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It's prom season, and no town does prom like Tinsel Town. Ben is back for the summer - just in time to be Anna's prom date. But his family has a house guest who's so hot, she's bound to burn up their perfect plans. Adam finds out a scandalous secret that threatens to tear Cammie's world to pieces. Sam agrees to take Parker to the prom and they end up doing a lot more than dancing. What happens when Sam's romance-obsessed boyfriend Eduardo flies in from Paris to surprise Sam? This prom is sure to be glamorous, scandalous, and occasionally downright schocking! It's just the kind of night the A List crew will never forget. Soon to be a major motion picture from Universal Pictures, THE A-LIST and its bestselling sequels, GIRLS ON FILM, BLONDE AMBITION, TALL COOL ONE, and BACK IN BLACK are full of unforgettable stories about the fast times of Beverly Hills' most beautiful and glamorous people.
Customer Reviews:
Amazing, interesting read!.......2007-08-06
Zoey Dean is back with her sixth book in the A- List series. In this book, it's Prom at the Beverly Hills High School and noone on the A- List goes, but when Sam hears about a film contest, and when Anna wants to go, she decides to go and make a video on the prom weenies b- listers. Also Anna gets jealous of a gorgeous junior staying at Ben's house for school, but she gets over it and she and her friends help for her prom. At Anna's prom everything goes a little too well and Sam decides not to release her film because she's to happy and was awarded prom queen. Cammie on the other hand a horrofying secret that her father had an affair with Sam's mother during the time of Cammie's mother's death. Zoey Dean is back with her probably best book so far in the series, leaving her fans dying to read the next book. I would definitely recommend this book and this series.
Awesome details.......2006-10-31
I love all of Zoey Deans books because she uses so much description and detail. It's amazing. This book is great because it has mystery and it also has some unexpected things in it. I love how Maddie didn't really like Ben. I really love these books.I also recommend these to teenage girls.
Loved It!!!!!!!!!!!!!.......2006-08-11
This had to be the best A- List book. There was so much intriguy in it. It also was the longest A- List book. It was all set around prom and all the stress that goes into it. The new information that Cammie found out about her mother's death was scary, but it added a new twist. Also with Maddy and her crush on her math teacher. I have to admitt, It was kind of funny when Cammie found out that she burned down an LA landmark. I reccoamend this to everyone!
A-List #6: Some Like it Hot.......2006-07-13
Welcome to Beverly Hills High School Prom.
This was boring in the beginning, but once it picks up you can't put it down. So good... worth the read.
Dee is getting better and saner than ever.
Anna and Ben's relationship is threatened by a new guest in Ben's house.
Cammie and Adam are fighting because Adam found out a strange secret about her mother.
Sam misses Eduardo and wonders how she can compete with all the other beautiful European women that he's around every single day, becoming jealous over nonexistant people.
This book has some awesome twists and I really enjoyed it.
prom.......2006-06-16
It's that time of year... prom!!!
Anna and Ben are finally together, but will an attractive girl staying at the Birnbaum's mess with their relationship again?
Cammie and Adam are doing well, until Cammie finds out more about the night her mother died.
Sam is happy with where she's at with Eduardo, until he tells her that he won't be able to come to her prom... or can he?
Drama is abound once more in the juicy sixth book.
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The second in a series of comprehensive guides to flowering plants and gardening in hot and humid climates
Customer Reviews:
Short and Steamy Guilty Pleasure.......2006-07-25
If you've ever read any of the other 'Bad Boy' anthologies out there and liked them, you won't be disappointed with this one. This book contains six super short (50 pages each) and steamy contemporary romances. All are written well and a breeze to read. They're sort of like a snickers bar for your libido -a little guilty pleasure. Some are laugh out loud funny and some will make wish the book was water-proof for a cold shower. Nice beach read -on second thought you may not want to read these stories in public if your prone to blushing.:)
Momentary Relief from Real Life.......2006-07-24
Romance writers know how to fantasize and then put their imaginations on paper with extraordinary flair. Six of them make this compilation of skin tingling stories possible to be consumed by particular group of readers. The title of the collection is appropriate although the short narrations of attractions and entanglements could be savored more before turning in at night. Leave it to one's mind to be tickled by the fantasies where sweet dreams take over as the eyes closed shut after a long grueling day. Each story is a dilly.
