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Still catching up: books #26-30 for the year.
26: The Flat-Belly Diet, by Liz Vaccariello and Cynthia Sass. I read this one mainly to see what all the fuss was about. As diet books go, it seems reasonable...cut out foods which cause you to bloat! Eat in moderation. And eat monounsaturated fatty acids, which are good for you and make you feel full, so you consume fewer overall calories. The ( Read more... ) -
Books 21-25 for the year
21: Exercising for Fitness: Library of Health by C.P. Gilmore and the editors of Time-Life Books. This was another one of Mom's. I don't remember a thing about reading this book. Clearly it made a huge impression on me.
22: 40 over 40: 40 Things Every Woman Over 40 Needs to Know About Getting Dressed, by Brenda Kinsel. First things first, you put ( Read more... ) -
Catching up: Books for the year #s 16-20
I'll do my catching up in five-book increments, howzabout. I figure I read these about last May or so.
16: The Food of a Younger Land: A Portrait of American Food--Before the National Highway System, Before Chain Restaurants, and Before Frozen Food, When the Nation's Food Was Seasonal by Mark Kurkansky. WOW is this a good book. The title ( Read more... ) -
Year-end catching up
This month I am resolved to finish all those half-done private posts scattered hither and yon through the year and a few of those "I'll write about this later" sorts of things. Regarding books I've read, at the beginning of the year I started saving the list and posting completed books at the end of the month (see the "books" tag for posts about ( Read more... ) -
Books completed in March 2009
8: My Life in France, by Julia Child with Alex Prud'homme. This book is misnamed; it should be called France in my Life, because a good part of the book is not set in France at all. But! This is a FASCINATING story. Julia marries and moves with her husband to Paris for his work, and is bored. She enjoys the local cuisine and takes cooking classes ( Read more... ) -
Books
I finished three books in February, bringing my total for the year to seven.
5: A Short History of the American Stomach, by Frederick Kaufman. Those wacky Puritans and their wacky diets. You though obesity, anorexia, low-carb, low-fat, and fad dieting were inventions of the 20th century? You thought wrong.
6: Domino: The Book of Decorating: A ( Read more... ) -
Free people read freely
Lots of talk on the internets today about books and the banning thereof. Here's some nice quotes on censorship, as food for thought ( Read more... ) -
Try Something New
Jennifer Christman's column from the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, September 5, 2006
When was the last time you tried something new ( Read more... )