Excerpts
September 3, 2010
A Labor Day Drink That Packs a Punch!
Why do we celebrate Labor Day? Is it because 200 hundred years ago, President Cleveland was feeling a tad sheepish about that whole Pullman-Strike debacle? Possibly. But I think it serves a …
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August 27, 2010
Love And Drinks With Hammett and Hellman
I feel like I’ve been having a lot of conversations about love lately–or rather, the nature of relationships. And I’ve come to the following conclusion: The very person you pine for, swoon …
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August 23, 2010
Read This:A Wild Snail Excerpt
Everyone at Algonquin is excited about the charming little memoir we’re publishing this week, The Sound of a Wild Snail Eating–a true story about how life, even on the smallest scale, can …
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August 13, 2010
Friday The 13th A Toast To Poe
Happy Friday the 13th! Or is it Unhappy … Either way, it’s a Friday and it’s a day of note so there must be festivities and there must be a toast. And …
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August 2, 2010
Make A Toast At The Round Table
Algonquin Books can’t help but feel a special bond with Dorothy Parker and the members of the Algonquin Round Table, despite the fact that we are not, as many believe, named after …
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July 28, 2010
Beat the heat, Hemingway style
During these long, hot summer days, nothing feels quite so right as sitting down with a good book, a chilled beverage at your side. We hand out suggestions about good books like …
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July 26, 2010
Jam Sessionwith Heather Lende
No, not THAT kind of jam session. We’re talking about berry jam. Fresh-picked, home-made, sticky summer jam. Today, we have an excerpt about jamming from Heather Lende’s Take Good Care of the …
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July 12, 2010
Bill Smithand the Honeysuckle Hunt
Bill Smith has served as chef at Crook’s Corner in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, for more than a decade. His essays have been featured in newspapers and on radio and television, and …
