Archive for the 'Books & Other Media' Category

More Electronic Reading

Friday, June 12th, 2009

As some portion of the world seems to move more and more into the electronic reading world, the opportunities keep opening up. So in addition to my dictionary being available via Kindle, for those of you who have one (or on iPhone or iTouch with the Kindle application installed), as I noted last week, the [...]

Mr. T’s Pizza

Thursday, June 11th, 2009

 The test of a great pizza is its irresistible crust. If you have never had a pizza with a thin grilled curst, you will love its crispy texture and charred flavor.”
- from Grilled Pizzas & Piadinas by Craig W. Priebe
Buenos Aires – The quote above comes from one of my relatively new favorite little cookbooks. [...]

Electro-Readers

Sunday, May 31st, 2009

For those of you who have one, Amazon just put out a Kindle version of the second edition of my dictionary, and they’re offering it for a limited time at a great intro deal price! And also, if I understand the technology right, Kindle documents can now be read on some (all?) versions of an [...]

Sale!

Monday, May 4th, 2009

Friends, family & fans 10% off intro sale on new edition of my book direct from publisher until May 10th!
Click here
Go ahead, you know you’ve been wanting to buy a copy….

Standards

Saturday, May 2nd, 2009

 I try to live up to my standards and not sink down to my principles.
- paraphrase of an old movie quote that I can’t quite remember, but it fits…
Buenos Aires – The blogosphere is abuzz, yes abuzz I tell you. First it was a week or two ago’s big kerfuffle over Dr. Vino calling out [...]

Second Time Around

Sunday, April 19th, 2009

 Success does not consist in never making mistakes but in never making the same one a second time.”
- George Bernard Shaw, critic, essayist, playwright

Buenos Aires – Just shy of two years since the original edition’s publication, the second edition of my bilingual Spanish and English food and wine dictionary was officially approved today. It will [...]

R Rated Guacamole

Sunday, April 12th, 2009

 I’ve been thinking about changing my major from Home Economics to Feminist Studies, but I wasn’t sure if you had any feminist cooking classes.”
- Bunny, from the movie about to be reviewed…
Buenos Aires – A couple of months ago I mentioned the movie Cannibal Women in the Avocado Jungle of Death, in passing, and realized [...]

Vacation Books

Tuesday, March 10th, 2009

 I suggest that the only books that influence us are those for which we are ready, and which have gone a little farther down our particular path than we have yet got ourselves.”
- E.M. Forster, Two Cheers for Democracy, 1951
Buenos Aires – One of the things I like about vacationing by myself is that in [...]