Book Description
Glowing candles, great food, gorgeous music... and the best company in the world. What could be more romantic than a dinner for two?
For special dates, a 30th wedding anniversary, or your first relaxed dinner together in months, Sharon O'Connor's newest cookbook with music CD brings home the magic of a night out at America's most romantic restaurants.
A Table for Two takes readers on a romantic tour of exciting cities, from New Orleans and San Francisco to Kansas City and New York. Each chapter features one restaurant, including photographs, descriptions, and stunning food photography. The fabulous recipes were created by celebrity chefs such as Blue Ginger's Ming Tsai, Daniel Boulud from Café Daniel Boulud, and Floyd Cardoz of Tabla. Each of the more than 100 recipes is carefully tested and formatted for home cooks by Sharon O'Connor, and a glossary and a basics section provide helpful tips.
A Table for Two also includes a fascinating conversation with singer/cook Taj Mahal and poetry, essays, and quotes about love, food, and music. Gorgeous reproductions of Henri Matisse's Jazz papercuts and sensational photos of musical instruments give the book perspective and style.
On the accompanying CD, the Kenny Barron Ensemble performs romantic, sophisticated music that sets the mood for magical evenings. This private concert, recorded by Sharon O'Connor especially for A Table for Two, includes beloved standards such as "I Only Have Eyes for You," "Stolen Moments," and "Say it Over and Over Again." Kenny Barron, who the Los Angeles Times has named "one of the top jazz pianists in the world," Bob Sheppard, Dave Ellis, Peter Barshay, and Lewis Nash create a mood of quiet enchantment with their tender, lyrical playing.
Through the combination of food, art, music, and travel, A Table for Two creates an experience that enriches life at home.
Book Description
The way to a man's heart—
Take two world-class chefs.
Add two distractingly attractive people to their lives. Stir in some soul-searing kisses and tender nights. Simmer at high heat. What you'll get is an irresistible recipe for romance!
Summer Desserts
When love-resistant dessert chef Summer Lyndon develops a taste for her delectable boss, Blake Cocharan, her legendary willpower is put to the ultimate test.
Lessons Learned
Publicist Juliet Trent never mixes business with pleasure, but her newest client, charming ladies-man and chef Carlo Franconi, is determined to whet her appetite for love.
Customer Reviews:
Good reading material .......2007-04-03
I enjoyed the story line and will enjoy passing it on to others.
Average customer rating:
- it could have been so much better
- Just who WAS this girl?
- Awful...(Sorry)
- Didn't Like Summer's game playing...
- Just Couldn't Find It Interesting
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Table For Two
Nora Roberts
Manufacturer: Silhouette
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Mass Market Paperback
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ASIN: 0373218400 |
Book Description
Two tempting classics from the master of romance!
The way to a man's heart . . .
Take two world-class chefs. Add two distractingly attractive people to their lives. Stir in some soul-searing kisses and tender nights. Simmer at high heat. You will have an irresistible recipe for romance.
#1 New York Times bestselling author Nora Roberts has cooked up two very special romantic concoctions to tempt the most discriminating palate.
Summer Desserts: When love-resistant dessert chef Summer Lyndon develops a taste for her delectable boss Blake Cocharan, her legendary willpower is put to the ultimate test.
Lessons Learned: Publicist Juliet Trent never mixes business with pleasure, but her newest client, charming ladies' man and chef Carlo Franconi, is determined to whet her appetite for love.
Customer Reviews:
it could have been so much better.......2006-01-04
old books from 1985/6 now together in one book because there is a relation between characters.
her new books are much better and this was a disappointment.
Just who WAS this girl?.......2005-01-13
When Summer first met Blake in her apartment, she came off very sweet and charming in her looks, yet within days she turned standoffish in a flirty way, didn't do a thing, even kiss Blake, it seemed, without first thinking in what way she could manipulate him. She just became unlikable.
Sorry, I didn't even try to read the second story.
Awful...(Sorry).......2005-01-13
I cannot see how a talented author can create near-masterpieces in some stories, while others, like these two stories, don't even make the characters even half-realistic. She tried to make Blake cool, I guess, and Summer nice one minute and arrogantly sure of her good looks the next.
