RAVE REVIEWS—With Every Breath

RAVE REVIEWS—With Every Breath

Reviewed by Susan E. Richardson In 1891, Kate Livingston works as a statistician and helps her parents run their Washington, D.C. boarding house. Many statesmen and ambassadors, sometimes with their wives and families, live under their roof, adding interest to...
FOOD FOR THOUGHT—Ladies Who Lunch

FOOD FOR THOUGHT—Ladies Who Lunch

By Lydia Bolen I grew up in Southwest Mississippi in the 1950s and 60s. What to serve at an afternoon club meeting was always discussed for weeks before my mother or my grandmother were to be a hostess. Memories of tomato aspic, creamed chicken on toast points, cheese...