Author: allison burris
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This book was recommended to me on Goodreads, based on my love of fairy tale adaptations. As a young adult, I was very fond of Patricia Wrede (especially her dragon series, The Enchanted Forest Chronicles, and Cecilia and the Enchanted Chocolate Pot, which she co-wrote with Caroline Stevermer) and so I didn’t hesitate to pick this…
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I’ve already talked a little about this book in my last post, but today we’re focused on food. I may or may not have said that I wouldn’t be cooking from non-fiction about food, but if I did so, I lied. I read a lot of cooking memoirs and they have really delightful recipe ideas…
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If you are anything like me, you are a huge fan of BBC shows, especially Downton Abbey. This book started all these wonderful shows: a classic memoir about working in service during the 1920s. Powell’s voice is personal; you can imagine her speaking to you as you read. Slightly nostalgic and quite feisty, I can’t…
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This book was a recommendation from one of my favorite college professors (I had a bunch of favorites, but Professor Freeman was something special). She was trimming down her library, preparing for a move to the east coast, and she invited everyone to come to her office and take a couple books. I chose this…
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If you have not read the Pulitzer Prize winning book, you really ought to do so. Donna Tartt’s novel is not a recent read for me, as I read it over a year ago, but it was a book that stayed with me. It is not a plot heavy novel, but the rich language negates…
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My first book is a hold over from last year, I was reading it as the year came to a close and was working diligently on my Nana’s 70th birthday/New Year’s Eve party (more on that to come). I didn’t get a chance to finish it until after our move, but I’ve finally finished it.…
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“No black woman writer in this culture can write ‘too much’. Indeed, no woman writer can write ‘too much’…No woman has ever written enough” –Bell Hooks Many people talk about the difference between men and women as writers. Some believe that the difference is apparent and others that it’s negligible. My reading career has been…
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Paul’s holiday office party had a 1920s theme–a wonderful excuse to get gussied up and have a night on the town. Many of his coworkers dressed up, and it made for a wonderful experience, but dressing up in period attire can be stressful. So here I’ve given ten tips to make period attire a breeze.…
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I believe this is the first non-fiction book on Baking for Bookworms. As you may or may not know (probably not unless you have some sort of amazing access to my head), any book is fair game for this feature unless it’s a cookbook. Even non-fiction about food is acceptable. Even short story anthologies are…
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Sorry for not getting this up on Friday. I was going to make this for dinner, but I finished the first draft of my novel, and we went out to celebrate instead (by the way, if you’re ever in Eugene, Oregon and looking for Italian food, Beppe and Gianni’s Trattoria has this roasted garlic appetizer…
Allison Burris 