Whats Your Food Sign or Supper at Richards

What's Your Food Sign?: How to Use Food Clues to Find Lasting Love

Author: Alan R Hirsch

Will a potato chip lover find bliss with a nachos fan? What does it mean if she likes martinis and he likes Manhattans? In What's Your Food Sign? medical researcher and psychiatrist Alan Hirsch, M.D., shows how a couple's individual food preferences are among the most reliable indicators of whether their relationship will be ice cold, luke warm, or sizzling hot.

Hirsch has spent years on serious medical research into the senses of taste and smell, and he has found a significant correlation between the foods people like and their personalities. No surprise, then, that he's been able to use food choices to predict compatibility. This entertaining and insightful book explains the scientific basis of his findings but also includes fun-to-take quizzes, enlightening questionnaires, and compatibility charts based on food preferences from ice cream and snacks to spices and drinks. Destined to be this season's most talked-about mating guide, What's Your Food Sign? will make finding love as simple as pairing peanut butter with jelly.

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Supper at Richard's: Recipes from the New Southern Table

Author: Richard Jones

The soulful, homey atmosphere of Richard's Place is reflected in this Queen's based restaurant where Chef Richard Jones offers authentif southern food, which he calls the "original fusion cuiseine." 150 recipes are ideal for anyone with a desire for dow-home cooking.

Publishers Weekly

This collection of the homestyle Southern dishes Jones prepares at his Queens, N.Y., restaurant brims with familiar favorites, such as Corn and Smoked Oyster Fritters, and Collard Greens and Turnip Greens with Smoked Ham Hocks and Smoked Neck Bones. While Jones claims to have a "healthier" approach to Southern cooking, it's hard to see the evidence here. He may substitute canola oil for Crisco, for example, but there's still plenty of fried food: witness Potato Pancakes, Crab Cakes, and Southern Fried Chicken, to name just a few. The occasional head notes are chatty and friendly, if somewhat self-serving (e.g., "My wife often reminds me that not everyone shares the same passion for spending endless hours researching information about food and cooking techniques as I do"). Though some home cooks may be pleased to find straightforward recipes for Waffles, Grilled Boneless Pork Chops, Meat Loaf, and Potato Salad, there's nothing that distinguishes this simple, unadorned book from others on Southern cuisine. (Sept.) Copyright 2005 Reed Business Information.