I listened to the audio version of this book on a road trip.While I was a bit overwhelmed with the long discussions of minute details of food preparation, I did enjoy the thought provoking statistics and motivational discussion of the health benefits of cooking at home.This was a great book for a...
I'll preface this review by mentioning that I have (or at least had) little to no interest in carpentry, woodworking, or even architecture. After having read the book, I can say that I seriously doubt people of those professions were in his target audience, though much of the content obviously f...
This is a marvellous book, which discusses the science, sociology, aesthetics and culture, relating to four plants.ApplesTulipsMarijuanaPotatoesBecause of who I am, the things that interested me most were the tulip and potato sections.With the first, he discusses the notorious obsession surroundi...
Do not be fooled by the serious-looking photo of the author on the back of the dust cover; instead look carefully at her eyebrows. One curves nicely and is well-behaved, the other arches out erratically towards her temple. Margery Fish has a wonderful sense of humor, especially when talking about...