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October 28, 2011

FOODIE FRIDAY: Winner of the Domenica Marchetti Book Contest Announced!

Filed under: Food — Tags: , , , , , — paulayoo @ 7:00 am

The Glorious Pasta of Italy by Domenica Marchetti (Chronicle Books 2011)

Welcome to FOODIE FRIDAY! We’re excited to announce the winner of our signed book contest drawing with THE GLORIOUS PASTA OF ITALY cook/author DOMENICA MARCHETTI! (Her website: http://www.domenicacooks.com/)

For the month of October, we’ve been celebrating Domenica’s latest cookbook with a two-part Q&A and a special recipe. The links are here in case you wanted to check them out again: http://paulayoo.com/blog/?p=1014 and http://paulayoo.com/blog/?p=1025 and http://paulayoo.com/blog/?p=1040

(Keep reading after the jump to find out who won!)

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October 24, 2011

Music Monday: Winner of Susan Whitall “FEVER” Signed Book Contest!

Filed under: Music — Tags: , , , , — paulayoo @ 7:00 am

Fever: Little Willie John, A Fast Life, Mysterious Death and the Birth of Soul by Susan Whitall with Kevin John

Welcome to MUSIC MONDAY! We’re excited to announce the winner of our signed book contest with music journalist and author SUSAN WHITALL. We had an amazing two-part Q&A with Susan about her latest book, “FEVER: LITTLE WILLIE JOHN – A FAST LIFE, MYSTERIOUS DEATH AND THE BIRTH OF SOUL.” You can read the Q&A’s here: http://paulayoo.com/blog/?p=1000 & http://paulayoo.com/blog/?p=1004 For more info on Susan, her website is here: http://www.susanwhitall.com/

(Keep reading after the jump to find out who won!)

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October 21, 2011

FOODIE FRIDAY: Recipe from Cook/Author DOMENICA MARCHETTI!

Filed under: Food — Tags: , , , , , , — paulayoo @ 8:45 am

The Glorious Pasta of Italy by Domenica Marchetti (Chronicle Books 2011)

Welcome to FOODIE FRIDAY! October is officially DOMENICA MARCHETTI month! Every Friday in October, we’ll be featuring a Foodie Friday blog devoted to food critic/journalist/cook/author Domenica Marchetti. Today features a special recipe from Domenica’s book. (If you missed Part 1 & 2 of our Q&A with here, here are the links: http://paulayoo.com/blog/?p=1014 and http://paulayoo.com/blog/?p=1025)

I worked with Domenica when we were both reporters for The Detroit News back in the early ’90s. Since then, Domenica has gone on to write for The Washington Post and publish several acclaimed cookbooks.

We are also hosting a signed book giveaway contest with Domenica. Please comment on this blog (or on any Foodie Friday blog this month) and you will automatically be included in the prize drawing. Or you can email me at paula at paulayoo dot com to join the drawing. A winner will be picked at random and will receive a signed copy of Domenica’s latest book, THE GLORIOUS PASTA OF ITALY (Chronicle Books 2011). The winner will be announced on Friday October 28, 2011.

For more info on Domenica, here are her links:

http://www.domenicacooks.com/

Twitter.com/domenicacooks

(Keep reading after the jump for a special recipe from Domenica Marchetti!)

October 20, 2011

TUNA THURSDAY: Your Moment of Kitty Zen

Filed under: Pets — Tags: — paulayoo @ 7:53 am

Welcome to TUNA THURSDAY! Yes, my most popular theme blog is back with your Moment of Kitty Zen. Enjoy! Consider this your little happy break from whatever work you are stuck doing today. :) (Sorry this is a really short blog, but I’m deeply entrenched in the writing batcave these days.)

Also – my cat Oreo has his own Twitter page, so please follow him there for more kitty updates! http://twitter.com/oreothecatyoo

And now… your moment of KITTY ZEN… Charlotte was sitting in her cat bed by the living room window, watching the hummingbirds outside, when giant Oreo decided to join her. LOL! :)

NAMASTE!

