Amanda Harkness

Nonfiction

Books About Wine to Feast on This Thanksgiving and Beyond

You can keep your cranberries and candied yams. Everyone knows that turkey—and Uncle Bob’s stories—go best with a nice glass of wine. While everyone else is busy dressing their turkeys and mashing their potatoes, I’ll be on the hunt for the best wine to bring to the Thanksgiving Day table.…

Amanda HarknessNovember 20, 2017

Miscellany

NEW Mayor of NYC Announces #MeatlessMondays at Gracie Mansion! We’ve Got Recipes!

We love food, whether it's a recipe that's been passed down in the family, or updates on classics from our favorite stars. But we also want that food to be pretty healthy (we're trying to be good, okay?), and when we heard the news that fifteen schools in Brooklyn, NY, are going…

Amanda HarknessOctober 23, 2017

Fiction

Alexandra Kleeman’s ‘Intimations’: An Absurdist’s View of Costume Parties and Lobster Dinners

When Alexandra Kleeman’s debut novel You Too Can Have a Body Like Mine released last year, I was lucky enough to be able to interview her on BookTrib. The buzz around her new book was palpable and it was unlike anything that I’d read before. The debut earned her comparisons…

Amanda HarknessSeptember 22, 2016

Miscellany

Leave Your Reading Comfort Zone — Go on a Blind Date with a Book!

A few weeks ago I took a trip to one of my favorite U.S. cities, Asheville, North Carolina. In between hikes in the Blue Ridge Mountains, strolls through the River Arts District and lazy river tubing down the French Broad River, I also found some time to pop into one…

Amanda HarknessAugust 22, 2016

Romance

Top 3 Summer Harlequin Mira Romances for Thrill Seekers

Anyone who claims they're not a fan of romance is telling tall tales. It’s essentially a part of every book, film and television show out there. It seems as though it's less about romance and more about the type of romance that one prefers. To me, the best romance novels are always peppered with a…

Amanda HarknessJuly 21, 2016

Nonfiction

Beat the Heat with No-Bake Treats from the Creator of Beyond Frosting Blog

It’s been a pretty tame summer until this week’s heat wave hit on the East Coast and today’s the kind of blistering sweatfest where ice cream sundaes turn to colorful puddles in a matter of seconds. I couldn’t think of a better time than now to satisfy my sweet tooth…

Amanda HarknessJuly 8, 2016

Fiction

5 Mind-Bending Books to Read Before Wayward Pines Returns

It takes a really great show to get me hooked like Wayward Pines did. Just when you think that life in this strange town is settling into normalcy the very last shot of the final episode reveals some deeply disturbing occurrences. I was completely sucked into this series the entire…

Amanda HarknessMay 23, 2016

Nonfiction

Holiday Baking: Up Your Gingerbread Game with Maple Syrup

cr: gingerbread-house-heaven.com Christmas comes but once a year and with it, all those signature Christmas cookies. My family bakes and feasts on carmelitas, coconut macaroons, raspberry walnut thumbprints, anisettes, butterballs and of course, sugar cookies. That’s a little too ambitious for me. While all the cookie freaks out there are…

Amanda HarknessDecember 16, 2015

Nonfiction

The Meal You’ll Want to Cook Tonight from Dinner for Two

Since moving in with my carb-loving other half, I may have overestimated our appetites. To be fair, I’ve been known to put away an entire meatball parm in record time, and he’s recently acquired the nickname “the compactor” due to his ability to crush meals. However, this doesn’t mean that…

Amanda HarknessDecember 2, 2015

BooksToScreen Fiction

Hey, Hollywood! Your Next Hot Movie Franchise Should be Katherine Neville’s Books

One day somebody at Disney woke up and realized that there are eight Mary Poppins books and decided to cash in on that revelation with a new live-action movie. Not that I have anything against our favorite umbrella-wielding British nanny, but seriously Hollywood, is this all you’ve got? Apparently, they’ve…

Amanda HarknessNovember 24, 2015

Nonfiction

Thinking of Going Vegan? Let These 2 Cookbooks be Your Guide

Forward-thinking culinary adventures have been the main course lately, from Mark Bittman joining The Purple Carrot (a subscription service where healthy, premeasured vegan ingredients are delivered to your door) to Panera Bread announcing that they are adding more plant-based ingredients to their menu in an effort to keep their guests…

Amanda HarknessNovember 17, 2015

Nonfiction

A Tour Through the Smorgasburg of Food in Brooklyn — Plus a GIVEAWAY!

