The Frugal Feast
Eating great food for cheap; bringing common sense back to the dinner table. A few random thoughts on eating both cheaply and well...or perhaps not so random. One thing all of these suggestions have in common is that in generations past they were ... [... more]
Suite101 |
Elizabeth Tallent
The men and women in Elizabeth Tallent's stories think a great deal about love. They argue about it at the dinner table. They cling to it with talismans. They flirt with strangers or moon impossibly over aunts and cousins. , Elizabeth Tallent ... [... more]
Random House |
African Beans and Potatoes
This is adapted from *The Africa News Cookbook.* It goes MUCH faster if you have a pressure cooker. That's what I used and you can go from dried beans to dinner table in about an hour. You could use canned beans too, if you wanted to be quick ... [... more]
International Vegetarian Union |
Sweet Potato Spread
This easy recipe serves as an appetizer with crackers or pita chips. At the dinner table, it substitutes for butter as a bread spread. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Bake potatoes 30 to 40 minutes, or until soft. While potatoes bake, heat water or ... [... more]
International Vegetarian Union |
Allison Whittenberg
With a new boyfriend, her own room (finally!), and a modeling agency trying to convince her to sign with them, Charmaine Upshaw's life is just about perfect. But a surprising face appears at the dinner table: ex-con Uncle E. Uncle E skipped town ... [... more]
Random House |
The Break-Up [HD DVD]
 All the hype...complete waste of time: My husband and I watched this, expecting it to at some point pick up. It didn't. There is nothing memorable or remarkable about this movie. I am guessing that most people themselves have had more dramatic break ups [... more]
CDN$54.95
Amazon CA |
All-American Ads 30s
Hucksters in hard times.: Taschen's fourth volume of the All-American Ads series provides a big look back to the day before yesterday. Steven Heller provides a short overview of the decade and explains that despite the Depression magazines, in which most [... more]
CDN$49.99
Amazon CA |
Yoga of Nutrition
Do We Know" HOW" To Eat?: I have read my share of diet books,(and been on several diets) but this book is not like that. It did show, me, though that food, when given due respect can make tremendous transformations in people; physically, [... more]
CDN$14.01
Amazon CA |
Thanksgiving Leftovers
Leftover turkey isn't the only the only thing to be thankful for when celebrating Thanksgiving. And thankfulness doesn't have to be limited to one day per year. Soon many Canadians will be marching to the dinner table, fork in hand, ready to ... [... more]
Suite101 |
Beneath a Waning Moon: Diaries, 1985-1987
Buy this book. Buy all James Lees-Milnes' diaries.: JL-M in top form. In this volume of his diaries the author seems to come out of a several-year funk and returns to a more positive perspective. He's as charming, crankily acerbic, and endearing as ever, [... more]
CDN$45.11
Amazon CA |
Hannibal
From Amazon.com: Horror lit's head chef Harris serves up another course in his Hannibal "The Cannibal" Lecter trilogy, and it's a pièce de résistance for those with strong stomachs. In the first book, Red Dragon (filmed as [... more]
CDN$49.95
Amazon CA |
Home Decorating with Origami
Delightful: I bought this book quite as while back but never got down to reviewing it and was surprise that no one did since I consider this book worth getting. This is an English version of the same Japanese origami book. Tomoko Fuse as usual do [... more]
CDN$27.95
Amazon CA |
