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Agatha Raisin, snug and warm in her Carsley cottage, has that same old feeling-boredom-until a report of a haunted house sends her and new neighbor, handsome Paul Chatterton, to investigate. Suddenly, middle-aged Agatha is aglow with romance and excitement.But the glow fades fast. It turns out Paul is a cad. The victim of the haunting is a universally disliked old biddy. And the ghost is most likely someone playing a dirty trick. Then an old lady is soon found murdered. But never fear! For Agatha, solving a homicide is more fun than hunting a ghost. She quickly has a theory and a risky scheme. And she is about to make a startling discovery which can be her greatest triumph....or leave her heartbroken, in trouble with the police, and in danger of losing her reputation-or her life.
Customer Reviews:
Agatha Raisin The Haunted House.......2007-09-26
Reading an Agatha Raisin mystery is more fun than going to the movie or out on a shopping trip. One laughs and cries. One sympathises with her one moment and becomes frustrated with her the next. What a wonderful way to spend an afternoon. I have highly recommended M.C. Beaton's books to so many friends and even given one as a door prize when my husband and I gave a talk on "The Backroads of the Cotswold". Sally Martin
A Silly Story Lacking Continuity -- You Can Skip This One If You Want.......2007-09-01
It appears that M. C. Beaton went on holiday for this book and asked an aspiring novelist to take her place as author. Just kidding! But Agatha Raisin and the Haunted House is almost a satire of an Agatha Raisin mystery rather than the real deal, and there's an inexplicable lapse in continuity concerning Sir Charles Fraith that makes you wonder if M. C. Beaton reads her own books.
Agatha has yet another new neighbor in James Lacey's old cottage: This time it's Paul Chatterton, a handsome computer consultant, whose wife prefers to live in Madrid. Paul has heard that Agatha has a reputation in Carsely for affairs, and he's interested in finding out the facts. Needless to say, Agatha is soon dreaming of being Mrs. Paul Chatterton and hoping that James Lacey will see the wedding announcement in the Times. At Paul's insistence, the pair plans to spend a night at the "haunted" house of Mrs. Witherspoon. After a mysterious mist appears, Agatha is frightened by seeing Mrs. Witherspoon with a face mask on, and Agatha flees . . . annoying both Paul and Mrs. Witherspoon. Their future watching has to be done outside, but Agatha trips over a trash can and scares off whoever is there.
The detecting duo swears off any most ghostbusting until they learn that Mrs. Witherspoon was found dead with a broken neck in her cottage, an unlikely event given the state of the stairs and her health. After the police decide that Mrs. Witherspoon's son may be the murderer, the son and daughter invite Agatha and Paul to investigate. But the police don't want to have anything to do with the amateur detectives who snoop around on their own anyway. Unlike some of Agatha's investigations where she doesn't pick up much that the police haven't or wouldn't, the police in this case seem woefully weak: Without her investigation, the killer would have gotten away.
So why do I say the story lacks continuity?
1. Agatha Raisin in the past has been attracted to men who are attracted to her, but she hasn't come near a married man. It doesn't seem like she would now as her increased self-esteem has risen due to her detecting success and restarting her PR career with occasional assignments.
2. Sir Charles Fraith reappears in Agatha's life as though this is the first time she has seen him since he got married, even though he reappeared once before in an earlier book. This time, he claims to have had cancer and to be the father of two children (the earlier book claimed the pregnancy was a myth and that he was seeking a divorce).
3. Agatha swears off confronting possible murderers in favor of calling in the police. I don't think so.
4. Agatha becomes totally inept in hiding her illegal activities, even failing to wear gloves while breaking in by using a stolen key's duplicate.
The other major story line involves Agatha and Mrs. Davenport developing a humorous vendetta as Mrs. Davenport false believes that Agatha is having an affair with Paul Chatterton. Perhaps the funniest part of the book involves Agatha preparing a dainty dish for Mrs. Davenport.
The mystery's solution doesn't make a whole lot of sense because the motive is an improbable one. That's not the only improbable in this book which relies on humor that doesn't always satisfy . . . mostly because the humor is telegraphed too far and too much in advance.
By the end of the story, Paul Chatterton is off for Spain with his wife. We have a new neighbor to meet in the next book in the series.
But unless you feel compelled to read every story in the series, you can skip this one. Nothing happens that you really need to know about Agatha, her friends, or Carsely.
