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Favorite Books of 2012
The year is wrapping up and not a moment too soon as it’s been particularly challenging. All the more reason to give thanks for the amazing books I was fortunate enough to read in the past twelve...
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In Search of the Perfect Loaf
Viking, September 2014 Carbs have fallen in and out of favor throughout the years but never with me. Bread is one of my favorite food groups and always will be! Samuel Fromartz feels the same way and...
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I Think You’re Totally Wrong: A Quarrel
Knopf, January 6, 2015 I Think You’re Totally Wrong: A Quarrel is an intellectual version of the Bickersons, as authors David Shields and his former student Caleb Powers spend four days in a cabin in...
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Dead Wake
Crown, March 10, 2015 When it comes to taking historic international events and looking behind the scenes there are few who do it as well as Erik Larson. Even when the event itself is substantial in...
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It’s Monday, March 16th: What Are You Reading?
Last week involved wrapping up some big reading and then trying to corral my thoughts into something articulate. I’m referring to A Little Life, one of the most difficult but poignant books I’ve ever...
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Tim Gunn: The Natty Professor
Gallery Books, March 24, 2015 To say that I am a huge fan of Tim Gunn is an understatement. In the same way that a Chanel suit is on my bucket list (as revealed last week when I reviewed Mademoiselle...
View ArticleThe Summer Palaces of the Romanovs: Treasures from Tsarskoye Selo
The year 2010 marked the 300th year anniversary of Tsarskoye Selo, the summer palace of the Romanov dynasty. The land was given as a gift by Peter the Great to his second wife, Catherine I. Future...
View ArticleSavage Continent: Europe in the Aftermath of World War II
Within the first 15 pages of Savage Continent by Keith Lowe I learned that by the end of World War II: The Germans had destroyed 93% of Warsaw’s buildings 18-20 million Germans were rendered homeless...
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