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Black Pepper Visions Original Folktales & Stories You Can Eat With Foodlore and Recipes By Karen Pierce Gonzalez $15 ISBN 978-0-9822888-6-3 Black pepper swirls that absorb anger, tortillas that mend broken-hearts, and sun-dried cookies that encircle a cheating spouse (again) are only three of 16 fast-paced stories in Black Pepper Visions: Original Folktales & Stories You Can Eat....

What do you do when a moose gets loose in your store? What do you say to someone who is being shipped out to war? In the collection of literary short stories by author Mary Hitchcock Cone, Moose Mash and Other Stories (Folkheart Press 2011) these answers will be revealed. Mary is considered to be a short story master but that is not all she is known for. She is also a devoted mother to her...

FolkHeart Press The Art of Folktales Announces Spanish Cuisine One Region At A Time: Catalonia Dishes Up Spanish Foodlore FolkHeart Press announces the launch of a new e-book, Spanish Cuisine One Region at a Time: Catalonia that celebrates the popular Barcelona food lore and related family folktales of Spanish Chef Eduardo Balaguer during the nationally recognized...

The most blustery months of the year occur in early spring. March and April are rife with wind-blown possibilities, especially because these sun gladdened, blossom-filled months lure everyone outdoors. We all know that this is kite season, complete with large spools of thread and dazzling colored kites swirling in the sky overhead.Just last night while walking my dog in the neighborhood park, I...

Folk traditions span the globe. One of my favorite is coming up in July in Northern California.Obon Odori, which is celebrated around the world during the summer months is a community outdoor dance that honors those who have passed, and return to earth once a year to enjoy the earthly pleasures. The dances are performed in two or more concentric circles with the dance instructors in...