My problem is not a surfeit of books to read, but of Ngaio Marsh novels I haven't read.  I might be at the end, but now re-reading one...

T he Portuguese Escape by Ann Bridge, an author I have only recently discovered, then also saddened to hear she is no longer with us, in on...

I was recently invited to be part of a review event for Jubilee, Recipes from Two Centuries of African American Cooking, a just publis...

I truly enjoyed my vicarious trip aboard the 1950s vintage ocean liner, Queen Isabella, on    The Last Cruise , by Kate Christensen....

 I am going to recommend an excellent book here: Conclave , by Robert Harris.  When I pulled it off my TBR stack there were doubts.  Am I...

I am currently hosting our bimonthly edition of Cook the Books Club , Dinner with Edward: A Story of an Unexpected Friendship , by Isa...

  H ave j ust finished Tricky Twenty-Two , and must say  I really don't know how Janet Evanovich has so consistently accomplished pu...

The Savage Garden , by Mark Mills, was a pretty terrific novel, a mystery that turns out to be a double cold case involving a fifteenth ...

  F or some reason (Foodies will probably concur) I think this kind of thing is fun.  Breaks up the old cooking ruts.  Get a bunch of le...

 I've just finished reading The Tomb of Zeus , by Barbara Cleverly, author of the terrific Joe Sandilands series.  This novel introdu...

This week with Curtis Stone, current reigning chef at IHCC (I Heart Cooking Clubs ), we're On the Barbie!   Grilling whatever.  In ...

I am really enjoying this series, set in India, by Tarquin Hall.  His very original private investigator, Vish Puri is reminiscent of no...

O ur current (October-November) Cook the Books Club selection, The Hundred-Foot Journey , a novel by Richard C. Morais, was titled for t...

  T his month, the Daring Cooks got a little saucy! Jenni from the Gingered Whisk taught us the basics of how to make the five mother-sa...

T he June Daring Cooks’ challenge sure kept us rolling – meatballs, that is! Shelley from C Mom Cook and Ruth from The Crafts of Momm...

O ur July 2012 Daring Cooks’ host was Sarah from All Our Fingers in the Pie! Sarah challenges us to learn a new cooking technique ...

I would never have thought to post about some mundane fish patties were it not for this month's challenge.  The Daring Cooks’ Februar...

Sometimes life makes promises that don't pan out.  Take that photo on my masthead.  The mango trees are doing it again - blooming like ...

Sometimes I post more during a given month and sometimes less.  Perhaps less to say, fewer outstanding recipes to pass on, or just lazy?  A...

W e're off on another vicarious adventure at Cook the Books Club , this time in the Caribbean with voyager and writer, Ann Vanderhoof,...