Whole Wheat Blueberry Buttermilk Pancakes
Posted by Ari in Breakfast, Food History, How To, My Recipes, Quick & Easy on Feb 23rd, 2009 | 92 Comments
February 24th is National Pancake Day and since I love pancakes I couldn’t help but share one of my favorite recipes with you. Whole Wheat Blueberry Buttermilk Pancakes are easy to make and packed with good-for-you nutrients in the form of whole wheat flour, wheat germ and blueberries. Buttermilk...
Sweet Corn Coffeecake with Strawberries & Blackberries
The Wonderful Thing About Crêpes
Posted by Ari in Breakfast on Jan 25th, 2009 | 100 Comments
Although crêpes are French pancakes, I tend to think of them as pancake/tortilla/pasta hybrids. Like pancakes, you can serve them with things such as caramelized apples, berries or whipped cream; and like tortillas, you can stuff them with virtually any savory filling. Scoop scrambled eggs into a crepe,...
Mexican Vanilla Mini-Muffins with Vanilla Syrup
Butternut Squash Muffins with Golden Raisins & Currants
Posted by Ari in Breakfast, Budget Gourmet, My Recipes, Quick Breads on Nov 16th, 2008 | 104 Comments
Tomorrow morning I’m heading off to Pennsylvania for a business trip, and since I’ll be on the train for a few hours I decided to bake a traveler’s treat for myself: butternut squash muffins with golden raisins and currants. Spiced with cinnamon, ground cloves and freshly grated nutmeg,...
Spiced Pumpkin Pancakes
Rustic Sweet Potato Muffins with Fresh Sage
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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...)
