Click here to learn more about Cleo's Haunted Bookshop novels, written under the pen name Alice Kimberly

  

 

 

---

 

   

CLEO IS ON
FACEBOOK!

Click here to visit
Cleo's Facebook Page.

 

 

---

 

 

 

TWITTER
ME THIS!

   

       

     

---

CLEO'S
COFFEE TIP
OF THE WEEK:
 

How to Make
Coffee in a
French Press
 
Click arrow in
window below...

 


Click here for more
info on the
French Press pot
used in the
above video... 

 

Just for fun
see below......

 

 For past coffee
tips, scroll down
this left column...



 

---

 
 

WHO IS
CLEO
COYLE?

 

 

Wiki Entry
here

 

CONTACT
CLEO @

VillageBlend
@aol.com

 

FOR AUTHORS:

Read Cleo's
Guest Post at
Mystery Writing
Is Murder
"Genre Blending
and Your Character's
Love Life"
Click here to read.

 

 

 

Cozy Murder
Mysteries Blog
Interviews
Cleo

Part 1
click here

Part 2
click here

 

 

 

  

Gumshoe
Review
Interviews
Cleo Here
 

  

LIBRARY
THING
Hosted a chat
with Cleo.
 

Read it by...

CLICKING
HERE

 

 

  

  

Fun Foodie
Book Resort
Interview
with Cleo
Here.

 

  

 

 

 

 Extra
Interview
here

 

 

   
To read my guest post
at Fresh Fiction.com
& get my my recipe
for Firehall Buttermilk
Pancakes with
homemade
Blueberry Syrup,
CLICK HERE.

 

 

---

  

  

MEMBER
OF...

 Click the logo
to learn more
about
Sisters in Crime

 

 

 

---

  

 

 

 

SHAMELESS
PLUG!

NOW
IN
PAPERBACK!

 

 National
Mystery
Besteller

  

 *Starred Review*
~Library Journal

 

  

 Read an
excerpt!

Introduced by
the author!

Without lots
of exclams!!!


CLICK HERE
TO READ THE
EXCERPT (PDF)


TO BUY
&
READ
CLICK HERE





 

---

 

 

"All I know is
first you've
got to get mad..."

      

~ Paddy
Chayefsky, 1976 

 

  

---

 

   "When the singer's gone
let the song go on..."    

 

---

  

 

"Only love
can bring the rain
that falls like tears
from on high..."
 

Music and Lyrics
by Pete Townshend

 

   

---

  "How 'bout
remembering
your divinity?  

Thank You
by Alanis
Morissette

 

 
 

---

  

  

 

 

 

Want to find an
Independent
Mystery
Bookseller
Near You?

  

     Then click here
to see a list of the
IMBA's member
bookstores all over
the country! Many of
these book shops
have author readings
and events.

Support your local
Independent Bookseller!   

 "Jack and Pen"
certainly agree
  

 Click here to
find out why!

 

 

 

  

---

 

Cleo's Past
Coffee Tips

How to Make
Cuban Coffee

Click arrow in
window below...

 

Click here for more
info on the
Moka Express
stovetop pot used
in the above
video.

Just for fun
see below......

 

 
 



More to
post soon...
 


 

 

 

 

Cleo Coyle's
Recipes

 
 

To mee the
Village Blend Staff,
keep scrolling
down...

 ---------------------------------------------------

 

 

 

HOLIDAY
GRIND

To see a list of Recipes and Tips
included in Cleo's very special holiday
Coffeehouse Mystery: Holiday Grind,
scroll all the way down this page until
you see this Holiday Grind book
cover again...
 

 PLEASE NOTE:
The recipes in Holiday Grind and
Roast Mortem, Cleo's newest mystery,
will not be published here. But please
enjoy her bonus recipes, which are
published below as a thank you to her
readers and Web site visitors.

 

 

---------------------------------------------------


 

 
  FOR A PEEK AT SOME OF
THE RECIPES FEATURED
IN ROAST MORTEM...
 CLICK HERE!





