Customer Reviews:
good book!.......2007-07-12
This cookbook is great. Even though it's been hard adjusting to not being able to eat my favorite foods- it really helps to have a cookbook of everything I CAN eat versus being told everything I CAN'T eat. It's also great because it goes into further detail what IC is and other ailments that could be a result of IC.
Great book!!!.......2007-05-07
This book was such a trememdous help to me. There's no other like it that I know of. It answered many of my dietary questions and honestly made me feel that we with IC really do have food options!!! I'd highly recommend this book to anyone with IC.
An Excellent Resource and Cookbook.......2007-03-09
I love this book. Not only is it an excellent source of information about interstitial cystitis (IC) and the complex limitations of following an IC diet, it is also a great cookbook. (The Italian Baked Chicken is fabulous.) Recipes are straightforward and interesting. I refer to it again and again. The tone is sympathetic but hopeful, a great combination when dealing with this challenging condition. I applaud the writer for offering such a needed book.
information more useful than recipes.......2006-10-31
This book disappointed me after all the good reviews. I have IC, but I am also lactose intolerant so I can't eat milk or cheese. Milk and Cheese are apparently staples in the IC diet, because the majority of recipes have some sort of milk product (without possible substitutions). The author also uses a lot of oil, which is inconvenient for someone trying to watch their weight. There are some good, tasty recipes like stews that are no brainers-they are IC friendly without milk that you can find in the "joy of cooking". There is however a lot of good information in addition to the recipes. There is an appendix that goes into details about IC safe brands of "staples" and which IC safe foods you can get your vitamins and nutrients from.
Invaluable resource.......2003-06-13
Bev Laumann's cookbook is far more than that: it is a carefully researched, thorough, easily comprehended guide for the IC patient. The level of detail is amazing, and is presented so that you can delve deeper if you are inclined, or skip ahead to the many summaries, useful lists and recipes. She is quick to differentiate between what has been demonstrated by scientific methods, what is common people with IC, and what is more anecdotal. The needs of people with related conditions are addressed, especially concerns about balancing low-oxalate and IC diets. Throughout, her tone is positive and encouraging without ever sounding condescending. The book much more than I had hoped for - I can't praise it enough. If you are dealing with IC and frustrated or confused about how to manage food, nutrients, supplements, or cooking, this book should be a terrific help.
Book Description
Pearls Before Swine is the hilarious new comic strip tale of two friends: an arrogant, egotistical Rat who thinks he knows it all and a slow-witted Pig who doesn't know any better. Together with Zebra, the activist, and Goat, the reluctant brain, Pearls Before Swine offers caustic commentary on humanity's quest for the unattainable. Smart, witty, and sometimes painfully honest, Pearls Before Swine mocks the flaws and shortcomings of human nature with cynical humor.Pearls Before Swine has been syndicated by United Feature Syndicate since January 2002 and now appears in more than 100 newspapers worldwide. In panel after panel, Pearls Before Swine causes readers to lose themselves in laughter.
Customer Reviews:
Late comer.......2007-07-14
I've only recently become a fan of this strip. I decided to start from the beginning. Darn, this guy's funny!
Pearls before swine are great........2007-06-02
These books are addictive.Great comics!The only thing wrong with these books is that there is too much duplication of comics between the various books.
Stephan reings supreme.......2006-03-19
Stephan Pastis is the greatest cartoonist working today. BLT's Taste So Darn Good continues his run of high quality, insightful, funny, cutting edge cartoon humour. Highly recommended.
Nothing Better!!!.......2006-02-16
Simply said....I believe there's no comic out there today that can beat Pearls Before Swine. This is what humor is about and Pastis does it day in day out. From the egocentric and nefarious Rat, to the pitiful yet sympathetic Pig, his characters embody that sort of everyday day humor that lurks within us, bright or dark, hitting home every time.
Like Pizza and Sex.......2006-02-01
I once heard a comedian say that Pizza was like Sex - Even when it's bad, it's pretty good.
Pearls before Swine is the same way. It's one of the most consistently funny comic strips available today. In our current landscape of daily comics, most strips will tread water with mediocre humor, punctuated by truly funny moments. Pearls, on the other hand, is almost always truly funny, punctuated by inspired, laugh-out-loud, laughing until it hurts moments.
Pearls is full of painfully bad puns, dark comedy, and a brilliant perspective on the silly nature of man.
