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The Editor: How Publishing Legend Judith Jones Shaped Culture in America by Sara B. Franklin
One of my goals for 2026 is to read more nonfiction, and to pick up more books by male authors (I’ve been focusing on a lot more stories by women in recent years). I’m off to a great start already—completed John Grisham’s latest novel and a heartfelt memoir by Cameron Crowe. While asking one of my colleagues at Main Street Books for some nonfiction recommendations, she was happy to oblige. I picked up “The Editor: How Publishing Legend Judith Jones Shaped Culture in America.” I was interested in learning more about Jones, because I’d never before heard about this woman who was considered such a trailblazer in the publishing world. Synopsis: At Doubleday’s…
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Book Review: Skinnytaste Fast and Slow
I don’t know about you, but I discover many great recipes on social media channels. Someone will share a recipe or I’ll see one of those cooking videos that makes preparing a dish look so easy that I’ll seek out the blog or Facebook page it originated from. That’s how I found Gina Homolka and Skinnytaste. I can’t remember which recipe of hers I tried first, but I love how she uses real food ingredients in her dishes and includes the Weight Watchers points for anyone who may be on the program. She also has many slow cooker offerings. I’ve saved many of her recipes and cooking videos on Facebook and Instagram,…
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Book Review: 100 Days of Real Food-Fast and Fabulous
Anyone who knows me knows I love to cook. This wasn’t always the case–ask my husband about the slop I used to try and whip up for us when we first got married. There was a LOT of processed food and frozen dinners thrown in there. Then when I was pregnant with our first child and we were both working demanding jobs, there was mostly take-out. Slowly I started cooking more, little by little, but I was still using a lot of processed ingredients (like those yummy condensed soups) because that’s all I knew. Several years ago I came across the 100 Days of Real Food blog and was happy to find recipes…