Often these recipes are tucked into lively stories that show this gifted writer at his best.

Well, it would be a devil of a lively story for the Beacon if he lived to write it.

Teacher has read me his lively stories about his boyhood, and I enjoyed them greatly.

As for the plot itself, shorn of all padding it might have made a lively short story.

"Death Wore Gloves" is a lively story, both in and out of bed.

More recent oral tradition has a series of lively stories about the queen, and these have found their way into popular culture.

He has lively stories about every piece in the shop.

He likes to tell lively stories about driving, skiing and eating pizzas.

It is a very lively story, and the Corringtons tell it well.

She told lively stories and laughed at my jokes.