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Joy of Liberace: Retro Recipes from America’s Kitschiest Kitchen

Rhinestones and Recipes Authors: Michael Feder and Karan Feder Not too long ago, I had a Liberace-themed costume party, as you do, and naturally I wanted the refreshments to be as authentically Liberacean as possible. Liberace did publish his own cookbook in 1970, Liberace Cooks!, but it’s out of print and hard to find these days. Luckily, Michael and Karan Feder have revived some of its retro-est recipes in a new cookbook, Joy of Liberace: Retro Recipes from America’s Kitschiest Kitchen. At first glance, this seems to be mostly a novelty coffee-table book. From the garish, eye-popping artwork to the [...]

2023-05-29T23:51:40-07:00October 12th, 2013|Tags: , , , , , , , |

Guilt Trip

I just finished reading Elizabeth Becker's Overbooked: The Exploding Business of Travel and Tourism, and I kind of wish I hadn't — not because it isn't good, but because it opened my eyes to some of the significant negative impacts of international travel. I don't like having to feel bad about traveling, dammit! But it's hard to ignore the author's persuasive arguments about the immense environmental, economic, and historical damage we're doing through our unquenchable thirst for global travel experiences. You probably won't be too surprised to hear that cruises are among the most environmentally damaging kinds of international travel [...]

2023-07-03T14:32:41-07:00September 8th, 2013|Tags: , , , |

Life and Times of Call the Midwife, The

There's One Born Every Minute I don’t know why, but I’m a huge sucker for companion guides to TV shows (especially BBC costume dramas). Maybe it’s a way to tide me over during the awful gaps between seasons. It’s definitely a way to drool over gorgeous, glossy photos of vintage clothing and accessories! On the other hand, I usually don’t expect much from the text that accompanies those photos, which is often the lamest kind of History 101 filler. The Life and Times of Call the Midwife knows who its audience is, and tries some interesting angles to bring us [...]

2016-12-31T17:56:07-07:00July 2nd, 2013|Tags: , , , , , , |
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