Food Network stars and Paula Deen progeny offer up more than 100 recipes for grilling, tailgate parties and picnics.
Break out the grill and fill the cooler with ice. The Deen brothers (The Deen Bros. Take It Easy, 2009, etc.) are back with another lively compilation of Southern-style recipes. This time around, the table is set for the great outdoors, and the authors divide up the recipes accordingly, with chapters entitled "On the Grill," "On the Field" and "On the Beach." While not everyone will have access to lobster tails or live blue crabs for beach cookouts, most recipes call for ingredients that can be easily sourced at the local grocery store. Meat takes center stage, but don't write this off as the average burger-on-the-grill cookbook. In addition to old favorites like BBQ, the authors instruct readers in the art of "Beer Can Chicken with Sweet and Spicy Vidalia Onions" and "Minty Lamb Chops Stuffed with Feta and Chicken." Non-meat offerings vary widely, including flatbreads, pasta salads and vegetable dishes. Readers shouldn't despair if they don't have access to a grill; items such as salads, wraps and dips, including the black-eyed pea spread "Georgia Caviar," feature prominently. Wash it all down with “Frosty Piña Colada Punch" or one of eight other "Seaside Sippers." With easy-to-follow recipes, full-page pictures and humorous prose, the Deens serve up a fun and appealing culinary collection. Perfect for readers who enjoy a little sunshine on their plate.
Pub Date: April 19, 2011
ISBN: 978-0-345-51363-2
Page Count: -
Publisher: Ballantine
Review Posted Online: March 2, 2011
Kirkus Reviews Issue: March 1, 2011
An enjoyable slice of 20th-century music journalism almost certain to provide something for most readers, no matter one’s...
Music journalist and musician Wald (Talking 'Bout Your Mama: The Dozens, Snaps, and the Deep Roots of Rap, 2014, etc.) focuses on one evening in music history to explain the evolution of contemporary music, especially folk, blues, and rock.
The date of that evening is July 25, 1965, at the Newport Folk Festival, where there was an unbelievably unexpected occurrence: singer/songwriter Bob Dylan, already a living legend in his early 20s, overriding the acoustic music that made him famous in favor of electronically based music, causing reactions ranging from adoration to intense resentment among other musicians, DJs, and record buyers. Dylan has told his own stories (those stories vary because that’s Dylan’s character), and plenty of other music journalists have explored the Dylan phenomenon. What sets Wald's book apart is his laser focus on that one date. The detailed recounting of what did and did not occur on stage and in the audience that night contains contradictory evidence sorted skillfully by the author. He offers a wealth of context; in fact, his account of Dylan's stage appearance does not arrive until 250 pages in. The author cites dozens of sources, well-known and otherwise, but the key storylines, other than Dylan, involve acoustic folk music guru Pete Seeger and the rich history of the Newport festival, a history that had created expectations smashed by Dylan. Furthermore, the appearances on the pages by other musicians—e.g., Joan Baez, the Weaver, Peter, Paul, and Mary, Dave Van Ronk, and Gordon Lightfoot—give the book enough of an expansive feel. Wald's personal knowledge seems encyclopedic, and his endnotes show how he ranged far beyond personal knowledge to produce the book.
An enjoyable slice of 20th-century music journalism almost certain to provide something for most readers, no matter one’s personal feelings about Dylan's music or persona.Pub Date: July 25, 2015
ISBN: 978-0-06-236668-9
Page Count: 368
Publisher: Dey Street/HarperCollins
Review Posted Online: May 15, 2015
Kirkus Reviews Issue: June 1, 2015
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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
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