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At Home: Crafts, Gardens & Cookbooks (2010 Gift Guide)
The staff of the Everett Public Library has put together a fabulous gift guide of books and music in a variety of subjects. You’re sure to find something to please every reader on your list. Why not...
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Resolutions
Like most Americans, I set a few New Year’s Resolutions each year. Sometimes I achieve them. Sometimes I fail miserably. 2010 was a successful year for me. I cooked a lot more with help from the...
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Check Out Some Motivation
Regardless of whether or not you composed a list of resolutions on Saturday, most of us can benefit from eating better, exercising more, and reducing the impact of stress. I’ve been working on little...
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A Craving for Cupcakes
Cupcakes, known as fairy cakes in Great Britain, are not new but have become very popular in the last few years. But what started this craze? Perhaps the popularity started with Sprinkles™, a cupcake...
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Twick or Tweet
Back in the seventies there was a lot of talk about the generation gap, the set of things that separates one generation from another. For example, my parents did not wear bell bottom jeans. I did....
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Slow Cooking With Your Kindle
I’ve been exploring Everett Public’s Kindle holdings on Overdrive, which one can link to from our homepage. E-Readers have their detractors, but I enjoy the convenience of selecting a book at any hour...
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Feast for a Voyeur
In the spirit of giving thanks, breaking bread with friends and family, and cooking for the masses, library staff recently gathered around the table for a most delicious feast: a meal of literary...
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Fail Magnificently
Here we are, firmly wedged into the month of January. The magical glow of New Year’s Eve and memories of our ambitious resolutions have already started to fade. While some just might make this the year...
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Cookbooks for Free
“How much does this book cost?” is a question I get occasionally from pre-school aged children on the library’s bookmobile. The idea of the free public library is a foreign one to some young minds. You...
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Grilled Salmon and DEET
Demonstrating advanced trail food preparation When my husband and I moved here from Chicago, I thought that I was finally coming into my element. Mountains, ocean – all the things the Midwest couldn’t...
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Did You Know? (Egg Edition)
Eggs contain almost all vitamins except C and are a wealth of minerals including iodine, phosphorous, sulphur, zinc, iron, selenium and potassium? I found this information on page 9 in the book How to...
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Holiday Meal Helper, Part 1: Cooking with Confidence
Uh oh. You really did it this time. You have achieved the goal you’ve dreamed of since childhood. You’ve secured the designation of host or hostess for your family’s holiday gathering. Why the long...
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Holiday Meal Helper, Part 2: Planning Perfection
Welcome to the menu portion of my three-part series intended to help you master your holiday host or hostess responsibilities in style. Part I introduced you to the basic cooking skills you need as a...
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Holiday Meal Helper, Part 3: Finishing Flourishes
If you’ve been following my recent posts, you’ll know we’re on a shared journey together. We’re on the quest for a simple, stress-free holiday party. You may not be a master chef but you’ve learned a...
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The Quest
With the holiday season already far in the rear-view mirror, and the joys of summer still months off, I’m deep into winter escapist reading. This season I seem to be drawn to books about people on...
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My Stomach: the Strong, Sensitive Type
I love to eat. I can demolish healthy foods, spicy foods, exotic foods, comfort foods, or the type of horribly unhealthy grub you’d find at state fairs. I take on all comers; the problem is, my...
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Confessions of a Cookbook Enthusiast
Cookbooks fly in and out of the library, sailing across the circulation desk. Their glossy covers tantalize my imagination and whet my appetite with seductive photos and suggestive recipes. I’m lured,...
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Tackling Mixology
Summer is fast approaching, and the social calendar is already filling up. One of the things my husband and I enjoy most is hosting groups of friends at our place for dinners and parties. When we host...
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Just the Facts, Ma’am
The other day I was walking out with an armload of books on CD, and Richard our audio book selector got all excited because he thought I was getting non-fiction (something he’d like to see checked out...
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Transplant in a WA Winter Wonderland
Somehow we’ve managed to stumble into December and the full-blown beginning of winter. As I write this, there’s a rare crust of snow covering the skylight in the Northwest History Room, and I’ve got...
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