A Well-Read Tart

A Food and Book Lover’s Blog

THE WRITER’S TABLE Book Review

‘Tis the season to start holiday shopping, and The Writer's Table: Famous Authors and Their Favourite Recipes makes the perfect gift for all your foodie friends.   What’s The Writer's Table: Famous Authors and Their Favourite Recipes about? As a food blogger, book blogger, and writer, I’m pretty much the perfect audience for The Writer’s Table. This short nonfiction book combines my love of literature and food into a delectable little...

ULTRA-PROCESSED PEOPLE Book Review

Reading Ultra-Processed People changed the way I cook, shop, and eat. It’s simultaneously the most fascinating and terrifying book I’ve ever read. And, no, it's not a horror book.  Buckle up, Tartlets. I have so much to say about this eye-opening health and lifestyle read.    What’s Ultra-Processed People about? Ultra-Processed People is written by Chris van Tulleken, an award-winning BBC broadcaster, doctor, and scientist. He sheds...

THE JANE AUSTEN DIET Book Review

Confession time: My newest celebrity crush is the author of The Jane Austen Diet. Bryan Kozlowski, you have the dubious honor of being on the list of “Men I Would Date In An Instant, Were I Not Happily Married.” (Also on this list are Enrique Iglesias, James Cordon, Andy Samberg, and Josh Gates, in case you're curious as to who your competition is.) This is all because of your brilliant, funny, fascinating, and amazingly relatable book about...