Forget the sand and enjoy the read!.......2006-07-16
A really great collection for summer reading. Each story stands alone, though one or two are connected to other stories by the same author. Each story is just long enough to deal with attention span problems brought on by the heat! enjoy!
quick and fun!.......2005-07-14
This anthology was unlike any I'd read before. There are 6 authors, and at first I wasn't certain I'd feel fulfilled. However, it turned out to be a fun book. The stories are quick and if you are like me, sometimes it's nice to take a break from the long, intense romance stories and read something you can finish in one sitting. As a mom, I don't have loads of time to read, so this was a nice change of pace for me.
The most exciting stories were Foster's, McCarthy's, and Denison's. Those women know how to write a quick romance and leave you with a feeling of contentment.
Fast Fun Stories For The Road!!
The title of this book says it all !!.......2004-07-30
PERFECT FOR THE BEACH is truly the book to take to the beach with you. The story is very entertaining !!
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- The best book on the funniest film of all time!!
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TASCHEN TO PUBLISH LAVISH TRIBUTE TO BILLY WILDER'S SOME LIKE IT HOT, THE CLASSIC FILM OF MUSIC, MURDER AND MEN IN DRAG
To celebrate Billy Wilder's 95th birthday, TASCHEN has created a splendid homage to Some Like it Hot, the movie voted Best Comedy of the Century by the American Film Institute. A daring tale of cross-dressing made at a time when the subject was all but taboo, Some Like it Hot (1959) tells the story of two Prohibition-era jazz musicians who are forced to go undercover in an all-girl band to escape from the mob. Absolutely scandalous in its day, Some Like it Hot paved the way, but has never been eclipsed by contemporary comedies like Tootsie, Priscilla Queen of the Desert, Victor/Victoria, and La Cage aux Folles.
With a hilarious screenplay by I.A.L. Diamond and Billy Wilder, flawless performances from Jack Lemmon, Tony Curtis, and the notoriously difficult Marilyn Monroe, Some Like it Hot is the embodiment of comic perfection.
Written by Dan Auiler, a recognized authority on American film, Some Like it Hot is divided into 3 sections:
· A rare first draft and entire final script annotated with hundreds of photos from the film
· Interviews conducted exclusively for the book with Billy Wilder, Jack Lemmon (his last major interview before his recent death), Tony Curtis and Walter Mirisch
· A scrapbook section of ephemera from the film including advertising, posters from 13 different countries, news items, cast bios, crew lists, Wilder's filmography, and more
The tastiest feature is a replica of Marilyn Monroe's script set into the back cover of the book; a perfect copy of the original which sold at a Christie's auction recently for $60,000. It is complete with Monroe's own colored ink prompt notations and the director's notes, and is an absolutely fascinating document, providing intimate insights into Wilder's direction and Monroe's approach to the material. The oversized book is gorgeously produced, with a padded yellow ultra suede cover embossed with the film's original title design.
Some Like it Hot is the `must-have' gift this season for film-loving fans of the great Billy Wilder.
**Padded ultra-suede hardcover in it's own printed storage box
Customer Reviews:
loved every minute.......2006-06-22
If you love movies, you will adore this book and have a vacation every time you read it. My only problem is the weight (it must weigh 10 lbs) so you don't want to shlep it around, but it is a GREAT read. Refreshing in every way.
The best book on the funniest film of all time!!.......2003-01-01
I received this book as a gift from my wonderful husband (thanks dear!) after putting it on my wish list as soon as I heard about it. I love this book and this is one of my top two movies of all time! I am very impressed with all that this book entails. Marilyn Monroe's prompt book is my favorite part but the whole book is fantastic and very worth every penny. (And a pretty penny it was!) A must for every huge fan of the movie or for people who collect movie memorabilia and items on Marilyn Monroe, Jack Lemmon, or Tony Curtis. I am thrilled to own it!
