Basic Pesto
Does your garden have an overabundance of basil this month? If you have already dried a ton of it and given it away to friends and relatives, why not make some pesto? Pesto is made of simple ingredients: fresh basil, garlic, cheese and olive oil, ... [... more]
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Quick Artichoke Pasta Salad
This recipe is really easy, uses no "weird" ingredients, and is a huge hit with my meat eating friends and relatives (it is a little expensive to make, however, as it requires artichoke hearts, yumm). Cook macaroni according to package ... [... more]
International Vegetarian Union |
How to Photograph Children: Secrets for Capturing ...
 Very useful book!: As an amateur/hobbyist photographer for 20+ years as well as an avid reader I have read a lot of books on the subject, but none as fun to read as this. It contains lots of practical advice about composition and lighting as well as [... more]
CDN$29.95
Amazon CA |
Crisp Toasts: Wonderful Words That Add Wit and Class to ...
"A Heartfelt Toast For The Ones We Love": A truly remarkable book! Once I picked it up, I couldn't put it down. Original, creative, heartfelt and sincere toasts. "Crisp Toasts" is the answer for "those of us" who don't know [... more]
CDN$18.50
Amazon CA |
The Periodic Table
From Amazon.com: Writer Primo Levi (1919-1987), an Italian Jew, did not come to the wide attention of the English-reading audience until the last years of his life. A survivor of the Holocaust and imprisonment in Auschwitz, Levi is considered to be one [... more]
CDN$23.50
Amazon CA |
Careers for Introverts & Other Solitary Types, Second ed.
Don't give up your day job....: First of all, I am glad that a book was finally written on this topic, since it points out the hell most introverted and shy people go through trying to find, and keep, suitable employment. The unfortunate fact is that in [... more]
CDN$15.95
Amazon CA |
Letting Go: A Parent's Guide to Understanding the ...
From Amazon.com: Letting Go is about what it feels like for parents when their kids go off to college. Karen Levin Coburn and Madge Lawrence Treeger provide a compassionate approach, practical information, and advice about the physical and emotional [... more]
CDN$18.50
Amazon CA |
Free to Grieve: Healing and Encouragement for Those Who ...
I only wish I'd found it sooner: Finding this book allowed me to find myself again. When you lose a child, there's really nothing anyone can say to ease your pain. And yet this book says so much that can help you navigate the emotional mixmaster that is [... more]
CDN$17.50
Amazon CA |
Neil Young - Red Rocks Live: Friends & Relatives (2000)
this was the dvd I was waiting for: I have 2 other dvds by Neil Young, 'year of the horse' and 'rust never sleeps", by far this one is my favourite. I like 'rust never sleeps" because it takes place in 1979 so you get to see him when he was at [... more]
CDN$34.99
Amazon CA |
Memory Quilts in the Making
Wow! Great close-ups, detailed diagrams & wonderful stories.: I was so excited to receive my copy last Saturday, that I sat out on the deck and read it cover to cover. My interest in antique quilts always has me wondering, "Why did the [... more]
CDN$24.95
Amazon CA |
Trees Lounge
From Amazon.com: Steve Buscemi, an icon of the independent film world for years, took the opportunity to write, direct, and star in this wistful low-budget gem. He plays Tommy, a Long Island loser who gets tossed from his job as a mechanic for [... more]
CDN$14.95
Amazon CA |
A Journey through Grief: Gentle, Specific Help to Get ...
The most helpful book I found for grief: This book was the most helpful I found when dealing with deep grief. It's short, to the point, and hits the key heart strings with great simplicity and clarity. The idea that tears are what you do when you can't [... more]
CDN$7.95
Amazon CA |
