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- Thanksgiving 101 : Celebrate America's Favorite Holiday With America's Thanksgiving Expert
- 100 Thanksgiving recipes so good you'll use them throughout the year!
On the fourth Thursday in November, 75 million American families sit down to the hearty feast known as Thanksgiving dinner. But earlier in the week, someone in the house has been worrying about doing that dance between mashing potatoes and mixing stuffing; about basting fourteen pounds of turkey and baking that pumpkin pie; and about getting it all on the table at just the right moment.
One of the most popular cooking teachers in America, Rick Rodgers has taught his Thanksgiving 101 classes for years, and now he's collected all of his know-how, recipes, menus, and trade secrets. Rick is with you every step of the way, from shopping through chopping, from choosing the best recipes to selecting the right wine. Whether you're looking for turkey and all the traditional trimmings, chutneys, and chowders; a vegetarian dinner with just the trimmings; or new ideas for regional classics, including Cajun- or Italian-inspired tastes, Thanksgiving 101 serves up a delicious education for novice and experienced cooks alike. You'll have a seat in the front row as Rick teaches you how to:
Feed twenty-four people when your oven can only hold a twelve-pound turkey
Transform leftovers into satisfying lunches, dinners, and sandwiches
Deal with turkey safety and handling issues
Save time by learning what can (and can't) be prepared days or weeks in advance
With Thanksgiving 101 you'll never have to worry about this holiday meal again. Rick Rodgers will help you create memorable Thanksgiving dinners year after year.
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- 1,003 Great Things About Kids
- 1,003 Great Things About Kids hilariously convinces readers that they did the right thing when they decided to let these expensive, chocolate-smeared noisemakers into their homes. With sly one-liners and unspoken thoughts put into words, this trio of inventive writers pays tribute to the advantages of offspring. For example, kids are great because they give you an excuse to leave boring parties!
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- America's Best Slow Cooker Recipes
- Imagine coming home from a long, tiring work day only to find a delicious aromatic stew waiting for you. Or enjoying a day on the slopes and arriving to find mulled red wine already prepared and simply waiting to be poured and savored. By using a timesaving slow cooker, you can have a hot meal or warm drink ready and waiting when you are, without any fuss.
In the last five years, slow cookers have enjoyed a huge increase in popularity. By simmering food at a constant low temperature, slow cookers create food that enjoys a flavor and texture not normally found in stovetop or oven cooking. Ingredients need only be prepared in advance, then tossed into a slow cooker and the results are an easily prepared but satisfying meal.
"America's Best Slow Cooker Recipes" features over 125 newly developed and tested recipes. Banish the winter blahs by making 'Beef Goulash Soup with Red Wine' or 'Comfy Maple Baked Beans.' Busy families will enjoy the 'Chicken and Broccoli Casserole' or 'All Day Mac & Cheese.' When entertaining dazzle your guests with a 'Hot Crab, Artichoke & Jalapeno Dip' followed by a tantalizing 'Pork Roast with Peach Chutney.' Sensational recipes for desserts such as 'Chocolate Chip Peanut Butter Cake' and 'Caramel Peaches' can also be created in a slow cooker. These are recipes for today's tastes and today's homes.
As well as including fabulous recipes, "America's Best Slow Cooker Recipes" contains useful information on the type of slow cookers available, food safety, tips for success, adapting favorite recipes, and leftover hints. Recipes for accompanying delicious side dishes are also included.
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- Chicken Soup for the Gardener's Soul, 101 Stories to Sow Seeds of Love, Hope and Laughter (Chicken Soup for the Soul)
- For beginning gardeners and veteran green-thumbs-this uplifting collection of stories is filled with what every gardener knows-gardens fill lives with a special richness because they are a living reminder of the beauty in the world.
