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Book Review: A memoir of rescuing a baby hare shows how to live gently with the wildlife around us

A new memoir, “Raising Hare,” is Chloe Dalton’s account of finding a vulnerable baby hare near her home in the English countryside.

 

A recipe from ‘Kapusta': Cabbage Rolls with Sauerkraut Leaves, Beef and Rice in a Tomato Sauce

In her new cookbook, “Kapusta,” Alissa Timoshkina features recipes from Eastern Europe. She says cabbage rolls, or stuffed cabbage, are a culinary genre in their own right.

 

Eastern Europe’s traditional ingredients get star treatment in the new cookbook ‘Kapusta’

A new cookbook is celebrating the traditional recipes and ingredients of Eastern European cooking. Alissa Timoshkina wrote “Kapusta” to feature vegetable-forward dishes from the region.

 

Tips on overcoming the loss of cherished, personal belongings in disasters

Losing sentimental belongings can be traumatic for those who go through disasters that destroy homes.

 

How to cope when disasters strip away photos, heirlooms and other pieces of the past

They’re the possessions that tell your story. The photos of old friends and relatives. The ring your mom left you. Your grandfather’s old desk and the letters inside.

 

At 25, Backyard Bird Count shows power of citizen science

For a quarter of a century, the Great Backyard Bird Count has been growing globally and is providing scientists with data on bird populations.

 

Review: Reimagining the fate of a doomed Renaissance duchess

“The Marriage Portrait,” by Maggie O’Farrell (Knopf)

Stories of high-born girls confined to castles, forced to marry young, and pressured to have sons or die trying are the stuff of dark fantasy these days on HBO.

 

Gorbachev’s marriage, like his politics, broke the mold

Mikhail Gorbachev has been buried at a Moscow cemetery where he’s once again next to his wife Raisa.

 

America’s love affair with the lawn is getting messy

WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. (AP) — LeighAnn Ferrara is transforming her small suburban yard from grass bordered by a few shrubs into an anti-lawn — a patchwork of flower beds, vegetables and fruit trees.

 

Review: ‘Funny Farm’ a warm memoir of rescue in many forms

“Funny Farm: My Unexpected Life with 600 Rescue Animals” by Laurie Zaleski (St. Martin’s Press)

As its title promises, Laurie Zaleski’s memoir about how she came to found and run a large animal rescue farm in southern New Jersey is funny.

 

Review: Peter Heller’s `The Guide’ a suspenseful sequel

“The Guide,” by Peter Heller (Alfred A. Knopf)

In his new mystery, author Peter Heller pulls off a rare balancing act once again: He gives us fast-paced action and intrigue, interspersed with closely observed, reflective nature writing.

 

NYC’s starry Woodlawn Cemetery an overlooked cultural gem

NEW YORK (AP) — Michael Cumella, dressed in 1920s garb, laid his old Victrola record player down among the tombstones and turned to the small tour group assembled under the towering trees at Woodlawn Cemetery.

 

Updated field guides, other titles lure readers outdoors

The new season of spring shows has begun, and viewership is way up by all accounts.

We’re not talking about screens, which we’ve all been glued to during the pandemic.

 

Review: Love and fear drive migrants in `American Dirt’

The moving and suspenseful new novel ``American Dirt’’ gives the migration crisis at the U.S.-Mexican border a human face.

 

Review: Danger, beauty, suspense in ‘The River’s’ wilderness

“The River,” by Peter Heller (Alfred A. Knopf)

This novel about two Dartmouth College students on a canoe trip gone badly awry is partly an ode to the Northern wilderness, partly a survival how-to, and mostly a thriller — suspenseful and gut-wrenching.

 

Review: Danger, beauty, suspense in ‘The River’s’ wilderness

“The River,” by Peter Heller (Alfred A. Knopf)

This novel about two Dartmouth College students on a canoe trip gone badly awry is partly an ode to the Northern wilderness, partly a survival how-to, and mostly a thriller — suspenseful and gut-wrenching.