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Lawyer Mary DiNunzio's new case is a mystery—the strange suicide of an Italian fisherman interned during a dark, unspoken chapter in American history. Armed only with the puzzle pieces of a lock of hair, an old photograph, and a paper covered with indecipherable doodles, Mary digs deep into the case and suspects betrayal—and murder.
Meantime, Mary's friends worry that her investigation is becoming an obsession, so they set her up on a series of truly disastrous blind dates. She escapes romance only to risk life and limb to hunt down a ruthless killer. But someone in the shadows—powerful, cold-blooded, and very deadly—will stop at nothing to keep Mary from the truth.
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Attorney Mary DiNunzio gets a terrifying telephone call while she's working late, then finds a shadow lurking at her front door. When a lawyer close to her turns up dead, Mary begins to suspect that her new case, involving the suicide of an Italian-American in an internment camp during World War II, may not be ancient history after all.
Everybody around lawyer Mary DiNunzio has decided she isn't allowed to be a Young Widow anymore, even though she didn't know there was an official cutoff. They're all trying to fix her up -- her South Philly Italian parents, her best friend Judy Carrier, even the office security guard.
All Mary wants to do is immerse herself in a case everybody else calls ""The History Channel"", a pro bono representation of the Brandolini estate. The roots of the matter sink deep into the past, when Amadeo Brandolini emigrated to Philadelphia, started a family, and built up a small fishing business. At the outbreak of World War II, Brandolini was arrested by the FBI as part of a mass internment of Italian-Americans and was sent to a camp in Montana, where he eventually committed suicide. Now, more than sixty years later, his son's estate hires Mary to sue for reparations.
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Mary DiNunzio is back for more........2007-10-07
I have a soft spot for Lisa Scottoline. Many years ago I was working in a used book store when I ran across her first book, 'Everywhwere that Mary Went' and I loved it. We had two copies of that book and we must have re-sold them a dozen times after I started recommending them to people who asked for someone new to read. Pretty soon, Lisa Scottoline was one of our hottest items - we even special-ordered in some new copies! I like to think that I had a very, very small part in her success, even though the used book store is now defunct.
This book continues on with several familiar themes in Scottoline's books. Once again Bennie Rosato's all female (with the exception of an office manager) law firm swings into action in a case involving the Italian neighborhods of Phialadelphia. Mary DiNunzio, Scottoline's original character is back with a pro bono case based in history. Some Italians were sent to internment camps during World War II (much like the Japanese camps but not nearly as numerous) and this is at least the second book that focuses on this sad fact of American history.
DiNunzio is investigating the mysterious death of a prisoner in an Italian internment camp, despite the 60+ year time lag. And, it turns out that some people do not want this old case solved and are willing to use violence to keep Mary away.
This is a fun, quick read - great escapist reading.
Eeek! Yikes! Argh! Eeeek!!!!.......2007-09-10
These are a few of the commonplace expressions of the supposedly mature, educated, intelligent female protagonists of the author's series of books about an all-women law firm in Philly. The problem is, it's not an all-women firm: it's a girly firm with actions, dialogue and clothing more appropriate to an eighth-grade clique than to college-educated, seasoned professional women. Despite the occasional interesting plotlines and background, I can never get past how silly these people are and how they never seem to grow past their eeks and yikes. Come on, Ms. Scottoline: stop dumbing down your characters and raise them to an acceptably mature level - it's way past time for that.
Killer Smile.......2007-09-05
The book arrived as promised; it was in very good shape. It replaced a book at the local library because our puppy decided to "read" three borrowed books. The hardest part was replacing the inscription that was in the borrowed book.
Killer Smile.......2007-07-09
This is a pretty good light mystery book. The heroine is at least differnt from the run of the mill super detective that you usually find in these type of books. The story centers around Mary who is still recovering from the death of her husband (in a earlier book?) and is working on a pro bono case invloving the death of an Italian business man that died in a internment camp during WWII along with trying to fend off her well meaning friends and family that set her up with blind dates. As Mary investigates she begins to find more and more evidence that the man was murdered and did not commit suicide which sets in motion a series of events that has Mary fighting for her life.
The book moves at a good pace and has a sense of humor through out. Also has no sex scences, so you dont have to skip through those parts to get back to the story.
All and all a good book if you like fast paced mysteries.
