Articles tagged “Books”

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

Green Delights of Junk Mail Gift Wrap: Find Free Gift Wrap for All Occasions By Team Planet Green IN Home & Garden Dec 20 2007 This is the fourth of five green tips where we look at ways to transform "useless" junk mail into stylish and free gift wrap.That's 9,000 people who are-whether they realize it or not-helping to make the world a little greener by reusing junk mail. + READ MORE

Build a Green Library: It's Easy Being Green by Crissy Trask By Collin Dunn IN Home & Garden Dec 19 2007 This is the third post in a series about recommended reading, for building a green library in your home. Taking quotes from Edmund Burke ("Nobody makes a greater mistake than he who did nothing because he could do only a little") and Leo Tolstoy ("Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing... + READ MORE

Green Delights of Junk Mail Gift Wrap: Go Wild with Ribbons By Team Planet Green IN Home & Garden Dec 19 2007 This is the third of five green tips where we look at ways to transform "useless" junk mail into stylish and free gift wrap.To make the curled ribbon below, rip or cut it into strips, and then curl each strip with a straight edge, like a ruler or scissor edge. + READ MORE

Make a Warming Dal and Pumpkin Soup By Kelly Rossiter IN Food & Health Dec 19 2007 After introducing you to The Kitchen Diaries: A Year in the Kitchen by Nigel Slater (2005, Fourth Estate), I thought I would choose a recipe from the end of the book,his December diary. It seemed a pretty good meal to have as the solstice approaches and we have the long winter before us.Dal and Pumpkin SoupMakes 4... + READ MORE

Trade Your Old Books for New Ones at BookMooch By Collin Dunn IN Work & Connect Dec 18 2007 Illustration credit: Andrice Arp We've all got more books than we need.If you prefer your local library to having books sent to you, take your points and give them to charities BookMooch works with, such as children's hospitals (so a sick kid can get a free book delivered to their bed), African literacy, or to the good... + READ MORE

Plant a Tree with Every Book You Read By Collin Dunn IN Work & Connect Dec 17 2007 Books are always popular gifts this time of year, and we like the idea of giving the gift of knowledge, but it remains that books are printed on paper, and paper comes (mostly) from trees. And the new trees do more than just give us something to hug, including (but certainly not limited to) carbon dioxide absorption... + READ MORE

Create a Cookbook Library: The Kitchen Diaries by Nigel Slater By Kelly Rossiter IN Food & Health Dec 17 2007 Nigel Slater, author of The Kitchen Diaries: A Year in the Kitchen (2005, Fourth Estate), has the same attitude toward cooking that I do: Shop for fresh, local ingredients often, toss stuff together in the pan without a big fuss and sit down and enjoy it with family and friends.Starting with a pumpkin soup on New Year's + READ MORE

Make A Chickpea Soup By Kelly Rossiter IN Food & Health Dec 14 2007 Yesterday I introduced you to The Classic Italian Cook Book by Marcella Hazen, and today I'm going to give you a recipe from that book. Chick-Pea SoupServes 4 2 16 oz cans chick-peas4 whole cloves of garlic, peeled1/2 cup olive oil1 1/2 tsp finely crushed rosemary leaves2/3 cup canned Italian tomatoes, roughly chopped, + READ MORE

Make A Potluck Party Contribution: Tuna and Bean Salad By Kelly Rossiter IN Food & Health Dec 13 2007 wordridden I know I suggested a bean dish earlier in the week as a potluck contribution, but this recipe is quite different. Tuna and Bean SaladServes 4 1 cup dried white kidney beans, or cannellini beans (navy) or 1 20 oz. can of either1/2 Bermuda onion, thinly sliced and soaked in water for 1 hourSalt to taste1 7 oz... + READ MORE

Create a Cookbook Library: The Classic Italian Cookbook by Marcella Hazen By Kelly Rossiter IN Food & Health Dec 13 2007 Published in 1976 by Ballantine Books, The Classic Italian Cookbook by Marcella Hazen isn't a new cookbook, nor is it a flashy photo-laden one. The recipes are straightforward and mostly easy to make, although there are a few tricky things that take a bit of practice.All of the ingredients are standard items that you... + READ MORE

