Hanukkah 2019
Hanukkah, also known as the Festival of Lights, is celebrated on the 25th day of the month of Kislev […]
Schimpff's, one of the oldest, continuously operated, family-owned candy businesses in the United States, dates back to the late 1800s.
Schimpff's, one of the oldest, continuously operated, family-owned candy businesses in the United States, opened in its present location in 1891 but the family has been making candy in the Jeffersonville area long before that.
KETO POWER!!
Keto diets which while very similar to the Atkins Diet, both of which are based on drastically reducing carbohydrates in […]
Cancer-Fighting Kitchen: Second Edition: Nourishing, Big-Flavor Recipes for Cancer Treatment and Recovery
Cancer-Fighting Kitchen a finalist in the Health & Special Diet category of the IACP Awards.
Midwest Made: Big, Bold Baking from the Heartland
“Every state or every little city or little town has different recipes that are important to the people there.”
Round Barn Estate Shake & Stir Workshops
Round Barn Estate's Shake and Stir Workshops demonstrate how to make cocktails using products in season.
Matchday Menu: Adam Richman’s New Show
Adam Richman,TV personality, culinary traveler, cook and author, travels so much for his shows such as “Secret Eats with […]
The Golden Lamb: Turning Abraham Lincoln’s holiday into a 150 years old tradition
The Golden Lamb had been open for three decades or so when Lincoln visited Lebanon, Ohio. Though no records exist […]
Tim Vidrio is New Executive Chef at Chicago’s Michelin-starred North Pond restaurant
After 20 Years, Bruce Sherman Turning Over Kitchen to Chef de Cuisine Tim Vidrio. Since taking over what was a […]
Turkey Masks: How to Make A Better Holiday Turkey
My friend Angela McCrovitz, owner of the Captain’s House in Miller Beach, which is a Lake Michigan beach enclave on […]
50 Ways to Love Wine More: Adventures in Wine Appreciation!
It’s about what you like, not what the big time wine critics say you should like says Jim Laughren, author […]
December in Tokyo Brings Cool Weather and Warm Lights
Tokyo really knows how to end the year in style. December in Japan’s capital is a magical time full of […]
Hero Dinners: Complete One-Pan Meals That Save the Day
The requirement for hero dinners were simple and called for three things--using a pan or skillet, including a protein, vegetable, and a starch and using ingredients that are natural or minimally processed.
Missing Howard: Johnson That Is
I worked at HoJo’s when I was a teen and as a young girl, when we traveled to New York, Connecticut and along the eastern seaboard, we typically stayed at their lodges. HoJo is Me!
Cleveland Kraut: Crafted Fermentation
Cleveland Kraut, a relatively new company named by USA Today as one of their top ten best new health foods, sells a variety of sauerkraut in flavors such as Whiskey Dill, Roasted Garlic, Classic Caraway, Curry and Beet Red. Their Gnar Gnar--a spicy mixture of green cabbage, green bell peppers, jalapenos, kosher salt, leeks, Sriracha, garlic and red chili, is similar to kimchi, the fermented Korean condiments which can range in heat from mild to fiery hot.
USA Today: Michigan’s Best Coney Dogs!
Michigan's Top 10 Coney Dogs according to USA Today!
Travel/Food Photos
Shelf Life: Shelf Life
The Death and Life of the Great Lakes
“I live just a few blocks from Lake Michigan and I’m not sure I would have move back to Wisconsin after living in Utah and Idaho after college if it the lake wasn’t here,” says Dan Egan, a senior water policy fellow at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee’s School of Freshwater Sciences. “Milwaukee wouldn’t be Milwaukee without Lake Michigan.”
F*ck Your Diet and Other Things My Diet Tells Me
“Our food choices and our image of ourselves are part of our culture.,” says Chloe Hilliard.
