French Toast or Cinnamon Streusele Muffins

Rachel Hauckbaking, cooking, French Toast Muffins, recipes, Simply Homemade Chef 2 Comments

My dear sister-in-law made these for Thanksgiving week at my mom’s and they were yummy. Check out her web site, Simply Homemade Chef, for more awesome recipes. She’s a nutrition expert and personal chef. Soooo proud…. These have made an appearance twice in the past week. Of course, they are best fresh out of the oven but re-heat nicely with …

Dining With Joy Release Day November 16th

Rachel Hauckbook release, cooking, cooking show host, Dining with Joy, fiction, Johnnie Gabriel, KitchenAid Artisan mixer, romance, Second Helpings, Thomas Nelson 160 Comments

The big day is finally here. The third in the Lowcountry Romance novels, Dining with Joy. This is a fun book with serious undertones about a cooking show host who can’t cook. In the video below, I talk how I came up with this concept and the process of writing the book. Thomas Nelson is partnering with me to host …

Writing about food

Rachel Hauckbaking, cakes, Christmastime, cookies, cooking, food, Judith Jones, Julia Child, Molly Wizenberg, recipes, Suzan Colon, writing a book 7 Comments

I’m writing about a character who can’t cook, but food is central to her world. It’s challenging — not only to write a sympathetic engaging character, but one who lives in the foodie world but does not feel apart. In that way, Joy is very much like me. But how do I show it? I don’t get the foodie world. …

Let Them Eat Cake by Sandra Byrd

Rachel Hauckbakeries, Christian fiction, Christy Awards, cooking, Let Them Eat Cake, reading, Sandra Byrd 1 Comment

Please welcome my friend and author, Sandra Byrd! She has a wonderful chickmance I was proud to endorse, and Let Them Eat Cake was a finalist in this year’s Christy Awards! …Chick-lit never tasted so good! LET THEM EAT CAKE is one of those rare chick lit novels that integrates faith elements without being preachy, and includes plenty of romance …