Book Trailer Thursday: SIMPLY FROM SCRATCH

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Book trailers are such a brave new media. Some are awful droning talking heads (you know what I mean) where the author looks like he'd rather be shoveling coal in Siberia than filming the interview. Some are almost good–but too long. And some, like Goldilocks found, are just right and manage to capture the spirit and genre of the book.

Today's trailer is a simple rendition that tells plenty in a short time. Alicia Bessette's new book, Simply From Scratch was called "Tasty" by People Magazine, and described by Library Journal as strong, richly detailed … with a truly lovable heroine ."