Check out an excerpt from Mayra Cuevas Salty, Bitter, Sweet, a YA #ownvoices novel about complicated family dynamics, friendship, acceptance, and learning to care for yourself. A slow-burn romance in a cutthroat kitchen! Theres more to becoming a top chef for 17-year-old Isabella Fields than just not getting chopped especially when the chances of things heating up with an intriguing boy and becoming a food star in the kitchen are both on the chopping block. Aspiring chef Isas family life has fallen apart after the death of her Cuban abuela and the divorce of her parents. She moves in with her dad and her new stepmom, Margo, in Lyon, France, where Isa feels like an outsider in her fathers new...
Everything Im loving this year for my 2019 mens gift guide and everything Eddie is loving too! This is a mix of what Ive bought him in the past and what he is getting this year. So much to love! Of course these gifts can be for anyone, but I know all the guys in my life would loooove this stuff! There are also some great ideas in my gift guide under $25. 2019 Mens Gift Guide Ember Temperature Control Coffee Mug. This is the BEST mug ever, especially for the cooler months when coffee gets cold in 34 seconds. They also have a travel version! Cole Haan Zero Grand Sneaker. Ive bought Eddie a few different pairs of these...
Once upon a time, in a log cabin far, far away, snuggled into 15 pristine acres of Vermont, I used to host Thanksgiving events fit for a Hallmark snow globe It smells of cinnamon and mulled wine. Thrill to the detail small tubes of handmade paper tied with silk ribbon designate seating and are unrolled as I tap my crystal glass with a silver spoon and point to first one guest then another, who unfurl their tiny packages and share the quotes Ive selected to honor them. After the feast we read poetry or favorite childrens books aloud as the crackling fire warms our skin and brandy warms our tummies. Staged against a window of evergreens and drifting snowflakes, a...
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The invention of wooden spoons cant be explained clearly. However, what we can all agree to is that they were godsend. The first of its kind could have been fashioned by an enterprising caveman, who got some twigs from a nearby pod and snapped them together to prod meat over an open fire. Centuries later, people have been able to carve out simple wooden spoons from trees such as acacia wood, beech, and bamboo. If you have read most recipes as you try out that new dish, you always come across suggestions that you should stir with a wooden spoon. Well, theres a reason they recommend these kinds of spoons over your usual spatula or silicone spoon. For starters, they...
