Strawberry-Rhubarb and Thyme Shortcakes
Blueberry & Raspberry Jelly Doughnuts for a Happy Chanukah
Coffee-Glazed Chocolate Chip Scones & Iced Cardamom Coffee
Bruschetta & Strawberry Melonade
Sweet Madeleines & A Honey-Vanilla Latte
Dumph Noodle Anyone?
Posted by Ari in Breads Made With Yeast, Desserts, Drinks, My Recipes on Dec 9th, 2007 | 86 Comments
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...
Blueberry-Raspberry Honey-Butter Glazed Scones
Posted by Ari in Books, Breakfast, Drinks, Life, My Recipes, Quick Breads on Nov 30th, 2007 | 39 Comments
After a little over a year of writing here on ‘Baking and Books,’ I feel it’s time to tell you something you probably don’t know about me - a confession of sorts: I love the holidays. Thanksgiving, Chanukah, Christmas, New Year’s Eve. I know some folks are driven batty...
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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...)
