I happened to be looking at a yarn store this weekend and came across this book Retro Knits: Cool Vintage Patterns for Men, Women, and Children from the 1900's through the 1970's. This book has some really great patterns in it. I particularly like the 1930's and 40's sweater patterns that have...

Do you watch the Food Network on television? I do and two of my favorite chefs/cooks have new books out. The first one is Bobby Flay's Burgers, Fries and Shakes. The title says it all. The first part of the book is all about the burger. Flay first talks about how he makes his perfect burgers and...

Remember the old terrariums way back when? Well, they are popular again and with that popularity comes a new book by Tovah Martin entitled The New Terrarium. Martin is a well known author and is a contributor to Culivating Flowers on PBS.

When plants live in an enclosed space, they thrive with very...

A few weeks ago, I had an opportunity to see Paula Deen in person. What a treat that was. She was so cordial and such a personable person. Her new cookbook, The Deen Family Cookbook is also available now and it looks like a good one. If you like Paula Deen you will not be disappointed.

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If you love to garden, then you probably have container gardens as well. I love to use container gardens as they provide me the flexibility to try different plants that otherwise I could not grow. A new book, The Container Gardener's Bible by Joanna K. Harrison is a new book and it is quite good....