What She Ate #5: Barbara Pym + Baked Macaroni Cheese
For those of you who don’t know—and I didn’t—Barbara Pym was an English novelist, popular in the 1950s for her social comedies. ... Read more What She Ate #4: Eva Braun + Champagne Cake
Welcome to the fourth feature focusing on the women within What She Ate: Six Remarkable Women and the Food That Tells Their ... Read more What She Ate #3: Eleanor Roosevelt + Baked Deviled Eggs with Tomato Sauce
Welcome to the third feature focusing on the women within What She Ate: Six Remarkable Women and the Food That Tells Their ... Read more What She Ate #2: Rosa Lewis + Southern-Style Grits Waffles
Welcome to the second feature focusing on the women within What She Ate: Six Remarkable Women and the Food That Tells Their ... Read more What She Ate #1: Dorothy Wordsworth + Mini Pork Pies
As a lover of food memoirs, culinary news and food in general, Laura Shapiro’s nonfiction What She Ate: Six Remarkable Women and ... Read more Jell-O Girls + Layered Strawberry Jello Cups
When I went to the library recently, the brightly colored cover of Allie Rowbottom’s Jell-O Girls caught my eye. I took it ... Read more Top Ten Tuesday (Back-to-School Edition) – Non-Fiction I’ve Loved & Non-Fiction I Want to Read Happy Tuesday! It’s time for another edition of Top Ten Tuesday, a literary list with a new bookish topic every week. In ... Read more Artful Eating + Sauteed Scallops with Peas For anyone who knows about my recent journey to transform my eating and lifestyle to one that’s healthier yet still fulfilling from ... Read more The Power of Habit + Turkey Taco Zucchini Boats In May, the task for The Literary Feast Reading Challenge was to read a book you’ve seen someone reading in public. Now, ... Read more Guest Post: 12 Memoirs for Nonfiction Newcomers Today I’m sharing a post from fellow book blogger Ottavia over at Novels and Nonfiction, who was generous enough to let me ... Read more Educated + Peach Cobbler As I mentioned in this month’s edition of Show Us Your Books, I read Tara Westover’s memoir Educated in a whirlwind over ... Read more Bread & Wine + Bacon-Wrapped Dates It’s wonderful to have someone so enthusiastically recommend a book to you one day and then, because they know you’ll love it, ... Read more Talking As Fast As I Can + Luke’s Cheeseburgers
Two months ago, I pre-ordered Lauren Graham’s collection of personal essays. Last week, it arrived! I couldn’t wait to dive in and, ... Read more Blood, Bones and Butter + Lamb Chops I don’t just enjoy cooking and eating (and writing) about food, I also enjoy reading about it – whether it be literature, ... Read more Pumpkin: The Curious History of an American Icon + Pumpkin Pie Last fall, my cousin Nora and I campaigned hard for Pumpkin: The Curious History of an American Icon at our Good Reads ... Read more Reading Lolita in Tehran + Cream Puffs It probably comes as no surprise that I usually adore books* about bookstores, book clubs, book nerds…you get the idea. I find ... Read more