Book Description
Three neon-bright layers of cake, tilted at a jaunty angle and adorned with edible chocolate candles; a Jackson Pollock–inspired cheesecake spattered with chocolate, caramel, and peanut butter icing; and a swarm of plump bees perched atop a rainbow of candy-colored cupcakes—these are only a few examples of the unfettered creativity at work at the Riviera Bakehouse. There, mother-daughter bakers Kaye and Liv Hansen turn out some of the most charming, refreshingly eccentric cakes ever to grace a birthday or wedding celebration.
Kaye and Liv believe that a cake should taste as good as it looks, so they skip esoteric (and inedible) decorations in favor of simple buttercream, flavored whipped cream, and tinted candymaker’s chocolate, covering their luscious cakes with amusing designs and gorgeous color that are easy to make and delicious to eat. The cakes themselves are no less enticing, pairing old-fashioned favorites like Banana Cake and Spice Cake with sumptuous fillings such as French Custard and Chocolate Mousse. Simple step-by-step lessons, illustrated with photographs, explain how to re-create Liv’s charming chocolate designs, from the bright polka dots that shine against dark chocolate glaze to the shimmering stars that adorn the enchanting “Starry Night.” Templates for the delightful designs allow you to adapt these techniques to create your own unique decorations.
With time-tested tips and complete information on everything from mixing colors to adjusting pan sizes, the Hansens explain all you need to know to get started. Whether you’re dreaming of an elegant Chocolate Apricot Pecan Torte or a three-tiered butter cake filled with spiked mocha cream and embellished with fantastical spring flowers,
The Whimsical Bakehouse is the ultimate guide to creating delicious, showstopping confections that are completely original.
Customer Reviews:
Had to have it.......2007-09-19
Since I already own an extensive collection of cookbooks, I usually just take a new one out at the library to enjoy now and then. After checking this out 3 times - I knew it was one I wanted to own. Her techniques and ideas for decorating cakes are fresh and fun. Both my grandsons couldn't wait to try them and when I adapted her technique for three dimensional butterflies out of white chocolate "melts" I was hooked. The recipes are easy, clear and can be adjusted to your own taste. A winner.
Extremely useful for me.......2007-07-27
I had never constructed or decorated a multilayer cake before reading this book. The first several pages of this book showed me the basics of how to do it. (After watching Food Network heavily for a year, I never saw these basics there.) The book is easy to read and follow. I have tried several recipes from the book, and they have always been big hits at the parties to which I have taken them.
Terrific book.......2007-07-16
This is a gorgeous book, and the techniques are more accessible than those found in comparable cake decorating books. As an enthusiastic and accomplished home baker, I like to make cakes that taste and look great, but I just don't have time to make a hundred buttercream flowers or learn how to use gum paste. And honestly, while fondant is beautiful, and I did make a fondant cake for my own wedding, nobody really wants to eat it. It's necessary when only a transcendent cake will do, but it's not what you want to feed sweet-crazed children at a birthday party. Or sweet-crazed adults, for that matter.
That's why this book is so great. Most of their cakes are iced in either buttercream or chocolate glaze, and the House Buttercream recipe in the front is easy and delicious - no cooking required, but you come out with a smooth and very light finish. The modeling chocolate decorating technique demonstrated here is fun and not very difficult, and produces adorable results. They also have a terrific chocolate cake recipe. I think I've tried every chocolate cake recipe in The Cake Bible, but they're all too fudgy or too dry; this book has the perfect recipe, light and moist and delicious. I love all of my beautiful decorating books, but if I had to keep just one, this would be it.
cakelady.......2007-06-27
Loved the book, so many recipes and techniques to try, just need more time to experiment with it.
This book is the best value for one's money.......2007-05-07
I bought this book two years ago from Borders, but it was stolen three weeks later. So I bought this same book from Amazon at a better price. What compelled me to buy this book was the color scheme. Kaye and Liv Hansen unselfishly shared wonderful and moist cake recipes. I baked the Chocolate butter cake with Cookies and Cream filling; needless to say, everyone who tasted this cake had so much raves for it. Thank you so much, Kaye and Liv! Your book is a priceless collection in my culinary library.
Book Description
After ninety years, The House in Good Taste by America's "first lady of interior decoration," Elsie de Wolfe, still offers timeless design advice.
Compiled from her articles in newspapers and magazines and first published in 1914, The House in Good Taste is a seminal book on interior design with ideas that have lasted a century because they influenced not only the wealthy clients of Park Avenue and Palm Beach, but popular taste as well.
