Dandylyon's Garden

10/23/2019

Have you guys seen the cookbook we did, combining chocolate and herbs in sweet and savory dishes? It isn't connected to the Chocoverse fiction, but it will give you plenty of ideas for yummy things to make while reading it.

The author of the Chocoverse science fiction series brings you an out-of-this world delicious cookbook. Chocolate Gingerbread. Chicken Satay with White Chocolate Peanut Sauce. Dark Chocolate Mushroom Arancini. Maybe you didn’t realize these things were missing from your life, but sampling them mi....

03/09/2019

If you are looking for the book trailer for my fiction it is here: https://youtu.be/hs8M7HXWbhA

You can see how this ties into the cookbooks and crafting.

This is the official Cinematic Book Trailer for comic space opera Pure Chocolate. Available from Angry Robot Books on March 5, 2019. Preorder now! https://ww...

03/03/2018

If you are looking for my fiction, I have a separate page for that, over at https://www.facebook.com/Amber-Royer-Author-805118966303081/

Amber Royer writes the CHOCOVERSE comic telenovela-style foodie-inspired space opera series and the BEAN TO BAR cozy mysteries. Her writing textbook is STORY LIKE A JOURNALIST. She is also co-author of the cookbook There are Herbs in My Chocolate.

03/03/2018

I will be teaching Writing a Cookbook over at UTA again starting March 19. You are encouraged to eat in class.

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03/09/2015

I will be speaking Thursday on Canning with the Seasons for the Gardener's Club of Parker County.

http://community-news.com/category/event-posts/gardeners-club-parker-county

The Gardeners' Club of Parker County meets the second Thursday of each month at 10 a.m. at St. Francis Church, 117 Ranch House Road Willow Park. The public is invited. The speaker for the March 12 meeting is Amber Royer who will speak on preserving and canning vegetables. For further info call 817-9…

02/05/2014

I still have a few spots left in my Decadent Chocolate Desserts class at UTA, so if you or someone you know would like to learn more about chocolate and how to work with it, sign up soon. Class starts Saturday afternoon. As part of the discussion on how/where chocolate grows, I’ll be showing my slides from our trip to a cacao plantation in Samana, Dominican Republic.

https://web-ded.uta.edu/wconnect/CourseStatus.awp?&course=14CK20220001

01/29/2014

We're giving away a copy of our cookbook There are Herbs in My Chocolate during February. All you have to do is post a flavor combination idea for a herbal/global inspired chocolate cupcake suitable for inclusion in our upcoming book, I am a Cupcake Maniac!, either here or on our newly revised web site.

09/19/2013

We are gearing up for Saturday. I will be the speaker for the Greater Fort Worth Herb Society. I'll be speaking on Herbs and Chocolate. If you're near Forth Worth Saturday morning, it is free. Fort Worth Botanical Garden, hands on, free samples. It will be our second event promoting the new book, There are Herbs in My Chocolate!

http://gfwhs.org/

The Greater Fort Worth Herb Society was founded in 1985 with the purpose of "sharing knowledge of herbs, such as culinary, crafting, health & beauty & medicinal uses. We maintain the Pionerr Herb Garden at the Log Cabin Village in Ft. Worth.

08/27/2013

No matter what I do, I can't seem to get the Instagram feed to post here instead of on my personal page. But you can check it out directly.

http://instagram.com/dandylyon85