Please welcome steampunk maven, mistress of Tea Dueling, and fellow lover of all things sacred leaf to the blog today, Gentle Reader. Madame Askew! In this video Madame Askew and I talk about all things tea related. We share our love, discuss blends, pairing, thoughts on where and when and who shoudl drink what and […]
Jul242019
Gail Carriger & Madame Askew Talk All Things Tea (Video)
Mar292019
Gail Discusses The 5th Gender, Tea Hijinks, & Why Write Explicit Sex Scenes? (Video)
I get real honest and rather deep at points during this video. So you have been warned. We range quite widely but here’s some of what I talk about… The 5th Gender! Link to preorder plus blurb etc… When will the audiobook be out? Is it a stand alone? What’s the POV? How explicit is is and […]
Jan72019
Getting Cozy with Gail Carriger, A Very British Concept
Gentle Reader, something unexpected for you today. A proper article. As we move along collectively rereading my books, I wanted to muse a bit on the idea of cozy. I think it’s endemic to all my writing, but particularly the Parasolverse. If I were to be asked for a defining description of all my writing, […]
Nov142018
Resources For Writing About Victorian Food & Tea From Gail Carriger
Let’s talk about one of my favorite things, Gentle Reader, Victorian FOOD! Here’s all things… Victorian Food Planning a Traditional Victorian Dinner Party & A Victorian Meal in Modern Times Stocking Your Victorian Kitchen, 1888 How the Victorians Describe Italian Food Weird Victorian Recipe Moment – Sweet Macaroni Pudding In Which Tamora Pierce Has Victorian Breakfast […]
Nov122018
How to Make Isaac’s Open Faced Omelet (from The Omega Objection)
How to make Isaac’s open faced omelet. (It’s kinda like a skinny frittata.) NOM! In the middle of The Omega Objection the main character, Isaac, pauses his frantic escape from Enemies Unknown, to make his dear friend Clara an open-faced omelet. Because everything stops for food in my books. I thought you all would like the […]
Nov92018
Drinks for Shifters: Creating Hilarious Cafe Drinks for Supernatural Creatures
Isaac, the main character in my new San Andreas Shifter book, The Omega Objection, is a bartender. Thus the meat cute and various other scenes in this book all occur inside a club named Saucebox, and the bar caters to shifters. Oh did I have fun creating drinks for different shifter species. Here’s an example […]
Sep142018
What’s the Very Best Dessert in Existence?
So over on Reddit a little while ago I was asked this question… What is the very best dessert? I don’t think they realized what a minefield this is for me. I have SERIOUS feels on desserts. I will go for ANYTHING puff pastry and custard adjacent. Like a Portuguese custard tart. My favorite desert […]
Aug242018
Author Show & Tell: A Tour of Gail Carriger’s Teacup Collection (Video)
Here’s a fun little video tour I did of my super special teacup collection, Gentle Reader. Just a sneaky look into the things that I love. Enjoy! Things you will learn in this video… How long have I been collecting teacups? Why do I like the small ones? What attracts me to the different types […]
Jun132018
Tea Dueling, Books That Make Me Cry & The Next Novella (Video)
Hello my darling Gentle Reader, here’s my latest video Q&A for your amusement! Links to Fun Stuff Mentioned in the Video Competence UK & Competence USA Why are there 2 different covers? (Gail also addresses whether Reticence will also have 2 covers.) How to Marry a Werewolf Audiobook is now available! Audible & Amazon Audio & iTunes! Chirrup! Full […]
Oct302017
How to Throw a Book Launch Tea Party
Dearest Gentle Reader, Romancing the Werewolf is now out in the world. Do you know what that means? Time for High Tea! Here’s a sample of how to throw a high tea in honor of this or any other Parasolverse book (or any other book at all, I suppose)… Invitation You are cordially invited to […]
Oct42017
Dear Lord Akeldama: Gifts, Endearments & Peas
Please welcome the gentleman vampire back to my blog this week, Gentle Reader! As always Lord Akeldama may not give you the answer you wish, he always gives the question the answer it deserves. Rudderbuddy asks: Where did you get you love for food and floral related nicknames? You can think of a better source of […]
Aug282017
Gail Talks About Food: Her Perfect Meal
A little while ago, Gentle Reader, I threw the door open to the Parasol Protectorate Fan Group for questions and Amber asked me a doozy. If you could assemble an ideal x course meal, what would you want it to be? And if you had to prepare it, would it change significantly? So, first of […]