Sue Grafton: Three Complete Novels; A, B & C by Sue Grafton

Sue Grafton: Three Complete Novels; A, B & C by Sue Grafton

To celebrate her husband's Central-European (Mittel Europe) heritage, Kati Urszenyi has compiled some of her family's favorite sweet recipes into one sweet book. It is called Sweet Decadence: Memories of an era when sweets were sweet and is a collection of rich sophisticated desserts handed down to Kati through her husband's family. These recipes have been written down in Gabor's family for four generations. Presented with a double focus, on a vanished past and what we can do with it now, this is much more than a collection of recipes from was then and what now Authentic, delicious and doable. Translated across time and space, this collection of a family's recipes helps us understand why the Austro-Hungarian Empire found its culinary apotheosis in desserts - pastries, cakes, squares, slices, and cookies - of incomparable excellence. Made with readily available and all-natural ingredients, these recipes can now be prepared with our modern equipment, with less effort but no loss of texture and flavor. The author brings us a deeply felt, living, dense memory of how life was lived in the Old Country then, back a few generations, and also gives us some glimpses of how these have survived in her kitchen in Canada and her family's festivities, by way of these recipes and all they represent of a shared social history. And they're just plain exciting and simple, direct, and make any occasion: a holiday, special event or an everyday meal, a big party or an intimate afternoon tea, kids' after-school snacks or your own private pick-me-up.

Sue Grafton debuted in the mystery genre with the release of 'A' Is for Alibi in 1982, which introduced Kinsey Millhone, a female hard-boiled private investigator based in the fictional town of Santa Teresa (or Santa Barbara) California. In 1995, 'B' is for Burglar was released, and the 'alphabet' mystery series, also known as 'the alphabet' mysteries, is still going strong. She's also written several Kinsey Millhone short tales, and she and her husband, Steven Humphrey, wrote several television movies, including A Killer in the Family (with Robert Mitchum), Love on the Run (starring Alec Baldwin and Stephanie Zimbalist), and two Agatha Christie adaptations, Sparkling Cyanide and Caribbean Mystery (both starring Helen Hayes). Grafton is available in 26 languages and 28 countries. She adores pets, gardens, and delicious food. Sue lives in both Montecito, California, and Louisville, Kentucky, where she was born and reared.

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ISBN 13	9780517206799
ISBN 10	051720679X
Title	Sue Grafton: Three Complete Novels; A, B & C
Author	Sue Grafton
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Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Random House USA Inc
Year published	1999-09-14
Number of pages	768
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