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- A light yet thoughtful peak into a young pilot's life.
- Fun, delightful, and realistic view of an aviation career.
- There's more to a novel than engaging scenes
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Crazy In The Cockpit: A Woman Pilot's Adventures In The Air
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Book Description
The ad claims Anyone Can Be A Pilot for $20. On a whim, Kendra Davis, a reporter for her college newspaper, decides to test its veracity. "I'm an only child," she tells the instructor when he directs her to the pilot's seat of a Cessna 152. "My mother would not be pleased if anything happened to me." "The only thing that's going to happen to you," he replies, "is that you're going to fall in love with flying." For starters. Within minutes, Kendra is controlling the Cessna by herself, and the instructor's arm is stretched across the back of her seat. Two months later she is soloing, and by graduation she's earned her private pilot's license. To the dismay of her hilariously anxious, academically oriented mother, she eschews graduate school for further flight training-and marriage proposals-and is soon working progressively as a flight instructor herself, as a charter pilot-to passengers whose idea of a smooth flight involves explosives-and as a captain for a freight airline its staff calls "Fast Fright." "Why would a nice girl like you want to work for a bunch of ugly slimebags like us?" the chief pilot of a New England commuter airline asks Kendra in an interview that involves a game of footsie under his desk. "Because I want to fly for an airline," she replies, and accepts the first officer position he offers. Eventually, Kendra meets her goal of being hired by a major airline-only to hear on her first day of 727 training that "the washout rate for la-dies is thirty percent." Yet after a month of nonstop harassment by her instructor and the men in her class, she passes her checkride and is sent to Guam, where it seems the distance form the mainland has enabled her fellows in uniform to abandon professionalism in favor of elephant trunk masks and cockpit water fights. Among other things. Kendra is a terrific storyteller, and her voice is just what you'd want from a pilot: good-humored, assured, and trustworthy.
Customer Reviews:
Randy the trailblazer.......2000-02-08
Captain Blume's book is a largely-anecdotal, partly-apocryphal history of her flying career. Her account, a trifle sanctimonious in places, traces her rise from student pilot up through the ranks of flight instructor, entry-level engineer, and captain. Hers was a typical progression, hence its humor. What really set her story apart was her gender in a macho, traditionally all-male profession. The protagonist starts out as an Ivy League-bound journalism co-ed. She ends up bouncing back and forth between snob mother, college roomate, and adolescent-minded male pilots. Whatever the stage of one's career, all aviation-related professionals--pilots, dispatchers, schedulers--will bond with Blume's novel.
Fine Flight.......1999-10-18
A gifted storyteller with a knack for dialogue, Randy Blume has written an entertaining tale of a woman's struggles in the male-dominated world of airline pilots. "Crazy in the Cockpit" is a page-turner, filled with compelling details drawn from the author's own experiences as a pilot. Its 246 pages flew by quickly, leaving this reader eager for more installments of the adventures of Kendra Davis, Blume's fictional alter ego.
A light yet thoughtful peak into a young pilot's life........1999-09-21
This episodic tale introduces us to the adventures and misadventures of a young, sometimes idealistic woman, who manages to tough out flight trainining, flight sickness, sexism, and a mother's dread in her quest to wear a pilot's wings. Randy Blume's novel offers a amusing glimpse into her narrator's air-born world. She manages to toss into the entertaining mix some thoughtful observations about men, women, idealism, cross-culturalism, and a wealth of technical detail. She's a talented young writer with a bitter wit. Let's keep a look out for her.
Fun, delightful, and realistic view of an aviation career........1999-07-30
I loved it! As a professional airline pilot, I laughed out loud at many of the experiences--very similar to mine. A unique book, since nothing has ever been written like it before. She writes in a humorous style, never heavy-handed, just straightforward storytelling. For those who are fascinated with aviation, this book is very enlightening and truthful. Bizarre tales like this really do happen. I was delighted to find the book was very realistic and the technical explanations didn't overwhelm the story. The drama wasn't artificial and full of fake action/adventure. The book is full of quirky characters with human foibles and strange personalities. I enjoyed it thoroughly!
There's more to a novel than engaging scenes.......1999-07-19
While there are a number of worthwhile scenes in this book, the whole thing doesn't gel. A first-person narrative is usually highly engaging, bringing the reader into the story and showing the evolution of a character over time. I didn't get much sense of that here; Kendra would be going along and looking to make a change in her career, then the chapter would end, and in the next chapter she would be somewhere else months later with the change all wrapped up. The book seems more like a series of interesting (and well-told) anecdotes than a cohesive narrative.
