The Working Stiff Cookbook: Great Food! Easy Recipes!

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With The Working Stiff Cookbook, Bob Sloan has written a smart, effective, useful little cookbook. He probably has in mind a reader with a small kitchen and limited counter space. But the book works just as well for the reader with a grand kitchen and enough counter space to make room for every kitchen gizmo imaginable. Sloan's bottom line is more about time than anything else. If you are a working stiff, you probably assume that you don't have the time or requisite cooking skills to produce stylish, flavorful, and nutritious meals for you and your loved ones. Yet Sloan will show you how. He demonstrates that with a willingness to learn as you grow, you too can put Thai-Style Flounder with Coconut Rice on the table in about 30 hassle-free minutes. Next you'll be whipping up Chicken Breasts with Artichokes and Mushrooms, or perhaps Singular Meat Loaves with Garlic Mashed Potatoes.

Sloan divides his book into chapters that address technique and appropriate tools. Here are "One Pot" recipes (Sicilian Vegetable Stew, Chicken Curry in a Hurry), pasta (Thai Vegetable Noodles, Fettuccini with Smoked Salmon), and soups, salads, and sandwiches.

This is a breezy, easy-going book. It's spiral-bound to open flat and stay there and not make you crazy while you're trying to cook. New cooks can't lose, and well-schooled cooks may well want to take note. Bob Sloan believes that pancakes for dinner is a perfectly legitimate dish, and that alone deserves the price of admission. --Schuyler Ingle

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It's 8 pm and you just got home from work. What's for dinner? Perhaps a delicious bowl of cold cereal awaits. Or maybe you could order Chinese food -- for the third time this week. Who wants to slave over a hot stove after slaving for a wage all day? No matter how late you work or how fast you eat, Bob Sloan has a recipe for you. Quicker than you can change the toner in the fax machine, you can make a Fast and Furious Stir-Fry. If the thought of washing dishes makes your eyes glaze over, whip up a one-pot meal like Paella Rapido. Need lunch for tomorrow? A Lazy Man's Lasagna makes for plenty of leftovers. The Working Stiff Cookbook has colorful tabs for fast flipping, a spiral binding for easy viewing, and laminated pages for no-fuss cleanup. A smart addition to any kitchen, this is the one cookbook that will earn its keep in painless and delicious weekday meals.

Customer Reviews:

This title is a keeper!.......2006-10-23

This is not the best cookbook ever, but it is an essential one and I include it on my list of six I'd never give up. The recipes are perfect for people that have little time to spend in the kitchen on a regular basis. Some of the recipes are simpler than others, but everything is relative. The recipes we have tried range from pretty good to amazing -- the Chicken Deluxe is spectacular! This book is not really written for the novice cook and it could have used a little more editing to suggest substitutions, but that hardly detracts from its value. I love to cook but there are times when you are simply too tired and mentally fatigued to enjoy the process. But that's no reason to deny yourself truly good food. This book offers you at least that much and that's priceless.

BEST COOKBOOK EVER!.......2005-11-18

I got this as a wedding present and I've made all of the recipes in it. I cook out of this book 5 nights a week and the recipes are easy and delicious. The meals are fancy but fast and that's what I like, especially if I'm having friends over. I highly reccomend it!

A dream come true!.......2003-02-15

I searched for ages for a cookbook that had quick, tasty recipes that wasn't a how-to-cook tome or chock full of dishes made with expensive ingredients, and The Working Stiff Cookbook was the answer to my prayers!

This book is probably best for someone who:
a) likes to cook and already knows the basics, but is lazy (*ahem*) or busy or both!
b) has a hodgepodge of kitchen gadgets bought on a whim that never get used (all the chopping in this book has reacquainted me with the finer points of using a mandoline)
c) wants to prepare tasty, elegant meals with the minimum of effort.

I will admit that the lack of pictures didn't even occur to me until I started reading these reviews. The dishes are so simple and easy to visualize, I didn't need or miss them.

The real winner has to be the Deluxe Chicken recipe. I have a feeling this one's gonna save me from stressing too much over last-minute dinner parties. The One Pot dishes are all divine for someone living in a small apartment with limited counter space.

These are not easy.......2002-07-15

I was a bit disappointed - I've tried three recipes and one wasn't very good and the other two were anything but easy. And the "easy" one called for a large amount of grated fontina cheese - a cheese not found in every cupboard and not found in small quantifies and not cheap nor easy to grate. So you make a special trip and than need to hand grate it and have lots left over. The recipe already required a large amount of heavy cream, so I actually thought this special cheese overkill. There was a vegetarian noodle recipe that was just OK and plan on spending half hour cutting and grating - called for freshly grated ginger (another cupboard staple) as well as thin slices of at least four separate vegetables. There are absolutely no pictures and the actual # of recipes are very scanty. Seems like it was an easier book to write than to reproduce in the average working stiff's kitchen. Don't be fooled by the title, there are better books out there.

