This week is the highlight of the summer for my twin six-year-old daughters. Not because we’re going on vacation in a few days (though that doesn’t hurt), but because the Dutchess County Fair has descended on Rhinebeck, New York, two hours north of NYC, for… More
Georgia’s Kitchen Giant Giveaway!
When you order Georgia’s Kitchen the week of the book’s release and email your receipt to jennynelsonauthor@gmail.com, you’ll be entered to win this fantastic giveaway. Send in your receipt and you could win a basket full of books, magazines and foodie goodies, including:
Everyday Italian by Giada DeLaurentiis… More
The Countdown Continues …
Tomorrow Georgia’s Kitchen will be available for sale at bookstores everywhere. I feel excited, proud, happy, relieved, amazed and more than a little anxious. Why the nerves, you ask? Let’s just say that wondering how the book will sell is not a topic that lulls me to sleep at night.… More
The Countdown Begins …
10 days until the release of Georgia’s Kitchen! I’m super excited but also super nervous. Fortunately, I have plenty to distract me. Like the many Q and As I need to do for all the wonderful blogs kind enough to do features on me and/or Georgia’s Kitchen. And book number… More
California Dreamin’
To continue celebrating a certain milestone birthday (this time on the actual day), Warren and I headed to California for a terrific-but-too-quick trip to Santa Barbara and L.A. In Santa Barbara, we stayed at our friend Doug’s tranquil guest house, strolled along the beach, made the obligatory tourist stops at… More
Storm King Art Center
Every summer, and again every fall, we pack a picnic and take a family trip to Storm King Art Center in Mountainville, NY, an awesome – in the true sense of the word – sculpture park set on 500 acres of open fields, rolling… More




