A heaping cup of Kindness Two cups of love and caring One cup of understanding One cup of sharing A level cup of patience One cup of thoughtful insight One cup of gracious listening One cup of sweet forgiveness One cup of obedience Mix all ingredients together Toss in big smiles and laughter Some tension is okay, but if you are freaking out, get help. Psychological science shows being happy at work has more to do with being respected than with your pay. Serve to everyone you know With love forever after.
From drawing a map of a remembered neighborhood to writing from old notebooks, brochures, to composing open letters that reveal the power of your own voice, author Anne Marie Herman, who has written Anne Marie’s Family Favorite Recipes with a Caribbean Twist, offers innovative techniques that will trigger ideas for all writers of creative nonfiction.
Based on true events, "Young Ladies of Good Family", by Anne Marie du Bois de Chêne, portrays the world of one of Haiti's rare white gentry. It's packed full of wild experiences and delirious escapades; a perfect gift for anyone aged 9 to 99! Discover this incredible land of crushing poverty and rich optimism. Walk among zombies, 7 inch tarantula spiders, people and machines 'possessed' by spirits, and the nightly sounds of voodoo drums. Experience traveling alone, working on cruise ships, in island hotels, and real estate; surviving physical attacks, and attempts at kidnapping! See your world with more appreciative eyes, yet, feel a nagging urge to return to the strange one just left behind. Find adventure, romance, suspense, mystery, history, and humor. Here is a real eye opener, and very educational. Oprah, your club needs this one! Excerpt: the happy Colonel family suddenly froze in horror, for before their very eyes stood the apparition of a monster so evil looking that one could never have imagined it, and it was walking towards them! ... Reader Comments & Reviews: "If this book were required reading for our schools, we would have far fewer discontented and disrespectful children." – Linda Doucet, LA What a lovely painting of Haiti from the words of an islander! the author offers a colorful new picture of the people, ... and especially their views of outsiders. This small book explores real wealth, freedom, gracious conduct and racial harmony. You'll wish you were one of them". – Norma Richards, LA I was immersed in the stories as if I were a character present and watching the action unfold. Great masterpiece! Kristopher Lemke, FL
NEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLER • Celebrated food blogger and best-selling cookbook author Deb Perelman knows just the thing for a Tuesday night, or your most special occasion—from salads and slaws that make perfect side dishes (or a full meal) to savory tarts and galettes; from Mushroom Bourguignon to Chocolate Hazelnut Crepe. “Innovative, creative, and effortlessly funny." —Cooking Light Deb Perelman loves to cook. She isn’t a chef or a restaurant owner—she’s never even waitressed. Cooking in her tiny Manhattan kitchen was, at least at first, for special occasions—and, too often, an unnecessarily daunting venture. Deb found herself overwhelmed by the number of recipes available to her. Have you ever searched for the perfect birthday cake on Google? You’ll get more than three million results. Where do you start? What if you pick a recipe that’s downright bad? With the same warmth, candor, and can-do spirit her award-winning blog, Smitten Kitchen, is known for, here Deb presents more than 100 recipes—almost entirely new, plus a few favorites from the site—that guarantee delicious results every time. Gorgeously illustrated with hundreds of her beautiful color photographs, The Smitten Kitchen Cookbook is all about approachable, uncompromised home cooking. Here you’ll find better uses for your favorite vegetables: asparagus blanketing a pizza; ratatouille dressing up a sandwich; cauliflower masquerading as pesto. These are recipes you’ll bookmark and use so often they become your own, recipes you’ll slip to a friend who wants to impress her new in-laws, and recipes with simple ingredients that yield amazing results in a minimum amount of time. Deb tells you her favorite summer cocktail; how to lose your fear of cooking for a crowd; and the essential items you need for your own kitchen. From salads and slaws that make perfect side dishes (or a full meal) to savory tarts and galettes; from Mushroom Bourguignon to Chocolate Hazelnut Crepe Cake, Deb knows just the thing for a Tuesday night, or your most special occasion. Look for Deb Perelman’s latest cookbook, Smitten Kitchen Keepers!
New York magazine was born in 1968 after a run as an insert of the New York Herald Tribune and quickly made a place for itself as the trusted resource for readers across the country. With award-winning writing and photography covering everything from politics and food to theater and fashion, the magazine's consistent mission has been to reflect back to its audience the energy and excitement of the city itself, while celebrating New York as both a place and an idea.
New York magazine was born in 1968 after a run as an insert of the New York Herald Tribune and quickly made a place for itself as the trusted resource for readers across the country. With award-winning writing and photography covering everything from politics and food to theater and fashion, the magazine's consistent mission has been to reflect back to its audience the energy and excitement of the city itself, while celebrating New York as both a place and an idea.
More and more people are buying organic foods these days. In fact, organic produce, meat, fish -- even wine -- are no longer specialty items. Today, they are becoming mainstream foods that you can find in virtually any supermarket. Organic food is produced with greater care, without toxic chemicals or growth-enhancing drugs, and in a healthier, more humane environment. Not surprisingly, this extra attention contributes to a higher level of quality -- and flavor. Now, with The Organic Gourmet, you can taste all the advantages of organic food for yourself.
