Friday, December 1, 2017

                       
It's dark early and time to curl up with a book. So what if these books make you want to dash to the kitchen or grab a guitar. They're fun. Here are some new ones to help round out your holiday lists:
                     “Simple Real Food” – Amanda Cushman should convince non-believers that “delicious clean food prepared simply” will work. Gazpacho, Chicken and Apple Salad with Citrus Vinaigrette, and White Bean and Vegetable Soup with Pesto are some recipes to tempt, and their titles are often longer to read than the effort of whipping a dish out from a well-stocked kitchen. These books go well with New Year’s Resolutions for healthy eating. Take note. Here’s an easy sauce from the book. Making the rolls is easy, too.

                  Lime Dipping Sauce for Thai Summer Rolls
                  1 teaspoon red pepper flakes
                  Juice of three limes
                  One fourth cup fish sauce
                  3 tablespoons sugar
                  1 tablespoon minced garlic

                             “Beautiful Bundts: 100 Recipes for Delicious Cakes & More” - Maple Bacon Monkey Bread would be a good breakfast for when you rise to fashion Pepperoni Pizza Pull-Apart Bundt. Wash out the pan and serve Sticky Toffee Pudding Bundt for dessert. There’s a year’s worth of desserts and ideas in Julie Anne Hession’s Robert Rose book. Fill them, glaze them sprinkle them and wait for the compliments.

                             “They Were Going to Change the World” – Were you wild in the ‘70s and ‘80s? Maybe you headed west with pink hair. Maybe you rocked. D.D. Wood is another artist who says she was listing to Janis Joplin before she was 5. And now she has her own stories to tell. Stacy Russo gives us “Interviews with women from the 1970s ad 1980s Southern California Punk Rock Scene. Kick off your combat books and read up. Do you know Texacala Jones, now of Austin? Tex & The Horseheads and Texorcist. She says punk rock made it possible for people with her kind of style to go out in the daylight.
                  darraghcastillo@icloud.com

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