The 2nd story with Juliet was so-so.
Didn't Like Summer's game playing..........2005-01-13
Summer was very calculating and conceited. Every time Blake paid her a compliment, whether on her appearance or talent as a chef, Summer would say things like, "I know."
Juliet Trent wasn't bad but I just couldn't fathom this Italian, Carlo, as a leading romantic hero; he was buffoonish in the first story (and I'm Italian).
Just Couldn't Find It Interesting.......2005-01-13
I can't believe I'm writing this about a N.R.'s book, but both these stories were not even remotely interesting.
Customer Reviews:
Brilliant.......2007-07-31
Like some of the other reviewers I discovered Janet Frame through the movie,'An Angel at my Table," and I knew I had to read something of hers.
I started with her autobiography, and I'm so glad that I did.
This is perhaps the finest piece of writing, bar none, fiction or non-fiction that I have ever read. I think Frame is a genius, she should be awarded every prize for literature in the world. This is a funny thing to say about such a humble woman who endured so much to become one of the greatest writers the world has ever known.
I was completely bowled over, enthralled, by her recounting of her life. Her word pictures, her recollections of places and things are incredible. I don't know another writer who has as fine a capacity for detail and description. The book is utterly lyrical as she weaves a painful, at times, story through decades of her life. I could not put this book down at times and I grieved when I had finished it. Stories like hers are instructional and give us all a reason to go on living. I sometimes wonder, I'm a memoirist myself, but a baby compared to Frame, how did she do it? It may be crazy to think this but I wonder if those numerous shock treatments she endured rearranged her brain in some magical fashion and gave her the capacity to be a superwoman writer? The line between genius and insanity is permeable. I think writers, for good and ill, are exquisitely fine-tuned, sensitive people. Unfortunately some of them are so beyond ordinary human beings they can't survive living in the world, but what they have left us is priceless as we make our own life journeys. Frame has allowed millions of readers, I hope, to accompany her on her challenging journey through life and she shows how she coped with fate and a set of circumstances given her courageously, copiously, and heart breakingly. I am in awe of her acheivement.
She is a writers writer. Her musings on art and the capacity of the imagination are among the finest I have ever read. She is an inspiration to artists everywhere.
Frame saves herself and achieves, in spite of all!.......2007-07-03
I came to this book by way of the movie "An Angel at My Table" [which was fairly true to the book]. I had never heard of Janet Frame, and was so intrigued by the film that I knew I had to read her autobiography. The book introduces you to her impoverished life in New Zealand [she was born in 1924], and includes about two dozen pages of photos of Janet's family [it was wonderful putting the real faces to the ones we were introduced to in the movie]. From the epilepsy of her brother, the drownings of her two sisters, her own mental breakdown in college [which was erroneously diagnosed as schizophrenia], you understand how all of her traumas and perceptions are incorporated later into her writing career. She overcomes daunting events and social alienation to become a novelist, poet, and short-story author.
I have continued to read more of her writings.
Excellent Autobiography.......2007-01-06
I do not know of any author who can retain so much authencity in his writing and yet produce such beautiful and imaginative prose, other than Janet Frame.
Her excellent autobiography is definitely worth a reading and offers an insight to her other works which are, at times, more experimental and harder to grasp. I have seen the film adaptation but this book has even more to offer: the heartfelt descriptions of the family members, some beautifully written passages which could hardly be translated into film, the 24 pages of delightful photos of Frame and her family...etc.
Excellent.
She Gives Us Good Reason To Write.......2005-01-09
Janet Frame was an amazing woman. She died on Jan 30, 2004. I had this book on my 'need to read' shelf when I read an obituary in the NY Times about her death at age 79. She endured so much and wrote so keenly. She was thought to be a schizophrenic and wrote about her periods of madness in mental institutions. This autobiography was fascinating for me. There is a gentleness and everlasting patience about her that will make anyone like her. If you want a real treat...find the film AN ANGEL AT MY TABLE (from 1990) that Jane Campion (famous for the film THE PIANO) to complement the book. If only I could have met this woman. I would have loved to have tea and crumpets with her.
