Nonfiction Book Reviews
Page Two of TwoLord Krishna's Cuisine: The Art of Indian Vegetarian Cooking by Yamuna Devi
Dutton, May 1999.Hardcover, 799 pages.
ISBN: 0525245642.
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Indian vegetarian cooking is brought to your
kitchen in this well-researched cookbook featuring
over 500 recipes. Each recipe has been
carefully adapted to American kitchens so that
the ingredients will be available at local
grocery stores. Author Yumani Devi, who
won the IACP cookbook of the year award
for her first book, Lord Krishna's Cuisine,
includes interesting anecdotes and personal experiences
from her travels in India.
Recipes in the book cover appetizers, soups, salads,
breads, rice, light meals, beverages and sweets.
The recipe listings include cooking instruction, ingredients,
and serving tips. Some recipes are also enhanced with
information about the recipe's
origin and original illustrations.
Highlights of some of the recipes from the cookbook
include: rice and cauliflower pilaf, mung dal soup,
griddle-baked sourdough bread, spicy okra with coconut,
eggplant fritters, stuffed okra, ghee, panir cheese,
steamed split-pea dumplings, pan-fried chenna cheese patties
with poppy seeds, crisp lotus root salad, fresh coconut and
mint chutney, hot green chili sauce, spicy guava jam,
pakoras (vegetable fritters), kachori, zucchini kofta, herbed potato patties,
simply wonderfuls, pistachio milk fudge, lemon-lime cheese fudge,
rich rice pudding, broiled bananas with toasted almonds,
gingered watermelon cooler, papaya yogurt shake, five-nectar milk bowl
and spiced apple cider cup.
A valuable section entitled "A-Z general information"
acts as an encyclopedia of Indian food,
cooking techniques and cooking tools.
The Art of Indian Vegetarian Cooking is a
detailed and appealing guide to cooking Indian
vegetarian food. Highly recommended for lovers
of Indian cooking.
A People's History of the Supreme Court by Peter Irons
Viking, September 1999.Hardcover, 542 pages.
ISBN: 0670870064.
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This historical reference recounts
selected Supreme Court cases from 1787 to
the present.
In the retelling of the cases the book brings
to life the people involved including the
Supreme Court justices, the lawyers
and the ordinary people involved, some of whom
became well-known names such as Dred Scott,
Homer Plessy, Lillian Gobitas, Harry Briggs, Norma McCovey
and Michael Hardwick.
The cases also illustrate the
complex social and political issues at stake,
including issues of race and religion.
Also included in the book is the text
of the United States Constitution, a list
of all the Justices of the Supreme Court with
their positions, appointing president and years
of service and suggested sources for further reading.
Peter Irons, a lawyer, historian and
member of the Supreme Court Bar,
has done an excellent job of reviving these great
historical decisions and capturing the emotional and
political landscape of each case. History buffs will
enjoy A People's History of the Supreme Court,
as will others interested in the
history of our nation's highest court.
The Van Halen Encyclopedia by C.J. Chilvers
Malpractice Publishing, 1999.Hardcover, 318 pages.
ISBN: 0966753909.
Ordering information:
Amazon.com.
Van Halen fans will cherish
this encyclopedia of Van Halen's
music and history. The book
begins with a list of Van Halen albums,
plus albums by related bands and
solo-acts including: David Lee Roth,
Sammy Hagar, Extreme and others.
The next section is a comprehensive
timeline of significant Van Halen
events and happenings. The main
part of the book is the A-Z
encyclopedia section which
provides information about song titles, tours,
nick names, love interests, music
teachers, tattoists, and anything
or anyone else having to do with
Van Halen. The final section in
the book provides listings for all
of the bands live tours, including
dates, locations, opening acts and
live recordings.
The Van Halen Encyclopedia
contains a plethora of Van Halen
statistics, timelines and
information. Great for
Van Halen fans and music
buffs.
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