Print The books that America cooked from during 2020 will stand as cultural artifacts of the year when a virus forced an entire nation into the kitchen. The pandemic has been good to cookbooks. Overall sales jumped 17% from 2019, according to figures from NPD BookScan, which tracks about 85% of U.S. book sales. Some of the smash hits were predictable. The world domination of Joanna Gaines, the queen of shiplap, continued. The second volume of her hugely popular “Magnolia Table” cookbook franchise sailed to the top of the New York Times list of the bestselling cookbooks in 2020. Ina Garten, the cooking doyenne from the Hamptons, landed the second spot with “Modern Comfort Food,” followed by “The Happy in a Hurry Cookbook,” by “Fox & Friends” host Steve Doocy and his wife, Kathy.
Simplify Your Life: Six weeks of spring cleaning
By Deb Cabral
Happy Spring! Starting today and for the next five weeks, I’ll share a different area of your home to tackle.
With the pandemic and being in our homes more than ever over the last year, even if you weren’t a fan of spring cleaning in the past, this may be the year to start. Try to tackle a few (or maybe all) of the items listed each week. At the end of six weeks, I’m certain you’ll be happy with the results.
Get into some comfy clothes, turn on the music and get started.
‘Sail Above the Clouds, Simplify Your Life’ with Arundel author
Carole D. Fontaine is an author, graphic artist, sailor, and life coach, with a goal of inspiring people to examine their lives.
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Carole D. Fontaine and her husband Eric lived aboard the sailboat Windsong for 20 years. After overcoming a lengthy illness, she changed her life, and says others can too.
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ARUNDEL – She’s an author, a graphic artist, a sailor, life coach and has taught yoga and meditative writing in various locales.
Carole D. Fontaine has lived and sailed with her husband Eric aboard Windsong for 20 years, moving to Maine to escape the heat and be closer to family four years ago, and to Arundel 1 1/2 years ago.
The Leader
The Cornell Cooperative Extension will offer the free workshop “Clear the Clutter and Simplify Your Life and Finances” from 6 to 8 p.m. Jan. 26 via Zoom.
CCE financial educator Nancy Reigelsperger will share strategies for taking a positive approach to controlling clutter, ways to eliminate paper accumulation and ways to keep sentimental items.
To register: putknowledgetowork.org. For information: 607-664-2300.
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