A Cheerful Heart: A Collection of Thoughts, Poems, Sentiments, and Recipes to Share with Those You Love

This little book is filled with Barbara Ohrbach's favorite thoughts about the positiveness of love and caring about one another, and it truly captures Shelley's notion that "All love is sweet." Barbara has looked to writers as diverse as Thomas Jefferson and Winston Churchill, Elizabeth Barrett Browning and Agatha Christie -- and gathered a rich and touching collection of quotations that celebrate the many wonders of love.

Also included throughout the book are simple, delicious recipes for Forget-me-not Fudge Sauce, Meringue Kisses, and other sweet treats to share and enjoy. Any of these easy recipes will make an enchanting gift for all the special people in your life.

Illustrated with delightful eighteenth- and nineteenth-century engravings, A Cheerful Heart is a perfect present. Tie it with a ribbon and give it to someone you love along with a thoughtful note or a big hug. As Barbara says in her introduction, it is these little, loving things that make each day worthwhile.  

Life is a flower of which love is the honey.

Victor Hugo

I love you more than yesterday, less than tomorrow.

Edmond Rostand

It is the child in us who loves.

Anne Morrow Lindbergh

At the touch of love everyone becomes a poet.

Plato

Love comforteth like sunshine after rain.

William Shakespeare

Barbara Milo Ohrbach is the owner and president of Cherchez, the trend-setting shops in New York City and Millbrook, New York. Cherchez features home furnishings and antiques and also creates fragrances for the home, sold in stores both here and abroad. Barbara is the author of The Scented Room, A Token of Friendship, Memories of Childhood, A Bouquet of Flowers, and Antiques at Home.  Barbara travels extensively with her husband, Mel, above, searching for the unusual for her shops.