Better than Take out or 500 Best Value Wines in the LCBO

Better than Take-out (and Faster, Too): Quick and Easy Cooking for Busy Families

Author: Pamela Marx

Research shows that children in families who sit down to dinner together are more likely to be successful, but on-the-go families need ideas for accomplishing this with meals that don't require much time in the kitchen. Offering a helping hand to exhausted parents who are often faced with screaming kids and no dinner plans, this cookbook for busy families is filled with easy recipes that parents and children can make together from whatever is in the house. Included are quick ideas for appetizers, soups, salads, main dishes, and desserts that can be made at any time. Recipes for dishes such as homemade onion soup, black bean salad, stuffed mushrooms, chicken with orange sauce, and chocolate banana cream pie are presented in an appealing, fun format that will inspire even those who hate to cook.

Author Biography: Pamela Marx is the author of several children's activity books including We the People, Quick Writes, Take a Quick Bow, and Practical Plays. She is a lawyer, 4-H leader, and mother of two. She lives in Los Angeles.

Sheryl Gurrentz

The recipes provide easy instructions and use ingredients and utensils I already have. If this book can make me want to fit cooking into my busy schedule, it will be welcomed by every on-the-go family.

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500 Best-Value Wines in the LCBO: 2008

Author: Rod Phillips

Your definitive guide to the best-value wines on the shelves of the Liquor Control Board of Ontario.

Two of Canada's well-known wine writers join forces in The 500 Best-Value Wines in the LCBO, a comprehensive, up-to-date guide to getting the best bottle for your buck. Rod Phillips and Vic Harradine combine years of wine tasting and wine writing expertise to deliver down-to-earth reviews and answers to the most common questions, including how to serve and store wine.

Their wine reviews use a five-star rating system and are arranged in an easy-to-follow format. The book features:

• a wide range of wine styles
• easy-to-understand reviews
• specific food matches
• room for tasting notes

Whether you're an inquiring wine novice or an experienced consumer, this is your compass for navigating the aisles of the LCBO.