Crystal King, Author - Latest Comments

Re: A Tiny Tiny Roman Forum

Crystal King — Sun, 17 Feb 2013 19:59:50 -0000

Love love pomegranates! On the obelisk side of things did you ever see the drawings of when they re-erected the obelisk in front of St. Peter's? It's pretty amazing. http://bit.ly/YAmW5b http://bit.ly/YAn04R http://bit.ly/YAnlV5

Re: A Tiny Tiny Roman Forum

Amie Inman — Sat, 16 Feb 2013 22:15:34 -0000

Hi Crystal, thanks for the trackback. Your interest in culinary history is wonderful--lots of overlap with ours! You might enjoy this post: http://raxacollective.wordp... We hope to see you again on the RAXA Collective blog and facebook pages!

Re: Parthian Chicken – Delish!

Crystal King — Mon, 11 Feb 2013 14:13:51 -0000

Ahh good point! It should be added to the liquid mixture. I'll amend the recipe!

Re: Parthian Chicken – Delish!

SteveC — Mon, 11 Feb 2013 13:40:20 -0000

Once you've ground the spices, what do you do next? Rub them into the chicken? (Step 2)

Re: When the Past and Present Merge: Finding Richard III

Crystal King — Sat, 09 Feb 2013 18:58:47 -0000

He was apparently jammed into a plot that was too small for him, so it's actually rather fitting!

Re: When the Past and Present Merge: Finding Richard III

Anjali — Sat, 09 Feb 2013 17:55:38 -0000

Great post! I love this story. Fascinating. There was a fun tweet floating around about how he must have been under a compact car spot since the "two-doors" were always above him...

Re: Italia in Primavera

debbie — Thu, 23 Aug 2012 13:22:13 -0000

Florence is wonderful if you don't get caught up in the tourist route...so much history...and places to roam to that are not in the center of town...fiesole is nearby...Bologna is a great city...spent 4 days there...its not touristy at all...its a vibrant city. So much to see...you've been to Rome.

Re: Italia in Primavera

Crystal King — Thu, 23 Aug 2012 10:21:47 -0000

How interesting. I'm so shocked to hear that! We hear that about Milan a lot, but not Florence. EVERY single person we speak to says Florence is the absolute best place to go and we should essentially skip everywhere else! Even my Italian friends say that! And for my Cinquecento research, Florence really is the center of it all. Also, at some point we need to go to Monte St. Angelo in Puglia where my mother-in-law's family is from, but that is definitely a car, out in the hills trip, so we'll need to plan a bit more for that.

Re: Italia in Primavera

Nicole Wagner — Thu, 23 Aug 2012 09:47:10 -0000

Mom spent three months in the area last spring. She loved and was surprised by Rome' but said she'd never go back to Florence. Skip it. Lucca is becoming a tourist place - been there 4 times. Go to Radda. Montepulciano, Pienza are great. Mom goes every year for weeks and knows what's great and not filled with tourists.

Re: Creativity Begets Creativity: The Writing Group

Anjali — Mon, 20 Aug 2012 22:32:46 -0000

I'm so happy to be one of "The Women" in our writing group. And I love the banner picture. Thanks for another great meeting tonight. We'll for sure still know each other when we are old and wizened (and wise).

Re: Off to BlogHer 2012! Plus my guilty secret – Martha Stewart

DarleneMAM — Fri, 10 Aug 2012 14:56:30 -0000

I stopped by the Got Milk booth and had a great time getting my photo taken. I just accessed it today!

Re: Researching the Historical Fiction Novel: The Tools

Crystal King — Mon, 30 Jul 2012 14:25:40 -0000

What's cool is that your Evernote info will show up in Google searches, which I find great because I often don't remember what I've saved. I use Evernote a lot for recipes as well.

Re: Researching the Historical Fiction Novel: The Tools

Shanna P — Sun, 29 Jul 2012 22:19:03 -0000

I love Moleskine- blue for me! I haven't been able to really get into Evernote- but I should. My favourites/bookmarks are a horrible mish-mash now, and I almost never use them because it's easier to just Google things now.

Re: Fun facts about Renaissance Italy

Crystal King — Thu, 19 Jul 2012 09:47:27 -0000

I want to know how they would know if the deer is "becoming pregnant!"

Re: Fun facts about Renaissance Italy

T. Flanders Hetrick — Wed, 18 Jul 2012 22:13:20 -0000

Regarding the recipe, some would have a field day with '... begins to become pregnant.' Love the title of your manuscript; can't wait to see what you come up with for the next one!

Re: A new trend? Ancient Roman baby names? Really?

Crystal King — Mon, 09 Jul 2012 21:41:48 -0000

Aye, there is the tricky part, right? Making sure you don't doom your child from the start! I really wish I could have learned Latin way back when, but growing up on the West coast they weren't offered. I'm learning Italian now though, so that will have to do. :)

Re: A new trend? Ancient Roman baby names? Really?

Amanda — Thu, 05 Jul 2012 23:31:33 -0000

Oooh, fun topic! I'm semi-obsessed with the name Octavian thanks to 3 years of Latin classes. I also really like Hephestian and the Biblical Hezekiah. Fortunately I have the foresight to realize that I don't want my kid to be beaten up on the playground.