Tangy Raisins & Itchy Twitches; Munch, Balm, & Ride.......2006-02-08
Oh how fun to let bad moods, temper, verbal spits and spews flow without censor and rule the day. Whew! Now, THAT'S refreshing! Would I rather have the freedom to do that than to be superwoman? You bet! I literally live in fear of hurting someone's feelings or being critical, especially when I'm not even WANTING or intending to do that. So, to read along with Agatha Raisin as she spontaneously slides thoughts out of her mouth in snarly, snippy, sarcastic simplicity, oh yeah! I'll take more of that. Based on various reviews and sales ranks, It appears that lots of other readers are drawn repeatedly to Mrs. Raisin for just that vicarious freedom.
This is my first Mrs. Raisin novel. I've also read and reviewed DEATH OF A VILLAGE, a Hamish book, from MC Beaton's other cozy mystery series.
I'm surprised to see so much contrast between the styles of these two series. Hamish gives lots of setting detail, so that I feel that I'm in the Highlands as I read. I see, sense a lot of the environment in that series; everything surrounding and supporting the action and character thought is rich and deep, alive and "cooking." On the other hand, Raisin captures and moves the reader through her tangy, spicy character. In a sense, she becomes the setting. Yes, we know she's in the coveted Cotswolds. But, I don't feel or notice the locale the way I do in the Hamish offerings.
Strangely, as much as I love taking a trip to the Highlands without forking over plane fare and without having to toss fingernail clippers out of my purse (airport security phobia), I would more quickly read another Raisin than a Hamish, which does not slight Hamish in the least. It's just so ADDICTING to BE Agatha, to strut and steam at whim, without apology.
Even the mystery itself takes a back seat to Agatha's spark. Of course it's there and carries along the intrigue; there's no actual lack felt in plot machination. Loved the bump-along partnership between Agatha and her new neighbor, Paul. What a great ploy to have Agatha bounce off a married man and come out a tangy, spring-fresh tulip, with no slime or stench sticking to her soul. Of course, the spoiled child wife, Juanita, helps excuse the slightly sparking sleuthing partnership between Agatha and Paul.
What an entertainingly light, almost soothing touch Beaton has with itchy, twitchy cultural issues. And, she gives a great "how to" on dealing with boredom! Such a deal.
As I'm cheep-ing and skating stretched dollars while scratching my head at the same time, I believe I can honestly say that Mrs. Raisin is one of the best examples of the spirited honesty of a character carrying the plot and capturing the reader so easily and thoroughly. Jill Churchill's Jane Jeffry comes to mind when searching character similarity, along with Joanne Pence's Angie Amalfi, and Tamar Myers's Magdalena Yoder.
When I was reading Historic Romance novels, my favorite spunky heroines came through Julie Garwood, Joanne Woodward, and Nora Roberts. Many other authors, including Joanne Fluke and Carolyn Hart, could be quoted as doing brilliantly with the spirited, spontaneous heroines who at least periodically chew on their toes to the delight of us repressed, mannerly, kindly readers.
I could spend all day adding to this list, fearing excluding an author deserving of mention.
See? Would a truly spunky, free-spirited character ANGST over that?
No. Definitely and easily, no.
With a huge sigh of a burden released (but only for a split second until guilt spills in again and takes over my 90% water base), I rest my case.
The need to constantly second, third, etc., guess one's words is overwhelmingly exhausting. So, I shouldn't wonder why Agatha Raisin is such a deal, especially for sensitive, guilt ridden women nurtured in a culture where the selfless superwoman rules (and SHE never chews on her toes simultaneous to cringing at what just came out of her mouth, or what she WISHES would come out of her mouth without impunity).
Mrs. Raisin releases quite a few more of the emotional burdens which too many readers carry and are so relieved to be rid of when snuggled between the covers of a cozy. The main ones, though, seem to revolve around the need to gleefully BE free flowing and female (or male) and to allow hormones to do their thing without constant damning and/or re-directing. It's no wonder we have pimples, boils, troubles, and toils.
Who would promote a book because it might cure acne? Hmmm. That almost sounds like, "If your mouth is constantly in gear and in mid-curse, you might be a redneck." I wouldn't be at all ashamed of being termed that.
By the way, one of my favorite articles in ATLANTIC MONTHLY was titled something like, RED & BLUE AMERICA, which made an intriguing attempt to color code Liberal and Conservative leanings. It left out probably the majority of the USA population, which is an anomaly of dichotomous combinations of tie-died, red, white & blue, meat loaf, quiche, and tofu. But the article was an ingeniously in-depth and playfully thought provoking study.
Freedom. To contrast the asp, and be contrary as gas. Whatever.