More history than mystery.......2007-02-16
Lisa Scottoline uses some of her family history in writing this book which features lawyer Mary DiNunzio. Mary has taken on a case for the estate of Amadeo Brandolini, an Italian who was interned during WWII. While in the internment camp Amadeo died, supposedly by committing suicide. His son's estate is asking Mary to seek reparations for Amadeo's death. While investigating the case, Mary begins to unlock secrets which have been covered up for many years. Because of her knowledge, she is pursued by people who have a lot to lose if her story comes to light. She dodges all sorts of bodily harm, while her well-meaning friends try to fix her up with an interesting variety of bachelors.
Scottoline's paternal grandparents, while not interned during the war, were required to register as enemy aliens, despite the fact that they had lived in the US as law-abiding citizens for several decades. In this book, author Scottoline brings these injustices to light. Many people know that Japanese were interned during the war, but I,for one, was unaware that Italians were also being arrested during this time.
Despite the interesting historical background of the book, it lacks the pace and suspense of many of Scottoline's other novels.
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Standing in the shadow of celebrity has its ups and downs, as Concrete's personal assistant, Larry Munro, knows all too well. But there are darker places than any shadow, as Larry learns the hard way when he is taken hostage by a psychotic gunman who forces Larry to be his chauffer on a road trip destined to end in disaster... unless Larry can muster the courage to act. The return of Paul Chadwick's award-winning Concrete has ushered in a resurgence of interest in the acclaimed series, and Killer Smile is Chadwick's darkest Concrete work, a harrowing tale Frank Miller called "edge-of-your-seat suspense, full of unpredictable twists and turns." This value-priced volume collects Killer Smile plus bonus short stories.
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5 massmarket paperback Titles By Lisa Scottoline in Rosato and Associates Series : Moment of Truth - Rough Justice - Courting Trouble - Dead Ringer - Killer Smile
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Dear Reader, Its the little things about Mary DiNunzio, an engaging young lawyer at Rosato & Associates, that made me want to spend more time with her. She has a stack of papers on her desk labeled USELESS, admits to good girl reflexesHelp Out, Be Nice, Tell the Truth, prays to St. Anthony when she cant find something and thinks crime scene tape should read: Something unspeakable happened here. But dont be fooled by her mild manner. Mary rises to the occasion with a vengeance when her investigation of a 60-year-old casea supposed suicide in a World War II internment campis interrupted by threatening phone calls, suspicious notes and the murder of an associate. When a killer poses as her blind date, Mary is convinced shes caught up in a 60-year-old murder plot...and she may be the next victim. Love top-notch suspense with a twist? Killer Smile awaits you!
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Wonderful mystery/history!.......2006-07-10
What a fascinating look at a little-known chapter in American history -- the internment of Italian-Americans during WWII -- as seen through the eyes of a funny, endearing cowgirl South Philly lawyer. Lisa Scottoline keeps getting better and better!
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All Larry Munro wanted was a tank of gas. What he got was a gun to his head. Now he's being forced to play chauffeur to a pyromaniac looking to burn L.A. to the ground! Can Concrete race fast enough to stop the bullet aimed at his best friend? Writer/artist Paul Chadwick takes Concrete to a new level of art and a new level of action in the four-color thriller Concrete: Killer Smile.
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Concrete : Killer Smile (Concrete).......2000-04-10
Ever had one of those days where everything went wrong? For Larry Munro, a day to pick up his pal, Concrete, blew up (literally!) at the gas station. An innocent flirt with a girl leads to trouble as the girl's boyfriend just happened to rob the gas station and ready to runaway. Guest who the gotta be the driver? Will this change his life forever?
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A dark tale set in Megalithica, Breeding Discontent tells the story of Lisia, a hostling in a secret Varrish breeding facility, forced to make pearls - new life - on demand by the military.
The Gelaming general, Ashmael Aldebaran, and a unit of his troops are on duty in Megalithica, when they uncover the hidden facility, which has been abandoned by its administrators. Only a group of struggling survivors remain: former hostling Lisia and nearly two hundred harlings.
Lisia, suspicious of the Gelaming, fears the possibility of death or imprisonment, or at the very least eviction from his home. Will Ashmael follow orders to the letter and tear this community apart, or will he show mercy to the living products of the facility? And how will Lisia and his charges react to those who have come to liberate them, when liberation feels like conquest?
The past and the present begin to overlap, as Lisia's chilling history is told through the pages of his diary and he struggles to fight for his future, and the welfare of those in his care.