  

 Coming in Hardcover
from Penguin's
Berkley Prime Crime
August 3, 2010


 

 -------------------------------------------------------

 

 
 

 PLEASE ENJOY CLEO'S
BONUS RECIPES
BELOW....



 

  

 

 A quick and easy yet sinfully delectable
chocolate cookie that makes
great use of your
leftover morning brew.

 

 

 

To get my free recipe, 
click here. 

  The document will appear in PDF format
(Adobe Reader). Simply print out the recipe
or save it on your computer.

 

 

Hi there, Cleo Coyle here. I'm perpetually on the lookout for recipes that make good use of leftover coffee. My husband and I drink a lot of it (big surprise, right?!) and we often have a cup or more leftover by the end of our writing day—various dregs from morning and afternoon pots o' joe.

My "Cuppa Joe Mocha Drops" make good use of that coffee. This cookie is moist and satisfying, like a good chocolate brownie, drenching the palate with sweet chocolate flavor while offering a swirling hint of dark, sultry coffee in the background.

    

Eat with joy,
—Cleo Coyle

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

---

 

 

 

  

 

Cleo Coyle's
"Cake Pan"
Dutch Babies

      

Forget the cast iron skillet. I'll show you how to make this classic, giant, popover pancake in a cake pan. Recipes included for classic lemon-sugar and my own cocoa-cappuccino variation.

 

 TO GET MY
RECIPE
CLICK HERE

   

 

---

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  The best time for
planning a book is
when you're doing
the dishes . . .

 

~ Agatha Christie

 

 

 

 

 

---

 

 





Got Overripe
Strawberries?

Waste not! Make
them into...

 

 

 

 With just 2 ingredients and a few
simple steps, you can make this
"Wow!" of a Strawberry Syrup
to pour over ice cream, pancakes,
pound cake, angel food, and more...
 

CLICK HERE 

The document will appear in PDF format
(Adobe Reader). Simply print out the recipe
or save it on your computer.
 

 

 

 

---

 

 

 

 

Cleo's
Mocha-Dipped
Rum Macaroons


 

 

 

To get my free recipe, 
click here. 

  
 The document will appear in PDF format
(Adobe Reader). Simply print out the recipe
or save it on your computer.

   

 

  

 

 

---

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

---

 

 

 

   

 

 

Kerry's "Spiedina"
an Italian Stew
 

  

 "An old school recipe from an
old friend..."

 

After coming home from a trip to Italy last fall, Kerry Milliron, a longtime friend of mine, posted about a traditional Italian dish called spiedina. I asked him if he would share this recipe with my Coffeehouse Mystery readers. He was happy to provide the details, and I was happy to make the stew, take digital photos, and go into a food trance of enjoyment as I ate it.

     This old school Italian stew is a very simple one to make. It also brings me right back to my childhood when my Italian-born mother and aunt would make a long-simmering meat sauce for Sunday’s pasta. If you make it, may you and your loved ones eat with joy!

    —Cleo Coyle

 

  To get this free recipe, 
click here.

  The document will appear in PDF format
(Adobe Reader). Simply print out the recipe
or save it on your computer.

     

 

From Kerry's
Italian Scrapbook

 

Perito, Italy (above)

 

 

Kerry's wife Julie (above) "in a kitchen even more
outdated than our own," jokes Kerry. Julie is standing among the ruins of Herculaneum, an ancient Roman town destroyed
 in 79 AD, along with Pompeii, by the volcanic eruption
of Mount Vesuvius.

 

Above photos courtesy of
& (c) Kerry Milliron 2009

 

  

 

 

 

 

---

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cleo's "Pernil"

Puerto Rican-Style
Roasted Pork Shoulder

 

  

  

To get my free recipe,
click here

 

The document will appear in PDF format
(Adobe Reader). Simply print out the recipe
or save it on your computer.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

---

 

 

 

 

  

 

Cleo Coyle's
Fresh Glazed
Strawberry Pie
 

   

  Ripe, glazed berries in a buttery,
sweet crust. Ah, summer!