I liked it hot!!.......2002-01-04
Dan Auiler has created a masterpiece in coffee table books. This book has replaced all others on my table!! "Some Like It Hot" is a whimsical movie and this book immulates the style and impromptu spirit of Billy Wilder's movie. The interviews and photography are marvelous and take me back to the first time I viewed this movie. Congradulations, Mr. Auiler, on catching both the spirit of Marilyn and allowing the movie to live on through the pages of your book.
less than meets the eye.......2001-12-28
Received this as a gift this Christmas and must say I was disappointed all things considered. I found it lovely to look at, but not much beyond that.
Wow.......2001-12-28
Wow, this has to be the most beautiful book I've ever owned. I'm not exactly sure why the authors have chosen this particular film to give such treatment to (I find the film amusing, but not a museum piece), but I love the treatment. From it's sumptious leather cover with stylized typeface to the cute Billy Wilder bookmark, Marilyn's prompt book which fits just so in the back cover, to the detailed presentation of the scripts, the color photographs, and the press materials it's all a great package. I'm guessing this was published by a German publishing house because there are German, French and other language translations after the chapters and along the margins with the script. I can't say as though I would have spent [price] on this, but it was a fabulous gift that I will treasure.
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If you are one of those spicy-food lovers who constantly strives to test your heat capacity -- or if you're just one of those people who really appreciates the nuances of piquant cuisines, this fun and feisty collection of recipes is for you. Author Cliff Wright has followed the equator in search of authentically spicy dishes, and he recreates them here with Meat-Stuffed Chiles from Peru, Chile Verde from New Mexico, "Tablecloth Stainer" from Oaxaca, Egusi Soup from Nigeria, "Sauce that Dances" from Algeria, Hot and Sour Shrimp Soup from Thailand, "Ants Climbing a Tree" from China, and about 300 more deliciously fiery foods. Each recipe has a heat index, so you know what's going to be subtly spicy and what's truly incendiary. If you are looking for that next "hot" thing, this is where you'll find it.
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Piquant Passion.......2006-07-30
Simply put this book is our house Bible. We're Anglos with a hunger for hot & spicy food. We have our local library to thank for showing us this tremendous guide. Originally borrowed, it soon became apparent that we must own the book to truly benefit from it. It's both a pleasure to read about the history and science behind these spicy foods and to learn how to prepare them.
Once you get the ingredients from your supermarket's ethnic section, local ethnic markets, or online most dishes can be made in about 1/2 - 1 hour. Some are even easier than that and all pack a colossal flavor.
One of the books best features is the 1 - 5 spice rating scale, cleverly noted above each recipe. Don't be afraid to try a recipe rated 5. This is usually given because it calls for some ridiculous amount of peppers, which can be halved or quartered. If you find you like the dish and can handle more spice, you can up the (pic-)ante the next time you make it.
There are a few recipes that I find daunting (i.e. Dora Wat). I want to make them but am turned off by the fact that I have to make specialty spice combinations (i.e. niter kebbeh or berbere) in advance. While the author gives suggestions for substitutions I'd prefer the real thing or nothing at all. One of these days, I'll get around to doing the pre-work and have a reserve of the stuff on hand.
Note: Fans of Sichuan must have this book. It makes Sichuan cooking easy and the creative cook can make it healthy by minimizing the amount of oil used.
WARNING!
If you are new to cooking with chilies, take extra CARE. I always wear gloves when handling chilies. Perhaps a real chef with chew me out for this but there's nothing worse than discovering you have pepper juice on your finger and rub your eye.
Finally, I just can't say enough great things about this book. It's a jewel for cooks the world over!
