Category: Book Reviews – Nonfiction

What Remains and Challah

 What Remains by Carole Radziwill and Challah  The recipe link The memoir takes place in New England; however, I was tired of making recipes that […]

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Sam Houston and the Alamo Avengers and Friday Night Chili/Texas Sheet Cake with Fudge

  Recipes: Chili and Cake Chili in the Southern summer of August? why, yes.  My family will eat chili and soups year round, even when, […]

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Against All Odds by Michael Rank

This is a somewhat different post than I normally do.  After reading Michael Oher’s book, I wanted to incorporate his perspective on how to beat […]

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I Beat the Odds by Michael Oher

I Beat the Odds by Michael Oher and Meathead’s World Famous Memphis Dust Rub Recipe: Click here  Considering I am a Southern girl, I was […]

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Into the Wild and Wild Alaska Blueberry Muffins

Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer and Wild Alaska Blueberry Muffins Recipe: Click for recipe First, let me say these muffins are not made with […]

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Portrait of a Killer: Jack the Ripper Case Closed & Pie and Mash (well, sort of)

Portrait of a Killer: Jack the Ripper Case Closed by Patricia Cornwell & Pie and Mash Pie and Mash… I tried to find a recipe […]

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The Hiding Place by Corrie Ten Boom and uitsmijter

The Hiding Place by Corrie Ten Boom and uitsmijter The recipe…bread, cheese, and eggs.  Very easy.  My husband actually eats this for breakfast all the […]

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Trials of the Earth – Part 2 “Ode to Hazel Mae”

It was the third of June, another sleepy, dusty Delta day I was out choppin’ cotton, and my brother was balin’ hay And at dinner […]

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Rush by Stephen Friend and Apple Dumplings

Rush by Stephen Friend and Apple Dumplings   First, the recipe was really good! I was trying to find a traditional Philadelphia recipe.  This was […]

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If Love Could Heal by Roosevelt and Shay Greenwood (no recipe)

If Love Could Heal by Roosevelt and Shay Greenwood   “This world is not our home. Don’t settle in. Live your life in that light. […]

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