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Every Fanfic Writer's Dream.......2006-12-06
Storm stumbled onto this story on the primary Wraeththu fan site and felt it was so in the spirit of her created realm that it deserved to be published proper. The stuff dreams are made of!
Ah well. I did really like it. It is the story of a very minor character who did not figure into the canon plot until the second book of the second trilogy, Lisia. Lisia was one of many secretly selected breeders kept in a facility to procreate with soldiers of a particularly vile Wraeththu tribe to keep their ranks replenished. The thing that makes this book stand apart from the rest, other than it was obviously not written by Storm, is that it deals with the question of the feminine aspect of Wraeththu head-on. The other books did not, and even later when Wraeththu began to understand more about themselves and the divergent other tribe that is originated from human females, there was still very much a masculine dominance. This book lacked Storm's established voice, but it was very well done, nonetheless. It fit into the mythos quite well. I must say that it is riddled with typos, which seemed to originate from poor typesetting rather than bad editing. Also, it is written as a plot in the present inset with flashbacks to Lisia's diary. There was one such inset that seemed out of place and affected the power punch climax the book was supposed to have. It didn't ruin it, it just really would have fit better in a different order. I was also reading it speed of light and didn't want to put it down, so it may well be that I missed some subtle tie-in that made its organization tight, as is.
Fan-fiction at a high price.......2005-08-11
I wanted to like this because I've been waiting for new Wraeththu books for sometime. I was ecstatic to see this book, then realized it was a Mythos Novel written by a fan. For the price I paid for it I felt ripped off. I hoped that if it was published by Immanion Press and had Storm's stamp of approval that it would most certainly be as good or close to the original cannon work. However its the product of two-first time authors writing in another authors world which strikes me as odd. Also as you read this you are very aware of when the authors switched chapters or took over certain areas for each other.
I found the story to be very clumsy and jarring. When the mood was set it suddenly went pear shaped then dissolved. The main character Lisia is a very shallow and one dimensional sketch. As the reader you do at first find yourself caring for he/she, but the plodding plot hacks away at those initial feelings. It was very hard to get through this story and the ending seemed tacked on.
This is fanfiction for the sake of fans and not something newbies should take on as a first look into the Wraeththu world. I'll steer clear of Mythos Books from now on and only get things by Storm herself.
Final notes or I guess me just being a quality freak, there are loads of misspelled words and talking in circles in this book. Its hard to recommend this to even the most steadfast Storm fan.
More please!.......2005-03-31
I really enjoyed this book. It is an intriguing storyline which not only adds to the depth of Storm Constantines Wraeththu world, but which also deals with provocative gender issues and stereotypes, prejudice and cultural differences, geopolitics and bureaucratic stuffiness. A thoroughly delightful read!!!!!
"Breeding Discontent" is a stand-alone novel of Storm Constantine's Wraeththu Mythos written by Wendy Darling and Bridgette Parker (Storm Constantine, editor), with the storyline is set sometime between "Bewitchments of Love and Hate" and "Fulfillments of Fate and Desire" of the original Wraeththu trilogy.
The setting is a breeding facility, and the main character is Lisia. The storyline text alternates poignantly with excerpts from the diary Lisia has kept since he arrived as a child at the facility. Lisia is a hostling, who has been indoctrinated, and specially schooled, to believe that his highest purpose in life is to repeatedly become "pregnant" and give birth to an endless succession of harlings (wraeththtu children), that he will never know as his own, in order to keep his tribes' army (the fearsome Varr army) supplied with new soldiers.
However, Lisias' tribe, the Varrs, have lost the war with the Gelaming tribe. The Gelaming army is now moving through their newly conquered territories cataloguing (like all good bureaucrats!) the atrocities they find therein. The Gelaming army is horrified to discover the breeding facility, which has been abandoned by the Varrs, leaving Lisia alone to care for nearly two hundred Wraeththu children. The storyline deals with events that occur as the Gelaming liberators and Parasiel (the new name the Varrs friendly to the Gelaming administration have given themselves) try to figure out exactly what was happening at facility and decide the "best way" to help Lisia and the harlings. There are misconceptions on both sides: The Gelaming army sees Lisia as an unnatural throwback (and even to me his feminine "barefoot and pregnant" status did seem like something out of another time) and they view the harlings in his care as exploited, brainwashed experiments. Despite his growing bitterness at his lot, Lisia sees the Gelaming army as the enemy, a threat to all he has ever known, as well as to the harlings in his care.
