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How Chefs Holiday
- De: Dana Cowin
- Narrado por: Dana Cowin
- Duración: 1 h y 1 m
- Grabación Original
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General4 out of 5 stars 4,640
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 4,066
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 4,041
Once fall hits and the chilly weather settles in, the holiday season has begun! And nothing embodies holiday spirit more than the continuing of family traditions that have been passed down from generation to generation. May it be sharing stories at the dinner table, laughs on the porch, or just time spent alone - everyone has their own ritual. Join Dana Cowin, author and former editor-in-chief of Food & Wine, as she chats with some of today’s most popular chefs and food personalities.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Meh
- De Joel Truitt en 11-06-19
- How Chefs Holiday
- De: Dana Cowin
- Narrado por: Dana Cowin
An Entertaining Hour
Revisado: 01-28-23
This is not a book. It's a wannabe NPR radio program. It is interesting if you follow Food Network chefs. The Carla Hall and Marcus Samuelsson segments were the most enjoyable for me. I'm too much of a New Englander to try new holiday recipes, but they are available as a PDF file with the audiobook.
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Broadsides from the Other Orders
- A Book of Bugs
- De: Sue Hubbell
- Narrado por: Barbara Caruso
- Duración: 8 h y 54 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 14
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 13
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 14
Most of us think of bugs as pesky creatures we squish under our shoes or bat away with our hands. Under the microscope of Sue Hubbell’s keen eye emerges an exciting world we rarely take the time to see. Author of A Country Year, Hubbell writes regularly for The New Yorker, Smithsonian, and Discover magazines, bringing to her delightful essays the practical veracity of a gentlewoman farmer, and the style and élan of an eccentric who has found her bliss.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Wonderful Classic
- De Andree Sanborn en 01-28-23
- Broadsides from the Other Orders
- A Book of Bugs
- De: Sue Hubbell
- Narrado por: Barbara Caruso
Wonderful Classic
Revisado: 01-28-23
This classic book about bugs is so much fun! I have to admit that if I had read it ten years ago, it would have been over my head. Now I understand taxonomy and understand how Hubbell organized the book. She took each order of insects: flies, beetles, true bugs, etc., and detailed the life story of a species or genus. She chose those bugs with which she was familiar in her life.
The chapter on lady beetles detailed how they are captured in the wild for dispersal to gardeners who insist on buying them for their aphid eating abilities, even though there are other insects, like lacewings, which would do a better job. The lady beetle harvest is cutthroat. Harvesters steal territories. Lady beetles are mistreated. All for the almighty dollar.
Hubbell is known for her cave cricket "hobby." It was more than a hobby and has inspired many people to raise them. I have seriously considered raising them, but it is more involved than raising lepidoptera, so I have decided against it.
My favorite chapter, I suppose, was about the spongy moth, Lymantria dispar. The moth that is infamous for defoliating the northeast at various times (and sections of Europe, also) was deliberately imported for the silk trade. It was known even then, in the 1800s, how devastating the consequences could be if the moth escaped. But it did. The social history after its inevitable escape is fascinating.
The book is engaging and even humorous. I laughed out loud when she wrote about a geological age that ended five million years ago "next Tuesday." I wish I had met the lady. Sadly, she passed away at age 83. As soon as I can, I am going to read her personal memoir, A Country Year: Living the Questions. I will, however, read the Kindle edition to enjoy her language and hear her true voice.
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Beetle Boy
- De: M. G. Leonard
- Narrado por: M. G. Leonard
- Duración: 7 h y 17 m
- Versión completa
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General5 out of 5 stars 5
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 5
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 5
Darkus is miserable. His dad has disappeared, and now he is living next door to the most disgusting neighbours ever. A giant beetle called Baxter comes to his rescue. But can the two solve the mystery of his dad's disappearance, especially when links emerge to cruel Lucretia Cutter and her penchant for beetle jewellery? A coffee-mug mountain, home to a million insects, could provide the answer - if Darkus and Baxter are brave enough to find it.
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4 out of 5 stars
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It’s good story . But..
- De Anonymous User en 01-09-20
- Beetle Boy
- De: M. G. Leonard
- Narrado por: M. G. Leonard
Classroom read-aloud
Revisado: 10-29-16
The class (seven 10 and 11 year old boys) loved the book and are waiting for book 2 and a movie. This movie, they say, would be awesome and funny. They are now studying Coleoptera with high levels of engagement.
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