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Casey Kasem and His End-of-life Family Drama: How Can You Avoid Something Similar?

June 16, 2014 by Jo Maeder Leave a Comment

In 1997, I was honored to present a prestigious radio industry award to one of my heroes in the business, Casey Kasem. The sordid drama that unfolded around his death made headlines around the world. As author of the national bestseller WHEN I … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Essay, Family, Pop Culture Tagged With: Alison Steele, Casey Kasem, dying with dignity, end-of-life family drama

A Meeting with Maya Angelou and Unexpected Gifts

May 28, 2014 by Jo Maeder Leave a Comment

I interviewed Maya Angelou for the Greensboro News & Record's Go Triad arts section in the fall of 2010. She lived in the next town over, Winston-Salem, NC, and was releasing a cookbook for the holidays. I was nervous meeting an icon whose work I … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Cooking/recipes, Entertaining, Essay, Maya Angelou Tagged With: cookbook, daughters, Maya Angelou, mothers, recipes

Q&A: Teresa Engebretsen, the Sabbatical Chef, on How to Speak French and Indulge Your Inner Francophile

April 27, 2014 by Jo Maeder Leave a Comment

Teresa Engebretsen has been teaching French to middle school students at Durham Academy in Durham, NC, for over 30 years. Often she takes her students on field trips to France. Her blog The Sabbatical Chef began when she took a sabbatical from … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Author Q&A, Cooking/recipes, Entertaining, Love, Travel Tagged With: Francophile, French cuisine, Learning French or any language, Opposites Attack, Travel

Shirley Temple: The girl, the woman, the dolls

February 19, 2014 by Jo Maeder 2 Comments

I’ve now been in the doll adoption business about 18 months. If I had to pick the one with the most universal, indestructible appeal, it would be Shirley Temple in all her various sizes and outfits. Barbie is too polarizing. Madame Alexander dolls … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Dolls, Essay, Family, Pop Culture Tagged With: grief, Mama Jo's House of Dolls, Shirley Temple autobiography, Shirley Temple Black, Shirley Temple dolls, The 700-doll question

MY DANCE WITH ONLINE DATING

February 9, 2014 by Jo Maeder Leave a Comment

My P.O.V. on online dating after trying it for a year. Published in the Northwest Observer 1/17/2014. UPDATE 4/14/2014: The very last man I met online has become the best guy friend ever. No regrets! Click on the image twice then enter Ctrl+ to make … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Essay, Love, Pop Culture, Relationships Tagged With: dating in the Triad, Online dating, single in mid-life

Q&A WITH TOMMY HAYS on WHAT I CAME TO TELL YOU

October 13, 2013 by Jo Maeder Leave a Comment

                  Tommy Hays is the author of the 2006 novel The Pleasure Was Mine which was selected for several community-wide reading programs in various cities and counties, including … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Author Q&A Tagged With: Asheville, Bamboo weaving, Buddhist, middle grade, Thomas Wolfe, Tommy Hays, What I Came To Tell You

AUTHOR 2 AUTHOR: JO MAEDER’S Q&A WITH SUSAN CRANDALL

September 26, 2013 by Jo Maeder Leave a Comment

The new novel from Susan Crandall is a departure from her previous books and yet pure Susan: rich characters and dialog and a can't-put down story. Thank you Nicki Leone, Authors Round the South "Author 2 Author" series, Wanda Jewell and SIBA. And, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Author Q&A, Writing Advice Tagged With: Susan Crandall, Whistling Past the Graveyard, writing advice

PISSALADIERE RECIPE – THE QUICK AND EASY (ALYCE) WAY

September 11, 2013 by Jo Maeder 3 Comments

Hi. This is Alyce speaking. Or Al-ees, as the French say. I chained Jean-Luc to his computer to write. Also so he can’t see me make my E-Z pissaladiére (or the spelling of easy). Pissala is a fish paste made from sardines and anchovies. I've left it … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Books by Jo, Cooking/recipes, Entertaining Tagged With: Alyce, Jean-Luc, Opposites Attack, Pissaladiere recipe

AUTHOR 2 AUTHOR: SUSAN CRANDALL’S Q&A WITH JO MAEDER

September 6, 2013 by Jo Maeder Leave a Comment

From Lady Banks Commonplace Books ("Front porch literary gossip from your favorite Southern bookshops") where I explain the difference between a Yankee and a Damn Yankee, and more. This is part of the Authors Round the South's "Author 2 Author" … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Author Q&A, Books by Jo Tagged With: Author 2 Author, Authors Round the South, Jo Maeder Q&A, Opposites Attack, Susan Crandall, When I Married My Mother, Whistling Past the Graveyard, writing fiction vs. non-fiction

SOCCA!

August 17, 2013 by Jo Maeder 2 Comments

Somewhere in my Opposites Attack research of foods popular in the South of France, I read about socca, a flat bread/pancake/crêpe made from chick pea (a.k.a. garbanzo bean) flour. It sounded more like a Latin-American dance than something you would … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Books by Jo, Cooking/recipes, Entertaining Tagged With: Chick Pea Flour, David Lebovitz, Garbanzo Bean Flour, Living the Sweet Life in Paris, Nice France, Socca recipe

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