Easter

Mar 2024 30

Great Food Search: Ham and/or Eggs for Easter?

Contributors, Food Fun, Terrance V. Mc Arthur, The Great Food Search

by Terrance McArthur

Spring is here, and so is Easter. What foods could I feature for The Great Food Search? I thought about it, and the first thing that came to mind was an Easter Ham. The second thing I thought of was the Easter Egg. Then in a flash of insight, BAM! Sandwiches! There are sandwiches with ham, and there are sandwiches with egg. Of course, the path to figuring out the theme of this GFS was a bit more torturous than that, but “On with the Show!”

Mar 2024 23

Easter Basket Murder By Leslie Meyer, Lee Hollis, and Barbara Ross: Review/Giveaway/Easter Post

2024 Articles, Mysteryrat's Maze, Sandra Murphy

by Sandra Murphy

This week we are reviewing an Easter mystery that is actually 3 stories in one book-Easter Basket Murder by Leslie Meyer, Lee Hollis, and Barbara Ross. We also have a fun mini Easter related interview with each of them!

Mar 2023 25

Chocolate Bunny Betrayal By Tonya Kappes: Review/Giveaway

2023 Articles, Kathleen Costa, Mysteryrat's Maze

by Kathleen Costa

Violet’s Mama has really taken to Holiday Junction participating in the various women’s groups, planning committees, and holiday festivities. With the Hip Hop Hurray Easter Festival near, many, including Mama, are honing their baking skills for the Bake-Off. Frances Green, who won the competition last year, was Mama’s toughest competitor, but still she didn’t waver from her plan to win the top prize: the Golden Egg Trophy.

Apr 2022 9

Show Me the Bunny By Laurien Berenson: Review/Giveaway

2022 Articles, Mysteryrat's Maze, Sandra Murphy

by Sandra Murphy

You’d think volunteering to dye three dozen Easter eggs would be a simple task. It would be for most people. However, Melanie was volunteered for the job by her Aunt Peg, the woman no one argues with, ever. The second complication was that the favor was for Melanie’s seldom seen Aunt Rose who does not get along with Aunt Peg.

Apr 2021 3

Triple Chocolate Cheesecake Murder By Joanne Fluke: Review/Giveaway/Easter Recipe

2021 Articles, Food Fun, Mysteryrat's Maze, Sandra Murphy

by Sandra Murphy
& Joanne Fluke

Mayor Bascomb likes being a big shot in Lake Eden, ‘pulling strings’ to get friends out of a bind. When that doesn’t work out like he planned, he loses his temper and it’s a fierce one. This time he’s unleashed it on Andrea. She’s Hannah Swenson’s sister, Hannah being the cookie baker in town. Andrea can hold her temper for quite a while, but when Bascomb tells her she’s stupid, that’s the final straw. Hannah and Bascomb’s secretary are waiting in the outer office, and even they can hear the sound of Andrea slapping Bascomb so hard, his office chair overturns.

Apr 2021 3

Twilight Easter Egg Hunt: An Easter Mystery Short Story

2021 Articles, Mysteryrat's Maze, Terrific Tales

by Margaret S. Hamilton

Lizzie climbed out of her van and called to Claire. “I’ve got a load of special Easter eggs.” Daylight was fading in the park. Clumps of vivid yellow daffodils dotted the wildflower meadow, paired with blooming forsythia.

Apr 2020 4

Easter Hair Hunt By Nancy J. Cohen: Review/Giveaway/Recipe

2020 Articles, Food Fun, Kathleen Costa, Mysteryrat's Maze

by Kathleen Costa

It’s a big Easter celebration at Tremayne Manor and loads of children are squealing over the eggs they’ve spotted hidden in the grass. Marla and her best friend Tally, with little Luke in tow, are enjoying the festivities, but “Blinky,” dressed as the iconic Easter Bunny, is no where to be found.

Apr 2020 4

Just Leave Out the Poison: Food Safety Should Not Be A Mystery This Easter

2020 Articles, Food Fun, Mysteryrat's Maze

by Joan Leotta

If you find a reference to a recipe in one of my short stories, you can be sure that if I offer it to you, (attached or as BOGO) I will leave out the poison! Hope that line has made you smile.

Apr 2020 4

Food & Drink Mysteries For Your Easter Feast

2020 Articles, Cynthia Chow, Food Fun, Mysteryrat's Maze, Sandra Murphy

by Cynthia Chow
& Sandra Murphy

This week we have another fun group of food and drink related mysteries for your Easter Feast-Death of a Blueberry Tart: A Hayley Powell Mystery by Lee Hollis, On the Lamb: A Kitchen Kebab Mystery by Tina Kashian, Revenge Is Sweet: A Vintage Sweets Mystery by Kaye George, and Lavender Blue Murder: A Tea Shop Mystery by Laura Childs.

Apr 2019 20

Pie Hard A Pie Town Mystery By Kirsten Weiss: Review/Giveaway/Easter Recipe

2019 Articles, Cynthia Chow, Food Fun, Mysteryrat's Maze

by Cynthia Chow
& Kirsten Weiss

Valentine Harris had come to expect the unexpected from her rather exuberant landlady and expert piecrust maker Charlene McCree. The delivery of a yurt at 4 a.m. was a little much though, especially since it would soon be accompanied by fifteen women intent on camping out for a weeklong goddess circle. The septuagenarian had Val and her Pie Town bakery’s best interests in mind, as Charlene also arranged under only slightly false pretenses to have the reality show Pie Hard film on site.