Join Man of the Month creator, New York Times bestselling author J. Kenner, and USA Today bestselling Southern food expert Suzanne Johnson as they guide you through their favorite bar bite and drink recipes served at The Fix on Sixth. And don’t forget to spend some time learning a little bit more about the private lives of your favorite characters in all new snippets and short stories! Brought to you by 1,001 Dark Nights, BAR BITES is now available!
Before Austin’s hotspot, The Fix on Sixth, became known for its sexy and fun Man of the Month calendar contest, the fictional downtown bar had already developed a reputation for fabulous drinks and mouthwatering bar bites—exactly the kind of venue to take a date and strike up a romance. Now it’s your chance to see exactly what’s on the menu … and to get a peek at the private lives of the men and women who not only work at The Fix, but who’ve made it the place to be in Austin, Texas.
Join Man of the Month creator, New York Times bestselling author J. Kenner, and USA Today bestselling Southern food expert Suzanne Johnson as they guide you through their favorite bar bite and drink recipes served at The Fix on Sixth. Learn how to make the delicious bar bites that Tyree’s bar has become famous for. Whip up your favorite cocktail with the same flare as Cameron or Eric. And don’t forget to spend some time learning a little bit more about the private lives of your favorite characters in all new snippets and short stories!
Most of all, come share a drink, a bite, and a laugh with us! We’re so glad you’re here.
So pull up a chair, raise a glass, and dig in with your favorite Man of the Month characters, and meet a few new ones, too!
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Bringing cooking into the bookworld is such a fun idea! I had a great time creating some of the recipes that were featured in this book and it was tasty too! I couldn't turn down a White Chocolate Cranberry cookie so of course I had to make that one and then I made Veggiedillas with Avocado Dipping Sauce. Both of which were amazing and I will definitely be making them again sometime soon.
Veggiedillas with Avocado Dipping Sauce
4 tablespoons butter
1/4 cup water
1 cup sliced onion
8 burrito size flour tortillas
1 cup sliced baby bella mushrooms
Nonstick cooking spray
1 cup sliced bell pepper (red, yellow or green)
2 cups shredded Mexican cheese blend
1 packet taco seasoning mix
In a medium skillet over low heat, melt butter and sauté onions, mushrooms, and bell pepper for 8-10 minutes. Add taco seasoning and water. Simmer for 5 more minutes and remove from heat. In a medium skillet over low heat, coat with cooking spray and lay a tortilla flat in the skillet. Cover half of the tortilla with sautéed veggies and cheese. Then fold the empty side on top of the mixture and allow to cook for 2 minutes, pressing down with a spatula. Next, flip the quesadilla and cook for an additional 2 minutes. Remove from heat and repeat this process with remaining ingredients. Cut quesadillas into thirds and serve with Avocado Dipping Sauce.
Avocado Dipping Sauce
2 avocados
1/2 cup plain Greek yogurt
1 teaspoon minced garlic
1/2 teaspoon salt
Juice of 1 lime
In a stand-up mixer, add avocado, yogurt, garlic, salt, and lime. Blend on low for 1 minute.
Thoughts:
These were seriously so good I didn't even want to share them with my family, I just wanted to eat them all for myself. The dipping sauce made this dish the best thing of my night. It blended so well with the veggiedilla's and added a lot of flavor to them.
I don't like peppers so I did not add them to my filling, instead I did a little more of the mushrooms and it worked perfectly. It's a very easy dish to make and also if you have any picky eaters you're trying to feed it's very simple to add or take something out so you can personalize each veggiedilla as needed.
White Chocolate Cranberry Cookies
1 stick butter, softened
1 1/2 cups sugar
2 eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 1/2 cups white chocolate chips
1 cup dried cranberries
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. In a large bowl, using a hand mixer, cream together butter and sugar until smooth, then add egg and vanilla. Slowly add flour, baking soda and baking powder until blended. Stir in the white chocolate chips and cranberries. Place 1 tablespoon at a time on a greased cookie sheet. Bake for 12-14 minutes.
Thoughts:
These cookies were so yummy! I loved the flavor of the cranberries with the white chocolate and they were super soft, which is how I like my cookies, so I loved them. It was almost a little cakey in texture but I thought it was great.
I made these the week after Mother's Day weekend, the same weekend I made cupcakes for a Graduation party on top of a cake for Mother's Day, so I split this recipe in half since I already had so many many sweets floating around the house. I still had about 15 cookies so the full recipe should make well over two dozen, just so you know.
Also when you're making this don't feel like you did something wrong when you see how loose the batter is. At first I was a little worried about it, even double checked I had everything correct, but the cookies turned out fine.
And if these recipes don't already have you salivating for this book, here's an excerpt from the stories featured.
Nolan Wood checked his watch as he glanced around the house. Shelby’s house. Or it had started out that way anyway. Now it was his, too. Just as much as she was his.
With a shake of his head, he realized he was smiling. Not that he wasn’t usually—on the whole, he was a pretty laid-back, happy kinda guy. But since he met Shel, it took a rock solid effort to wipe the smile off his face. His Shelby. His paradox. The buttoned-up woman who’d let a loose cannon like him into her life—and in the process had changed him completely.
They’d been together for months now, but he’d known right away that she was special. And that feeling just kept getting stronger, until sometimes when he was around her he thought he might burst if he couldn’t release the pressure.
Then again, that’s one reason why he loved his radio show; that was one hell of a pressure release, after all.
Although it wasn’t quite as good as sex…
The thought seemed to shove him around, and he turned to face the suitcase he’d left by the door. For a second, he frowned. Afraid that maybe he was doing this all wrong.
But it was too late now. He’d already made his decision, his plans, and he was diving in.
He pulled the old-fashioned tape recorder out of his backpack. He’d thought it had a fun vintage flair when he’d found it in the station’s dusty storeroom along with a pack of unused cassettes. He’d snagged the device and the tapes, then recorded the message. Now, he put the cued-up cassette into the recorder, checked that the batteries were good, and added a Post-it note to the top. He left the whole thing on her coffee table. All things considered, much better than a printed note.
Then he drew in a nervous breath, grabbed his suitcase, and gave the inside of the house one last, long look.
This was it, he thought as he headed for the door. For better or for worse, everything was about to change.
About J. Kenner:
Julie Kenner (aka J. Kenner and J.K. Beck) is the New York Times, USA Today, Publishers Weekly, and Wall Street Journal bestselling author of over forty novels, novellas and short stories in a variety of genres.
Praised by Publishers Weekly as an author with a “flair for dialogue and eccentric characterizations,” J.K. writes a range of stories including super sexy romances, paranormal romance, chick lit suspense and paranormal mommy lit. Her foray into the latter, Carpe Demon: Adventures of a Demon-Hunting Soccer Mom by Julie Kenner, is in development as a feature film with 1492 Pictures.
Her most recent trilogy of erotic romances, The Stark Trilogy (as J. Kenner), reached as high as #2 on the New York Times list and is published in over twenty countries.
J.K. lives in Central Texas, with her husband, two daughters, and several cats.
Website: http://juliekenner.com/
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/jkennerbooks
Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/juliekenner
About Suzanne M. Johnson:
USA Today bestselling author Suzanne Johnson is family trained, a south Georgia native who's been cooking all of her life, creating not only some really unique food, but precious memories that re-occur every time she smells something simmering in the oven. In all of her books, Suzanne shows that making a delicious meal doesn't have to be complicated--it just has to be made with love. So go ahead, don't be bashful, dive right in. Who knows? You might just make a few memories of your own.
Website: http://southernbitsandbites.com/
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