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Cookies for Christmas

by Sally Ketchum

If there were ever a time when people need shortcuts, the holidays are the time. So a cookie cookbook that has a substantial chapter on Sugarplum Shortcuts is a welcome time-saver. Consider baking three different cookies from one dough... Read More

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Alan Wong's New Wave Luau

by Sally Ketchum

One might call a book covering both Hawaiian and Hawaiian fusion cuisine a niche book, but Wong’s New Wave Luau is much more than an ethnic cookbook. It is a book for cooks and cookbook collectors, for lovers of beautiful food and for... Read More

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Fast Appetizers

by Sally Ketchum

Good things come in small packages, and well over 100 fresh recipes for appetizers neatly packaged in a slim, 10“ x 10“ cookbook is a pleasant thing indeed. Although the title suggests a less sophisticated book, and many of the... Read More

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Smart Love

by Sally Ketchum

One might wonder what elements make a parenting book deserving of a large publicity and advertising budget, a national radio campaign and a fourteen-city book tour. In the case of Smart Love, the elements are authors respected in... Read More

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Elders on Love

by Sally Ketchum

Elders on Love is a book that seeks to bring insights, people and generations together, and offers “love as the missing link,” but ends with diverse views. Rabbi Zalman M. Schachter-Shalomi (From Age-ing to Sage-ing author )... Read More

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Like it Is

by Sally Ketchum

In a comprehensive small book, physician Lieberman and public health expert Troccoli not only cover most of the sexual practices and mores of contemporary teens, but they also give much space, proportionately, to the critical subjects of... Read More

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Ending the War on Drugs

by Sally Ketchum

Ending the War on Drugs is a timely book since illegal drug use in America is currently a political hot potato. However, it is not a new issue. Eldredge, an admitted “white, conservative Republican,” sheds light on the complex... Read More

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