false 12 229 180 true 5663465 read 7 true 3643889 currently-reading 42 true 3643888 to-read 0 false 4177071 to-the-lighthouse http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/103738-southwestern-chat Jenny made a comment in the What's Cookin' group:

Cranberry cheesecake sounds very good. They have been selling cheeses here with dried cranberries in them -- I tasted the cheddar and the goat cheese, both very good.

I make a black eyed pea soup for new years. My mother is from Texas and she felt the same way about black eyed peas and good luck. The soup is a bean and vegetable soup with a kick from fresh salsa stirred in before eating. The recipe is in one of Crescent Dragonwagon's cook books. ]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/81358447 A Christmas Carol (Hardcover) by Charles Dickens
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]]> http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/204205-food-writing-recommendations Jenny made a comment in the What's Cookin' group:

I love to read Laurie Colwin's books Home Cooking and More Home Cooking. To me, they are like visiting with a friend who loves to cook and tell stories. Her recipe for creamed spinach with jalapenos is very good, as is the gingerbread, and like her, I am a fan of eggplant and peppers cooked in olive oil with garlic and eaten out of the pan. ]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/78799002 to: Zeitoun (Hardcover) by Dave Eggers
I found this book much more readable and engaging than What is the What. At the same time, this is a much more disturbing book because it reveals just how fragile the freedoms that we take for granted as American citizens really are.

This is a powerful book about the aftermath of Katrina and an indictment of Bush era anti-terrorism policy. ]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/74875301 to: The Uses And Abuses Of History (Hardcover) by Margaret MacMillan
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