Top Chef Novelist Join Cookbook Project

FT. LAUDERDALE, Fla. - Feb. 6, 2024 - PRLog -- After working with authors venturing into the world of independent or self-publishing South Florida-based boutique-publishing house, Pecan Tree Publishing, advanced into developing titles for avid readers, lovers of great writing and progressive thinkers.  This is done through four imprints including Freeman Thomas Books.  Freeman Thomas Books, which focuses on collaborative fiction projects, is rolling out a new project. THIS WAY TO LOVE'S HEART: FOOD, FICTION AND FINDING GOOD LOVE is born out of a cultural and generational love lesson. From one generation to the next young women have been taught directly - and in subtle tones - that one of (if not the most prominent) method of attracting the man you desire is in the magic that happens in the kitchen.

So magical, in fact is this experience that mothers, grandmothers, aunts, and older sisters of African-American, Caribbean, Latin, Jewish and other cultures, implore women of every age to assure their culinary skills are always sharp and network TV worthy! In some cultures, men are often advised to shy away from a woman who cannot cook! The way to his heart and to keeping him full is - after all - through his stomach!  THIS WAY TO LOVE'S HEART gathers recipes which cooks from homes representing various cultures are sure will bring romance to one's door and lead the one you long for down the aisle. Taking this magical dance with recipes from contributors is short romantic fiction from aspiring writers. Together, they celebrate the sharing of generational wisdom, while encouraging readers to re-open the wealth of communication found when meals are prepared together and while sharing love, sensuality, spirituality, and romance in written form.

Celebrity Chef Marvin Woods (https://chefmarvinwoods.com/) and Bestselling Novelist Simone Kelly (https://ownyourpower.biz/) lend their amazing talent to the project bringing their own respective fire..  Woods shares several recipes, but his CHOCOLATE MOUSSE CAKE is (trust us) have mercy good and wonderful to feed to you know who!  Simone sets the bar for other contributing authors with an excerpt from her project "At Second Glance" steaming up the imagination with the wonder of catching someone's eyes.

Other short stories from writers in London, The Virgin Islands and across America explore romance with a food theme infused.  Recipes pull from Haitian, Puerto Rican, Hispanic, Southern and varying dishes sure to evoke wonderful and tasty memories.

Designed for a newly engaged, newly married, or seeking a relationship audience, our hope is that the project is a creative voice in engaging in relationships and marriage in a holistically healthy and fun manner. Be sure to check out the poetry, seduction tips and more infused in the pages.