Chicken Soup for the Gardener's Soul celebrates all the magic of gardening-the feeling of satisfaction that comes from creating something from nothing; the physical and spiritual renewal the earth provides; and the special moments shared with friends and family only nature can bestow. Written by hobbyists and celebrity gardeners, the stories relate the joys and challenges of gardening, with chapters on Blossoming Friendships, The Family Tree, Love in Bloom, The Seasons of Life, Overcoming Obstacles and Potpourri
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- Family : The Ties That Bind and Gag
- A cherished family reunion sets the stage of Erma Bombeck's predictably hilarious recollections of raising a family. Her conclusion: you can't live with them, you can't live without them...or can you...?
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- Free Stuff For Busy Moms
- Uncle Sam Celebrates Busy Moms! Over 2,000 Government Programs for Moms and Women...Rich, Poor, Young, or Old! Get Free Money, Services, Gifts, Help and Information for your Home, Health, Career, Kids, Business, and Your Pocketbook!
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- Gardening For Dummies®
- No green thumb is necessary to readers of all ages to enjoy this fun, easy-to-follow reference to the world of gardening! This book is filled with hundreds of illustrations, expert tips, tricks, and suggestions that take the reader on an exploration of the gardening basics and beyond -- even includes an 8-page color insert of sample garden plans that any novice or experienced gardener can create! The expert author team, assembled by the National Gardening Association, provides the reader with a wealth of knowledge on gardening fundamentals, like what kinds of plants grow in certain climates and how to maintain them, what types of tools to buy and where to get them, how to prune, weed and water plants, and much more.
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- Italian Holiday Cooking : A Collection of 150 Treasured Recipes
- "My Sicilian grandmother used to make a cookic with red wine, dipped in honey, but I can't find a recipe anywhere."
Whether you're looking for your grandmother's vecchiarelle, a traditional Christmas Lye Neapolitan seafood salad, Italian-style fried chicken for Chanukah, or spice cookies for All Souls' Day, you'll find them together with 150 other classic recipes in Italian Holiday Cooking.
From Christmas to Carnevale, from Sundae dinner to saints' feast days, Italians know how to celebrate. And what's an Italian celebration without food?
With this collection, renowned Italian food and wine writer Michele Scicolone brings the spirit and the flavors of Italian holiday cooking into your own kitchen. Enjoy Christmas Capon, Red Risotto for Rosh Hashanah, and Good Luck Lentil Soup for New Year's Day. Leave it to the Italians to honor the holidays with specific pasta dishes: Pasta for Saint Joseph's Day -- tripolini with almonds, bread crumbs, and anehovy -- Ravioli for the Feast of Saint John the Baptist, and Fettuccine and Chickpeas for the Day of the Dead. There are antipasti and savory pies and hearty second courses. Special cakes, cookies, and other dolci include Chocolate Cake for Passover, Christmas Struffoli, and Carnevale Cannoli. And, of course, all these recipes can be made throughout the year.
Italian Holiday Cooking includes stories and the lore of homeland traditions and celebrations that Italian-American families have kept alive in the United States. So even if you're not Italian, celebrate with Italian Holiday Cooking.
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- Mary Engelbreit's Autumn: Craft Book
- Celebrated illustrator Mary Engelbreit has again teamed up with nationally recognized photographer Barabara Elliott Martin and popular craft designer Charlotte Lyons to produce
an incomparable resource for Homemade crafts. Charlotte's easy projects are lavishly photographed by Barbara, while Mary's delightful illustrations decorate the book throughout. This book will become a treasured keepsake for all those who want to appreciate autumn's colors and to delight with Mary Engelbreit as she presents her unique style of charm and whimsy for hearth and home.
