Tomato & Goat Cheese Strata...
Though I love cooking in all its forms, I must admit that I get a particular thrill out of transforming leftovers into new dishes. Doing so not only uses every bit of food in my kitchen, but also reduces the weekly grocery shopping bill while satisfying our taste buds - all in one fell swoop.
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Simplicity 48 Hours in the Making...
I’ve been MIA for almost two weeks now and that, I’m afraid, is entirely unacceptable. It’s not that I haven’t been cooking or baking - rather, it’s that I’ve been wrestling with my new schedule. Carrying a full-time course load in graduate school (5 classes), teaching...
Apple Honey Challah...
Rosh Hashanah begins this Wednesday at sundown so in preparation for the holiday I decided to experiment with my recipe for Honey-Vanilla Challah. The result? Apple-Honey Challah, spiced with cinnamon and freshly grated nutmeg. The modifications to my original recipe weren’t extreme but they were...
Chai Ice Cream...
Whether enjoyed hot or cold, chai is one of my favorite ways to indulge my adoration of black tea. I’ve tried all sorts of commercial blends, my favorite being Oregon Chai, and have recently taken to brewing it from scratch using black tea leaves, green cardamom pods, cloves, fresh ginger and...
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The Indifferent Stars Above: The Harrowing Saga of a Donner Party Bride By Daniel James Brown
It's not often that a history book will compel me to set all my novels aside, but "The Indifferent Stars Above" certainly did. Within the first few pages I was spellbound. I had to know how Sarah, a young woman newly married to her childhood sweetheart, would end up on top of the Sierra Nevada mountains in the dead of winter, starving and forced to do unspeakable things in order to survive.
"The Indifferent Stars Above: The Harrowing Saga of a Donner Party Bride" tells the story of the Donner Party from the perspective of newlyweds Sarah Graves and Jay Fosdick. In April of 1846 the couple joined Sarah's family as they journeyed west from Illinois to the promised land of California. (Read the rest of this review...)
