. It was a joy to talk to Alex and Karis, especially knowing they’d recently interviewed one of my favourite food writers, Bee Wilson. Check out the episode below. You can…

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  January 6, 2020

  Interviews, Writing

  at the sauce, food, interview, memories, podcast, Writing

• Short Story: The Unravelling of Walter Sinos

  Getting 2020 off to a pretty flying start, I’m delighted to say that literary journal Short Fiction chose my short story, “The Unravelling of Walter Sinos” for their January Feature. “He was unremarkable, an elderly man in a greatcoat worn to skeleton threads, and a pair of leather shoes that creaked with newness. He wore…

  lauramadeleine

  January 4, 2020

  Writing

  david toop, iannis xenakis, journal, literary, music, musique concrete, publication, short fiction, short story, walter sinos

• Talking Food With… Katy Moran

  In my Talking Food series I’ll be featuring short interviews with authors, chefs, cooks, historians and food writers about their experiences of food, from memories to favourite recipes. Today, I’d like to introduce as my guest author Katy Moran. Katy is a former book editor who now lives in Shropshire with her husband and three…

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  November 15, 2019

  Interviews, Writing

  author, Cornwall, food in fiction, georgette heyer, interview, katy moran, Regency, Research, talking food, the wolves of willoughby chase, wicked by design

• Talking Food With… Lucy Hounsom

  In my Talking Food series I’ll be featuring short interviews with authors, chefs, cooks, historians and food writers about their experiences of food, from memories to favourite recipes. Today, I’d like to introduce as my guest author Lucy Hounsom. Lucy is the author of The Worldmaker Trilogy. Her first book, STARBORN, was shortlisted in the…

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  October 23, 2019

  Interviews, Writing

  author, fantasy, food, food in fiction, food writing, interview, Lucy Hounsom, Q&A, Sistersong, Starborn, talking food

• Blackberry Madeleines

  Autumn is now officially here; the tomatoes have turned orange on brittle stems, the courgettes are finally ending their reign, and now is the time for golden quinces, autumn apples, and a few last, late blackberries clinging to brambles. It was when we were on our way home, the sun sinking low and golden, that…

  lauramadeleine

  October 9, 2019

  Recipes, Writing

  autumn, baking, blackberries, blackberry, cake recipe, fall, madeleines, Proust, recipe, seasonal, taste

• Fig Cake with Fig Leaf Cream

  In Tangier, at the very edge of the casbah overlooking the strait, is a house called Dar Zero. An old property, with white, crenelated walls, this is where Samuel Pepys lived in 1683, during the English occupation of Tangier (1661-1684), when he was employed as a secretary to George Legge, Lord Dartmouth, who had been…

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  September 30, 2019

  Recipes, Writing

  author, baking, books, cake, cake recipe, fig, fig leaf, food, historical fiction, historical food, history, recipe, seasonal, tangier