O ur latest selection for Cook the Books Club is Island of Sweet Pies and Soldiers , by Sara Ackerman, hosted by fellow Hawaii blogger, ...

I f you've read The Paris Key , by Juliet Blackwell, here is another of her stunning, romantic novels, definitely not to be missed. ...

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

T here is a little restaurant, in a bowling alley in Aiea, on Oahu, called The Alley .  This place is what you might call a hole in the w...

O ur latest Cook the Books Club selection, The Cooking Gene , by Michael W. Twitty, was quite a ride, "A journey through African Cu...

T his debut novel by Ellen Byron, Plantation Shudders , refers to the sense of deja vu or impending doom, either one or the other, which ...

S ome one of you out there mentioned this cookbook, At My Table , by Nigella Lawson.  Who can be blamed??  I checked it out of the libra...

Don't you love finding terrific new authors?  Often I'll read the review for a brand new book, not even out yet, (which can be fr...

For this month's round of our Eat the World  Recipe Challenge we are visiting Spain.  At least I am.  Actually, the theme is meant ...