Author Archives for Tamara

Chicken Tikka!

February 4, 2016 | BY

This is my second blog post about a cookbook that I’ve already blogged about. Rather than another Randy Shore recipe, I’ve made one more meal from Meera Sodha’s Made in...

We’re Ready!

January 28, 2016 | BY

Hi guys! We set up the gift show yesterday and we are slightly tired. As Jenny mentioned below, we are excited and ready to see you! So...

Carry On!

December 10, 2015 | BY

Hi guys! Who is reading Carry On by Rainbow Rowell? This is the question I asked myself last night when I picked it up as my next...

Zzzzzz

November 26, 2015 | BY

Hi everyone, I know every post these past two weeks have been about sales conference, but we’re in the home stretch and soon we’ll step out of...

Home Alone

November 19, 2015 | BY

Hi guys! As you know, we are in the midst of sales conference and while the reps are doing their extreme conferencing sports I am back at...

Giller Light Bash

November 12, 2015 | BY

Hi guys! Sadly the publisher we were rooting for didn’t win the Scotiabank Giller Prize but it’s OKAY because we love Coach House Books and are so...

Holy Cow!

October 22, 2015 | BY

Hi there! If you’re anything like me then you are re-watching The X-Files in anticipation for this: No wait, let me reword that: If you’re anything like...

OK, Blue Jays!

October 15, 2015 | BY

Last night I went to a baseball game. It was the most nerve-wracking, most exhilarating, most amazing thing I’ve ever witnessed – and it was 22 years...

Made in India

October 8, 2015 | BY

Hi friends! On Monday some of us Ampersanders went for a lovely lunch with Meera Sodha, author of Made in India. Meera shared with us her favourite...

SPOOKTACULAR!

September 17, 2015 | BY

Hi guys! The ever-ready-to-help Ampersand team have come up with an excellent list of Halloween books that you might want to check out for next month! Click on...

Fish Tacos!

September 10, 2015 | BY

Hi guys! This long weekend I made some delicious fish tacos using recipes from two of our cookbooks. From Chronicle’s One Pan, Two Plates: I made a...

Film Fest Madness

September 3, 2015 | BY

Hi friends! The Toronto International Film Festival is coming, which means it’s around the time my best friend Bill Murray and I hang out while he’s in the city...