My standard warning for the easily offended reader: Although there is not as much sex depicted in this book as in the others I've read there is some (between hermaphroditic beings)...sex is also discussed freely and dispassionately with regards to the Lisias' training, breeding, and childbirth.
Good fanfic... bad pro fic.......2004-08-15
I heard about this novel, which apparently was first published as a fanfic on the 'net, through the Wraeththu fan grapevine. So I hunted it up on Amazon and ordered it despite the hefty cover price ($20 at the time I bought it; $30 if you buy it directly from Immanion Press). I read it on a four-hour train ride during a business trip; it was a short easy read. That irritated me, because when I pay $20 for a paperback I expect it to last longer than the express. But as I read the novel, I began to realize that the length wasn't the only disappointing thing about this book.
First a synopsis. The story is clearly aimed at existing Wraeththu fans rather than newbies, although a number of awkward infodumps have been woven in here and there to make it more newbie-friendly. "Breeding" takes place between books 2 and 3 of the original Wraeththu trilogy. In the land of the bloodthirsty warriors formerly known as the Varrs (now rechristened "the Parasiel" and trying to become a kinder, gentler tribe), an ugly experiment has taken place. The Varrs, in an effort to keep their armies strong, built breeding facilities where specially-trained, brainwashed hara were kept literally barefoot and pregnant for years. The story focuses on a breeder named Lisia who is thrust into a dire situation when the Varrs lose their war against the Gelaming, abandon the facility, and leave Lisia stuck with nearly two hundred Wraeththu children and no supplies. Lisia's a resourceful fellow, though, and with the aid of the older children he and they make do until a party of Gelaming soldiers discovers the facility at the start of the novel. The story then covers the next several months as the Gelaming and Parasiel try to unravel the history of the facility and decide the fate of the harlings and Lisia. Some of this unraveling occurs through the pages of Lisia's diary.
And that's pretty much it for the plot of the story. The central conflict is whether Lisia and the children will be permitted to remain in their home, or taken away by the Gelaming to be separated and "un-brainwashed" -- i.e., re-brainwashed to think like the Gelaming. There's very little actual tension surrounding this conflict. All the "good guys" want them to stay together; only one "bad guy" wants them separated, and his reasons aren't very plausible. So with the plot a foregone conclusion, the focus lies instead on the characters and how each deals with the changes.
The characters held my attention pretty well. I did grow to care what happened to Lisia, and I'm always glad to see Swift, my favorite character from Constantine's trilogy, though he was just a supporting character in this case. But although I tried my best to read this story as a kind of media tie-in for the Wraeththu universe (which was how I interpreted the cover design, which has a prominent "Wraeththu Mythos" logo above the title -- the start of a series?), I found it hard to accept this as a professional novel. It didn't have the same feel as, say, a Star Trek novel. It never stopped feeling like fanfiction. Specifically, I kept noticing certain flaws:
-Poor editing. There were more typos than I expect to see in a commercial work, and a lot of stylistic flaws (e.g., redundancies, overuse of the passive voice, unnecessarily long expositional paragraphs) which weakened the narrative and made the whole story feel bogged down/bloated in some places. This makes me wonder whether the story was even shorter in its original form, and the authors padded it with unnecessary filler to make it long enough to publish. The poor editing isn't the authors' fault, but it didn't help my overall impression.
-Shallowness. Aside from Lisia, none of the characters of the story were explored in any great depth. This made sense in the case of the "canonical" characters, since readers already know them (although I still would have liked to see their personalities explored further). But the original characters were also a bit on the flat side, and they're the ones who *needed* depth for the story to work. For example, one of the most interesting non-canon characters, a "chauvanistic" Gelaming commander who initially scorns Lisia as weak despite the obvious hardships Lisia has endured, suddenly becomes respectful at the end of the novel. What changes the commander's opinion? It's not clear. Assumably it has something to do with his more sympathetic lover talking sense into him, but although we witness several of these conversations, we never see the arguments sink in (in fact, they seem to make him dig in his heels even more). We don't get to share the moment of revelation when he suddenly begins to understand Lisia's strength, and his own limitations. He just starts acting nicer. It feels as though the authors either got tired of his grumping, or they recast his personality so the book would have a warm fuzzy ending.
-The "tell, don't show" style of the story. Many of the most (potentially) interesting events of the story occur off-camera and are discussed by the characters in passing, or described in the narrative after the fact. This is aside from the 40% or so of the story that takes place through Lisia's journal entries.
