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Pirates and Lost Treasure of Coastal Maine
by Greg LatimerThe little-known history of the pirates who roamed Maine’s rocky coast and remote islands—and what they left behind . . .Maine has never been regarded as a pirate haven—but only because witnesses were few and far between. With a rugged coast and more than four thousand offshore islands, Maine’s dark waters attracted sea raiders like Dixie Bull from the 1600s through colonial times. Pirate treasure still awaits discovery in Phippsburg and Machias, and pirate deceit prompted a massacre in ancient Fort Loyall. The infamous Captain Kidd may have prowled the waters off Deer Isle, while farther down the coast a woman and a bloodthirsty band of cutthroats lured ships to disaster at Isles of Shoals. In this colorful history featuring reenactment photos and other illustrations, award-winning investigative journalist Greg Latimer separates historical fact from fiction and leads readers on an adventure through the state’s foggy and treacherous past.
The Entrepreneur's Paradox: How to Overcome the 16 Pitfalls Along the Startup Journey
by Curtis J. Morley&“They don&’t teach these principles in business school. These lessons can only come from the entrepreneurial book of life.&” —Kevin Cope, author of the #1 Wall Street Journal bestseller Seeing the Big Picture What is the &“entrepreneur&’s paradox&”? Curtis Morley explains that the exact qualities that aid an individual in founding a startup company—brilliance and expertise—are what prevent them from realizing expected success. What starts as freedom and financial independence turns into grueling hours, stress, bills, and ultimately failure. This is the paradox that is entrepreneurship. Morley is here to show startup businesspersons how to achieve the golden rule of successful entrepreneurs—5x results. That&’s achieving five dollars in revenue for every dollar spent on marketing, advertising, sales, and any other growth expenses—a goal he himself has achieved and exceeded. By coaching clients on the sixteen pitfalls faced by all startups, he has promoted entrepreneurship development in multiple industries, sharpened skills, and revealed the keys to superior, next-level growth. This guidebook contains all you need to conquer the entrepreneur&’s paradox and put yourself on a defined pathway to business success, while avoiding pitfalls like: · Climbing without a map · Building not selling · Losing sight of culture &“Shows prospective business men and women how to reach their goals while creating a launchpad for a business.&” —Daily Herald &“The playbook for startup success.&” —Sean Covey, president of FranklinCovey and coauthor of the #1 Wall Street Journal bestseller The 4 Disciplines of Execution
Life: A User's Manual (Verba Mundi International Literature Series)
by Georges PerecThe renowned French author&’s modern masterpiece: &“one of the great novels of the century . . . on the level of Joyce, Proust, Mann, Kafka, and Nabokov&” (Boston Globe). Structured around a single moment in time—8:00 p.m. on June 23, 1975—Georges Perec&’s &“elaborate jigsaw puzzle of a novel&” begins in an apartment block in Paris where, chapter by chapter, room by room, a rich cast of characters is revealed in a series of tales that are bizarre, unlikely, moving, funny—and sometimes quite ordinary (Rolling Stone). From the confessions of a racing cyclist to the plans of an avenging murderer, from a young ethnographer obsessed with a Sumatran tribe to an eccentric English millionaire who has devised the ultimate pastime, Life: A User&’s Manual is a symphony of human irony, portraying the mixed marriages of fortunes, passions and despairs, betrayals and bereavements, of hundreds of lives in Paris and around the world. The apartment block&’s one hundred rooms are arranged in a magic square, and the book as a whole is peppered with a staggering range of literary puzzles and allusions, acrostics, and problems of chess and logic. All are there for the reader to solve.&“Those who have a taste for the unusual, for books that create worlds unto themselves, will be dazzled by this crazy-quilt monument to the imagination.&” —The New York Times Book Review
Bread Matters: The State of Modern Bread and a Definitive Guide to Baking Your Own