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Well, did you enjoy your Kitty Zen? Good! Now back to your job!

Stay tuned for tomorrow’s FOODIE FRIDAY blog featuring a special recipe from THE GLORIOUS PASTA OF ITALY cook/author DOMENICA MARCHETTI. We’ve been featuring her every Foodie Friday this month, so check the previous blogs as well for her two-part Q&A. If you comment on her blogs or email me at paula at paulayoo dot com, I will include your name in our signed book contest drawing with Domenica!

Until the next blog, remember… Happy Writing! WRITE LIKE YOU MEAN IT! :)

October 14, 2011

FOODIE FRIDAY: Q&A with author/cook DOMENICA MARCHETTI (Pt. 2 of 2)

Filed under: Food — Tags: , , , , , , , — paulayoo @ 8:45 am

The Glorious Pasta of Italy by Domenica Marchetti (Chronicle Books 2011)

Welcome to FOODIE FRIDAY! October is officially DOMENICA MARCHETTI month! Every Friday in October, we’ll be featuring a Foodie Friday blog devoted to food critic/journalist/cook/author Domenica Marchetti. Today features part 2 of our two-part Q&A with Domenica. (If you missed Part 1 of our Q&A, here is the link: http://paulayoo.com/blog/?p=1014)

I worked with Domenica when we were both reporters for The Detroit News back in the early ’90s. Since then, Domenica has gone on to write for The Washington Post and publish several acclaimed cookbooks.

We are also hosting a signed book giveaway contest with Domenica. Please comment on this blog (or on any Foodie Friday blog this month) and you will automatically be included in the prize drawing. Or you can email me at paula at paulayoo dot com to join the drawing. A winner will be picked at random and will receive a signed copy of Domenica’s latest book, THE GLORIOUS PASTA OF ITALY (Chronicle Books 2011). The winner will be announced on Friday October 28, 2011. And stay tuned for Part 2 of  our Q&A with Domenica on Friday October 14th and she will share a special pasta recipe for our Foodie Friday blog on Friday October 21st! Yum! :)

For more info on Domenica, here are her links:

http://www.domenicacooks.com/

Twitter.com/domenicacooks

(Keep reading after the jump for Part 2 of our two-part Q&A with Domenica about pasta, Italian cooking and her heritage, and thoughts on the food industry, reality TV cooking shows, and more fun topics!)

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October 10, 2011

MUSIC MONDAY: Meet “Fever”‘s Susan Whitall! (Pt. 2 of Q&A)

Filed under: Music — Tags: , , , , , — paulayoo @ 8:45 am

Fever: Little Willie John, A Fast Life, Mysterious Death and the Birth of Soul by Susan Whitall with Kevin John

Welcome to MUSIC MONDAY! Today, we are featuring Part 2 of our two-part Q&A with author and music critic SUSAN WHITALL. If you missed Part 1, the link is here: http://paulayoo.com/blog/?p=1000

I worked with Susan at The Detroit News in the early ’90s. She was a fantastic writing mentor to me, and we would have very long phone and email chats about how much we loved music!

Susan’s latest book is Fever: Little Willie John, A Fast Life, Mysterious Death and the Birth of Soul (Titan Books 2011). In our two-part Q&A, we’ll be chatting with Susan about the iconic Little Willie John, the music industry, music journalism, and how Little Willie John’s influence led to the birth of soul music. Part 2 of our Q&A also focuses on her music journalism career for all you aspiring writers and rock critics out there!

We are also hosting a signed book giveaway contest. A winner will be chosen at random to receive a signed copy of Susan’s book FEVER! To participate, please post a comment in either Music Monday blog or email me at paula at paulayoo dot com to have your name included in the drawing. Winner will be announced on Monday October 24, 2011. Good luck!

To find out more about Susan, please visit her website here: http://www.susanwhitall.com/

(Keep reading after the jump for Part 2 of our Q&A with “FEVER” author/music critic SUSAN WHITALL!)

