by Mark Christian | Aug 2, 2009 | Top Shelf |
Bookcase Location: TOP SHELF – Essential Get it Here Both an academic & popular title, True History is an authoritative social account of cacáo & a compendium of the tree’s rich lore & voyage from the Americas to global phenomenon. Literally &...
by Mark Christian | Aug 2, 2009 | Middle Shelf |
Bookcase Location: MIDDLE SHELF – Permanent Collection OK, the alliterative subtitle may be tripp-indued, but this book brings the facts & laughs. Chris Kilham is a medicine hunter, trekking the wilds in search of potions to return to civilization like a...
by Mark Christian | Aug 2, 2009 | Off The Shelf |
Bookcase Location: OFF-THE-SHELF: Book-Burners’ Fuel for the Bonfire Frou-frou from the doyenne of good taste – a li’l ol’ lacey brown & pink etiquette manual instructing the fine art of French-kissing your bonbons. How to spoon out ganache with...
by Mark Christian | Aug 2, 2009 | Off The Shelf |
Bookcase Location: OFF-THE-SHELF: Book-Burners’ Fuel for the Bonfire Great title – where’d that come from? The authors are first-rate cut ‘n paste artists (with the ‘interwebs’, who isn’t?). Unlike Ivy League students, who now consider it a minor technicality,...
by Mark Christian | Aug 2, 2009 | Bottom Shelf |
Bookcase Location: BOTTOM SHELF – Honorable Mention Oozes forth pinker & frothier than that staple of upmarket restaurants in the late 20th century – the molten chocolate cake. Easy to picture this guy laced up with the apron on, swirling & twirling...