by Andrew Whitley“[Whitley] communicates from his heart how anyone can easily participate in the joys and rewards of the bread baking craft.” —Peter Reinhart, James Beard Award–winning author of The Bread Baker’s ApprenticeIn Bread Matters, Andrew Whitley, professional organic baker, founder of Bread Matters, and cofounder of the Real Bread Campaign, exposes the terrible state of modern commercial bread and shares his recipes for making great, nutritious bread at home.Using the skills he has amassed during more than twenty-five years as a professional bread baker, Whitley clearly explains the process in detailed discussions of the tools, ingredients, methods, and tricks of the breadmaking trade. He also offers more than fifty foolproof recipes for all types of bread, including yeast-free and gluten-free loaves, as well as uses for leftover crumbs once they’ve passed their prime.Bread Matters is an essential bread book for beginning and seasoned bakers alike. Once you see how easy it is to make your own delicious bread at home, you may never buy commercial bread again.“Now and then, a book about food is so revelatory, so shocking, that it is likely to change the industry. Andrew Whitley’s new book is such a work.” —The Daily Telegraph“What an important book; passionate and polemical and full of truth. The chapter too on gluten-free baking is original and inspiring.” —Sunday Telegraph and New Statesman“Whitley gets down to brass tacks about what exactly makes artisan bread healthier and tastier, then offers such alluring cases in point as arkatena from Cyprus . . . and dozens of others, both savory and sweet.” —Saveur
Crown Anthology: One Hundred Voices, Two Hundred Poems (Lost Poets)
by Analog de Leon & Gabriel SageTwo hundred poems of hope and empowerment in a time of tumult and darkness, from Instagram’s Lost Poets community. Crown Anthology is a new collection of verse from an online subculture of poets, with a foreword by Tyler Knott Gregson, one of the movement’s foremost authors. By celebrating self-love, self-worth, and empowerment, these two hundred poems examine life in a dynamic and transformative poetry compilation that speaks soft words reminding us that every soul is royal. Featuring a beautifully diverse and inspirational set of voices from around the world, which includes some of today’s most influential modern poets with additional contest winners chosen from 4,500 submissions, Crown Anthology is curated to be a light in the wild dark, illuminating the crown that exists in everyone.
Robin Takes 5: 500 Recipes, 5 Ingredients or Less, 500 Calories or Less, 5 Nights a Week at 5:00 PM
by Robin MillerThe host of Food Network’s Quick Fix Meals presents the ultimate cookbook for busy parents—featuring 500 fast, healthy, and delicious family dinners.It’s 5:00 PM. Everyone’s hungry. Do you order takeout? Do you resort to nuking a processed meal from the freezer? Let Robin Miller give you a better option—one that doesn’t include an unhealthy heap of calories and fat. With Robin Takes 5, you’ll be able to whip up a healthy and satisfying dinner for you and your family with just 5 fabulous ingredients.Robin Takes 5 features 500 recipes to choose from, and each one is a mouthwatering 500 calories or less. It includes seventy recipes just for chicken, such as Cashew Crusted Chicken with Roasted Jalapeno-Mango Chutney, and 50 dessert recipes, such as Orange Marmalade Tart with Chocolate Covered Almonds. Covering everything from soups, pizzas, and pastas, to chicken, beef, pork, seafood, side dishes, and desserts, this is the one cookbook you need to be armed for mealtime.
Witchcraft in Colonial Virginia
by Carson O. Hudson Jr.The Emmy Award–winning screenwriter &“examines spine-tingling tales in chapters called &‘The Beliefs,&’ &‘The Law,&’ &‘The Experts&’ and &‘The Witches&’&” (Bristol Herald Courier).While the Salem witch trials get the most notoriety, Virginia&’s witchcraft history dates back many years before that . . . Colonial Virginians shared a common belief in the supernatural with their northern neighbors. While the witchcraft mania that swept through Salem, Massachusetts, in 1692 was significant, fascination with it has tended to overshadow the historical records of other persecutions throughout early America. The 1626 case of Joan Wright, the first woman to be accused of witchcraft in British North America, began Virginia&’s own witch craze. Utilizing surviving records, author, local historian and screenwriter Carson Hudson narrates these fascinating stories.
