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  • Enjoy a Lakeside Chat with the Grandson of Ernest Hemingway–Author John Patrick Hemingway

    Enjoy a Lakeside Chat with the Grandson of Ernest Hemingway–Author John Patrick Hemingway

      Nobel and Pulitzer Prize winning author (and Walloon Lake’s most noted summer resident) Ernest Hemingway came from a family of creative types and has since left a legacy of writing that extends for generations. Among those is his grandson, John Patrick Hemingway, author of Strange Tribe (The Lyons Press, 2007) – a memoir that details the turbulent, love/hate relationship between…

    Jane Simon Ammeson

    February 28, 2023
    #books, #BookTok, Adventure, Book signings, Cocktails, Ernest Hemingway, Michigan, Walloon Lake
    #books, Author event, Book event, book signing, Cocktails, Ernest Hemingway, John Patrick Hemingway, Michigan, Northern Michigan, Pilar's Rum, Talcott Event Center, Travel, Walloon Lake, Walloon Lake Inn
  • Stone Cold Fox: Lessons in Gold Digging

    Stone Cold Fox: Lessons in Gold Digging

    A perfect ten, Bea is a woman who knows her own worth and is willing to employ her beauty to achieve her ultimate goal—marrying not just a rich man, but a mega-millionaire. And she’s found her mark, the sweet, seemingly uncomplicated Collin Case. Sure he’s a little dull, but big bucks are big bucks and…

    Jane Simon Ammeson

    February 20, 2023
    #books, #BookTok, Fiction, mystery
    Fiction, Humor, mystery, Stone Cold Fox
  • Deadline: eOne Making TV Adaptation Of Janice Hallett’s ‘The Twyford Code’; Gary Neville’s ‘The Overlap’ Tours With Sky Max; ‘Alien Storm’ Cast Set; Indian Originals Land MENA Homes; Mastiff TV Hires — Global Briefs

    https://deadline.com/2023/01/gary-nevilles-the-overlap-tours-sky-max-global-briefs-1235245191/

    Jane Simon Ammeson

    January 31, 2023
    #books, Adventure, Fiction, mystery
    #books, English mystery, Fiction, Mystery-Thriller
  • Destination Heartland: A Guide to Discovering the Midwest’s Remarkable Past

    Destination Heartland: A Guide to Discovering the Midwest’s Remarkable Past

              “I wanted to dispel the myth that the Midwest is boring,” Cynthia Clampitt tells me when I ask about the inspiration for writing Destination Heartland: A Guide to Discovering the Midwest’s Remarkable Past (University of Illinois Press), her book about the many fascinating places to visit in the stretch of our country from the…

    Jane Simon Ammeson

    January 31, 2023
    #books, #BookTok, Food, Food History, Regional, Travel
    #books, Cynthia Clampitt, Destination Heartland, Destinations, Food History, Midwest, Regional, Regional cuisine, Travel
  • Murder and Mayhem 2023: Great Mysteries From Crime Reads

    Murder and Mayhem 2023: Great Mysteries From Crime Reads

    Jane Simon Ammeson

    January 24, 2023
    #books, #BookTok, mystery, Thriller
    #books, crime, Fiction, Murder, Mystery-Thriller
  • If Walls Could Talk: Lake Chapala’s historic buildings and their former occupants

    If Walls Could Talk: Lake Chapala’s historic buildings and their former occupants

    Now one of the most popular retirement area for Americans and Canadians, the Lake Chapala Region, nestled in a valley almost a mile high in Mexico’s Volcanic Axis,  has long been a draw for ex-pats and vacationers, lured by its almost perfect climate and beauty. In his book If Walls Could Talk: Chapala’s historic buildings…

    Jane Simon Ammeson

    January 23, 2023
    #books, #BookTok, Adventure, Culture, Food, Food History, Historic Architecture, History, Mexico, Mexico Travel, Recipes, Travel
    Cookbooks, Culture, Food, Historic Architecture, Historic Preservation, History, Lake Chapala, Literary, Mexico, Recipes, Road Trips, Tony Burton, Travel
  • Deliberate Cruelty: Truman Capote, The Millionaire’s Wife, and the Murder of the Century

    Deliberate Cruelty: Truman Capote, The Millionaire’s Wife, and the Murder of the Century

    With the grit and determination to overcome very similar hardscrabble backgrounds, Truman Capote and Ann Woodward both rose to pinnacles in New York’s glittering mid-century high society. But overcoming such comparable odds didn’t make them fast friends. Instead, Ann’s coarse description of Capote’s sexual orientation turned him into a virulent foe. Eventually, each would plummet,…

    Jane Simon Ammeson

    January 18, 2023
    #books, #BookTok, Murder, True Crime
    #books, Ann Woodward, Deliberate Cruelty, Homicide, In Cold Blood, Murder, Roseanne Montillo, True Crime, Truman Capote
  • Salamati: Hamed’s Persian Kitchen: Recipes and Stories from Iran to the Other Side of the World

    “for the adventuresome home chef, Allahyari offers a world of flavors.” In mortal danger for his beliefs, Hamed Allahyari and his pregnant girlfriend fled their homeland of Iran, first spending two months in Indonesia and then, after grueling hours long by truck over badly paved back roads and then days crammed aboard a boat another…

    Jane Simon Ammeson

    January 17, 2023
    Cookbooks, Culture, Food, Food History, Recipes
    Abdoogh Khiar, Cookbooks, Food, Ghahve Khunee Omelette (Street-Food Tomato Omelette), Hamed Allahyyari, Iran, New York Journal of Books, Persia, Persian food, Persian Love Cake, Regional, Sabzi Pofow Ba Mahi (Fish with Herb Pilaf), Salamati, Zeytoon Parvadrah (Olive and Walnuts Chunky Dip)
  • Singapore Cooking: Fabulous Recipes from Asia’s Food Capital

    Singapore Cooking: Fabulous Recipes from Asia’s Food Capital

    “If you love to cook, are undaunted with unique ingredients, and want to capture the flavors of another land, accept the challenge and get cooking.” In the late 1800s and early 1900s, chop suey houses were all the rage. Opening early and closing late, they were a place to get a good, cheap meal no…

    Jane Simon Ammeson

    January 16, 2023
    #books, #BookTok, Asian cuisine, Cookbooks, Recipes
    #books, Anthony Bourdain, Asian cuisine, Christopher Tan, Cookbooks, Edmond Hho, Food, Recipes, Singapore Cooking: Fabulous Recipes from Asia's Food Capital, Terry Tan, The New York Journal of Books, Tuttle Publishing
  • 75 Delicious Recipes: Cheesecake Love

    75 Delicious Recipes: Cheesecake Love

    “If it doesn’t have cheesecake in it, it should” is the baking motto that Jocelyn Brubaker lives by. Over the years, she has baked thousands of cheesecakes and challenged herself to work cheesecake into any and every dessert for the millions of readers who try and trust the recipes on her blog. Now, in her…

    Jane Simon Ammeson

    January 15, 2023
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