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I just loved the wordplay in this delightful YA novel. Even more appealing to me is the way it skewers (and puts a fresh face on) the usual sexist tropes found in YA girl-hero books. It's one of those books I found really hard to finish, because I didn't want it to end.
I'm part of a group of bloggers making all the recipes in this book, so I've already made nearly a dozen of them, and every one came out exactly as the book said. I find that truly remarkable. The recipes are easy to follow, use easy-to-find ingredients, and make my family happy, so what could be better? Greenspan's writing is so warm and inviting, to match the food.
I already love this cookbook. It's large and beautiful, and the text and photos are both gorgeous. So far, I've only made one of the recipes -- the gougeres, or cheese puffs -- but it was dead easy and delicious, so I'm happy to be participating in a blog event where we'll cook through the whole book together (frenchfridayswithdorie.com; they didn't pay me to say that). Yum.
This is a delightful book. It's fantasy for people who aren't necessarily fantasy fans. That is, the characters are fairies and the like, but she doesn't take pages and pages just to describe in great detail which wings the left phalanx of fairies sports, and which ancient celtic battle gave them their name and their broad, blue swords, and on and on. It's just a good story with a modern-day protagonist entering a world she didn't know existed. I really liked it a lot.
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I've been following the program for five days, and it's very easy, and my fatigue and joint pain and heart symptoms have almost disappeared. I especially notice my increased energy and diminished need for sleep. I'm looking at this as an experiment -- follow the program 100% for a while and see what it does to my numbers. I'll report back when I get my next blood tests.
So far, the recipes I've tried have been great, and the folks at the discussion board at drmcdougall.com have been very helpful, too.
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Un Lun Dun by China Mieville
Serene, January 1, 2012
I just loved the wordplay in this delightful YA novel. Even more appealing to me is the way it skewers (and puts a fresh face on) the usual sexist tropes found in YA girl-hero books. It's one of those books I found really hard to finish, because I didn't want it to end.Around My French Table: More Than 300 Recipes from My Home to Yours by Dorie Greenspan
Serene, January 1, 2011
I'm part of a group of bloggers making all the recipes in this book, so I've already made nearly a dozen of them, and every one came out exactly as the book said. I find that truly remarkable. The recipes are easy to follow, use easy-to-find ingredients, and make my family happy, so what could be better? Greenspan's writing is so warm and inviting, to match the food.Around My French Table: More Than 300 Recipes from My Home to Yours by Dorie Greenspan
Serene, September 24, 2010
I already love this cookbook. It's large and beautiful, and the text and photos are both gorgeous. So far, I've only made one of the recipes -- the gougeres, or cheese puffs -- but it was dead easy and delicious, so I'm happy to be participating in a blog event where we'll cook through the whole book together (frenchfridayswithdorie.com; they didn't pay me to say that). Yum.War for the Oaks by Emma Bull
Serene, April 16, 2008
This is a delightful book. It's fantasy for people who aren't necessarily fantasy fans. That is, the characters are fairies and the like, but she doesn't take pages and pages just to describe in great detail which wings the left phalanx of fairies sports, and which ancient celtic battle gave them their name and their broad, blue swords, and on and on. It's just a good story with a modern-day protagonist entering a world she didn't know existed. I really liked it a lot.(3 of 5 readers found this comment helpful)
The McDougall program for a healthy heart :a life-saving approach to preventing and treating heart disease
Serene, April 16, 2008
I've been following the program for five days, and it's very easy, and my fatigue and joint pain and heart symptoms have almost disappeared. I especially notice my increased energy and diminished need for sleep. I'm looking at this as an experiment -- follow the program 100% for a while and see what it does to my numbers. I'll report back when I get my next blood tests.So far, the recipes I've tried have been great, and the folks at the discussion board at drmcdougall.com have been very helpful, too.
(2 of 3 readers found this comment helpful)
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