Tag: Southern

• Book Review: Food for Thought by Alton Brown

  I’ve been watching Alton Brown cooking shows since way back when Good Eats first came on the air. I loved the combination of science and food, and how Alton made the how and why as important as the taste of the final dish. My younger daughter and I watched many an episode together, loving his…

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  October 9, 2025

  books

  Alton Brown, book-review, books, cookbook, cooking, essays, food, Food for Thought, Gallery Books, Good Eats, Iron Chef America, reading, social media, Southern, writing

• Book Review—Ordinary Time: Lessons Learned While Staying Put by Annie B. Jones

  Most writers are also avid readers. However, not everyone who reads a lot can write, or even wants to write at all. In fact, there are some people who are great writers who don’t read much at all. This book, Ordinary Time: Lessons Learned While Staying Put by Annie B. Jones, is by an avid…

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  November 6, 2024

  books, Essay

  Annie B. Jones, book-review, books, bookstore, Elizabeth Strout, essays, Florida, From the Front Porch, Georgia, Gretchen Rubin, HarperOne, indie, library, NetGalley, nonfiction, NYC, Ordinary Time, reading, Southern, Tallahassee, Tell Me Everything, The Bookshelf, Thomasville, vacation, writer, writing