Customer Reviews:
Raj Quartet.......2007-04-15
Paul Scott's following is small, but Loyal. He is a fantastic writer. The Raj Quartet by far, is my favourite favourite series of books by him because of its complexity and such extraordinary characters. His charactres are so indepth, so well played out that the reader feels that he or she knows them thouroughly. Its a historical epic, very well written, and its absolutely a must read.
Masterpiece Literature.......2006-12-01
About 25 years ago I got a list of the best 100 books of all time, and found "The Raj Quartet" by Paul Scott listed. I started at the beginning with "The Jewel in the Crown" and got bogged down. Coincidentally, PBS started its Masterpiece Theatre version. I watched a few of the episodes (actually all of them, eventually) and got back to reading. What I discovered was the best set of novels I've ever read, and each one an individual "jewel" as well. A pebble thrown, the towers of silence, and many other images stay with me, as well as the memory of Scott's beautiful writing and well-developed, complex characters, and the scope and importance of the story. If there wasn't so much else to read, I'd reread the whole set--sounds like a good retirement project some day.
An unquestionable masterpiece........2006-02-19
It has been too long since I read this book [probably 15 years ago] for me to offer an erudite and detailed analysis. But I do remember vividly that when I read it that the word "masterpiece" came repeatedly to my mind. In a league with Thackeray's "Vanity Fair" and Naipaul's "A House for Mr. Biswas". Find the time to read it; you won't regret it.
The Art of the Novel.......2003-01-16
The Raj Quartet (comprised of four novels) is in my ultimate top ten of great novels and my favourite work of fiction for the twentieth century. Paul Scott is up there up with Tolstoy and Jane Austen. The Raj Quartet is exquisite to read, every word and every sentence appears to have the perfection that Jane Austen bestowed on her works but on the majestic scale of Tolstoy's War and Peace.
The Raj Quartet is multi-layered, complex, beyond the apparent. Is it about a country? Or is it about two countries? Paul Scott deals with the years of the "great divorce" as it were, but now at the beginning of a new century the continuing implications of the historic British occupation are as fresh as ever, both in India and the UK, one example being the the unforseen post war immigration and lifting of racial barriers between two peoples (I myself am a product of a post war marriage between an Indian father and British mother).
The question of identity is explored. What makes an Indian? (still a relevant question in a subcontinent of such diverse cultures, religions, languages, outlooks, etc). What happens to a group (the Raj British) who are no longer needed in either India or Britain? (I recommend Staying On by Paul Scott which deals with a minor character who does stay on in India.)
Beyond the themes of history, colonialism and imperialism, there is the theme of the universal human experience. Who are we all really? Should we let our nationality and culture define who we are? Or as one character, Sarah Layton, finally have the courage to break free and define our own identity. Sarah at first is apart from "the other", then in one revealing scene (the ride with Ahmed) she subconsciously turns to face "the other" though unsuccessfully and finally in the beautifully written and incredibly sensual scene where she decides to dive into the forbidden (the seduction by Clark, who I see myself as Eros or the Hindu God of Love, Kama) she breaks through into her individuality, her "grace".
a millennial work.......2002-08-17
An outstanding piece of writing and a masterpiece, the Quartet compresses in four novels the essence of individual lives caught in the matrix of history. What is karma and dharma? The novels examine these as best Scott can in trying to articulate his artistic vision of the tragedy of history and of individual lives. History is impersonal and is from a God's-eye view, our own lives are subjective and given differing perspectives and are all that we have to imperfectly cling to. In that personal vantage point is salvation and hell all in one. Check out Scott's "Staying On" as well which is his farewell to the Indian scene and the characters we've come to know. A sliding farewell into oblivion, just as Scott himself fell into his twilight years.
Product Description
Four voume set Mass Market Paperbacks in slipcover. Paul Scott's spectacular Raj Quartet captures the culture, the history, and the magic of India. This four-volume epic of English rule in India has won world-wide acclaim - was the foundation for a public television miniseries.
