Wednesday, January 25, 2012

Cookbooks

The cook's illustrated cookbook: 2,000 recipes from 20 years of America's most trusted food magazine ( 641.5973 Coo )


Summary
With more than a million paid readers, Cook's Illustrated has stood the test of time and distinguished itself among the pack by having a singular focus--developing recipes that work the first time and every time; it's as simple as that. For the first time since the magazine's inception, more than 2000 of Cook's Illustrated's landmark recipes have been carefully compiled into a wide-ranging compendium that shows you how to make your favorite dishes better. A must-own collection for fans of Cook's Illustrated magazine and any discerning cook, The Cook's Illustrated Cookbook will keep you cooking for a living and guarantees impeccable results.

Your time to bake, by Blakeslee, Robert L ( 641.815 Bla )

Summary
Best-selling author and talented cook Robert Blakeslee has done it again. In Your Time to Cook , Robert crafted a true first cookbook that teaches kitchen basics and cooking fundamentals. Now, with Your Time to Bake , he has taken the same comprehensive approach to turn non-bakers into successful creators of cakes, cookies, pies, and other delectable baked goods. The book begins with helpful information on baking essentials-ingredients, equipment, and common baking techniques and terms. A fantastic array of easy-to-prepare recipes follows, including a delectable assortment of cookies, brownies, pies and tarts, cheesecakes, muffins, quick breads, and puff pastry creations, as well as luscious frostings, fillings, and toppings. Each recipe includes step-by-step instructions accompanied by beautiful fullcolor photos to ensure that even the most inexperienced baker enjoys success every time. A chapter devoted entirely to decorating techniques guides you in putting the icing on the cake-as well as the frosting, edible fondant flowers, and much, much more. Here is the perfect blend of instruction, advice, and humor to make the art of baking both easy and enjoyable.

Thursday, January 19, 2012

New E-books ( January 2012 RCLS )


The RCLS now has the following new e-books. Please click on one of the titles to reserve.

16 Lighthouse Road, by Debbie Macomber
1984, by George Orwell
77 Shadow Street, by Dean Koontz
All Fall Down, by Megan Hart
All She Ever Wanted, by Barbara Freethy
The Art of Deception, by Nora Roberts
Ascension, by Christie Golden
Awaken the Highland Warrior, by Anita Clenney
Barney's Version, by Mordecai Richler
Birthright, by Nora Roberts
Black Rose, by Nora Roberts
Blue Smoke, by Nora Roberts
Born in Ice, by Nora Roberts
Born in Shame, by Nora Roberts
Captive Star, by Nora Roberts
Carolina Moon, by Nora Roberts
Chesapeake Blue, by Nora Roberts
The City of Ember, by Jeanne DuPrau
Considering Kate, by Nora Roberts
Convincing Alex, by Nora Roberts
Cool, Calm & Contentious, by Merrill Markoe
Dance Upon the Air, by Nora Roberts
Daniel's Gift, by Barbara Freethy
Daring to Dream, by Nora Roberts
The Devil in Pew Number Seven, by Rebecca Nichols Alonzo
Dreaming of Mr. Darcy, by Victoria Connelly
The End of Wall Street, by Roger Lowenstein
Face the Fire, by Nora Roberts
Feed, by M. T. Anderson
Finding the Dream, by Nora Roberts
The Forgotten Affairs of Youth, by Alexander Mccall Smith
Fraternity, by Diane Brady
From the Heart, by Nora Roberts
The Gilder, by Kathryn Kay
Glock, by Paul M. Barrett
Graceling, by Kristin Cashore
Heaven and Earth, by Nora Roberts
Hidden Riches, by Nora Roberts
Hidden Summit, by Robyn Carr
Holding the Dream, by Nora Roberts
The Innocent, by Taylor Stevens
The Irish Born Trilogy, by Nora Roberts
The Iron Knight, by Julie Kagawa
Lakeside Cottage, by Susan Wiggs
The Last Olympian, by Rick Riordan
The Leopard , Jo Nesbo
Life As We Knew It, by Susan Beth Pfeffer
A Little Fate, by Nora Roberts
A Little Magic, by Nora Roberts
Love Will Find a Way, by Barbara Freethy
Lover's Leap, by Emily March
The Magician's Elephant, by Kate DiCamillo, Yoko Tanaka
The Maze Runner, by James Dashner
The Moonlit Mind (Novella), by Dean Koontz
The Next Always, by Nora Roberts
Once Upon a Star, by Nora Roberts, Jill Gregory
One Summer, by Nora Roberts
Only Mine, by Susan Mallery
The Orphan Master's Son, by Adam Johnson
Out of My Later Years, by Albert Einstein
The Prague Cemetery, by Umberto Eco, Richard Dixon
Private Scandals, by Nora Roberts
Remember When, by Nora Roberts
The Rescue, by Nicholas Sparks
Rules of Civility, by Amor Towles
Sacred Evil, by Heather Graham
Salt, by Mark Kurlansky

