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2026

The End of the Road: Moving on to “Joy of Reading”original ↗
5 Jun 2026
Cooks, the Forgotten Characters in Fictionoriginal ↗
27 May 2026
Pilgrymes, Passing to and Fro: Chaucer Got it Rightoriginal ↗
12 May 2026
“A Hastiness of Cooks”: A Practical Handbook for Deciphering the Mysteries of Historic Recipes and Cookbooks*original ↗
21 Apr 2026
They Called it Callaloooriginal ↗
7 Apr 2026
Palm Oil, a Gift from Africaoriginal ↗
26 Mar 2026
Manioc is Chipaoriginal ↗
10 Mar 2026
A Village in Africa*original ↗
18 Feb 2026
Red Beans & Riceoriginal ↗
14 Feb 2026
Comfort Food: Daddy’s Vegetable Beef Soup*original ↗
31 Jan 2026
Ham and Beansoriginal ↗
19 Jan 2026

2025

The End of a Terrible Year: Quilting My Way Out of Darknessoriginal ↗
28 Dec 2025
“Reading George Orwell”: My New Substack Pageoriginal ↗
13 Oct 2025
In a Kitchen Library: Reflections on Readingoriginal ↗
29 Sept 2025
The Storm is Gathering Once Againoriginal ↗
19 Sept 2025
A Bite of Germanyoriginal ↗
5 Sept 2025
Climbing Back on the Horseoriginal ↗
20 Aug 2025
Terrific Book for Ocean Loversoriginal ↗
19 Jun 2025
Happy Thoughts During Dark Timesoriginal ↗
5 May 2025
Things that Create Happiness: 1original ↗
12 Apr 2025
From Ukrainian Kitchens: The Cuisine of a Beleaguered, Independent Nationoriginal ↗
7 Mar 2025
Deep Blue Seas and Ancient Olive Trees: Cooking Mediterraneanoriginal ↗
3 Mar 2025
The Kitchen Libraryoriginal ↗
20 Feb 2025
Joy of Cooking, or, Escaping the Delugeoriginal ↗
26 Jan 2025
The Many Permutations of Chickenoriginal ↗
8 Jan 2025

2024

Nutty as a …*original ↗
24 Dec 2024
A Slice of Escapism: M.F.K. Fisher’s Provenceoriginal ↗
20 Dec 2024
A Woman of Substanceoriginal ↗
4 Dec 2024
Ina Garten’s “Be Ready When the Luck Happens: A Memoir” – A Revieworiginal ↗
24 Oct 2024
“Season of the Wolf: A Riveting Saga Set in WWII France” is Now Availableoriginal ↗
8 Oct 2024
Swamp Cabbage and Sunshine: Craziest-Ever Hearts of Palm Salad Sums Up Florida’s Food Historyoriginal ↗
27 Sept 2024
The Paris Novel, by Ruth Reichl: A Revieworiginal ↗
2 Sept 2024
Bronze medal for “Dispatches from a Kitchen Table”!original ↗
10 Aug 2024
Wifedom: Meet George Orwell’s Wife Eileenoriginal ↗
23 Jul 2024
No Words: When Life Gets Messyoriginal ↗
22 Jun 2024
News Flash!original ↗
18 May 2024
Paris Under the Boots of the Nazisoriginal ↗
16 May 2024
Champagne and War: 1940-1945original ↗
28 Apr 2024
Liste Otto: Banning Books in WWII Franceoriginal ↗
14 Apr 2024
Julian/Julien Green’s “Paris”original ↗
29 Mar 2024
Auguste Escoffier and the Invention of the Restaurant Kitchen Brigade Systemoriginal ↗
20 Mar 2024
Les Bouquinistes of Paris: Booksellers Along the Seineoriginal ↗
11 Mar 2024
The Dying of the French Conciergeoriginal ↗
1 Mar 2024
The Art of Writing History: A Satirical Approachoriginal ↗
17 Feb 2024
A Little Side Trip to the Dordogne/Périgordoriginal ↗
5 Feb 2024
A Bookshop in Paris: Living the Dream … Until a Dictatorship Destroyed Free Thoughtoriginal ↗
20 Jan 2024
What Scares Me More than Stephen King’s “The Shining”original ↗
12 Jan 2024

2023

Paris at War, a Revieworiginal ↗
30 Dec 2023
Chronicling Survival in the Face of Eviloriginal ↗
1 Dec 2023
A Different Slant: A German Officer in Occupied Parisoriginal ↗
17 Nov 2023
An Appetite for Parisoriginal ↗
8 Nov 2023
Clio, the Muse of History: Why History is Importantoriginal ↗
15 Oct 2023
Paris Fiction: Mark Pryor’s Henri Lefort series not to be missed, etc.original ↗
4 Oct 2023
Dreaming the Mythical France: Parisoriginal ↗
30 Sept 2023
Latinísimo: Home Recipes from the Twenty-One Countries of Latin America, by Sandra A. Gutierrez original ↗
21 Sept 2023
“Wild Geese,” Mary Oliver’s Paean to Hopeoriginal ↗
19 Sept 2023
The Nightingale: A Novel, by Kristin Hannahoriginal ↗
15 Aug 2023
Awards!!!original ↗
5 Aug 2023
Gherkins & Tomatoes -Revived!original ↗
19 Apr 2023
A Meditation on Elizabeth Marshall Thomas’s “Growing Old: Notes on Aging with Something Like Grace”original ↗
2 Mar 2023
J. Elliott Reviews “Mangoes & Roosters: Stories and Tales of Haiti”original ↗
13 Feb 2023
Another Stellar Book Set in a Library: Bella Osborne’s “The Library”original ↗
6 Feb 2023
“Try Before You Buy”: Matt Haig’s “The Midnight Library”original ↗
12 Jan 2023
About Those New Year’s Resolutions …original ↗
1 Jan 2023

2022

Happy Holidays! The Iberian Wayoriginal ↗
14 Dec 2022
The Christmas Chronicles: Nigel Slater’s Paean to Midwinter, a Blissful Reading Experienceoriginal ↗
27 Nov 2022
“Take a Goose or a Duck” Wins Gourmand Awards Best in USA for Cookbook History & Writingoriginal ↗
25 Nov 2022
Snobbery isn’t Just for the Upper Classes: An Incident with a Couple of British Twitsoriginal ↗
13 Nov 2022
Escaping to Morocco, via the Magic Carpet of Memory: COVID-19 Isolation, Day 62 (I Think)original ↗
10 Nov 2022
Chronicle of a Death Not Foretold*: The Shocking, Early Passing of Food Writer Julie Powelloriginal ↗
3 Nov 2022
Oranges, Florida’s Goldoriginal ↗
10 Oct 2022
Announcing “Mangoes & Roosters: Stories and Tales from Haiti” – and Other Newsoriginal ↗
29 Sept 2022
Speaking of France …original ↗
18 Sept 2022
I’ll Always Have Parisoriginal ↗
11 Sept 2022
Sunshine State Book Festival, January 27-28, 2023!!original ↗
21 Aug 2022