Intermezzo: 2024 book list

The first time I heard Linda Emond’s voice, she was playing a Swedish Interpol agent on the series “Death and Other Details.” Maybe it was the faux Swedish accent (I’ve had a thing for Ingrid Bergman and Greta Garbo since I was a teenager), or maybe it was just that it was a voice withContinue reading “Intermezzo: 2024 book list”

Review: Yossy Arefi’s Snacking Cakes: Simple Treats for Anytime Cravings

I first read Yossy Arefi’s cookbook Snacking Cakes while our family was camping out at my mother-in-law’s house so that the furnace at our house could be replaced. It was winter, and very cold outside, and inside we were cozy, but we were all thrown for a loop by the displacement. I was reading theContinue reading “Review: Yossy Arefi’s Snacking Cakes: Simple Treats for Anytime Cravings”