De Wolfe advised Americans to shun ostentation and clutter in favor of simplicity, to dismantle the draperies in order to let in the light, and to replace garish colors with beige and ivory. "I believe in plenty of optimism and white paint," she declared, "comfortable chairs with lights beside them, open fires on the hearth and flowers wherever they 'belong,' mirrors and sunshine in all rooms." The rooms that Americans inhabited in the middle of the twentieth century still today owe much to de Wolfe's tastes.
Customer Reviews:
not trite.......2005-04-06
I bought this book when it first came out. I tried reading it, was (too) quick to call it 'trite' and gave it away. Later my boyfriend gave me a copy (not knowing that I'd tried it before) so I had to slog through it. I am so very glad I did. Ms. DeWolfe has a unique style of writing that must be understood before you will truely enjoy the book. She has a wit and charm that is backed by such sincerity that few designers today could pull this level of writing off. The book will make you want to find more by or about this stylishly pragmatic decorator
what a joy.......2004-05-30
Elsie De Wolfe is acknowleged as the first woman to make a fortune as a decorator and can be called the first life style maven of the 20th century. Her opinions on home decor were eagerly seized upon by millions of aspirational women around the country. She wrote The House in Good Taste 90 years ago but it's just as fresh and suitable now as it was then.
I can't bring myself to agree with her on patchwork quilts, lace curtains or rocking chairs but she's absolutely correct in her advice on wallpaper, paint and apartments. It's amazing how much this delightful and informative book still has to teach us.
Book Description
As seen on Oprah!
Acclaimed chef Michel Nischan knows that eating well is all about balance, and his beautiful cookbook proves that robust meals can be both healthy and flavorful. Avoiding the high-fat dairy products prevalent in so many cookbooks, he uses vegetable juices and olive oil to achieve the same luscious flavors. Who knew that sweet potatoes make a rich sauce that's fabulous drizzled over oriander-seasoned duck? Or that creamy white bean dip spread on crusty bread could make you forget about butter? And after eating a healthful dinner, it's okay to indulge in a dessert like Flourless Hazelnut Cake. A chapter on basics provides a solid foundation of stocks and sauces, while the glossary describes how to find and use unusual ingredients. For the good home cook who craves something new and delicious and particularly those who want to eat well while maintaining a heart-healthy diet, it's simply a matter of Taste Pure and Simple.
Awards and honors for Taste Pure and Simple:
Best Healthy Focus & Vegetarian cookbook (James Beard Foundation Award)
Customer Reviews:
not for the basic chef.......2006-03-24
I tried to make the squash pancakes with fig syrup on page 133, and i came up with a squash colored mess. basically it's an egg white pancake, and it stuck to my non stick pan.
still hungry, i whipped it up again, and baked the whole recipe as a souffle in a small springform, and it was delicious.
but i would not expect the average home chef to be able to make this recipe successfully....
the book is beautiful and i love the idea of it, and maybe i'll try to make something else...
Nourishing Traditionalist.......2005-11-10
It's unfortunate (and unhealthy) that the author/chef has utilized canola oil (highly processed)in place of wonderful, natural butter. Butter is a much better, healthier option and can safely be heated. Most oils, on the other hand, should NEVER be heated. The polyusaturated oils are very delicate and will become oxydized or rancid when subjected to heat. This will form free radicals which are very unhealthy and can lead to some serious health problems. Better to buy Sally Fallon and Mary Enig's wonderful, flavorful, and healthful cookbook/nutrition book, "Nourishing Traditions".
lengthy preperations but WORTH IT!.......2004-02-10
the preperations are not difficult, but they do take a while- involving many steps. however, i wouldn't want to skip a thing because there is a reason for the preperations and it comes out in the taste. the vegetable lasagne was one of the best i have ever made and it had a substantial taste to it that satisfied my meat-loving and veggie-hating husband. this is one of the better cookbooks on healthy gourmet cuisine.
great book!.......2004-01-21
I loved watching Michel Nischan on Oprah, them working together is geneous. I have eaten his food, and he has a gift for incredible taste and health at the same time. The book was wonderfully put together, and I'm happy I got to see how my dad put together the book throughout the whole process.
Great, if you have the time and a great market.......2003-07-06
These recipes look delicious and healthy, but I didn't know they would be so involved. I have never even heard of some of the ingredients, so I doubt I'd find them at my local grocer. I do love the idea of using vegetable juices instead of butter, etc.
Book Description
What happens when indie bands hit the road? They get hungry!
