Two years after the first Open Hand Cookbook, for which California celebrity chefs contributed recipes and shared profits with the organization that feeds San Francisco-area AIDS patients, this second all-star benefit performance focuses on foods for special occasions—mostly holidays and other dress-up affairs but also informal barbecues and cozy get-togethers. Paul Bertolli, Edward Espe Brown, Bradley Ogden, Wolfgang Puck, and Alice Waters are some of the Bay Area chefs whose names stand out from the list of 69 contributors, and there are others—such as Marion Cunningham and Madeleine Kammon—not normally associated with the region. Their seasonally arranged recipes can be dirt-simple or comfortably ethnic but tend to the upscale, flamboyant, or creative California mode. Home cooks attracted by the names won't be disappointed, though those motivated by the cause might find some of this above their toques.
Pub Date: Oct. 1, 1991
ISBN: 0-671-73740-6
Page Count: 368
Publisher: Pocket
Review Posted Online: May 19, 2010
Kirkus Reviews Issue: Sept. 1, 1991
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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