   

 

To get my free recipe,

click here

 

The document will appear in PDF format
(Adobe Reader). Simply print out the recipe
or save it on your computer.

 

 

 

 

 

---

 

 

 

 

 

Cleo Coyle's
Sweet Pie or
Tart Crust

Pâte Sucrée
 

 To get my free recipe,
click here

 

The document will appear in PDF format
(Adobe Reader). Simply print out the recipe
or save it on your computer.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

---

 

 

 
 

 

 
 "The only real
stumbling block is
fear of failure..."
 

"In cooking
you've got to have
a what-the-hell
attitude."

~ Julia Child

 

 


To Read "3 Things Julia Taught Me"
by Barbara Fairchild, Editor-in-Chief
of Bon Appétit...
 click here.

 


 

  

---

 





Guess What
Julia Child Loved
To Do?

 

 

   To find out, click the arrow
in the window below...
   
 

 

 

  AND...

 

Get my past
recipe for...

Corn Muffin Tops
"a la Julia Child"

Just click here

 

 

       

 



 

---

 

 

 

Cleo Coyle's
Mystery Vegetable
 

       

Get my tips on
how to shop for, cook,
and serve this classic
Italian vegetable...

  
CLICK HERE FOR MY FREE
TIPS AND RECIPE

 

  If you like it,
buzz it!

 

 

 

 

---

 

 

 

 

 
 Roasted
Garlic Dip
     

 How this simple veggie dip
saved me from the
most common hazard faced
by professional writers...


      

TO GET MY FREE
RECIPE CLICK HERE

  If you like it,
buzz it!

 

 

 

 

 

---

 

 







 

A "QUICKIE"
SUMMER PIZZA
 

 A recipe created
for chef and author Denise
Fletcher's "Quickies Cooking
Challenge"
 

 

   

   Get my free recipe,
click here
 

&

Best wishes to all
of the "Quickies"
entrants!

 

 

 

 

---

 

 

 

 

 
 

 

3 Secrets to
Creamy Egg
Custard

  

  TO GET MY RECIPE
FOR CREAMY EGG CUSTARD
CLICK HERE

  If you like it,
buzz it!

 

 

 

 

  
Cleo Coyle's
Italian Easter Pie
Palmiers

 

 A savory appetizer based on my
beloved Aunt Mary's annual Easter Pie...

 

      

TO GET MY
ITALIAN EASTER PIE
PALMIERS RECIPE
CLICK HERE

  If you like it,
buzz it!

 

 

 

 

---

 

 

 

 

 

 

Is Your
Oven Lying
to You?

  

  Find out more
and get 2 delicious recipes
by clicking here
 

...and jumping to my
weekly post at
Mystery Lovers' Kitchen,
where six mystery writers
are cooking up crime...
and recipes.

 

 

 

---

Foodie
Post!

 

 

Frozen Pizza
Doctor
&
Toppings Poll

 

  

 Yes, it's true. The pizza in the photo above
began its life frozen in a box. Learn a few tricks to greatly improve a frozen pie (and save $$ on delivery). Read my new post at... Mystery Lovers Kitchen,
a group blog where six mystery writers enjoy cooking up crime...and recipes! 

 

 CLICK HERE TO READ
MY PIZZA TOPPINGS POST!

 

 

 

 

 

 

---

 

 

 

 

 Cleo Coyle's
Italian Fried
Zucchini
 

 

 To get my free recipe
for fried zuchinni done
in the Italian style, 
click here. 

   The document will appear in PDF format.
Simply print out the recipe
or save it on your computer. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

---

 

 

 

Recipe
Post!
 

 

Twilight
Cauliflower 
 

20-Clove
Roasted Garlic
Cauliflower
 

Possibly anti-cancer.
Definitely anti-vampire...

 To get my new recipe,
click below and jump to
my recent blog post at
Mystery Lovers' Kitchen...
where six mystery writers are
cooking up crime...and recipes!
 