Make an Indian Rice Dish By Kelly Rossiter IN Food & Health Dec 11 2007 Yesterday I introduced you to India's Vegetarian Cooking by Monisha Bharadwaj and today I'm going to give you a recipe from that book. This is a very fast dish to make, with the preparation time at about 10 minutes and the cooking at about 30 minutes, so you could make it for a quick, nutritious supper after... + READ MORE

Create a Cookbook Library: India's Vegetarian Cooking by Monisha Bharadwaj By Kelly Rossiter IN Food & Health Dec 10 2007 India's Vegetarian Cooking by Monisha Bharadwaj (2007, Kyle Books) is a great way to ease yourself into Indian cooking. Under each heading, she includes recipes for vegetables, breads, rice, pulses, dairy, accompaniments, puddings, drinks, and basics.The book is lavishly illustrated, not only with food but with photos... + READ MORE

Make Your Own Recipe Book By Kelly Rossiter IN Food & Health Dec 7 2007 Now that Jasmin has taught us how to make our own notebooks, I have just the thing to fill it with. Choose recipes that your family always loved, things that you have made many times.I also included recipes from both my mother and mother-in-law that the children enjoyed. + READ MORE

Throw an Eco-Friendly Baby Shower, Celebrity Style By Jasmin Malik Chua IN Home & Garden Dec 6 2007 For Sheryl Crow's July 2007 baby shower, in honor of her baby son Wyatt, party planner Traci Phillips designed an eco-friendly shindig anyone can replicate. To welcome guests, Phillips strung a clothesline pinned with baby clothes and toys above the front door. ::Wee Generation Fore more advice and inspiration, click... + READ MORE

Create E-Cards, Slide Shows, Scrapbooks with Smilebox By Jasmin Malik Chua IN Tech & Transport Dec 6 2007 E-cards get a jazzed-up makeover at Smilebox, an online service that lets you add photos, video, music, and other personalizations to e-cards, slide shows, photo books, and digital scrapbooks. Pony up .99 to purchase a premium design you can send without ads, or sign up for Club Smilebox for .99 per month (or... + READ MORE

Become a Chef by New Year's Day By Kelly Rossiter IN Food & Health Dec 6 2007 According to Alex Koppelman at Salon these are the five books that you need to become a chef by the new year. I haven't read The Seventh Daughter, but Mr. Koppelman says "it's...a decent, sometimes heart-wrenching, read".So it looks like you have your work cut out for you over the next three weeks if you are going to... + READ MORE

Build a Green Library: The Omnivore's Dilemma by Michael Pollan By Collin Dunn IN Food & Health Dec 5 2007 This is the second post in a series-read the first post here-about recommended reading, for building a green library in your home. Unfortunately, they are limited to that farm's locale; you can n't eat like this at Whole Foods, and, though "big organic" is far better than your run-of-the-mill conventional food, while... + READ MORE

Take Inventory of Your Cookbooks By Kelly Rossiter IN Home & Garden Dec 4 2007 After reading Collin's piece last week on opening up your pantry and sharing the wealth, I knew what I could do as a follow-up. This was published in the '80s and has lots of classic recipes and a few esoteric items to keep things interesting.I used this book a fair amount when my mother first gave it to me, but I've... + READ MORE

Create a Cookbook Library: Fresh Food Fast by Peter Berley By Kelly Rossiter IN Food & Health Nov 30 2007 My son Hugh had a great idea this spring. Some of the recipes are a bit longer then the last cookbooks I have talked about, but everything that I have made so far has been pretty easy.Later I will give you a recipe for a hearty ragout that would make a great mid-week dinner. + READ MORE

Build a Green Library: Naturally Clean by Jeffrey Hollender By Collin Dunn IN Home & Garden Nov 28 2007 This is the first in a series of posts about recommended reading, for building a green library in your home. With a glossary of terms that you need to know, a resource guide to find additional information and recommendations for products in your home, and a plethora of DIY natural cleaning alternatives found within,... + READ MORE