The purpose of the Journey of a Cookbook blog is to tell the story of what it’s like to write... Read More
The Cookbook is HERE!
Okay. So I have had it for about a week. It’s been hard to get to the blog, for a... Read More
Things I Don’t Want to Forget about Tess going to Kindergarten
This morning, I sent my baby off to kindergarten. She is very different from her older sister, Emma, who has... Read More
Virginia Living Magazine
Virginia Living is the kind of magazine you can’t resist when you see it on doctor’s office table or on... Read More
Sibling Rivalry, Sibling Love
One of the things that I worried about when I was expecting my second child was that she and Emma... Read More
Meditation on green beans
Note: This is not about the cookbook, though it is about food. This column was originally published in a great... Read More
Updated Schedule for Mrs. Rowe’s Cookbook Tour
Sept. 27—Book Roll-out party/special at Mrs. Rowe’s Restaurant and Bakery, Staunton, Va. Sept 30/Oct. 1—The Fortune-Williams Music Festival, Frontier Culture... Read More
Good News, Bad News?
Today has been one of those emotional roller coaster days. Someone left a message at Mrs. Rowe’s Family Restaurant that... Read More
So, you Wanna be a Writer?
I am always amazed by people who say they want to write. Sometimes folks really have some idealized notions of... Read More
Another doll bites the dust
I don’t know, but I think Tess is getting REALLY bored this summer….