To The Is-Land.......2003-04-19
To forever capture the past in the present - to be always telling the tale, towards the destination and yet always on the go, postponing the end of self-perception and portrayal: one does not write an autobiography about what one gained but what one lost. Janet Frame shows an intense desire (and flair) in retaining her possessions - a place, an object, a thought, an emotion, a fragment of memories - in writing. It deals with loss and trauma in an honest, realistic, and fairly subdued manner, making it more geniune than a lot of best-selling memoirs. Frame has been described as an ego-centric writer in her fiction - always writing about and examining herself - but in her autobiography she reminds us of existential moments when one detaches from one's self and looks at the world: the unnamable sadness that we do and do not experience. The imagery here is also a lot richer than most autobiographies - if you enjoy down-to-earth and yet beautiful and touching stories, this is something you should read.
Book Description
This book offers you recipes that have the great taste of family-style cooking without all the leftovers and time-consuming preparation you experience with conventional recipes that feed four or more people.
Customer Reviews:
Simple, Nutritious, and EASY!!!.......2007-04-12
My husband and I are vegetarians, but not vegans. I decided to buy this recipe book anyway, knowing I could always add eggs and dairy. Great decision! I'm an accomplished cook, but have reached the point in life where I no longer want to spend hours in the kitchen (I'm 67) and where easy prep and healthy meals are my chief interests. This is now my #1, go-to cookbook. I glance through it in the mornings, assess my larder (and Stepaniak includes a comprehensive list of things to have on hand), and plan the evening's meal. After years of trying to simplify complicated recipes, or make adjustments in meals planned for omnivores, I'm thoroughly delighted to have tumbled onto this precious cookbook. Now I'm going to buy another of her books, DELICIOUS FOOD FOR A HEALTHY HEART, confident I can adjust the portions for two servings.
Great for 2 and as your family grows.......2005-11-20
I have had this cookbook for years. It has served my wife and I well, and now that we have two young sons, it continues to serve us well. The recipes make just the right amount, but it is so easy to double recipes to good effect.
My wife, who is not vegan, often asks me to make the French Toast, and my sons really like the Peanut Butter Banana Pancakes. I really like the Corn & Potato Chowder, being from the midwest, but one of our favorite comfort foods is the recipe for Baked Macaroni & Vegetable Casseroles. We always double the recipe so that we have leftovers, and we add the "chicken" seitan I make from the Homemade Seitan recipe. The Lentil, Mushroom & Macaroni Stew is also excellent.
I don't care for the tempeh recipes, so I just substitute something else. The only recipe that I can remember not liking was the Breaded Seitan Nuggets.
My copy has a "Special Lay-Flat Binding" which I think is really smart design. It ensures that I'm always pulling this cookbook down off the shelf and using it, because it's so practical. I liked this book so much I bought the same author's "Vegan Vittles."
a good very basic little cookbook to get you up and running.......2005-09-25
This cookbook is great because it has all the things you would want in a little cookbook. That being:
1) Easy veggie-based recipes with ingredients easy to find or that you already have, for the most part. Seitan and nutritional yeast aside, you can find everything else easily.
2) Calorie and nutritional information breakdown
3) Plenty of tips for each recipe
4) A blurb on each recipe that gives good information and gives you the "feel" of the recipe and it's use.
5) Small quantities. Seriously, how many people need to make 6 servings of everything!?!?!
6) Esp. good for getting kids to eat healty. This book is really all about that.
This book can save you money because you don't need to buy too many ingredients that you don't end up using, and the author suggests ways to use the rest of what you have in another recipe.
This cookbook is made by a person who eats the things she writes about. I also like that she has a slightly Polish/Russian slant in some of the dishes. I have another book, 1001 Low-fat Vegetarian Recipes, and practically everything in there has some "southwestern" bent. That can get annoying. There are plenty of types of vegetarian dishes in every culture, and it's nice to see a recipe, for instance, that quickly gets you close to the taste of pierogis (if not the shape), without all the fuss.
