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4 Takeaways After Reading Will Write for Food
In the early days of blogging I was jealously happily watching the live tweets from food blogger, Alice Currah, who was attending the International Food Blogging Conference (IFBC) in Seattle, Wash., in 2010. One of her tweets in the stream said something to the effect of: “Will Write for Food is one of the best/only food writing books.” […]
Best & Worst Halloween Candy
I was reading an article on HuffingtonPost.com yesterday that made its rounds on Twitter: Taking Candy From Strangers: The Best & Worst Halloween Treats. It made me think about the stash I used to end up with at the end of a night of trick-or-treating, and how some candy was irresistible, while others seemed to linger […]
Reading: "Admission"
I’m in a small book club with a few girlfriends and we meet as often as we’re able to breeze through books. That’s the upside to being in a smaller club; we’re not tied to a specific time frame to finish each book. The downside to being laid-back is that when you have a “so-so” […]
Cinema: "Eat, Pray, Love"
I have a confession to make. Eat, Pray, Love is sitting on my bookshelf, collecting dust, unread past the middle of “Pray.” Unlike the woman at the bookstore, I haven’t grown bored of the book. I just ran out of time after vacation in early August, with all the other mayhem life brings. I will […]
Eat, Pray, Love
Not since Under the Tuscan Sun have I read a book that has made me want to cook, travel, and eat every simple Italian dish in sight. That is, until I picked up Eat, Pray, Love the other day at the bookstore. I’ll be honest, I want to see the movie, it actually looks good. […]