My 'book of the month'.......period!.......2005-12-16
It might even be my book of the year. This is the book for spice lovers and 'chile-heads' who want a truly GLOBAL appreciation of their passion. The recipes I've tried are superb and easy to follow. More importantly, the anecdotes, sidebars, historical notes, and especially the internet listings are indispensible to fully appreciating the beauty of spiced cuisine. I never dreamed I would be making my own HARISA (it's fairly easy) and applying it to homemade Algerian dishes.
Thankyou Clifford! BTW this is my first book review hence the handle :)
Great Read and Hot Recipes. Buy It!.......2005-10-19
`Some Like It Hot' by noted culinary writer, Clifford A. Wright is a real gem. I was surprised to find such a book written by Wright, who is one of the leading scholarly experts on food of the Mediterranean, and, as he so elegantly illustrates himself, the Mediterranean is hot a hotbed of spicy foods.
Therefore, Wright's primary focus is on the various world spicy cuisines. He identifies the following centers of spicy food culture:
Western South America, primarily Peru and Bolivia.
Mexico and Southwestern U.S.
Cajun Cuisine
Jamaica
Western coast of Africa, primarily Senegal, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ghana, and Nigeria
North Africa (the Madgreb) of Algeria and Tunesia
Eastern Africa, especially Ethopia
Yemen
India and Pakistan
Thailand
Sichuan and Hunan provinces in China
Korea
These cuisines are discussed in detail in sidebars scattered throughout the recipe chapters.
The very odd thing about this list is how widely separate these regions are, especially since the single plant genus, the chile, grows so easily in all sorts of tropical, subtropical, and temperate climates. I am quite happy to see Wright confirm a hunch I had about capsicum genus (composed of five different species from the very mild bell pepper to the thermonuclear Habanero) that it's arrival in Europe and Asia simply blew away all piquant competion by its being so much stronger and so cheap to grow.
The most important `academic' study Wright covers is why some groups of people like hot food. He reviews and dismisses fourteen different common and not so common hypotheses, reaching the one that simply says people like the way they taste. What Wright does not do is explain why these particular regions embraced hot food and so many other regions did not. Why, for example, is Spanish cuisine so in love with the sweet bell pepper (capsicum annuum) which came from Mexico (note all those red pimentos, which are pickled sweet peppers) yet they do not embrace the chiles with high heat. It is easy to understand South America, Mexico, and Jamaica, as genus capsicum is native to these lands. It is also easy to understand India and Pakistan and Sichuan and Hunan, as both cuisines have a history of creating spicy dishes based on the pre-chile spices of black pepper, cloves, cinnamon, ginger, galangal, and tamarind. But what about the west coast of Africa, Ethopia, and Yemen? Wright never gets around to answering this question, but we quickly loose interest in the academic questions when the Professor gets down to the recipes.
While Wright claims to not be a chile head, he cannot escape the fact that the capsicum chile is by far the strongest source of culinary heat. Therefore, virtually all recipes include one or more varieties of chile in the ingredients.
The recipes are all organized by type of dish, with chapters on:
Startling Starters
Sexy Salads
Searing Soups
Electrifying Eggs
Hot Chicks, Wicked Ducks, and One Killer Rabbit (with apologies to Monty Python)
Blazing Beef and Indendiary Lamb
Piquant Pork
Sassy Seafoof
Volatile Vegetables
Pizzazz Pasta, Napalm Noodles, and Fiery Rice
Hot Accompaniments
Cool Accompaniments
Basic Sauces, Pastes, and Seasonings
Within each chapter, recipes are organized by location, following the same geographical order laid out above, always beginning with the New World source of chiles. And, not all cuisines are represented in all chapters.
In these recipes, Wright has done some adaptation to American kitchens and markets, but not much. That means that like just about any good survey of a regional cuisine (other than one native to North America), you will have to do a little culinary spelunking to locate some of the more important ingredients. And, since the books covers many cuisines from around the world, this means you will be stocking up on a LOT of esoteric ingredients to do these recipes. This is not only various kinds of chile, but also special sausages, fats, pastes, and sauces. Wright suggests some substitutions, but also confesses that most substitutions simply cannot give you the flavor of the original. It also means you will be doing a lot of cooking with animal fats such as lard and duck fat.In addition to being very close to authentic, all recipes are described with exceptional care.
