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Cookbooks I Am Trying to Unload on Amazon

The Barefoot Contessa Cookbook by Ina Garten

The Best Vegetarian Recipes: From Greens to Grains, from Soups to Salads: 200 Bold Flavored Recipes by Martha R. Schulman

La Comida del Barrio: Latin-American Cooking in the U.S.A. by Aaron Sanchez

Nancy Silverton’s Pastries from the La Brea Bakery

Bouchon by Thomas Keller

The French Laundry Cookbook by Thomas Keller

A Return to Cooking by Eric Ripert and Michael Rulhman

February 10, 2009 | Permalink | Comments (0)

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  • CatspellCatspell by Colleen Shannon
    This book is silly in the particular way paranormal romance tends to be silly, but it's not bad, and it features, in addition to the usual young, beautiful, and innocent heroine, another female character who is older, kind of ugly, and, nevertheless, sexual. Oh, and this latter character is also a werewolf.

    Beyond Heaving Bosoms: The Smart Bitches' Guide to Romance NovelsBeyond Heaving Bosoms: The Smart Bitches' Guide to Romance Novels by Sarah Wendell and Candy Tan
    This was a Mother's Day present from Ted and Frances. It's pretty awesome.

I Recommend


  • The MagiciansThe Magicians by Lev Grossman
    Having thoroughly enjoyed Codex, I eagerly awaited Grossman's next novel, and I was not disappointed. This is an intelligent treat for anyone who grew up reading fantasy.

    CastleCastle by Robert Lennon
    To say that I "recommend" this book is not quite right. It is very weird and very disturbing and BAD THINGS HAPPEN TO ANIMALS (Well, bad things happen to pretty much everyone in this book, but ALSO TO ANIMALS.) But, man, that Lennon fellow can write, and his protagonist is one of literature's finer unreliable narrators.

    RemainderRemainder by Tom McCarthy
    Castle put me in mind of this book, which is almost as weird, almost as disturbing, and just as well-written.

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