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Y’aaaaaaaallll.
I read a lot of cookbooks but few of them provide recipes that I can cook and eat on a regular basis.
This one, yes.
The recipes are very straighforward and don’t require advanced tools, techniques, or specialty ingredients. Most components can be prepped ahead and tucked into lunch boxes (both are key for me)
There is a ton of variety: breakfasts, salads, grain bowls, and some soups and desserts. There are beautiful photos. All the recipes are either gluten free or can easily be adapted to fit your needs. For example, lots of the breakfast meals are made with oats (I’m allergic, sadly), but I think most can be subbed with millet or brown rice. You could also easily add chicken breast or salmon filets to almost any bowl.
Now maybe you are thinking, “How hard is it to put together a grain bowl with sauce and veggies? Why would I need a cookbook for that?” And actually, it is not hard. There is even a template at the start of the book to help you plan if you want to create your own. But do you want to do that much meal planning every single week? I take about an hour on Sunday night flipping thru cookbooks; writing down meals, sides and snacks for a week; making a grocery list; figuring out how to sub out ingredients I can’t get from recipes I want to try... why would I want to prolong this process by reinventing the wheel every time?
I am very excited to purchase this book and use it on a weekly basis.
I read a lot of cookbooks but few of them provide recipes that I can cook and eat on a regular basis.
This one, yes.
The recipes are very straighforward and don’t require advanced tools, techniques, or specialty ingredients. Most components can be prepped ahead and tucked into lunch boxes (both are key for me)
There is a ton of variety: breakfasts, salads, grain bowls, and some soups and desserts. There are beautiful photos. All the recipes are either gluten free or can easily be adapted to fit your needs. For example, lots of the breakfast meals are made with oats (I’m allergic, sadly), but I think most can be subbed with millet or brown rice. You could also easily add chicken breast or salmon filets to almost any bowl.
Now maybe you are thinking, “How hard is it to put together a grain bowl with sauce and veggies? Why would I need a cookbook for that?” And actually, it is not hard. There is even a template at the start of the book to help you plan if you want to create your own. But do you want to do that much meal planning every single week? I take about an hour on Sunday night flipping thru cookbooks; writing down meals, sides and snacks for a week; making a grocery list; figuring out how to sub out ingredients I can’t get from recipes I want to try... why would I want to prolong this process by reinventing the wheel every time?
I am very excited to purchase this book and use it on a weekly basis.
This is a fun and flirty cookbook with nice updates to common recipes. Recipes are organized alphabetically by the main vegetable you want to use. Perfect for those CSA overflows! I counted it up though, and I wouldn’t be able to use 8 out of 26 sections because those fruits or veggies are so northern hemisphere that even if I find them here in Brazil, they are outrageously expensive. I wouldn’t use nearly 1/3 of the recipes.... probably gonna pass on buying this one.
You could base an entire creative writing class off this book. This is the syllabus, the lectures, the writing assignments, the research topics, the discussion questions. I will for sure be reading this again.
This is a cute story. I always like books that weave together a story in the past and one in the present—this one in particular beautifully mirrored the two parts.
The language is very colorful, literally. Scents and sounds are described with colors. It got to the point where it started to seem like weak writing—is color the only way the author knows how to describe things?? But around 75% of the way through, you learn that it has a clever narrative purpose. So, all is forgiven.
I really like stories set during the Golden Age of Islam—it was a creative and prosperous time, and so stories based on that tend to be richly creative as well.
The language is very colorful, literally. Scents and sounds are described with colors. It got to the point where it started to seem like weak writing—is color the only way the author knows how to describe things?? But around 75% of the way through, you learn that it has a clever narrative purpose. So, all is forgiven.
I really like stories set during the Golden Age of Islam—it was a creative and prosperous time, and so stories based on that tend to be richly creative as well.
Such a fun gender-bender comedy! I can't believe this play isn't more well-known. I am always impressed when jokes are still funny a decade later... Imagine how well-written this is to be funny several centuries later!
As I detest reading plays, I listened to the BBC radio play (with Helena Bonham Carter as Rosalind) while I read the Penguin annotated script. Hearing the voices helped a whole lot, and they really do sing the songs with instruments. The BBC play is abridged, just FYI, and really is not able stand alone without a thorough knowledge of the plot and characters (or reading along at the same time). Paired together was great, though.
As I detest reading plays, I listened to the BBC radio play (with Helena Bonham Carter as Rosalind) while I read the Penguin annotated script. Hearing the voices helped a whole lot, and they really do sing the songs with instruments. The BBC play is abridged, just FYI, and really is not able stand alone without a thorough knowledge of the plot and characters (or reading along at the same time). Paired together was great, though.
I have a jumble of thoughts about this novella.
1. As Sarah Hannah Gomez noted, this would work quite well (better?) as a play. It is staged and written so well for that.