Customer Reviews:
Incredible book.......2007-03-08
This book rocked my world the first time I read it. I was in high school, and its protrayal of decadence and broken innocence shocked me. The characters were incredibly realistic to me. The behavior of Khaster and Tayven throughout the entire book reminded me of somewhat similar situations between people in real life. A dissolute man who turns to night life for solace is a very sympathetic character to me. So too is the experienced man, who is forced into ruin by bad choices. However be aware, the decadence of the Magravands is protrayed strongly through the use of gay relationships. If a person is upset about such things, The Crown of Silence would perhaps not be the best read. As I said, I first read this a few years ago in high school, then ended up giving the hardback edition to someone else. Several months after that, I was struck with a longing to read this incredibly compelling work again. So I thought about getting another copy. I had already read the book at least a couple times, but I wanted to read it again so bad, I went ahead and bought it. I have read it several times since. It is a simply awesome book.
Amazing piece of Fantasy Literature..........2005-06-13
This is a great sequel to the first of this Trilogy. Constantine has a talent for painting the landscapes of Magravandias in your head with precision and detail. I really enjoyed how Constantine told the Story of Shane and tied it into the big picture. Excellent book go out and buy all three, its worth the money.
Uneven, with very good moments.......2004-02-26
This book is so frustrating -- there are moments that are really very good. It's a classic journey of self-discovery (individual and group) and Constantine is a good writer at the sentence level. But, as has been mentioned here, the plot and character development is very uneven. All in all, it feels like it needed another few hours of baking.
Choppy waters with petulant characters.......2004-01-08
I really wanted to like this book more. There were some good ideas but whenever it started to get interesting it would digress into petulant sulky inner dialogs or catty exchanges between the characters. It has a strong self-discovery theme but sadly that seems wasted as the characters never really seem to evolve, only switch who is their new best-friend.
Constantine's writing flows beautifully and there are some wonderful images but any connection I felt to the characters was tenuous at best. By the end of the book the only character I cared to know more about was the indirect antagonist, Valraven Palindrake, and even he comes off as the bad boy in the clique that everyone either secretly loves or openly loves to hate.
If you are into soap operas then you may find some enjoyment in the characters and story but for my taste everyone was just a bit of a drama queen.
Ther eis one word for it - "BAD".......2003-01-24
This book was simply bad. It is disappointing after the first book. Crown of Silence is laborious , tiresome and drags on for ever. I don't think the author had any clarity about the story at this point. I wish I had read the reviews before I started reading the book. Crown of Silence was not essential to the story and could have been skipped.
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LA Joya De LA Corona 3: Las Torres De Silencio/Jewel in the Crown : The Towers of Silence
Paul Scott
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The end of British India.......2004-03-06
In the four books that make up "The Raj Quartet", Paul Scott recounts the final years of British India, the "jewel" in the crown of the Empire. As he simply states in the first book, "This is the story of a rape, of the events that led up to it and followed it and the place in which it happened." Through the gang-rape of a young English girl by Indian thugs, Scott takes us on a brilliantly exhaustive journey which brings together the time, the place and the people, and shows through the eyes of one family how the sun finally set on the British Empire.
The story starts out with a love affair between Daphne Manners, an English girl and a young English-educated Hindu man, Hari Kumar; a relationship forbidden by the mores of the times and the ingrained British sense of their own superiority. Complicating the situation is a young British officer named Ronald Merrick, whose attentions towards Daphne are rejected out of hand. Merrick is at once contemptuous and resentful of Hari; despising his dark skin, he hates Hari for attracting the girl he wants for himself, for being better educated, and for being the product of a prosperous Indian family better than his own. Merrick is the product and the victim of the British class system; coming from the lower classes, the only way he can better himself is through military service, where he will have the opportunity to treat dark-skinned British subjects like dirt. When Daphne is raped at the Bibighar Gardens, Merrick has no problem believing Hari is to blame and has him arrested for the crime.
Merrick is a swine, but through brown-nosing the proper people, he manages to rise through the army ranks and ingratiates himself into the Layton family, who belong to the class he has secretly aspired to join. He takes advantage of the tenuous emotional health of the younger sister to get her to marry him. He is thus secure in his new caste -- or so he thinks. But his fundamental, underlying sense of insecurity causes him to bully everybody under him -- his men, the natives he hates, and occasionally his wife. Meanwhile, Hari has been released from jail and simply bides his time.
