Book Review: The Happiness Trap

2024-03-13T10:17:45-07:00By |

I lead an every-other-month book club at Menu for Change, and our most recent book pick was Russ Harris' The Happiness Trap: How to Stop Struggling and Start Living. I originally bought the book based on recommendations from colleagues who work with patients who struggle with emotional eating, anxiety, eating disorders, and so on. Their recommendations were spot-on.

Book Review: The Third Plate

2024-03-13T10:17:53-07:00By |

I realize that the normal thing would be to wait until actually finishing a book before writing a review, but I so enjoyed reading as far as page 198 of 447 of Dan Barber's The Third Plate: Field Notes on the Future of Food, plus so many references to Barber and his restaurants popped in the last week or so, that I felt like the stars were aligned (or something).

Books For New Cooks

2024-03-13T10:23:49-07:00By |

This is an update of an earlier post in which I tried to limit myself to selecting five cookbooks from my library that I thought would be good for newbie cooks. I didn’t quite hit the mark, as you can see. And I’m adding one more that I’ve recently acquired. What can I say, other than, “Hello, my name’s Carrie and I’m a cookbook addict.”

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