   

TO GET MY NEW RECIPE FOR
TWILIGHT CAULIFLOWER
CLICK HERE

  If you like it,
buzz it!

  

 

 You can see more of my recipes
by scrolling down this page. You can
also visit the Recipes page on this
website by clicking here...

 ~ Cleo (Alice) 

 

 

 

 

---

 

 

 

 

 

 Recipe
Post!

  

  Cleo Coyle's
Holiday Sprouts
with Stilton, Bacon
& Figs
 
 

 This blog post was a
FoodBuzz Top 9 Pick! (click to see)  

  

English Stilton is a superb blue cheese that is traditionally served at Christmastime. It is one of my favorite "flavors of the Season." In fact, my love for Stilton inspired my new recipe for you today: "Holiday Sprouts"

This side dish carries layers of flavor, so it works especially well when paired with straightforward main dishes like roasted turkey, chicken, or beef.  If you have trouble finding Stilton cheese, no worries, my recipe will work just fine with any blue cheese...
 

To get my Holiday Sprouts recipe, click below and jump to my recent blog post at Mystery Lovers' Kitchen...

  CLICK HERE TO READ
MY RECENT POST 

 

 If you like it,
buzz it! 

 

 

   

   

 

---

 





 

 Cleo Coyle's
Shamrock
Pistachio Muffins

  

To get my free recipe,
CLICK HERE!  

Guess where I was
   on March 17?    
 

 

Click the arrow
in the window above
and allow me to take you to the
2008 Saint Patrick's Day Parade
on New York City's Fifth Avenue...
 

(Yes, I went to this year's parade, too! Stay tuned
for a video of the 2010 parade...)

 

 

 

 

 

---

 

 

 


 

Cleo's Buttermilk
Fried Chicken
 

 

 To get my fall comfort food
recipe for Buttermilk Fried Chicken,
click here. 

   The document will appear in PDF format.
Simply print out the recipe
or save it on your computer. 

 

 

 

 

 

---

 

 

 

  

 

CLEO'S
QUICK TIP

"Buy a quart of buttermilk
(regular or light), reserve half a cup
for my snack cake recipe (below)
and use the rest for my fried chicken (above)." 

~ Cleo

 

 

 

 

 

---

 

 

 

 

 Cleo's Buttermilk
Apple Snack Cake

 

 "A light, delicate, melt-in-your mouth
cake with a hint of sweet apple and the
richness of buttermilk."
~Cleo 

 

 

  To get my free recipe,
click here. 

   The document will appear in PDF format.
Simply print out the recipe
or save it on your computer. 

 

 

 

  

 

 

---

 

 A Foodbuzz
Top 9 Pick!

 

 Cleo Coyle's
Leftover Champagne
Vinaigrette

 

This blog post was a FoodBuzz
Top 9 Pick! (click to see)

 

  

CLICK HERE TO GET
MY FREE RECIPE 

  If you like it, buzz it! 

 

 

 

 

---

 

 

 

Cleo Coyle's
Healthier Oatmeal
Cookies

with optional maple glaze
 

  

 

 CLICK HERE TO GET
MY COOKIE RECIPE

 

 If you like it,
buzz it!  

 


 

 

---

 


 

 

 Cleo Coyle's
Colonial
Cranberries

 

This blog post was named a
Foodbuzz Top 9 Pick (Click to see)

 

To get my Colonial Cranberries recipe
click below and jump to my recent
blog post at
Mystery Lovers' Kitchen...
where six mystery writers are
cooking up crime...and recipes!
 

 CLICK HERE TO READ
MY CRANBERRY POST 

 

If you like it,
buzz it!

 

 

You can get
more of my recipes
by scrolling down
this page

OR

Visit my Recipes page
on this website by
clicking here...

  ~ Cleo (Alice)

 

 

 

 

 

---

 

 

 



 

 Cleo Coyle's
Eggnog Latte
Cookies

(2 Ways)

  

This blog post was a
FoodBuzz Top 9 Pick! (click to see)

 

 To get my Eggnog Latte Cookie
recipe, including my recipes for
Eggnog Glaze and Nutmeg Sugar,
click below...
 