Give me flavor and (or) hear me roar. I wrote a review on a fun, fluky culinary about that. Yeah, and Helen Reddy can write, and she can sing! Oh. More Agatha Raisins? Cooool!
Linda G. Shelnutt
Aggie: a fascination frantic in a ruin that's romantic.......2005-05-13
This is a cozy mystery in a cozy series that features the very Anti-cozy of heroines: vain, devious, middle-aged, grumpy Agatha Raisin, who eternally seeks true love from the weasels who share her village, her bed or her adventures. A particularly wonderful touch about the series is that the kindly, absent-minded vicar, that paragon of village life, cannot abide the woman.
An Amazon reviewer has offered the opinion that this series has become repetitive. And so it has, bless it. Long may it repeat. A vain, devious, middle-aged, grumpy Agatha Raisin in hopeless pursuit of love and successful pursuit of dastardly villains is exactly what I want, no more, no less.
A reviewer has brought up the medical histories of Ms. Raisin's paramours, so let me strain at my own gnat. In the course of her investigation, Ms. Raisin discovers that a suspect has taken part in a production of Gilbert and Sullivan's "The Mikado" that is specifically said to have begun at 8:00 p.m. and to have finished at 9:30. Since a brisk performance of just the music of "The Mikado" runs to about 85 minutes, with the dialogue adding most of an hour, not to mention a twenty-minute intermission, something is awfully fishy about that 8:00 to 9:30 performance.
--Another enjoyable Agatha mystery--.......2004-03-11
AGATHA RAISIN AND THE HAUNTED HOUSE is the fourteenth book in this mystery series. I open each and every Agatha Raisin story with anticipation and the knowledge that I'll be able to get into the story quickly and learn what's been going on in Agatha's life. I haven't been disappointed yet!
This story begins with Agatha still in pain over the defection of James Lacey, her husband. He left her to become a monk and so Agatha fills her time with free lance public relations work in London. Upon returning home to the Cotswold's, she finds that Paul Chatterton, a new and handsome gentleman has moved next door. In fact, he's heard of her and her past investigations. They become friendly and Paul proposes that they offer to help an elderly lady from a neighboring village who claims that her home is haunted. Of course, murders do take place and Agatha is spurred on by Paul to keep investigating.
As Agatha starts dreaming of having a relationship with Paul, her old friend Sir Charles comes to visit and insinuates to Paul, that Agatha is his girlfriend. Paul seems annoyed and maybe a little jealous, he backs off and and starts to investigate on his own.
Sir Charles is very supportive of Agatha and becomes a kinder friend that he had been in the past. Of course, Aggie, as Sir Charles calls her, helps to solve the mystery of the haunted house, and the book ends with Agatha thinking about starting her own detective agency.
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Back in print after a decade, a stand-alone fantasy in the world of Steven Brust's bestselling "Vlad Taltos" novels.nbsp;Once upon a time...far to the East of the Dragaeran Empire, four brothers ruled in Fenario:King Laszlo, a good man--though perhaps a little mad;Prince Andor, a clever man--though perhaps a little shallow;Prince Vilmos, a strong man--though perhaps a little stupid; andPrince Miklos, the youngest brother, perhaps a little--no, a lot-stubborn.Once upon a time there were four brothers--and a goddess, a wizard, an enigmatic talking stallion, a very hungry dragon--and a crumbling, broken-down palace with hungry jhereg circling overhead. And then...
Customer Reviews:
Not Free SF Reader.......2007-09-03
An old structure is at the heart of a conflict between brothers, and between gods, and the powers of Faerie.
The book is broken up by interludes presented as local folk tales, possibly some adaptation's from Brust's heritage.
Set in Fenaria, we even encounter wild dzur and dragon.
A little tedious, at times
Oddly compelling.......2007-08-29
Brokedown Palace is, like all compelling stories, many tales woven together into something bigger. If you eat words as I do then you'll appreciate Brokedown Palace for the odd yet somehow enticing flavor of the characters, the setting and the sudden abrupt about faces the author uses to get his readers thinking harder than they otherwise might.
Brokedown Palace is not the best fairy tale I've ever read, but it did keep me turning the pages until the very end.
Good for Brust fans........2007-05-07
Not his best work, but it will be enjoyable to fans of his other works.
An Interesting Book.......2007-02-18
I bought a new book and read it. It was "Brokedown Palace". My initial interest was because it had a really cool cover, the back was intriguing with a very encouraging quote from Tad Williams (author of the Memory, Sorry, Thorn trilogy) and a brief blurb about the characters.
