Written with hosting in mind and laden with intoxicating dishes, Kim Kushner’s "The Modern Table" is a lovely and inspiring cookbook. Kushner’s repertoire is one of scrumptious, fresh, seasonal, and beautiful dishes that also happen... Read More

Fairy-tale flashes of color dart across this bubbly story that celebrates being alone with one’s own thoughts and dreams. If you are very, very quiet, a girl learns, you can hear whole wondrous worlds moving around you: dragons roar... Read More

A grieving woman’s suicide launches an exploration into unexplored possibilities in Abbigail Nguyen Rosewood’s novel "Constellations of Eve". In this universe, the story of Eve, Liam, and Blue—mother, father, and son—does not end... Read More

Victoria Buitron’s memoir "A Body Across Two Hemispheres" works across two languages and cultures to confront bureaucratic and sexist assumptions that were designed to punish immigrants and women. Born in Ecuador, Buitron moved to... Read More

Witch Queens, Voodoo Spirits & Hoodoo Saints is an enlightening look at those who shaped the unique culture of New Orleans. Each chapter covers an important figure in the history of New Orleans.These include people from history, like... Read More

With propulsive energy, Davin Goodwin’s murder mystery "Paradise Cove" covers a wave of violence on a tropical island, Bonaire. R, a retired detective, runs a small hotel on Bonaire, where he pursues scuba diving and tries to put... Read More

What young woman wouldn’t want to discover a secret basement room filled with sequined gowns, feather boas, and wigs? In Amy Tector’s novel "The Honeybee Emeralds", Alice Ahmadi is that lucky woman. And then she puts her hands in the... Read More

Two sisters search for their grandmother in Kris Spisak’s novel "The Baba Yaga Mask". After their grandmother Vira disappears on a trip to Poland, Larissa and Ira rush to Europe to look for her. The only clues to her whereabouts are... Read More