Muy Bueno is more than a cookbook. This is a family memoir that makes the recipes come to life. The brief stories that accompany each recipe convey the love that this family has for each other as they share the ways in which they have bonded over food, shared meals and tradition. Of course, we […]
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Shoe Garden by Joyce Fishman & Brenda Finne
Shoes! Whether you have a few or many, shoes can make you happy and bring back good memories. When I was a little girl, I typically had two pairs of shoes. One pair of plaid sneakers for play and one pair of shiny black mary janes that were only to be worn on Sundays for […]
The Peerless Four by Victoria Patterson
Women sure have come a long way in the last century. Certainly, there is always room for improvement, but much has been gained. The young girls of today are benefitting from the efforts of strong women who have worked hard to bring equality into the sporting world and to change the way we think about […]
Compromise Cake by Nancy Spiller
Compromise Cake is a beautiful book that is both memoir and cookbook. You’ll want to read it, try out the recipes and it just may inspire you to go on a similar journey with your own mother’s recipes. After her mother passed, Nancy Spiller went through her mom’s old recipe box. This brought back childhood […]
Skylar Robbins: The Mystery of Shadow Hills
I have loved to read ever since I can remember. When I was young I discovered mysteries and couldn’t get enough – Encyclopedia Brown, Harriet the Spy, Nancy Drew and The Hardy Boys were some of my early favorites. I still have my Hardy Boys collection and pull a book out every now and then […]
Blood Drama by Christopher Meeks
We’ve all had bad days – those days when nothing seems to go right and problems seem to pile on top of each other. This is the kind of day that the lead character in Blood Drama is having. His day is bad enough already when he ends up being taken hostage during a bank […]