Dopesick: Dealers, Doctors and the Drug Company that Addicted America
“How do you meet a mother at her son’s grave near the football field where he had once made the crowds roar and not want to help her figure out what happened to her kid?” asks Beth Macy, author of the New York bestseller Dopesick: Dealers, Doctors and the Drug Company that Addicted America […]
Signed Copies of Derrick Rose's New Book Available at Anderson's Bookshops
While supplies last, Anderson’s Bookshop locations have autographed copies of I’ll Show You, by former Chicago Bulls star Derrick Rose. A unique gift for any Bulls fan! I’ll Show You was written by Rose with award-winning sportswriter Sam Smith. From a kid raised in one of Chicago’s roughest neighbors, Derrick Rose showed himself to be capable of […]
The Dearly Beloved: A Novel
Two couples meet when the husbands are hired to serve at the historic Third Presbyterian Church in New York City’s Greenwich Village. Charles Barrett and James MacNally both have a calling, but they have little else in common, having come from vastly different backgrounds. Their wives differ as well. Lily met Charles when they […]
REPUTATION: Everybody’s got something to hide
“Reputation is a book about different members of a university community and how they react to a school-wide email hack– and a subsequent murder,” says Sara Shepard, author of the New York Times best seller, Pretty Little Liars. “There are a lot of different perspectives, a lot of scandals, and a lot of twists, but the crux of the novel deals with two estranged sisters, Willa and Kit, and how they come together again in a time of crisis. “
The Border: The final book in Don Winslow’s Cartel Trilogy
Don Winslow’s fast action paced books, written in a style he describes as “close third person,” are good reads on several levels, including the enjoyment of a well-researched thriller about Drug Enforcement Agency undercover operative Art Keller and his long struggle in a harrowing world amidst Mexican cartel power struggles, traffickers, drug mules, teenage hitmen, families seeking asylum to escape the drug wars, narcos, cops and political corruption on both sides of the border as well as attorneys and journalists.
THE CHRISTMAS SPIRITS ON TRADD STREET
In this penultimate installment (book #6) in the series, we find OCD Realtor (who also happens to be able to speak with dead people) Melanie Middleton and true crime mystery writer Jack Trenholm happily married and living with their toddler twins and teenage daughter, Nola, in their historic home on Tradd Street. Christmas is approaching and all seems to be going well for them—-except for a few money problems, Jack’s writing career taking a curveball, and an unpleasant specter seen haunting Nola’s bedroom that seems to be connected to the ancient cistern being excavated in their back yard.
New novel tells story of Russian classic novel
Dr. Zhivago The novel, about two lovers Yuri Zhivago and Lara Antipova and their ultimately doomed romance set against the chaotic backdrop of the decades spanning the Russian Revolution and World War II, would never have been published if Pasternack hadn’t been able to smuggle it out of Russia and into the hands of an Italian publisher.
The Survivors: A Story of War, Inheritance, and Healing
Adam Frankel tells in his recently released book, The Survivors: A Story of War, Inheritance, and Healing, about identity, family trauma and how in family those who came before us impact our own lives.
Travel/Food
Murders That Made Headlines
Lincoln Road Trip: The Back-Roads Guide to America’s Favorite President
How to Murder Your Wealthy Lovers
Midwest Made
The Keto Instant Pot Cookbook: Ketogenic Diet Pressure Cooker Recipes Made Easy and Fast
The One Pot Ketogenic Diet
Missing Howard: Johnson That Is
I worked at HoJo’s when I was a teen and as a young girl, when we traveled to New York, Connecticut and along the eastern seaboard, we typically stayed at their lodges. HoJo is Me!
Hanukkah 2019
Hanukkah, also known as the Festival of Lights, is celebrated on the 25th day of the month of Kislev […]
Schimpff's, one of the oldest, continuously operated, family-owned candy businesses in the United States, dates back to the late 1800s.
Schimpff's, one of the oldest, continuously operated, family-owned candy businesses in the United States, opened in its present location in 1891 but the family has been making candy in the Jeffersonville area long before that.
KETO POWER!!
Keto diets which while very similar to the Atkins Diet, both of which are based on drastically reducing carbohydrates in […]
Cancer-Fighting Kitchen: Second Edition: Nourishing, Big-Flavor Recipes for Cancer Treatment and Recovery
Cancer-Fighting Kitchen a finalist in the Health & Special Diet category of the IACP Awards.
Midwest Made: Big, Bold Baking from the Heartland
“Every state or every little city or little town has different recipes that are important to the people there.”
Round Barn Estate Shake & Stir Workshops
Round Barn Estate's Shake and Stir Workshops demonstrate how to make cocktails using products in season.
Matchday Menu: Adam Richman’s New Show
Adam Richman,TV personality, culinary traveler, cook and author, travels so much for his shows such as “Secret Eats with […]
The Golden Lamb: Turning Abraham Lincoln’s holiday into a 150 years old tradition
The Golden Lamb had been open for three decades or so when Lincoln visited Lebanon, Ohio. Though no records exist […]