The Drunken Botanist by Amy Stewart

Stewart, A. (2013). The Drunken Botanist. Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill; New York.  Amy Stewart has here provided every curious tippler with the natural origins of their favorite drinks. She is an award-winning author of six books on the natural world and lives in Eureka, California, where she owns an antiquarian bookstore and tends to…

Reconnecting with Healthy Eating

There was a time when I felt closely in touch with the world of health and nutrition. I took a strong interest in the topic throughout my teens, and was generally aware of what different types of foods did inside the body. More recently, I’ve either lost that knowledge or chosen to forget it –…