Raghavan Iyer, author of "660 Curries" makes the last program of the year a very tasty treat. Iyer, who owns a Twin Cities restaurant called Om, is also an award winning teacher of cooking. His new book tells you everything you could possibly want to know about curries and what is served with them. He says that cooking curries is all about the balance of flavor, color, texture and aromas.
Listen to the interview at http://www.wvik.org/listings-aboutbooks.htm
Friday, December 25, 2009
Friday, December 18, 2009
About Books, December 19, 2009
Sandra Harper's "Over the Holidays" perfectly describes the joys and stresses of Christmas. Two sisters and one sister-in-law have different visions of the perfect Christmas and each struggles (with a lot of wit) to bring her vision to fruition. As one of them says, "Everyone has a relationship with Christmas whether they like it or not." Unwind from all the holiday busyness with this airy look at a family's holidays.
Listen to the interview at http://www.wvik.org/listings-aboutbooks.htm
Listen to the interview at http://www.wvik.org/listings-aboutbooks.htm
Friday, December 11, 2009
About Books, December 12, 2009
Stanley Weintraub's "General Sherman's Christmas: Savannah, 1864" opens on Thanksgiving of that year when the "march to the sea" left from Atlanta with the goal of reaching Savannah by Christmas. Read fascinating details of the 1864 election with soldiers voting absentee, the huge burden of feeding and transporting an army of 64, 204 men, the engineering involed in crossing bridgeless rivers and swamps, the treatment of women encountered along the way and the methods used to form the famous "Sherman neckties" from rails. Sherman realized his goal and was dubbed by the Chicago Tribune as "Our Military Santa Claus."
Listen to the interview at http://www.wvik.org/listings-aboutbooks.htm
Listen to the interview at http://www.wvik.org/listings-aboutbooks.htm
Friday, December 4, 2009
About Books, December 5, 2009
Kaylie Jones, author of five previous works, is the daughter of James Jones the National Book Award winning author of four WWII novels. Her new book, "Lies My Mother Never Told Me" is about her life with her parents in 1960s Paris and beyond. Drinking was a big part of the social life of the Jones'. Parties included such friends at William Styron, Irwin Shaw, James Baldwin, Norman Mailer and Truman Capote. But alcohlism was denied. Kaylie tells the slow disintegration of her mother due to alcohol as well as her own battle with drink.
Listen to the interview at http://www.wvik.org/listings-aboutbooks.htm
Listen to the interview at http://www.wvik.org/listings-aboutbooks.htm
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