Quick fix dinners.......2002-02-27

I have several weeknight cookbooks, and I actually bought this one more for its hip design than its contents, but I was pleasantly surprised at the latter. Everything I've made has been tasty and pretty simple to prepare. My only complaint: no pictures!

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100 Greatest American Currency Notes

Is as expected but have not proof read it to date

Simple & Informative Book

A Rare Book

100 Greatest American Currency Notes: The Stories Behind The Most Colonial, Confederate, Federal, Obsolete, and Private American Notes
Q. David Bowers , and David M. Sundman
Manufacturer: Whitman Publishing
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ASIN: 0794820069

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In this beautifully illustrated book, two of Americas best-known numismatists take the reader on a personal guided tour of our nations greatest currency notes. Theyre all inside: the Lazy Deuce, the Tombstone Note, the Buffalo Bill, and more. Youll see some familiar faces, such as Abraham Lincoln, George Washington, and even Santa Claus... and meet some unique and colorful characters like the mad Emperor Norton. Battleships and locomotives, Army officers and Indians, politicians and polar bearsall these and more await you among the 100 Greatest American Currency Notes. By Q.David Bowers and David M. Sundman. Forward by Chester Krause and Clifford Mishler

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100 Greatest American Currency Notes.......2007-03-21

This is an incredible book to have in your library if your a collector of U.S. Paper Currency or not. Stunning pictures of each of the notes this book goes into great detail in discussing. I have this book and the 100 Greatest U.S. Coins book sitting out in my livingroom for all to see and everyone who has stopped by can not help but pick up these books. Then the oh's and ah's start pouring out !!! Absolute incredible book to have in anyone's private library without a doubt.

Is as expected but have not proof read it to date.......2007-01-10

CS:

I received this book and believe it is as expected. Price is at FMV (Fair Market Value). I have not yet proof read it but what I have seen it makes a great reference for those who collect currency. However, it would have been helpful to include the Friedberg number in the Appendix along with the description. Yes, this number can be variable but you have included prices that are also variable and approximate. It may have been better to give a ratio(range)year column price divided by the face value of the currency.

Simple & Informative Book.......2007-01-05

This book was exactly what I expected. Good photos and stories behind 100 of the most famous notes in history. Great as a reference or as a coffe table book.

A Rare Book.......2006-09-11

It is the rare numismatic book that is educational AND entertaining. This book is one of those rare books.
I wrote a review of this book for the Bank Note Reporter, the newpaper for collectors of paper money. I have included an only slightly altered version of that review below.

