Randelman emigrated to the US at age ten in 1957—and still rhapsodizes over the paradise she knew as a privileged child in pre-Castro Cuba. Her recipes, though, confirm (as she acknowledges) that Cuban cuisine is essentially a peasant one, robust in flavor and tasty with such elements as lime juice, Seville orange juice, olives, pimento, and cumin. (Randelman is also partial to dollops of sherry.) Distinctive dishes from yuca shavings and yuca fritters to roast suckling pig and baked whole marinated snapper with sofrito, along with whole chapters of rice, beans, and sugary desserts, make this a good resource for newcomers to an approachable and increasingly popular cuisine. This has many parallels with Linette Creen's book on Miami Cuban cooking, A Taste of Cuba (1991); but where Creen's book has an audience, this second take should also. (Eight-page color insert and 30 halftones—not seen.)
Pub Date: Oct. 1, 1992
ISBN: 0-02-600911-0
Page Count: 352
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Review Posted Online: May 19, 2010
Kirkus Reviews Issue: Aug. 15, 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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