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  Cherries and Mulberries -...

  Jane McMorland Hunter, Sally Hughes

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  Cherry trees herald Spring, with their beautiful blossoms.With our warmer summers, they also provide luscious fruit, and with a full tree of cherries, it can be difficult to know how to cook and preserve them.This book provides the inspiration and with the help of the authors, you can enjoy the fruit through the summer months. Mulberries are more unusual and represent a challenge.Wild cherries originated in the Caucasus Mountains, and cultivated cherries spread from Rome, to Britain, and then to the USA in the 1870s. Black mulberries came from central Asia, reaching Europe via ancient trade routes.White mulberries came from China and formed the highly-lucrative and closely-guarded silk trade. Red mulberries are native to the USA and grow into remarkably pretty trees.

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  Loving Life at 50+ - Embrace...

  Maria Sabando

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  Turning 50 is often a line in the sand for women. On one side is youth, on the other is the decline into old age. But that doesn’t mean we have to look old or act old — in fact, it’s quite the opposite. In our 50s we get the best of both worlds – the spryness of youth and the wisdom of aging. It’s the perfect decade to live our best lives and Maria Sabando has cracked the code on doing just that.  Through loads of fun, delicious, and healthy recipes sprinkled throughout, Maria motivates women to make food their friend, not their foe, and do it with pizazz as they entertain friends and family.  Maria loves yoga, and she introduces readers to a new pose in every chapter – encouraging them to find their own “yoga” – the exercise that feels like fun rather than work, helping to maintain a healthy weight with ease.  Along the way, she inspires readers to come to peace with their bodies. She helps women find a balance between enjoying food but not overindulging. Yet she’s no stranger to letting loose and having some fun, expressed in her quirky saying, “Indulge or you’ll bulge,” which means giving into temptation a little bit now so you can ward off the temptation to binge.  Through clever quips and true wisdom, Maria encourages women to embrace and enhance what makes them beautiful and release the rest with good humor. She goes well beyond giving tips to adopt a healthy lifestyle, eat well, and maintain a healthy weight. To Maria, these habits simply set the stage for readers to live the exact life they want to live, right now — one where women feel fully alive.  Yet, this is not just a self-help book. It’s also a memoir. Along the way, readers find a friend in Maria through personal stories that will make them laugh out loud at her mishaps and successes. It gives them a glimpse into what it was like growing up Italian in America, and being a bit of an Ita lian diva, today. Like listening to a familiar tune on the radio, women who grew up in the 60s and 70s will relate to her reminiscing and feel like they’re in a car loaded with friends, taking a ride through time with the top down.  This book is for every woman who could use a big shot of inspiration, a little boost, or simply a chance to laugh out loud as they step into their 50s and beyond. By the time readers turn the final page, they will have hundreds of clever ideas on how to craft a life of love, happiness, and meaning.

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  Hot Vegan - 200 Sultry &...

  Robin Robertson

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  The acclaimed chef presents “the most flavorful vegan cookbook in print [featuring] authentic, wonderfully spiced dishes from every continent” (Erik Marcus, Vegan.com). 
   
  Explore the rich and diverse flavors of the world in 200 meatless, dairy-free, and egg-free recipes ranging from subtly spiced to full-on fiery. Drawing on the culinary traditions of the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, Asia, and beyond, Robin Robertson shares luscious and inventive offerings. Recipes include Tunisian Couscous, Sichuan Noodle Salad, Jambalaya, Penne Arrabbiata, Thai Coconut Soup, and Vindaloo Vegetables . . . all made using readily available ingredients, and easily adjusted to your taste—hot or not! 
   
  “This book has the makings of another Robin Robertson classic. Her talent for adapting international cuisines for the everyday cook, and giving them her unique stamp, shines through in every recipe in this collection.” —Nava Atlas, The Vegetarian Family Cookbook 
   
  Hot Vegan was previously published as Vegan Fire & Spice. This edition features a new title, cover, and a few new recipes.

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  Gather and Give - Sharing God’s...

