**Semifinalist in the IACP Cookbook Awards** In the current jumble of pan-Asian and Nuevo-Latino fusion, Aranas's sensible, solid home cooking stands out. Food and Wine In The Filipino-American Kitchen, Chicago-based chef and teacher Jennifer Aranas introduces the exotic flavours of her ancestral Filipino homeland, taking readers on a gastronomic tour from sweet and spicy to smoky and tangy while transforming delicious native recipes into easy-to-make meals. Even if you're an experienced Filipino cook, you will discover new favourites among this collection of over 100 recipes, which includes everything from appetizers to desserts. The recipes combine traditional Filipino dishes with New World variations, reflecting the author's Filipino-American roots. This book offers innovative interpretations of native recipes, such as: Duck Adobo Green Papaya and Jicama Salad Salmon Kilaw Lamb Casoy Ambrosia Shortcake Crispy Lumpia Egg Rolls Hearty Paella Pancit Noodles Sweet Halo-Halo Sundaes. The Basics chapter introduces the building blocks of Filipino cuisine, showing you step-by-step how to create authentic Filipino food. A detailed buying guide leads you through the bustling Asian market, demystifying the flavour essentials such as coconut, palm vinegar, shrimp paste and calamansi lime that set the food of the Philippines apart from its Asian neighbours. With this Filipino cookbook at your side, you can share mouthwatering, homemade Filipino food with your friends and family.

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NOTICE TO ALL READERS: PLEASE CAREFULLY READ THE FOLLOWING END READER LICENSE AGREEMENT. By picking up this book and reading this license, you have agreed to purchase this book. You may not put this book down under penalty of law until you have completed your purchase. Laughs are expected but not guaranteed by this agreement. Who knows, you could be some mirthless troll--should I be responsible for that? I mean, really.

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Named after a town on the Isle of Lewis in Scotland's Outer Hebrides, English indie pop outfit Stornoway's breezy debut blends folk-infused, dewy eyed, twenty-something romanticism with rainy Brit-pop, and while the results can be hit or miss, Beachcomber's Windowsill is the kind of calling card you'll want to keep in your wallet. Vocalist Brian Briggs, who sports a gentle croon that falls somewhere in between James' Tim Booth, the Stone Roses' Ian Brown, and Belle and Sebastian's Stuart Murdoch, is more concerned with daydreaming through the verdant summer countryside and the ancient spires of his native Oxford than he is anything close to rock posturing. Over the course of 11 tracks, his soft musings are given equally gentle (and tasteful) credence by the band. Beachcomber's Windowsill is frontloaded by its two best cuts, the instantly likeable "Zorbing" and the goofy but sweet "I Saw You Blink." Both tracks convey the innocence of love and the heartache that hides behind it without coming off as cloying, but by the time the listener reaches "Boats and Trains" near the album's midpoint, it's hard not to want the narrator to just get on one and go find a girl that's not covered head to toe in red flags. ~ James Christopher Monger