Monthly Archives: November 2009

Book Review: Step By Step by Lawrence Block

A review of Step By Step: A Pedestrian Memoir by Lawrence Block Continue reading

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Christmas Gifts From The Kitchen

Make Christmas presents the old fashioned way, and save money in these tough economic times. Continue reading

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Book Review : Lost in the Meritocracy by Walter Kirn

The story of a man who went to school and college and learned how to drink and drug and lost most of what he knew. And learned only how to work the systems to look smarter than he was. Continue reading

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Book Review: Busted by Edmund L Andrews

A review of the book Busted, a memoir of life in the mortgage meltdown fast lane by New York Times economics reporter Edmund L Andrews. Continue reading

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Book Review : The Physics of Superheroes by James Kakalios

Everything you ever needed to know about basic physics you could learn from reading comic books. At least in the Silver Age of Comics. Continue reading

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Book Review : Cooking In Cajun Country

Cajun recipes from the Rural Louisiana Parishes……..Authentic Real Cajun cooking, and not the Corporate faux Cajun food restaurants try to pass off as the real thing Continue reading

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Book Review : Lobel's Meat Bible..All You Need to Know About Meat and Poultry from America's Master Butchers.

Everything you ever wanted to know about meat and poultry. Including the best ways to cook it, including some fantastic recipes Continue reading

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Book Review: Bakewise..The Hows and Whys of Successful Baking by Shirley O. Corriher

The science and principles behind successful baking of all sorts of good food. With examples of recipes to demonstrate each principle Continue reading

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Book Review: Why Sh*t Happens….The Science of a Really Bad Day by Peter J. Bentley PhD

A funny and concise explanation of how and why things go wrong in day to day life. using the example of one persons worst day ever Continue reading

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Book Review: Not A Star by Nick Hornby

A review of the short story Not A Star by Nick Hornby. Continue reading

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