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Book Eat  Memory

    Book Details:
  • Author : Amanda Hesser
  • Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
  • Release : 2009
  • ISBN : 9780393067637
  • Pages : 214 pages

Download or read book Eat Memory written by Amanda Hesser and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2009 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "New York Times Magazine"-food editor Hesser has showcased the food-inspired recollections of some of America's leading writers. "Eat, Memory" collects the 26 best stories and recipes from some of the playwrights, novelists, and journalists featured in her column.

Book Power Foods for the Brain

Download or read book Power Foods for the Brain written by Neal D Barnard, MD and published by Balance. This book was released on 2013-02-19 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Strengthen your memory with New York Times bestselling author Dr. Neal Barnard’s simple 3-step plan to protecting your brain with your diet. Could your breakfast or lunch be harming your memory? Are you missing out on the foods that could prevent Alzheimer's disease? Everyone knows good nutrition supports your overall health, but few realize that certain foods-power foods-can protect your brain and optimize its function, and even dramatically reduce your risk of Alzheimer's Disease. Now, New York Times bestselling author, clinical researcher and health advocate Dr. Neal Barnard has gathered the most up-to-date research and created a groundbreaking program that can strengthen your memory and protect your brain's health. In this effective 3-step plan Dr. Barnard reveals which foods to increase in your diet and which to avoid, and shows you specific exercises and supplements that can make a difference. It will not only help boost brain health, but it can also reduce your risk of Alzheimer's disease, stroke, and other less serious malfunctions such as low energy, poor sleep patterns, irritability, and lack of focus. You'll discover: The best foods to increase cognitive function Dairy products and meats-the dangers they may pose to your memory The surprising roles alcohol and caffeine play in Alzheimer's risk The latest research on toxic metals, like aluminum found in cookware, soda cans, and common antacids. Plus a detailed menu plan, recipes and time-saving kitchen tips

Book Never Eat Soggy Waffles

Download or read book Never Eat Soggy Waffles written by Patricia J. Murphy and published by Enslow Publishing, LLC. This book was released on 2009-01-01 with total page 26 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How will a young student remember the directions of North, East, South, and West? They'll remember to Never Eat Soggy Waffles. This highly entertaining and clever book teaches readers how to create their own mnemonic devices, which will help them to remember difficult but essential facts. Examples include ways to remember the order of the planets and the names of our oceans. Colorful illustrations support the text. This book is highly recommended for supplemental classroom use, in addition to leisure reading in the library.

Book Edible Memory

    Book Details:
  • Author : Jennifer A. Jordan
  • Publisher : University of Chicago Press
  • Release : 2015-04-14
  • ISBN : 022622810X
  • Pages : 346 pages

Download or read book Edible Memory written by Jennifer A. Jordan and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2015-04-14 with total page 346 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jordan begins with the heirloom tomato, inquiring into its botanical origins in South America and its culinary beginnings in Aztec cooking to show how the homely and homegrown tomato has since grown to be an object of wealth and taste, as well as a popular symbol of the farm-to-table and heritage foods movements. She shows how a shift in the 1940s away from open pollination resulted in a narrow range of hybrid tomato crops. But memory and the pursuit of flavor led to intense seed-saving efforts increasing in the 1970s, as local produce and seeds began to be recognized as living windows to the past.

Book Breath  Eyes  Memory

    Book Details:
  • Author : Edwidge Danticat
  • Publisher : Soho Press
  • Release : 2015-02-24
  • ISBN : 1616955023
  • Pages : 273 pages

Download or read book Breath Eyes Memory written by Edwidge Danticat and published by Soho Press. This book was released on 2015-02-24 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The 20th anniversary edition of Edwidge Danticat's groundbreaking debut, now an established classic--revised and with a new introduction by the author, and including extensive bonus materials At the age of twelve, Sophie Caco is sent from her impoverished Haitian village to New York to be reunited with a mother she barely remembers. There she discovers secrets that no child should ever know, and a legacy of shame that can be healed only when she returns to Haiti—to the women who first reared her. What ensues is a passionate journey through a landscape charged with the supernatural and scarred by political violence. In her stunning literary debut, Danticat evokes the wonder, terror, and heartache of her native Haiti—and the enduring strength of Haiti’s women—with vibrant imagery and narrative grace that bear witness to her people’s suffering and courage.

Book About Me Memory Journal

    Book Details:
  • Author : Lisa Jones
  • Publisher : Lulu.com
  • Release : 2020-01-21
  • ISBN : 1794888284
  • Pages : 124 pages

Download or read book About Me Memory Journal written by Lisa Jones and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2020-01-21 with total page 124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This ""About Me Memory Journal"" is a guided journaling activity that engages the mind of the person with dementia by helping to stimulate and extend long-term memory in the early-mid stages of dementia, as well as, serves as a memoir (a specific timeline of events, special memories, emotions, and feelings) to inspire communication and lasting memories with family. Book Benefits & Features: 1. Serves as a Reminiscing Activity bridging the past. 2. Provides writing prompts to correctly organize the journal to decrease confusion. 3. Increases orientation skills. 4. Can serve as a distraction to decrease agitation and increase a level of calmness. 5. Provides examples on how to establish a written daily routine/schedule to help decrease asking ""what do I do now"" or repeating the same questions. 6. Encourages family engagement to complete memory task. 7. Promotes a sense of well-being, contribution, belonging and accomplishment. 8. 8.5 x 11 inches, 122 pages with lined spaces to write in.

