Not only a wonderful cookbook, but an informative and charming look at a nut I had only heard about in song. Annie first tells us about the history of the chestnut, its "relatives" and its many uses. I was surprised at how nutritionally complete the chesnut is, and how low in fat it is. The cookbook is filled with delicious ways to use this versatile nut and is wonderfully illustrated throughout with drawings by Annie. I highly recommend buying this book, whether it is to add to your collection, or to learn more about a forgotten food source.

Chicago is rich with genealogy records but if one does not live in or near this vast city it is very hard to obtain those records.

This book, however, has helped me immensely with the research of my husband's Irish Chicago ancestors - what to look for, where to look, where to write. Besides giving a brief history of Chicago and its records, it includes information about the great fire and the destruction of the vast number of public records. But then it gives hints on what to look for when these records are needed by the genealogist and what can be used instead.

The book is chock full of information of libraries, depositories, collections, addresses - everything the genealogist needs to research the City of Chicago.

Be sure to get the most updated version because addresses and prices do change.

I used to frequent Carl's Pagoda Restaurant in Chinatown in Boston. This was the best of all the restaurants in Chinatown. Carl Seetoo was a master chef and took great pride in the freshness of his ingredients and the personal presentation of his unique culinary delights. His clientelle was wealthy and extremely sophisticated. No Pu Pu Platters at this place. No menus either. I always would bring Carl a wine opener or captain's knife as a little gift when I dined there with my wife (in the 1980's). One evening I brought in my well-used copy of Wallace Yee Hong's "Chinese Cook Book". Carl and his wife spent 2 hours copying recipes like mad from this little book. I could not believe how amazed and thrilled they were about finding long-lost recipes and techniques contained in this old book.

The author, Susan Bollin has put together the most exciting collection of salsa recipes yet available in print. There are salsas listed for every concievable use. This book is a gem for many reasons. First, there is no sifting through recipes on any other subjects, it's just salsa. The specialty items needed to put the recipes together are clearly explained. Lastly, and most important, the recipes work. Follow her instructions and you will have a great product!

This book was written by my mother many years ago. Although she is no longer with us, the book is. I've recently reprinted a limited run and will continue to reprint as needed. Ask Amazon.com to contact me for a new copy if you can't find a used copy around. It's a great cookbook that people keep calling us about, which is why we reprinted it.

Alex Hiam

I used to check this book out constantly from the library on the local Army base. Chow provides a look at cooking in the field in mass quantity. The author provides an overview of military cooking from a historical viewpoint and includes many recipes. It is interesting to see how to cook for 400 people at one time. This is great reading for those interested in cooking and military history. This book SHOULD be reprinted.

E. Hampden Cook does a great job in presenting the case for covenant eschatology. After being out of print for about 100 years, this book will bring a fresh perspective to the landscape of eschatology, which is today litered with the dispensationalism's left behind trash. With numerous references to James Stuart Russell's excellent book The Parousia, Cook brings even more arguments to the table, and acknowledges in his prefaces to the second and third editions that he adjusted his position on several issues related to eschatology, and emphasizes how important it is for a believer to understand eschatology properly. A proper understanding of covenant eschatology will dictate a christian's decisions regarding politics, society, culture, family...etc. While I do not agree with all his conclusions, this book is an excellent primer for everyone interested in what the Bible actually says about "end times" and the so-called "end of the world."

What a treat this book is! I first came across it in my local public library years ago and was instantly captivated. Confections to drool over just viewing the marvelous photos alone. Mr. Weaver is one of the best at not only supplying us with tantalizing historical recipes, but also including a detailed, interesting history behind each one. Syllabub anyone? This book is definitely a feast for the senses!

THE CHYMICAL COOK: A True Account of
Mystical Initiation in the Georgia Woods,
by Jay Bremyer (Station Hill Openings/
Barrytown, LTD., 1996)

In the summer of 1969, thinking to
attend a yoga workshop, Jay and Sara drive to
Georgia, which sets the stage for their
adventure by dropping them from their Kansas,
university student, '60s activist lifestyle,
right into the redneck South of the time.
Synchronicities begin to erupt in every
direction, and they encounter a quirky sprite
of a woman, Elsie, who quickly draws them in
to the idea they need to spend some time with
her. They return home, gather some friends,
and come into Elsie's mystical circle for a
life-changing experience.

With her ear cocked to inaudible
voices, she exposes them to riddles, to
paradox, to true magic, to great good humor.
They are transported to other realities,
challenged to understand and grow, confused
and confounded. She feeds them well, seems to
be everywhere they individually happen to be,
and gives them simple chores fraught with
meaning. She urges them to look at all they
encountered for the hidden messages.

Bremyer writes this true account in a
compelling, fast-moving, poetic waterfall
prose, a particular style that urges the
reader to see the layer upon layer of meaning
skillfully tucked in between the words. The
book is one that begs multiple readings, and
is likely to be ear-marked and underlined and
annotated, and returned to again and again.
The magic of this book is that for every
question answered, two more arise, and the
reader is invited to actively partake and
participate in the juicy great mystery openly
available to all.

The Chymical Cook is a golden read,
one from the pots of the successful alchemist.

__ Jan Thatcher Adams
Whole Health Editor of The Edge,
Exploring the Evolution of Consciousness

(Excerpted from "Seeds of wisdom sown with
Bremyer's Chymical Cook" which appeared in
the February, 1997 issue of The Edge.)

I cannot recommend this book highly enough, it has an incredible wealth of information for any student of Film or Multi-media studies, but it is written so well that an understanding of academic jargon is not necessary. After much research I found this book in the University Library, if I was allowed only one reference in formulating my essays I would unhesitatingly use this book and no other. Considering the breath it covers it still manages to give more than a surface analysis. Starting from the early beginnings of film it then moves on to an informative and succinct explanation of Classical Hollywood cinema; it then has a chapter on technology; followed by an analysis of the national cinemas & film movements of Germany, the Soviet Union, Italian Neo-realism etc etc; it then gives cinematic alternatives to classic Hollywood narration, such as the New Hollywood and avante guarde; there is a lengthy section on film genre which starts with "The History of Genre Criticism; the "auteur" film is another lengthy section full of interesting bits, for example "auteur theory and British cinema"; it then concludes with a chapter on Theoretical Frameworks. At the end there is an extensive Bibliography and an Index. What this book doesn't say about cinema, isn't worth saying! I desperately want this book! Borrowing it from the Library just isn't the same!