Is modern life becoming too complicated and messy? Top-selling author Susan Waggoner is here to simplify it all. She shows how anyone can enjoy a more relaxed lifestyle filled with traditional country values--and save time, money, work, and frustration in the process--with household hints our foremothers knew well. This ingenious and fun-to-read ...
The popularity of glamorous old-fashioned cocktails like the Martini and the Manhattan is at an all-time high. With that in mind, Smithmark is proud to introduce this comprehensive, nostalgia-rich guide filled with over 100 authentic, timeless cocktail recipes, complete with the entertaining, informative history of each drink. The companion to ...
With a nod and a wink to the days of Christmas past, Waggoner presents classic images of the Yuletide icons of mid-20th-century America. This charming book is filled with images of Lionel toy trains, magazine ads, vintage wrapping paper, and more. Full color.
When? Can't I open just one? Please? The minutes, the hours, the eons of waiting - and wondering. What's underneath the shiny silver paper? Behind the enormous red bow? Under the tree?Who doesn't remember what it was like to be a kid at Christmas? And who hasn't yearned to go back in time to recapture that special feeling? Well, we can't turn back ...
From the creators of "Vintage Cocktails" and "It's a Wonderful Christmas" comes a book full of household hints and wonderful full-color vintage art. "Classic Household Hints" goes back to the tried and true tips of yesteryear and offers the reader hundreds of hints on everything from cleaning and organizing to buying and handling food. Picking ...
"Cocktails A Go-Go" sends readers on a nostalgic trip to the past, with more than 100 recipes for favorite drinks along with the stories behind their invention, and visuals that evoke the era. 75 illustrations, some in color.
Food writer Annie Wilkins is about to step on the express elevator up. Her research scientist husband has just invented "Better than Chocolate" - chocolate that is 100 per cent free of sugar, fat, and calories. It's open sesame to the American dream.
Fusing South Carolina lowcountry cooking and his own French-influenced technique, Chef Bob Waggoner creates contemporary and sophisticated new Southern haute cuisine at his award-winning Charleston Grill using seasonal, locally sourced ingredients. From Grilled Okra with Maitre d Butter, to Grilled Corn Soup with Pork Cracklings, Smoked Bacon, and ...
In the most important career strategies book for women since Games Mother Never Taught You comes this winning game plan for the '90s: the world of Star Teams and Key Players. This book shows readers how to get and use the necessary skills to become a key player--a role that will allow women to make choices and take advantage of the booming ...
'Bettelyoun's stories raise important questions about other cultures and particularly oral cultures: whose voice is heard, whose truth counts, and what is true and false about the history of the American West...Bettelyoun's stories allow readers to hear the voice of a person moving back and forth between several cultures and truths. An important ...
With the growing popularity of all things vintage and classic, "Cocktail Hour" is the perfect second volume to follow up to the successful "Vintage Cocktails". "Cocktail Hour" takes the reader through the history of the cocktail hour, stocking your liquor cabinet, mixing a top notch cocktail, and which ingredients provide the best taste and ...
It's like the difference between Pravda and Prada. Vodka - once the liquor favoured by beet-faced Soviet bureaucrats, has undergone a complete makeover, becoming the spirit of choice for fashion forward cocktail aficionados worldwide. With more than 200 different vodkas now on the market - including a burgeoning, international array of top-shelf ...
"The Old-Time, Blue-Ribbon Gardener's Handbook: Tips, Techniques, and Projects" brings back the days of the big backyard and the home-oriented pleasure of days gone by. Full of visually appealing vintage art that exudes old-fashioned warmth and a wealth of classic, time-tested gardening know-how, this stunning volume is a classic that will delight ...
A celebration of the charm and sophistication of a bygone era, this lavishly illustrated book examines the history of the nightclubs, from their ascension during the 1920s through to today's revival. Includes anecdotes about stars, behind-the-scenes stories, and more. 125 full-color illustrations.
A winning game plan for working women in the nineties--the first book to explain how "female" values will shape the future of American business. Anyone who joins the "team" will adapt to a leaner economy, global competition, technologically linked home businesses, and environmental savvy.
We all deserve a little cake now and then. But with today's cramped kitchens and even more cramped schedules, making a big threelayer cake can be a monumental undertaking. And unless you're baking for an army, you risk having much of it go to waste. How about a small cake with big flavor? "Little Cakes" is here to liberate us from the toobig, ...
Over 100 authentic, timeless cocktail recipes. This comprehensive, nostalgia-rich guide to the famous cocktails of yesteryear is complete with an entertaining and informative history of each drink.
The first popular comprehensive reference of female athletes, their achievements, and their sports provides more than 650 biographical profiles of female athletes from all over the world, past and present. Record sections detail up-to-the-minute world and Olympic records, record-breaking performances, and an appendix of "famous firsts" includes a ...
The author of STC's best-selling "Under the Tree" (2007), Susan Waggoner, looks at holidays gone by from the perspective of those who lived them. The book includes text by the author and incredible four-color vintage art chronicles the gifts, activities, fads and fancies that made each holiday unique. Oh, those Christmas memories. We all have them ...
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