“The secret to a happy life is learning how to take pleasure in little things. . . . It’s about not being oblivious to the sights and smells and things you can reach out and touch and just the things that make you happy to be alive.” Ruth Reichl to Michele Parente, No more disguises: Ruth Reichl ...
cookbook authors
Marguerite Patten: First BBC Female TV Cook, Prolific Cookbook Author
Mention "budget cooking," and cookbook authors like Beth Moncel, Jamie Oliver, Toni Okamoto, or Jeff Smith might pop into your head, but prolific cookbook author Marguerite Patten, or Hilda Elsie Marguerite Patten, cooked on a budget before it was trendy. In fact, it was necessary. By the ...
Martha Dixon’s Copper Kettle Cookbook
Let's take a look at a program widely known from the 1950s-1970s, at least to Michigan folks. If you were within the vicinity of the WJIM-TV station, you were likely tuning into Martha Dixon's The Copper Kettle. Long before Martha Stewart hit the airwaves with her signature catchphrase, "And ...