2. I originally thought this book was about gay people "passing", but then I actually read a bit and learned is about black people "passing." But you can still read it framed as a double meaning, and oh my does that complicate the plot. I want to read Deborah McDowell's writing on the lesbian subtext here. The notes in the Modern Library edition of this book say that the deliberate repeated use of "queer" (as adjective and verb) meaning "weird, suspicious, or spoiled" is very curious considering that queer was already a popular slang for gay. There are situations where someone was acting "queer" because of secrets regarding "passing" (race) but are equally meaningful if read as "passing" (sexuality). Verrryyyy interesting.
3. The final note in the Modern Library has finally given me a good definition of "literary." I use this term all the time but have had a great deal of trouble trying to uphold its meaning in arguments with my husband. "'Writerly' -- an open-ended text that requires the reader to collaborate in producing its meaning." By critic Roland Barthes.
1. As Sarah Hannah Gomez noted, this would work quite well (better?) as a play. It is staged and written so well for that.
2. I originally thought this book was about gay people "passing", but then I actually read a bit and learned is about black people "passing." But you can still read it framed as a double meaning, and oh my does that complicate the plot. I want to read Deborah McDowell's writing on the lesbian subtext here. The notes in the Modern Library edition of this book say that the deliberate repeated use of "queer" (as adjective and verb) meaning "weird, suspicious, or spoiled" is very curious considering that queer was already a popular slang for gay. There are situations where someone was acting "queer" because of secrets regarding "passing" (race) but are equally meaningful if read as "passing" (sexuality). Verrryyyy interesting.
3. The final note in the Modern Library has finally given me a good definition of "literary." I use this term all the time but have had a great deal of trouble trying to uphold its meaning in arguments with my husband. "'Writerly' -- an open-ended text that requires the reader to collaborate in producing its meaning." By critic Roland Barthes.
As an intermediate or pre-advanced origami folder, I found these models to be simplistic and boring, but the book lacks a lot of visual information necessary for beginners to easily complete the folds. For example, written directions frequently ask for folds by name without showing the steps ("inside reverse fold the head and neck"). The beginning of the book has written directions of certain folds but does not have pictures. For me, a squash fold is impossible to understand without pictures. Imagine an asymmetrical squash fold!
Also, many of the designs require cuts. Some people care about "pure" origami, so just thought I would mention it.
Also, many of the designs require cuts. Some people care about "pure" origami, so just thought I would mention it.
Raise your hand if you are in the mood for a giggly ridiculous rom-com à la Princess Bride.
*Looks out and counts hands*
Wonderful! because do I have the book for you!
This a very silly highly revisionist historical fiction about Lady Jane Grey. She's basically Tudor England's Hermione Granger, who gets handed an arranged marriage for political manipulation, and well, Tudor England was very rough on its political elite. Also, in this version of the story, the Protestants can turn into animals and the Catholics are, uhm, opposed to their existence.
The other thing that had me very excited was the inclusion of Helmsley in the story!!! Nowadays it is a little-known (even by Brits) and very under-appreciated town. But when I went to the UK a few years ago, visiting Helmsley was the highlight of my trip. I could go on for ages about all the wonderful things to do there (hmu if you want deets), and I liked that it is finally getting some well-deserved attention.
Opt for the audio if you can. The audio narrator is really great. She does all kinds of accents and voices, and really adds to the general hilarity.
*Looks out and counts hands*
Wonderful! because do I have the book for you!
This a very silly highly revisionist historical fiction about Lady Jane Grey. She's basically Tudor England's Hermione Granger, who gets handed an arranged marriage for political manipulation, and well, Tudor England was very rough on its political elite. Also, in this version of the story, the Protestants can turn into animals and the Catholics are, uhm, opposed to their existence.
The other thing that had me very excited was the inclusion of Helmsley in the story!!! Nowadays it is a little-known (even by Brits) and very under-appreciated town. But when I went to the UK a few years ago, visiting Helmsley was the highlight of my trip. I could go on for ages about all the wonderful things to do there (hmu if you want deets), and I liked that it is finally getting some well-deserved attention.
Opt for the audio if you can. The audio narrator is really great. She does all kinds of accents and voices, and really adds to the general hilarity.
Such an important book for teens to have access to--it's very easy to recognize thoughts and behaviors in the characters.
But like, why is it in verse? There were a couple moments where I understood why that particular section was in verse, but mostly I think the purpose was to stretch the story into covering more pages, enough to make it sellable as a stand-alone book. And if that was the purpose, I am disappointed.
But like, why is it in verse? There were a couple moments where I understood why that particular section was in verse, but mostly I think the purpose was to stretch the story into covering more pages, enough to make it sellable as a stand-alone book. And if that was the purpose, I am disappointed.
This book is great. If you liked The Hate U Give, you will like On The Come Up. This story is set in the same city, the main characters have basically the exact same personality, there is a lot of sweet family banter, and it is deeply rooted in realistic issues of race and stereotypes.