Food writer Kara Zuaro knows a lot of musicians, and she's found they all share one obsession (besides music, of course): eating. Whether they're on the tour bus reminiscing about meals past or at home in their own kitchens, they've all got favorite recipes -- and they're willing to share. This uniquely irresistible cookbook collects contributions from more than 100 artists, including indie icons like the Violent Femmes, Belle & Sebastian, and They Might Be Giants; current favorites like Franz Ferdinand and My Morning Jacket; and up-and-coming acts like Catfish Haven and Voxtrot.
Some recipes are inspired by a particular song in the band's repertoire, others are taken from real-life experience. Each one bears the often quirky stamp of its source -- while these are thoroughly tested, cook-from-me recipes, Zuaro has left the musicians' wording and instructions intact, which makes for a collection that's as much fun to read as it is to use. For example, from Devendra Banhart's contribution:
RIGHT ON!!!!!!
here is my favorite recipe for:
AFRICANAS RICAS!
you shall require!
many bananas!
a box of graham crackers!!!
two eggs!!!
SOUR CREAM!!
HONEY!
You get the idea. Part indie music discovery guide, part foodie fantasy, and all fun, I Like Food, Food Tastes Good is a cookbook for anyone whose iPod is always on.
Customer Reviews:
Quirky cookbook that's worth checking out.......2007-05-05
"I Like Food, Food Tastes Good: In the Kitchen with your Favorite Bands" is an indie-rock cookbook that features recipes from groups like the Violent Femmes, They Might Be Giants, Calexico and Death Cab For Cutie. (These four bands also happen to be the only contributors I'd heard of, but people much cooler than I will likely recognize the other musicians.) The 105 recipes in this book are varied and range from "Big Apple Quiche Muffins" in the "Breakfast" chapter to "Wild Boar Ragu" in the "Main Courses for Carnivores" chapter. I've had the book for a little over two weeks and have made an adapted version of the
"Asian Stir-Fry for Vegetarians Who Hate Vegetables," the oatmeal cake pictured above, a pear and goat cheese panini, and eggplant parmesan, which I baked instead of frying as the recipe recommends. I was pleased with how these meals turned out and was especially grateful for their "easy on the effort" approach. Other recipes range from down-home comfort food like mac and cheese, to playfully titled drinks like "Patriot Act Mojitos," made with fresh mint, sparkling water, Cuban rum and sugar, among other things. For the health-conscious there are several 'healthy alternative' recipes, for instance, cookies made with powdered green tea and vegan chocolate chip cookies. And for the adventurous, the "Strawberry Pop Cake," which is made with strawberry soda and Jell-O, promises an interesting afternoon in the kitchen. Overall this is a good little cookbook with recipes that can be made when you're short on time and that can easily be modified to suit your tastes. It also begins to answer the question: What do musicians eat when they're on the road?
There are two things about this book that I wasn't too thrilled about. First, a handful of recipes are plagued by some of the worst writing I have ever seen - ever. I understand that the musicians who wrote them are artists and infinitely more hip than I will ever be, but I ask you, who publishes instructions like this: "...add a little bit of cream!! And STIRRRRRR!!!!... SIR LAWRENCE OF ARABIA!... THEN, put it on the frying pan!!!! let it get GOLDEN!!!" I mean, seriously, either this guy was on something or the recipe is so out-of-this-world that
T. E. Lawrence came back from the dead to try it. (That's the only way I could get my head round the Arabia connection.) Thankfully recipes like this are few and far between, and the one quoted above, for "Africanitas Ricas," was the worst offender. The only other thing I wasn't too keen on was the inclusion of a recipe for a bologna sandwich, but if part of this book's purpose is bringing the artists to the people then I suppose it isn't so bad. "Rock can get complicated," the text reads, "but this sandwich isn't. Feed to those who are living the dream." I can dig that.
In addition to the aforementioned chapters, sections include: "Soups, Sides and Starters," "Sandwiches," "Main Courses for Vegetarians," "Drinks" and "Desserts." Whatever your musical tastes this book has something for everyone and is worth checking out. And if you happen to be an indie-music lover? All the better.
they are what they eat.......2007-04-28
What do our music stars eat? Good question. This book features over 100 recipes with clever notes about the food (and drink) preferences of some of our favorite cutting edge music types.
My Morning Jacket offers up their "You can care if ya wanna" sandwich. The Long Winters show us Alaska-style macaroni soup al carne. Mojave 3 has a nifty recipe for leek and potato soup.
I'll confess, I hadn't heard of half these bands, they are that trendy. The food is good and the notes are so precious. Worth checking out.
