A Novel Baker’s Birthday!

Join us for a Celebration and a virtual

Birthday Party for Michael Lee West~

Southern Author, Baker, Gardener, Yorkie Enthusiast!

The Novel Bakers are celebrating her milestone birthday

and literary works today with a little food and fun~

We’re happy to have you join us!

We gathered old and new friends to join

in the fun and celebration,

Teeny is here. . .

We share her love of peaches, copper pots

and Red Velvet Cake!

 I had two copies of She Flew the Coop~

 Olive Nepper granted me permission to tear out pages

of my second copy and run them through

the printer for a book page birthday banner!

And also use pages for a little

napkin embellishment~

Punched with a

Martha Stewart Birthday punch from Michaels,

also available here.

Help yourself to some salt water taffy~

Renata DeChavannes’

candy of choice for bingeing,

while we wait for the other guests to arrive.

Our cast iron skillet is seasoned and ready. . .

Cooking Lessons, Consuming Passions, page 122.

Caro Clifford and company are here to celebrate

with Piper Maitland aka Michael Lee West~

providing a little vampire lore,

timely with Halloween around the corner!

Along with a few Mad Girls in Love,

joining the celebration~

And some Crazy Ladies

are joining us~

We’re enjoying a Southern Fried Celebration

in honor of Michael Lee’s birthday!

On the Menu:

Sweet Tea, Southern Fried Chicken, Fried Okra, Skillet Cornbread and Pimento Cheese Deviled Eggs~

Collard Greens, Fried Green Tomatoes, Macaroni & Cheese and Lima Beans send their regrets and could not attend :)

We married Deviled Eggs with Pimento Cheese,

the Pâté of the South~

along with a little bacon for

Pimento Cheese-Deviled Eggs. . .

And the beverage of choice,

Sweet Tea, a Southern staple~

How to make Perfect Iced Tea,

page 158, Consuming Passions.

Or enjoy Peach Tea Punch, tea that

 a girl from a Peach Farm would love. . .

Or celebrate with a cocktail~

 help yourself to a Peach Martini . . .

We’re serving mini skillets

of corn bread~

No Southern recipe required, one 8.5 ounce box of Jiffy corn muffin mix makes four 4 inch skillets of cornbread~ add cheese, jalapenos, bacon, and/or sour cream if you like.

Teeny’s perfect Red Velvet Cake recipe

can be found on page 318 in

She Flew the Coop. . .

Help yourself to a

Red Velvet Cupcake!

Or

Have your Cake and Drink it Too. . .

in a

Red Velvet Cake Martini. . .

Or try an original Teeny-concoction:

‘If-I-Can’t-Have-True-Love, I’ll-Buy-A-Bigger-Dress-Size’ 

Maybe a serving of

 Bonaventure Georgia Peach Trifle~

Choose your dessert(s) of choice,

and add a sparkler and light. . .

And wish Michael Lee West

a Happy Birthday!

Other friends are celebrating

Michael Lee’s birthday today,

stop by for more

Happy Birthday Wishes and Cake!

Jain~ a quiet life

Kitty~ Kitty’s Kozy Kitchen

Sarah~ Hyacinths for the Soul

Sam~ My Carolina Kitchen

Rett~ The Gazebo House 

Jenna~ The Painted Apron

Lynn~ Happier Than A Pig In Mud

Linda~ More Fun Less Laundry

Debbie~ Mountain Breaths

Jacqueline~ Purple Chocolat Home 

Pattie~ Olla-Podrida

Pam~ Sidewalk Shoes

Susan~ Between Naps on the Porch

 Happy Birthday

Michael Lee!

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