The book was difficult to read at first as it was written very carefree. Almost as if intended to be read in discourse and not silently. After the introduction however, which was 1/3 of the book, it began to transition into a normal story. Included between chapters were interludes that didn't seem to make sense, but upon completing the book, you realize that everything is building into a climax of understanding on why the book is called "Brokedown Palace".
An odd book, yet very good I think. It's worthy of some discussion. It reminded me of "The Light Princess" by MacDonald for some reason. Perhaps because it seems to be speaking on a few levels.
delightful reprint of a mid 1980s fantasy .......2006-09-22
In the Kingdom of Fenario on the bank of the Faerie River, four brothers rule but compete for ultimate control. King Laszlo is considered a just and kind person, but most of his subjects especially his siblings think he is not all there mentally, which has led to his brothers usurping some of his power. Devious Prince Andor seems to care about only others who can further his ambitions; anyone else is meaningless and those who he allies with are disposable. Physically and emotionally Prince Vilmos is a strong person, but lacks intelligence and common sense. Finally the youngest obstinate Prince Miklos thinks his older brothers are too moronic to rule over the kingdom symbolized by the collapsed unusable West Wing.
Miklos has been gone for quite awhile and assumed dead, as the remaining trio squabble while others stalk the royals with plans to displace them. Threats come for all walks of life as a wizard, a dragon and a horde of jhereg prepare to dispose of the siblings with some seeing them as royal dessert. Victory seems assured to the adversaries because the three remaining brothers are Mad, Shallow, and Stupid, as they still fight one another instead of uniting against a common cause.
This is a delightful reprint of a mid 1980s fantasy that seems very apropos today due to the use of ironic symbolism like the crumbled West Wing and the personalities of the four brothers to lampoon know it all leadership. Readers will appreciate how the brothers have common enemies, but still cannot put aside their desires to be in charge, leaving them vulnerable to their adversaries. Steven Brust takes his audience to a broken down magical land set far to the east of his Taltos thrillers.
Harriet Klausner
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Brokedown Palace
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- Finally!!
- obvious at first glance but looking back-- very helpful
- good food for thought
- Full of great info! Great book!!
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Sleepless in America: Is Your Child Misbehaving...or Missing Sleep?
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Does your child
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An estimated 69 percent of American infants, children, and teens are sleep deprived. Studies have shown that sleep deficits can contribute to hyperactivity, distraction, forgetfulness, learning problems, illness, accidents, and disruptive behaviors. Often what our misbehaving kids really need isn't more "consequences" or more medication but more sleep.
Sleepless in America offers weary and frustrated parents a helping hand and an exciting new approach to managing challenging behaviors by integrating research on stress, sleep, and temperament with practical strategies and a five-step approach that enables parents to help their "tired and wired" children get the sleep they so desperately need.
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Does your child refuse to cooperate in the morning? Get into trouble for not listening? ""Lose it"" over seemingly insignificant issues? Seem to resist sleep? Are you tired? Really tired?
An estimated 70 million American infants, children, and teens are sleep deprived. Could your child be one of them? Studies have shown that sleep deficits can contribute to hyperactivity, distraction, forgetfulness, learning problems, illness, accidents, and disruptive behaviors. Yet despite overwhelming scientific evidence, the connection between children's sleep habits and their behavioral and health problems has remained, until now, largely unrecognized.
In this warm and practical guide, Mary Sheedy Kurcinka shows you how to:
- recognize whether your child is misbehaving or missing sleep
- identify the normal, everyday activities that may be innocently disrupting your child's sleep
- end the bedtime and nighttime struggles, and as a result, stop the ""misbehaviors"" during the day
- get the sleep your whole family deserves
Sleepless in America offers weary and frustrated parents a helping hand and an exciting new approach to managing challenging behaviors. With her characteristic enthusiasm, pragmatism, and extensive experience as a teacher and parent educator, Kurcinka explains that often what our misbehaving kids really need is not more ""consequences"" or more medication, but more sleep. Integrating research on stress, sleep, and temperament with practical strategies and a five-step approach, Sleepless in America enables parents to help their ""tired and wired"" children get the sleep they so desperately need.
When we choose sleep, we choose a happier, healthier, and more successful life for our families. With Sleepless in America, Mary Sheedy Kurcinka helps us make that choice.
