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WHITE TRUFFLES IN WINTER imagines the world of the remarkable French chef Auguste Escoffier (1846-1935), who changed how we eat through his legendary restaurants at the Savoy and the Ritz.
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WHITE TRUFFLES IN WINTER imagines the world of the remarkable French chef Auguste Escoffier (1846-1935), who changed how we eat through his legendary restaurants at the Savoy and the Ritz.
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WHITE TRUFFLES IN WINTER imagines the world of the remarkable French chef Auguste Escoffier (1846-1935), who changed how we eat through his legendary restaurants at the Savoy and the Ritz. A man of contradictions --- kind yet imperious, food-obsessed yet rarely hungry --- Escoffier was also torn between two women: the famous, beautiful, and reckless actress Sarah Bernhardt and his wife, the independent and sublime poet Delphine Daffis, who refused ever to leave Monte Carlo. In the last year of Escoffier's life, in the middle of writing his memoirs, he has returned to Delphine, who requests a dish in her name as he has honored Bernhardt, Queen Victoria, and many others. How does one define the complexity of love on a single plate?
N. M. Kelby brings us the sensuality of food and love amid a world on the verge of war in this work that shimmers with beauty and longing.
December 2011
This is the time of year when “Best Of” lists are everywhere. While we could compile one for ReadingGroupGuides.com, we prefer to hear what YOU have to say about this topic. So we are asking "What was the 'best' book that your group read this year?" Share your picks (you can name up to three) between now and January 31st by filling out the form found here. We’ll share the results in February. Please share this link with the members of your group as we want as many folks to weigh in as possible.
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December 1, 2011, 255 voters
November 2011
In August, September and October, I spent days as a frontier girl sans electricity as hurricanes, rainstorms and a freak October snowstorm rolled through my town. Let’s just say that those Little House on the Prairie books made life before electricity look a lot more cozy and fun than I found it to be. But then again, Laura and the clan were not dealing with running a group of Internet sites or trying to read books 'til all hours of the night. They went to bed when the sun went down as they had to get up early to do things like churn the butter. Instead, I, the consummate night owl, was seeking out power like a gold miner. I learned to bring a power strip anywhere where there might be power so I could plug every device in. I also learned that an iPad can light up a room like a lamp when on the max brightness setting. I had lunch with a friend yesterday who told a story about how she and her husband were both reading on their iPads and quickly realized that they were like twin bed lamps. I wonder if Steve Jobs thought about THAT as a role for the iPad.
If there is no discussion guide available for a book, will your group still select it?November 1, 2011, 409 voters Editorial Content for Inmate 1577Reviewer (text)Joe Hartlaub
I just love picking up a book where everything (plot, characterization, pacing and general readability) comes together, so that the act of reading is more than mere entertainment --- it becomes a compulsion. INMATE 1577, Alan Jacobson’s latest and best Karen Vail novel, is one of those books, demanding to be read slowly but in one sitting.
TeaserWhen an elderly woman is found raped and brutally murdered in San Francisco, FBI Profiler Karen Veil and her team are lead to a mysterious island ripped from city lore whose long-buried, decades-old secrets hold the key to their case --- Alcatraz. The Rock. PromoWhen an elderly woman is found raped and brutally murdered in San Francisco, FBI Profiler Karen Veil and her team are lead to a mysterious island ripped from city lore whose long-buried, decades-old secrets hold the key to their case --- Alcatraz. The Rock. About the BookNational Bestselling Author Alan Jacobson brings back renowned FBI Profiler Karen Vail in an intelligent thriller that bridges time and space. When an elderly woman is found raped and brutally murdered in San Francisco, Vail heads west to team up with SFPD Inspector Lance Burden and her former task force colleague, Detective Roxxann Dixon. As Vail, Burden, and Dixon follow the killer’s trail in and around San Francisco, the offender continues his rampage, leaving behind clues that ultimately lead them to the most unlikely of places: a mysterious island ripped from city lore whose long-buried, decades-old secrets hold the key to their case. Alcatraz. The Rock. It’s a case that has more twists and turns than the famed Lombard Street…and a novel that Clive Cussler calls “A powerful thriller, brilliantly conceived and written.” Editorial Content for Headstone: A Jack Taylor NovelReviewer (text)Joe Hartlaub
Ken Bruen is brilliant. He has earned a Ph.D. in metaphysics, though if one was to address him as “Doctor,” I am reasonably sure he would turn crimson; he has taught instructional English as a second language in several countries; and he writes crime novels that turn up with great regularity on the bookshelves and annual “best of” lists of those who consider themselves and are thought to be aficionados of the genre. He is also, despite the dark nature of his work, one of the most genuinely kind and polite individuals you could ever hope to meet. Read More TeaserNothing has ever truly terrified Jack Taylor until he confronts an evil coterie named Headstone, who have committed a series of random, insane, violent crimes in Galway, Ireland. PromoNothing has ever truly terrified Jack Taylor until he confronts an evil coterie named Headstone, who have committed a series of random, insane, violent crimes in Galway, Ireland. About the BookAcclaimed Irish crime writer Ken Bruen has won numerous awards for his hard-charging, dark thrillers, which have been translated into ten languages. In HEADSTONE, an elderly priest is nearly beaten to death and a special-needs boy is brutally attacked. Evil has many guises and Jack Taylor has encountered most of them. But nothing before has ever truly terrified him until he confronts an evil coterie named Headstone, who have committed a series of random, insane, violent crimes in Galway, Ireland. Most would see a headstone as a marker of the dead, but this organization seems like it will act as a death knell to every aspect of Jack’s life. Jack’s usual allies, Ridge and Stewart, are also in the line of terror. An act of appalling violence alerts them to the sleeping horror, but this realization may be too late, as Headstone barrels along its deadly path right to the center of Jack’s life and the heart of Galway. A terrific read from a writer called “a Celtic Dashiell Hammett,” HEADSTONE is an excellent addition to the Jack Taylor series (Philadelphia Inquirer).
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