Dirt by Bill Buford cover

Summer Reads: Dirt by Bill Buford

This is part of my Summer Reads series where I’ll be reviewing a series of “not just cookbooks”. Today’s Summer Reads book was a LONG read (976 pages on my e-reader and something like over 15 hours long as an audio book – with quite possibly the longest subtitle ever – Adventures in Lyon as … Read more

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Summer Reads: A Forest in the City

This is part of my Summer Reads series where I’ll be reviewing a series of “not just cookbooks”. Today’s Summer Read is for those readers with younger family members (though there are lessons in the book for everyone!). It’s Andrea Curtis’s (of the fabulous Eat This!) latest book, A Forest in The City. From the … Read more

Devon and Hell: Four Seasons by the Sea by Karen Wheeler

Devon and Hell: Four Seasons by the Sea

This is part of my Summer Reads series where I’ll be reviewing a series of “not just cookbooks”. Can’t get away this summer? Need a book (or, better, a series) that will sweep you away from your everyday Covid staying at home reality? I have just the thing for you in Summer Reads this week! … Read more

Songs for the end of the world book cover

Summer Reads: Songs for the end of the world

This is part of my Summer Reads series where I’ll be reviewing a series of “not just cookbooks”. This week’s Summer Reads offering is quite the timely read from Canadian author Saleema Nawaz.    From the publisher: How quickly he’d forgotten a fundamental truth: the closer you got to the heart of a calamity, the … Read more

Things I learned from falling by Claire Nelson book cover

Summer Reads: Things I learned from falling

This is part of my Summer Reads series where I’ll be reviewing a series of “not just cookbooks”. Ever wonder what you would do if you were lost in the desert with very little likelihood of being found? Claire Neslon found herself in exactly this position in 2018 and Things I Learned From Falling is … Read more