Critical Literacy Practice: Applications of Critical Theory in Diverse Settings
by Bogum Yoon Rukhsar SharifThis edited book shows how critical literacy can be applied in and outside the classroom setting. It shows educators how critical theory is applied in practice using studies in diverse K-16 settings, kindergarten through university contexts. By providing specific examples of critical literacy practice in the classroom and beyond, the book aims to help teachers, researchers and teacher educators make clear connections between theory and practice in critical literacy.
Testing Software and Systems: 36th IFIP WG 6.1 International Conference, ICTSS 2024, London, UK, October 30 – November 1, 2024, Proceedings (Lecture Notes in Computer Science #15383)
by Héctor D. Menéndez Gema Bello-Orgaz Pepita Barnard John Robert Bautista Arya Farahi Santanu Dash DongGyun Han Sophie Fortz Victor Rodriguez-FernandezThis book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 36th IFIP WG 6.1 International Conference on Testing Software and Systems, ICTSS 2024, held in London, UK, during October 30–November 1, 2024. The 17 full papers and 5 short papers included in this book were carefully reviewed and selected from 40 submissions. They were organized in topical sections as follows: Best Paper Award; Industry and Challenge Tracks; Mutation Testing and Code Generation; Advancing Code Vulnerability Detection; Short Papers; Tutorial; Journal First; Health Track; Innovations in Software Testing and AI Compliance; Improving Software Testing Reliability and Advancements in Testing Methodologies.
Intelligent Robotics and Applications: 17th International Conference, ICIRA 2024, Xi'an, China, July 31 – August 2, 2024, Proceedings, Part VI (Lecture Notes in Computer Science #15206)
by Xuguang Lan Xuesong Mei Caigui Jiang Fei Zhao Zhiqiang TianThe 10-volume set LNAI 15201-15210 constitutes the proceedings of the 17th International Conference on Intelligent Robotics and Applications, ICIRA 2024, which took place in Xi’an, China, during July 31–August 2, 2024. The 321 full papers included in these proceedings were carefully reviewed and selected from 489 submissions. They were organized in topical sections as follows: Part I: Innovative Design and Performance Evaluation of Robot Mechanisms. Part II: Robot Perception and Machine Learning; Cognitive Intelligence and Security Control for Multi-domain Unmanned Vehicle Systems. Part III: Emerging Techniques for Intelligent Robots in Unstructured Environment; Soft Actuators and Sensors; and Advanced Intelligent and Flexible Sensor Technologies for Robotics. Part IV: Optimization and Intelligent Control of Underactuated Robotic Systems; and Technology and application of modular robots. Part V: Advanced actuation and intelligent control in medical robotics: Advancements in Machine Vision for Enhancing Human-Robot Interaction; and Hybrid Decision-making and Control for Intelligent Robots. Part VI: Advances in Marine Robotics; Visual, Linguistic, Affective Agents: Hybrid-augmented Agents for Robotics; and Wearable Robots for Assistance, Augmentation and Rehabilitation of human movements. Part VII: Integrating World Models for Enhanced Robotic Autonomy; Advanced Sensing and Control Technologies for Intelligent Human-Robot Interaction; and Mini-Invasive Robotics for In-Situ Manipulation. Part VIII: Robot Skill Learning and Transfer; Human-Robot Dynamic System: Learning, Modelling and Control; AI-Driven Smart Industrial Systems; and Natural Interaction and Coordinated Collaboration of Robots in Dynamic Unstructured Environments. Part IX: Robotics in Cooperative Manipulation, MultiSensor Fusion, and Multi-Robot Systems; Human-machine Co-adaptive Interface; Brain inspired intelligence for robotics; Planning, control and application of bionic novel concept robots; and Robust Perception for Safe Driving. Part X: AI Robot Technology for Healthcare as a Service; Computational Neuroscience and Cognitive Models for Adaptive Human-Robot Interactions; Dynamics and Perception of Human-Robot Hybrid Systems; and Robotics for Rehabilitation: Innovations, Challenges, and Future Directions.
