Current sales, deals, and bargains (Part 2)

[Jacksoup]

I also bought the Ted Allen book for Kindle and while I was there also bought Behind The Great Wall Kindle version for $2.51

[barolo]

For Canadians here's a dozen Kindle books available today at Amazon.ca:

 

Small Victories, Julia Turshen, $2.99  click

Rustic Fruit Desserts, Cory Schreiber, $1.99 click

Gjelina, Travis Lett, $2.99  click

Plenty, Yottam Ottolenghi,  $2.99 click

Bar Tartine, Nicolaus Balla et al, $2.99 click

Ruhlman's Twenty, Michael Ruhlman, $2.99 click

Van Leeuwen Artisan Ice Cream Book, Laura O'Neill et al, $1.99 click

The Little Paris Kitchen, Rachel Khoo, $2.99 click

Beyond the Great Wall, Jeffrey Alford, $2.51, click

At Balthazar, Reggie Nadelson, $1.99, click

Flour: A Baker's Collection of Spectacular Recipes, Joanne Chang, $2.99, click

Miami Spice: The New Florida Cuisine, Steven Raichlen, $1.99, click

 

 

Edited July 31, 2017 by barolo
Correct price, add missed word (log)

[Anna N]

Damned enabler, eh?

[barolo]

1 minute ago, Anna N said:

Damned enabler, eh?

 

Yup.

[ElsieD]

I'm already looking at the reviews of those books. Besides Plenty, does anyone have any of these books?

[rotuts]

I'd go with 

 

Rachel Khoo

 

Ive seen her videos  

 

and enjoyed them

 

then again , for full disclosure 

 

Ive enjoyed

 

France !

[Anna N]

Just now, rotuts said:

I'd go with 

 

Rachel Khoo

 

Ive seen her videos  

 

and enjoyed them

 

then again , for full disclosure 

 

Ive enjoyed

 

France !

She is the epitomy of whimsical!  That is neither a compliment nor an insult. It is simply how I think of her books.  Have never attempted any of her recipes but they do look interesting 

[Anna N]

5 minutes ago, ElsieD said:

I'm already looking at the reviews of those books. Besides Plenty, does anyone have any of these books?

I have quite a number of them and I found them all interesting but none of them grabbed me as some books can. That is hardly a review.  Just a brief comment.  If any of them really turn your crank you might want to borrow them from the library and make a final decision although at the prices they are it's hard to lose.

[rotuts]

Im not a fan of Steven Raichlen 

 

PBS shows.

 

no matter 

 

The Miami book is in the lib so Iill take a look.

 

not so relevant but this book ;

 

 

is old :  1985

 

it has sections on FLA  BBQ   which at that time i knew nothing about

 

look for it in The Used Bin.

[rotuts]

For Instance ;

 

 

the author worked at the Miami Herald for some time.

Edited July 31, 2017 by rotuts (log)

[Dave the Cook]

I have the Raichlen book. In leafing through it just now, I see that I've made maybe a couple of dozen things from it (which might actually be on the high side for the average cookbook around here).  The recipes have all worked, and I found the sauces and salsas especially interesting, at the time. I have no idea how "authentic" it is, claiming to represent the cuisines of Latin America, Cuba and the Caribbean (as well as bits of NY Jewish and southern US cooking). I do recall that it introduced me to a lot of ingredients that I was not familiar with, again at the time.

 

Note that it was published in 1993 (which is when I got it), before Raichlen became the (often irritating, imo) PBS host most of us know him as today (though he had already won a Beard award for a previous book). 

[kayb]

If you live in a house with teenagers/20-somethings, you know the phenomenon of disappearing flatware. I had, at one time, a 12-place setting of stainless flatware, but over time, the forks, salad forks and spoons disappeared. I bought another set. Over the years, another half or so of the forks, spoons, etc., took feet and walked away, leaving me with a mismatched set of stainless to use every day. It's irritated me for years, since the last teenager left.

 

No more. This arrives today.

 

 

[Porthos]

@kayb It annoys other family members that I keep count of some items like flatware and that I will go on hunts for them when they start disappearing.

[ChocoMom]

2 hours ago, Porthos said:

@kayb It annoys other family members that I keep count of some items like flatware and that I will go on hunts for them when they start disappearing.

 

It might annoy family members....but It is far more annoying to a host, when one is entertaining, and ends up with missing flatware.   Happened way too many times.  I went on many a scavenger hunt in my youngest son's room searching and searching. I found a few pieces, here and there,  but the majority of it was unearthed when I happened upon his "forts" out in the back 40  some years ago. The little bugger was using my flatware in place of building tools! I asked why in the blazes he would do that...and his reply was priceless...."Because Dad would get mad at me if I lost his tools."      (Face palm.) 

