Jane Simon Ammeson – TRAVEL/FOOD

Author: Jane Simon Ammeson

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Historic Architecture, Historic Restaurants, History, Indiana, South Bend, Uncategorized

South Bend’s Magnificent Tippecanoe Place

August 17, 2018 — 0 Comments

Uncategorized, cookbooks, Harper Design

The Mermaid Handbook: An Alluring Treasury of Literature, Lore, Art, Recipes, and Projects

August 17, 2018 — 0 Comments

cookbooks, Culinary Poetry, History, Literary Recipes, Muses, Poetry, Seasonal Recipes, Uncategorized

A Sumptuous Gathering of Seasonal Recipes, Culinary Poetry and Literary Far

August 10, 2018 — 0 Comments

Historic Architecture, Historic Cookery, History, Home Town Fun, Indiana, Uncategorized

Bridgeton Mill: Grinding Away for Almost Two Centuries

August 8, 2018 — 0 Comments

Garden Tours, Gardens, Southwest Michigan, Southwest Michigan Symphony Orchestra, Uncategorized

2018 Symphony League Garden Tour

August 1, 2018 — 0 Comments

FIBEGA, THE PREMIER WORLDWIDE GASTRONOMY TOURISM FAIR, COMES TO MIAMI MAY 2019

July 31, 2018 — 0 Comments

Chicago restaurants, cookbooks, Food, Italian, St. Martin's, Uncategorized

Fabio’s 30-Minute Italian

July 30, 2018 — 0 Comments

Hope Never Dies: A Obama-Biden Mystery

Watching news clips of Barack Obama windsurfing off of Richard Branson’s private island, kayaking with Justin Trudeau and BASE jumping in Hong Kong with Bradley Cooper while he’s grouting tile in his master bathroom and playing darts on a board his daughter gave him years ago, Joe Biden, feeling left-out (he doesn’t even have Secret […]

Sales of Red’s Nature Adventure to Benefit the Shirley Heinze Land Trust

Always adventuresome, Red, an energetic Irish setter, gets lost as he and his friends explore the northwestern Indiana nature preserves of the Shirley Heinze Land Trust. But losing his way becomes an educational experience for Red in James Dworkin’s third book about the lovable canine’s escapades, Red’s Nature Adventure, illustrated by artist Michael Chelich. “As […]

The Joe Maddon Story: “Try Not to Suck”

In a Zen-like move that baffled many in the sports world, Joe Maddon, then the new manager of the Chicago Cubs, enacted a “less is more” philosophy by almost completely eliminating batting practice. What went against a long time baseball tradition as well as causing intense angst among the Cub fans and head scratching from […]

Cooking with the Muse: A Sumptuous Gathering of Seasonal Recipes, Culinary Poetry and Literary Fare

Chef Myra Kornfeld and poet Stephen Massimilla have put together a luscious cookbook illustrating how poetry, prose and food have been inspirational throughout history. The 500-page book, “Cooking With the Muse: A Sumptuous Gathering of Seasonal Recipes, Culinary Poetry and Literary Fare,” is divided by seasons. It pairs 150 recipes with culinary poems, essays and historic […]

Identity Unknown: Rediscovering Seven American Women Artists

Call it the case of the disappearing sculpture for that’s what started Donna Seaman on her quest to chronicle the lives and works of the seven female artists featured in her just released book, Identity Unknown: Rediscovering Seven American Women Artists (Bloomsbury 2017; $30. “I remember going to the Chicago Art Institute and seeing this […]

South Bend’s Magnificent Tippecanoe Place

Built in 1889, Tippecanoe Place, a fine dining restaurant in South Bend is an elaborately gabled and turreted 24,000-square-foot Richardsonian Romanesque-style house which belonged to Clem Studebaker, one of the Studebaker auto magnates. Perfectly preserved, it’s about what having it all meant back in the late 1800s. With 40 rooms, 20 fireplaces and ball […]

The Mermaid Handbook: An Alluring Treasury of Literature, Lore, Art, Recipes, and Projects

Life is busy for a lovely mermaid (and aren’t they all?). There’s riding seahorses through shimmering sea foam capped with frothy white waves, finding the perfect rock on which to display their fish-like tails sheathed in iridescent spangles so they sparkle in the sunlight, combing their beautiful long locks and, of course, singing enticingly […]

A Sumptuous Gathering of Seasonal Recipes, Culinary Poetry and Literary Far

Book combines poetry, prose and food Chef Myra Kornfeld and poet Stephen Massimilla have put together a luscious cookbook illustrating how poetry, prose and food have been inspirational throughout history. The 500-page book, “Cooking With the Muse: A Sumptuous Gathering of Seasonal Recipes, Culinary Poetry and Literary Fare,” is divided by seasons. It pairs 150 recipes […]

Bridgeton Mill: Grinding Away for Almost Two Centuries

The wheels of Bridgeton Mill, a three story building next to a 268-foot covered bridge, both painted a matching red and rising above a large waterfall, are always working overtime. “We sell about 40,000 pounds of flour, pancake mix and cornmeal every year,” says owner Mike Roe who was grinding away for the Indiana State […]

2018 Symphony League Garden Tour

Brilliant displays of flowers, vignettes of garden arts, a cast iron bed frame painted white and cozy sitting nooks, a pond, a memorial to a dear friend and such unique structures as a Japanese Garden are all components of the lovely garden created by Grace Gianforte, a two-acre extravaganza celebrating nature’s beauty. In keeping with […]

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