Highlighting some new release cookbooks today with thanks to Bloomsbury Publishing for the beautiful copies! Members of my household are eager for me to actually start cooking and baking from these but they've got a wee bit longer to wait before that happens. In the meantime, in case these spark your interest... Bake by Paul … Continue reading New Releases in Cookbooks by Bloomsbury Publishing
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Book Review: Fed Up – Navigating and redefining emotional labour for good by Gemma Hartley
Fed Up... About the Book: Gemma Hartley wrote an article in Harper's Bazaar in September 2017 called 'Women Aren't Nags - We're Just Fed Up', which instantly went viral. The piece, and this book, is about 'emotional labour', i.e. the unpaid, often unnoticed work, done by women, that goes into keeping everyone comfortable and happy. … Continue reading Book Review: Fed Up – Navigating and redefining emotional labour for good by Gemma Hartley
Book Review: Buddhism for Meat Eaters – Simple Wisdom for a Kinder World by Josephine Moon
Buddhism for Meat Eaters… About the Book: For many years Josephine Moon struggled with the question of eating meat, fervently wishing to live as a vegetarian yet requiring meat in her diet. From Josephine’s philosophical, spiritual and physical battle with eating meat came, Buddhism for Meat Eaters – a book for animal lovers, the environmentally … Continue reading Book Review: Buddhism for Meat Eaters – Simple Wisdom for a Kinder World by Josephine Moon
Book Review: I Miss You When I Blink by Mary Laura Philpott
I Miss You When I Blink: Dispatches from a Relatively Ordinary Life... About the Book: Spot-on observations about domestic, professional, and creative life, taking on the conflicting pressures of modern womanhood with humour and thoughtful contemplation, from an author who is connected to highly influential writers like Elizabeth Gilbert and Ann Patchett. In this memoir-in-essays … Continue reading Book Review: I Miss You When I Blink by Mary Laura Philpott
New Release Book Review: Whiskey in a Teacup by Reese Witherspoon
Whiskey In a Teacup: What Growing Up in the South Taught Me about Life, Love, and Baking Biscuits About the Book: Academy Award–winning actress, producer, and entrepreneur Reese Witherspoon invites you into her world, where she infuses the southern style, parties, and traditions she loves with contemporary flair and charm. Reese Witherspoon’s grandmother Dorothea always … Continue reading New Release Book Review: Whiskey in a Teacup by Reese Witherspoon
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