Victoria Hamilton's Blog
September 17, 2021
A Calculated Whisk - VKM #10 - Great Escapes Blog Tour
Hello, dear readers! It's September, and on the 21st A Calculated Whisk, Vintage Kitchen Mystery #10 (I cannot believe it is #10!!) is released into the wild. To celebrate, I am having a book blog tour designed by the awesome Lori at Great Escapes Book Blog Tours.
Follow along and comment at each stop, follow the rules, and you will be entered for the grand prize, which will be a $50 USD Amazon gift card!
I hope you all enjoy A Calculated Whisk... it was so much fun being back in Queensville again with Jaymie, Jakob and Jocie, and Jaymie friends, Valetta and Mrs. Stubbs, who both have important contributions to solving the mystery! And of course Hoppy is there!!
So... here is the schedule, and each day I will update the links to be to the actual blog that features A Calculated Whisk! ((Click on the Blog Tour graphic to go to the Great Escapes Page!))
A Calculated Whisk Book Blog Tour - September 17th - 24th
Day 1 - September 17th, 2021
Guest Post - Why Vintage Kitchen Mysteries? by Victoria Hamilton - Novels Alive
Review - This is My Truth Now
Spotlight - StoreyBook Reviews
Future Dates: (I'll update the links each day!)
Day 2 - September 18th
Review - The Avid Reader
Spotlight - FUONLYKNEW
Spotlight – Escape With Dollycas Into A Good Book
Day 3 - September 19th
Review – Lisa Ks Book Reviews
Author Interview – I Read What You Write
Spotlight – Sapphyria's Book Reviews
Day 4 - September 20th
* I'll also be appearing on Harry Rinker - antiques and collectibles expert - radio show 'Whatcha Got' for the last time! I'm on from 3:15 PM - 3:30 PM. Harry Rinker 'Whatcha Got'
Character Interview – Ascroft, eh?
Spotlight - Celticlady's Reviews
Day 5 - RELEASE DAY! - September 21st
Review – Cozy Up With Kathy
Guest Post - Christy's Cozy Corners
Spotlight – Thoughts in Progress
Day 6 - September 22nd
Review – My Reading Journeys
Character Guest Post – Literary Gold
Spotlight – I'm All About Books
Separate Post... not part of the tour!
Dru Ann's 'A Day in the Life' blog featuring Mrs. Martha Stubbs!
Day 7 - September 23rd
Spotlight – Brooke Blogs
Review – Laura's Interests
Review – Books a Plenty Book Reviews
Day 8 - September 24th
Spotlight – Reading, Writing & Stitch-Metic
Author Interview – Read Your Writes Book Reviews
Spotlight – BookishKelly2020
End of Tour
Thanks everyone... Lori, bloggers! I appreciate it. I hope you enjoy the book... let me know!
Best,
Victoria
August 30, 2021
Mystery Lovers Kitchen - A Calculated Whisk GIVEAWAY!
Hello all! Good Monday to you...
Yesterday was my day at Mystery Lovers Kitchen, (promoting my September release, A Calculated Whisk, Vintage Kitchen Mystery #10!) where I have an awesome recipe and where I’m giving away a great prize ($25 dollar Amazon gift card!) and AAARGH, wouldn’t you know it?? I was without internet ALL DAY!!
However… the blog is still up, the giveaway is still active!
Check out my September release, A Calculated Whisk (Vintage Kitchen Mystery #10) now available for pre-order!
https://www.mysteryloverskitchen.com/2021/08/quickie-gr
ound-beef-stroganoff-giveaway.html
August 28, 2021
A Calculated Whisk - Available NOW for pre-order!
You can pre-order as an ebook, or as a paperback from Amazon USA and Barnes and Noble.
Ebook
Amazon Canada: https://www.amazon.ca/Calculated-Whisk-Victoria-Hamilton-ebook/dp/B09CV579FJ/
Amazon Kindle: https://www.amazon.com/Calculated-Whisk-Victoria-Hamilton-ebook/dp/B09CV579FJ/
Barnes & Noble: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/a-calculated-whisk-victoria-hamilton/1140029095?ean=2940162520771
Kobo: https://www.kobo.com/ca/en/ebook/a-calculated-whisk
Smashwords: https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/1099825
Paperback
Amazon USA: https://www.amazon.com/Calculated-Whisk-Victoria-Hamilton/dp/1954717504/
Barnes & Noble: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/a-calculated-whisk-victoria-hamilton/1140029095
In other news, I WILL be doing a blog tour starting September 17th, running through September 24th, some fun blog stops, and I will be giving away, at the end of it, a $50 USD Amazon gift card, entry open to everyone! As well, I will be doing other blog stops along the way, so... stay tuned!Have a great end-of-summer!
