Bøger af Elaine Coleman

Tricks, Stunts, and Imposters what do they all have in common, people who made their lives fit their dreams. Four people in this book lived their lives according to their dreams and they were very happy. Trick riders in the rodeo are heroines and heroes to kids all over the world. Every man woman and child secretly wish they could do those tricks too. Stuntmen and women carry out the scenes of the stars who don't want to be hurt and these men and women are heroes because they are the ones who make the movies and television shows memorable. Imposters, or impersonators whatever you want to call it, are the people who keep our memories alive. That is what this book is about, keeping memories alive and well in our minds and our hearts.

Wolfgang Trask sets out on a path of revenge, but finds love with a most unlikely street urchin from London. Kallina fears nothing but losing those she loves. She encounters a surly sea captain and falls in love with him.

Modern methods of cooking are somewhat based on the same methods of frontier times. The biggest difference is that today we have the aid of modern equipment. Our stoves, mixers, blenders, microwaves, and other utensils were not in existence for our ancestors. Recipes used way-back-when are much the same as today's, merely changed to meet the modern times. In frontier times, they used a "pinch" of this, a "dab" of that, a "dollop the size of an egg or walnut" a "smidgen" of seasoning and sometimes the recipe called for "enough liquid to make dough" or "enough flour to make a stiff dough." That wasn't even the best of it; there were those recipes that read "Use your own judgement". Sometimes I think it must have been difficult for a new bride who didn't know how to cook before she was married to know how to judge how much of an ingredient or how long to cook a mixture. It's funny that with all our modern equipment, most of us have to have the ingredients right down to the exact measurement. My mother cooked with a smidgen and a dash, so why can't I? She taught me and I've tried to teach my daughters. My granddaughters will also be taught what a dollop and a pinch mean, in order to follow family traditions. Even after women were presented with stoves for cooking, were not always assured the baking results. Some women had to heat their stoves with fagots, brush, and light kindling. Then hardwood was used because it heated much quicker. The self-sufficient women used four foot wood, split it finely, and piled it in a crisscrossed manner nearly filling the oven. Usually this made a roaring fire for cooking an hour or more. Temperature wise, if you could hold your hand inside the oven for a count of forty, it was right for baking bread. This could be achieved by raking the coals to one side and sweeping off the oven so that the soot didn't get on the bread. A count of twenty could be sufficient for baking rye or Indian bread. To prevent pies and cakes from scorching, an old broom was soaked in water and put on top of the oven until it dried out and the food was done. Now-a-days, we simply turn a dial on the oven to the desired temperature, set the time, and let it cook. Then there's the microwave and the crock pots which makes life so much easier for a working woman. Compare the recipes from frontier times to those we use now. I think you will be more grateful for your modern day conveniences. Follow along with me through the cooking adventures that follow while I explore Texas Frontier Foods.

Life is a gamble. Chase and Kat realize this almost too late. Chase is a cowboy looking for a place to call his own again. Kat is looking to replace the family that left her behind for money. The two people need one another and figure this out over the cattle trails from Texas to Kansas.

The Trip is a journey through thick and thin, through toil and danger, through love and hate. Jackie is informed of her husband's infidelity and death in one fell swoop. In order to get on with her life, she takes a trip back home where she finds an old love and a new life. However, she never bargained for her dead husband to come back to life and come to kill her. Ace, her old love is working for the dead husband and trying to protect her at the same time. The story comes to life in the Texas countryside as they couple rekindle the old flame and fight the evil surrounding them.

Cooking has always been a passion for Elaine Coleman and this book shows her funny side as well. FAT FANNIES FUDGE FACTORY is her take on over 200 recipes of fudge and cute incidents that could happen on the way to starting a business.

Although there are numerous books about Louisiana, little information about the forts are included and none combines the forts with ghost stories. Louisiana has five distinct regions, and all have historic forts, ranging from French rule to Spanish, Confederate, Federal, and even Privateer. Each unique story is heightened by ghostly legends. The state is already a strong tourist attraction with a $5.2 billion business yearly, 87,000 employees in tourism, and a population of over 4,000,000.