First published in 1944 (the same year it is set), it intertwines the reality of Britain at war and a delightfully unserious tone. Amidst food rations, petrol shortages, and city evacuees are hidden mince-pies, vapid couples, and a doddering lawyer.
Best Books of 2022
It’s time to look back on the year and take stock. I reviewed dozens of titles, and read even more. Here were my favorite reads in 2022.
REVIEW: The Album
The setting is The Crescent, an enclave of five old houses inhabited by five old families. Although it is now firmly in the 1930s, these families live apart from most modern cares, employing Victorian traditions in their Victorian mansions. Then someone is murdered…
Recipes Inspired by The Bishop’s Wife (1947)
Food is central to The Bishop’s Wife. Here is a three course meal inspired by their dishes.
Jimmy Stewart: An American Icon
The kindly Elwood P. Dowd, the insistent L.B. Jefferies, the hypnotized Scottie Ferguson, the fast-talking MacCauley O’Connor, the complicated Ransom Stoddard. The man who was always billed as James Stewart, but was so beloved that an entire country called him Jimmy. The man whose Oscar was on display on a shelf in his father’s hardware store for more than three decades.