WRONG TO NEED YOU by ALISHA RAI | 5-Star Review + Recipe

Alisha Rai’s Forbidden Hearts series is the contemporary romance we need in 2017 In WRONG TO NEED YOU (Forbidden Hearts #2), Sadia Ahmed is a widowed, single mother who runs into Jackson Kane, a man she hasn't seen or heard from in a decade. They were childhood friends, and he happens to be her…

November 28, 20170Comments

Book Reviews

CYBER MONDAY BOOK DEALS: GREAT BOOKS AT STOCKING STUFFER PRICES

Cyber Monday book deals are already hitting online, including a selection of great cookbooks, thrillers and romance at stocking stuffer prices. I'll update this list if additional titles come up that I just can't resist! When a Brooklyn pizza joint has a pizza called the Millenium Falco, how can you resist? The Roberta's Cookbook is chock…

November 25, 20170Comments

Book Reviews Events

TOM DOUGLAS COOKBOOK SOCIAL KICKS OFF THE HOLIDAY SEASON

The Tom Douglas Cookbook Social comes to the Palace Ballroom on December 4. This year's line up is a who's who of Seattle and Portland chefs, you have to admit it's been a pretty great year for cookbooks. The $20 entrance fee puts a glass of wine in your hand and gets you tastes from several…

November 13, 20170Comments

Book Reviews

HOOKING UP BY HELENA HUNTING | 4 Star Review

ARC provided by the publisher for review. Can we talk about Helena Hunting’s newest, Hooking Up? Sometimes you just need a book that’ll let you get away from it all. Hooking Up was the escape I needed from more serious reads. It's hot, hilarious fun, that leaves you happy with where things end up.…

November 7, 20170Comments

Book Reviews

NOVEMBER KINDLE DEALS: INTERNATIONAL CUISINE AND AMERICAN BAKING

After a bank breaking new release month in October, here are a few great deals on Kindle that won't empty your wallet. And it's a great time to start thinking about holiday gifts and stocking stuffers on the cheap. Here are your November Kindle deals. Prices current in the United States as of November 4,…

November 4, 20170Comments

Book Reviews

ALL THE CROOKED SAINTS by MAGGIE STIEFVATER | Review

Review copy provided by the publisher for review. Maggie Stiefvater is a masterful storyteller. Her latest, All the Crooked Saints, is a wonderful, strangely beautiful story with rich imagery, and a compelling message about the role we play in our own miracles. I think of Maggie's previous works as having an urgency about them, but this…

November 3, 20170Comments

Main Course Recipes

BUTTERNUT SQUASH PASTA BAKE — IT’S BETTER THAN MAC N CHEESE

I love a good mac and cheese, frozen, from the box, on the stove top version, baked in the oven, any which way, I'll take it. But sometimes, it's too much of a good thing. So people have been resorting to sneaking in vegetables to try and lighten up their mac and cheese. Orange cauliflower…

October 30, 20170Comments

Book Reviews

SMITTEN KITCHEN EVERYDAY | Cookbook First Look

ARC provided by the publisher for review. Smitten Kitchen Every Day by Deb Perelman is a gorgeous book that runs the gamut from breakfast to salads and vegetarian and meat mains, then finishes off with sweets. It delivers some novel twists: fattoush salad turns into an autumn-inspired fall-toush with Brussels sprouts and delicata squash; a breakfasty…

October 24, 20170Comments

Book Reviews

BONFIRE BY KRYSTEN RITTER | 4 Star Review

Bonfire, Krysten Ritter's debut novel, is out November 7. Bonfire is a smart, surprisingly complex novel about the tangled relationships we have with our pasts. The writing is gorgeous, and Krysten Ritter’s characters are razor-edged and ruthless. A must-read for fans of Megan Abbott. If you were drawn to Bonfire because you've seen Ritter…

October 17, 20170Comments

Recipes

5 DELICIOUS WAYS TO EAT KALE

There's a lot of eyerolling and sighing when someone mentions kale. But the fact is, we eat a lot of it in the fall and winter. Already, we had a kale salad last night with a tahini yogurt dressing. I made crostini last week with red Russian kale and delicata squash. If you stop worrying about…

October 13, 20170Comments

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WRONG TO NEED YOU by ALISHA RAI | 5-Star Review + Recipe

CYBER MONDAY BOOK DEALS: GREAT BOOKS AT STOCKING STUFFER PRICES

HOOKING UP BY HELENA HUNTING | 4 Star Review

NOVEMBER KINDLE DEALS: INTERNATIONAL CUISINE AND AMERICAN BAKING

ALL THE CROOKED SAINTS by MAGGIE STIEFVATER | Review

BUTTERNUT SQUASH PASTA BAKE — IT’S BETTER THAN MAC N CHEESE

SMITTEN KITCHEN EVERYDAY | Cookbook First Look

BONFIRE BY KRYSTEN RITTER | 4 Star Review

5 DELICIOUS WAYS TO EAT KALE

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