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Customer Reviews:
Finally!!.......2007-05-16
Finally, a book about getting your child to sleep that offers realistic solutions to very common problems. Kurcinka's style is so conversational and so practical, you almost feel as if you're taking one of her parenting workshops. She doesn't blame or scold... simply put, she gets you to figure out what's important to your family, and then how to go about getting it. It's been almost a week since I reinstituted nap time for my almost 3-year-old (who'd given up naps a long time ago) and already she is sleeping much better at night. This from a child who visibly stiffens at the very mention of "nap" or "sleep" of any kind. I highly recommend this valuable book.
obvious at first glance but looking back-- very helpful .......2007-04-22
i got this book from the library because i saw it on a shelf right next to the checkout desk. my first thought was "well, of course, kids need more sleep and if they are tired they will misbehave." while i was reading the book, i kept having the same thought-- "this is all so obvious". i kept reading mostly because it affirmed my goals to not overschedule my son and stress him out and to avoid TV. but having read the book, i find i am constantly finding myself in real-life situations where i am enlightened by the writer's ideas. many times, even though in theory i am a huge sleep and nap advocate, i realize that my son's behavior is a function of lack of sleep. and i prob. wouldn't have naturally come to that conclusion. would recommend this book to all parents.
good food for thought.......2007-03-16
Unlike other books on childhood sleep, this one doesn't suggest that there is one solution. Mary Sheedy Kurcinka follows her other books on Spirited Children and power struggles up with an effective book about sleep whose topics are appropriate for kids and adults of all ages. I'm reading it after I had an infant so I skipped the section on infant sleep.
This is a book worth checking out for ways to analyze what's going on in your daily life and how to make changes so that everyones sleep and mood improves. It isn't a simple solution as in if you follow x, y and z then your child will instantly sleep as much as you want them to.
Full of great info! Great book!!.......2007-03-09
I love this book. Although this is not nessesarily a "solutions based" book, what it will give you is some key information on a wide array of sleeping issues, and will help you to find a way to deal with your children based on your family's particular needs. I found it very conforting to know that yes, some kids do have a hard time regulating themselves in terms of sleeping patterns (and why), it made me feel releived to know that it is not all me and my lack of being able to get my kids into a routine and keep them in it. We all know that some kids are wired differently, but this actualy explains why and this understanding helps us to parent them more effectively. The author succeded in creating a well written book that is not only informative but enjoyable to read, using great analogies throughout.
serenity prayer for sleep-deprived parents.......2006-05-12
This book is a great resource for parents who are struggling to get their kids to sleep each night. The advice is pratical, specific and can be customized to fit each family. I like the anecdotal writing style and I love Mary Sheedy Kurcinka's tone--she challenges parents to become more present to their children while never making us feel bad about where we're at. She consistently writes with humility, compassion, candor and grace.
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Millions of ways to mix and match! Here's how it works:
Each menu planner has 28 days worth of new menu choices; pages are split into thirds and are interchangeable. There are 20,000 menu combinations in each book. No matter which combination the reader chooses, carb counts and nutrients are correct for the entire dayautomatically. Readers can mix and match among all of the menu planners if they want; millions of combinations are possible!
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For my father-in-law.......2007-05-18
I purchased this book for my mother-in law because my father in law was just diagnosed with Diabetes. She was having trouble coming up with cooking ideas that were both healthy and tasty! This book really helped her out alot!
These books are not for Diabetics.......2006-11-30
ADA- You should be ashamed of yourselves. Some of these recipes have over 80 carbs for one serving! This book concentrates on calories more then carbs. Diabetics should count carbs-not calories. Calories do not raise blood sugar- carbs do.
Diabetic meal planning made easy.......2006-08-31
This book showed us how to plan our meals without getting stuck in a rut.
Diabetic cooking.......2006-07-06
This is a great book for meals we all used to like and thought we could no longer have.
Not Just Good For Diabetics!.......2003-10-14
I bought this cookbook recently to give to someone just diagnosed with diabetes and spent a good deal of time reading the recipes, myself. It is a good cookbook for anyone who is interested in eating healthy. I copied some of the recipes for my own use. I particularly liked some of the chicken recipes as well as the recipe for black bean soup. Each page of the book is divided into thirds so that you can mix and match different foods as you plan your meals. When you get past that initial barrier of figuring out what is going on with the book, you will like this cookbook tremendously. There is a wealth of information here to make us all healthier eaters.
