For all the complicated history between Japan and Korea, the cuisines of the two countries have commonalities, and they've trickled down to our respective -American kitchens. It's not uncommon to have a combination of soy sauce, sugar, rice wine and sesame oil as a marinade, a sauce, or a dressing. My grandma used to make…
Studly Period Pairs a Writing Tutor and a French-Canadian Hockey Player at Harkness College
If you're a fan of hockey romance, especially Sarina Bowen's Ivy Years or Brooklyn Bruisers series, get ready. Sarina announced Studly Period, a *free* serial set to land in your inbox weekly starting Tuesday, March 20. Set at Harkness College, Studly…
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3 stars
I usually love an enemies-to-lovers story, but I just didn’t buy the chemistry in this one…
Bad Bachelor is a classic enemies-to-lovers story: Reed McMahon is Offender #1 on the Bad Bachelor app. He’s in PR, but his own reputation is going from bad to notorious as he racks…
73 Years After Internment, Japanese-Americans Still Aren't Being Given Credit Where Credit is Due
It's hard to imagine getting angry over tofu. But that’s where I found myself over the last week. The 76th anniversary of the signing of Executive Order 9066 fell on February 19. Each anniversary renews a complicated mix of anger, fear…
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Al Riske’s Then We’d Be Happy sneaks up on you. Going in, I knew the writing style would be spare, but it turns out, Then We’d Be Happy is a two-for-one deal. It’s billed as a novel, but it’s also series of vignettes. Some are funny, some poignant,…
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The hero in Sarina Bowen's latest, Brooklynaire, is not your typical romance billionaire. Nate Kattenberger is not a type-A control freak, and you’re more likely to find him in a black hoodie than a bespoke suit. Granted, he may be wearing $800 sneakers. Though Nate made his…
Inspired by Sarina Bowen's Brooklynaire, which drops Monday, I went back into the archives to remake and reshoot a previous post on falafel. I opted for balls rather than patties as I did last time, but the recipe holds up.
I tried using canned chickpeas knowing that some of you might want to take the shortcut,…
Dirty. Sexy. Money.
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Andrea Dunlop’s latest, She Regrets Nothing, is gloriously glitzy and glamorous. Laila Lawrence, newly orphaned, is the estranged daughter of a crazy rich New York family. When her beautiful, wealthy cousins meet her at her mother’s funeral, she’s a 23-year old hygienist in Michigan,…
After the Storm ARC provided by the author's publicist for review
You know when you read a book and you want to jump up and down and wave your arms to get people to notice it? That’s how I feel about Katy Ames’ Seven Winds series, including her latest, AFTER THE STORM. Not every book…
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Hidden Seams delivers a high stakes take on the enemies-to-lovers trope set in the world of high fashion. Marco Lent is heir apparent to Vince Horace’s fashion empire, and Avery McKenna is a woman on a mission to determine her paternity. With only a faded photo from LiveAid…
