"The Sweet Potato Queens' Guide to Raising Children for Fun & Profit," by Jill Conner Browne (Simon & Schuster, $22.95) ...more

February 17, 2008

"The Genetic Strand: Exploring a Family History Through DNA," by Edward Ball (Simon & Schuster, $25) ...more

December 30, 2007

Looking for some last-minute literary gifts for the pet lover in your life? Or maybe the pet? ...more

December 15, 2007

Fun "The Food Snob's Dictionary: An Essential Lexicon of Gastronomical Knowledge," by David Kamp and Marion Rosenfeld (Broadway Books, $12.95). This book's definition of a food snob? "A food obsessive for whom the actual joy of eating and cooking is but a side dish to the accumulation of arcane knowledge about these subjects." The rest of the book is equally as irreverent. ...more

November 28, 2007

Looking for a fun and informative gift for a food lover on your holiday list? Consider this selection of culinary books. ...more

November 27, 2007

When I interviewed poet Peter Meinke recently, he talked about the poem 'P-Town, '04' in his book, 'The Contracted World.' ...more

October 19, 2007