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` She's rude, she's crude, she's good with food' Andrew Billen, The Observer. Outrageous Nancy Lam, tv's most eccentric far eastern chef and new star, cuts the crap and reveals how to create mouthwatering dishes from the kitchens of Enak Enak! (it means yum, yum), her famous Lavender Hill restaurant.
The definitive, home cooking recipe collection from one of the most respected and beloved culinary cultures Japan: The Cookbook has more than 400 sumptuous recipes by acclaimed food writer Nancy Singleton Hachisu. The iconic and regional traditions of Japan are organized by course and contain insightful notes alongside the recipes. The dishes - soups, noodles, rices, pickles, one-pots, sweets, and vegetables - are simple and elegant.
For nearly a quarter of a century Marion Dickerman was a close friend of one of America's most extraordinary households -- that of Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt. This memoir evokes those years in rich and intimate detail, recounting moments of triumph, heartbreak, anger and love among the Roosevelt's inner circle that the world outside has never glimpsed. As Eleanor's confidante, Miss Dickerman not only shared in many of her ventures but was privy to that great woman's troubled spirit and her struggle to reconcile the conflicting forces in her life -- her strong sense of obligation to support her husband unselfishly, and her equally strong determination to realize herself as an individual. ...
Presents a collection of Japanese recipes; discusses the ingredients, techniques, and equipment required for home cooking; and relates the author's experiences living on a farm in Japan for the past twenty-three years.
The Three Graces of Val-Kill changes the way we think about Eleanor Roosevelt. Emily Wilson examines what she calls the most formative period in Roosevelt's life, from 1922 to 1936, when she cultivated an intimate friendship with Marion Dickerman and Nancy Cook, who helped her build a cottage on the Val-Kill Creek in Hyde Park on the Roosevelt family land. In the early years, the three women—the "three graces," as Franklin Delano Roosevelt called them—were nearly inseparable and forged a female-centered community for each other, for family, and for New York's progressive women. Examining this network of close female friends gives readers a more comprehensive picture of the Roosevelts and...
About the Book Alice is a little girl with big dreams to ski down a beautiful mountain, like the skiers that she sees on TV. That dream becomes reality when her parents bring her on a ski trip to Vermont where she experiences the challenges, the joy, the adventure and the feeling of accomplishment when she gets to the bottom. Is the magic of snowflakes for real? Do they lift you up? Alice's adventure to the ski mountain gives her the confidence to believe in the mystical magic of snowflakes and believe in herself with the encouragement of her ski instructor. Skiing is Believing is a story of adventure, magic and a realistic tale of a little girl learning how to ski. Read along and imagine th...
After two mysterious deaths at Chicago's Hotel Fairfax during the annual meeting of the Modern Language Association, homicide detective Boaz Dixon enlists the aid of Yale assistant professor Nancy Cook to guide him through the academic world during his in
Made in America: Our Best Chefs Reinvent Comfort Food, features updated classic recipes from the most innovative and remarkable chefs working today. Inspired by turn-of-the-20th century regional American cookbooks, Lucy Lean, former editor of edible LA, has delved through thousands of traditional recipes to define the 100 that best represent America's culinary legacy, and challenged today's leading chefs to deconstruct and rebuild them in entirely original ways. The result is the ultimate contemporary comfort food bible for the home cook and armchair food lover. Each recipe is enhanced with an introduction that includes the background and origin of the dish and a unique profile of the chef who has undertaken it, as well as sumptuous photographs of the dish, chef, and restaurant. Representing the entire United States, chefs have been selected for their accomplishments, talent, and focus on local and sustainable cooking. From Ludo Lefebvre's Duck Fat Fried Chicken to Alain Ducasse's French Onion Soup to Mario Batali's Pappardelle Bolognese to John Besh's Banana Rum Cake, Made in America showcases our favorite dishes as conceived by our finest chefs.