Book Review: 500 Best Quinoa Recipes: 100% Gluten-Free Super-Easy Superfood...
Quinoa is my favorite seed to cook with; not only does it have high nutrient content but it’s low in calories, high in fiber, and easy to cook and use in various recipes. I was excited when 500 Best...
View ArticleBook Review: Complete Cake Mix Magic: 300 Easy Desserts Good as Homemade...
Just imagine – no more muss and fuss in getting all the ingredients together to make a cake or special dessert. All you have to do is open a box of cake mix, embellish it, and you have a fantastic, to...
View ArticleBook Review: Make Believe: An Edna Ferber Mystery #3 by Ed Ifkovic
Make Believe by Ed Ifkovic starts off with Max Jeffries being murdered and, as usual, the motive or identity of the murderer is unknown. Immediately the story reverts to Edna Ferber heading to...
View ArticleBook Review: Seriously Simple Parties: Recipes, Menu & Advice for Effortless...
I love to create parties and especially dinner parties where I serve a five-course meal. Seriously Simple Parties by Diane Rossen Worthington came at an opportune time because I was planning a dinner...
View ArticleBook Review: The Mediterranean Slow Cooker Cookbook by Diane Phillips
Slow cookers are great for all seasons: in the summer to keep the kitchen from heating up, in the winter to provide a heavier meal, in the spring to experiment with seasonal veggies, and in the fall to...
View ArticleBook Review: The Big Book of Babycakes: Cupcake Maker Recipes, Homemade...
The popularity of cupcakes is even getting more so now than it was several years ago. Cupcakes are used as deserts for special occasions, parties and even as a substitute for wedding cakes. I’ve even...
View ArticleBook Review: 150 Best Donut Recipes: Fried or Baked by George Geary
A donut-and-a-cup-of-coffee has been a staple for a long time and it seems like it will never go away. Dunkin’ Donuts in the United States and Tim Horton’s in Canada are household names. We often think...
View ArticleBook Review: Beyond Escape by Deborah Jensen
Beyond Escape by Deborah Jensen is exactly that–what was thought to be a month-long escape from the North Carolina winter to South Texas ended up beyond expectations. Kim was looking forward to...
View ArticleBook Review: ‘Ahmam’s Islands’ by Chung Wenyin
Ahmam’s Islands by Chung Wenyin is the new American release of the Taiwanese novel Woman’s Islands. This exotic novel narrates the story of Ahmam, a young woman living in Taipei, as she prepares to...
View ArticleBook Review: ‘Faith, Reason and the New Mass Translation’ by John C. Wilhelmsson
Before starting this review, it is important for me to say that I am a native Italian. I grew up in Italy and, like almost everyone else over there, I am Catholic. I am also a translator and maybe for...
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