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"Anyone watching his or her weight can profit by using these 150 recipes and 30 menus.... Foodstuffs blend old and new tastes,... each recipe includes nutritional and exchange information." --Booklist
Customer Reviews:
Excellent variety........2001-03-11
I rated this one five stars based on what I look for in diabetic/low-carb cookbooks (1) has to have complete nutritional information (I don't like just "exchanges" or just a carbohydrate range or just sugarfree...); (2) recipes I will make (a favorite is the Guiltless Brownies with cocoa and bananas) that my family won't bypass or that require too many shopping trips to specialty stores; and (3) variety (I don't need another book telling me a crustless pie with sugarfree pudding or tying to just substitute a sweetener for sugar) -- this one has a variety of menus, lots of different dishes, real food ingredients and a wide range of carbohydrate counts instead of assuming all diabetics are using certain ranges or exchanges or avoiding the same foods. Realistic menus.
How sweet it isn't........2000-04-27
This book was full of helpful recipes for my aunt who was recently diagnosed with diabetes. She has always been a huge fan of pasta and chicken so this book helped her out showing her how she can have the food she wants. Having diabetes strips your freedom to eat what you want and cook books like this give diabetics a choice of recipes rather than a bag of rabbit food.
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www.valderbeebeshow.com.......2006-03-05
Roby Webb, MS, and associate editor of Diabetes Forecast, shows us that food can be healthy, good, quick and an inspiration for cooks and guests to have fun. It's a comprehensive book that includes nutrition analyses, what's in the cupboard, meal planning, kitchen organization, what to buy, meal prep and time-saving ideas. I found a great Shrimp Gazpacho and Herbed Crab Sandwich to add to my summer repertoire.
NOT CHILD FRIENDLY MEALS.......2005-12-16
These are just OK recipes for adults but kids are never going to eat this stuff. Salmon in tomato sauce, shells agli olio, cod and shrimp soup. Yuck. The recipes are speedy but not very tasty.
Practical.......2005-09-17
These recipes, at least the ones I've tried, have been easy to make, use common ingredients, and taste really good! I highly recommend it!
Easy-to-make healthy dishes .......2005-06-09
Sometimes it seems healthy cooking just doesn't fit into the modern hectic schedule: it's far quicker to grab something high-carb and high-fat off the shelf when on the run. In reality, easy-to-make healthy dishes can be prepared almost as quickly, as Robyn Webb's 200 Healthy Recipes In 30 Minutes - Or Less demonstrates. From mustard-infused French Burgers to easy Chicken Nugget finger foods and salads, dietician Webb packs in dishes which lend to quick preparation while remaining healthy. The introduction on how to stock a kitchen for maximum 'fast food' cooking is particularly notable.
Review from the press - A note from the PUBLISHER.......2005-03-30
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Despite its title, Webb's newest cookbook is more than just a compilation of recipes: she delves into the whole process of organizing a kitchen, stocking a pantry, preparing weekly meal plans, and building shopping lists around those meal plans, including shopping monthly for staples.
Advance preparation is one of Webb's keys, and her tips for storing already-chopped onions and garlic in freezer bags, making double batches of marinades and salad dressings in advance, and freezing portions of fresh herbs and broth in ice cube trays, ready to pop into soups and stews, are great for cutting precious minutes off the nightly meal preparation.
Webb devotes one useful section of her book to what she calls "Quick Fixes." Here, she incorporates five staples -canned beans, canned broth, pasta, rice, and canned fish-into quick and easy ideas for those times when there seems to be "nothing to eat at home." She offers five recipes for each staple; tasty sounding examples are the Clear Asian Soup, Hungarian Noodles, and Salmon Niçoise.
In the last section, the author offers complete menus for myriad special occasions, including an Italian dinner featuring Chicken Rigatoni and Parmesan Zucchini, an Andalusian Supper with Shrimp Gazpacho and Roasted Vegetable Burritos, and a Dixieland dinner highlighted by Pork in Bourbon Maple Marinade. This engaging cookbook enables her to bring her techniques to an even wider audience. ~ Deborah Donovan
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Robyn Webb's Memorable Menus Made Easy
Robyn Webb
Manufacturer: American Diabetes Association
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For people with diabetes, planning meals day in and day out is challenge enough. But what about those special occasions when a meal calls for a little something extra? A holiday, impromptu dinner party, or just a romantic candlelit dinner for two? Memorable Menus Made Easy ends the worry with recipes for just about any occasion imaginable.
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Fix the typo.......1999-08-15
Wonderful Book! You should fix the typo in the advertisement though...the word is 'for' not 'fro'.
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Fast & Fabulous Diabetic Menus: More Than 130 Healthy & Delicious Recipes for Special Dietary Needs
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