Books & Ideas

The Expanding Palate of Food Writing

Louisa Hufstader | Thursday, August 12 2021 - 4:46pm

A sell-out crowd of more than 200 people took their seats at café-style tables at the museum talk about the Changing Story of American Home Cooking, sponsored by Cook the Vineyard, a Vineyard Gazette publication.

Cook the Vineyard

For Worn, Author Kept Following the Thread of the Story

Elizabeth Bennett

Sofi Thanhauser's new book, Worn: A People’s History of Clothing, tracks the social history of five main fabrics — linen, cotton, silk, synthetics and wool.

The Critical Race

An elephant in the classroom / Unheard voices from slavery / So essential to understanding / How past is prelude / To inequities we now see.

You Don't Have a Prayer, and Yet You Play Anyway

Longtime Edgartown Golf Club manager Mark Hess has written a new book as an homage to his place of employment, You Don't Have a Prayer .

Edgartown Library Honors Herb Foster

The library is naming its boardroom for the late educator, author and library trustee, with a public dedication planned for Jan. 31.

Island Libraries Recognized Nationally

Library Journal awarded star ratings to just 14 Massachusetts libraries in 2021, and three of them are on Martha's Vineyard.

For Scientist and Author, Plight of Whales Is Everyone's Responsibility

Scientist and veterinarian Michael Moore's new book We Are All Whalers is part memoir, part call to action.