To handle this problem, Wright provides two very important tools. The first is his last chapter of recipes for `Basic Sauces, Pastes, and Seasonings'. The second is one of the longest listings of Internet sources I have yet seen, including the great section in Paula Wolfert's exceptional book on the cooking or southwestern France.
Like Wolfert's book, this book is worth it even if you do nothing more than read it and pick out just those few recipes for which you can find ingredients easily. But, if you love your heat, you will really want to explore some of the more esoteric dishes, simply to get the different flavors from the many different varieties of chiles and the sauces and pastes into which they are made.
If you like hot food, this book is a must. If you are simply a foodie, this book is a must read, as Wright rarely missteps in his analysis of culinary matters.
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This collection of spicy vegetarian recipes features great dishes from the world's cuisines, including the U.S., South America, Mexico, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and Asia, making it an exciting and flavorful journey for the palate. Each recipe is completely accessible and easily adapted to anyone's kitchen, containing only ingredients that are widely available. And dozens of these recipes can be made in a snap. Organized by region, each chapter includes recipes for appetizers, soups and stews, salads, side dishes, main courses, and dressings and condiments. Robertson provides a basic introduction to the spices and techniques common to each cuisine, along with delicious classic vegetarian dishes, adaptations of meat-based dishes, and her own creative recipes, including: *
Spicy Okra Gumbo *
Mexican Rice and Bean Salad with Cumin Vinaigrette *
Pasta alla Putanesca *
Braised Cabbage with Cardamom *
Spicy Ginger Dumplings Using chilies as the main source of heat, these recipes range from mildly spicy to nearly incendiary, so there's something here for everyone! With creative yet simple recipes and nutritional analyses for each, Some Like It Hot is sure to inspire even the most devoted meat lover to eat vegetarian.
Customer Reviews:
Excellent international spiciness!.......2002-08-22
Some Like it Hot offers a creative and very diverse array of international vegetarian fare. From what I can tell it's actually a vegan cookbook as the recipes do not use dairy or eggs in addition to going meatless. Even though the emphasis is on spiciness, not all the recipes need be really hot; in many recipes the heat comes from not-so-hot items like garlic and ginger.
The author shows a great deal of knowledge about foods from many cultures worldwide and thus has brought together her knowledge to present a well-organized and fun variety of recipes. Some of the preparations can be a bit time consuming, but it's a well-spent effort as the end results are so delicious and unique. The recipes covered include places such as: China, Thailand, India, various African countries, Spain, Italy, Mexico, and the Caribbean as well as others. Some Like it Hot also includes an informative and useful introduction explaining the different types of ingredients and spices. It's too bad this book is out of print currently, because it is fantastic.
Spicy is Gooood!.......2002-08-11
This is a great cookbook - and you can make the recipes as hot or as tame as you like. I actually had expected them to be hotter. I really like how this book is organized according to what part ofthe world they're from. It touches every continent which makes it interesting. Ingedients are pretty mainstream but paired in ways to make them very tasty. And....for the vegans out there.....this is almost a vegan cookbook. Instead of dairy cheese, soy cheeses are used which is neat. In some cases yogurt is an ingredient (but you can find soy yogurt now which is tasty) and silken tofu is provided as an alternative to yogurt too. Some of the recipes I've tried (just to give an idea of what's in here) are: spicy indian green beans, tunisian couscous, rice with lentils and onions, sweet and sour onions and zucchini, red beans and rice, etc. Calories, protien, fat, fiber etc are all provided for each recipe too. I've enjoyed this cookbook so far and look forward to cooking more from it
excellent.......1999-03-17
Robin Robertson has converted me into a spicy-foods lover! Her recipes are clear, easy-to-follow, and imaginative. Best of all is the variety! Plenty of emphasis on soy products, too. This book would be ideal for anyone who is vegan--or anyone who wants to have adventures in cooking and eating. She inspired me so much, I cleaned out all my kitchen cabinets and reorganized them!
