Miek Bruno & Kerry Sparks - "HELLO, MY NAME IS PABST"
If you're searching for maternity skinny jeans and craving artisanally-brined pickles and small-batch ice cream, chances are you're an alterna-parent-to-be and Miek Bruno and Kerry Sparks have the first-ever baby naming book just for you. Whether you're shouting for your child to come off the BPA-free playscape to enjoy his organic quinoa snack, or embroidering his name on your Free People diaper bag, you want a moniker that stands out. HELLO, MY NAME IS PABST: Baby Names for Nonconformist, Indie, Geeky, DIY, Hipster, and Alterna-Parents of Every Kind (Crown Archetype, October 23, 2012) is the ultimate guide for next-gen parents looking to find that distinctive name for their future indie rock star/ Def Jam poet/ abstract artist. Thematically arranging hundreds of über-cool names into hipster-oriented lists, HELLO, MY NAME IS PABST injects humor and fun into the otherwise exhausting baby-naming process. Bruno and Sparks provide the answers for anyone who has ever wondered about:
Rosanne Rust - "Hypertension Cookbook For Dummies"
Hypertension Cookbook For Dummies features 150 delicious and simple low sodium and low or non-fat recipes that avoid pre-packaged and processed food while remaining economical and easy to prepare. You'll get recipes for making delicious breakfast, lunch, dinner, easy on-the-go, and kid friendly recipes to suit any lifestyle, complemented by a full-color, 8-page insert exhibiting many of the book's recipes. Twenty-five percent of American adults have pre-hypertension—blood pressure numbers that are higher than normal, but not yet in the high blood pressure range. The recipes presented in Hypertension Cookbook For Dummies are not only for those currently diagnosed with high blood pressure, but those who are at risk.
•150 recipes that cover breakfast, lunch, dinner, and on-the-go meals
•Delicious meals for those who are at risk of high blood pressure
•Special considerations for on-the-go and kid-friendly meals
Hypertension Cookbook For Dummies shows you how to take charge of your blood pressure by making simple and surprisingly delicious changes to your diet.
Jenny Rosenstrach - World Pasta Day
The benefits behind making a pasta meal for today’s time crunched families. How pasta can help alleviate chaotic schedules because it’s versatile (52 percent), a quick go-to meal (51 percent) and allows for multitasking while it’s cooking (44 percent), meaning that families can spend more time catching up while their dinner is being prepared. Jenny Rosenstrach is the founding editor and blogger of dinneralovestory.com, author of Dinner: A Love Story (Ecco/HarperCollins), and the co-author of Time For Dinner (Chronicle). Jenny is a wife and mother of two whose goal is to help working parents manage their hectic lives and still be able to prepare a dinner for their families. Her book, along with her blog, includes tips and recipes on how to get families more involved in the dinnertime process and the importance of family dinners. Jenny’s work has appeared in a variety of online publications including Bon Appetite, Martha Stewart Living, Real Simple and New York Times.
