This week marks the 13th anniversary of Fall for the Book.  What began in 1999 as a two day event has grown into a six-day regional festival. William Miller, executive director of Fall for the Book, said the idea grew from a conversation between Alan Merten, president of George Mason University, Randolph Church, a Fairfax lawyer and former rector of George Mason's Board of Visitors, and the then mayor of the City of Fairfax, John Mason. "Randolph Church, or Ranny as he is known, thought that the region should have a festival of this kind and that Mason was the one institution that could pull …

“There are four basic food groups: milk chocolate, dark chocolate, white chocolate, and chocolate truffles.” Anonymous  If chocolate is the basis of your food pyramid, you can't miss Chocolate Chocolate: The True Story of Two Sisters, Tons of Treats, and the Little Shop That Could, by local authors Frances and Ginger Park. The Park sisters co-own the popular D.C. shop Chocolate Chocolate—a Washington Post editor's pick—and together have co-authored nine books inspired by their Korean American heritage. Chocolate, Chocolate is their latest book and first memoir. It chronicles their lives after…