Weekend Cooking: Minny’s Chocolate Pie

Featuring recipes from Cutting For Stone, Water for Elephants, and The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks.

While reading or listening to books, I frequently find myself interested in trying the foods that the authors describe.  The first recipe I remember wanting to try was from the Little House on the Prairie by Laura Ingalls Wilder.  If memory serves, there was some kind of maple syrup and snow candy, and I was [...]

Review and Giveaway: The Queen of Palmyra by Minrose Gwin

1963, Birmingham, AL photo cred. Charles Moore

Title: The Queen of Palmyra Author: Minrose Gwin Genre/Pages: Fiction/416 Publication: Harper Perennial; April 27, 2010 Rating: 4 Bookmarks Source: Review copy courtesy of Harper Perennial Nat’s 1-Sentence Synopsis: Set in 1963 deep in the heart of the South, The Queen of Palmyra is the story of a young girl who bears witness to segregation, [...]

BBAW: Have you heard about…

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A few months ago, I put out a plea to book bloggers for help with a personal reading challenge I was developing–Off The Deep End Summer Reading–and asked for suggestions of bloggers’ favorite books.  I turned to book bloggers rather than more traditional sources (New York Times Book List, Washington Post, etc) because I think we cover a broader spectrum; [...]