Borscht is the most famous Ukrainian dish. It is kind of a sour soup common for Eastern Europe. It is low on calories, full of vitamins and minerals, and can be served hot or cold. And you can keep it in your refrigerator for several days. The flavor will only improve. Serve crusty rye bread […]
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Celebrate YA Author Sharon Ledwith’s Birthday Bash and Save 25% this February…
It’s a bitter-sweet birthday for me this February. Why? Well, unfortunately, 2025 marks the end of an era for my publisher, Mirror World Publishing, as they will be closing up shop at the end of December after eleven years in business. I feel so grateful for connecting with them ten years ago, and I applaud […]
Celebrate the End of Soup Month with Cookbook Author Sloane Taylor’s Cream of Mushroom Soup…
LET THEM EAT SOUP! Okay, so it’s not the best takeoff on Marie Antoinette’s infamous saying, but that was my little way of announcing that January is National Soup Month. It’s true. You can check it out on Wikipedia. In honor of this auspicious event, my January posts will be dedicated to soup, well, at […]
Guest Post: The Most Useless Job in Sports Broadcasting by Author Anne Montgomery…
I spent about 15 years as a sports reporter. I’d like to say things are getting better for women in the field, but there’s a lot of room for improvement. I was a sports reporter for about 15 years. I spent about ten years in television, where I worked for five TV stations – anchoring […]
Author in the Kitchen: Winter Warm Up Soup Served by Helen Carpenter…
Some like it hot, some like it cold, some like it in a pot nine days old. Remember the Mother Goose “pease porridge” rhyme? While today we may think of porridge as cereal, in the sixteenth century, “porridge” was a derivation of “pottage” or “potage” meaning cooking pot. “Chowder” also comes from the word pot, […]
A New Year, A New Way of Living the Author Life…
First, I want to wish my followers a very Happy New Year! We finally made it into the mid-20s, and sooo much has happened in the last five years. A pandemic knocked us flat on our butts, and made us take stock in how we were living our lives. Though there was a lot of […]