One of Aloysius Pendergast’s most implacable enemies has arrived on his doorstep as a corpse. His death bears all the hallmarks of the perfect murder, save for one enigmatic clue: a piece of turquoise lodged in the dead man’s stomach. That single piece of evidence will lead Pendergast from an abandoned mine, to a desolate sea, and then deep into his own family’s sinister past. As ancient secrets begin to resurface, Pendergast must escape a subtle killer bent on revenge…
Eleven years after publishing his much-acclaimed first cookbook, Alan Wong’s New Wave Luau, Hawaii’s master chef has new stories to tell and fresh recipes to share with his legions of devotees. The Blue Tomato: The Inspirations Behind the Cuisine of Alan Wong features 70 memorable dishes representing the best of Chef Alan, his innovative menus and the creative cooks and staff members who develop and refine them.
With stunning food photography and more than 200 individual recipes, The Blue Tomato confirms Chef Alan’s place at the leading edge of the culinary arts. Here are time-proven favorites, inventive new dishes and ingenious adaptations of the multi-ethnic fare of the Pacific Rim.
More than just a cookbook, The Blue Tomato is a testament to Alan Wong’s conviction that anything is possible in today’s culinary arena—with the right mix of creativity, persistence and innovative thinking. Chef Alan presents a fresh, new approach to cooking and menu planning—an indispensable guide for the home cook and, at the same time, a collector’s-edition blueprint for the evolution of contemporary cuisine.
The Blue, Blue Sky is a collection of stories written for children, but also carefully crafted by author Diana Donald – a psychotherapist, devoted mother, and grandmother – to speak to the five-year-old within all readers, young or old. Here is Diana’s powerful and emotional description of the book:
The theme in these simple stories is pure love … the kind that gives meaning to our lives on the inside … on the inside where the center of our world resides.
These stories have a compelling need to let children know they are filled with their own innate wisdom, tucked deep inside. They touch that still small voice, that we hear so often to remind us we are never alone. These stories also give us a glimpse into the depth of our imagination which takes us to wherever we want to be, Imagination sees needs being met so that no one or no place can ever be too far away. Imagination opens our hearts so that we can look with love.
Our still small voice … our angel within … comes in any form we’ll accept and speaks to us in many ways … colors, sounds and feelings. Any presence that gives us a feeling of love is our angel inside. It could be the wind rustling in the trees in the middle of the night, a bell pealing in the distance, the breeze through your hair or that flower that speaks only to you. If you look the right way you’ll see them everywhere, they don t always have wings. They give you the confidence to be as important as you truly are.
These little stories are asking you to understand that the sense of belonging has nothing to do with other people. It s all about how unique and singular we truly are and what we carry around within.