October 7, 2011

FOODIE FRIDAY: Q&A with author/cook DOMENICA MARCHETTI (Pt. 1 of 2)

Filed under: Food — Tags: , , , , , , , — paulayoo @ 8:45 am

The Glorious Pasta of Italy by Domenica Marchetti (Chronicle Books 2011)

Welcome to FOODIE FRIDAY! October is officially DOMENICA MARCHETTI month! Every Friday in October, we’ll be featuring a Foodie Friday blog devoted to food critic/journalist/cook/author Domenica Marchetti. Today features part 1 of our two-part Q&A with Domenica.

I worked with Domenica when we were both reporters for The Detroit News back in the early ’90s. Since then, Domenica has gone on to write for The Washington Post and publish several acclaimed cookbooks.

We are also hosting a signed book giveaway contest with Domenica. Please comment on this blog (or on any Foodie Friday blog this month) and you will automatically be included in the prize drawing. Or you can email me at paula at paulayoo dot com to join the drawing. A winner will be picked at random and will receive a signed copy of Domenica’s latest book, THE GLORIOUS PASTA OF ITALY (Chronicle Books 2011). The winner will be announced on Friday October 28, 2011. And stay tuned for Part 2 of  our Q&A with Domenica on Friday October 14th and she will share a special pasta recipe for our Foodie Friday blog on Friday October 21st! Yum! :)

For more info on Domenica, here are her links:

www.domenicacooks.com

Twitter.com/domenicacooks

(Keep reading after the jump for Part 1 of our two-part Q&A with Domenica about pasta, Italian cooking and her heritage, and thoughts on the food industry, reality TV cooking shows, and more fun topics!)

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October 5, 2011

Winner of Sonya Sones Book Contest Announced!

Filed under: Books — Tags: , , , — paulayoo @ 8:45 am

"The Hunchback of Neiman Marcus" by Sonya Sones (Harper 2011)

Welcome to WRITER WEDNESDAY! Today we announce the winner of the signed book giveaway contest with author/poet SONYA SONES!

We chatted with Sonya Sones on September 21, 2011 about her debut adult novel, THE HUNCHBACK OF NEIMAN MARCUS (Harper 2011). Sonya is also the author of several acclaimed, best-selling YA novels and is famous for her poetry. The link to our Author Q&A with Sonya is here: http://paulayoo.com/blog/?p=939

To find out more about Sonya, check out her website here: http://www.sonyasones.com/

(Keep reading after the jump to find out who won!)

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October 3, 2011

MUSIC MONDAY: Meet “Fever”‘s Susan Whitall! (Pt. 1 of Q&A)

Filed under: Music — Tags: , , , , — paulayoo @ 8:45 am

Fever: Little Willie John, A Fast Life, Mysterious Death and the Birth of Soul by Susan Whitall with Kevin John

Welcome to MUSIC MONDAY! I have a special treat for you – a two-part Q&A with author and music critic SUSAN WHITALL. I worked with Susan at The Detroit News in the early ’90s. She was a fantastic writing mentor to me, and we would have very long phone and email chats about how much we loved music!

Susan’s latest book is Fever: Little Willie John, A Fast Life, Mysterious Death and the Birth of Soul (Titan Books 2011). In our two-part Q&A, we’ll be chatting with Susan about the iconic Little Willie John, the music industry, music journalism, and how Little Willie John’s influence led to the birth of soul music.

Part 1 of our Q&A with Susan is posted today. Part 2 will be posted next Monday October 10, 2011. We are also hosting a signed book giveaway contest. A winner will be chosen at random to receive a signed copy of Susan’s book FEVER! To participate, please post a comment in either Music Monday blog or email me at paula at paulayoo dot com to have your name included in the drawing. Winner will be announced on Monday October 24, 2011. Good luck!

To find out more about Susan, please visit her website here: http://www.susanwhitall.com/

(Keep reading after the jump for Part 1 of our Q&A with “FEVER” author/music critic SUSAN WHITALL!)

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