Why Some Like It Hot
Why Some Like It Hot

Author: Gary Paul Nabhan

Publisher: Island Press

Published: 2004-08-10

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781559634663

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Do your ears burn whenever you eat hot chile peppers? Does your face immediately flush when you drink alcohol? Does your stomach groan if you are exposed to raw milk or green fava beans? If so, you are probably among the one-third of the world's human population that is sensitive to certain foods due to your genes' interactions with them. Formerly misunderstood as "genetic disorders," many of these sensitivities are now considered to be adaptations that our ancestors evolved in response to the dietary choices and diseases they faced over millennia in particular landscapes. They are liabilities only when we are "out of place," on globalized diets depleted of certain chemicals that triggered adaptive responses in our ancestors. In Why Some Like It Hot, an award-winning natural historian takes us on a culinary odyssey to solve the puzzles posed by "the ghosts of evolution" hidden within every culture and its traditional cuisine. As we travel with Nabhan from Java and Bali to Crete and Sardinia, to Hawaii and Mexico, we learn how various ethnic cuisines formerly protected their traditional consumers from both infectious and nutrition-related diseases. We also bear witness to the tragic consequences of the loss of traditional foods, from adult-onset diabetes running rampant among 100 million indigenous peoples to the historic rise in heart disease among individuals of northern European descent. In this, the most insightful and far-reaching book of his career, Nabhan offers us a view of genes, diets, ethnicity, and place that will forever change the way we understand human health and cultural diversity. This book marks the dawning of evolutionary gastronomy in a way that may save and enrich millions of lives.

Some Liked It Hot
Some Liked It Hot

Author: Kristin A. McGee

Publisher: Wesleyan University Press

Published: 2010-03-01

Total Pages: 336

ISBN-13: 0819569674

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Women have been involved with jazz since its inception, but all too often their achievements were not as well known as those of their male counterparts. Some Liked It Hot looks at all-girl bands and jazz women from the 1920s through the 1950s and how they fit into the nascent mass culture, particularly film and television, to uncover some of the historical motivations for excluding women from the now firmly established jazz canon. This well-illustrated book chronicles who appeared where and when in over 80 performances, captured in both popular Hollywood productions and in relatively unknown films and television shows. As McGee shows, these performances reflected complex racial attitudes emerging in American culture during the first half of the twentieth century. Her analysis illuminates the heavily mediated representational strategies that jazz women adopted, highlighting the role that race played in constituting public performances of various styles of jazz from “swing” to “hot” and “sweet.” The International Sweethearts of Rhythm, Hazel Scott, the Ingenues, Peggy Lee, and Paul Whiteman are just a few of the performers covered in the book, which also includes a detailed filmography.

Some Like It Hot
Some Like It Hot

Author: Tony Curtis

Publisher: Random House

Published: 2010-04-13

Total Pages: 240

ISBN-13: 0753536072

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Some Like it Hot is one of the most famous films of all time and is also the most profitable comedy in the history of film, not to mention one of the most beloved. It was voted number one funniest movie ever by the American Film Institute and as well as starring Hollywood legend Tony Curtis, it brought together the comedy talents of Marilyn Monroe, Jack Lemmon and Billy Wilder. It has contributed numerous quotes, styles and stories to Hollywood film lore and has remained the film that Curtis is still most asked about by its legions of fans. For the first time, Curtis will share the untold story behind the making of this legendary film. Told in his frank and inimitable voice, the book will reveal much about his working relationship with Jack Lemmon and the director Billy Wilder. It will explain why the film was changed from colour production to black and white and tell the story of its initially lukewarm reception. The book will also reveal much about Marilyn Monroe, including Curtis' romance with her, her alleged abortion and her conflict with Wilder. Finally, it will describe the film's ongoing impact on Curtis' life and will feature many exclusive never-before-seen photographs from his own collection.

