If we are what we eat, then this book reveals deep truths about the average American (not to mention more mundane truths like a surprising number of people enjoy onions, and for most people, mayonnaise is very, very difficult to spell). Milk, Eggs, Vodka is a celebration of the humble grocery list. Almost anyone will find themselves engrossed in this voyeuristic look into everyday life—less than healthy lists, lists for parties, lists with personal and often odd annotations on them...and the list of lists goes on. Besides over 150 found lists, the book also includes short essays on collecting, shopping, eating, and list making. Some of the lists will even include recipes that can be made from the ingredients on the list!
So you went to get eggs from the grocery store and an hour later, you are loaded with bags of grocery that you had no idea you needed. Also, your wallet is lighter and bank balance an inch closer to the red. If you have so far been sleepwalking through grocery shopping trips, without a plan or purpose, then this book is for you! Author of Grocery Shopping Guide: How To Save Money On Grocery Shopping, Juha Öörni likes to think of it as an art; an art that has everything to do with how food ends up in pantry and money in your bank. It all starts with you and slight strategic change of approach to the ordinary task of grocery shopping. In this book, you will find tried and tested strategies to improve your supermarket game plan, all the way from haphazard to on point. This easy to read handy book helps you with: HOW TO GO GROCERY SHOPPING ON A BUDGET REASONS TO MAKE USE OF A GROCERY SHOPPING LIST HOW TO SAVE MONEY ON GROCERIES GROCERY SHOPPING STRATEGIES FOR PEOPLE WHO HATE TO SHOP HOW TO MAKE GROCERY SHOPPING EASIER Good Health and wealth is a journey that starts at the grocery store, as you will soon come to agree with the rich information that this book will supply you with. Happy shopping!
For the millions of individual stock investors who want to improve their results-and for beginners who want to get started on the right foot-Sensible Stock Investing: How to Pick, Value, and Manage Stocks is a comprehensive yet easy-to-follow guide. Written for the busy individual, Sensible Stock Investing presents the investment process in three phases: rating companies for their intrinsic soundness; valuing stocks to find advantageous purchase prices; and managing a portfolio once it is established. Author David Van Knapp breaks these stages into discrete steps and shows how the individual investor-in just a few hours per month-can outperform most mutual funds by investing intelligently and minimizing risk at every stage. As you will see from the two actual, proven portfolios described in Sensible Stock Investing, you don't have to be a mathematical genius or investment professional to succeed in the stock market! Whether you are an experienced investor or just getting started, Sensible Stock Investing describes straightforward methods, provides the forms and tools you need, and shows you what to do every step of the way to successfully navigate the stock market with intelligent investment practices. For more information, visit www.SensibleStocks.com.
Wondering what to make for dinner tonight—and for the rest of the week? Here’s an easy way to prepare a week’s worth of meals, for yourself or the whole family, in just one day. Relax with a tasty meal after a busy day. Enjoy your evenings around the dinner table with your friends and family. Sound too good to be true? Not if you plan your Week in a Day. Rachael Ray’s Week in a Day, the companion book to her hit cooking show of the same name, offers more than two hundred recipes that will help you prepare five nights’ worth of meals in a single day. The woman who taught America how to make a meal in 30 minutes is sharing more of her practical and easy tips that will have you eating well for days to come! Each week features its own theme, including From a Taco to Morocco, A Chicken in Every Pot, and Stew on This, allowing your taste buds to travel around the world with dishes such as Chicken and Chorizo Spanish Enchiladas, Argentine Chili with Chimichurri, and Zinfully Delicious Short Ribs. In addition, Rachael shows you how to fit all the groceries you need for three fabulous meals into a single bag with her special section, 1 Grocery Bag, 3 Meals. When the weekend rolls around, this book has everything you need to get ready for your Week in a Day. Come Monday night, you’ll be glad you did! *Note: QR codes inside are no longer active.
Digital technology has not only revolutionized the way designers work, but also the kinds of designs they produce. The development of the computer as a design environment has encouraged a new breed of digital designer; keen to explore the unique creative potential of the computer as an input/output device. Data-driven Graphic Design introduces the creative potential of computational data and how it can be used to inform and create everything from typography, print and moving graphics to interactive design and physical installations. Using code as a creative environment allows designers to step outside the boundaries of commercial software tools, and create a set of unique, digitally informed pieces of work. The use of code offers a new way of thinking about and creating design for the digital environment. Each chapter outlines key concepts and techniques, before exploring a range of innovative projects through case studies and interviews with the artists and designers who created them. These provide an inspirational, real-world context for every technique. Finally each chapter concludes with a Code section, guiding you through the process of experimenting with each technique yourself (with sample projects and code examples using the popular Processing language supplied online to get you started).
A kitchen organizing guide to make cooking both easy and enjoyable. Provides kitchen layouts and more importantly, explains the process of arranging an existing kitchen to get optimal use. This book walks the novice and expert cook through the process of making meal-planning and cooking an easier task.
This book is loaded with easy to implement success strategies, geared toward helping you create a focus, sense of purpose and direction in your life, career and business, it is sure to energize you.Achieve the kind of results you need to be as successful as you choose to be in your life, career and business. Here are some of the results you can expect: A new sense of purpose and direction in your life Increase your ability to motivate yourself on a consistent basis Learn how to develop your own personal, written plan for your life, career or business Increase your sales and productivity Your confidence in your ability to achieve will skyrocket
Organize your office, your home, your life! What’s the favorite four-letter word of people who are less than fully organized? “Help!” So many technological, social, and economic changes affect your life that you need organization just to keep up, let alone advance. Many people have two jobs – one at the office and one taking care of things at home. If you have a family, you may count that as a third job. Caring for elderly relatives or have community commitments? You can count off four, five, and keep right on going. No matter what life stage you’re in, getting organized can make every day better and help you achieve your long-term goals. Organizing For Dummies is for anyone who wants to Polish his or her professional reputation Experience less stress Increase productivity Build better relationships Maximize personal time Organization isn’t inherited. With the human genome decoded, the evidence is clear: DNA strings dedicated to putting things into place and managing your time like a pro are nonexistent. Instead, organization is a learned skill set. Organizing For Dummies helps you gain that skill with topics such as: Understanding how clutter costs you in time, money, and health Training your mind to be organized and developing a plan Cleaning house, room by room, from basement to attic (including the garage) Creating functional space for efficiency and storage Time-management strategies for home, office, and tavel Scheduling, delegating, and multitasking Making time for your family Managing your health – physical and financial Finding time for love Organizing and cashing in on a great garage sale Getting organized is about unstuffing your life, clearing out the dead weight in places from your closet to your calendar to your computer, and then installing systems that keep the good stuff in its place. Organizing is a liberating and enlightening experience that can enhance your effectiveness and lessen your stress every day – and it’s all yours simply for saying “No” to clutter.
