Bake Snoop Dogg’s viral Rolls Royce Cookies with a Hollywood twist! Decadent, rich, and perfect for a cozy night in with a good book.
Storybook Kitchen
Step into the Storybook Kitchen, where every recipe has a tale to tell. From Aunt Rosa’s hearty Italian classics to sweet Southern treats straight out of small-town romance, these dishes are inspired by the characters and settings that live on my pages.
Whether you’re craving a taste of Tuscany, a cozy slice of pie from a Texas porch, or a comforting soup from a New England café, you’ll find flavors that bring stories to life—one delicious bite at a time.
This classic Italian minestrone soup is hearty, healthy, and brimming with vegetables, beans, and pasta. Easy to customize with what you have on hand — a comforting one-pot meal the whole family will love.
This traditional Italian-American Sunday Gravy is a rich, slow-simmered tomato sauce made with ground beef and sausage links. Perfect over pasta, it’s hearty, flavorful, and tastes like it cooked all day.
Light, fluffy Cannoli Cupcakes made with ricotta cheese, chocolate chips, and fun toppings! A simple twist on a classic Italian dessert—perfect for parties, birthdays, or just because.
This easy pasta salad recipe is loaded with tri-color rotini, mozzarella, crisp veggies, olives, and pepperoni, all tossed in a creamy Italian dressing. Perfect for potlucks, cookouts, or make-ahead lunches!
This creamy tomato basil soup is rich, comforting, and ready in under 40 minutes. Made entirely with canned tomatoes, Italian herbs, and fresh basil, it’s a cozy café-style soup you can enjoy year-round.
Easy puff pastry pizza pinwheels with sauce, cheese, and pepperoni—flaky, cheesy, and ready in just 15 minutes. A fun, family-friendly snack inspired by Uncle Laz of Parma John’s in the Weddings by Bella series.
Cozy up with this creamy chicken and gnocchi soup, packed with tender chicken, pillowy gnocchi, fresh spinach, and herbs in a rich, flavorful broth. An easy Olive Garden–inspired comfort food you can make at home in under an hour.
This recipe for Snickerdoodles is actually my mama’s, but I used it in my Guideposts book, The Secret Ingredient, a fun cozy mystery. One of the main characters, Winnie, is an amazing baker and even competes in a big competition! I’m happy to share it with you now, as well as a snippet of the …
If you’ve read my book Movers and Shakers (a Guideposts mystery) you already know about Grandma Pearl. She’s a key player in the story, though all of the information about her is shared posthumously. At the end of the book I shared a recipe that actually came from my own mother’s cookbook. It’s called Grandma …
Enjoy this cobbler recipe, straight from the pages of Janice Thompson’s novel, Tracking Tilly.