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|  | In the Devil's Garden by Stewart Lee Allen
The author of this entertaining book considers such foods as basil, potatoes, and bread, relating them to each of the seven deadly sins in an effort to explore the links between food and culture. Recipes are also included. AUTHOR: Stewart Lee Allen
PUBLISHER: Ballantine Books
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Cooking & Food 
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 | My Mother's Southern Entertaining by James Villas
In the American South, entertaining is a very special art form, and in My Mother's Southern Entertaining, Jim Villas and his mother, Martha Pearl Villas, offer distinctive menus and more than 175 irresistible recipes to celebrate all sorts of seasonal occasions.In My Mother's Southern Kitchen and My Mother's Southern Desserts, Jim revealed his mother's overall favorite recipes and cooking secrets. In this all-new collection, Martha Pearl now shares her ideas, procedures, and tips for the perfect party with twenty-nine complete menus. Meals for such traditional holidays as Thanksgiving, Christmas, and Easter are lovingly prepared with the Villases' typical flair and attention to detail. Shrimp and Grits, Sweet Potato and Apple Gratin, Country Ham Braised in Cider and Molasses, Holiday Bourbon Cake, and Southern Comfort Ambrosia can become festive must-haves in your family, too. And when it's not a holiday, there are plenty of other year-round occasions that call for good food and simple entertaining ideas, such as a Super Bowl blast, a graduation tassel celebration, a luncheon for the ladies of Martha Pearl's church guild, an elaborate bereavement buffet, and even a jingle bell party for tots.Each tempting menu starts with a special libation (making a very strong case for the return of the punch bowl), then moves on to appetite teasers such as Curried Shrimp Paste and Tangy Pimento Cheese Dip. Martha Pearl's receipt book bulges with special casseroles (She-Jump-Up Pot, and Baked Country Sausage and Leeks Supreme), unusual salads and sandwiches (Football Broccoli Mold and Ribbon Loaf Sandwiches), baked goods (Prayer Bread and Cracklin' Biscuits), and luscious Southern desserts (Coconut Buttermilk Pie and Mixed Berry Cobbler).Laced with lively family anecdotes, unique decorating and serving techniques, helpful down-to-earth cooking tips, and plenty of regional lore and history, this is a book about entertaining that AUTHOR: James Villas
PUBLISHER: Morrow/Avon
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Cooking & Food
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 | One Pair of Hands by Monica Dickens
After being expelled from drama school and exhausted by the deb party circuit, Monica Dickens, the great-granddaughter of Charles Dickens, takes on the role of cook-general for the English upper classes. While frantically trying to cook and clean for a succession of employers, she subjects herself to all the degradations and delights of life as a servant in the '30s. AUTHOR: Monica Dickens
PUBLISHER: Academy Chicago Publishers, Limited
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Cooking & Food
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 | Ancient Futures
Description not available.Describes the land and culture of Ladakh, a remote region of India that is trying to protect itself from the effects of rapid modernization, and relates the author's experiences while visiting this Himalayan people
CATEGORY: Current Affairs
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 | Marilyn's Cooking School Cookbook by Marilyn Harris, Shirley O. Corriher
Cincinnati cooking celebrity Marilyn Harris shares her recipes, which include Smoked Salmon Roulade, Flank Steak in Spicy Southwest Marinade, and Marilyn's Chicken Salad. AUTHOR: Marilyn Harris, Shirley O. Corriher
PUBLISHER: Pelican Publishing Company, Incorporated
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Cooking & Food
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 | The Bureau and the Mole by David A. Vise
A Washington Post reporter tells the inside story of FBI traitor Robert Hannsen, who, for over two decades, passed highly classified secrets to his Russian handlers--information which greatly damaged this country and its friends. Vise looks at the failed efforts by the FBI to identify the double agent they knew had to exist, and at the events that eventually led to Hannsen`s capture. AUTHOR: David A. Vise
PUBLISHER: Gale Group
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Current Affairs
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