 CLICK HERE TO READ
MY COOKIE POST 

 

If you like it,
buzz it!

 

  

 

 



 

 

 

 

 

---

CLEO'S
CAPPUCCINO
MUFFINS!

  

The above gorgeous photo of my Cappuccino Muffin with Sweet Frothy Top is courtesy of and copyright (c) 2009 to Brandi Evans of
branappetit who also baked my muffins and posted the following message to my Coffee Talk message board...

~Cleo Coyle

 Hi!

I have a food/healthy living blog and I made your Cappuccino Muffins today out of one of your Coffeehouse Mystery books. They turned out wonderful! ...

Best,
Brandi
http:/branappetit.wordpress.com/

 

Cleo's reply:

Thanks, Brandi! I am so glad that you liked the recipe. For anyone interested in making my Cappuccino Muffins with Sweet Frothy Tops, Brandi used the recipe out of my 5th Coffeehouse Mystery: Decaffeinated Corpse.

BTW: Clare served these muffins to a character just before interrogating him. (Yeah, I'd say these muffins are just about good enough to make anyone talk. :-)

To read Brandi's post about making my Cappuccino Muffins, including some amazing step-by-step photos, CLICK HERE, and you will jump to her recent "mysterious muffins" post at her delightful "Branapetit" blog.

 

Java joy you, Brandi!
Thank you again, not only for
making my muffings but also
for blogging about them! Woot!

~Cleo

 

      

 

 
 

---

 

 

     

  

 

HOLIDAY
GRIND

  

 

For readers of
Cleo's latest mystery,
Holiday Grind...
 

Welcome!

 
Check back here soon for those BONUS recipes that Cleo talked about in the back section of her book. Sign up for Cleo's newsletter to be sure you don't miss them! Scroll down to the "little man with the big pen" to find out how to sign up for this free, seasonal newsletter, which automatically enters you in Cleo's weekly free coffee drawings...

 

 

  PLEASE
NOTE!

 

  Because the following recipes
are already available to Cleo's
Holiday Grind readers,
they will not be published here.

 

The Recipes & Tips
section contents of
Holiday Grind
 

* Clare's Old-Fashioned
Sugar Cookies

 

* Clare's Mini Red and Green Holiday Biscotti
* Plus Tip: How to Melt Chocolate

 

* Clare's Golden Gingerbread-Maple Muffins with Warm Holiday-Spice Glaze

 

* Clare's Bar-ista
Special Macaroons

 

* Nonna Cosi's Linguine
with White Clam Sauce

 

* Gardener's No-Bake
Mocha Rum Balls

 

 

 

 

* Dexter's
Flourless Chocolate Jamaican Rum Cake with Warm Coffee-Rum sauce








 

* Esther's Roasted Garlic &
Herb Latkes Plus Tip: How to
Roast Garlic

 

 

* Dante's Christmas
Fruitcake Cookies
with Snow-White Glaze

 

* Tucker's Gingersnaps
with Whiskey-Lemon Glaze

 

* Tucker's Supremely Easy
Candy Cane Brownies
with Candy Cane Frosting

 

* Mike Quinn's Chocolate
Cherry Cordials

 

* Mike Quinn's
Cherry Cordial Fudge

 

* How to Make Your Own
Candied Orange Peels
with an amazing byproduct
of Citrus-Infused Bar Syrup!

 

 

 

 

 






PLUS

* A Glossary of Coffeehouse Terms

* A Guide to Roasting Terms

* Tips for Being Your own Barista:
including instructions on making
your own espressos & lattes at home
without an expensive machine

 

Easy Coffee Lattes with Cleo's
homemade syrup recipes, including:

* Dark Chocolate Syrup
* Milk Chocolate Syrup
* Caramel Syrup
* Chocolate-Caramel Syrup
 * Apple Cider Syrup
* Fruit-Flavored Syrups

 

Special
Fa-la-la-la-lattes
for the Holidays,
including:

* Gingersnap Latte with homemade
Gingersnap Syrup

 

* Pumpkin Spice Latte

 

* Eggnog Latte

 

* White Chocolate
"Snowflake" Latte

 

* Candy Cane Latte

 

* Orange-Spice Yule Latte

 

 and

* Esther's Jelly Doughnut
Chanukah Latte!