Warmest regards,Victoria
July 6, 2021
Cozy Up With Kathy: A Calculated Whisk - A Cover Reveal
Cozy Up With Kathy: A Calculated Whisk - A Cover Reveal: Today I'm proud to share the cover reveal for A Calculated Whisk by Victoria Hamilton. This book is the tenth in the Vintage Kitchen Mys...
May 22, 2021
Keep It Cool - A Summer Recipe!
It's a holiday weekend here in Canada, so... time to think about FOOD!! LOL.
Old-Fashioned Too-Many-Beans-To-Count Bean Salad
By: Victoria Hamilton
When it’s too hot to cook, I usually pull out the oldest of vintage staples… the bean salad! It is pretty, and tasty (I now think, tho’ my seven year old self would not agree) and great to take to a pot luck. It stores well, and keeps for quite a while. It makes lots and is a great veg/carb side when potatoes, rice or pasta just won’t do the trick, and it is pretty much diet-friendly! I call that a super food. So, here is my Old Fashioned Bean Salad recipe! (I first shared this on Mystery Lovers Kitchen a couple of years ago!)
Old Fashioned Bean Salad
Ingredients:
Cans of beans: Green, Wax (Yellow), (10 ounce cans) a Bean Mix and Chickpeas (Garbanzo Beans) as well as, if you like, Cannellini, or White Kidney Beans. Your choice, but limit it to four small/medium cans of beans total for the amount of dressing this makes. I happen to like Chickpeas, but if you don’t, just use another can of mixed beans.
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Sweet Onion like a Vidalia, Spanish or Bermuda: half cup, chopped to your own taste… I like mine finely diced.*Red (or orange, green, yellow) Pepper: half cup, chopped, again, to your taste. I like a fine dice, but you may prefer big happy chunks of pepper!
*Scant palm full of Parsley and Basil, chopped. Omit if you’re not fond of herbs.
*½ cup any clearish light-flavored oil; canola is my choice.
*½ cup white vinegar: plain, white wine, or apple cider; your taste, your choice. Use plain white vinegar if you’re not sure. I used a blend of white wine vinegar and plain white, because though I love the flavor of white wine vinegar, it has a very specific fruity flavor.
*½ to ¾ cup white sugar; I do something in between because ¾ cup is too much, to me, though most of the recipes I’ve seen call for it.
*½ tsp black pepper
*½ tsp celery salt or regular salt
Method:
1 - Combine the oil, vinegar, sugar, salt and pepper and whisk until the sugar is completely dissolved. Set aside.
2 - Drain all the beans. I like to chop the green and yellow beans to smaller sizes consistent with the chickpeas, etc.
3 - Dice the onion, celery and peppers and mix completely in a large bowl with the beans.
4 - Cover with the dressing and mix well. Store it in the fridge in a large container. Let it marinate at least 24 hours before trying it. If you taste it too soon you will think it bland; it will be better than it tastes at first… TRUST me! If you think there is too little dressing, you can always make another batch and pour it over. If you don’t, and the dressing doesn’t cover the beans, mix the salad up every day so the beans soak in the flavor.
Then… enjoy! A welcome addition to a barbecue, and you can make it ahead. In fact, it will stay good in your fridge for at least three weeks, a good and good-for-you accompaniment for cold summer meals.
Enjoy the May 24th– Victoria Day Holiday, Canada!!
April 3, 2021
Bookmark Giveaway!
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March 19, 2021
Double or Muffin - The Reviews Are In!
Double or Muffin (Merry Muffin Mystery #7)
by Victoria Hamilton
The reviews are in, and reviewers LOVE Double or Muffin!
For fans of cozy mysteries, baking, bed-and-breakfasts, opera, and small-town shenanigans, this is a wonderful series . . .
Hamilton brings all the drama of the entertainment world, complete with the shy newbies and the divas.~This Is My Truth Now
Fast-paced and fascinating, you won't want to put this book down, but you will jump at every bump in the night.
~Laura's Interests
Double or Muffin is a lively cozy mystery with problematic prima donnas, mouthwatering muffins, a cunning cat, missing materials, a prying reporter, and attractive operatic arias.
~The Avid Reader
Double or Muffin was a fun, entertaining mystery and I loved every minute of it.
~Moonlight Rendezvous
I immediately connected with the author’s writing style, with her witty & smart first person narrative.
