Castaway Cuisine, Fictional and Real
How would you survive if stranded on a desert island with only your wits and the resources at hand?
Summer Reading List: Seven Tasty New Titles
The common thread among these recent releases is that the best food stories are really about people
Salisbury Steak: Civil War Health Food
After 30 years of research Dr. Salisbury finally published his ideas, setting off one of the earliest American fad diets
Books for Dads Who Love to Cook (Or Want to Learn)
Our 21st century culture is encouraging men to dispense with old gender roles and crack out the pots and pans
How E.B. White Wove Charlotte’s Web
A new book explores how the author of the beloved children’s book was inspired by his love for nature and animals
Pen and Ink Dinosaurs: Tommysaurus Rex
Tyrannosaurus rex is the antithesis of everything a good pet should be. “Literally awful and almost certainly needing a special insurance policy” to keep
What Secrets Do Ancient Medical Texts Hold?
The Smithsonian’s Alain Touwaide studies ancient books to identify medicines used thousands of years ago
The Essentials: Six Books on the Civil War
These six histories of the Civil War that are must-reads if you want to better understand the conflict
The Curious World of Zombie Science
Zombies seem to be only growing in popularity, and I’m not talking about the biological kind
Fourteen Fun Facts About Squid, Octopuses and Other Cephalopods
The cephalopod world is huger and more fascinating than the limited taste of the restaurant world
Long Overdue, the Bookmobile Is Back
Even in the age of the Kindle and the Nook, the library on wheels can still attract an audience
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