I listened to the audio version of this book on a road trip.While I was a bit overwhelmed with the long discussions of minute details of food preparation, I did enjoy the thought provoking statistics and motivational discussion of the health benefits of cooking at home.This was a great book for a...
I'll preface this review by mentioning that I have (or at least had) little to no interest in carpentry, woodworking, or even architecture. After having read the book, I can say that I seriously doubt people of those professions were in his target audience, though much of the content obviously f...
This is a marvellous book, which discusses the science, sociology, aesthetics and culture, relating to four plants.ApplesTulipsMarijuanaPotatoesBecause of who I am, the things that interested me most were the tulip and potato sections.With the first, he discusses the notorious obsession surroundi...
Do not be fooled by the serious-looking photo of the author on the back of the dust cover; instead look carefully at her eyebrows. One curves nicely and is well-behaved, the other arches out erratically towards her temple. Margery Fish has a wonderful sense of humor, especially when talking about...
That not everybody does is obvious from all those buildings that crouch like strangers on their own land, looking out of place or simply oblivious. Yet it may be that you can think too much about site selection. Because deciding on the right place to build is also uncannily simple, a process in w...