The Mill on the Floss
by George Eliot

No, it’s not a book about how flour is produced. Instead, it is one of George Eliot’s most important works depicting early 19th century English pastoral life. It follows the tragic and ultimately doomed story of Maggie Tulliver, a bright and headstrong girl whose choices come into direct conflict with her stringent and unforgiving rural society.

Alice Waters and Chez Panisse
by Marion Nestle

We all admire Alice Waters and here at Grandaisy Bakery we have tried to practice some of what she preaches. This biography fills our fix for even more on the artisanal food heroine.

Barcelona Con Gas
by Kevin Bourke

A trip to Spain turns into a modern Jacques Tati farce when the narrator’s luggage is lost with his cell phone, his on line reservations at a Barcelona hotel are nonexistent and his years of studying Spanish fruitless because he doesn’t understand what anyone is saying.