This enchanting cookbook by Carol Callahan allows us to reverse time and transcend space in order to enter a period and place in American history when confidence abounded and all things seemed possible and some Chicago families were able to live in a manner never to be equaled. Judge for yourself. The thirty-five illustrations that accompany the text document what a grand life-style it was. "If you want to see the richest half-dozen blocks in Chicago. . . drive down Prairie Avenue from Sixteenth Street to Twenty-second. Right there is a cluster of millionaires not to be matched for numbers anywhere else in the country." -- Chicago Herald, 1887 And the Herald wasn't guilty of braggadocio. Prairie Avenue was home to such august individuals as Marshall Field, George Pullman, Philip Armour, Gustavus Swift, William Kimball, Samuel Allerton, Joseph Sears, and John Glessner. Among the delights they enjoyed were the joys of the table-- the recipes for which, preserved by family members, are shared here for the first time. Carol Callahan makes it possible to taste the flavors of that opulent era with a collection of more than two hundred historic recipes from the prominent nineteenth-century families of Prairie Avenue. All of the recipes have been tested and modernized for today's cook. They range from everything you might like for breakfast to however you' d like your oysters to snacks, soups, salads, entré es, preserves, desserts, and some power-packed Prairie Avenue party punches. To place these dishes in their proper context, Callahan includes family anecdotes gathered through oral history interviews that encompass food, meals, health, and entertainment as well as other aspects of nineteenth-century Chicago life. Callahan devotes part of the book to discussions of the foods available to Prairie Avenue residents, the impact of the rapidly changing technology on cooking, the fine art of dining, the ritual of calling, the problems and pleasures of servants in the household, the children of Prairie Avenue, and the effect of the 1893 World's Colombian Exposition on Chicago. Whether you elect to prepare these Victorian delights or simply savor them in your imagination, the Prairie Avenue Cookbook is sumptuous fare.

Becoming a husband and family man in the middle of a raging land feud isn’t the destiny Galen Callahan saw for himself. But once he laid eyes on Rose Carstairs, he knew the bouncy blond with the warrior heart was his future.

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The McBride Menaces are all grown up as Emily March's beloved Bad Luck Wedding series continues with HER BODYGUARD, the first in the Bad Luck Brides trilogy. When a fortune-teller reveals that she and her sisters have the power to end the Curse of Clan McBride forever, pragmatic chocolatier Mari McBride dismisses the claim as nonsense. But when a series of tragedies befall her family and send her on a quest to save those she loves, she turns to mysterious gunslinger, Luke Garrett, for help. Luke’s desire to protect—and seduce—the beautiful Menace leads them both into danger. The violent collision of Luke's past and present reveal sinister secrets that threaten what Mari holds dear. Is she cursed to be the next victim of McBride bad luck? Or will the true love of a wicked man be her—and her sisters’—salvation?

New York Times bestselling author Emily March continues the tale of the McBride Menaces, first introduced in THE BAD LUCK WEDDING DRESS. Now the three troublemakers are all grown up—and still causing trouble. After tragedy touches her life, Kat McBride fully intends to put aside her mischievous ways—until she meets a scoundrel that calls to her inner Menace. Legendary adventurer Jake Kimball is dashing, daring, and dangerous to the likes of brokenhearted Kat McBride. After searching the world over for lost treasures, he discovers the most valuable prize of all in a peaceful English garden. Tempted, the scoundrel does what comes naturally—he attempts to steal the prize. It's just his luck that emerald necklaces—and Texas roses—aren't quite what they appear to be.

Tormented by tragedy, Logan Grey vows to live his life alone, but his willpower is tested by the captivating Caroline Kilpatrick. Caroline knows treasure waits within Black Shadow Canyon, and it’s not the rumored stolen gold. Desperate to recover all she has lost, she makes Logan an offer he can’t refuse—and together they battle outlaws, danger and desire. He’s a hired gunman with walls around his heart. She’s a determined woman with trouble on her trail. They have a history they cannot deny, and an attraction they cannot control. With the ultimate battle looming, Caroline realizes she must risk everything to capture the love of a loner. The Loner is a historical romance of approximately 95000 words and was originally published by Emily March writing as Geralyn Dawson. The Loner is a historical romance of approximately 95,000 words and was previously published by Emily March writing as Geralyn Dawson