~Reading Is My SuperPower
The mystery is a real challenge. The plot within the reality show itself was fun. Virtually everyone has secrets to hide that eventually come to the surface.
~Diane Reviews Books
DOUBLE OR MUFFIN takes the drama of opera and mixes it with the salacious gossip of a tabloid with nods to current social issues to create a perplexing and eminently enjoyable mystery.
~Cozy Up With Kathy
a varied mix of clues that will keep you guessing until it all plays out with some surprising results. I especially love her kitty who is quite the character in his own right. A really fun read that is sure to delight fans of cozy mysteries.
~Books a Plenty Book Reviews
I loved the cover. A room I would love to live in. The cover drew me and made me want to turn the pages.
~My Reading Journeys
March 1, 2021
Book Blog Tour and so much MORE!
Hello, dear readers...
Today's the day. My book blog tour to promote Double or Muffin begins, and I am also at Dru Ann Love's blog with TWO features!
First... Dru Ann... Check out what Lizzie has to say, AND a little inside scoop on Pish Lincoln!
Blogging with Dru Ann:
A Day in the Life of... Lizzie Proctor
Questions & Answers with Pish Lincoln
Great Escapes Book Blog Tour Schedule:
Don't miss my Great Escapes Book Blog Tour and enter everyday for a BIG giveaway of a $50 USD Amazon Gift Card!! Check back EVERY DAY for the updated blog links!
TOUR PARTICIPANTS
March 1 – Elizabeth McKenna – Author Blog – SPOTLIGHT
March 1 – StoreyBook Reviews – GUEST POST
March 1 – This Is My Truth Now – REVIEW
March 2 – Literary Gold – CHARACTER GUEST POST
March 2 – Maureen’s Musings – SPOTLIGHT
March 2 – ebook addicts – SPOTLIGHT
March 3 – I’m All About Books – SPOTLIGHT
March 3 – Laura’s Interests – REVIEW
March 3 – FUONLYKNEW – SPOTLIGHT
March 4 – Christy’s Cozy Corners – CHARACTER GUEST POST
March 4 – Mystery Thrillers and Romantic Suspense Reviews – SPOTLIGHT
March 4 – Read Your Writes Book Reviews – SPOTLIGHT
March 5 – The Avid Reader – REVIEW
March 5 – Moonlight Rendezvous – REVIEW
March 5 – Reading Is My SuperPower – REVIEW
March 6 – I Read What You Write – AUTHOR INTERVIEW
March 6 – Escape With Dollycas Into A Good Book – SPOTLGHT
March 7 – Reading, Writing & Stitch-Metic – RECIPE POST
March 7 – Baroness Book Trove – AUTHOR INTERVIEW
March 7 – Sapphyria’s Book Reviews – SPOTLIGHT
March 8 – Socrates Book Reviews – SPOTLIGHT
March 8 – Ascroft, eh? – CHARACTER INTERVIEW
March 8 – Novels Alive – GUEST POST
March 9 – Mysteries with Character – AUTHOR INTERVIEW
March 9 – Diane Reviews Books – REVIEW
March 9 – Cozy Up WIth Kathy – REVIEW
March 9 – Brooke Blogs – SPOTLIGHT
March 10 – The Pulp and Mystery Shelf – SPOTLIGHT
March 10 – Books a Plenty Book Reviews – REVIEW
March 10 – Christa Reads and Writes – SPOTLIGHT
March 10 – My Reading Journeys – REVIEW
That's all for now... I'll be back!!
With Love...
Victoria
February 28, 2021
Sign up for my newsletter and RECIPES!
Hello, Dear Readers!
Starting with Double or Muffin, ALL recipes will be available only to subscribers to Victoria Hamilton Mysteries newsletter. To sign up go to my website, and find the Newsletter sign up icon.
And tomorrow you'll be able to make these!!
Look for a newsletter in your email box tomorrow with a delicious recipe!
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February 27, 2021
Double or Muffin Book Blog Tour - Coming Monday, March 1st!
Hello, dear readers...
Just a reminder that beginning March 1st, I will be on virtual tour for Double or Muffin, and will be hosting giveaways, too!
March 1st I kick things off with appearance on the fabulous Dru Ann Love's blog with a look at the life of Pish Lincoln, and a Day in the Life of Lizzie Proctor, Girl Photographer!
So... watch this space.
Oh, AND... March 1st I will be sending out a newsletter with the first of the two muffin recipes from Double or Muffin. Be sure you don't miss the recipes from my mysteries by signing up for the newsletter on my website!
Book Tour info and links to come...