Intelligent Robotics and Applications: 17th International Conference, ICIRA 2024, Xi'an, China, July 31 – August 2, 2024, Proceedings, Part IV (Lecture Notes in Computer Science #15204)
by Xuguang Lan Xuesong Mei Caigui Jiang Fei Zhao Zhiqiang TianThe 10-volume set LNAI 15201-15210 constitutes the proceedings of the 17th International Conference on Intelligent Robotics and Applications, ICIRA 2024, which took place in Xi’an, China, during July 31–August 2, 2024. The 321 full papers included in these proceedings were carefully reviewed and selected from 489 submissions. They were organized in topical sections as follows: Part I: Innovative Design and Performance Evaluation of Robot Mechanisms. Part II: Robot Perception and Machine Learning; Cognitive Intelligence and Security Control for Multi-domain Unmanned Vehicle Systems. Part III: Emerging Techniques for Intelligent Robots in Unstructured Environment; Soft Actuators and Sensors; and Advanced Intelligent and Flexible Sensor Technologies for Robotics. Part IV: Optimization and Intelligent Control of Underactuated Robotic Systems; and Technology and application of modular robots. Part V: Advanced actuation and intelligent control in medical robotics: Advancements in Machine Vision for Enhancing Human-Robot Interaction; and Hybrid Decision-making and Control for Intelligent Robots. Part VI: Advances in Marine Robotics; Visual, Linguistic, Affective Agents: Hybrid-augmented Agents for Robotics; and Wearable Robots for Assistance, Augmentation and Rehabilitation of human movements. Part VII: Integrating World Models for Enhanced Robotic Autonomy; Advanced Sensing and Control Technologies for Intelligent Human-Robot Interaction; and Mini-Invasive Robotics for In-Situ Manipulation. Part VIII: Robot Skill Learning and Transfer; Human-Robot Dynamic System: Learning, Modelling and Control; AI-Driven Smart Industrial Systems; and Natural Interaction and Coordinated Collaboration of Robots in Dynamic Unstructured Environments. Part IX: Robotics in Cooperative Manipulation, MultiSensor Fusion, and Multi-Robot Systems; Human-machine Co-adaptive Interface; Brain inspired intelligence for robotics; Planning, control and application of bionic novel concept robots; and Robust Perception for Safe Driving. Part X: AI Robot Technology for Healthcare as a Service; Computational Neuroscience and Cognitive Models for Adaptive Human-Robot Interactions; Dynamics and Perception of Human-Robot Hybrid Systems; and Robotics for Rehabilitation: Innovations, Challenges, and Future Directions.
Social Networks Analysis and Mining: 16th International Conference, ASONAM 2024, Rende, Italy, September 2–5, 2024, Proceedings, Part II (Lecture Notes in Computer Science #15212)
by Sabrina Gaito Luca Maria Aiello Tanmoy ChakrabortyThis LNCS conference 4-volume set constitutes the proceedings of the 16th International Conference on Social Networks Analysis and Mining, ASONAM 2024, in Rende, Italy, during September 2–5, 2024. The 33 full papers together with 36 short papers included in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from 167 submissions. The conference covers a wide spectrum of research contributions to the foundations and applications of social networks.
History of Religions, volume 64 number 2 (November 2024)
by History of ReligionsThis is volume 64 issue 2 of History of Religions. The first academic journal devoted exclusively to comparative religious history, History of Religions has set the standard for the study of religious phenomena from prehistory to modern times. HR publishes fresh and insightful scholarship that is engaged both with particular traditions, places, and times and also speaks to broader methodological and/or theoretical issues in the study of religion. It encourages critical conversations in the field with review articles and comprehensive book reviews by distinguished scholars.
