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Never Look a Polar Bear in the Eye A Family Field Trip to the Arctics Edge in Search of Adventure Truth & Mini Marshmallows
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Zac Unger
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, March 19, 2013
This is a well-written and humorous account not just of a family's adventure moving from urban Oakland, California for an extended field trip into the wilds of Manitoba but it's also a story of an environmentalist learning first-hand about climate science in ways eye-opening and surprising. The information is important and serious; the story, which is part travel memoir and part science journal, is really entertaining. Unger is very much worth the read!
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Beginnings
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Chris Cosentino
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, November 06, 2012
With gorgeous photography and even more gorgeous recipes, Beginnings: My Way to Start a Meal will inspire you to look at first courses from a seasonal, flavorful angle. Of course there are favas in spring and persimmons in fall, but cured meats-- what is closest to Cosentino's heart-- are delicious year-round and get a section all their own in this book. Learn how to build a cheese course, make a nocino (Italian walnut liqueur) vinaigrette, and see how anchovies give so many dishes a subtle boost. Some of the ingredients might not be sitting right in your pantry (unless you're flush with black truffles), but you will be as eager as I was to get your hands on them and recreate some of the tantalizing recipes yourself.
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Joshua Dread 01
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Lee Bacon
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, October 18, 2012
Joshua Dread might be aimed at young readers, but it's a great read for grown ups as well. As the voice of Joshua Dread, Lee Bacon is genuinely witty and entertaining, capturing all the angst and, well, dread, of being a kid whose parents are supervillains bent on destroying the world. It's a fantastic first novel that's hard to put down, and the sequel can't come fast enough for me!
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Frankies Spuntino Kitchen Companion & Cooking Manual
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Frank Castronovo
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, January 28, 2012
I snuggle up with cookbooks the same way I snuggle up with novels and read them cover to cover, lingering on particular passages and savoring the temporary escape. This is one of the more gratifying cookbook reads in recent memory-- the recipes are woven with stories of the authors' family tables, wonderful illustrations, and practical cooking advice. The writing is personal and warm; the recipes are detailed but accessible. And in that same way I often feel when I come to the end of a novel I love, I didn't want this book to end.
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Menu Design in America
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Steven Heller, Jim Heimann
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, October 27, 2011
This book is dreamy. It transports me to other eras and into local cultures, allowing me to snoop in on my favorite common denomintor amongst humans: food. The menus are as good as getting lost in a novel. From drive-ins to fine dining, I'm intrigued by the amazing variations in menu design, but I'm equally intrigued by how many similarities they all have. This book is one to be savored page by page.
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Jeni's Splendid Ice Creams at Home
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Jeni Britton Bauer
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, August 25, 2011
Technically, it's still summer, which means that technically, it's still acceptable to eat ice cream every day. Had I planned earlier and better, I would have made it my goal to make each clever flavor over the course of the season. Jeni's recipes run the spectrum of riffs on old standards like Roasted Pistachio Ice Cream to more exotic combinations like Toasted Rice Ice Cream with a Whiff of Coconut and Black Tea. The recipes are divided into flavors by season, and ice cream-making novices get a breakdown of technique, method, and equipment. There are so many great flavors that it might take me a couple of summers to get through them all, but I'm certainly willing to give it my best shot.
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Blue Chair Jam Cookbook
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Rachel Saunders
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, August 09, 2011
When I first started sampling Rachel Saunders's jams at a local farmers' market a few years ago, I thought, "Wow! I wish I could make jam like this!" Today, I have no exccuse not to; Rachel's book is full of recipes for the luscious jams I fell in love with at the market. And I can make jams for every season, so whether I have quince or kumquats or greengage plums (my favorite!) on hand, I can follow her wonderful recipes which are accompanied by rich, gorgeous photos. I love knowing I have access to Rachel's secrets, but I'll still have to drop in on her stand once in a while to see what new delights she has cooking.
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Paletas: Authentic Recipes for Mexican Ice Pops, Shaved Ice & Aguas Frescas [A Cookbook]
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Fany Gerson
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, June 14, 2011
My summer ritual for the last few years has been to make gallons and gallons of watermelon-lime agua fresca and chug it with abandon. This year, I figured it was time to expand my repertoire of refreshing summer treats, and this book was the perfect guide. Not only did I try out several other flavors of aguas frescas, but I also tried my hand at homemade popsicles (avocado, anyone?), which are easy and crowd-pleasing. The photographs are gorgeous and will make you want to make a freezerful of every tempting recipe in the book.
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The New Brooklyn Cookbook: Recipes and Stories from 31 Restaurants That Put Brooklyn on the Culinary Map
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Melissa Vaughan and Brendan Vaughan and Michael Harlan Turkell
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, October 24, 2010
Having recently relocated from Brooklyn to the San Francisco Bay Area, I am rendered unspeakably homesick by this book, which was published right after I moved. Well, mostly it's my stomach that is homesick for the food at franny's, Prime Meats, Egg, and Palo Santo, who are all featured in this book. Among the contributions, there are many recipes I know I will enjoy making and eating, including the sweet and salty granola from Early Bird Foods and the pecan pie sundae from Buttermilk Channel. With any luck, I'll be able to create some of my favorite flavors from my favorite borough to tide me over until Jet Blue has a sale.
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The Rain Before It Falls
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Jonathan Coe
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, September 26, 2010
In "The Rain Before It Falls," Coe creates the voice of an elderly woman describing a series of photos to a blind girl she once knew. I was transported to these scenes of life in the country in England, the sights of landscapes and homes and people becoming as clear in my mind as the woman intends them to be. The story is classic Coe; we are given historical context, intimate details of the characters' lives, and permission to let our imaginations go. While we might need to suspend our disbelief at times, the reward is a great story told with Coe's gift of weaving an involved tale.
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Terrible Privacy of Maxwell Sim
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Jonathan Coe
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, September 26, 2010
In that way that Jonathan Coe is known to spin a tale, he does it again here. "The Terrible Privacy of Maxwell Sim" is full of those funny, satirical, timely, slightly self-effacing lines that he's so adept at creating while integrating compelling historical notes. My brother called the ending a cop out, but to me, it was just Coe being Coe, giving us an ending we might or might not want for our protagonist but entertaining us with his heartbreaking wit until we get there.
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Wonder When Youll Miss Me
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Amanda Davis
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, August 03, 2010
I often experience a wave of sadness when I finish a good book as the experience of knowing the characters, the author's voice, the whole story comes to an end. I had a particularly hard time with this book, partly because of the exquisite writing that I felt like I couldn't consume enough of, and partly because I had learned in the course of reading the book that Amanda Davis had died in a plane crash and that, aside from a previously published book of short stories, there wouldn't be any more amazing stories coming from her. This book is dreamy and biting and fluid and sharp. It's one of my favorite works of fiction.
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Death Comes for the Archbishop
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Willa Cather
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, October 30, 2007
Cather's depictions of the landscape and New Mexico are at once dreamy and gripping. The action in this novel isn't really all that active-- it's slow, deliberate, and gentle but compelling nonetheless. I would read this again and again for her incredible descriptions and turns of phrase. It's the kind of descriptive writing that really makes me want to write well.
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