Put Soul In Your Baby Shower or Real Fast Food

Put Soul In Your Baby Shower: The African-American Baby Shower Book

Author: Tonya D Evans

Are you planning a baby shower for an African - American male or female?

If so, rather than hosting the same old cookie - cutter event, with the same old traditional theme showers and games, host an unforgettable and unique shower that embraces, incorporates, and celebrates the elements of Soul - the cultural influence of African-Americans and their ancestors. Put Soul In The Baby Shower with The African American Baby Shower Book.

Embrace Soul by purchasing the book to use as a cultural guide for the baby shower.

Incorporate Soul by hosting one of 20 suggested theme showers in this book for the joyous event. Some examples are.

Afro-centric, Multicultural, Kwanzaa, Baby Roots, Independent Sistah or Brotha, Celebrating The Spirit Of The Beat and many more..

Celebrate Soul by playing several of the 32 games at the event - worksheets included. Some examples are.

Def Poetry Nursery Rhymes, A Lullaby With Soul, Afro-centric Baby Trivia, Swahili Baby Game, Gospel Music Game, Brotha to Brotha and many more.

Indulge and have a taste of Soul by selecting the recommended soul foods to serve at the event.

All of this and much more Soul is included in this baby shower book.The strengths of the African - American heritage, roots, and family bonds, all sealed with memories that will last forever.

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Real Fast Food: 350 Recipes Ready-To-Eat in 30 Minutes

Author: Nigel Slater

Nigel Slater is one of the world's most accomplished food writers. Winner of six Glenfiddich Awards for his food writing and shortlisted for the prestigious Andre Simon prize for this book, he has had an enduring effect on cooking and helped bring to prominence a new generation of British chefs, including the Naked Chef, Jamie Oliver, and Nigella Lawson. His down-to-earth style and infectious enthusiasm has won him a loyal following both here and in the UK, where has been a number one bestseller.

Imagine shredded basil leaves stirred into buttery mashed potatoes and a slice of pork pan-fried with fennel, followed by a juicy sliced white peach dropped into chilled white wine. That's Nigel Slater's fast food! Real Fast Food is an inspirational collection of 350 enticing recipes with simple techniques and assertive flavors that can be completed in less than thirty minutes. It's the ultimate modern-day cookbook, filled with recipes for everyone who enjoys good, unpretentious food.

Publishers Weekly

The quick recipes (e.g., Black Bean Tacos with Tomato-Chili Salsa and Walnut Oil and New Potato Saut in this British import by the innovative Slater (The Crabtree and Evelyn Cookbook) are interesting in themselves, but the true goodies come when he reels off lists of variant possibilities for easy-to-fix meals. "Good Things to Serve with Poached Salmon," for example, includes plain yogurt with tarragon, an herb and mustard sauce, and grated fennel cooked with a little Pernod; the list of Half a Dozen Sublime Chicken Sandwiches has simple, chatty instructions for accompaniments such as basil mayonnaise and for techniques such as spreading blue cheese and walnuts on the bread before toasting it. The fairly slapdash arrangement is part of the appeal-this is a book meant to move readers towards the kitchen, not for following rigidly step by step. Such Briticisms as potted shrimp and the list of rabbits (not the meat but alternatives to "Welsh Rabbit") won't trip up too many American readers. Slater occasionally slips from quirky to cutesy, but he throws out so many smart inspirations in such quick succession that he thoroughly redeems himself. (Apr.)