 

 

Cleo's BONUS holiday recipes
will be published here
over the next few months.

Don't miss them!
Subscribe to her free,
seasonal E-newsletter!

 

To sign up for Cleo's newsletter, which automatically enters you in her weekly Free Coffee Drawings,
send an e-mail that says
"SIGN ME UP" to Cleo's e-mail box at:

VillageBlend@aol.com

 

 

 

---

 

 

 

 

 

Still cooking!

Check back soon
to get more of Cleo's
downloadable recipes...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

---

 

 

 

 Scroll down to meet

the fictional characters who

populate Cleo's

Nationally Bestselling

Coffeehouse Mystery

book series...

 

  

 

 

Meet the
Village Blend
Staff

 

  

 

 

 Meet
Clare Cosi...

 

 

Name: Clare Cosi
Job: Village Blend Manager & Head Barista
Internet handle: "Barista Babe"
Gender: Female
Age: 39
Residence: Greenwich Village, New York
Originally from: Western Pennsylvania

About Me: When I’m not making espresssos or supervising our barista staff, I’m creating and roasting new blends from the beans brought in by our coffee buyer. I’m divorced with one grown daughter (Joy), who is now in culinary school. Oh, and that coffee buyer I mentioned? He also happens to be Matteo Allegro, my ex-husband. So far, Matt and I are working together without too much drama, but all the issues that originally broke us up do occasionally rear their ugly, hydra-like heads. And then there’s my little habit of getting mixed up in murder. Don’t ask. It would take too long to explain, and Matt thinks I’m just seeking the thrills I missed while he was off cliff-diving in Hawaii, and I was home alone, raising our daughter. Anyway, bottom line: love me, love the bean. Decaf drinkers, move along. These aren't the droids you're looking for. Mm'kay?

What My Avatar Says About Me: Coffee is love. There's not much a good cuppa Joe can't make a little bit better.

 

 

 

---

 

 

 

 

 

 

Meet
Matt Allegro...

 

 

Name: Matteo “Matt” Allegro

Job: Village Blend Coffee Buyer, International Coffee Broker

Internet handle: "Coffee Hunter"

Gender: Male

Age: 42

Residence: Changes weekly

Originally from: Greenwich Village, NYC
 

About me: Okay, I admit it. I’m an adventure junkie. When I was younger, my addictive personality was channeled into extreme sports. Now I travel the world in search of the best beans on the planet. There’s nowhere I won’t go--from the Costa Rican mountains to the Brazilian rainforests; from the islands of Indonesia to the muddy tracks of Uganda’s Mount Elgon (used by the Bagisu tribesman who’ve become experts at coffee farming). I’ve seen it and done it all; and although my ex-wife Clare believes I’ve also “done” every woman in every country I’ve visited, my extra-curricular activities have been nowhere near that egregious. Actually, despite my straying during our ten year marriage, she and I have managed to remain on pretty good terms. My elderly mother owns the Village Blend Coffeehouse, but she’s turned its operation over to me and Clare. I think we still make a good team, even if it’s no longer as man and wife. Bottom line: I’ve always been a thrill seeker, but at this age, I’m beginning to consider limiting my extreme sports to the bedroom.

 

What my Avatar says about me: Happiness is...trekking the globe, hunting for the world’s choicest cherries (coffee cherries, I mean).

 

 

 

 

 

  

---

   

 

 

 

 

 

Meet
Madame...