I'm not actually vegan, but I really like and tend to use cookbooks that don't rely on meat in every freakin' entree, and which use vegetable protein.
This book is also good for just simple brainstorming on using what you've got. A basic staple book to refer to when you you don't think you have anything to eat. It's not anywhere near gourmet in style, but will at least jar your brain to think vegan about your food choices.
Great for Couples.......2005-08-23
I wouldn't say this is the most exciting cookbook I own, but we really seem to use it a lot. It really is very handy if you are cooking for two or one. A word of advice though; if you're cooking for two people and one has a big appetite like my boyfriend, you may find you need to make a little extra.
Great for small families!.......2004-08-12
I have many of Jo's books, but use this one the most lately, now that it's just the 2 of us at home. The recipes are simple, use ingredients I always have on hand, but most of all, are *very* tasty and delicious. I bought a second copy and gave it to my son to take to college with him, that's how great these recipes are!
I recommend this for any vegan single or couple.
Customer Reviews:
The Good with the Bad.......2001-11-11
I decided against giving the book 4 stars because, while it represents a worthy achievement, it also has its warts.
Consisting entirely of tabular data, the book lists every attack claim and places it alongside the actual results--plenty of ore you'll be mining for a long time.
On the downside, a half-hearted translation leaves a platoon of opaque abbreviations--"le" for Latvian, "-DP" for passenger liner, etc--so be prepared to memorize the German shorthand.
A book of this nature should be more eager to stay open when you lay it flat on your desk to compare with your notes.
The author at times is overly dogmatic in cases of conflicting claims. On the flip side, the sparse textual content occasionally leaves matters unclear.
I am glad I made the purchase, but I suggest you do as I did--wait for a sale.
RAW DATA.......2001-09-11
I passed up this book in a 75% off bin in Ottawa recently.
At first I was very enthused,but when I saw the contents I passed. The book reads like a computer data printout.
The book may be for you if its your 25th WW2 sub book.
Bursting with data.......2000-07-15
This is a data-book, pure and simple. It contains details of each attack made by Allied submarines in the ETO (as the title suggests).
Information on each attack is: Date and time of attack (reported by submarine and target); Nationality of attacking submarine; Number or name of attacking submarine; Name of commanding officer of submarine; target type (as reported by the submarine, and actual); Tonnage of target (reported and actual); Result of the attack (reported and actual); Weapon used in attack; Position of attack (as reported by submarine and target); Nationality of attacked ship; Name of attacked ship.
There are also short notes on many of the attacks, expanding on the raw data.
The chapters are divided in to region (Arctic, Black Sea etc), and an index is provided of all submarines, commanding officers and attacked ships.
This book is a must-have for those interested in the raw data. If you're after a narrative then this book is certainly not for you.
apolitical point of rferement.......2000-04-09
This book, writed by a famous historian, is indicated at the people that are interested in date and number historical referement If you are a researcher of world war 2, this book is for you
Average customer rating:
- Reading that makes you think and smile
- "Lunch with a hero?", who wouldn't gobble this up!
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Table for Two, Please: Morsels of Inspiration and Wisdom over the Noon Hour
Manufacturer: Bookpartners
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
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ASIN: 1581510055 |
Book Description
Combine an invitation to lunch with a wish from the heart and you have a magical setting found within the covers of Table for Two, Please.
Who would you wish to share a meal with? That is the question posed to several hundred college students. Their answers are anything but predictable.
Table for Two, Please is a feast of inspirational insights and pearls of wisdom shared by some of the greatest and most humble people to walk the earth. Your table is ready. So, pull up a chair and get comfortable. Lunch is served.
Customer Reviews:
Reading that makes you think and smile.......1999-01-18
This is enjoyable because it makes one think, but can be picked up and put down whenever one has time. I keep it on the table next to the couch, and guests enjoy reading it, too.