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- Me Talk Pretty One Day
- David Sedaris became a star autobiographer on public radio, onstage in New York, and on bestseller lists, mostly on the strength of "SantaLand Diaries," a scathing, hilarious account of his stint as a Christmas elf at Macy's. (It's in two separate collections, both worth owning, Barrel Fever and the Christmas-themed Holidays on Ice.) Sedaris's caustic gift has not deserted him in his fourth book, which mines poignant comedy from his peculiar childhood in North Carolina, his bizarre career path, and his move with his lover to France. Though his anarchic inclination to digress is his glory, Sedaris does have a theme in these reminiscences: the inability of humans to communicate. The title is his rendition in transliterated English of how he and his fellow students of French in Paris mangle the Gallic language. In the essay "Jesus Shaves," he and his classmates from many nations try to convey the concept of Easter to a Moroccan Muslim. "It is a party for the little boy of God," says one. "Then he be die one day on two... morsels of... lumber," says another. Sedaris muses on the disputes between his Protestant mother and his father, a Greek Orthodox guy whose Easter fell on a different day. Other essays explicate his deep kinship with his eccentric mom and absurd alienation from his IBM-exec dad: "To me, the greatest mystery of science continues to be that a man could father six children who shared absolutely none of his interests."
Every glimpse we get of Sedaris's family and acquaintances delivers laughs and insights. He thwarts his North Carolina speech therapist ("for whom the word pen had two syllables") by cleverly avoiding all words with s sounds, which reveal the lisp she sought to correct. His midget guitar teacher, Mister Mancini, is unaware that Sedaris doesn't share his obsession with breasts, and sings "Light My Fire" all wrong--"as if he were a Webelo scout demanding a match." As a remarkably unqualified teacher at the Art Institute of Chicago, Sedaris had his class watch soap operas and assign "guessays" on what would happen in the next day's episode.
It all adds up to the most distinctively skewed autobiography since Spalding Gray's Swimming to Cambodia. The only possible reason not to read this book is if you'd rather hear the author's intrinsically funny speaking voice narrating his story. In that case, get Me Talk Pretty One Day on audio.
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- Memory Quilts in the Making (For the Love of Quilting)
- Excerpt from Introduction, Page 5:
Throughout this book, you'll find poems, quotes, and passages.
Some are thousands of years old, and some were written by
quilt-makers featured in this book. If you find one special to you,
include it in your quilt label or in a signature block.
Whether the quilt is for yourself, a family member, or a friend,
you are creating a memory that will be cherished.
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- Sink Reflections: FlyLady's BabyStep Guide to Overcoming CHAOS
- Sink Reflections: FlyLady's BabyStep Guide to Overcoming CHAOS is the first book from The FlyLady, Marla Cilley who has brought a cyber-aged spin for removing clutter and CHAOS from your life. By learning how to take what she calls BabySteps, anyone can gain control of their lives. The system begins with the simple act of shining your kitchen sink and realizing how much pleasure that can bring to you. From there you learn about 27 Fling Boogies, Hot Spots, and Daily Routines that become second nature. Thousands of people have used FlyLady's system and have found that freeing themselves from clutter and CHAOS leads to the ultimate reward--FLYing, Finally Loving Yourself.
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- The Book of Eleven : An Itemized Collection of Brain Lint
- Amy Krouse Rosenthal's fresh, Seinfeld-esque humor taps into the minutiae of everyday life with "that-is-so-true" insight and sets itself apart with its smart, witty, and delightfully quirky nature. Each chapter comprises-you guessed it-11 random thoughts on subjects such as movies, restaurants, death, olives, sex, and answering machines. Why 11? You have to buy the book to find out.
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- The Essential Guide to Prescription Drugs 2003: Everything You Need to Know for Safe Drug Use
- For more than twenty-five years The Essential Guide to Prescription Drugs has helped families make sense of the overwhelming and often contradictory flood of information about their prescriptions. Filled with critical health information, this fully revised and updated edition provides more detailed and comprehensive profiles on the most important drugs in current use than any other reference source. You'll find:
* the benefits and risks of each drug highlighted in quick, easy-to-read reference boxes
* how each drug works and what to do if you miss a dose
* comprehensive safety information -- including the latest details on dangerous drug combinations and interactions with herbal medicines
* special precautions to take if you're over sixty, pregnant, or breastfeeding
* cost-saving advice for both consumers and medical professionals
* 16 pages of color photographs of common prescription drugs
* and much more!
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