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Review Date: 4/23/2008
Helpful Score: 2
This funny and straightforward guide to party food was written by a bachelor who admits his "specialty is boiling water", and to whom "the kitchen is as foreign as the fourth ring of Saturn".
Over the span of 10 years, he developed these quick and easy appetizer and snack recipes "to impress guests who dropped by for a quick drink and a nibble before we trotted off to our favorite Hunan Palace."
The result is a clever and immensely practical cookbook for entertaining. All 101 recipes produce impressive & tasty results, especially appealing to guys, but none takes more than 15 minutes to put together!
Sample recipes include Lobster Canapes Carryl, Anchovy Garlic Rounds, Ham Solana, Pepperoni Provolone Spears, Artichoke Imperiale, Twice-Pickled Onions, Olive Blossoms, and Carrots Carlos.
As the author promises, "you will never slice a piece of cheese again!"
Over the span of 10 years, he developed these quick and easy appetizer and snack recipes "to impress guests who dropped by for a quick drink and a nibble before we trotted off to our favorite Hunan Palace."
The result is a clever and immensely practical cookbook for entertaining. All 101 recipes produce impressive & tasty results, especially appealing to guys, but none takes more than 15 minutes to put together!
Sample recipes include Lobster Canapes Carryl, Anchovy Garlic Rounds, Ham Solana, Pepperoni Provolone Spears, Artichoke Imperiale, Twice-Pickled Onions, Olive Blossoms, and Carrots Carlos.
As the author promises, "you will never slice a piece of cheese again!"
Review Date: 3/19/2008
This is an AUDIO BOOK, recorded on 2 cassettes, running time approx. 3 hours, abridged.
Review Date: 8/12/2011
Very detailed, 35 step-by-step lessons to teach yourself decorative painting. Includes a lot of color charts, diagrams, photos, actual-size patterns, and entire projects. The designs are very traditional (fruits, flowers, birds, bugs, vegetables) but the techniques could be applied to any designs of your own.
Review Date: 3/19/2008
This is an AUDIO BOOK of Eric Garcia's book, recorded by Stanley Tucci (Golden Globe & Emmy winner for "Winchell", co-directed Big Night). It's on 2 cassettes, running time approx. 3 hours, abridgment approved by the author.
Review Date: 4/15/2011
Helpful Score: 1
18-page book of cross-stitch charts by Jean Leinhauser, for all seasons. Charts include Seasonal Wisdom ("To every thing there is a season ..."); Four Seasons Floral Arrangements - Spring Tulips, Summer Roses, Vegetable Basket, Christmas Tree - with dimensional motifs; Cozy Cottage chart for Tea Cozy; Christmas Stockings charts - Doggie's Delight, Holiday Plaid, Bells of Noel, and Child's Stocking, with instructions for working up finished stockings; Spicy Sachets - Mint, Thyme, Coriander, Rosemary; Pansy Border; Pineapple Pattern; Figurine with 4 Seasons interchangeable Winter, Christmas, Spring/Summer and Autumn Aprons; 2-Sided Reminders - "Dishes Clean/Dirty" and "Damper Open/Closed"; Wedding Day chart; Eyeglass Case; Mini-Pull; 8 Mini Designs - Heart, Sunshine, Birthday Cake, Snowman, Damask Rose, Bouquet, Pumpkin Surprise and Christmas Wreath, and a Tissue House.
Review Date: 9/18/2008
Helpful Score: 2
Sections include:
Getting Started in Stitchery - Supplies, Pattern Design & Transfer, Embroidery & Crewel Techniques, Embroidery Stitches, Machine Embroidery, Hand & Machine Applique, Finishing, Cleaning & Display
Stitchery Projects You Can Make - Sunshine Sampler, A Bouquet of Patterns, Inspirations from Mother Nature, Crewel Collar Sampler, Crewel Belt Buckle, Reverse Applique Belt, Kitchen Applique, Bright & Bold Felt Banners, Toys & Dolls, Scenic Sleeping Bag, Experiments in Stitchery, Buon Gusto Kitchen Sampler and Art Deco Dress.
Special Features - Using Embroidery Stitches Effectively, New Directions in Stitchery, A Key to Color and Stitches, Two Additional Finishing Stitches
Getting Started in Stitchery - Supplies, Pattern Design & Transfer, Embroidery & Crewel Techniques, Embroidery Stitches, Machine Embroidery, Hand & Machine Applique, Finishing, Cleaning & Display
Stitchery Projects You Can Make - Sunshine Sampler, A Bouquet of Patterns, Inspirations from Mother Nature, Crewel Collar Sampler, Crewel Belt Buckle, Reverse Applique Belt, Kitchen Applique, Bright & Bold Felt Banners, Toys & Dolls, Scenic Sleeping Bag, Experiments in Stitchery, Buon Gusto Kitchen Sampler and Art Deco Dress.
Special Features - Using Embroidery Stitches Effectively, New Directions in Stitchery, A Key to Color and Stitches, Two Additional Finishing Stitches
The Sugar Mill Caribbean Cookbook: Casual and Elegan Recipes Inspired by the Islands
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Book Type: Paperback
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Review Date: 4/17/2009
I've really enjoyed cooking from this cookbook.
The recipes are authentically tropical and well-tested: they all work. I especially like that this cookbook gives a much wider variety of foods & preparation methods than most other Caribbean or tropical recipe collections.
And I appreciate that the authors are not only "real life" residents of the Caribbean, but also columnists for Bon Appetit. It doesn't get much better than this!
The recipes are authentically tropical and well-tested: they all work. I especially like that this cookbook gives a much wider variety of foods & preparation methods than most other Caribbean or tropical recipe collections.
And I appreciate that the authors are not only "real life" residents of the Caribbean, but also columnists for Bon Appetit. It doesn't get much better than this!
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