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In Why Some Like It Hot, an award-winning natural historian takes us on a culinary odyssey to solve the puzzles posed by "the ghosts of evolution" hidden within every culture and its traditional cuisine. As we travel with Nabhan from Java and Bali to Crete and Sardinia, to Hawaii and Mexico, we learn how various ethnic cuisines formerly protected their traditional consumers from both infectious and nutrition-related diseases. We also bear witness to the tragic consequences of the loss of traditional foods, from adult-onset diabetes running rampant among 100 million indigenous peoples to the historic rise in heart disease among individuals of northern European descent.
In this, the most insightful and far-reaching book of his career, Nabhan offers us a view of genes, diets, ethnicity, and place that will forever change the way we understand human health and cultural diversity. This book marks the dawning of evolutionary gastronomy in a way that may save and enrich millions of lives
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Or not hot..........2007-06-25
This book lies at the intersection of several fields, including but not limited to nutrition, history, evolutionary biology, agriculture, biochemistry and genetics. The author's premise can be stated as follow: the members of any ethnic group have evolved to adapt to the edible materials present in their environment to maximize their survival chances. At first, this premise does not seem like much, as the author admits early in the book. But he proceeds to examine several vary different ethnic cuisines, and the environment and culture they arose in, and then shows us how different ethnic groups can require vastly different diets in order to lead healthy and long lives. The ramifications then become huge. For instance, the Atkins diet and Mediterranean-based diets are really not that appropriate for all types of people; but only for those of specific ethnic backgrounds.
Some of science cited in this book is quite important. First, the author explains how the use of spices is related to food preservation. Specifically, food like meat spoils quicker in tropical areas than temperate areas. Many spices kill microbes that spoil meats, hence early humans in tropical areas learned by trial and error to add spices to their foods to preserve them longer. Second, the author demonstrates the links between diet and environment. For example, diet of fava beans is useless vis-a-vis other types of beans in arid environments. But in a climate full of malaria-carrying mosquitoes, ingesting fava beans changes the blood chemistry to reduce the likelihood of a malarial infection.
The book is written as a combination of personal narrative and scientific text. The author provides examples from his own life of how diet and environment interact with a person's genetic makeup to affect health. The amount of science in the text probably requires a college education to understand, though not a medical degree. The text is smooth-flowing and easy to follow, and overall quite interesting.
Interesting topic, confusing book.......2007-06-16
I really feel torn about this book. I was drawn to it because I do NOT "like it hot" and wanted to see if I could find an explanation for it. I did - I'm a supertaster & I am forever grateful to this book for bringing this concept to my attention. Nabhan has also gotten me even more excited about ethnobotany, and it's always fun to get excited about something.
However, I had a hard time getting through this book. I found myself thinking, "it'll get better" and "he'll get to the point" more than I like to. I think Nabhan was really trying to be accessible but I generally found it annoying; I wish he'd given more general ideas of conversations instead of dialogs.
I agree this book could use some reorganization and a better editor. The middle was the worst - with repeated words, misspellings and parts just didn't make sense. I read the part about fava beans at least 3 times and I'm still not sure I fully understand everything that he was obviously very excited about.
I was also confused about the point of this book - at some points it seems he wrote it as a response to fad diets such as the "caveman diet." I agree with his stance on these diets, but I was never interested in them and don't care to read about them. Other times the book seems to be more about what he's seen and done and what he thought about it. Other parts are about what I was interested in - how your genetics, life experience, food availability and family/community traditions shape what and how you eat. I was expecting a book solely about this and felt these parts were much too short.
I would love to see a revised edition (I know it only came out a few years ago). I think Nabhan has a lot of interesting things to write about. I am very glad I read this book & will recommend it to others, but I would tell them to skim large parts of it. I think it could be broken into at least 3 focused books that would be much more interesting.