"Lunch with a hero?", who wouldn't gobble this up!.......1998-08-22
Who among us doesn't have that secret desire to meet a hero, some famous persona, or a loved one who has passed on? How many of us have done it? This book is your passport to this extradordinary experience of touching some very special people. And, like the best of gothic mysteries, it may well have a surprise ending when you recieve the real wisdom they have to offer us. As a bonus, there's a "coupon" for that very lunch you may have wanted to have and couldn't figure out how to bring it about! Enjoy! Bon Appetite!
Average customer rating:
- Been through it, too.
- A young girl battles life in the name of Jesus
- A wonderful story of faith and hope amidst personal tragedy
- The tensions of hope and frustration of a dying child.
- Heart wrenching, powerful love story
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A Table For Two
Alisa Bair
Manufacturer: Good Books
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ASIN: 1561482188 |
Book Description
The mysteries of life and faith underlie this true story of a family losing its youngest member to cancer. As bewildering is the child_s extraordinary perception and her character, which take on shining power as her body loses strength. The book includes Kelly_s diary entries, her Christian family_s efforts to live as normally as possible, and, through it all, her mother_s persistent hope, faith, and love. Vividly written.
Customer Reviews:
Been through it, too........2001-12-15
After I lost my seven-year-old son Timmy to a brain tumor, I spent the first two months or so reading every book I got my hands on by other parents who had lost children. It was a type of therapy, I guess. Later, I found A Table For Two, and it has become one of my favorites because I can identify so strongly with Alisa's experience. This is a REAL book. It seems to me that these children who are destined for abbreviated lives are often specially graced with an unusually deep faith. It was true for my son and others as well as for Kelly. Thank you for writing the book, Alisa, I know how painful it was to relive the experience in order to do so. Rest assured that Kelly's memory is living on, and that her faith still speaks. I'd like to write our story too, someday.
A young girl battles life in the name of Jesus.......2000-03-22
A very well written saga of a young girl, Kelly Bair, and her quest to carry Jesus in her heart every remaining day of her life. Kelly's parents, family and friends are carried through life with a twist of events when their daughter and friend is diagnosed with a cancerous brain tumor.
The wondrous quality of this book is that readers discover there in no ending to this story of life that we lead - only a beginning. Little Kelly Bair is truly the missionary that she imagined herself to be. Her life story will bring more and more people to the Table for Two. Through Kelly, more will be able to dine with Jesus.
Recommended for the entire family. A very resourceful book for families coping with the death of a child.
A wonderful story of faith and hope amidst personal tragedy.......1999-07-22
Hat's off to Lisa for sharing this personal story in such an open, eloquent and touching manner. Although I was brought to tears frequently in reading this book, it touched me deeply and strengthened my own faith in God and my appreciation for every moment here on earth. I later found the audiobook at audible.com where the author reads the book personally... a great way to experience this story directly from the author's audible words. Highly recommended reading or listening!
The tensions of hope and frustration of a dying child........1999-04-05
This book is a mother's heartfelt experience of parenting her young daughter who has a brain tumor. Although we are encouraged by the faith and spiritual experiences of the child, we also cry with the mother who so wants to help her child through this difficult time. The book addresses the frustrations of dealing with hospitals and procedures, the joys of having the support of friends, family and sympathetic nurses, doctors and child life specialists and, probably most importantly, the way this family chose to talk to their child about death. This book is not trite and does not present just the "warm family memories" but allows us to see the ups and downs of dealing with this crushing disease. I would heartily recommend this book to anyone who has a child with a terminal disease or who has a friend with a child with a terminal disease.
Heart wrenching, powerful love story.......1999-02-16
As a mother, this book was painful to read but also heartwarming to finish. Often blinded by tears, I couldn't not finish this book. Thank you Lisa for having the courage to write this book as a testament to His great love. I have recommended it to all my friends.
Product Description
"Mostly Table Runners Two" contains patterns and designs for making 20 different table runners, including one made with yo-yo's, prairie points and a keepsake with hand prints. Patterns for many other table runners include log cabin, rail fence, pinwheel, basket, star patterns and more. Youll also find a handful of favorite recipes to enjoy while you quilt. Includes general instructions and templates.
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