Rustic Italian Cooking (De Gustibus Presents the Great Cooks' Cookbooks) Review
Rustic Italian Cooking (De Gustibus Presents the Great Cooks' Cookbooks) Feature
50 full-color illus. 8 3/4 x 9 3/4.
Saturday, April 9, 2011
Thursday, April 7, 2011
Like a Vermeer & Other Poems
Like a Vermeer & Other Poems Review
Like a Vermeer & Other Poems Feature
“Yousuf Zaigham came to America from Pakistan, the nation of Faiz Ahmed Faiz, and “a country/that I left three coup d’etats ago.” Readers of his mystical poems in “Palace of Rumi” will recognize the stance of the ecstatic rebel who can say, “God, you & I were, perhaps/not meant for each other,” but can also speak such delightful lines as these:
It has been hard as hell trying to make love
to every blossoming lettuce-coral,
swirling acacia & eucalyptus grove,
every ringed nipple, pierced navel,
pearled tongue, inebriated rain lily,
& tangoing galaxy of your restive,
brazen Isadora Duncan Creation.
“This kind of Whitmanesque openness to experience continues in the poems of “Palace of Rimbaud” as well as “Palace of Marvin Gaye”. Zaigham, who was first seduced by poetry in Urdu and now writes in English, has become a poet of the world—father, husband, lover—and enthusiast of the word. You will find welcome here.”—Dave Mason, author of The Buried Houses and The Country I Remember
“From the very first poem with “grenadine suns in your tequila sunsets” to the line, “my poems are the only stardust of my ashes” to the very last poem where Yousuf Zaigham tells us “the poems came like a tempest of miracles, budded asters in their rosy florescence” this book is a feast of language and poetic diction that defies description. Open Like a Vermeer anywhere, and you will enjoy a veritable banquet of poetry that harkens back to the rich literary traditions of Urdu’s great poets Ghalib & Josh.”—James Ciletti, author of At the Crack of Dawn
“Zaigham’s exuberant, chastening poems glory in and indict this world. His voice, full-throated, capering through the registers, is necessary and welcome. I will return to Like a Vermeer and Other Poems repeatedly”—Aaron Anstett, author of No Accident & Sustenance
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Wednesday, April 6, 2011
Poems: Love and Yore
Poems: Love and Yore Review
Poems: Love and Yore Feature
A collection of passionate poetry and romantic poems that attempts to explore the themes of love, desire, loss and the many triumphs and failures of life that pervade the blood, breath and soul of humankind from the fond days of antiquity to the present time.
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Tuesday, April 5, 2011
The Lost Labyrinth
Monday, April 4, 2011
Saturday, April 2, 2011
Friday, April 1, 2011
Menus from an Orchard Table: Celebrating the Food and Wine of the Okanagan
Menus from an Orchard Table: Celebrating the Food and Wine of the Okanagan Review
Menus from an Orchard Table: Celebrating the Food and Wine of the Okanagan Feature
Recipes to enjoy under an open sky.
Fresh from the Okanagan Valley comes Menus for an Orchard Table, a collection of outstanding seasonal recipes from Joie Wines and Farm Cooking School's renowned outdoor orchard dinners. The classes here are sell-outs, with people traveling great distances to sit at a table in Joie's orchard.
Menus for an Orchard Table allows readers to re-create some of Joie's most extraordinary dishes, with essays on the Okanagan's wine country cuisine. The recipes are divided into the courses served at Joie's orchard dinners, which balance regional wines with the accompanying dishes. Among the selections:
- Chilled heirloom yellow tomato soup garnished with tomato confit and chive oil
- Country lamb and olive terrine with Joie pear and shallot compote and brioche
- Carmelis' goat yogurt cheese tart with dried cherries
- Claybank Farm lavender ice cream
- Similkameen Apiary honey Madeleines.
Menus for an Orchard Table will transport readers to Joie's magical outdoor dining table.
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