Health Books

Our Bodies, Ourselves
Edition: 40th anniversary ed.
( 613.0424 Our )
Summary
This updated edition contains vital new information on such issues as the HPV vaccine, changes in the healthcare system, cosmetic surgery, violence against women, healthcare activism in the 21st century, and much more. It will tie in closely to the group's Web site, one of the leading online women's health resources. 848 pp. 75,000 print.

The South Beach Wake-up Call, by Agatston, Arthur. ( 613.712 Aga )

Publisher's Weekly Review
Rather than writing a sequel touting his best-selling book, The South Beach Diet, cardiologist Agatston addresses additional facets of Americans' unhealthy lifestyles. Readers will recognize many of the foibles discussed here: sloppy food shopping, shortchanging sleep, and casual parenting among them. Plenty of stats support Agatston's contentions and colorful warnings abound: "Medical advances are showing us that our vessels and organs are rusting in a manner similar to a poorly maintained vehicle." Agatston offers testimonials from those winning the health battles and presents a riveting chapter on gluten that serves as a veritable expose on unrefined grains. The latter part of the book provides strategies to reverse a toxic lifestyle, a master shopping list for a healthy diet, and a number of recipes-some delicious, some not so much.

Tuesday, January 17, 2012

Cookbooks


Deliciously G-free, by Hasselbeck, Elisabeth. ( 641.3 Has )
Summary
A decade ago, Hasselbeck, co-host of ABC's "The View," was diagnosed with celiac disease, and the family recipes she grew up with suddenly became strictly off-limits. Or so she thought. Getting rid of gluten, however, doesn't have to mean giving up taste. "Deliciously G-Free" combines Hasselbeck's knowledge for healthy living and passion for tasty food to bring readers 100 delectable, easy-to-make, and family friendly gluten-free recipes.

Easy Chinese Recipes, by Low, Bee Yinn. ( 641.5951 Low )
Summary
Growing up in a Chinese household in Malaysia where cuisine and culture were inseparable, Bee Yinn Low developed a deep love and appreciation for food. Her early memories of helping her mother prepare steamy and fragrant Chinese meals solidified into a way of life for Bee as a working woman in Southern California. A love of Chinese food didn't translate well to a modern Western lifestyle due to time and ingredient constraints. Rather than give up her favorite foods, Bee experimented with recreating the unforgettable flavors of her youth with her limited time and using ingredients found in local supermarkets. She managed to develop versions of her favorite Chinese dishes that had all the taste--but were a lot less work!

Thursday, January 12, 2012

New E-books ( January )



The Orangeburg Library now has the following new e-books. Please click on one of the titles to reserve.

Explosive Eighteen, by Janet Evanovich
Hotel Vendome, by Danielle Steel
The Litigators, by John Grisham
Abduction, by Robin Cook
The Art of Deception, by Nora Roberts
The Bronzed Hawk, by Iris Johansen


Wednesday, January 11, 2012

Cookbooks


Kosher revolution, by Hockerman, Geila ( 641.5676 Hoc )

Summary
Thanks to the availability of sophisticated kosher ingredients and food-savvy kosher cookbooks, kosher cooks are able to cook any kosher recipe at home. No cookbook, however, has taken the logical next step-to show cooks how to make any recipe kosher with nothing lost in the translation. Kosher Revolution does-with recipes in each chapter arranged from basic to neo-kosher, so as you cook through the book, you'll be building skills and refining techniques. With a handy chart for exchange info at-a-glance, Kosher Revolution promises to breathe new life into your kosher kitchen.


