A review of Karen Le Billon’s book French Kids Eat Everything.
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Trials of the Earth – Part 3: Homeward Bound
Last year, I read a rather fascinating read about a pioneering family that settled in the Mississippi Delta (in Mississippi – not Arkansas). Here […]
Read moreThe Woman They Could Not Silence: One Woman, Her Incredible Fight for Freedom, and the Men Who Tried to Make Her Disappear
Sorry, no recipe. Since this book takes place in the United States (and today is Thanksgiving), there is not much of anything unique I want […]
Read moreForty Autumns: A Family’s Story of Courage and Old German Banana Bread
Recipe link Honestly, I had some bananas I needed to use so found this recipe. To the book… I loved this book. How many […]
Read moreThe Nazi Officer’s Wife (and two others I couldn’t finish) and beef goulash
Recipe link First, I am totally shocked I actually tried a new recipe right now. Since school has started, I have not felt like […]
Read moreIf You Tell: A True Story of Murder, Family Secrets, and the Unbreakable Bond of Sisterhood
Due to the nature of the book, I felt that cooking a recipe would be somewhat insensitive. I had never heard of this book […]
Read moreGreenlights by Matthew McConaughey and Texas Cowboy Soup
Recipe link Soup in the summer? Why, yes! Always! Year round! Cheap, versatile… My recipe is a little different than the linked recipe because […]
Read moreLeft to Tell: Discovering God Amidst the Rwandan Holocaust and Diphaphata
Recipe link Ok. So Diphaphata is not a traditional Rwandan recipe. I could not find a Rwandan recipe that was simple to make with ingredients […]
Read moreThree book reviews for the price of one (reading)… One Blood: Parting Words to the Church on Race and Love, The Sanatorium: A Novel, and The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue
I made this meme a few years ago. It perfectly “explains” why this blog post is different than my previous posts: IT IS THE […]
Read moreUpstairs at the White House and Coconut Macaroons
Recipe link (scroll down) Finding a recipe for this book was a little tricky since the book detailed a thirty year time frame- from FDR […]
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