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Amanda Harkness

has written for Green Life Guides, LLC, an eco-friendly lifestyle website, and contributed articles for Green Life Guides to Huffington Post Weddings, Huffington Post Green, The Daily Meal and Martha Stewart Weddings. She has also published poetry in the Albion Review, contributes DIY articles to Moxy Magazine and writes entrepreneurial topics for the women’s website, She's Self Employed. In her spare time, Amanda makes hand forged metal jewelry and loves to travel. She has an M.S. in Publishing from Pace University and currently lives in New Haven, CT.

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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 Harkness
July 21, 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 Harkness
December 16, 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 Harkness
November 17, 2015