Feast your eyes on Made in Brooklyn: An Essential Guide to the Borough’s Artisanal Food & Drink Makers (Powerhouse Books, October 20, 2015) by Melissa Schreiber Vaughan, Susanne König and Heather Weston. Part source book, part travel guide—and gorgeous on your coffee table—Made in Brooklyn takes you on a culinary…

Amanda HarknessOctober 21, 2015

Nonfiction

Chocolate Lovers: Sandra Boynton Returns — Plus a Fairytale Brownies Giveaway!

Sandra Boynton What do you really want from your chocolate? Are you looking for a constant companion or an infrequent nibble? Perhaps you need some mood stabilization therapy through cacao consumption—or do you just want a quick sugar fix? You can now realize your full chocolate-loving potential because Sandra Boynton’s…

Amanda HarknessOctober 12, 2015

Nonfiction

Review: French Cooking Finds a Tasty New Groove in Bistronomy

The next time you order a haricot verts salad with carefully selected seasonal produce or a fresh plate of creamy burrata from a small plates menu, just remember where it all started: Paris, France, 1992. In Bistronomy: Recipes from the Best New Paris Bistros (Rizzoli; September 22, 2015) author and…

Amanda HarknessOctober 7, 2015

Nonfiction

5 Fabulous Fusion Tacos You’ve Never Heard of (But Will Love)

Chances are when you grab a quick taco from your favorite food truck it comes with all the traditional trimmings: meat or fish, shredded lettuce, red cabbage, tomato, cheese, some guacamole, sour cream, hot sauce and a wedge of lime. Pair with a side of refried beans and cilantro rice…

Amanda HarknessSeptember 21, 2015

Nonfiction

Extend Your Gardening Season with a DIY Cold Frame

I am a vegetable-growing novice but there is one thing that I do know – August still provides plenty of time to plant a plentiful harvest, especially if you get down with your handy self and take a little time to construct a cold frame. Simply put, a cold frame…

Amanda HarknessAugust 24, 2015

Amanda Harkness

Books About Wine to Feast on This Thanksgiving and Beyond

NEW Mayor of NYC Announces #MeatlessMondays at Gracie Mansion! We’ve Got Recipes!

Alexandra Kleeman’s ‘Intimations’: An Absurdist’s View of Costume Parties and Lobster Dinners

Leave Your Reading Comfort Zone — Go on a Blind Date with a Book!

Top 3 Summer Harlequin Mira Romances for Thrill Seekers

Beat the Heat with No-Bake Treats from the Creator of Beyond Frosting Blog

5 Mind-Bending Books to Read Before Wayward Pines Returns

Holiday Baking: Up Your Gingerbread Game with Maple Syrup

The Meal You’ll Want to Cook Tonight from Dinner for Two

Hey, Hollywood! Your Next Hot Movie Franchise Should be Katherine Neville’s Books

Thinking of Going Vegan? Let These 2 Cookbooks be Your Guide

A Tour Through the Smorgasburg of Food in Brooklyn — Plus a GIVEAWAY!

Chocolate Lovers: Sandra Boynton Returns — Plus a Fairytale Brownies Giveaway!

Review: French Cooking Finds a Tasty New Groove in Bistronomy

5 Fabulous Fusion Tacos You’ve Never Heard of (But Will Love)

Extend Your Gardening Season with a DIY Cold Frame

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