Librarian's Muse

Here's an astonishing fact:  Half of America's mushrooms are grown in one tiny corner of southeastern Pennsylvania, near the town of...

Scottish actor Sean Connery, born Thomas Connery in Fountainbridge, Edinburgh, began as a milkman and a bodybuilder before getting work in t...

Iraqi Salad   Beets, cucumbers and chickpeas are in this refreshing, easy dish.  Link to other recipes by Candice at http://www.boushala.com...

The cranberry bean is a creamy, meaty bean with a tender skin and rich nutty flavor.  It’s a little bigger than a pinto bean, less “beany” i...

Thomas Stearns Eliot   OM  (1888–1965) was a  poet ,  essayist ,  publisher ,  playwright ,  literary critic  and  editor .  Considered one ...