My best purchase at the Chicago Paper Money Exposition was a copy of the new book 100 Greatest American Currency Notes by two of my favorite numismatists--Q. David Bowers and David M. Sundman. Chet Krause and Cliff Mishler wrote a foreword for the book making that four of my favorites all in one book. No, that is not right. Tom Denly was something called valuations editor for the book so that makes five of my favorite--and greatest--numismatists all in one volume.
In short, the book is beautiful to behold and a joy to read. That sums it up quite nicely, but I do have a lot more to say about it. I feel that I am particularly qualified to do this because I had started a book with exactly the same premise. I still have my notebook with my work. That means that they stole my idea! Of course that is easy to say after they have completed their work and I only have a notebook. It is also untrue. The original idea was Jeff Garrett and Ron Guth's popular 100 Greatest American Coins. Imitation is indeed the sincerest form of flattery. I must also say that Bowers and Sundman did a far better job than I would have done (not that I did not have a few enhancements).
The basic premise of the book is to select and discuss the 100 greatest American notes. The authors have done this admirably. The basic methodology was to survey a wide group of dealers asking them to list what they considered to be the top notes. While the methodology was good and the results were great, my first complaint is that I would have liked to have learned more about the methodology. The authors tabulated the results then provided the discussion. As the creators of this project, they have a greater insight than anyone on the subject. I would at a minimum have liked to read more of their thoughts on the results, but these are small complaints.
If you have not seen the book you can cast a silent vote right now for your top note or top ten. Now that you have done that, you will probably not be surprised that the clear favorite of the survey was the "Grand watermelon" ($1000 Series 1890 Silver Certificate). The authors expected it to be number one and I had it number one in the notes for my book. You have to figure that a note with a nickname like that would come in first or to look at it the other way that a note worthy of being first would have a nick name. Indeed, nine of the top ten have nicknames.
Two pages are devoted to discussing the grand watermelon and each of the top ten notes. Thereafter it is one page per note. This is the meat of the book. Indeed, the book could just as easily have been something like 100 Great Paper Money Stories.
The two Davids excelled in the preparation of the text to describe the notes. They supplemented the illustrations of the notes and their discussions with additional illustrations (some of these of coins (gasp)). Most ot these are excellent and some are great in both content and quality. They are a highlight of the book. This seems to be an appropriate place to mention the superb quality of book production. It is color throughout and truly excellent. My one complaint is that the book is in a large format 10 x 12 inches. Many people will consider this a feature. Authors (including me) like these large formats, but they are harder to read. They look great on the coffee table, but are difficult to handle curled up in a chair or in an airline torture seat.
I did not know that the watermelon description of this note could be traced back to an 1891 newspaper story. Perhaps I had read this before, but if I had, I had forgotten it. The entire quotation from the paper is included. From the footnotes at the back of the book I learned this interesting tidbit. The quotation is "From an 1891 clipping, no day date, in a scrapbook compiled in 1891 and 1892 (now owned by Q. David Bowers)." I found many of the notes worth reading.
Each entry includes a box with "historic Market Values" and "Commentary on Value." This is the work of the valuations editor. This book is not a catalog of values (I like that), but the inclusion of this information is interesting in its own right and is nice balances with the text and graphics. When I was working on my project, I had not thought of anything like this.
Number two in the survey is the $500 national bank note. It is a good and obvious choice. It was also number two on my list.
The third note in the survey is Massachusetts Bay Colony 5-shilling notes of December 10, 1690. It is the first government-issue American paper money (according to Eric Newman). Among other interesting (amazing) things that I learned in this entry is that in the 17th century the annual calendar ran from March 25 to March 24. I also learned that the unique example of this note resides in the Essex Institute, Salem, Massachusetts. That is certainly an appropriate city. I wonder if the note is on public display.
The balance of the top ten are very interesting indeed. Instead of being great rarities they are dominated by relatively common notes and certainly are affordable in circulated grades to most collectors. The one exception is number eight, the "Spread Eagle Note" (Series of 1862 and 1863 $100 Legal Tender note).
The others are respectively in positions four though ten (except eight): Lazy Deuce ($2 National Bank Note), $5 Educational note (Series of 1896 Silver Certificate), and Bison Note" (Series of 1891 $10 Legal Tender note), $1 "Educational Note (Series of 1896 Silver Certificate," $20 "Technicolor note" (Series of 1905 Gold Certificate, and the "Indian Chief" (Series of 1899 $5 Silver Certificate).
The other ninety notes include a wide array of interesting and historical notes. The entry on every single one is worth studying, but to me the most interesting (especially for discussion here) are those that might not be obvious choices.
United States fractional notes get two entries on the list. Interestingly, number 14, the fractional currency shield, is not a note at all, but a virtual collection of notes. Having said, that I think that it is a good choice.
Four Confederate notes make the list with several of them having nicknames (the Indian Princess and Montgomery notes (two denominations making the list)).
That vast, amorphous, and ill defined area known as obsolete notes are also included. Numbers 23 and 24 are Santa Clause notes and polar bear notes even though they are more categories than actual notes. Again, I think that they were good choices.
I was pleased and even a little surprised to see both World War II issues (Hawaii and North Africa) make the top 100. They won their places because of their extraordinary historical reasons for issue.
These various categories of notes included in the book are the apparent reason for the awkward book title. I offer this criticism with respect because I struggled with this problem in my unversion of this book. If you say United States notes you probably should not include Confederate notes. Colonial and Continental notes would not really fit. "Obsolete" notes would be in doubt too. Even American notes (as chosen) presents some problems. Does American include Canada? Mexico? I do not like the term currency notes, but I understand the problem. Bank notes does not fit because most of the notes selected were not issued by banks under any definition. Many people (unfortunately) would simply say currency but that is a very bad choice because currency is coins and paper money. In most constructions paper money does not work (100 Greatest American Paper Money). Even notes has some problems. Certainly, national bank notes are notes. but are silver and gold certificates notes? In the final analysis, having said that I do not like what we was used, but I do not have a better title.
I love the book, but I disagree with some of the choices. That is one of the wonderful aspects of books of lists. They are certain to generate discussion if not controversy. I was surprised that no error or star notes made the list. I can understand that they can be excluded as being sort of varieties of other issues, but, still, I think that a token from either or both of these categories could have been included.
You will probably not be surprised that I think that a military payment certificate should have been on the list. Having said that, I should be prepared to tell you which one. I gave that considerable thought in my work. I considered the unknown replacements and the unique replacements. Of course there is the Series 541 $5 with its attractive design and world record price history. I thought about the unique specimen booklets for Series 541 and 591. I really liked them because they have nicknames ("Comptroller Booklets"). Finally, I decided that the best choice would be the unique specimen and progressive proof set of Series 661. It does not have a widely recognized nickname, but it is still a good choice. I had a brief exchange with Tom Denly on this very subject after drafting this review. He said that he thought that if an MPC were to be included, it should be something like a Series 692 $10 or $20 because they would be very recognizable and would also be collectible. I like his thinking!
There are other good features good features of the book that I have not mentioned. The formatter is all quite good. You can imagine my surprise at finding my name mentioned. Earning that honor as an old timer (my term) is a double edged honor. The selected bibliography and recap of the top 100 in an appendix are also useful.
I expect that this will be a very successful book, just as the Garrett-Guth version on coins was. Can it generate more spinoffs like the 100 Greatest World Notes, or even the 100 Greatest National Bank Notes? I doubt it, but I would love to have both of those in my own library.
If it is not obvious, I highly recommend 100 Greatest American Currency Notes by Q. David Bowers and David Sundman. It was published by Whitman Publishing and should be available wherever numismatic books are sold and even in many book stores at around $30.