 

 

Name: Madame Dreyfus Allegro Dubois
Job: Village Blend Owner
Internet handle: "Coffee Queen"
Gender: Female
Age: 79 (and counting)
Residence: Greenwich Village, New York 
Originally from: Paris, France

About Me: Hello! My granddaughter, Joy, claims this virtual world is the way of the future, so she's typing this up for me. Well, what can I tell you about myself? I've been through so much in this long life. I was born in Paris, and came to New York during World War II. At eighteen, I met my first husband, Antonio Allegro, and fell madly in love. He was so virile, so handsome, so passionate; and after he inherited the Village Blend from his father, he and I ran it together for years. We also traveled the world and had wonderful adventures!

     From a very young age, our son Matt was steeped in coffee; and after Antonio passed, Matt took over purchasing coffee for the Blend and began brokering coffee for international clients. The Village Blend has always been a family business—and I'm determined to keep it that way. That's why it broke my heart when Matt and his adorable wife, Clare, divorced.

     Clare is the best barista I've ever met, and I've always considered her the daughter I never had—the divorce didn't change that. (What's a silly piece of legal paper against a lifetime of caring?) That's why I was thrilled when she finally agreed to come back to my Blend and run it for me. It will be half hers one day, too. My will makes it official. And now I know that when I die, my beloved Blend will be in the very best hands.

     As for me, I've got a lot of life yet to live, and I'm always up for adventure—just ask Clare! New York is quite a bubbling cauldron. Passions run high in my city and every so often, it seems my former daughter-in-law finds herself embroiled in the most interesting cases of murder. That's when I offer my services. While I may no longer be a spring guinea hen, I'm nobody's fool. And Clares knows better than to turn down the wisdom of a woman who's been around more than a few blocks!

 

What My Avatar Says About Me:  Welcome to my coffeehouse! It is my hope you'll think of it as a second living room—where (of course) freshly roasted coffee is always brewing!

 

 

 

 

---

 

 

 

 

Meet
Joy Allegro...

 

 

Name: Joy Allegro
Job: Culinary Student (and part-time barista)
Internet handle: "One Hot Cookie!"
Gender: Female
Age: 19
Residence: Greenwich Village, New York 
Raised in: (mostly) suburbs of New Jersey
 

About Me: I'm currently studying to become a professional chef. My goal (eventually) is to have my own restaurant, but until then I'm totally determined to apprentice under a top chef. I love cooking food, hanging with my friends, and my family. My grandmother is the coolest, and even though my parents are divorced, they're working pretty well together. Mom and Dad have been big boosters for me, and I seriously appreciate that--even though Mom's way too snoopy. I don't mean she asks too many questions. I'm talking Defcon 1 Snoop Level here. It's a real pain. A girl needs her privacy, you know? So, okay, I have this thing for older men that freaks Mom out a little. But I can’t help it if guys keep hitting on me. And the drug thing was no biggee. My partying is totally under control--the coke was just recreational! Anyway, I'm really a nice girl who works hard and is totally mature enough to run her own life. Totally.

What My Avatar Says About Me: Cooking Like Crazy rules! And so does The Frying Pan, which seriously beats falling into the fire!

 

 

 

 

 

 

---

 

 

 

Come back again to meet
more staff members

 

VB's Most Loyal Customer: Detective Mike Quinn

Village Blend Barista: Esther Best

Village Blend Barista: Tucker Burton

Village Blend Barista: Gardner Evans

Village Blend Barista: Dante Silva

 

  
 

 

---

  

 

 

 

 

  

 

  THE ART OF
COFFEE

Click the arrow
in the window below
to see a barista making
latte art...

 




   More of Cleo's
YouTube
Coffee Picks...

  

  Click to watch: 
"Cofee, Coffee"

Cleo says: "I think 'Weird Al
Yankovic' would approve of this guy..."

 

   

 Click here to watch
Star Trek Coffeehouse

Cleo says:
"Kirk orders a latte - nonfat. I really think at
this point in Mr. Shatner's Kirk-life,
he could get away with full fat."

 


 

 NOM, NOM, NOM....
   
CLICK HERE TO SEE
 

 

Click here to learn about the birth
of coffeehouse culture...


egg