Are You Fed Up? You Will Be Soon
There’s a new documentary out that aims to prove that “everything we’ve been told about food and exercise for the past 30 years is dead wrong.” That’s a strong statement, and mostly true if the only...
View ArticleThe Beekman 1802 Heirloom Vegetable Cookbook + A Tomato Tart Recipe
by guest bloggers Brent Ridge and Josh Kilmer-Purcell, The Beekman Boys One warm summer day, a family with a 4-year-old came to visit us at Beekman Farm. As we walked around the heirloom vegetable...
View ArticleWhy We Crave Rescue Fantasies
by guest blogger Maya Rodale, author of smart and sassy romance novels In Pakistan, people watched as a pregnant woman was stoned to death by her own father for marrying the man she loved. In India,...
View ArticleLove Is Dangerous…Still
The other weekend the Sunday New York Times Book Review had its annual summer reading issue. Now, it’s not like I need any more books to read, since I already have around 50 on my reading pile (almost...
View ArticleDoes Art Imitate Life? Uh-oh!
by guest blogger Renee James, humorist and blogger I can always count on my sons to introduce a provocative topic into the conversation, one that almost always makes me think about things a little...
View ArticleLaurie David Dishes on Family Dinner
Recently, I had the pleasure of sitting down for a quick interview with activist, author, and producer Laurie David to discuss her new documentary film Fed Up, which looks into our problematic sugar...
View ArticleOde to Tom Robbins
I vividly remember my first Tom Robbins book. It was Even Cowgirls Get the Blues, and I first spotted it in my father’s reading pile. “What on earth,” I thought to myself, “was my dad doing with a book...
View ArticleSign Off the Internet and Start Reading Outside
by guest blogger Maya Rodale, author of smart and sassy romance novels Stop reading this blog. It’s summer and you should turn off the Internet, pick up a book, and take it outside to a hammock, a park...
View ArticleYour Life, By Bike
by Elly Blue, writer and bicycle activist An excerpt from Everyday Bicycling: How to Ride a Bike for Transportation (Whatever Your Lifestyle) When I started riding a bike, I didn’t make any wardrobe...
View ArticleAs You Wish
by guest blogger Renee James, humorist and blogger Like many people, I have a list of what I call “always-watchable” movies. When I come across one, I’ll stop on a favorite scene or two, or I’ll...
View ArticleI Almost Quit Writing; This Book Is Why I Didn’t
by guest blogger Maya Rodale, author of smart and sassy romance novels Earlier this year, I almost quit writing. The hours are endless, the pay is wildly unpredictable, and writing emotionally driven...
View Article3 Books about What Life Feels like for Girls
by guest blogger Maya Rodale, author of smart and sassy romance novels When I was in college, I decided that I would only study what interested me, not what would clearly lead to a job. So I took...
View ArticleCelebrating the Harvest of Middle Age, or Becoming a Peach
by guest blogger Elizabeth Murray, author Living Life in Full Bloom: 120 Daily Practices to Deepen Your Passion, Creativity & Relationships This is the season of harvest when all of the hard work,...
View ArticleBeyond Kale: Go Green Like the Greeks
by Diane Kochilas, author of Ikaria: Lessons on Food, Life, and Longevity from the Greek Island Where People Forget to Die It’s a global world. A few weeks ago at my local farmer’s market, I saw kale...
View Article2014’s Best Books for Women
by guest blogger Maya Rodale, author of smart and sassy romance novels My goal this year was to read 100 books, including everything on my to-be-read (TBR) shelf and all those books I’d bought and...
View ArticleThe Top 5 Business Books I Read This Year
I don’t usually read a lot of business books. My primary reading time is right before bed, and reading books about business right before going to sleep not only doesn’t feel right, but it also leads...
View ArticleIn Defense of Fairy Tales
The other day I saw the first half of an Albert Einstein quote: “If you want your children to be intelligent, read them fairy tales. If you want them to be more intelligent…” At this point the quote...
View ArticleWhy I Read Romance Novels
by guest blogger Maya Rodale, author of smart and sassy romance novels I started reading romance novels in college at my mother’s insistence (long-ish story). As a student of women’s literature, she...
View ArticleYou Say You Want a Revolution
by guest blogger Megan Mulry, writer of sexy, stylish romantic fiction “It is plain that a life which includes deep resentment leads only to futility and unhappiness.” —Alcoholics Anonymous I spend a...
View Article10 Things I Learned from Reading Romance Novels
From the very first lines of the very first romance novel I ever read in 1977 (Shanna, by Kathleen E. Woodiwiss), I was hooked: “Night gripped the city with cold, misty darkness… The miserable night...
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