Billy Wilder on Assignment
Billy Wilder on Assignment

Author: Billy Wilder

Publisher: Princeton University Press

Published: 2021-04-27

Total Pages: 222

ISBN-13: 0691194947

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"Before Billy Wilder (1906-2002) left Europe for the United States in 1934 and became a filmmaker, he worked as a newspaper reporter, first in Vienna and then in Weimar Berlin. This book, edited and introduced by Noah Isenberg and translated by Shelley Frisch, collects about 65 articles Wilder published in Austrian and German newspapers in the 1920s. The collection includes reported pieces on urban life, from a first-person account of Wilder's stint as a taxi dancer to an article about street sweepers; profiles of writers, movie stars and poker players; and dispatches from the international film scene, from reviews to interviews with such figures as Charlie Chaplin and Erich von Stroheim. Isenberg provides an introduction that gives biographical details and places the writings in context, emphasizing their historical moment and their connections to Wilder's later career"--

Some Like It Hot
Some Like It Hot

Author: Susan Andersen

Publisher: HQN Books

Published: 2013-07-30

Total Pages: 335

ISBN-13: 0373777760

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Harper, a dedicated wanderer, and Max, a man with deep roots in his community, embark on a red-hot affair, despite the fact that Harper will be leaving after a few months.

Some Like It Hot
Some Like It Hot

Author: Nikki Rajala

Publisher:

Published: 2000

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780878391400

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Whats all in this sauna book? For starters, tips for athletes and health benefits. And saunas made from cars, silos, and ice blocks, ancient savusaunas to state-of-the-art saunas, war saunas to peace saunas, as well as sweat-bath traditions of other cultures. There are proverbs, legends and tales, plus funny stories about the Sauna Queen, nakedness, embarrassing moments, birthing in a sauna, and cupping, an ancient, mysterious treatment. Sprinkled among the pages are also a few recipes to try in the sauna. Did forget sauna reggae? Or where to take a public sauna? That's here, too, and lots more.

Some Like it Hot
Some Like it Hot

Author: K J Larsen

Publisher: Poisoned Pen Press Inc

Published: 2013-03-05

Total Pages: 225

ISBN-13: 1615954376

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When an old friend buys a trenchcoat and opens his own detective agency, PI Cat DeLuca sees a train wreck. Everything Billy Bonham knows about being a private dick he learned from Humphrey Bogart. And that’s just enough to make him dangerous. The bungling detective is in way over his head on a case involving murder and a stolen pair of Marilyn Monroe’s dazzling diamond earrings. His outrageous client, Cristina McTigue, is pursued by men who want her dead. Five minutes after meeting the woman, Cat would cheerfully kill her too. When Billy is gunned down on the street, it’s up to Cat to save his crazy client and nail a murderer. She soon finds herself dodging bullets, knee-deep in trouble, and chasing diamonds. Before it’s over, she’ll be helped by her sexy FBI boyfriend, a hunky ex-spy, her outrageous Italian family of Chicago cops, and her interfering Mama. With a cast of zany characters and a pace that’s unrelenting, this laugh-out-loud mystery is best served hot.

Some Like It Hot
Some Like It Hot

Author: Lori Wilde

Publisher: Harlequin

Published: 2010-05-01

Total Pages: 245

ISBN-13: 142685580X

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The kitchen at the Hotel Marchand is hot and steamy, but it's not the simmering gumbo that's kicking up the heat. Head chef Robert LeSoeur and sous-chef Melanie Marchand have been battling each other since their first day together. Taking orders and curbing her creative instincts is tough for an ambitious professional like Melanie, and the attraction she feels for her boss makes it even harder. There's only one solution: get rid of the guy. But when she finds a way to do just that, the doubts begin. She'd have the kitchen to herself, but Melanie also knows she'd be giving up the one man she can't afford to lose.

Some Like It Hot
Some Like It Hot

Author: Clifford Wright

Publisher: Harvard Common Press

Published: 2005-09-13

Total Pages: 484

ISBN-13: 9781558322691

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This book gives you a passport to some of the world's most flavorful and piquant cuisines (without having to go through Customs!). There are recipes to excite the fussiest of taste buds and also a wealth of information on the cultures in which each recipe is traditionally enjoyed. If you're always on the lookout for that next hot thing, then this book is where your quest ends.

Some Like it Hot-buttered
Some Like it Hot-buttered

Author: Jeffrey Cohen

Publisher: Penguin

Published: 2007

Total Pages: 308

ISBN-13: 9780425217993

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When a patron meets his demise by eating poisoned popcorn, movie theater owner Elliot Freed, terrified that this could be bad for ticket sales, decides to launch his own investigation, which plunges him into the middle of a DVD pirating operation that could be the death of him. Original.