Jane Simon Ammeson is a freelance writer who specializes in travel, food and personalities. She writes frequently for The Times of Northwest Indiana, Mexico Connect, Long Weekends magazine, Edible Michiana, Lakeland Boating, Food Wine Travel magazine , Lee Publications, and the Herald Palladium where she writes a weekly food column. Her TouchScreenTravels include Indiana’s Best. She also writes a weekly book review column for The Times of Northwest Indiana as well as food and travel, has authored 16 books including Lincoln Road Trip: The Back-road Guide to America’s Favorite President, a winner of the Lowell Thomas Journalism Award in Travel Books, Third Place and also a Finalist for the 2019 Foreword INDIES Book of the Year Awards in the Travel category. Her latest books are America’s Femme Fatale: The Story of Serial Killer Belle Gunness and Classic Restaurants of Northwest Indiana.
Her other books include How to Murder Your Wealthy Lovers and Get Away with It, A Jazz Age Murder in Northwest Indiana and Murders That Made Headlines: Crimes of Indiana, all historic true crime as well Hauntings of the Underground Railroad: Ghosts of the Midwest, Brown County, Indiana and East Chicago. Jane’s base camp is Stevensville, Michigan on the shores of Lake Michigan. Follow Jane at facebook.com/janesimonammeson; twitter.com/hpammeson; https://twitter.com/janeammeson1; twitter.com/travelfoodin, instagram.com/janeammeson/ and on her travel and food blog janeammeson.com and book blog: shelflife.blog/
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German Dishes My Grandma Would Have Taught Me
For all omas (German grandmothers) and those who want to cook like Oma, Gerhil Fulson’s German Meals at Oma’s: Traditional Dishes for the Home is perfect! So get your oma on.
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Faith, Family & the Feast: Recipes to Feed Your Crew from the Grill, Garden, and Iron Skillet
“I learned to cook from trial and error because there wasn’t a recipe,” says Kent Rollins. “I still don’t measure. When people say how much is that, I say just enough.”
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Eat Something: A Wise Sons Cookbook for Jews Who Like Food and Food Lovers Who Like Jews
A combination cookbook, Jewish stand-up comedy and family album, Eat Something: A Wise Sons Cookbook for Jews Who Like Food and Food Lovers Who Like Jews by Evan Bloom & Rachel Levin includes recipes from Wise Sons Delicatessen with locations in the San Francisco area as well as Tokyo that Bloom co-founded a decade ago.…
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Abra Berens: Lessons from the farm & James Beard nominee
Abra Berens, chef in residence for Granor Farm in Three Oaks was nominated for the Best Chef award in the Great Lakes Region by the James Beard Foundation.
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Silver & Tequila in the Sierra Madres: The Tale of San Sebastian de Oeste
San Sebastian del Oeste, high in the Sierra madres, is a day trip from Puerto Vallarta and a journey into Mexico’s past.
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Molino Tortilleria: Making Tortillas Like a Millennium Ago
From making tortillas from scratch in their home kitchen using imported non-GMO heritage corn varieties from a milpa or small cultivated farm in Oaxaca, Mexico to the recent opening of their just recently opened 2,500 square-foot retail and production space in Sawyer, Molino Tortilleria has seen a whirlwind year or so. I met owners Aaron…
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A Taste of the 11th Century: Bodega Muelas de Tordesillas
The Rueda Wine Trail traces the history of viticulture in the provinces of Valladolid and Ávila where the wine production dates back to the 11th century
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The Little Women Cookbook: Novel Takes on Classic Recipes from Meg, Jo, Beth, Amy and Friends
The Little Women Cookbook: Novel Takes on Classic Recipes from Meg, Jo, Beth, Amy and Friends, is a charming look at the way the characters of the book would have eaten back then.
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Celebrate Mardi Gras Time in Southwest Michigan!
Ignore the snow outside because inside Timothy’s Restaurant in Union Pier, Michigan, it’s New Orleans during Mardi Gras season, purple, green and yellow beads and all. As he does every year, owner/executive chef Timothy Sizer kicks it up several notches, does a few Emeril “bams” and goes all out for this Louisiana celebration. He mixes…
