Crystal King 👑

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Author of bestselling food-laden novels, THE CHEF'S SECRET and FEAST OF SORROW. My new novel, IN THE GARDEN OF MONSTERS, is out 9/24/24. I'm also the HubSpot Academy #SocialMedia Professor. 🍒Food - Italy -📚 Books
Websitehttp://www.crystalking.com
Buy Feast of Sorrowhttps://www.crystalking.com/books-by-crystal-king
Buy The Chef's Secrethttps://www.crystalking.com/thechefssecret
My LinkTreehttps://linktr.ee/crystallyn14
Crystal King 👑Mar 16, 2023
Leonardo da Vinci was a man of the senses. This week I explore how sensazione and sfumato are key to the way he thought, and how I can take those ideas and bring them into my own life. https://crystallyn.substack.com/p/channeling-da-vinci-part-ii #amwriting #renaissance #davinci #authorlife
Author Crystal King channels her inner Leonardo da Vinci

"All our knowledge has its origin in our perceptions." ~ Leonardo da Vinci. Author Crystal King ponders da Vinci values.

Tasting Life Twice
Crystal King 👑Mar 4, 2023

Super excited about this--a new Haruki Marukami novel!

""1. The Japanese version is 1,200 pages.

2. It’s called The City and Its Uncertain Walls.

3. It is set in a “soul-stirring, 100% pure Murakami world” and involves “a story that had long been sealed.”"

https://lithub.com/haruki-murakamis-first-novel-in-six-years-will-be-published-this-spring

Haruki Murakami’s first novel in six years will be published this spring.

It’s true: a new Haruki Murakami novel—his first since 2017’s Killing Commendatore—will be published on April 13th . . . but only in Japan. Sorry to tease you, English-speaking readers!…

Literary Hub
Crystal King 👑Mar 3, 2023
Crystal King 👑Feb 13, 2023
Today is National Tortellini Day, and that means I need to share my favorite way to eat tortellini, which is barely Italian but is my favorite winter dish. I could happily eat this every other day in the coldest months. https://crystallyn.substack.com/p/its-homemade-soup-day
Tortellini Sausage Soup

The coziest recipe to make during the winter months.

Tasting Life Twice
Crystal King 👑Feb 10, 2023
Some dear friends of mine are starting a new publishing company, with a different approach. They're still in the planning stages, and if you are U.S. book reader, please give their survey a bit of love for a chance at a $50 gift cert to Bookshop https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/Galiot_Press_Reader_Survey
Galiot Press reader habit survey

Galiot Press will bring readers new and diverse fiction and non-fiction, and opportunities to dive deeper into stories through additional content and experiences. Thank you for your time and your valuable feedback.

Crystal King 👑Feb 5, 2023
If you find yourself in D.C., make sure you see this. Carpaccio is magnificent.
A ‘Magic Mirror’ of Venice https://www.nybooks.com/articles/2023/02/23/a-magic-mirror-of-venice-vittore-carpaccio #art #ItalianArt #Renaissance #RenaissanceArt #Venice
A ‘Magic Mirror’ of Venice | Andrew Butterfield

That Venice is among the wonders of the world strikes everyone who sees it, but its glory was never greater than in the early sixteenth century, when it

The New York Review of Books
Crystal King 👑Feb 2, 2023
On my (always free) substack this week, I share a bit about my ❤️love❤️ for #Italy, as well as a few things bringing me joy, AND, I give you a shot at a 📚#bookgiveaway too! https://bit.ly/40qISqL
#amreading #books #writinglife #authorlife #newbooks
“You may have the world if I may have Italy”

Verdi knew what he was talking about. Plus a #bookgiveaway!

Tasting Life Twice
Crystal King 👑Jan 24, 2023
Hercules wrestling a snake! Ancient fresco among 60 treasures returned to Italy from US https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/ancient-fresco-60-treasures-returned-italy-us-96613902
#ancientrome
Ancient fresco among 60 treasures returned to Italy from US

A fresco from Herculaneum, a city which was destroyed along with Pompeii by the 79 A.D. eruption of Mount Vesuvius is now back in Italy, along with 59 other ancient pieces which were illegally trafficked to the United States

ABC News
Crystal King 👑Jan 19, 2023
My latest, in which I wax poetic about my love for one of Italy's most beloved authors, Italo Calvino, and you get a chance to join in a #bookgiveaway!
Tasting Life Twice: The Art and Joy of Reading https://bit.ly/3D0R8Ue
#amreading #books
The Art and Joy of Reading

All about books, including a #bookgiveaway

Tasting Life Twice
Crystal King 👑Dec 30, 2022
So it turns out that it was an Italian who invented the #crossword puzzle!
https://italoamericano.org/italian-inventions-crosswords/
#italy #italyculture
Italian inventions: the crosswords | L'Italo-Americano – Italian American bilingual news source

Who isn’t familiar with – and tried to solve – the ubiquitous crosswords? Some of them, like those of the Settimana Enigmistica in Italy, the Guardian and the Times in the UK or the New York Times in…

L'Italo-Americano – Italian American bilingual news source