In the past year, society across the world has had to endure the most unprecedented executive orders which have controlled their civil liberties. Along with the widespread lockdowns, demands for social distancing, and mask-wearing, people have also been divided on many other important issues. In...

Steeped: My Search for Tea and Transformation in India by Bill Giebler is a non-fiction travel memoir that takes the reader on a journey of discovery at exactly the moment the author is certain that the whole thing is impossible. Ludicrous, even. He's the head...

Sashiko for Beginners: An Inspirational Guide to Japanese Quilting by Freya Gates is about Sashiko, a form of decorative running stitch technique that is now being used in making quilts, purses, handbags, or small pillows. This decorative reinforcement stitching or functional embroidery from Japan started...

San Francisco Values: Common Ground For Getting America Back on Track is a work of non-fiction that focuses on social, cultural, and political issues, and was penned by author duo Geri Spieler and Rick Kaplowitz. Centered on the topic of what exactly All-American values are,...

We tend to take for granted what we enjoyed in our youth: time spent with grandparents, learning Grandma’s traditional recipes, and pottering about together in the kitchen. There is love involved in the making of food, the serving of it, and the enjoyment of eating...

It is not often that we experience a memoir that is both profound and articulate in narrating episodes in the author’s life. Yasmin Azad’s Stay, Daughter: A Memoir of Muslim Girlhood is a striking account of a Muslim girl’s struggles in her coming of age...

If you love all things French or just a good travelogue with a culinary angle, Searching for Family and Traditions at the French Table, Book One (Champagne, Alsace, Lorraine, and Paris Regions) in The Savoring the Olde Ways Series by Carole Bumpus is for you....

So You Think You Know CANADA, Eh? Fascinating Fun Facts and Trivia about Canada for the Entire Family is a non-fiction educational book written by Marianne Jennings. The author has long been an admirer of the grand and sprawling country to our north. In her...

Songs of an Irish Poet: The Mary O'Leary Story by Brian Brennan presents the life and poetic works of Mary O’Leary. O'Leary is one of the last representatives of the Gaelic literary tradition. She lived between the 18th and the 19th centuries when knowledge of...

Sauce on Sunday: An Ancestral Journey to Find my Sicilian Roots by Janet Sierzant is a fascinating book that enables readers to experience the sights and sounds of Sicily, its geography, culture, people, and most importantly, the food. The book evokes feelings of nostalgia and...