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Review Date: 10/12/2010
From the inside of the dust jacket...."This is not a cookbook (although no one will be blamed for trying the delectable recipes it contains for eggplant parmigiana, veal fillet with anchovy souffle, or gulab jamun from India). It is instead a novel, in which a trio of high-living superchefs create a restaurant whose spectacular cuisine captivates Hollywood's elite and succeeds beyond the wildest dreams of all but one. This is Guy Proudlink, whose dream kitchen is in Antarctica, which is to say in his mind for the time being. Meanwhile, problems of love must be overcome, infidelities must be sorted out calmly among adults, and dinner must be served.
Does Guy, with his daughter Arietta, make it to McMurdo Sound and thence across the frozen fastnesses to the Icebox of the Antipones? Well, yes, he does. And The Antarctic Cookbook will tell you how
Athor Crispin Kitto, a star chef in his own right, delights the mind and the senses with this novel that is sure to find a unique and lasting second calling in your kitchen.
187 pages. copyright 1984
Does Guy, with his daughter Arietta, make it to McMurdo Sound and thence across the frozen fastnesses to the Icebox of the Antipones? Well, yes, he does. And The Antarctic Cookbook will tell you how
Athor Crispin Kitto, a star chef in his own right, delights the mind and the senses with this novel that is sure to find a unique and lasting second calling in your kitchen.
187 pages. copyright 1984
Review Date: 4/1/2009
Helpful Score: 1
I enjoyed the Tea House book, so I borrowed this one from the library. Sorry to say, I didn't enjoy this one as much. I felt like I was just trying to push through to get to the end and I finally decided I didn't much care what happened to the characters.
Review Date: 1/13/2009
From the back of the book: "What a mean woman. I will get even with her", thought the crow. "What a bad crow. I will teach him a lesson", said Mrs. Gaddy. And so it went-trick and lesson, lesson and trick. Until...
A crow and a farmer spend all their time playing tricks on each other and nothing else gets done.
A crow and a farmer spend all their time playing tricks on each other and nothing else gets done.
Review Date: 1/13/2009
From the back of the book: Old King Crow is the meanest bird in Oz. He doesn't like scarecrows. He doesn't like little girls from Kansas. He doesn't like much-except making people unhappy and casting terrible spells. Watch out, Scarecrow! Watch out, Dorothy! Old King Crow has his beady little eyes on you! Here is a brand-new Oz adventure that is magicial, funny, and full of surprises!
Review Date: 9/19/2010
Not a review, because I haven't read it, but from the back of the book:
"A witty cultural and culinary education, Immoveable Feast is the charming, funny and improbable tale of how a man who was raised on white bread-and didn't speak a word of French-unexpectedly ended up with the sacred duty of preparing the annual Christmas dinner for a venerable Parisian family.
Ernest Hemmingway called Paris "a moveable feast"-a city ready to embrace you at any time in life. For Los Angeles-based film critic John Baxter, that moment came when he fell in love with a French woman and impulsively moved to Paris to marry her. As a test of his love, his skeptical inlaws charged him with cooking the next Christmas banquet-for eighteen people in their ancestral country home. Baxter's memoir of his yearlong quest takes readers along his misadventures and delicious triumphs as he visits the farthest corners of France in search of the country's best recipes and ingredients. Irresistible and fascinating, Immoveable Feast is a warmhearted tale of good food, romance, family, and the Christmas spirit, Parisian style."
"A witty cultural and culinary education, Immoveable Feast is the charming, funny and improbable tale of how a man who was raised on white bread-and didn't speak a word of French-unexpectedly ended up with the sacred duty of preparing the annual Christmas dinner for a venerable Parisian family.
Ernest Hemmingway called Paris "a moveable feast"-a city ready to embrace you at any time in life. For Los Angeles-based film critic John Baxter, that moment came when he fell in love with a French woman and impulsively moved to Paris to marry her. As a test of his love, his skeptical inlaws charged him with cooking the next Christmas banquet-for eighteen people in their ancestral country home. Baxter's memoir of his yearlong quest takes readers along his misadventures and delicious triumphs as he visits the farthest corners of France in search of the country's best recipes and ingredients. Irresistible and fascinating, Immoveable Feast is a warmhearted tale of good food, romance, family, and the Christmas spirit, Parisian style."