-I've already mentioned the lack of any real conflict or dramatic tension. There are few surprises in the plot (and those few are left unexplored for some reason -- sequel, maybe?); the characters don't grow or change much and when they do there's no real struggle involved; the ending is predictable practically from the beginning of the book. All this makes the story a little boring.
Now, I should be clear; these flaws weren't enough to stop me from reading the story. It kept me awake during a long train ride, which means it obviously wasn't *that* boring. I grew to like several of the original characters, and I wished they'd been given more depth because I wanted to get to know them better. I was glad to see familiar characters again, and of course the familiar world of Wraeththu. The story had little of the magnificent and artful prose, aesthetic eroticism, or power of Ms. Constantine's works, but to my own surprise that didn't bother me while I was reading -- possibly because my mind accepted the story as fanfic (i.e., authors playing around with familiar characters and concepts, but in their own way) and not true pastiche (i.e., a deliberate attempt to mimic the style and substance of another writer's work).
But BREEDING DISCONTENT isn't fanfic -- not anymore. Immanion Press is, I assume, a real honest-to-goodness publishing house. A real honest-to-goodness editor helped get the story ready for publication. And unlike fanfics which are available for free on the 'net or cheaply in homemade, xeroxed fanzines, this story exists as a high-quality trade paperback... with a premium price.
This last point was the clincher. How to judge this novel? Clearly the story is fanfiction; it was created in that spirit, and is best enjoyed in that spirit. But like it or not, a higher standard exists for commercial works than for fanfiction. What the average reader is willing to overlook in a free story becomes another matter altogether when that reader has to shell out a week's lunch money for the privilege. By the standards of fanfic this is a great story -- it passes the time nicely, it satisfies my urge to see familiar faces and places, it doesn't challenge my assumptions too much, it gives me a nice pleasant feeling at the end. But by the standards of commercial fiction it leaves me wanting in a major way. When I pay for a story I *want* to be challenged, and frightened, and amused, and entranced. I don't want a nice pleasant feeling at the end, I want to be weeping in anguish and/or joy. And in the case of a purposefully-derivative novel like this one, I want to feel at least a little of the same wonder and excitement that made me fall in love with the original series. Those are the standards by which Kevin Anderson's JEDI ACADEMY novels, Jean Lorrah's Sime/Gen novels (a series originally created by Jacqueline Lichtenberg), and all other "professional fanfics" are judged, so those are the standards I feel compelled to apply to BREEDING DISCONTENT.
So can I recommend it? If it were available on the 'net as a fanfic, definitely. As it is? No. This book costs as much as a hardcover written by an established author, and it's simply not good enough to justify that price.
So I'm giving my copy to my local library. Maybe others will do the same, and then you'll be able to read this fanfic in the usual way -- freely available to all, if better-packaged than most.
Breathtaking.......2004-04-19
this book is really breath-taking! During my time as journalist I find it hard to have some time for reading! But I tokk three days off to finish tis exquisite book! It made my day for nearly two weeks! Wonderful plot and story-play and great follower of Storm Constantine's work of Wreahthu books.
Dark story in a dark future with a helpless little creature who is in the end stronger than everybody could imagine!
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People are unique in more ways than we can see. Stomachs and other internal organs come in many different shapes and sizes. Digestive juices, too, can vary dramatically from one person to another. Thus, according to author William Linz Wolcott, founder of Healthexcel, a company that provides metabolic typing for individuals, it stands to reason that different foods have very different effects on different people.
Wolcott believes that tailoring your diet to your body's particular quirks--metabolic typing--will improve digestion, circulation, immunity, energy, and mood. To determine your type, he has you take a 65-question test (the questions range from nose moisture to how you feel about potatoes), then place yourself in one of three categories: protein type, carbo type, or mixed type.
The protein type is instructed to eat a diet that's 40 percent protein, 30 percent fat, and 30 percent carbs. The carbo type gets 60 percent carbs, 25 percent protein, and 15 percent fat. And the mixed type should consume 50 percent carbs, 30 percent protein, and 20 percent fat, although this type has to play with the ratios a little more to find the optimal mix.
