Help me welcome Krista Phillips, author of "Sandwich, with a Side of Romance".
Krista Phillips writes inspirational romantic comedy. She
believes a sprinkle of laughter (and a wee bit of chocolate) makes everything a
little better! She blogs regularly about life as a wife, mother, follower of
Jesus, and mother of a child with a rare congenital heart defect at
www.kristaphillips.com. Her debut novel, "Sandwich, With a Side of
Romance," releases in September, 2012 from Abingdon Press.
Sandwich, with a Side of Romance Blurb:
She moved to Sandwich,
Illinois, in search of a new life, but ended up in a giant pickle.
Sandwich represents hope for twenty-year-old Maddie Buckner and Kyle, the
eleven-year-old brother Maddie wants to spring out of foster care. Then she
loses her new job after less than a day. It’s all Reuben-the-Jerk’s fault, and
she’s determined to make him right the wrong.
He does so, reluctantly, by giving her a job at his restaurant, The Sandwich
Emporium. Then crazy things start happening at the restaurant, and Kyle’s
foster parents apply to adopt him. To stop it all, Maddie must learn the art of
humbling herself and accepting the help God has arranged, risking her heart to
Reuben in the process.
And she’d rather eat a million corned-beef on rye sandwiches than do that.
And now here's Krista...
The Makings of a Sandwich
When Ginger invited me to guest post on her blog, she said I
could write about whatever I wanted.
I'm a writer. That should be a pretty easy thing to do.
Right?
WRONG!
Pulling a topic out of thin air was TORTURE.
Like, poke my eyes out, dentist-drilling torture. Well,
maybe not that bad. But I sat for a good while with a lot of false starts and a
lot of deleting while I thought, "Really? I'm a writer??? You wouldn't
know it by that drivel!"
Then I got this stroke of brilliance. At least, I think it
is brilliant. You might not agree, but that's okay. My momma still loves me....
:-)
My debut novel that came out a week ago today is titled Sandwich, with a Side of Romance.
It's all about... SANDWICHES.
So here is where the brilliance comes in.
I'm gonna write about SANDWICHES today.
Yes, yes, I know. Where in the world do I come up with this
amazing stuff?? HA.
It's also fitting because this afternoon/evening, an author
friend of mine and I are going to have a
Online Book Launch Open House, and our
theme for the open house is
A Sandwich
for the Road. (The name of her book is
The
Road to Mercy... Get it? Sandwich? Road? Come on....)
So, I thought I'd share some FUN sandwich facts that you may
not be aware of.
- The Philly Cheesesteak was invented by a dude in
Philadelphia named Pat Oliviera who had a hotdog stand but got tired of hotdogs
and decided to try something different. I think he succeeded....
- The PB&J sandwich started to gain popularity
during the great depression as a "cheap" means of food, but got it's
real break during WWII when GI's would combine peanut butter and Jelly to make
their rationed food taste a little better and be less sticky!
- Even though I've heard it raved about and am
even giving a jar of it away in my "sandwich" themed basket at the
open house tonight... I've never had Nutella. I guess I'm nervous that it won't
live up to all the hype I hear about it!
- The French dip was created by accident! It is
said that in 1918, a sandwich shop owner in LA accidently dropped the roll into
the pan drippings before giving it to a police officer to eat, and the police
officer came back three days in a row, asking for more "dipped"
sandwiches. (another fun note. I LOVE LOVE French dips... but I never dip. In
fact, I tell them to keep their sauce. Yeah. I'm crazy. What can I say.)
- Did you know that May is National Egg Salad
Month? And the week before Easter is National Egg Salad Week? Well... now you
do!
All these fun facts were found in
The Encyclopedia of Sandwiches by Susan Russo (and probably a
billion places on the Internet as well.) The book is ALSO included in my
sandwich picnic basket at the
open house today, and it has a TON of different
sandwich recipes!
Discussion: What's
your FAVORITE sandwich? And no, the "Oreo" one doesn't count!
Although if it did... that'd totally be my answer!
To find Krista on the web:
Thanks for coming, Krista. For the record, my favorite sandwich is a BLT (and do NOT give me a hothouse tomato, please).
Blessings,
Ginger