The end of the second world war finds Merrick a wounded war hero, but his prospects are far from certain. His life is bound up with British India, and British India is on its last legs. The Laytons can return to England, where they will live a comfortable upper-middle-class existence; Merrick's wife is dead, her death has disconnected him from her family who want nothing to do with him, and in England he will once again be the nobody he was before he joined the military. As despicable as he is, he's a tragic figure with nowhere to go; he'll almost certainly be persona non grata in an independent India whose citizens have long memories concerning British soldiers who mistreated the natives. But before Merrick can decide whether or not to offer himself as a soldier of fortune to Pakistan, the question is decided for him; his lifeless body is found in the middle of a ransacked room with "Bibighar", the site of Daphne Manner's rape, scrawled in blood all over the walls. Did Hari Kumar engineer this ultimate revenge for being falsely arrested and brutally questioned years before? Nobody in the book knows for sure, and neither do we. All we know for certain is that fortune is a wheel and what goes around comes around.
In four exquisitely written and totally compelling novels, Paul Scott has written the intimate history of two young lovers, a British family, and a malevolent army officer in 1940's India, and through them, the larger story of the turbulent decade that saw the beginning of the end of the British Empire. It's history up close and personal. The excellent plot development and writing is sustained through all four books. "The Raj Quartet" is a towering achievement and make up a collection of some of the best contemporary historical novels ever written.
Brilliant books........2003-06-03
Some of my favorite books of all time. I can't recommend them highly enough. This series follows a number of indian and english characters living in India in the years leading up to India's independence. Scott uses a mix of third-person narrative, journalistic descriptions and first-person accounts to create a story that is both broadly historical and intensely personal. His writing style is direct, precise and graceful. His characters are extraordinarily memorable and lifelike. He captures the evils of colonialism without moralizing or generalizing about people. Engaging on every level.
Customer Reviews:
Not a bad start to a great career.......2007-09-11
The Blackcollar marks the beginning of Timothy Zahn's career that would culminate in the creation of the best Star Wars trilogy on the market. As he is my favorite author, I couldn't miss out on this one.
Plot:
Allen Caine is a part of a rebellious faction that wants to unseat the Ryqril from the Terran Democratic Empire. He is sent to Plinry to uncover the location of 5 starships and recruit a select group of former warriors, the Blackcollars, to help him in his mission.
Good:
If you want action, this is definitely your book. Not ten pages into the book, Allen Caine must flee Earth because his cell has been compromised. From there, he goes to Plinry and is quickly involved in a Blackcollar plan to escape from the Plinry system. Escapes, attacks, reconnaissance, this book holds your attention (especially during the explosive spy revelation at the end!).
Timothy Zahn clearly spent a lot of time thinking about the blackcollars, their fighting style, and their culture. This effort is well-placed as the blackcollars are a convincing military unit.
Some of Zahn's characters, most notably Prefect Galway, are well-fleshed out and given unusual and unique perspectives. Also, Caine's reaction to his birth is very interesting.
Lastly, I was intrigued by Zahn's brief mention of the loyalty conditioning. I was amazed that the characters that possessed it remembered it and wished Zahn had spent more time on this concept.
Bad:
While a great action/adventure novel, this lacks Zahn's depth of character seen in later novels. Allen Caine, Damon Lathe, and others are 1- or 2-D. Further, there is some confusion as the novel starts out from Caine's perspective and quickly moves to Lathe's. This is not bad, but I was led to believe that Caine was the protagonist, not Lathe. As I continued to read, Caine moved to unimportance and Lathe returned to the forefront. When the view returns to Caine, the transition seems clunky and irrelevant.
Some of the situations that the blackcollars are able to pull themselves out of with minimal or no casualties is beyond belief--even with their chemical-induced youth and strength. Zahn also fails to detail exactly what makes the Ryqril bad. I get the impression that they kill others for not listening, but what exactly did they change about the government (besides that humans no longer govern themselves)? And the conclusion is decidedly lackluster--especially after the breakneck pace of the chapters prior.
Finally, and this is more the publishers fault that Zahn's, the back of my book insinuated that the whole book would detail Caine's attempt to find the blackcollars. In the actual book, he does this in about 50 pages. The rest details finding the spaceships.
Dialogue/Sexual Situations/Violence:
Dialogue includes da**, he**, b****. A woman tries to seduce Lathe. Violence includes the use of martial arts, kicks to the head, the use of nunchaku, paralysis darts, and the like. Some mentioning of beheading, disarming, and the like (not for the squeamish).