Redesign Your Mind: The Breakthrough Program for Real Cognitive Change
by Eric Maisel&“Applying the metaphor of a complete &‘home rehab&’ to the mind, [Redesign Your Mind] presents an engaging series of visualization techniques.&” —Publishers Weekly Your mind is like a room that is yours to redesign—a space that you can declutter, air out, furnish, decorate, and turn into a truly congenial place. Today, cognitive-behavioral therapy and CBT techniques are the tools that help us do this. In this book, Dr. Eric Maisel, Ph.D. moves cognitive change a giant step forward by describing the room that is your mind and how human consciousness is experienced there. Packed with visualization exercises, this accessible guide makes redesigning your mind and changing what—and how—you think easy and simple, an upgrade to the CBT method that lets you promote cognitive growth, healing, and change. · Increase your creativity · Reduce your anxiety · Rid yourself of chronic depression · Recover from addiction · Heal from past trauma · Stop negativity, boredom, and self-sabotage · Overcome procrastination · Achieve emotional wellbeing
Making Faces in Fabric: Workshop with Melissa Averinos
by Melissa AverinosLearn appliqué techniques to create a face and add it to any textile craft project.Discover how to create freeform, raw-edge appliqué faces using Melissa Averinos’s fun, creative process. Melissa walks you through the process step by step, from a comprehensive lesson on drawing the face, to translating your sketch into fabric, to stabilizing the piece with stitching, to incorporating your stylized face into a finished project, whether it’s a pillow, tote, shirt, or stretched canvas! Learn how to make a variety of eyes, noses, lips, hair, and face shapes, as well as how to create facial features in just the right proportions. You’ll be amazed by how good the final portrait looks! • Personalize your fabric collage! Learn several different ways of creating facial features• Comprehensive lessons on fabric choices, color, and shading• Includes inspirational galleries of work from Melissa and her students
Brave New Quilts: 12 Projects Inspired by 20th-Century Art From Art Nouveau to Punk & Pop
by Kathreen RicketsonThe beloved quilt artist explores the use of line, color, motif, and text in this quilting guide featuring 12 projects inspired by modern art movements.Kathreen Ricketson was one of Australia’s most popular modern quilt artists and bloggers. In Brave New Quilts, she combines her fine art background with her love of craft to offer a series of quilts evoking the aesthetics of Art Deco, Bauhaus, Abstract Expressionism, and even Dada. Each chapter focuses on a different design principle with 3 quilt projects presented with 2 alternate design options.Kathreen shares a historical overview of each art movement, giving essential context to each project. A must-have for fans of the modern quilt movement, Brave New Quilts includes expert information on color, fabric selection, inspiration, and mood boards. A comprehensive appendix and in-depth information on tools and finishing techniques round out this inspiring book.
Edgar Allan Poe's Charleston
by Christopher Byrd DowneyAn in-depth history of Poe’s time spent in the South Carolina port city where he secretly enlisted in the United States Army.Edgar Allan Poe arrived in Charleston in November 1827 chased by storms, both literal and figurative. Some of the author’s previous indiscretions caused him to enlist in the U.S. Army six months earlier under the pseudonym Edgar A. Perry. The more than one year that Poe spent stationed at Fort Moultrie on Sullivan’s Island has been shrouded in mystery for nearly two centuries because Poe deliberately tried to hide his stint in the army. But despite Poe’s deceptions, the influences and impressions of the Lowcountry permeated his life and writing, providing the setting for Poe’s most popular and widely read short story during his lifetime, “The Gold-Bug,” and perhaps providing the inspiration for the real Annabel Lee. Author Christopher Byrd Downey details the hidden history of Poe in Charleston.