  Amy Nelson Hannon

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  Read by the author. 
  Now more than ever, the world is hungry to gather and thirsty for connection. 
  Many of us wish to share a meal, share our faith, and share our lives with others. We want to open our home to friends and neighbors for the sake of meaningful community, but we're overwhelmed with hospitality hang-ups. How do I extend an invitation? What will they think of my house or the food? Our welcome has been influenced by the messages of the world that tell us hospitality is about our ability to be, host, live, and cook a certain way. 
  In Gather & Give, Amy Hannon inspires you to embrace the simple hospitality of the Bible that values connection more than perfection and people more than presentation. Amy shares scriptural principles and practical ideas to make everyday hospitality a natural, joy-filled part of your life. You will feel encouraged and equipped to view your home as:a holy wellspring of welcome to offer hope to a weary world;a strategic springboard for ministering to those around you; andthe perfect platform for influencing others for Christ. 
    
  Find freedom in knowing that the hospitality of the Bible is uncomplicated and effortless, that a welcome can be used by God to share His love and hope with the world, and that there is abounding joy in following the Lord in His hospitality command. Whether preparing shrimp and grits for a crowd or picking up barbecue with new neighbors, you can invite with intention, plate with purpose, and love others well. 
  Reflection questions and recipes are included in the audiobook companion PDF download.

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  Hungry Girl: The Official...

  Lisa Lillien

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  Based on one of the most wildly popular, fastest-growing free daily e-mail subscription services, this Hungry Girl original audiobook is filled with survival strategies for anyone who wants to make guilt-free eating choices, anywhere, anytime. Learn how to "chew the right thing" from any and every restaurant menu, on airplanes and even from the hotel mini bar. Get the 411 on guilt-free cocktails and hors d'oeuvres, successful snacking at the office, and how to survive salad bars and brunch buffets. HUNGRY GIRL: THE OFFICIAL SURVIVAL GUIDES is brimming with tips and tricks for making smarter food choices no matter where you are. Told with Hungry Girl's inimitable wit and sassy style, HUNGRY GIRL: THE OFFICIAL SURVIVAL GUIDES will help you tackle any and every food challenge. No problem.

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  The Trouble with Brunch - Work...

  Shawn Micallef

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  One of The Globe and Mail's Globe 100: Best Books of 2014
     
  Every weekend, in cities around the world, bleary-eyed diners wait in line to be served overpriced, increasingly outré food by hungover waitstaff. For some, the ritual we call brunch is a beloved pastime; for others, a bedeviling waste of time. But what does its popularity say about shifting attitudes towards social status and leisure? In some ways, brunch andother forms of conspicuous consumption have blinded us to ever-more-precarious employment conditions. For award-winning writer and urbanist Shawn Micallef, brunch is a way to look more closely at the nature of work itself and a catalyst for solidarity among the so-called creative class.
     
  Drawing on theories from Thorstein Veblen to Richard Florida, Micallef traces his own journey from the rust belt to a cosmopolitan city where the evolving middle class he joined was obliviousto its own instability and insularity.
     
  The Trouble with Brunch is a provocative analysis of foodie obsession and status anxiety, but it's also a call to reset our class consciousness. The real trouble with brunch isn't so much bad service and outsized portions of bacon, it's that brunch could be so much more. 
     
  'At the crux of it, Micallef's issue with brunch is a lack of self-awareness, and his book is essentially a call to arms to consider the implications of one's actions, even for something as innocuous as meeting friends for eggs and mimosas.'
     
  – Bookslut
     
  Praise for Shawn Micallef:
     
  ‘As Toronto grows into a more mature, more compelling city, a new group of non-academic, street-smart urbanists has emerged to appreciate it – with-it young writers, architects and men and women about town who love big cities and see things in Toronto that most of usmiss. Shawn Micallef is one of the sharpest of this sharp-eyed breed.’
     
  – Globe and Mail
     
  ‘A smart and intimate guide to the city that makes you feel like an insider from start to finish.’
     
  – Douglas Coupland [on Stroll]

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