Ellen Sweets Stirs Up a Mighty Fine Molly Ivins Memoir

There is no shortage of books about the incomparable Molly Ivins on our shelves, a fact culinary journalist Ellen Sweets was well aware of when she set out to write her new book, Stirring It Up with Molly Ivins: A Memoir with Recipes. In an early chapter of the book Sweets admits she almost didn't … Continue reading Ellen Sweets Stirs Up a Mighty Fine Molly Ivins Memoir →

Review: Hard Ground by Tom Waits & Michael O’Brien

I picked my 6 year old son, Harry, up from school today and we went back to the house and spent time together lying side by side on the living room floor, looking at the photographs in Hard Ground. Neither of us said much; I would occasionally comment on the sadness in someone's eyes and … Continue reading Review: Hard Ground by Tom Waits & Michael O’Brien →