I reviewed The Asian Slow Cooker Recipes by Kelly Kwok I also had a chance to catch up and have a quick chat with her. The book has given us great ideas, we tried a couple of the recipes and they were spot on.

The Tour also has a great giveaway so follow the page to the very end.

1)   Welcome to Defining Ways Kelly can you tell me a little bit about

yourself? 

I’m happy to be here! I’m a mom of two and I blog over at Life Made

Sweeter where I share family friendly recipes and easy sweet treats. 

2) When did you start to cook? Do you have any fun stories about cooking bloopers?

I’ve always had a strong interest in cooking so I began following my parents

around in the kitchen ever since I can remember. They started giving me easy

 tasks to do when I was 12 then by the time I was 14 I began making our

 family’s meals all by myself.

There have been a few mishaps though. I remember constantly forgetting that

I left the stove on and walking away while I was boiling soup. Needless to

say there were many messes I’ve had to clean up during those years 🙂

 

3) I love the dedication in your book. To your Mon and in Loving Memory of

your guardian Angels. I think the heart and soul of any home is the kitchen,

can you tell us about any Kitchen Guardian Angels?

 

Thank you. Growing up, the kitchen has always been a place for our entire

family to gather and spend time together. We would sit down and make

spring rolls together while catching up on what everyone was up to.

One of my fondest memories was when my grandma would tell us stories from

her childhood. Now that she’s no longer with us, I still feel that strong

connection with her anytime I make one of her favorite dishes.

 

4) I grew up with pressure cooker meals (the city of my childhood has very high

altitude and thus cooking takes longer). Today I use both a pressure cooker

and a slow cooker. Are there any other fun kitchen gadgets you have as

practical favorites?

A rice cooker is definitely a kitchen gadget we use daily. It’s not only great for

cooking that perfect bowl of steaming rice, it can cook oatmeal and steam

veggies as well.

 

5) Is there anything else you’d like to share with our guests her a Defining

 Ways?

 

Thanks so much for having me here today. Hopefully I can inspire some of

you to try adding some new flavors to your slow cooker meals 🙂

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Date Published: March 2016

Former British intelligence agent Mark Savannah escapes the international arrest warrant hanging over his head by taking refuge among the Tuareg of Mali. In 2008 the resurgence of fighting in the North of the country causes him to change his plans, forcing him into hiding in the Democratic Republic of Congo, where he works undercover as a doctor at the hospital in Kinshasa. Trying to survive the widespread corruption in the country, Mark becomes a direct witness to the devastating and deadly effects of a transgenic plant project funded by an international consortium that is looking for breakthrough OMG production strains while ruthlessly taking huge risks with the native population’s health. Approached once again by British intelligence to investigate the activities of the consortium, Mark finds himself involved in violent clashes between several countries’ intelligence services as they fight for control over the territory and its markets. Mark once again finds himself facing a deadly confrontation with his mortal enemy and the “sniper” who has never stopped hunting him.

Date Published: December 8, 2013

Mark Savannah has already lived two lives and now he is looking for a third, but he is trapped by a past he can’t escape.

Professor Zimmermann of the University of Buenos Aires has warned him: “They have been able to cover up the whole affair and destroy all the evidence”.

Mark has discovered an extraordinary secret hidden deep in CIA director Colonel Reed’s past and in the neural transplant operations of Biosketch Technologies Inc., a biotech company set up by Reed.

Mark came into contact with Biosketch Technologies Inc. and the diabolical Project “Transtem 1.1″ while studying civilian and military neural transplant patients. As Mark attempts to uncover the truth, he is pursued by Anaïs Degann, a CIA agent with orders to terminate him.

Project “Transtem 1.1″ is just the tip of the iceberg of Reed’s dark plans and, in order to get his life back, Mark has to break the ties connecting Colonel Reed with Colonel Kozlov of the Russian counterintelligence service. Reed’s links to Russian intelligence threaten to compromise international security and Mark must stop him at all costs.

Baibin Nighthawk writes spy fiction, thrillers and science fiction. She is the co-author of the Mark Savannah espionage series and of the Dhungwana Chronicles. She holds a bachelor’s degree in Economics and a Certificate in Art (Martenot Arts Plastiques, Paris).

Dominick Fencer writes spy fiction, thrillers and science fiction. He is the co-author of the Mark Savannah espionage series and of the Dhungwana Chronicles. He holds a bachelor’s degree in Biological Sciences and an MBA. 

Susan Squires grew up among the giant redwoods of California. She thought she was being practical by changing her major in college from theater to English literature. Immersed in a PhD. Program, she slowly realized that none of her graduating friends had work. So she dropped out after receiving a Master’s degree to take an paying job in the business world.

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