Weekend Cooking: Chef Anne Burrell’s Bucatini all’Amatriciana

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When it’s time for a family party, I’m usually assigned the role of “soda girl”, a task requiring little more than making my way through the aisles of the grocery store, loading a cart with assorted 2-liter bottles.  Honestly, this is for the best, as even my most casual acquaintances know that cooking is not [...]

Pack Your Bags: The NY Times 36 Hours Guide

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Ant and I have logged more than 25,000 miles of road trip travel in our two decades together.  To us, the beauty of the road trip is spontaneity…with a side of inspired planning.  Past road trip motivations have come in the form of magazine articles, invitations from friends, or once, in 1998, a television show [...]

Review: You’re (Not) the One by Alexandra Potter

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Title: You’re (Not) the One Author: Alexandra Potter Genre/Pages: Fiction/384 Publisher: Plume Publish Date: November 29, 2011 Rating: 1 Bookmark (not my cup of cocoa) Source: unsolicited from the publisher Natalie’s 1-Sentence Synopsis: According to the legend, the kiss at sunset under a Venetian bridge will bind Lucy and Nat together for eternity, which turns out to be about a lifetime longer [...]

Review: The Bungalow by Sarah Jio

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Title: The Bungalow Author: Sarah Jio Genre/Pages: Fiction/320 Publisher: Plume Publish Date: October 4, 2011 Rating: 3.5 Bookmarks Source: courtesy of the author and publisher Natalie’s 1-Sentence Synopsis: A split-second decision to enlist in the Army Nurse Corps during World War II doesn’t alter the course of Anne Calloway’s life, but the experience changes her to the core of her [...]

Mailbox Monday

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Sporadic Mailbox Monday participant that I am, this week’s haul is really two weeks’ worth of books from a variety of sources.  I love stocking up on good reads as the weather gets colder; the stocking up part is complete, now I’m just waiting for the cold weather. I’ll take it from the top of [...]