Just married, American expat Jules DeBray is adjusting to life as the wife of the local police chief when the proprietor of the iconic village cheese shop goes missing, upsetting the entire village. When the inevitable body shows up, fingers start pointing and it will be up to Jules to solve the mystery. In this cozy mystery, the peaceful Provençal countryside hides secrets as rich as a dark chocolate mousse. Snarky, witty and thoroughly American, Jules picks up where she left off in Murder, Voila in this charming cozy mystery with all the flavor and delight of a fresh-baked baguette!
This book is an ideal present for all those thousands of gourmets that adore French traditional cheeses. On opening Tasting to Eternity the reader is swept away by an original point of view on a selection of these seductive and remarkable products through poetry, illustrations, short stories, avant-garde photography. In continuing to turn the pages one finds cheese recipes, wine pairing and a small educational section on the seasonality of the cheese, the French cheese families, how to cut cheeses, and where they come from. Close the book and you will be compelled to go the nearest cheese shop. Mouth watering, romantic and amusing!
An Amazon 2013 Best of the Year Pick The French, sans doute, love their fromages. And there’s much to love: hundreds of gloriously pungent varieties—crumbly, creamy, buttery, even shot through with bottle-green mold. So many varieties, in fact, that the aspiring gourmand may wonder: How does one make sense of it all? In The Whole Fromage, Kathe Lison sets out to learn what makes French cheese so remarkable—why France is the “Cheese Mother Ship,” in the words of one American expert. Her journey takes her to cheese caves tucked within the craggy volcanic rock of Auvergne, to a centuries-old monastery in the French Alps, and to the farmlands that keep cheesemaking traditions alive. She meets the dairy scientists, shepherds, and affineurs who make up the world of modern French cheese, and whose lifestyles and philosophies are as varied and flavorful as the delicacies they produce. Most delicious of all, she meets the cheeses themselves—from spruce-wrapped Mont d’Or, so gooey it’s best eaten with a spoon; to luminous Beaufort, redolent of Alpine grasses and wildflowers, a single round of which can weigh as much as a Saint Bernard; to Camembert, invented in Normandy but beloved and imitated across the world. With writing as piquant and rich as a well-aged Roquefort, as charming as a tender springtime chèvre, and yet as unsentimental as a stinky Maroilles, The Whole Fromage is a tasty exploration of one of the great culinary treasures of France.
This book provides a survey and critical assessment of the doctrine of universal salvation in contemporary western theology within the context of the historic development of the doctrine.
In this first volume of his magisterial study of the foundations of Mormon thought and practice, Terryl L. Givens offers a sweeping account of Mormon belief from its founding to the present day. Situating the relatively new movement in the context of the Christian tradition, he reveals that Mormonism continues to change and grow. Givens shows that despite Mormonism's origins in a biblical culture strongly influenced by nineteenth-century Restorationist thought, which advocated a return to the Christianity of the early Church, the new movement diverges radically from the Christianity of the creeds. Mormonism proposes its own cosmology and metaphysics, in which human identity is rooted in a premortal world as eternal as God. Mormons view mortal life as an enlightening ascent rather than a catastrophic fall, and reject traditional Christian concepts of human depravity and destiny. Popular fascination with Mormonism's social innovations, such as polygamy and communalism, and its supernatural and esoteric elements-angels, gold plates, seer stones, a New World Garden of Eden, and sacred undergarments-have long overshadowed the fact that it is the most enduring and even thriving product of the nineteenth century's religious upheavals and innovations. Wrestling the Angel traces the essential contours of Mormon thought from the time of Joseph Smith and Brigham Young to the contemporary LDS church, illuminating both the seminal influence of the founding generation of Mormon thinkers and the significant developments in the church over almost 200 years. The most comprehensive account of the development of Mormon thought ever written, Wrestling the Angel will be essential reading for anyone seeking to understand the Mormon faith.
Which cheese should you use to hide a horse? Mascarpone. Which Welsh cheese must you always eat with caution? Caerphilly. Why did the one-legged clown leave the cheese circus? Because he couldn't get his Stilton. Whether you're in need of a pungent pun or a holey howler, this book offers a full smorgasbord—from the downright immature to the truly vintage.
The lovable clay-animated duo are back in their first full-length feature film from DreamWorks, set for release in October. Wallace and his dog Gromit investigate the sabotage that threatens the annual Giant Vegetable Growing Contest in their village. Includes 8-page full-color insert.