Review Date: 1/13/2009
From the back of the book: Danny Keegan wants his fifth grade class to be different and, well, exciting. But when he meets four new kids who give new meaning to the term "weird" he realizes he's in for more excitement than he bargained for!!
There's C.D. Bitesky, who has sharp little fangs and a pet bat named Spike...Howie Wolfner, who gets pretty hairy whenever it rains...and Elisa and Frankie Stein, sister and brother, who insist the metal shafts sticking out of their necks are just braces-the result of an auto accident.
Dann's sister Barbara says his new friends should go back to whatever nightmare they came from. But Danny thinks he's in for a frighteningly good time. Hi just hopes fifth grade won't be his last.
There's C.D. Bitesky, who has sharp little fangs and a pet bat named Spike...Howie Wolfner, who gets pretty hairy whenever it rains...and Elisa and Frankie Stein, sister and brother, who insist the metal shafts sticking out of their necks are just braces-the result of an auto accident.
Dann's sister Barbara says his new friends should go back to whatever nightmare they came from. But Danny thinks he's in for a frighteningly good time. Hi just hopes fifth grade won't be his last.
Review Date: 1/16/2009
A required reading book that my daughter actually enjoyed!
Review Date: 1/30/2009
From the back of the book: "The Pink Parrots are behind and hot tempered. Terry DiSunno has to face the league's coolest pitcher, who is known as "The Iceman". While the rest of her teammates on the all-girls team are psyched out by Iceman's wrap-around black shades and his major attitude, Terry isn't going to let him do a number on her. Or is she?
Her hit starts a rally that ignites the Parrots. But Terry's clashes with the Iceman have only begun. She seems to run into him everywhere, and the chemistry between these two excellent players is a combination of fire and ice that has Terry confused and frustrated.
Alienated from her parents, who are divorced, Terry turns to her friend and teammate, Jazz Jaffe. Jazz knows more about boys and about playing rightfield and has lots of advice for Terry. But things get heated up when Lindsay Cunningham, the most popular girl in the seventh grade, takes a liking to "The Iceman"...
Her hit starts a rally that ignites the Parrots. But Terry's clashes with the Iceman have only begun. She seems to run into him everywhere, and the chemistry between these two excellent players is a combination of fire and ice that has Terry confused and frustrated.
Alienated from her parents, who are divorced, Terry turns to her friend and teammate, Jazz Jaffe. Jazz knows more about boys and about playing rightfield and has lots of advice for Terry. But things get heated up when Lindsay Cunningham, the most popular girl in the seventh grade, takes a liking to "The Iceman"...
Review Date: 1/29/2009
I enjoyed the trilogy very much. I liked the story and characters. I did think there was going to be a longer or more involved final battle with the demon. It just seemed to wrap up rather quickly at the end. Maybe I expected more because of the LONG wait between the release of books 2 and 3!
Review Date: 7/20/2009
A very informative children's book. Small, only 32 pages, but full of useful tidbits and lots of colorful pictures.
Review Date: 1/16/2009
A very cute book about discrimination and sharing on the playground.
From the Note to Parents and Teachers: In this tender view of urban childhood, George soon learns that letting people into his playhouse is more fun than keeping them out. After reading this book, you may want to invite children to share their own experiences with discrimination: Were they ever excluded because they were different? Have they ever excluded others?
From the Note to Parents and Teachers: In this tender view of urban childhood, George soon learns that letting people into his playhouse is more fun than keeping them out. After reading this book, you may want to invite children to share their own experiences with discrimination: Were they ever excluded because they were different? Have they ever excluded others?
Review Date: 11/24/2008
Helpful Score: 1
This is an excellent book for young/teen girls. My 14-year-old brought this home from a shopping trip with Grandma long before she could read it so I read it to her and it's been her very favorite for most of her life!
Review Date: 1/30/2009
From the back of the book: When Yip's father brings home the software that creates virtual actors-Vactors-Yip decides to give it a try. He downloads the program, taps a few buttons, and voila!-he's created Victor, a perfect kid, complete with artificial intelligence, good looks, and a sense of humor. But when Victor breaks out of cyberspace, Yip realizes there are more bugs in Victor's program than he ever imagined.
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