When award-winning author Sandra D. Bricker was a child, her mother was widely-known for the meals and sweet treats she put on the table.
“I always used to tell her, ‘Mom,
you’ve made me what I am today!’ Which, of course,” quips the author of
best-selling romantic comedy for the Christian market, “is a diabetic with a
weight problem.”
Bricker gave up an established life as
a publicist and aspiring screenwriter in Los Angeles to move across the country
to Tampa, Florida, in order to provide care when her mom could no longer care
for herself. It was her mother, in fact, who suggested to the writer that,
since she felt that she’d left her screenwriting dreams behind in Hollywood,
perhaps she could try her hand at writing novels.
“My very first romantic comedy was
published a few months before she passed away,” says the author, “and I’m so
happy that she actually had the chance to hold it in her hands and read it before
I lost her. She was so proud, and it really made me feel like I’d accomplished
something to see that look in her eyes.”
When Jessie Kovacevich Bricker passed
away, she and her daughter were in the process of compiling the family recipes
in hopes of fulfilling her dream of publishing a cookbook. Unfortunately, the
project didn’t come to fruition. Until now.
“After she died, I found a cool little
spiral cookbook that she’d made for me,” Bricker explains. “All of her favorite
recipes written in her shaky little hand were inside, and a note that said it
was the only legacy she had to leave me.”
In honor of her mother, the author has
begun working on a series of cookbooks called Legacy Recipes. The first volume, Legacy Sweets: Cookies, Cakes
& More from the recipe files of my mother, is available now for
Kindles at Amazon.com, priced at $2.99.
“These cookbooks are the epitome of a
Labor of Love,” the author beams. “But the response that they’ve gotten from my
readers has been so gratifying. My mom would be over the moon about it!”
For further information about the
author or her books, including Legacy Sweets, contact PressAndMore@aol.com, or email the
author directly at SandraDBricker@aol.com.
