It’s the time of year (at least in Minnesota anyway) when the gardeners are all in limbo. The cold crops can go into the ground but nothing else until May 15th! What do we do while we wait? We need something to make the time go by faster- something that has to do with gardening [...]
In some ways, the title Spoon Fed: How Eight Cooks Saved My Life is misleading. When I first came across the book on Amazon, I didn’t know who Kim Severson was (I’m not really a foodie and I don’t regularly read The New York Times) so I pictured the author to be someone who had [...]
I think I’ve mentioned before that I really like finding and supporting smaller publishers. You have to respect what they do. By publishing lesser known writers, they are providing us with a true cross-section of what our world is like. More opinions= a freer society in my opinion. I came across Storey Publishing a few [...]
I ordered a couple of new gardening books this year as I usually do every year. It seems like I am usually disappointed with the books I’ve received in the past because the books never really say anything new or maybe it’s just that the pictures aren’t as good as they should be. Mostly it’s [...]
I’ve always been interested in the Amish way of life. There is definitely something very appealing to me about this or any other minimalist approach to life so I was very interested in receiving The Amish Cook’s Baking Book.The book is co-authored by Lovina Eicher (who lives in an Amish community and learned to bake from [...]