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Good Humor, Bad Taste: A Sociology of the Joke (Humor Research 7)
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Good Humor, Bad Taste is the first extensive sociological study of the relationship between humor and social background. Using a combination of interview materials, survey data, and historical materials, the book explores the relationship between humor and gender, age, regional background, and especially, humor and social class in the Netherlands. The final chapter focuses on national differences, exploring the differences between the American and the Dutch sense of humor, again using a combination of interview and survey materials.
The starting point for this exploration of differences in sense of humor is one specific humorous genre: the joke. The joke is not a very prestigious genre; in the Netherlands even less so than in the US. It is precisely this lack of status that made it a good starting point for asking questions about humor and taste. Interviewees generally had very pronounced opinions about the genre, calling jokes "their favorite kind humor", but also "completely devoid of humor" and "a form of intellectual poverty". Good Humor, Bad Taste attempts to explain why jokes are good humor to some, bad taste to others.
The focus on this one genre enables Good Humor, Bad Taste to have a very wide scope. The book not only covers the appreciation and evaluation of jokes by different social groups and in different cultures, and its relationship with wider humor styles. It also describes the genre itself: the history of the genre, its decline in status from the sixteenth century onward, and the way the topics and the tone of jokes have changed over the last fifty years of the twentieth century.
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Among Thomas Jefferson's flaws, according to Patrick Henry, was the manner in which "he has abjured his native victuals in favor of French cuisine." While Jefferson's years in Paris enhanced his fondness for French food, the offerings at Monticello incorporated Continental cuisine with more common Virginian fare, yielding a celebrated blend of cultures and traditions.
Dining at Monticello: In Good Taste and Abundance combines recipes, background essays, and lush illustrations to provide an inviting view of the renowned hospitality offered at Thomas Jefferson's table. Ten introductory essays by Monticello scholars and by outside experts illuminate all areas of food and drink at Jefferson's home, ranging from the groceries and wine imported from Europe, to the recently revealed kitchen restoration, to the African Americans who participated in this rich food culture at every stage. Following these essays are seventy-five recipes found in the family manuscripts, some written in Jefferson's own hand. Updated by Damon Lee Fowler, author of Classical Southern Cooking, the recipes are authentic to the period yet accessible to the home cook. Filled with anecdotes, recipes, solid information, and beautiful color photography, this book satisfies both hunger and curiosity.
Customer Reviews:
DINING AT MONTICELLO.......2005-09-06
INCREDIBLE BOOK I AM PROUD TO OWN. THIS BEAUTIFUL BOOK, WITH ALL THE PHOTOGRAPHS IS FAR MORE THAN A COOKBOOK AS ITS HISTORICAL INFORMATION ALONE MAKES IT A MUST HAVE FOR MY LIBRARY. THIS IS ONE OF THE FEW BOOKS YOU CAN SAY GIVES YOU YOUR MONEY'S WORTH. YOU ARE IN FOR A VISUAL TREAT
Customer Reviews:
Great book, great food.......2001-12-06
I love cookbooks and own a lot of them. I bought this book two years ago and have given many copies as gifts to peple who like to cook. My family loves the recipes. We made some of the recipes for my niece's wedding brunch in Denver last year and the guests raved about the food. The recipes and instructions are well-written and the results are great.
What Can I Bring.......2000-08-02
This is a fantastic book. Lots of great recipes with new adaptions to ones that have been around for awhile. Using a different spice or combining of various ingredients gives news twists to old standbys and favorites. I am an avid reader of cookbooks and don't have that much time to cook now that my family is grown and left the nest, but with this book, I am very anxious to get back in the kitchen and create some new and exciting things. Cookbooks by Jr. Leagues always have some of the very best recipes and this one is certainly no exception. Highly recommend whether just for reading, or looking for something new and different.
I love this Cookbook!.......2000-06-27
Of all the regional cookbooks I own, this is one of my favorites! This cookbook has great suggestions for things to take to different gatherings from Gold Cup Horse Races to Neighborhood Picnics. I especially love the tips and suggestions at the bottom of the recipes. So far, I have tried about 20 recipes and all of them have been fabulous! The recipes are clear and easy to follow. This book is a necessity for delicious homemade treats to impress your friends. It also makes a great bridal shower and teacher gift.
Customer Reviews:
Christmas Gifts of Good Taste.......2000-12-31
This is probably one of the best in the "Memories in the Making" Series. I would definitely recommend this book!
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