For
my monthly newspaper book review column in the Senior News Newspaper, I try to make sure to choose one fiction and
one nonfiction book in the hopes of interesting more readers. Cookbooks are
very popular so I included one as well as the latest mystery in a very good
series. Included below are the relevant book covers for my June 2014 column…
Stuffed: The Ultimate Comfort Food
Book-- Taking Your Favorite Foods
And Stuffing Them To Make New, Different And Delicious Meals
Dan Whalen
ISBN# 978-1-62414-011-2
Paperback
208 Pages
Have you ever thought about combining two different foods into one super food? Like putting a cheeseburger inside a ravioli? “Cheeseburger Ravioli Burger” looks really good and the recipe is here on pages 84-85. Or, maybe you have a craving for something like “Lobster Stuffed Fried Mac and Cheese Balls” (pages 94-95) or a “Mac and Cheese Stuffed Burger” (pages 100-101). The culinary possibilities are intriguing and quite varied in Stuffed: The Ultimate Comfort Food Book by Dan Whalen.
After a brief and
interesting introduction the book is broken into six chapters featuring lots of
possibilities. Each recipe has an ingredient list and directions, the number of
portions it makes, a heat scale as to flavor, and a “Pig-Out” scale as how
gluttonous you feel. There are not any specifics regarding fats, salts, etc.,
as the ratings are more of an unspecified personal scale. Some recipes have
pictures, but most do not. This same format continues throughout the book and
features recipes that are designed for those who do not have dietary
restrictions and are open to experimentation.
Wrecked
Tricia Fields
Minotaur Books (Thomas Dunne Book)
ISBN# 978-1-250-02137-3
Hardback (also available in e-book
and audio)
320 Pages
The series that began with the award winning, The Territory, and continued in Scratchgravel Road, continues in the recently released Wrecked. While this novel could be read as a standalone, because of the numerous and often spoiler references to the two prior books scattered throughout this novel, readers who have not read this series would be prudent to start at the beginning.
Deep in southwest Texas in
the Big Bend region sits the small town of Artemis, Texas. A small border town
where folks struggle to survive despite the economy of the region as well as
the violence that occasionally spills across the border into Texas. Chief of
Police Josie Gray knows firsthand about the violence that comes across the
border and is about to again as her boyfriend, Dillon Reese, will be taken.
While the previous books
were more police procedural oriented, this one is considerably more
psychological suspense as it shifts through the various character viewpoints. The
primary focus is on what Dillon’s disappearance does to Chief Gray and others
as well as what being kidnapped does to Dillon. Despite the occasionally
travelogue feel to the series, the reads are complex and feature realistic
characters and multiple interesting storylines. As noted, this is one of those
series best read in order from the beginning.
Kevin R Tipple ©2014
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