When John Currence suggested that his new restaurant, Big Bad Breakfast, would put him on the country’s culinary map, his wife’s response was, “Are you out of your mind?” Currence, a James Beard Award ...

For 10 years, bed-and-breakfast owner Debbie Mosimann has been cooking, eating, laughing and writing with a group of like-minded women — innkeepers from across the country. The women, who blog and ...