Book Reviews by Lisa Brown
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“Antoni: Let’s Do Dinner” by Antoni Porowski; “Everyone’s Table” by Gregory Gourdet
Summer’s intensely hot, humid days are on the way out, much…
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“Shuk: From Market to Table, the Heart of Israeli Home Cooking” (Einat Admony and Janna Gur) by Lisa E. Brown
Do you know what a shuk is?
I must admit that the term was…
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“The New Frontier: 112 Fantastic Favorites for Everyday Eating” (Ree Drummond), by Lisa E. Brown
Do you have any authors that seem like old friends? You read…
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“Stonewall: A building, an uprising, a revolution” (Rob Sanders and Jamey Christoph), by Lisa E. Brown
Fifty years ago, in the summer of 1969, many significant events…
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Stay: A Girl, a Dog, a Bucket List (Kate Klise and M. Sarah Klise), by Lisa E. Brown
Dogs. I love ‘em.
So when I saw “Stay” featured on the…
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Cravings: Hungry for More (Chrissy Teigen), by Lisa E. Brown
I must admit that when I received Chrissy Teigen's first cookbook,…
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Pride: The Story of Harvey Milk and the Rainbow Flag (Rob Sanders, Illustrated by Steven Salerno), by Lisa E. Brown
Although I don't read a lot of children's storybooks, one occasionally…