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Rick
Rodgers - "The Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad Sixties Cookbook"
In a nutshell: Given the success of the hit TV series "Mad
Men," it's a wonder that it's taken this long for a retro cookbook
celebrating 1960s cookery to come out. This collection of 100 recipes has the
sort of dips, Jell-O salads and fondues that evoke the era of mini skirts and
Motown hits -- plus, of course, cocktails. The cookbook's design features the
avocado and sunflower hues that dominated kitchen decor then, with typography
that looks like it could have come from a Don Draper-led ad campaign. Take a
taste: Oysters Rockefeller; Crab Rangoon; Deviled Eggs; Piggies in Blankets;
Beef Wellington; Chicken Divan; Soused Grasshopper Pie; Daiquiri Lime and
Gelatin Mold; Strawberries Romanoff. What's hot: The first chapter is a guide
to partying like a playboy -- a smart move, given that most of these recipes
are designed for kitschy theme parties; suggested menus include CD playlists to
complete the groovy mood.
Jenny
Rosenstrach - "DINNER: A LOVE STORY"
For 14
years, Jenny Rosenstrach has recorded everything she had for dinner in a diary.
From dating the man who would become her husband, to getting married and having
two daughters, she has tried to make dinner a priority no matter what is
happening in her life. Inspired by her blog, DinnerALoveStory.com, a practical,
readable, inspiring mix of recipes and stories from a dinnertime doyenne that
will be indispensable in the kitchen and impossible to put down even after
you're done cooking. Jenny and her husband Andy regularly, some might say
pathologically, cook dinner for their family every night. Even when they work
long days. Even when their kids’ schedules pull them in eighteen different
directions. They are not super-human. They are not from another planet. With
simple strategies and common sense, Jenny figured out how to break down
dinner—the food, the timing, the anxiety, from prep to clean-up—so that her
family could enjoy good food, time to unwind, and simply be together. She
shares what she knows on her blog, Dinner: A Love Story—which launched in early
2010 to immediate and overwhelming popularity—and now the book, bringing all
the best elements of the website together with new recipes, photos and
illustrations. Using the same straight-up, inspiring voice that her blog
readers have come to count on her for, Jenny never judges, never preaches, and
never cites any studies about family dinner that ultimately make all of us feel
bad. Every meal she dishes up is a real meal— that is, a meal that actually
happened, a meal that has been cooked and eaten and enjoyed at least a half
dozen times by someone in Jenny’s house. (And up to three dozen times in the
case of Andy’s now legendary pork ragu.).
Executive
Chef Sepi Kashanian – "MotherOrganica"
Sepi
Kashanian is the Executive Chef and Founder of MotherOrganica, an in-home food
delivery company in Los Angeles. She has taken her formal training in French
Culinary, at the renowned Paul Bocuse Culinary Institute in France, and
incorporated it with her sustainable lifestyle to effect change in her
community and inspire others to live healthier. MotherOrganica offers a
food club (in-home catering program) where they deliver organic, plant-based
food, directly to your home twice a week. All about sustainable living, Chef
Sepi also educates her clients on how to have a healthier lifestyle…from how to
shop, how to prepare food, and how to incorporate a plant-based diet!
Chef Sepi is all about crafting with compassion! Her food comes from
local farmers markets so she can give back to the community. She also
eliminates the use of animal products to promote better health and a better
environment. As part of her mission to support the awareness of a plant-based,
organic, local food diet, Chef Sepi also provides vegan food consulting to
individuals and businesses (restaurants, caterers, other chefs) on a donation-only
basis. Whether you want in-home catering, cooking classes, or have a private
event, Chef Sepi will exceed your expectations. MotherOrganica services
the greater Los Angeles area as well as the San Fernando Valley. www.motherorganica.com
In a nutshell: Given the success of the hit TV series "Mad
Men," it's a wonder that it's taken this long for a retro cookbook
celebrating 1960s cookery to come out. This collection of 100 recipes has the
sort of dips, Jell-O salads and fondues that evoke the era of mini skirts and
Motown hits -- plus, of course, cocktails. The cookbook's design features the
avocado and sunflower hues that dominated kitchen decor then, with typography
that looks like it could have come from a Don Draper-led ad campaign. Take a
taste: Oysters Rockefeller; Crab Rangoon; Deviled Eggs; Piggies in Blankets;
Beef Wellington; Chicken Divan; Soused Grasshopper Pie; Daiquiri Lime and
Gelatin Mold; Strawberries Romanoff. What's hot: The first chapter is a guide
to partying like a playboy -- a smart move, given that most of these recipes
are designed for kitschy theme parties; suggested menus include CD playlists to
complete the groovy mood. 