Although The Metabolic Typing Diet is based on information from researchers the majority of the public will never have heard of, Wolcott makes a strong case that it's all based on common sense: most of the dietary problems we have come from ignoring the foods that make us feel satisfied and energetic in favor of ones that we feel we're supposed to eat, or foods that we eat in desperation because our last meal left us hungry or lethargic. If we just eat the foods that make us feel right, Wolcott argues, we'll never feel like things have gone horribly wrong. --Lou Schuler
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Customize Your Diet to Your Own Unique Body Chemistry
For hereditary reasons, your metabolism is unique. Cutting-edge research shows that no single diet works well for everyone–the very same foods that keep your best friend slim may keep you overweight and feeling unhealthy and fatigued. Now, William Wolcott, a pioneer in the field of metabolic research, has developed a revolutionary weight-loss program that allows you to identify your "metabolic type" and create a diet that suits your individual nutritional needs.
In The Metabolic Typing Diet, Wolcott and acclaimed science writer Trish Fahey provide simple self-tests that you can use to discover your own metabolic type and determine what kind of diet will work best for you. It might be a low-fat, high carbohydrate diet filled with pasta and grains, or a high-fat, high-protein diet focused on meat and seafood, or anything in between. By detailing exactly which foods and food combinations are right for you, The Metabolic Typing Diet at last reveals the secret to shedding unwanted pounds and achieving optimum vitality with lasting results.
The Metabolic Typing Diet will enable you to:
Achieve and maintain your ideal weight
Eliminate sugar cravings
Enjoy sustained energy and endurance
Conquer indigestion, fatigue, and allergies
Bolster your immune system
Overcome anxiety, depression, and mood swings
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The Metabolic Typing Diet.......2007-09-30
The book was very helpful in finding out my metabolic type and it will help me in my selection of food for better health.
Metabolic typing diet.......2007-09-27
The Metabolic typing diet is a very good book for anyone who is interested in becoming healthier.
Metabolic Typing Diet.......2007-08-05
This book is a good start for anyone interested in taking control of one's health. The clear and concise wording of the text is easy to understand. With a simple test you are on your way to a new understanding of your body's needs for nutrititon and metabolic fuel. I strongly reccommend it as the foundation to any health program.
excellent overview of healthy eating.......2007-07-24
This book gives an excellent overview of how to eat healthy for you body type. It is easy to read.
Received the book in excellent condition with prompt delivery.
A must have for everyone who truly cares about health.......2007-07-07
This book is not about another miracle diet: it is about a lifestyle and a lifelong committment to serve your health at best. Everybody should know her or his metabolic type before starting anything else.
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A personal collection of more than 300 elegant recipes, The Savory Way presents Deborah Madison's innovative style of vegetarian cooking. The recipes are flexible and forgiving and fit into her philosophy of cooking. Some are quick fixes, designed to quell an urgent appetite; others are more leisurely affairs. Some are low-fat; others, more decadent. All allow for substitutions. Using fresh fuits and vegetables, spices, flavored vinegars and oils, edible flowers, salsas and cheeses, she creates a vegetarian palate that is sophisticated and healthful. From soups to salads, sandwiches to crepes, breads to sweetmeats, The Savory Way reflects Deborah Madison's personal brand of contemporary vegetarianism.
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Outstanding Cooking.......2006-11-12
So many do-able and delicious recipes - all a bit out of the ordinary, yet deeply satisfying.
Another Great Vegetarian Cookbook.......2005-08-15
This is another excellent cookbook by Deborah Madison. It is packed full of recipes for just about everything. We have tried lots of the recipes, they have all been easy to prepare and delicious. Highly recommended for vegetarians and non vegetarians alike!
Excellent Culinary Source for Vegetarians and Others.......2005-04-03
`The Savory Way' is an early (1990) book from leading vegetarian cookbook author, Deborah Madison so, as Ms. Madison has a new book on the way, I thought it was high time for me to catch up with her body of work so I can give an informed review of how her new volume fits into her other books.
Ms. Madison is a former colleague of Alice Waters and Lindsey Shere at Chez Panisse who specializes in a very general way, like Mollie Katzen and Madhur Jaffrey, on dishes that fit into a vegetarian lifestyle. Note that the term `vegetarian', especially as used by these three authors, is extremely misleading, as it is much more appropriate to say that they construct meals of everything under the sun except meat, fowl, fin fish and shell fish. Both Madison and Jaffrey make extensive use of milk, cheese, yoghurt, and eggs.
Madison's objective in this book is, in fact, to cover as broad as possible a survey of what can be done without using animal flesh. The book's title may be a bit misleading to some foodies in that `savory' is often one of the words used to divide dishes in two great groups of `savory' and `sweet'. This book in fact includes two rather long chapters on sweets.