Interesting material but poorly written and edited.......2006-08-22
This book presents an interesting hypothesis, i.e. that our genetics have been affected by the food we and our ancestors ate, and vice-versa. What could have been a fascinating read turned into a boring series of anecdotes and random statistics. Seemingly random ethnic groups (apparently the ones the author is familiar with or chose for whatever reason to investigate) are discussed and shown to have unusual consequences from food consumption. This book needed to be edited and material reorganized.
Interesting but not well-presented material.......2005-12-29
I found myself reading and then skimming this book, as my interest in what could have been a fascinating theory waned in the face of the author's inability to do more than cob together personal anecdotes and impersonal statistics. The book's layout added to the problem: narrow margins, double-wide line spacing and few paragraph breaks (about one per page) conspired to make it feel like a semi-scholarly article drawn out to book length. Also, Nabhan's focus on Malaysia, Crete and the Pima tribe left me wondering: what about us Northern Europeans? There was exactly a page and a half on British cuisine, and it amounted to an anecdote about how the author once spent a week in England, the food was terrible (no leafy green veg), and how a "British friend" suggested that possibly his compatriots traveled so much to find better sources of food. (Incidentally, the sloppy editing shows up in a sentence where Nabhan talks about "the Irish, the Scotch, the British, the Norwegians, the Scandinavians," or something like that, which made me want to scream "The Scots ARE British! The Norwegians ARE Scandinavians!") It was interesting, at first, to read about the benefits of lactose tolerance among herding populations, or the disastrous consequences to desert Indians of dairy, sugar and alcohol, but I was left none the wiser about how I, as a person with exclusively North Sea ancestors, was supposed to come up with a diet suited to my genetic code. Or, for that matter, how anyone could be expected to work out their body's needs and live in a largely urban, multi-cultural world. In sum, the theory is interesting, and I'd love to know more, but from a more graceful writer.
Why Some Like it Hot: Food, Genes, and Cultrual Diversity.......2005-09-26
Excellent reading! I found the information intreguing and exciting but too short. Need more of this type of information. We have heard too much of the life style side of health living and not enough about the interaction of genes on what we eat and how this may affect our life and health.
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Southern gardeners will welcome this informative guide to selecting landscape plants that not only survive but also thrive in the humid summer conditions found in the southern and coastal regions of the United States. The down-to-earth advice takes the guesswork out of what plants will work where and provides imaginative techniques for both the traditional and more ecologically oriented gardener. Plant materials and their characteristics are discussed in relation to their heat zones, and readers can refer to the included American Horticultural Society Heat Zone map.
Customer Reviews:
Good plant guide for the extreme Southeast.......2005-03-06
This little book is a great guide for gardeners in zones 8 and 9 and even the more temperate regions of zone 7. Chapters are divided by Ornamental Grasses, Annual Vines, Small Shrubs, Small to Medium Shrubs, Medium to Large Shrubs, and Large Shrubs and Small Patio Trees. Each chapter profiles several plants that thrive in the hot and humid regions of the south. The plant profiles are very good and detailed and provide excellent descriptions as well as sound horiticultural advice. Each plant is illustrated with one or more color photos. Also very helpful is a chart covering the various sizes and characteristics of crepe mrytles. The last section of the book lists plants by various characteristics, such as light requirements, soil types, fragrance, color, etc. This is a good book for gardeners looking to experiment with unique and exciting plants and also very good for the transplanted gardener who has just moved to the southeast.
Book Description
As the days get shorter and the nights grow colder, a nice hot drink is the next best thing to hibernating under the covers till spring. Here are 50 drink recipes with or sans alcohol that offer a great alternative to the usual holiday libations and are destined to spice up any gathering. Caramel Apple Sips come complete with a gooey, caramely-covered stir stick. Or instead of dessert guests can sip into something a little more comfortable Pumpkin Potion No. 9 topped with ginger whipped cream. Sugarplum Punch packs a good-to-the-last-drop wallop while a calming Chai Spiced Tea provides the perfect complement to a book and an overstuffed chair. With equipment and ingredient tips and super ideas for fabulous garnishes, when the weather outside is frightful, the sensational sippables in Some Like It Hot are oh-so-delightful.
