Fallen Chocolate Souffle Cake...
Every year as Passover draws near my friends begin giving me pitying, almost apologetic looks. As a foodblogger and someone who frequently writes about baked goods, folks often get the impression that I can’t live without flour. “What are you going to eat during Pesach?” they ask...
Mistress of the Revolution (Interview)...
Of all the book genres, historical fiction is by far my favorite. If it’s done well it allows you to completely immerse yourself in the events of another place and time, and when you finish the story you feel as if you’ve learned something too. From Bernard Cornwell I learned about the...
Homemade Buttermilk Pretzels...
I’m not much of a sports fan but one thing I do love is ’sports food.’ Cheesy nachos, popcorn, pizza, Hagen-Daz ice cream bars, and especially soft, jumbo pretzels topped with oodles of yellow mustard. My husband learned long ago that if he wants me to get excited about going to a...
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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...)
