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Among her many talents, Lucid Food author Louisa Shafia is also a blogger on RachaelRay.com.
Starting today, you can sign up to win one of five signed copies of her wonderful book in the Rachael Ray Store Sweepstakes!
From Louisa’s February 8th post:
It’s hard to believe that it’s been almost a year since I began writing this [...]
From two Pulitzer Prize-winning journalists, a meticulously reported, gripping narrative — filled with vivid characters, bare-knuckle battles in courtrooms and boardrooms, and political intrigue at the highest levels of government — that tells the epic story of William Lerach, once the leading class action lawyer in America and now a convicted felon
Circle of Greed
The Spectacular [...]
Here’s another fantastic find from the Potter Craft News archive:
From Morehouse Farm Merino Knits: More Than 40 Farm-Fresh Designs, these adorable mittens, made from the odds and ends of yarn, are sure to thrill any child with a wide imagination and uncanny appreciation for all things bug-like.
Color enriches the world around us, and is a simple, elegant way to personalize a home. And yet with the infinite possibilities, selecting a color scheme can be a daunting task. In PERFECT PALETTES (Clarkson Potter; December 29, 2009), home-decorating expert and author Stephanie Hoppen demystifies color by using intuition as a starting point.
Unlock the potential of the hidden gems tucked away in your own cupboard or at a local flea market with THE VINTAGE TABLE (Clarkson Potter, December 29, 2009). With the same imagination and charisma as in their previous book, Vintage Vavoom, Jacqueline deMontravel and the editors of Romantic Homes magazine share hundreds of clever, cool, and romantic ideas for unforgettable table settings.
Downtown designer Wendy Mullin, whose Built by Wendy clothing line is a favorite of fashion-forward celebrities like Zooey Deschanel, Parker Posey, Kirsten Dunst, Michelle Williams, and Amy Poehler to name a few, knows first hand that a dress is a surefire fix for any fashion emergency. With this belief in mind and expanding on her popular Sew U series, Wendy has created Built by Wendy Dresses (Potter Craft, February 2010; $27.50) which offers 25 fully customizable variations of her favorite dress silhouettes, complete with three full-sized patterns from her own line (a $45 value).
In the classic 1985 film The Breakfast Club, “Bender,” the unforgettable rebel played by Judd Nelson, tells Molly Ringwald’s icy prom queen, “Sweets, you couldn’t ignore me if you tried.” February 2010 marks the twenty-fifth anniversary of The Breakfast Club and the film remains timeless—along with other seminal 80s youth movies such as Pretty in Pink, Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, St. Elmo’s Fire and Say Anything. In YOU COULDN’T IGNORE ME IF YOU TRIED: The Brat Pack, John Hughes, and Their Impact on a Generation (Crown; February 9, 2010), film journalist Susannah Gora presents the definitive book on these movies, exploring their cultural significance and offering for the first time a complete behind-the-scenes look at the compelling history of how the films were made, through revealing interviews with the directors and stars who made them famous.
David Lebovitz is a pastry chef, creator of the award-winning food blog www.davidlebovitz.com, and the author of many delicious cookbooks, including The Perfect Scoop.
In an interview with Publishers Weekly, David chatted about his upcoming cookbook, Ready for Dessert, which is “a “greatest hits” of sorts, with updated versions of 150 previously published recipes, plus 10 brand new [...]
We’ve been blown away by the growth of Read It Forward over the last several months. For example, we received over 20,000 requests for Chris Bohjalian’s Secrets of Eden! Wow. That’s a lot of hungry readers out there. We wish we could send books to everyone who enters for the chance to get one, but alas, it’s impossible. We send as many as we can every month.
We want everyone to have the pleasure of dipping in to Secrets of Eden, so we’re providing an excerpt for everyone to download for free (see the link below). Secrets of Eden really is an extraordinary literary thriller, a page-turning read with characters who will haunt you long after you finish reading.
Frances Mayes, the celebrated “bard of Tuscany” (New York Times) is back with Every Day in Tuscany, the luscious sequel to The New York Times bestsellers, Under the Tuscan Sun and Bella Tuscany.
In advance of publication, Mayes has begun a new blog to share all things Italian – travel, food, books, people – and is engaging in an active discussion with readers: www.francesmayesbooks.com
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