Ooh la la! It’s a pizza pie-a! Almost everyone loves pizza. It’s flat. It’s round. You can put almost any topping on it (as long […]
Uncorking a good book about wine
An overview of Mike Veseth’s Wine Wars, a book explaining how globalization has contributed to the changing world of the wine business.
Mystery, History & Wine = an Engaging read
Do you enjoy wine? Check! Are you interested in American History? Check! Would you like to read a great mystery series? Check! I have the perfect suggestion […]
Literary Smorgasbord for One
In an unusual take on the culinary memoir, this collection of food essays offers a different viewpoint from the many culinary books and food histories on the shelves these […]
Preserving the Harvest
(Photo by Elina Mark as part of the Estonian Science Photo Competition courtesy of Wikimedia Commons) So — you’ve grown your own produce or been […]
Eating from Your Own Backyard
(Photo of Comella Community Garden in Cleveland by Jeff Schuler, courtesy of Wikimedia Commons) One of the newest movements in cooking/eating is obtaining food locally — purchasing foodstuffs […]
More Than a Culinary & Travel Memoir
Paula Butturini’s culinary and travel memoir, Keeping the Feast: One Couple’s Story of Love, Food, and Healing in Italy, is much different from the norm. She […]
From Soup to Soup
It’s National Soup Month and what better time for soup than in the cold, snowy days of January. While I was preparing for a program […]
Michael Symon’s Live to Cook
I love Michael Symon and I love cookbooks, so this one was a natural for me. As soon as I heard it was coming out, […]