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Be Ready When the Luck Happens by Ina Garten

Catherine — Mon, 11 Nov 2024 08:16:41 +0000

I certainly can’t speak for all of you, but I’m still adrift this week trying to deal with feelings of disbelief and dread. I have a tremendous need for comfort in my reading and thankfully, I found it from one woman who on the surface may have appeared shy and self-effacing, but who has […]

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Mrs. Quinn’s Rise to Fame

Catherine — Tue, 30 Apr 2024 07:20:15 +0000

The trend of lighter reading has been working for me so I thought I’d wrap up April with one more charming novel. Mainly because it combined two things I really love: a favorite TV show and sumptuous descriptions of baking. The novel is Mrs. Quinn’s Rise to Fame and is about Jenny, a 77-year-old British […]

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Saturday Night at the Lakeside Supper Club

Catherine — Tue, 11 Apr 2023 07:13:25 +0000

J. Ryan Stradal’s new novel, Saturday Night at the Lakeside Supper Club, employs his familiar template of families, food and drink, but once again he uses it to create a fresh canvas for two families in northern Minnesota. Each runs a restaurant, but the similarities stop there. Betty and Floyd run the Lakeside, a traditional […]

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The Golden Spoon: A Novel

Catherine — Fri, 07 Apr 2023 07:15:33 +0000

It was only a matter of time before some clever writer jumped on the Great British Bake Off juggernaut and wrote a novel about it. In this case, the author is Jessa Maxwell and the novel is The Golden Spoon, a murder mystery on the set of the American version of GBBO. Known as Bake […]

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Down and Out in Paradise

Catherine — Fri, 18 Nov 2022 08:59:55 +0000

When Anthony Bourdain died four years ago, most people were stunned. How could a man with so much to live for, a man adored by people around the globe, kill himself? He was a world traveler, sharing his love of food to show the commonalities rather than the differences between various cultures. In Down & […]

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May Reading Recap

Catherine — Tue, 31 May 2022 04:52:34 +0000

Wait a minute—is May over? I’m pretty sure I was cheated out of a week. Or maybe it’s just that the bad news is coming at a faster pace, whether it’s the increasing attack on women’s rights or the unrelenting uptick in gun violence. I veer between apathy and a rage that wants to know: […]

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Bourdain: The Definitive Oral Biography

Catherine — Wed, 10 Nov 2021 05:36:24 +0000

Suicide is always shocking to those left behind, but when it’s someone famous, someone with what looks to be a “dream” life, it feels even more inexplicable. This was the case June 2018 when Anthony Bourdain killed himself. Bourdain was a chef turned television personality who created the iconic No Reservations and Parts Unknown series. […]

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Eat a Peach: A Memoir by David Chang

Catherine — Fri, 23 Oct 2020 04:48:10 +0000

My enjoyment of reading about food is almost as great as eating it and I’ve been really fortunate to read some incredibly interesting chefs’ memoirs. Thankfully, David Chang continues that trend with Eat a Peach. Chang is the chef/owner of Momofuku Noodle Bar, a restaurant that opened in NYC in 2004. His concept of small, […]

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Heat by Bill Buford

Catherine — Mon, 27 Nov 2017 08:24:15 +0000

I’m not sure how seriously I can take a man who is foolish enough to invite a world class chef into his home for dinner, but I decided to give Bill Buford a chance. His invitation to Mario Batali leads him to ask if he can work as an intern in the kitchen of Mario’s […]

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Top 10 Books That Made Me Say Yum!

Catherine — Thu, 19 Oct 2017 07:30:11 +0000

As fall settles in, my need for all things sugar-y, creamy, warm, salty, and comforting goes through the roof, keeping me focused on food—even in my reading. So, it’s perfect timing to join The Broke and the Bookish for their Top Ten this week: Books with yummy food in them. Even better is that while […]

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