Guide Book of Southern States Currency (The Official Red Book)

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Southern States Currency a HIT!!

Guide Book of Southern States Currency (The Official Red Book)
Hugh Shull
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Release Date: 2006-12-19

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Building on the classic foundation laid by Colonel Grover Criswell, paper currency expert Hugh Shull presents an authoritative guide to the state-issued money of the South, from the pre-Civil War era through the war years, and into the late 1800's. Full Color, 488 Pages. By Hugh Shull; Foreword by Q. David Bowers. Paperback

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Southern States Currency a HIT!!.......2007-05-13

For info for obsolete currency, this is your book to turn to! With great detailed pictures and descriptions, you can't go wrong with this as a reference guide to collecting. I find myself looking back to it often for reference, info and to look for my next purchase for my collection!

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Back for a 10th edition, this numismatic industry bible has updated pricing and expanded listings. Collectors and history buffs will love the coverage of the Southern states issues along with the in-depth information on engravers and printers. There is also a must-read section on the financial history of paper money. Nine successful editions prove that this reference sets the standard for the Confederate states and Southern states paper money markets.

- Detailed sections on facsimile notes, bogus notes and in-depth coverage of printing errors
- Exciting section covering Southern states and updated pricing

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Confederate states paper money: A type catalog of the paper money issued by the Confederate states during the civil war, 1861-1865
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Kitty at her best

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Kitty Bartholomew's Decorating Style: A Hands-On Approach to Creating Affordable, Beautiful, and Comfortable Rooms
Kitty Bartholomew , and Kathy Price-Robinson
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Release Date: 2005-03-10

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Real people's deacute;cor from the real people's decorator-whose clever, creative, noncostly ideas have wowed millions of viewers of her HGTV show and her enormously popular appearances on Oprah.Kitty Bartholomew believes that home decorating can be stylish and comfortable, budget-conscious and beautiful. Rather than suggest expensive, over-the-top solutions to decorating dilemmas, she comes up with inventive, resourceful ideas that are within the average person's means.In this, her first book, Kitty Bartholomew brings her knowledge, decorating savvy, and enthusiasm to bear on every aspect of home design, from window, door, ceiling, wall, and floor treatments to furniture, lighting, and mirrors. There's even a chapter on flea-market shopping, where readers will learn how to find the treasures buried among the trash and how to turn them into better-than-new deacute;cor. Each chapter details the basics, offers a photo tour showing how the author handled decorating challenges in her own home, presents step-by-step projects, and includes "Ask Kitty" questions answering readers' most frequently asked questions. Gorgeous color photographs throughout illustrate Kitty's ingenious makeover ideas.

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Kitty at her best.......2007-07-03

I love this book. Photos of most of Kitty's special rooms featured on her old TV show. My only complaint is some of the photos are too small. I'd rather see all full page photos.

UNDER-WHELMED !!!.......2006-12-02

Love Kitty ..... but!
The book was very disappointing to me. Kitty's sense of style is wonderful, but I felt that this was a textbook, not the normal lovely pictures of decorated rooms that I so enjoy in a decorating book or magazine. Perhaps I have my own sense of style and love looking at pictures with minimal description, finding those little things that really do make something special, rather than literally a how-to-copy-style way of decorating, which is in my mind COPY COPY COPY! Hopefully this book will help that person who needs help putting an idea to work.

Kitty Rocks!.......2006-07-30

This is a fab book full of great tips, beautiful rooms and commonsense! Absolutely LOVED it !!!Worth every penny!

Kitty once again comes through!.......2006-03-20

I have followed Kitty for a number of years and am continuously amazed by her talents and ideas. Though I have not had a chance to read the book cover to cover, am thrilled to have one of her books for reference, as she covers all aspects in need to know decorating.

Like a breath of fresh spring air.......2006-02-21

I'm loving this book. It's full of logical,commonsense, rational advice on making your home look and feel good to your and your family. There are no trends, no being too cool, no trying to show off. This book and this philosophy is what I've needed to get my house feeling better. Kitty is obviously very grounded and very intelligent, as well as being good with her hands. I recommend this book if you want to make your home feel good.

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