Category: Books
I’ve loved books for as long as I can remember. As a child, I read by flashlight under my covers when I was supposed to be sleeping. Later I worked in publishing, before leaving to write fulltime. Here are all the books I’ve reviewed or raved about: cookbooks, travel books, good fiction, biography. Because a love of reading lasts a lifetime.

Tea & Cookies Book Club

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I’ll be announcing the giveaway winner later on Monday. I am loving all your comments! And since we’re on the topic of books… Some of you may remember my favorite Permaculture slogan: The problem is also the solution. Isn’t that great? If you think about it awhile, all sorts of… Read More

The Homemade Pantry

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I was first introduced to Alana Chernila and her blog Eating from the Ground Up when we both participated in Summerfest a few years back. Alana’s site was fairly new then, but I was struck by her grounded approach to food and cooking, how she was feeding her family and… Read More

Wild, by Cheryl Strayed

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One day, almost two years ago, I clicked on an online link that had been recommended to me and began reading an advice column called Dear Sugar on a literary website. Suddenly I felt my breath knocked out of me. Here was writing that was extraordinary—so stark in its honesty,… Read More

The Book Larder

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The story of The Book Larder is the story of two dreams that crossed one day at a busy intersection. My friend Kim Ricketts had always been a big dreamer. She dreamed of creating a different kind of book event—one where authors and readers would mingle and drink wine and… Read More

An Everlasting Meal

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Hello, hello! Sorry for my absence. I got distracted by a little birthday over here. But I am back, with our last book, and it is such a good one. Your comments on the last post were amazing, amazing, and have given me some great ideas for things to do… Read More