Every year hundreds of new cookbooks are published in the United States, and Patty Groth, owner of Morning Glory Café in Ashland, has recently added her own unique take on the genre. Breakfast at Morning Glory: Recipes, Mishaps and Adventures from the Little Blue House is not just a collection of recipes from the talented chef but a series of anecdotes and stories about customers, employees, friends and family over a period of 22 years

Are you ready for a completely different kind of shopping adventure? Searching for a gift for that person in your life who has everything?

The Bone Garden, at 72 North Pioneer Street (downstairs below Taqueria Picaro), could be just the ticket.

Donald and Traute Moore of Quail Run Vineyards and South Stage Cellars, with a tasting room located at 125 S. 3rd Street in Jacksonville) will soon be celebrating 30 years in business.

The holidays are upon us, which puts many of us in a frenzy to find the perfect gift for everyone on our list. But there’s no need to panic, suffer inclement weather, mall music or crowds: there’s a place right here in Ashland where you can score unique, artful, locally-produced gifts, all under one roof and just a few minutes from home.

According to Conny Shadle, the twenty years that she owned Bug a Boo of Ashland (40 N. Main, across from the Plaza) went by way too fast.

“I have loved every minute of it, but it was time to move on,” Conny said. “The new owner, Jamie MacAlvey