Playing with Patchwork & Sewing: 6 Blocks in 3 sizes, 18 Exciting Projects, Skill-building Techniques
by Nicole CalverPiece modern home decor and gifts with these 18 projects that can help build your skills.Are you a sewist who wants to break into quilting? Or a quilter who’d like to turn your blocks into something a little more dimensional? Take a walk on the wild side with eighteen projects that combine the best of both worlds! Create useful gifts and home decor, including bright modern quilts, a pencil case, notebook cover, market bag, and more. Plus, explore new skills with each project! Nicole shares simple instructions for basic patchwork, foundation piecing, English paper piecing, and an easy way to machine appliqué. Each block comes in three sizes, so you can practice new techniques with larger fabric cuts before moving on to smaller pieces.Stitch six blocks in mega, medium, and micro projects! Perfect for beginning quilters and more advanced sewistsLearn a new technique with a large-scale project, then try out the same block with smaller piecesSew modern quilts, striking pillows, table toppers, pincushions, and more useful handmade gifts
Shroom: Mind-bendingly Good Recipes for Cultivated and Wild Mushrooms
by Becky Selengut“Selengut cracks the code of every food lover’s favorite fungi, telling us how to . . . showcase them in recipes that will get stomachs rumbling.” —Joe Yonan, author of Cool BeansChosen as One of the Best Cookbooks of 2014 by NPRWe’re seeing a growing number of supermarkets and farmers markets displaying types of mushrooms that are leaving shoppers scratching their heads. Home cooks and chefs alike will need a book and an educated guide to walk them through the basics of cooking everything from portobellos and morels to chanterelles and the increasingly available, maitake, oyster, and beech mushrooms.In a voice that’s informed, but friendly and down-to-earth, Chef Becky Selengut’s Shroom is a book for anyone looking to add mushrooms to their food, find new ways to use mushrooms as part of a diet trending towards less meat, or diversify their repertoire with mushroom-accented recipes inspired from Indian, Thai, Vietnamese and Japanese cuisines, among others. Recipes include Maitake Tikka Masala, King Trumpet and Tomato Sandwiches with Spicy Mayo, and Hedgehog Mushrooms and Cheddar Grits with Fried Eggs and Tabasco Honey. Written in a humorous voice, Becky Selengut guides the home cook through 15 species-specific chapters on mushroom cookery with the same levity and expertise she brought to the topic of sustainable seafood in her IACP-nominated 2011 book Good Fish. Selengut’s wife and sommelier April Pogue once again teams up to provide wine pairings for each of the 75 recipes.“The recipes in Shroom are sure to put a pep in your step and guide you through the amazing variety of mushrooms awaiting the adventurous cook.” —Kevin Gillespie, author of Pure Pork Awesomeness
Gin Made Me Do It: 60 Beautifully Botanical Cocktails (Made Me Do It Ser.)
by Jassy DavisRecipes for gin cocktails that go way beyond the G&T—plus advice on choosing the perfect bottles for your bar.With origins dating back a millennium, when Benedictine monks started distilling juniper-scented spirits for medicinal purposes, gin is a passion for many—including blogger and cocktail maven Jassy Davis. In Gin Made Me Do It, Davis explains everything you need to know: how to choose the perfect bottle, mix the ultimate martini, and deliver delicious cocktails for every occasion. With colorful illustrations and fascinating dashes of history, this book is a delight for any gin aficionado who wants to mix up the perfect gin and tonic—or something more adventurous like a Yuzu Sour, a Shooting Star, or a Salty Sea Dog.
Prohibition New York City: Speakeasy Queen Texas Guinan, Blind Pigs, Drag Balls & More
by David Rosen“The drunken ’20s started roaring almost immediately, but they were loudest in Manhattan. David Rosen’s [book] has all the snazzy, jazzy details.” —NY Daily NewsTexas Guinan was the queen of New York’s speakeasies in the Roaring Twenties. Her clubs were backed by leading gangsters and welcomed some of the city’s biggest sharks and swankest swells. Movie stars, flappers, madams, musicians and more flocked to midtown’s “Wet Zone,” Greenwich Village and Harlem for inebriated entertainment. Patrons threw cultural norms aside as free-flowing hooch lubricated the jazz joints, sex circuses and drag balls that fueled the era’s insurgent spirit. At the center of the party was Texas with her trademark catchphrases and guarantee to have a good time. Author David Rosen recounts Texas’s adventurous life alongside tales of Gotham’s nightlife when abstinence was the law of the land and breaking the law an all-American indulgence.
Cooking with Herbs: 50 Simple Recipes for Fresh Flavor
by Lynn AlleyThis beautifully illustrated guide to growing and cooking with fresh herbs offers 50 recipes that showcase the flavor of basil, sage, mint, and more. Cooking teacher and best-selling cookbook author Lynn Alley shows you how to make the most of fresh herbs, from your own garden to your own table. With profiles on mint, dill, rosemary, thyme, parsley, tarragon, sage, basil, cilantro, and oregano, Lynn proves that fresh herbs are an easy way to add flavor without a lot of fuss—or a lot of fat.Cooking with Herbs features recipes for seasonings, spreads, and dressings, as well as mouthwatering dishes like Apple, Sage, and Hazelnut Rounds; Cheddar, Mustard, Garlic, and Chive Mac &‘n&’ Cheese; Polenta with Two Cheeses, Basil, and Oregano; Potatoes Rosti with Indian Flavors; Savory Tomato Sorbet with Tarragon, Chervil, and Parsley; and Deep Chocolate and Peppermint Cheesecakes. Lynn also offers easy tips and techniques for starting your own container herb garden, from picking your plants to choosing the perfect spot—even if you don&’t have a yard!
