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  Prep School - How to Improve...

  James P. DeWan

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  An IACP Cookbook Award finalist. “A good primer for beginning cooks and an excellent reference for experienced cooks needing a refresher.” —ChicagoNow  Prep School is the ultimate collection of the weekly Chicago Tribune column of the same name, written by culinary instructor and award-winning food writer James P. DeWan. This compilation is focused on teaching readers how to become better cooks, from amateurs who are learning to cook for themselves or their families to professional and gourmet chefs who are searching to perfect their technique. Illustrated with full-color photography and a plethora of simple, plainspoken instructions, Prep School is an easy go-to guide for becoming more adept at any kitchen skill.  Prep School is filled with more than fifty delicious recipes, as well as insightful and straightforward tips on knife skills, preparation techniques, pantry essentials, holiday meals, and general advice on how to make your kitchen as user-friendly as possible. Before any home cook or professional chef picks up a cookbook, they should first pick up Prep School and be sure to take DeWan’s advice to heart. His recommendations on improving kitchen efficiency and ease, along with his in-depth knowledge of shortcuts and cooking common sense, make DeWan the perfect teacher for any aspiring culinary student.  Finalist for 2014 International Association of Culinary Professionals’ Best Compilation Cookbook Award   “From cooking with booze to conquering crab cakes, reading James P. DeWan’s column has helped me graduate from cooking like I still live in a college dorm.” —RedEye

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  Brunetti's Venice - Walks with...

  Toni Sepeda

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  An armchair traveler’s companion to Donna Leon’s Brunetti mysteries: “a splendid present for mystery-fiction fans [or] travel-lit buffs” (Tom Nolan, The Wall Street Journal).   Follow Commissario Guido Brunetti, star of Donna Leon’s international bestselling mystery series, on over a dozen walks that highlight Venice’s churches, markets, bars, cafes, and palazzos.   In Brunetti’s Venice, tourists and armchair travelers follow in the footsteps of Brunetti as he traverses the city he knows and loves. With his acute eye, fascination with history, ear for language, passion for food, and familiarity with the dark realities of crime and corruption, Brunetti is the perfect companion for any walk across La Serenissima.   Over a dozen walks, encompassing all six regions of Venice as well as the lagoon, lead readers down calli, over canali, and through campi. Important locations from the best-selling novels are highlighted and major themes and characters are explored, all accompanied by poignant excerpts from the novels. This is a must-have companion book for any lover of Donna Leon’s wonderful mysteries.

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  American Trivia - What We Should...

  Richard Lederer, Caroline McCullagh

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  Learn fascinating facts about the history, culture, leaders, and heroes of our great nation in this comprehensive volume of U.S. trivia.This land is your land—so you should know a thing or two about it. American Trivia is chock full of fascinating facts, historical riddles, and puzzling quizzes about the people, places, and events that make this nation great. Divided into sections on national origins, presidents, historical figures, and more, this book offers a crash course in essential Americana. In these pages, you will learn the origin of the national anthem, stories about national monuments such as the Liberty Bell and Statue of Liberty, fascinating information about the country’s heroes and inventors, and more. As co-authors Richard Lederer and Caroline McCullagh demonstrate, American trivia is anything but trivial.

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  Old-Time Southern Cooking

  Laurie Strickland

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  Capture the traditional flavors of authentic Southern cuisine with this cookbook featuring more than 125 original  pre-WWII recipes. In the days before food processors and microwave ovens, Southern cooking was not just a feast of flavors, it was a craft of artisans. In Old-Time Southern Cooking, Laurie Strickland and Elizabeth Dunn have preserved more than 125 classics of the Southern dinner table, mixed with stories and techniques as told by the contributors.  Some of the beloved classics include Grits, Fried Ham with Red-Eye Gravy, Corn Bread, Fried Green Tomatoes, and Chicken and Dumplings. But one might not expect to see Wild Muscadine Jelly, Poke Salad, and Sweet Tater Pone. Grouped into four categories—breakfast, weekdays, Sunday dinner, and special occasions—these are authentic recipes just as they were prepared generations ago in homes throughout the South.

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  POKER MATH - Strategy and...

  Blanke Clarke

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  Whether you want to improve your performance at your monthly poker game with your friends or supplement your income by playing frequently online, understanding poker math is the next step.  
    
  Inside, you'll discover a simplified explanation of complicated subjects like game theory optimum, ideal ranges, flat betting, and more, and real-life examples to help you comprehend where and when you'd utilize the approach.  
    
  While the subjects presented here may seem hard at first, they are not difficult to master on the fly during your games with enough practice.  
    
  Inside the book, you'll learn: 
   Tips for establishing your game theory ideal plan Tricks for assessing your opponent's range as well as creating your ownA description of the different sorts of players and the best technique to separate each of them 
  And Much More!... 
    
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  Wine Makes Mommy Clever

  Andy Riley

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  From the author of the Bunny Suicides series and Beer Makes Daddy Strong comes a hilarious collection detailing all the endearing oddities of motherhood.    Mommy loves chocolate cake (no matter how bad it is for her), has magical spit (removes any stain!), and loves spa treatments (especially when she’s not the one paying). Whether she’s admiring her shoe collection or hiding Daddy’s favorite grungy T-shirt, Mommy’s always there doing her best to be the greatest. Including sixty all-new cartoons from Andy Riley, Wine Makes Mommy Clever is an affectionate, witty tribute to moms everywhere.  Praise for Beer Makes Daddy Strong   “This will make you laugh. It is a piece of artwork, really; a collection of cartoons capturing those ‘dad moments’ that can be humiliating, embarrassing or just plain stupid.” —The Daily Telegraph   “Laugh-out-loud tour through life as a first, from the first ultrasound to holiday traffic jams and pipe and slippers time.” —News of the World   “Funny, true, and—speaking as a dad—embarrassingly accurate.” —Chris Addison

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