Overall:
A good first start at the one who would launch the Star Wars Expanded Universe. Once you start, you won't be able to put it down. If you want science fiction action/adventure, this is your book. If you are looking for deep characters, go to Zahn's later novels.
Not Free SF Reader.......2007-09-03
The Blackcollars were a legendary outfit of warriors, spies and
saboteurs, with superhuman skills and abilities. Earth is under control
of aliens, but rebels still exist.
One of them, the protagonist in this book, wants to be free. To do
this, he pins his hope on finding a lost blackcollar unit to aid the
rebellion.
All, however, is not as it seems, and the truth about the blackcollars will shock him.
High quality adventure!.......2004-11-23
This book (and its sequel) exemplify Zahn's ability to connect disparate characters and settings into a cohesive whole; weaving a tapestry of danger and comeraderie into a fast paced thrill ride. The downsides are that the story begun in this book and continued in the sequel are not finished--there are at least two more books needed to cap this plot.
Zahn's Best Work!.......2003-08-04
This and the Spinneret book are Zahn's best (he eventually lost me in the Cobra series & Coming of Age). This is action-packed and suspenseful. The Blackcollar, with their super-human reflexes were man's last hope against the alien invaders. This is the story of their guerrilla war against that enemy - and their human nemesis, Galway, who is attempting to prevent the Blackcollar from doing greater damage to mankind than has already been done by the aliens. Excellent.
Good, but not Zahn's best.......2003-03-15
This was a good book. A fun book. UNfortunately, it doesn't quite live up to Zahn's potential. Everything else of his I've read has a lot of gray areas. Not this one. It's just Blackcollars good, alien conspirators bad. This was still a fun book, and I highly recommend it, it just didn't have that great sense of balance that his other books, like Cobra, or Angelmass have.
Book Description
Heeding the pleas of modern multitasking home cooks, Television Food Network’s Sara Moulton returns with 200 delicious and quick main dishes, sides, and desserts for busy workweek dinners.
As the host of Cooking Live and Sara’s Secrets, the food editor of Good Morning America, and the bestselling author of Sara Moulton Cooks at Home, Sara Moulton is one of this country’s most popular and accessible celebrity chefs. It was while touring the U.S. promoting her first book, in fact, that Sara's fans begged her for fast, tasty, and wholesome weeknight entrees. She realized that she, too, had a need for those kinds of dishes, which was all her busy schedule would allow. In writing this book, Sara rethought dinner itself, so that mealtimes no longer featured the same predictable recipes. Instead she offers “breakfast for dinner” or hearty soups or sandwiches. The result is a cookbook filled with easy and popular ethnic dishes to spice up the repertoire, her own versions of American classics, dishes to whip up from pantry staples as well as supermarket salad bar and deli items, and slow-cooking recipes for leisurely weekends.
With recipes that will satisfy taste buds as well as time constraints, Sara’s Secrets for Weeknight Meals covers the spectrum from entree salads (Thai-style Steak Salad with Spicy Mint Dressing), substantial sandwiches (Scampi Heroes), hearty soups for supper (Creamy Cauliflower Soup with Chorizo and Greens), breakfast foods for dinner (Potato Pancakes with Smoked Salmon and Fried Eggs), pasta (Quick Asparagus Lasagna), seafood (Steamed Mussels in Curried Coconut Broth), vegetable plates (Exotic Mushroom Pot Pie), meat dishes (Meatloaf Burgers), double-duty dishes (leftover rice in Cheatin' Jambalaya), weekend dishes to cook ahead (Slow-cooked Chinese Spareribs), recipes that either can be put together in no time with prepared supermarket ingredients (Crispy Polenta Slices with Gorgonzola and Leeks) or from a well-stocked pantry (Linguine with White Bean, Sun-dried Tomato, and Olive Sauce), to delectable desserts (Chocolate Bread Pudding, Gingerbread Pancakes with Butterscotch Apples, Nectarine and Plum Upside-down Cake).
Recipes include hands-on cooking time and total cooking time as well as suggestions for side-dish pairings. Twenty-four beautiful color photos, warm and friendly headnotes, and lots of Sara's tips and shortcuts (including advice on stocking a pantry, basic recipes, simple sides, quick sauces, and mail-order sources) make this another cookbook for Sara’s fans to cherish.