Shining: Ole Smoky Moonshine Family Cookbook
by Jessi BakerThe family behind Ole Smoky moonshine shares their favorite recipes, from moonshine chili to traditional Southern breads, creative cocktails, and more.When a change in Tennessee law finally made it legal to sell moonshine, Jessi and Joe Baker drew on their family’s rich history to start Ole Smokey Distillery. Ole Smoky moonshine is made with love for the Appalachian Mountains—and the home-style Southern food that goes with it. In Shining, Jessi Baker shares the history of Tennessee moonshining, as well as some of her family’s favorite recipes. While some recipes feature moonshine in creative ways, like Moonshine Eggnog or the Moonshine Bloody Mary, not all the recipes are boozy. Jessi shares classic Southern favorites like Skillet Cornbread and Wild Blackberry Cobbler, as well as salads, soups, steaks, and more.
Tequila Made Me Do It: 60 Tantalizing Tequila and Mezcal Cocktails
by Cecilia Rios Murrieta“An array of agave-based cocktails . . . introduces readers to the history and versatility behind spicy Tequila and smoky mezcal.” —The Spirits Business, “Unmissable Spirits Books for Spring 2020”Tequila—and its stage-stealing cousin mezcal—has become an internationally lauded addition to cocktail bars the world over. This enchantingly illustrated book will introduce you to the incredible world of agave-based cocktails, from the smooth and smoky to the citrus-infused.In Tequila Made Me Do It, none other than La Niña del Mezcal, Cecilia Rios Murrieta, will acquaint you with the engaging world of these Mexican spirits, teaching you everything you need to know about their history, production, and—most importantly—tips on mixing and imbibing marvelous classics and luscious innovations.From the traditional margarita and its hibiscus, Cadillac, and mezcalita brethren, to a wide range of delectable cocktails, such as the Oaxacan Dead and Levitation, the recipes in this book are fun to create—and even more fun to drink!“It’s only a small book but packs a lot of different recipes in, and definitely made me want to go one step beyond my usual standby recipes. It’s also a book you’ll enjoy reading for the little introductions to these agave cocktail recipes. And I love those colorful and lively illustrations!” —Travel Distilled“A fun book written by someone very passionate about the spirit with fantastic tequila recipes.” —Monsters & Critics
Nut Butter: Over 50 Clean and Simple Recipes to Fuel a Healthy Lifestyle
by Carolyn Cesario Julie SullivanThe cofounders of Ground Up share “the formulas to their grinds, espresso stout to cinnamon snickerdoodle, plus ways to use them beyond toast” (Portland Monthly).Nut Butter is a guide for those looking to make their own nut butters, as well as to incorporate more nut butter into your life in a healthy way. After making countless nut butters over the years, from some major hits (Cinnamon Snickerdoodle was a happy accident) to some, well . . . odder, concoctions (don’t ever make balsamic nut butter!), Julie and Carolyn share their wisdom so that you can make the perfect nut butter at home, too. All recipes will be peanut-free, gluten-free, dairy-free and refined sugar-free . . . but they’re so delicious that you wouldn’t even know it! You’ll come away with the tools and know-how to make your own nut butters, as well as some helpful tips and recipes on how to use nut butters in your everyday cooking. But more than that, you’ll feel less intimidated to start preparing healthy and delicious food. Food that fuels your body and makes you feel great!“Profusely illustrated and comprised of fifty palate-pleasing, appetite-satisfying, kitchen cook-friendly recipes that celebrate and showcase nut butters.” —The Midwest Book Review