A first look at this book shows lots of headnotes to the many recipes. The first thing you need to know if you are put off by `chatty' recipe books is that these notes are almost exclusively devoted to an understanding of the cooking involved with the recipe and how to get the best results from your ingredients. While little stories about the historical provenance of a recipe may interest many, including myself, that is not what this book is about. On top of this, I firmly agree with the blurbed opinion from Mollie Katzen who compliments both her cuisine AND her writing. Almost all professional culinary writers are pretty good, or have an excellent copy editor at work on their prose, but Ms. Madison is a food service professional who writes very well. I often wish the soon to be beknighted Jamie Oliver had a bit more talent with words, as I find his books so comforting in spite of the heavy contribution from his editors.
The very first attraction of the book is its Table of Contents, which lists every single recipe title in the front of the book. This is doubly useful in that this relatively long book divides recipes into chapters covering eleven different types of dishes suitable for just about any time of the day, including a good selection of recipes very good for breakfast. The eleven recipe chapters are:
Quick Bites with 40 pages of recipes for sandwiches, toasts, and spreads.
Salads to Start or Make a Meal with 42 pages
Soups and Stews with 50 pages of thick, thin, and pureed soups, including a new one with my favorite fall ingredient, chestnuts.
Eighteen Quick Pasta Dishes for Five and Company, 32 pages
Stovetop Vegetables, 27 pages of sautes and braises.
Baked and Roasted Vegetables, 25 pages with ratatouille, gratins, tians, and other goodies.
Grilled Vegetables and their Sauces, 11 pages with two to six sauces per grilled dish.
Down to Earth, 26 pages on Rice, Potatoes and Beans (although beans appear throughout all chapters!)
Morning Foods for Day and Night, 26 pages of Eggs and Cheese and Cereals and Breads.
Finishing Touches, 31 pages of sauces, salsas, condiments, dressings, pastes, and you name it.
Desserts, 45 pages on Fruit Dishes, Cream Cheeses, Pastries, and Custards
Sweetmeats, 12 pages on sweet pastes, peels, syrups, dried fruits, and other dessert dressings.
Every recipe I examined is relatively simple to prepare with fewer expensive or rare ingredients than you may find with Jaffrey or Jack Bishop, and great tips on understanding the recipes and the ingredients.
The appendix is just right for the occasional home cook who is lost in the forest of equipment you can find in a first rate kitchen supply store such as the second floor at Zabars. Ms. Madison puts it all in perspective by highlighting all my favorite tools such as gratin and tian pots, the mortar and pestle, a few good knives, the food mill and the pizza stone and peel. The chapter on the pantry has lots for the novice and a few good tips for the foodie, such as the fact that Mexican olive oils can be very spicy. Possibly the best items in the Appendix are the lists of dishes for special purposes such as entertaining, feeding large groups, and fitting into a low fat diet (note that for the number of recipes in this book, this low fat list is surprisingly short).
The list of sources is short with no Internet sites provided, but I recognize that virtually all of these vendors are still in business. The bibliography is also brief, but hits all the right titles, especially Joy Larkcom's excellent `The Salad Garden'.
This book is a great resource for `liberal' vegetarians who simply eschew meat. I would add this to Madhur Jaffrey's `World Vegetarian', Peter Berley's `The Modern Vegetarian Kitchen', and Jack Bishop's `The Complete Italian Vegetarian' to create a great core vegetarian library. I cannot at this time compare this to Ms. Madison's other books, as this is the first I have read, although I sense many of her more recent books have a narrower scope, focusing on vegetable dishes. I plan to review her other books in the next few days.
Highly recommended for both vegetarians and foodies in general.
Not just for vegetarians.......2005-01-16
As I was very unkind to the author's Vegetarian Cooking for Everyone (as I should have been -- it's a mess), I felt like I needed to give fulsome praise to this one, as it deserves.
I was a vegetarian for 16 years, and this was one of my most relied-upon cookbooks. And now that I've finally left the cult, erm, lifestyle behind, I'm continuing to use The Savory Way.
Deborah Madison has a sophisticated palate, and these recipes are head and shoulders above those of MOST vegetarian cookbooks. Take Mushrooms Flagstaff, for example. It's a recipe she adapted from a nasty hippy vegetarian cookbook. In Madison's hands, it becomes an amazingly complex ragout of mushrooms, bell pepper and tofu, ideal for serving to omnivores. The pasta dishes here are all amazing, including the absolute pinnacle of macaroni and cheese recipes. I've never tasted one better, and she's right: It's even better the next day, fried in butter.