Book Perspectives on Social Memory in Japan

Download or read book Perspectives on Social Memory in Japan written by Yun Hui Tsu and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2021-12-28 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection of essays represents the first interdisciplinary study in English to consider social memory in Japan across a wide range of issues and phenomena. The volume examines a variety of memorialization subjects, including music and poetry, artefacts and tools, oral testimonies and written documents, ritual and ceremonies as well as art and artists.

Book Chinatown Pretty

    Book Details:
  • Author : Valerie Luu
  • Publisher : Chronicle Books
  • Release : 2020-09-22
  • ISBN : 1452175837
  • Pages : 228 pages

Download or read book Chinatown Pretty written by Valerie Luu and published by Chronicle Books. This book was released on 2020-09-22 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Chinatown Pretty features beautiful portraits and heartwarming stories of trend-setting seniors across six Chinatowns. Andria Lo and Valerie Luu have been interviewing and photographing Chinatown's most fashionable elders on their blog and Instagram, Chinatown Pretty, since 2014. Chinatown Pretty is a signature style worn by pòh pohs (grandmas) and gùng gungs (grandpas) everywhere—but it's also a life philosophy, mixing resourcefulness, creativity, and a knack for finding joy even in difficult circumstances. • Photos span Chinatowns in San Francisco, Oakland, Los Angeles, Chicago, New York City, and Vancouver. • The style is a mix of modern and vintage, high and low, handmade and store bought clothing. • This is a celebration of Chinese American culture, active old-age, and creative style. Chinatown Pretty shares nuggets of philosophical wisdom and personal stories about immigration and Chinese-American culture. This book is great for anyone looking for advice on how to live to a ripe old age with grace and good humor—and, of course, on how to stay stylish. • This book will resonate with photography buffs, fashionistas, and Asian Americans of all ages. • Chinatown Pretty has been featured by Vogue.com, San Francisco Chronicle, Design Sponge, Rookie, Refinery29, and others. • With a textured cover and glossy bellyband, this beautiful volume makes a deluxe gift. • Add it to the shelf with books like Humans of New York by Brandon Stanton, Advanced Style by Ari Seth Cohen, and Fruits by Shoichi Aoki.

Book The Brief and Frightening Reign of Phil

Download or read book The Brief and Frightening Reign of Phil written by George Saunders and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2007-04-01 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the highly acclaimed cult author of Pastoralia, comes a novella and short-story collection.

Book The Omnivorous Mind

    Book Details:
  • Author : John S. Allen
  • Publisher : Harvard University Press
  • Release : 2012-05-15
  • ISBN : 0674069870
  • Pages : 268 pages

Download or read book The Omnivorous Mind written by John S. Allen and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2012-05-15 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this gustatory tour of human history, John S. Allen demonstrates that the everyday activity of eating offers deep insights into human beings’ biological and cultural heritage. We humans eat a wide array of plants and animals, but unlike other omnivores we eat with our minds as much as our stomachs. This thoughtful relationship with food is part of what makes us a unique species, and makes culinary cultures diverse. Not even our closest primate relatives think about food in the way Homo sapiens does. We are superomnivores whose palates reflect the natural history of our species. Drawing on the work of food historians and chefs, anthropologists and neuroscientists, Allen starts out with the diets of our earliest ancestors, explores cooking’s role in our evolving brain, and moves on to the preoccupations of contemporary foodies. The Omnivorous Mind delivers insights into food aversions and cravings, our compulsive need to label foods as good or bad, dietary deviation from “healthy” food pyramids, and cross-cultural attitudes toward eating (with the French, bien sûr, exemplifying the pursuit of gastronomic pleasure). To explain, for example, the worldwide popularity of crispy foods, Allen considers first the food habits of our insect-eating relatives. He also suggests that the sound of crunch may stave off dietary boredom by adding variety to sensory experience. Or perhaps fried foods, which we think of as bad for us, interject a frisson of illicit pleasure. When it comes to eating, Allen shows, there’s no one way to account for taste.

Book Eat This Poem

    Book Details:
  • Author : Nicole Gulotta
  • Publisher : Shambhala Publications
  • Release : 2017-03-21
  • ISBN : 0834840650
  • Pages : 225 pages

Download or read book Eat This Poem written by Nicole Gulotta and published by Shambhala Publications. This book was released on 2017-03-21 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A literary cookbook that celebrates food and poetry, two of life's essential ingredients. In the same way that salt seasons ingredients to bring out their flavors, poetry seasons our lives; when celebrated together, our everyday moments and meals are richer and more meaningful. The twenty-five inspiring poems in this book—from such poets as Marge Piercy, Louise Glück, Mark Strand, Mary Oliver, Billy Collins, Jane Hirshfield—are accompanied by seventy-five recipes that bring the richness of words to life in our kitchen, on our plate, and through our palate. Eat This Poem opens us up to fresh ways of accessing poetry and lends new meaning to the foods we cook.

