San Antonio College Library

An international etiquette consultant teaches proper American table manners.

"Bestselling vegan author Lindsay S. Nixon brings 'healthy' and 'holidays' together in her new book, Happy Herbivore Holidays, filled with easy recipes that celebrate and define our favorite occasions throughout the year. From an elaborate, crowd-pleasing Thanksgiving, to a no-fuss, but dazzling New Year's Eve or cocktail party, to omnivore-approved potlucks such as Super Bowl Sunday, to summer fresh barbecues and picnics, and quick-fix casual dinner...

Provides recipes and suggestions for celebrations for African-American holidays and special occasions throughout the year.

A former White House Executive Chef presents more than sixty of his signature recipes, along with a look at the Clinton and Bush First Families and an account of such episodes as teaching Chelsea Clinton to cook, the chaos in the wake of 9/11, and the challenges of serving under two very different presidents.

"Discover the joy of cooking in the backcountry (or the backyard) with more than 100 recipes, from wood-fried skillet pizzas and fortifying flask cocktails to magnificent mug cakes and the almighty s'more"--Back cover.

It is 1922, and London is tense. Ex-servicemen are disillusioned, the out-of-work and the hungry are demanding change. And in South London, in a genteel Camberwell villa, a large silent house now bereft of brothers, husband and even servants, life is about to be transformed, as impoverished widow Mrs Wray and her spinster daughter, Frances, are obliged to take in lodgers.

A visual history of the American presidency as reflected by diplomatic entertaining events traces the early days of provincial dining in the capital through today's sumptuous White House state banquets.