Customer Reviews:
Print problems.......2007-09-02
I admire Sara Moulton and appreciate her cooking skills. I've used several of her recipes in the past and will continue to consult her version of dishes. What disappoints me about this book is the publisher's error in using pale ink throughout. As others have mentioned, this book is difficult to read. What's up with publishers who make it hard for you to read text? Looks like the designers had an upper hand over the editors in this case. Shame on them!
Quick, easy and delightful to eat!.......2007-01-05
In cooking, like many ither areas of life, I've come to the conclusion that nothing good comes easy. I am happy to say that Sara Moulton has proved me wrong.
I like to think of myself as a discerning, if occasional, home chef. I pride myself on cooking intricate recipes with gourmet results (often after hours of slaving in the kitchen). However, between work and kids and school, I have not alot of time to pursue culinary perfection each evening for the family dinner. I often resort to staples from my childhood: tuna casserole, chicken and broccoli or plain and simple grilled hunks of meat with corn or green beans on the side.
Sara's Secrets has proved to be a happy medium between full-on gourmet and the typical daily grind fare. The kids have enjoyed everything we've made out of this cookbook and so have my husband and I. The girls are 3 and 6 and a bit on the picky side, so I think that says alot.
The book lists out "Hands On Time" and "Total Time". I am more concerned with "Hands on Time", so that is what I judge the quickness of the recipes by and most are under 30 minutes, if not 15. Will you be able to cook to those times right off? With some recipes, yes. With others, I think it takes a couple rounds to get familiar with the process to whip them up in 10 miutes or less.
Last night I made Middle Eastern Pizzas from scratch. The dough took about 5 minutes to throw together in the food processor. The biggest effort was washing the food processor. The kids were amazed at seeing the rapid-rise yeast in action! The ingedients were all readily avaiable at the local grocery store and even wth a side of roasted veggies and accompanying dessert, the whole meal came in under $10. There was more than enough left for lunch today.
I think the best part is that even with the time considerations and ease of the recipes, they still come out tasting like a gourmet meal. The crispy pumpkin ravioli is to die for! And I like that there are quite a few little international twists to the recipes. I love the quick desserts at the end! The pecan squares were incredible- like pecan pie without the work.
This is a cookbook of weekday meals that I'm using regularly- glad I found it!
Delicious recipes that are " Quick & Easy ".......2006-12-09
Sara`s Secrects for Weeknight Meals is a great follow up to Sara Moulton Cooks at Home. Sara`s warm smile on the front cover gives every indication that she is every bit excited about sharing these new recipes with all of us. The way the chapters were organized made it very easy to follow each recipe from start to finish. I tried the fried egg and refried bean burritos, smashed potatoes, cracker fish and chocolate bread pudding and I impressed myself because the instructions were easy. The ingredients were store bought so I didn`t feel intimidated. Sara`s new cookbook reflects her personality. Personalable, bright, cheerful and informative. Iam looking foward to trying more recipes. Kudos to the folks on the acknowledgments page for helping Sara make this fantastic cookbook possible for all of us. Thank you Sara for enriching my life through your cookbooks!
I'm a busy working mom and I love this cookbook.......2006-11-10
This cookbook is great, I use it constantly. The recipes are very clear and she really pays attention to the details, which makes all the difference. Plus they are unique without being too unique, if you know what I mean (my kids will still eat the food!) Some of my favorites are the pork tournedos, the southwestern sweet potatoes, basically the whole salads chapter, escarole and white bean soup, keema matar... okay I have a lot of favorites. Am thinking of buying this cookbook as a christmas present for someone because I've had such luck with it. Only complaint is some of the ingredients can be hard to find, but that's probably because I live in a rural area and so grocery store options are limited.
Glad I bought both books.......2006-09-28
There are more food processor recipes. I don't remember any in the first book, "Cooks at Home."
These are saucey recipes which is just what I need. I sear steaks and bake fish.
Here is what I particularly like about the book:
- all the saucey, gravy-y recipes
- I have to stock up on wasabi powder and balsamic vinegar.
- Vietnamese-style Beef Soup
- Pumplin Ravioli using canned pumpkin
- Butter-steamed Broccoli with Soy
- Basic Yellow Cake in the food processor
These favorites don't represent the book at all. The book is chock full of yummy gravy American recipes using much of what I keep in my fridge anyway. I love it.
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