Southern cooking meets the Brooklyn foodie scene, keeping charm (and grits) intact Georgia native Nicole Taylor spent her early twenties trying to distance herself from her southern cooking roots--a move "up" to Brooklyn gave her a fresh appreciation for the bread and biscuits, Classic Fried Chicken, Lemon Coconut Stack Cake, and other flavors of her childhood. The Up South Cookbook is a bridge to the past and a door to the future. The recipes in this deeply personal cookbook offer classic Southern favorites informed and updated by newly-discovered ingredients and different cultures. Here she gives us pimento cheese elevated with a dollop of creme fraiche, grits flavored with New York State Cheddar and blue cheese, and deviled eggs made with smoked trout from her favorite Jewish deli. Other favorites include Collard Greens Pesto and Pasta, Roasted Duck with Cheerwine Cherry Sauce, and Benne and Banana Sandwich Cookies. The recipes speak to a place "where a story is ready to be told and there is always sweet tea chilling." This promises to be a new Southern classic.
The first cookbook to celebrate and investigate Juneteenth, from critically acclaimed food writer Nicole Taylor who draws on her decade of experiences observing the holiday. Nearly two years after Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation, Union troops spread the world of liberation to African Americans. And so, on June 19, 1865, in Galveston, Texas, festivities sprung up with song, dance, and most importantly, food. Having been officially recognized and a national holiday, eaters are eager to raise glasses and break bread to honor America's forgotten backbone. Watermelon and Red Birds contains 75 delicious dishes that are simple, victory garden-driven, and approachable. Nicole Taylor provides a new technique to dining at home with all the basics for hosting a bounteous dinner party, all-day brunch, brawny BBQ, clever picnic, and parade-themed kickback, along with thoughtful, moving essays about the meaning of Juneteenth. Recipes include: -Sweet Potato Yogurt Pops -New Age Wedge Salad -Smoked Paprika and Cocoa Popcorn -Blueberry and Beef Puff Pies -Squash Blossom Cornbread -Nectarine Milkshake -And more! Taylor is a gifted storyteller, an expert researcher, and a talented home cook who brings all those gifts and more to Watermelon and Red Birds. These recipes and essays will inspire gatherings and salute one of the most important American holidays all year round.
Winner of the Reader Views Literary Award, Societal Issues and the Reviewers Choice Best Non-fiction Book of the Year, Specialty Awards, Schooled on Fat explores how body image, social status, fat stigma and teasing, food consumption behaviors, and exercise practices intersect in the daily lives of adolescent girls and boys. Based on nine months of fieldwork at a high school located near Tucson, Arizona, the book draws on social, linguistic, and theoretical contexts to illustrate how teens navigate the fraught realities of body image within a high school culture that reinforced widespread beliefs about body size as a matter of personal responsibility while offering limited opportunity to exercise and an abundance of fattening junk foods. Taylor also traces policy efforts to illustrate where we are as a nation in addressing childhood obesity and offers practical strategies schools and parents can use to promote teen wellness. This book is ideal for courses on the body, fat studies, gender studies, language and culture, school culture and policy, public ethnography, deviance, and youth culture.
A Filtered Life is the first comprehensive ethnographic account to explore how college students create and manage multiple identities on social media. Drawing on interviews and digital ethnographic data gleaned from popular social media platforms, the authors document and make visible routinized practices that are typically hidden and operating behind the scenes. They introduce the concept of "digital multiples," wherein students strategically present themselves differently across social media platforms. This requires both the copious production of content and the calculated development of an instantly recognizable aesthetic or brand. Taylor and Nichter examine key contradictions that emerged from student narratives, including presenting a self that is both authentic and highly edited, appearing upbeat even during emotionally difficult times, and exuding body positivity even when frustrated with how you look. Students struggled with this series of impossibilities; yet, they felt compelled to maintain a vibrant online presence. With its close-up portrayal of the social and embodied experiences of college students, A Filtered Life is ideal for students and scholars interested in youth studies, digital ethnography, communication, and new forms of media.
She was done with men... ...there was a very sexy complication. After Shelby Reid’s marriage collapsed, leaving her a single mom, she was determined to make a better life for herself and her kids. Step 1: Swear off men. Step 2: Chase her dream of becoming a wilderness guide. Her plan worked until, on a drunken night out with her friend, she accidentally signed up for a Survival Spa Course and found herself stuck in the woods with sinfully hot survival instructor Ian McLean. The attraction was instant and mutual. At least Shelby thought it was. Ian seemed a little distracted. He wasn't the only one. With her libido ignoring her no men policy, Shelby struggled to learn the survival techniques and resist her burgeoning attraction to him. When Ian’s recklessness collided with Shelby’s reluctance to depend on a man, it put their hearts and her life in danger. Will Shelby find the strength to trust Ian before it’s too late? AUTHOR'S NOTE: Saving Shelby is a single mom romance with a happily-ever-after, a hint of danger, and a second chance at finding love. It can be read as a standalone novel but is best enjoyed within the West Coast Romance Series.
SennTech is pleased to announce its latest--and finest--creation: a Hart-style Bot who can see individual DNA signatures. Her first assignment: find Edmond West and stick to him like glue. She's not the only one obsessed with the former-inventor; hostile forces are converging on the little island where Edmond and Hart are hiding and all seems lost. But General Liao isn't the only one with a secret weapon… The Uncanny Valley is Book #3 from Bots, an EPIC Press series. Some titles may contain explicit content and/or language.
Learning about ICT has all sorts of benefits for young people with SEN but for anyone planning a course, knowing where to start can be difficult. This manual is packed full of practical know-how. It includes: 36 planned sessions ready to deliver; Which hardware software to get and how best to use it and Time-saving photocopiable and downloadable resources.
Friends are the family that you choose, the ones who love you unconditionally. Or are they? They stand by you through thick and thin and sometimes, unfortunately, until the bitter end. But will they? Best friends Jada, Monica, and Kayla learn that lifeas choices often have sobering consequences. Monica, the self-absorbed soul who craves attention, becomes seduced by gratification with men in order to battle her insecurities. Jada has her own insecurities as well, and when Quinton enters her life, she must reconsider whatas important. Secrets are revealed and betrayal threatens their friendship, releasing questions that test faith in family and each other. As one discovers she may be HIV-positive, they embark on a journey towards acceptance and forgiveness, allowing them to love the way God commanded. Everybody falls sometimes, but itas what you do when you get back up that counts.
The great Bot recall begins. General Liao demands nothing less than the total obliteration of all humanoid robots. Desperation makes for strange bedfellows as Hart's people reach out to unexpected allies in the corporate world, amongst the humans who protest the very existence of Bots, even in the house of their greatest enemy. They all must work together or face the same fate: annihilation. They will need all the help they can get. Control Architecture is Book #6 from Bots, an EPIC Press series. Some titles may contain explicit content and/or language.
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