Customer Reviews:
YUMMMMY Hot Drinks!!!!.......2007-02-09
This book was chock-full of great hot drink recipes. We like to throw a holiday party every year and serve signature holiday drinks and this was the PERFECT book for such a task!! Not only were the recipes numerous, but they were also simple. The book is FULL of great pictures and the drinks are well-organized in their chapters. I would whole-heartedly recommend this book to ANYONE who loves delicious warm drinks when it's cold outside. You get your money's worth and then some... there are even recipes that are kid specific!! EXCELLENT CHOICE!!!
perfect for the upcoming cold-weather months!.......2006-11-18
I had eyed this book for quite some time before I purchased it, and I am so glad I did! The pictures of the drinks are so tempting and beautifully done that you are warmed up just by flipping through the book! Most of the recipes in this book are alcohol based, so don't pick this book up looking for lots of kid-friendly drinks (though there are definitely some that kids would enjoy, such as a s'mores hot chocolate). The recipes are all simple and there is a nice section on creating garnishes. Order this book and get ready to sit back and enjoy some tasty, piping hot drinks!
Fantastic drinks! Fantastic gift!.......2005-11-30
I haven't tried a drink that I didn't find absolutely yummy! Great holiday drink recipes. The "Gingerbread Men" is a warm and cozy coffee drink, the Praline Prancer tastes as good as it looks wit its sugar rim, and my other favorite is "Cookies and Cream"...realy warms you up! I'm making up a gift basket with the book, mugs/glasses, and ingredients for my special friends. It's a holiday must!
"Hot" drinks for the cool months!!!.......2005-10-06
Wow, what a cool little book filled with "HOT" drinks. I've always been able to find "cold" beverage recipe books that are mostly enjoyed during warm weather (or on a beach!), but not one that has warm drinks for the cooler months. It's a handy guide for making "festive" drinks for the fall and winter months but it also includes coffee and tea recipes that can be enjoyed year-round. It has recipes for one or for a group which is great for entertaining for the upcoming holidays. The recipes are easy to follow and your mouth will water just looking at the gorgeous pictures of these wonderful drinks! SO many recipes are packed in this small package, it would make a great gift for your favorite party hostess. And just in case this review still isn't helpful enough, let me just say two last words........CHOCOLATE MARTINI!!
Customer Reviews:
A great addition to the Hotel Marchand series.-.......2007-01-20
I really enjoyed Melanie's story. She is the youngest of the sisters and has always felt inferior but seems to be coming into her own when she becomes a chef at the family restaurant. Robert LeSouer is the polar opposite of Melanie and is hesitant to try new things. Naturally they strike sparks off of each other. The reason I didn't give this a five is because my copy was so poorly edited it was distracting. I find this problem more and more often with books lately. Does anyone review them?
delicious contemporary romance.......2006-11-19
At Chez Remy, the four-star restaurant inside of the French Quarter Hotel Marchand, the cooking war between Sous Chef Melanie Marchand and Executive Chef Robert LeSoeur is hot and spicy with neither willing to budge an inch except when it comes to the palate of the guests. Their gender battle hides the attraction each feels for the other as neither wants to explore their lustful thoughts as each assumes it is one sided and fears giving an edge to their adversary.
However, Melanie reconsiders her strategy when she realizes that Robert actually wants her. She decides to try honey instead of vinegar; red hot pepper instead of cold cucumber. However, she wants only a one time fling as she vowed to never have any permanent commitment with a male since her first marriage as a teen was rotten and he has secrets that make him agree. So why do this pair keep wanting more dessert?
Readers will like it hot with this delicious Hotel Marchand contemporary romance. Melanie and Robert are a fiery passionate pair who love preparing mouth watering meals almost as much as they love one another. Fans will enjoy this gender war in the kitchen that is resolved in the bedroom.
Harriet Klausner
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