Posts by Kathryn Williams

About the Author

Kathryn Williams is the author of three YA novels and Roomies, a humorous guide to living with roommates. When not blogging for Barnes & Noble, she is teaching creative writing in Portland, Maine, or sleeping a deep, deep sleep. Visit her at kathrynswilliams.com or @kathrynwauthor.

Delicious, Healthy, and Fast: Gwyneth Paltrow’s It’s All Easy Takes the Stress Out of Mealtime

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Delicious, Healthy, and Fast: Gwyneth Paltrow’s It’s All Easy Takes the Stress Out of Mealtime

This month, Oscar-winning actress, mother, and entrepreneur Gwyneth Paltrow follows up her first two cookbooks, My Father’s Daughter and It’s...

7 Fresh Cookbooks for Spring

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7 Fresh Cookbooks for Spring

Believe it or not, it’s April. Like the first greens of spring, cookbook authors are poking their heads from the frosty ground with a bounty of fresh...

10 Reasons We Can’t Wait for Cooking for Jeffrey

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10 Reasons We Can’t Wait for Cooking for Jeffrey

If the way to a man’s heart is through his stomach, then Jeffrey Garten (better half to Ina) stands to be the most doting, puppy-eyed, besotted...

Why You Should Bring Books on Your Honeymoon

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Why You Should Bring Books on Your Honeymoon

In response to a heated debate on our Facebook page over whether newlyweds should bring books on their honeymoon, we’ve asked two writers—one for...

6 Cookbooks for Your New Years Resolution

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6 Cookbooks for Your New Years Resolution

If you are what you eat, then a new year + a new you = a new cookbook. 2015 was a blockbuster year for creative cookbooks, so whether your resolution...

Ring in a Tidy New Year with Marie Kondo’s Spark Joy

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Ring in a Tidy New Year with Marie Kondo’s Spark Joy

There’s a saying I heard once: “Messy bed, messy head.” I’m not a particularly neat person, but this bit of mother-knows-best...

6 Books for Your Secret Santa

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6 Books for Your Secret Santa

Ah, the workplace Secret Santa exchange. When you are socially obligated to give a gift to someone for whom you would otherwise never in a million years...

5 Fresh Book Clubs You’ll Actually Be Into

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5 Fresh Book Clubs You’ll Actually Be Into

“My drinking club has a book problem.” It’s cute because it’s true. And it’s true because it was in the New York Times. If...

9 Revelations from Elizabeth Gilbert’s Big Magic

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9 Revelations from Elizabeth Gilbert’s Big Magic

Before she was Elizabeth Gilbert: International Bestseller, Guru of Self-discovery, and Julia Roberts’s Real-life Inspiration, Elizabeth Gilbert was...

Eat More Plants This Summer with These 5 Cookbooks

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Eat More Plants This Summer with These 5 Cookbooks

Vegetables have come a long way since the days of boiled Brussels sprouts and the Jolly Green Giant intimidating you into eating your microwaved nibblets...

Books to Keep the Parks & Rec Magic Alive

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Books to Keep the Parks & Rec Magic Alive

It’s hard to believe it’s been six years since Leslie Knope and her band of merry misfits came into this world with the award-winning...

The Best Dr. Seuss-Inspired Pet Names

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The Best Dr. Seuss-Inspired Pet Names

If you’re a fan of Dr. Seuss (and, really, who isn’t?), then you’ve probably heard that there is a newly rediscovered, previously...