Foggy Day Chili & Farm Stand Cornbr...
Posted by Ari in Books, Food History, Main Dishes, Soups and Stews, Work Lunches on 12 21st, 2007 | 23 Comments
Chili and cornbread are two of my favorite things to eat on crisp autumn or cold winter days. Not only do they fill you up, but they make you feel warm and toasty, transforming the icy winds into a welcome mealtime accompaniment. Sure the weather outside may be frightful, but in here honey, I got me...
Sweet Madeleines & A Honey-Vanilla ...
I first learned about madeleines about three years ago while my husband and I were watching “The Transporter” on television. There amidst scenes featuring crazed, gun-wielding villains, was a cozy little kitchen moment where the woman Frank Martin is protecting repays his kindness with...
Dumph Noodle Anyone?...
Tomorrow morning marks the beginning of final exams at school and, ungodly amounts of studying aside, you know what that means: comfort food… and lots of coffee. Stuffed pizza pie, banana bundt cake, spiced cream coffee, pumpkin spice lattes, chocolate … anything yummy, sweet or caffeinated...
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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...)
