Gelles's meatless cookbook comes with a foreword by the president of the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine, which last year proposed a four-food-group diet based on grains, beans, fruits, and vegetables. That recent proposal notwithstanding, to anyone familiar with vegetarian cookbooks, there's nothing ``new'' about the ``new food groups'' or about Gelles's mix of recipes. Along with the familiar natural-foodists' mix of ethnic (minestrone, hummus) and whole-grain standards (granola, whole-wheat muffins) and simple curries made with various ground spices, she adds some odd caprices such as ``red red chile'' using cranberry juice, ``Mexican pizza'' topped with bean puree and bottled salsa, and a soup that has approximately equal amounts of cooked lentils, sweet potatoes, brown sugar, and orange juice. Her introductory pages on nutrition also cover familiar ground without much style. For all that, the collection—with its nutrient breakdowns and its markers for easy (``E''), quick (``Q''), and vegan (``V'') recipes—might have a future among some mainstream, health- conscious consumers of unsophisticated palates.
Pub Date: Aug. 26, 1992
ISBN: 0-316-30725-1
Page Count: 288
Publisher: Little, Brown
Review Posted Online: May 19, 2010
Kirkus Reviews Issue: July 1, 1992
Stricter than, say, Bergen Evans or W3 ("disinterested" means impartial — period), Strunk is in the last analysis...
Privately published by Strunk of Cornell in 1918 and revised by his student E. B. White in 1959, that "little book" is back again with more White updatings.
Stricter than, say, Bergen Evans or W3 ("disinterested" means impartial — period), Strunk is in the last analysis (whoops — "A bankrupt expression") a unique guide (which means "without like or equal").Pub Date: May 15, 1972
ISBN: 0205632645
Page Count: 105
Publisher: Macmillan
Review Posted Online: Oct. 28, 2011
Kirkus Reviews Issue: May 1, 1972
This is not the Nutcracker sweet, as passed on by Tchaikovsky and Marius Petipa. No, this is the original Hoffmann tale of 1816, in which the froth of Christmas revelry occasionally parts to let the dark underside of childhood fantasies and fears peek through. The boundaries between dream and reality fade, just as Godfather Drosselmeier, the Nutcracker's creator, is seen as alternately sinister and jolly. And Italian artist Roberto Innocenti gives an errily realistic air to Marie's dreams, in richly detailed illustrations touched by a mysterious light. A beautiful version of this classic tale, which will captivate adults and children alike. (Nutcracker; $35.00; Oct. 28, 1996; 136 pp.; 0-15-100227-4)
Pub Date: Oct. 28, 1996
ISBN: 0-15-100227-4
Page Count: 136
Publisher: Harcourt
Review Posted Online: May 19, 2010
Kirkus Reviews Issue: Aug. 15, 1996
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