You can't go wrong with anything in this book, and its predecessor The Greens Cookbook is a pretty close second.
good vegetarian cookbook for foodies.......2004-03-09
The Savory Way by Deborah Madison is a vegetarian cookbook that focuses on flavorful, interesting dishes. The few I have tried have turned out well, but there are some caveats to the book. First, Madison relies heavily on very fresh and hard-to-get ingredients, which is great but not very practical if you don't have a big herb and vegetable garden in your yard. Second, although the directions are complete, she does assume that she is writing for "intermediate" or advanced cooks. Beginners might be confused as to appropriate end points to some of the steps. Third, this is not the cookbood for you if you are new to vegetarian cooking or simply cooking a lot of vegetables. For example, there are only two recipes for fresh asparagus and no instruction on the basics of cooking any vegetable (I'm sure that is her other cookbook). If you want some specialty, delicious vegetarian recipes for any meal or course, this is a good cookbook. For basic vegetarian cooking, you should look elsewhere.
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Peanut butter makes everything better. Think about it: Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies. Cold Peanut Noodles. Peanut Butter Fudge. Still not convinced? Try Peanut Butter Waffles, Pad Thai, or Chocolate Cupcakes with Peanut Butter Centers. In The Ultimate Peanut Butter Book, the tenth addition to their Ultimate series, Bruce Weinstein and Mark Scarbrough offer up hundreds of recipes and variations for America's favorite spread. From comforting Peanut Butter Sticky Buns to decadent Peanut Butter Cheesecake to outrageous Elvis Spread (peanut butter, bacon, and bananas), The Ultimate Peanut Butter Book takes Peanut butter way beyond the same old PB&J.
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Peanut butter makes everything better. Think about it: Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies. Cold Peanut Noodles. Peanut Butter Fudge. Still not convinced? Try Peanut Butter Waffles, Pad Thai, or Chocolate Cupcakes with Peanut Butter Centers. In
The Ultimate Peanut Butter Book, the tenth addition to their Ultimate series,
Bruce Weinstein and
Mark Scarbrough offer up hundreds of recipes and variations for America's favorite spread. From comforting Peanut Butter Sticky Buns to decadent Peanut Butter Cheesecake to outrageous Elvis Spread (peanut butter, bacon, and bananas),
The Ultimate Peanut Butter Book takes Peanut butter way beyond the same old PB&J.
Customer Reviews:
Better than the other two i own.......2006-03-30
At first, I thought why buy another peanut butter cookbook? But I'm glad I did. This is the best of the three I have. I made the peanut butter banana bread yesterday with the addition of dark, organic chocolate bits I cut up from some chocolate bars. It was excellent.
I have a habit of changing recipes. It's constitutionally impossible for me to follow anyone else's recipe to the letter. When I made the PB bread I used whole spelt flour, as that's my normal baking flour. It still worked just perfectly.
The Pad Thai recipe looks appealing, as well as dozens more that enticed me.
I also like their end notes with creative suggestions for tweaking each recipe.
ALL PEANUT BUTTER, ALL THE TIME!.......2005-11-07
I was a little afraid of this book when I saw these guys on The View. I was afraid of what it'd do to my diet! And it has. Sigh. But it's a great find. Because my kids will actually eat the chinese noodles with pork in this really smooth peanut sauce. I remember Barbara Walters really liked the Vietnamese wrap things. I can't wait to try them out. But not on the kids. I also made the peanut butter stuffed french toast one morning. Yum. Oh, well, I can diet tomorrow, right? I'm so glad there's a book out there about everything you can do with peanut butter. I can't wait to try one of their ice cream cocktails!
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Culled from the award-winning cookbook, these 125 recipes for robust and delicious vegetarian dishes are now available in a convenient new format: the Recipeasel. Cleverly designed to stand on its own and free the chef's hands for more important tasks, this sturdy companion is a must-have for any health-minded cook. Deborah Madison has made landmark contributions to vegetarian cuisine, and this unique collection reflects her years of masterful creativity in the kitchen.
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Savory Way
Deborah Madison
Manufacturer: BANTAM BOOKS
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000SNLMYW |
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Savory Way
Deborah Madison
Manufacturer: BANTAM BOOKS
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000TXN20I |
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