Book 101 Optimal Life Foods

Download or read book 101 Optimal Life Foods written by David Grotto and published by Bantam. This book was released on 2009-12-29 with total page 450 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this revolutionary guide, leading nutritionist David Grotto shares everyday foods that will help to remedy health issues large and small. From headaches to joint pain, acne to anxiety, chronically cold feet to depression, 101 Optimal Life Foods takes on thirty of the most common health issues–and shows you how to introduce healing fare to your diet through delicious, easy-to-prepare recipes. Inside you’ll discover that • Chocolate, tea, and dried plums reduce the signs of aging skin. • Combining walnuts and cherries can lead to the best sleep of your life. • Artichoke leaves bring relief from common stomach ailments. • Oysters can alleviate the effects of crippling migraines. • Wasabi helps treat bad breath. More than twenty-five years of clinical experience have shown Grotto just how powerful food can be in the lives of his patients. Now his individualized meal plans make it easy for you to incorporate healing foods into your own diet, using such tempting recipes as Cherry Zinger Smoothie, Tropical Fruit and Shrimp Gazpacho, and Mediterranean Grilled Bluefish. By combining the most flavorful, nutritious foods in the world with the latest breakthrough research, Grotto will help you become the healthiest you’ve ever been in your life!

Book Parks   Recreation

Download or read book Parks Recreation written by and published by . This book was released on 1928 with total page 518 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Man Who Couldn t Eat

Download or read book The Man Who Couldn t Eat written by Jon Reiner and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2012-06-05 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The story of the author's struggle with chronic illness.

Book A Christmas Memory

    Book Details:
  • Author : Truman Capote
  • Publisher : Knopf Books for Young Readers
  • Release : 2014-10-28
  • ISBN : 0385392761
  • Pages : 49 pages

Download or read book A Christmas Memory written by Truman Capote and published by Knopf Books for Young Readers. This book was released on 2014-10-28 with total page 49 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A reminiscence of a Christmas shared by a seven-year-old boy and a sixtyish childlike woman, with enormous love and friendship between them.

Book Aloft

    Book Details:
  • Author : Chang-rae Lee
  • Publisher : Penguin
  • Release : 2005-03-01
  • ISBN : 1101217278
  • Pages : 386 pages

Download or read book Aloft written by Chang-rae Lee and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2005-03-01 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The New York Times–bestselling novel by the critically acclaimed author of Native Speaker, A Gesture Life and My Year Abroad. At 59, Jerry Battle is coasting through life. His favorite pastime is flying his small plane high above Long Island. Aloft, he can escape from the troubles that plague his family, neighbors, and loved ones on the ground. But he can't stay in the air forever. Only months before his 60th birthday, a culmination of family crises finally pull Jerry down from his emotionally distant course. Jerry learns that his family's stability is in jeopardy. His father, Hank, is growing increasingly unhappy in his assisted living facility. His son, Jack, has taken over the family landscaping business but is running it into bankruptcy. His daughter, Theresa, has become pregnant and has been diagnosed with cancer. His longtime girlfriend, Rita, who helped raise his children, has now moved in with another man. And Jerry still has unanswered questions that he must face regarding the circumstances surrounding the death of his late wife. Since the day his wife died, Jerry has turned avoiding conflict into an art form-the perfect expression being his solitary flights from which he can look down on a world that appears serene and unscathed. From his comfortable distance, he can't see the messy details, let alone begin to confront them. But Jerry is learning that in avoiding conflict, he is also avoiding contact with the people he loves most.

Book In Defence of Food

Download or read book In Defence of Food written by Michael Pollan and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2008-01-31 with total page 243 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'A must-read ... satisfying, rich ... loaded with flavour' Sunday Telegraph This book is a celebration of food. By food, Michael Pollan means real, proper, simple food - not the kind that comes in a packet, or has lists of unpronounceable ingredients, or that makes nutritional claims about how healthy it is. More like the kind of food your great-grandmother would recognize. In Defence of Food is a simple invitation to junk the science, ditch the diet and instead rediscover the joys of eating well. By following a few pieces of advice (Eat at a table - a desk doesn't count. Don't buy food where you'd buy your petrol!), you will enrich your life and your palate, and enlarge your sense of what it means to be healthy and happy. It's time to fall in love with food again. For the past twenty years, Michael Pollan has been writing about the places where the human and natural worlds intersect: food, agriculture, gardens, drugs, and architecture. His most recent book, about the ethics and ecology of eating, is The Omnivore's Dilemma, named one of the ten best books of 2006 by the New York Times and the Washington Post. He is also the author of The Botany of Desire, A Place of My Own and Second Nature.