Celebrate Mardi Gras Time in Southwest Michigan!
Ignore the snow outside because inside Timothy’s Restaurant in Union Pier, Michigan, it’s New Orleans during Mardi Gras season, purple, […]
Historic Spirits: Preserving the Past and Connecting to the Present with Journeyman Distillery & the Field Museum
The dazzling 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition brought 27 million people to Chicago which was no small feat given that […]
Food & Drinks: Super Pairing for the Super Bowl
Game On! Wine expert Cassandra Rosen offers a way to take game day beyond chips and beer with special pairings […]
King Hills Comfort Food Cruise Returns: Just launched Comfort Food Trail Pass included in tickets.
The 7th annual Hocking Hills Comfort Food Cruise runs for the next three weekends in beautiful Hocking Hills, Ohio. It’s the […]
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 […]
Travel/Food Photos
Shelf Life: Shelf Life
How Quickly She Disappears
Intrigued by the tales his grandparents told of living in Tanacross, a small Alaskan village back in the late 1930s, Indiana author Raymond Fleischmann has woven a mystery set in that time frame and location. “I grew up hearing their stories about Alaska, the cold, the isolation, the long days and the long […]
MINOR DRAMAS & OTHER CATASTROPHES
Class Mom meets Small Admissions in MINOR DRAMAS & OTHER CATASTROPHES, a wryly-observed debut about the privileged bubble that is Liston Heights High–the micro-managing parents, the overworked teachers, and the students caught in the middle–and the fallout for each of them when that bubble finally bursts. A former teacher, Kathleen West keeps us amused and amazed in her […]
Catch and Kill: Lies, Spies, and a Conspiracy to Protect Predators
Ronan Farrow’s book reads like a fast-paced mystery/thriller with hired spies, tapped phones, double and triple crosses, stalking by hired thugs and threats.
Old School Love and Why It Works
“We’ve had hard times, but we have resilience and we always knew we wanted to be together,” says Rev Run, front man of Run-DMC about how he and his wife make their marriage work.
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. “
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
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 […]
Celebrate Mardi Gras Time in Southwest Michigan!
Ignore the snow outside because inside Timothy’s Restaurant in Union Pier, Michigan, it’s New Orleans during Mardi Gras season, purple, […]
Historic Spirits: Preserving the Past and Connecting to the Present with Journeyman Distillery & the Field Museum
The dazzling 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition brought 27 million people to Chicago which was no small feat given that […]
Food & Drinks: Super Pairing for the Super Bowl
Game On! Wine expert Cassandra Rosen offers a way to take game day beyond chips and beer with special pairings […]
King Hills Comfort Food Cruise Returns: Just launched Comfort Food Trail Pass included in tickets.
The 7th annual Hocking Hills Comfort Food Cruise runs for the next three weekends in beautiful Hocking Hills, Ohio. It’s the […]
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.