FRENCH SLOW COOKER, by Scicolone, Michele ( 641.5884 Sci )

Summary
With a slow cooker, even novices can turn out dishes that taste as though they came straight out of the kitchen of a French grandmère. Provençal vegetable soup. Red-wine braised beef with mushrooms. Chicken with forty cloves of garlic. Even bouillabaisse. The French Slow Cooker makes all of these as simple as setting the timer and walking away. Michele Scicolone, who showed home cooks how to prepare extraordinary Italian fare in the slow cooker, now does the same for the French classics, adapting dishes from her travels all across France so they can be made with a fraction of the effort. Scicolone gives plenty of tips for coaxing the utmost out of every dish while keeping the flavours fresh. And she goes far beyond the usual slow-cooker standbys of soups and stews. How about Slow-Cooked Salmon with Lemon and Green Olives, Crispy Duck Confit, Goat Cheese and Walnut Soufflé, and for dessert, Ginger Crème Brûlée? With The French Slow Cooker, the results are always magnifique.

Tuesday, January 10, 2012

NY TIMES BEST SELLERS



The Orangeburg Library now has the following titles which are New York Times Best Sellers.

Fiction
1. 77 SHADOW STREET, by Dean Koontz.
A 19th-century tycoon’s mansion has been turned into luxury apartments, but it remains in the grip of evil forces.

2. 11/22/63, by Stephen King.
An English teacher travels back to 1958 by way of a time portal in a Maine diner. His assignment is to stop Lee Harvey Oswald.

3. DEATH COMES TO PEMBERLEY, by P. D. James.
Elizabeth Bennet and her husband, Darcy, of "Pride and Prejudice," marry, must deal with a murder.

4. LOCKED ON, by Tom Clancy with Mark Greaney.
Jack Ryan Jr. must stop an emerging threat from a Pakistani general.

5. KILL ALEX CROSS, by James Patterson.
Alex Cross investigates when the president’s children are kidnapped, but the F.BI. and C.I.A. stand in his way.

6. THE LITIGATORS, by John Grisham.
Partners in a small law firm take on a big case.

7. THE BEST OF ME, by Nicholas Sparks.
Twenty-five years after their high school romance ended, a man and woman return to their North Carolina town.

8. RED MIST, by Patricia Cornwell.
The chief medical examiner Kay Scarpetta investigates a string of killings linked to the murder of her former deputy.

9. THE GIRL WHO KICKED THE HORNET’S NEST, by Stieg Larsson.
The third volume of the Millennium trilogy, about a Swedish hacker and a journalist.

10. EXPLOSIVE EIGHTEEN, by Janet Evanovich.
After a disastrous vacation in Hawaii, Stephanie Plum becomes the target of an international killer.

11. DOWN THE DARKEST ROAD, by Tami Hoag.
The residents of a California town in the mid-’80s continue to grapple with a killer; the third book in a series.

12. THE DROP, by Michael Connelly.
Harry Bosch of the L.A.P.D. uncovers both the operations of a sadistic killer and a political conspiracy.

13. MICRO, by Michael Crichton and Richard Preston.
Graduate students miniaturized by an evil entrepreneur do battle in the Hawaiian rain forest.

14. COVERT WARRIORS, by W. E. B. Griffin and William E. Butterworth IV.
Charley Castillo and his men investigate when the Russians and Chinese become involved in a Caribbean nation.

15. A DANCE WITH DRAGONS, by George R. R. Martin.
After a colossal battle, the Seven Kingdoms face new threats; Book 5 of "A Song of Ice and Fire."

16. D. C. DEAD, by Stuart Woods.
The president calls Stone Barrington to Washington to undertake a special investigation with his old partner Holly Barker.

Nonfiction
1. STEVE JOBS, by Walter Isaacson.
A biography of the recently deceased entrepreneur.

2. KILLING LINCOLN, by Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard.
The heart-stopping events surrounding the assassination of Abraham Lincoln. 14

3. UNBROKEN, by Laura Hillenbrand.
An Olympic runner's story of survival as a prisoner of the Japanese in World War II. 59

4. THINKING, FAST AND SLOW, by Daniel Kahneman.
The winner of the Nobel in economic science discusses how we make choices in business and personal life and when we can and cannot trust our intuitions.