 

That child moved out two Saturdays ago, and I've yet to lose another utensil. =)     Thank you @kayb  for that Amazon link!  I will keep it in mind, should the child return and swipe the flatware.   

 

On another note, with the season of garage and estate sales in full swing up here, I am on the hunt for more canning jars. Going to start working through some of these soup bones from the last cow, and canning the bone broth.  Must have more jars!!!! 

[MelissaH]

5 hours ago, ElsieD said:

I'm already looking at the reviews of those books. Besides Plenty, does anyone have any of these books?

I can vouch for Joanne Chang's recipes. I have all three of her cookbooks, and her recipes fall into my "most trustworthy" category, along with those of Dorie Greenspan and Jacques Pepin (among others). They work.

[Smithy]

5 hours ago, rotuts said:

Im not a fan of Steven Raichlen 

 

PBS shows.

 

no matter 

 

The Miami book is in the lib so Iill take a look.

 

not so relevant but this book ;

 

 

is old :  1985

 

it has sections on FLA  BBQ   which at that time i knew nothing about

 

look for it in The Used Bin.

 

5 hours ago, rotuts said:

For Instance ;

 

 

the author worked at the Miami Herald for some time.

 

 

I picked up an updated copy of it - a 1990 or so version.  It looks like it'll be good.  Thanks for the recommendation.

[Toliver]

Saw this today...I'm a US Prime member and your price may vary.

Note it is not a cookbook but is a book about Chinese cooking and her time spent in China.

 

Fuchsia Dunlop's "Shark's Fin and Sichuan Pepper: A Sweet-Sour Memoir of Eating in China" Kindle Edition $1.99US

[Toliver]

On 7/28/2017 at 2:57 PM, Anna N said:

 Well the Ted Allen book is only $1.99 Canadian so it's hard to resist. Never heard of the guy but what the heck. And I'm not even a prime member. 

Ted Allen isn't really a chef, per se, but knows how to cook. He's more of a "personality" now on several of Food Network's shows.

You can read more info about his history on his Wikipedia page (click).

[barolo]

10 hours ago, Anna N said:

I have quite a number of them and I found them all interesting but none of them grabbed me as some books can. That is hardly a review.  Just a brief comment.  If any of them really turn your crank you might want to borrow them from the library and make a final decision although at the prices they are it's hard to lose.

 

At these prices I buy them and read them like novels before bedtime. If I'm really inspired I'll buy the hard copy. 

[Martin Fisher]

17 hours ago, rotuts said:

For Instance ;

 

 

the author worked at the Miami Herald for some time.

 

 

Cool that she included her rendition of Dr. Robert Baker's Cornell barbecue sauce. 

Dr. Baker's Famous Cornell Chicken Extension Bulletin

 

[Anna N]

7 hours ago, barolo said:

At these prices I buy them and read them like novels before bedtime. If I'm really inspired I'll buy the hard copy. 

That is almost me except that I don't buy the hard copy. Even if I cook nothing from these books I usually learn something, get inspired or am cheaply entertained. 

[flippant]

12 hours ago, Toliver said:

Saw this today...I'm a US Prime member and your price may vary.

Note it is not a cookbook but is a book about Chinese cooking and her time spent in China.

 

Fuchsia Dunlop's "Shark's Fin and Sichuan Pepper: A Sweet-Sour Memoir of Eating in China" Kindle Edition $1.99US

 

Great book!

 

edit: I went to the same school 5-6 years ago. Not the same as it was then, but still a wonderful experience.

Edited August 1, 2017 by flippant (log)

[rotuts]

@DiggingDogFarm    

 

the book is filled with items like that.

 

keep your eyes peeled for it in used book shops or even consider it from a used online site :

 

https://www.amazon.com/Barbecued-Smoked-Butts-Other-Great/dp/0679765867

 

guess there are even later editions.

 

I decided to update mine :  $ 1.00 + $ 4.00  

 

a real deal

[Martin Fisher]

46 minutes ago, rotuts said:

@DiggingDogFarm    

 

the book is filled with items like that.

 

keep your eyes peeled for it in used book shops or even consider it from a used online site :

 

https://www.amazon.com/Barbecued-Smoked-Butts-Other-Great/dp/0679765867

 

guess there are even later editions.

 

I decided to update mine :  $ 1.00 + $ 4.00  

 

a real deal

 

FWIW, I almost always find the best deal on used books at https://www.abebooks.com/ 

It's a subsidiary of Amazon.

https://www.bookfinder.com is also often very helpful in finding the best deal on used books.

 

 

[barolo]

9 minutes ago, DiggingDogFarm said:

 

FWIW, I almost always find the best deal on used books at https://www.abebooks.com/ 

It's a subsidiary of Amazon.

https://www.bookfinder.com is also often very helpful in finding the best deal on used books.

 

 

 

 I agree. AbeBooks is a really good resource.