The Herb and Flower Cookbook: Plant, Grow and Eat
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The Herb and Flower Cookbook is a cookery book with a difference. Here, you can take your cooking to...
The Magic Fridge: Amazing Sauces, Butters, Bases and Preserves That Will Transform Your Everyday Cooking
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In The Magic Fridge, the irrepressible culinary wizard Alex Mackay, who has taught at both Raymond...
Turquoise: A Chef's Travels in Turkey
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Following on from their success with Saha, Greg Malouf and Lucy Rushbrooke delight us yet again,...
Vegan Tacos: Authentic and Inspired Recipes for Mexico's Favorite Street Food
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Celebrated chef Jason Wyrick showcases the excitement of Mexican flavours and textures with recipes...
Vinegar
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This is a wonderful collection of 25 recipes featuring all types of vinegar from balsamic to white...
Mark @ Carstairs Considers (2200 KP) rated A Side of Murder in Books
Feb 26, 2021
There is a good mystery here, and I enjoyed seeing how Sam figured everything out. Unfortunately, there is just as much set up, introducing us to the people in Sam’s life and filling us in on her past. The result was a pace that was uneven. I did still enjoy it since I liked Sam and the supporting characters. We saw hints of the depths to the characters that I’m sure we’ll see more of in future books in the series. I was bothered by a cliché that several of the characters fell into, however, especially since it doesn’t fit one of the characters at all. The book ends with recipes for a suggested four-course casual dinner with friends. Overall, I enjoyed this virtual vacation debut.
Mark @ Carstairs Considers (2200 KP) rated Murder by Page One in Books
Mar 24, 2021
This may be the first in the series, but I already feel right at home. Peach Coast sounds like a great town, and I love Marvey, Jo, and Spence, the third member of their trio. We never meet the victim alive, but I liked how well we got to know her as the story progressed. The rest of the cast could be a little better defined, but I’m sure that will come as the series progresses and they get more page time. The story starts quickly, but the pacing does slow a little in the middle. Still, the climax is logical and suspenseful. There’s a recipe for peach cobbler at the end. While not a culinary cozy, you’ll definitely be craving it by the time the book is over. I’m looking forward to returning to Peach Coast soon.
LeftSideCut (3778 KP) rated Zombeavers (2015) in Movies
Oct 21, 2020
I enjoy a so-bad-it's-good film now and again - may I interest you in the culinary delights of Basket Case, or Maximum Overdrive perhaps? Hell, I'd even take The Wicker Man remake at this point - but Zombeavers is one of those films that thinks it's so-bad-it's-good when if fact it's just plain shite.
It would be a much easier film to enjoy if the characters weren't just completely awful assholes for the entire runtime. There is just no redeeming quality to any of them. I know that they are designed purely to die horrible deaths, but considering those parts don't happen for quite a time, it's a really grating and deeply unfunny experience.
By the time the horror hits, it's too hard to care anymore, and no amount of gratuitous nudity or silly gore can fix that.
I will acknowledge that it does step up a notch in the dying minutes when we get the human-beaver-zombie hybrids (with some pretty gross practical effects) and is the sole reason why this film went from a one to a two.
Big old pile of toss.
Goat
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Adaptable, resilient, yet often overlooked, the goat - sometimes called the 'poor man's cow' - is...
Salt+Stilettos (South Beach Romance #1)
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Trading her red-dirt roots for the title of Miami’s go-to image consultant, Brett Fontaine refuses...
Contemporary Romance