What Do Women REALLY Want? Chocolate!
Author: Donna Barstow
Here's a collection of 128 cartoons (and some choice quotations) about chocolate and the women who love it. All manner of things decadent and chocolate are included, even chocolate soap! This is the first volume of a series of 4 books exploring what women really do want. Stay tuned to find out what the other 3 things are! We can't wait.
Philadelphia Inquirer
Now that both chocolate and laughter have officially been deemed beneficial to health, it only makes sense to team the two, in this book. Barstow's cartoons - many of which are food and dining-related - appear in newspapers and magazines across the country, with the recent addition picking up on her edgy food focus - of Weight Watchers magazine. Check out the illustrations of her wit and wisdom.
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Donna Barstow can get away with the title because, well, she is a woman. And she does like chocolate. What Do Women REALLY Want? Chocolate!, (NBM, $12.95) is a punchy cartoon book, and Barstow can get away with that because she's a cartoonist who has been featured in The Los Angeles Times, The New Yorker, and Glamour magazines, among others. She has a knack for touching the nerve that drives many women, and a lot of men, to chocolate - like the cartoon "Sundae Drivers." From the cover cartoon to the illustration on the back of the book, Barstow nails the feminine sweet tooth.
Chocolatier Magazine
As a magazine devoted to chocolate, we recognize and depend on the fact that almost everyone loves chocolate. However, we also understand that women have a particularly strong predilection for it, which is why we're so excited about What Do Women REALLY Want? Chocolate!, a collection of Donna Barstow's cartoons. Barstow's irreverent cartoons are laced with truth; while poking fun at women's love of chocolate, she legitimizes and even celebrates this adoration. With simple line drawings and limited words, Barstow captures the bliss and insanity that is the relationship between women and chocolate. Pair this book with a box of you-know-what and you've got the perfect gift for any female chocolate-lover!
Family Circle Magazine's Book Circle
Donna L. Barstow's cartoons are a calorie-free way to indulge in chocolate and feed your funny bone. Everyone wants to know what women really want... According to New Yorker cartoonist Donna Barstow, chocolate is the answer. Check out her yummy collection of cartoons, with an Introduction by Rose Levy Bernanbaum, best-selling author of The Cake Bible.
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Monday to Friday Pasta
Author: Michele Urvater
Second in the Monday-to-Friday series, here's a pasta book with a difference. For two-worker families, single parents, and other busy people, Ms. Urvater marries the innovative Monday-to-Friday pantry-based approach with everyone's favorite food, pasta. The result is a guide to making over 175 delicious pasta dishes in roughly the time it takes to boil a pot of water. The range of recipes includes soup (Comforting Pasta Fagioli), seafood (Scallops Casino with Bowties), meat (Beef and Glass Noodles, Chic Chorizo), and salad (Couscous and Lentil Salad, Rotelle a la Greek Salad). Monday-to-Friday and the noodle: It's as perfect a match as spaghetti and meatballs.
Selection of the Better Homes & Gardens Family Book Service and Book-of-the-Month Club's HomeStyle Books. 55,000 copies in print.
Library Journal
This follow-up to Urvater's successful Monday-to-Friday Cookbook (LJ 9/15/91) is likely to be just as popular. This time around she offers close to 200 pasta recipes that take less than half an hour to prepare, along with lots of variations, ideas for jazzing up leftovers, and other tips for busy family cooks. Many recipes include suggestions for making them "Especially Good for Children" (or for adults, for company, or for dieters). Yes, yet another pasta cookbookbut the recipes are different and the format is very appealing. For most libraries.
Table of Contents:
Pasta: The Monday-to-Friday Way
How the Monday-to-Friday system works, including matching meals to busy family schedules.
The Pasta Pantry
Tips on buying and storing all varieties of dried and fresh pasta, plus a chart of popular pasta shapes.
Monday-to-Friday Pantry List
Stocking your refrigerator and cupboard-a quick overview.
Cooking Pasta
Advice on preparing and serving pasta, including what to do if your pasta clumps together or is overcooked.
Pasta Sauces
A collection of quick and easy sauces that go well with the pasta on hand: Enraged Tomato Sauce, Mariner's Sauce, Creamy Corn Salsa, and more.
Pasta Soups
Comforting Pasta e Fagioli, Japanese-Style Bean Noodle Soup, Tingly Lemon Orzo Soup-nourishing bowls of soup in no time.
Rich and Creamy Pasta Dishes
Cheese- and egg-filled pastas, including New-Fashioned Macaroni and Cheese, Linguine with Gorgonzola and Walnuts, and an Instant Lasagne-perfect to prepare on a workweek schedule.
Pasta with Poultry
Caribbean Chicken with Tender Noodles, Smoked Cajun Chicken and Mezzani, Turkey Tetrazzini with Butterfly Pasta-all one-dish meals that combine two favorite, fast ingredients.
Pasta with Seafood
The flavor and texture of seafood marries well with pasta, making it a natural Monday-to-Friday choice. Recipes include Shrimp Piquante with Fusilli, Fresh Tuna and Sun-Dried Tomatoes with Shells, and Rosy Creamed Sole Tossed with Fedelini.
Pasta with Meat
Pairing meat with pasta results in inviting dishes such as Gingered Beef with Glass Noodles, Veal with Olives and Penne, and Hot Sausage and Sweet Currants over Whole-Wheat Pasta.
Beans and Grains with Pasta
Afull range of recipes that combine beans and grains with pasta-Coriander-Scented Lentils with Spaghettini, Garlicky White Beans and Sage with Orecchiette, Red-Hot Chick-Peas with Rigatoni, and more.
Pasta with Vegetables
Any season is a good time to enjoy fresh vegetables with pasta. Try Thai-Style Broccoli with Rice Noodles, Ravioli with Curried Cauliflower, and Eggplant "Chinoise" with Penne, to name a few.
Pasta Salads
Easy meal-size salads that make good use of both fresh and leftover ingredients: Beef and Fusilli Salad with Horseradish Dressing, Chicken Salad with Wagon Wheels, and Couscous and Lentil Salad are included.
Pasta from the Pantry
Pasta dishes that can be prepared using only what's available in the pantry. Try "Chilied" Black Beans and Penne, Spaghetti with Lemon Bread Crumbs and Anchovy, and Rotelle with Tuna and Tomatoes.
Pasta Off-Center
A collection of recipes that are out of the pasta mainstream as well as some that are out of the Monday-to-Friday genre. Included here are slow-cooked dishes to make on a Saturday or Sunday and some unusual desserts made with pasta.
Index
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