5. THROUGH MY EYES, by Tim Tebow with Nathan Whitaker.
The Broncos quarterback chronicles his personal and professional course. 17

6. CATHERINE THE GREAT, by Robert K. Massie.
The life of the minor 18th-century German princess who became Empress of All the Russias.

7. HEAVEN IS FOR REAL, by Todd Burpo with Lynn Vincent.
A boy’s encounter with Jesus and the angels during an emergency appendectomy.

8. BEING GEORGE WASHINGTON, by Glenn Beck and Kevin Balfe.
How Washington turned himself into the indispensable (if imperfect) man. 6

9. JACK KENNEDY, by Chris Matthews.
An admiring portrait.

10. IN THE GARDEN OF BEASTS, by Erik Larson.
William E. Dodd, the U.S. ambassador to Germany, and his daughter, Martha, in 1930s Berlin.

11. SERIOUSLY ... I'M KIDDING, by Ellen DeGeneres.
A collection of humor pieces from the stand-up comedian and talk-show host.

12. IMPERFECT JUSTICE, by Jeff Ashton with Lisa Pulitzer.
A prosecutor’s account of the Casey Anthony trial.

13. BOOMERANG, by Michael Lewis.
A look at some of the places — Greece, Ireland, Iceland — hardest hit by the recent financial collapse of 2008.

14. IS EVERYONE HANGING OUT WITHOUT ME?, by Mindy Kaling.
Observations from the comedy writer and actress.

15. ARGUABLY, by Christopher Hitchens.
From Hitchens, who died last year, a collection of essays bearing “the full consciousness that they might be my very last.”

16. THEN AGAIN, by Diane Keaton.
The actress uses her mother’s diaries as a springboard for the examination of her own life.

Sunday, January 8, 2012

New DVDs ( January )

Orangeburg Library now has the following new DVDs

The Hangover Part II
The Guard
I Don't Know How She Does It
Shark Night
Saving Private Perez
Moneyball
Killer Elite
There Be Dragons
What's Your Number
Dolphin Tale
Abduction
Courageous
Ides of March
Bucky Larson: Born to Be a Star
50/50
Real Steel
Final Destination 5
The Whistleblower
Contagion
Dream House
Drive
In Time
The Thing
The Big Year

New and Notable



Non- Fiction


ALL IN: The Education of General David Petraeus, by Broadwell, Paula and Vernon Loeb
Interviews of Petraeus and his top officers tell the inside story of the war effort from every vantage point.


Back to Work: Why We Need Smart Government for a Strong Economy,by Bill Clinton
The author explains his ideas on energy, job creation and financial responsibility, offering a plan for getting America “back into the future business.”


GABBY: A Story of Courage and Hope, by Gabrielle Giffords and Mark Kelly
Giffords and her husband tell the story of her miraculous recovery from a gunshot to her brain, the love that kept them together, and their joint commitment to public service.


Marriage Rules: A Manual for the Married and the Coupled Up, by Harriet Lerner Harriet GoldhorLearn new approaches to age-old questions about marriage and dealing with in-laws, children and stepchildren.


The End of Normal, by Stephanie Mack
Married to Bernie Madoff’s son, the author watched her husband struggle with a sense of shame and betrayal.


Fiction
Death of a Kingfisher, by M.C Beaton
Looking for a way to bring tourists to his economically depressed town, the director renames Buchan’s Wood ”The Fairy Glen.” But then the town’s luck turns bad.


Power Play, by Ben Bova
A university astronomer wants to continue his research and teaching when a political aspirant taps him to serve as his science advisor.


The House I Loved, by Tatiana De Rosnay
When Emperor Napoleon III orders Parisian houses torn down to build a modern city, Rose Baselet, defiant of the order, retreats to her basement where she must come to terms with a personal secret.


All I Did was Shoot My Man, by Walter Mosley
In a gripping story of murder, greed, and retribution, this is the tale of one man’s attempt to stay connected with his family.


The Inquisitor, by Mark Allen Smith
In this unique thriller, a professional torturer is hired to interrogate a young boy, but going on instinct, he rescues the boy from his captor.