Synopses & Reviews
Katie Brown believes that no one should waste time or money according to her, they are two of the most precious things that we have. With a mere two days out of the week to catch up on the things most important to us, we all seek to make the most of our weekends.
Katie Brown's Weekends offers creative advice on how to cook great meals, spend quality time with family and friends, find your green thumb, and make easy and practical crafts. Chapters focus on properly organizing a home, experiencing wonderful holiday traditions, and traveling around the world without leaving home, as well as teaching the art of volunteering and charity.
With many recipes that use five steps or less and fun family projects that can be done within an hour, Katie likes to say that she teaches "domesticity for dummies." There are over 130 recipes and projects and each is accompanied by a full-color photograph that shows the end result.
Review
"[H]ome guru Brown delivers a powerful prescriptive for families afflicted with the 'what-to-do-on-the-weekend' blues....This book does what any good lifestyle book should do: instruct and entertain." Library Journal
About the Author
Katie Brown is a Cornell-educated art historian who has raced on the U.S. Ski Team, acted in TV commercials (for Kodak, AT&T, Saturn) and run a catering business out of her house in Los Angeles. Born in Petoskey, Michigan in 1963, she has three brothers and sisters and grew up surrounded by thirty-two cousins and fourteen aunts and uncles.
Her enthusiasm for entertaining, gardening and cooking inspired her to open her own store called Goat. Located in Los Angeles and Mackinac Island, Michigan, Goat quickly became a popular antique store and cafe. Katie has been serving up dime-store domesticity on "Lifetime's Next Door with Katie Brown" since October 1997. Brown has opened Katie Brown Workshops in Los Angeles, New York, and Bridgehampton.