CS: In your book, your mother comments on many aspects of your life, but she says little about your writing – what does your mother think of your writing and that you have published a book?
AC: I didn’t show anyone in my family a single word until the book was sold, mostly because I was […]

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Broke? Almost there? Want to get the dream revved into high gear but money honey is giving you vertigo?
Here are twenty-five ways I saved those very necessary pennies when I was who am i kidding? still am, in a financial slump :
1. Switched to CFL bulbs: If you think this doesn’t make any difference […]

when i resigned from my corporate job, i was plagued with fear. every day was a meditation on the following:
1. You will be homeless
2. Your friends will think you’re a loser
3. You will be homeless
4. You will think you’re a loser
5. You will be homeless
6. You will end up the loser who begged to get […]

in august 2005, i made what many people, including some of my closest friends, thought was an insane decision: i left my well-paying corporate job to persue something, anything, other. that spring, i had just sold my memoir, and for the months after i submitted my resignation, many people were confused, curiously angry and downright […]

blueberry, black currant, lychee and mango purees - oh my! dye your sorbets teracotta. jazz up a homely sponge cake. fashion sauces for that beef tenderloin. the perfect puree of napa valley offers dozens of purees, which are perfect for at-home cocktail making to industrial kitchens.
got a food find? a culinary website worth […]

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first off, there will be no talk of black wednesday. if you’re seeking precious air kisses, strawberries dipped in velvety chocolate, swooning and red hues, take your ass over to hallmark. today, i’m talking about entertaining. the kind of entertaining where you don’t end up hating all of your friends and regretting they ever set […]

*check out cheryl b’s interview with the formidable RKB.
*this saucy gal has got her writing chops on. she’s written an essay which was included in this book. buy it! buy it! i command you.
*face it, we can’t stop global warming…so let’s get realistic
*dzanc books (founded by one of the two hardest working people in the […]

i agree 110%. why is the low-rent, no talent Rachael Ray on the Food Network? Why does she have 3 shows? And if I hear that she very well might drop something (this isn’t the circus, sweetie pie) or if I hear one more EVOO, I’m going to scream. And Sandra Lee must.be.stopped.now.

my first memory of a book was of me eating one. i ripped apart a book of fairy tales and shoved pages of cinderella and snow white in my mouth, much to the chagrin of my mother who occassionally allowed me this whimsy. sometimes, she would attempt to pry the paper out of my […]

at least i wasn’t the girl who keeping cooing can i sit on your lap, ron. i wanted to say this isn’t christmas and he isn’t santa. this is an office, not Scores.

i’ve been trolling the web for delicious thank you cards and other correspondence notes & cards and i’ve been overwhelmed and i’m looking for a few good people to give me a few good leads. know of great places online where i can order some wonderful stationery, pain-free (other than the usual big-company suspects)? thx!