Patricia Wells shares a collection of hearty recipes from Italy's small family restaurants, emphasizing fresh ingredients and simple, traditional preparations. Wells includes her personal experiences as a traveler and food researcher in Italy, as well as wine suggestions for each recipe.
It has been over twenty-five years since punk rock transformed the landscape of music and popular culture, but the significance of the era continues to endure. Whether you take your Year Zero from The Stooges in 1969 or the heady bile of The Clash and Sex Pistols, it's impossible to overstate the importance of punk. This book examines the songs ...
Simply French combines the talents of France's Number One Chef with the skills of an award-winning food writer. Joel Robuchon is considered the top chef working in France today, and critics and chefs agree that his carefully considered cuisine sets a new standard for modern French cooking. 125 clear, concise recipes with full-color photographs ...
A Francophile's fantasy through and through, 365 Days in France, is an extended holiday in the land of bistros, rolling vineyards, the Champs-ElysTes, St. Tropez, luscious tarte tatin, and Provence landscapes of lavender and sunflowers. And the je ne sais quois of a chance meeting at a sidewalk cafe. Every day comes a lush, full-color portrait, ...
Prendrick, a survivor of a shipwreck, is picked up by a schooner bound for Noble's Isle. On the island, Prendrick encounters the Beast People, roughly human but with animalistic traits. It turns out that Dr. Moreau, a scientist who came to the island years before, has been developing animals into humans with the help of his assistant Montgomery. ...
The ruins. The fashions. The wines. The Sopranos. Vespas and espressos, Bella Tuscany, sparkling piazzas and rustic brick farmhouses, frescoed ceilings, and hunks of nutty Parmigiano-Reggiano. No wonder Italy is the most returned-to destination in the world. For art lovers, history buffs, foodies, romantics at heart--Italy is a place of riches and ...
'"Second Conquest" is well written, thoroughly documented, and attractively put together...It offers at once a useful general introduction to Latin America's late-nineteenth-century export boom and a starting point for a more detailed study of any of the specific commodities treated.' - "Hispanic American Historical Review". Between 1850 and 1930, ...
Sarah, a confident, outspoken, driven, rich woman, and Phillip, an introspective, soft-spoken, emotional wreck of a gay man marry just after they graduate from college in 1974. Things are fine for the first six years, but gradually, Phillip has become more and more despondent and miserable. He suffers from guilt issues relating to the knowledge ...
Have you ever wondered what its like to grow up gay? Have you wondered why gay people marry? Have you wondered why gay people attempt suicide much more often than straight people? Or why they suffer from depression much more often. This book will give you some insight into those things. It is not just another "coming out" story. In fact it is more ...
Examins the songs that encapsulate the punks' radical message of dissatisfaction and anger. From the daddie of the scene - The Clash, and The Pistols - through to The Buzzcocks, The Stranglers, The Undertones and The Damned, this title dissects punks' nihilistic classic tunes.
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