How Not To Be A Domestic Goddess

Author : Beba Papakyriakou
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 36 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2010-09-14
Category : Humor
ISBN : 9781446157220

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GET-THIS Series I/2010/2 Domestic Goddess-Not Cookbook Stories by Beba Papakyriakou Pdf

What this book is not: It isn’t a traditional cookbook. What you will not find in this book: Recipes for any of the meals and desserts on the cover. Those were made by professional chefs in fantastic establishments, and have been consumed by countless people, myself included, all of whom paid top Dollar for the pleasure.What you will find in this book: The story behind whatever’s on each page; a list of ingredients; a “method†; and a couple of interesting web sites. Oh, and some cookery terms.I am a writer, but I don’t really cook. Or bake. Or blanch – what’s that anyway? “Make white†or “anything goes†as in carte blanche? I come from a line of great cooks, and have had several good cooks in my midst who feed me and others, so why, pray, do I need to jump on this particular bandwagon.I know which things I’m good at, hence this book. “It’s not about the recipes; it’s about the stories†. Trust me, I’m a writer.

Author : Deborah Ross
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2007-10
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1846681189

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Signed Always Go to Bed on an Arg by Deborah Ross Pdf

Author : Simon Brooke
Publisher : AuthorHouse
Page : 239 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2021-04-19
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781665587211

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I Married a Domestic Goddess by Simon Brooke Pdf

The Domestic Goddess – a story of social media fame, a family in crisis and advice on buying a bike. Adam and Sarah live in a house that’s too small for them with a mortgage that’s too big for them and, once they’ve wrestled the kids into bed, they watch Netflix series in their pyjamas or have cheap-as-chips, Chardonnay-soaked dinners with their friends. After Sarah wins a writing competition for a women’s magazine, she’s asked to become a regular columnist. Emma, Adam’s friend, but certainly not Sarah’s, a glamorous celebrity publicity, immediately sees potential in Sarah as a YouTube star. And so the Domestic Goddess is born. As the Domestic Goddess attracts followers and cables, lights and free samples for promotion begin to fill the house, Adam and the children find themselves transformed into social media stars. But Adam is uncomfortable with their new found fame. Luckily, Emma has a suggestion – Adam should follow in his wife’s footsteps and the humble bike shop that he runs with his quirky assistant Fin becomes the home of the Bicycle Boys, the next YouTube sensation. But is more celebrity and more freebies really the answer to Adam and Sarah’s growing estrangement? Before long, as the couple find themselves competing for subscribers, swamped by fans and struggling to handle their new fame, the fault lines in their relationship force them apart. Adam has never had to try at anything – other than escaping from the shadow of his celebrated financier father. Sarah, on the other hand, has always had to work like hell – as she does for the Domestic Goddess. “But it’s killing you,” points out Adam. Is it better to die trying? Before long Adam is throwing himself into the Bicycle Boys. But is it to impress Sarah or get revenge on her? Conflicted, he seeks to rebuild their normal family life but Emma clearly has other plans for the couple. When the Domestic Goddess and the Bicycle Boys come head to head for the glitzy Vlogger of the Year Awards Adam realises that he needs to take drastic action.

Author : Elizabeth Harbison
Publisher : Silhouette
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2011-11-15
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781459222083

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Diary of a Domestic Goddess by Elizabeth Harbison Pdf

THE GODDESS RULEBOOK: RULE #1: FIGURE OUT WHAT YOU WANT—AND GO AFTER IT Columnist Kit Macy's dream house was almost hers. Then the entire staff of her old-fashioned household magazine was fired by the new, hip, handsome boss. No job meant no mortgage, and no backyard for her four-year-old son. She needed a plan…and decided to reinvent herself. RULE #2: CHANGE IS GOOD Hotshot editor Cal Panagos intended to revamp the magazine—from its staff to its stories. But the stubborn single mom's desire to succeed—and her beautiful eyes—soon got under his skin, while Kit's ideas breathed life into his publication. Working closely day after day, Cal began to forget the most important rule of all: Never mix business with pleasure….

Author : Deborah Ross
Publisher : Ips - Profile Books
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 186197891X

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How Not to be a Domestic Goddess by Deborah Ross Pdf

Here are Mrs Ross's handy tips on every aspect of household management: skincare, fashion and beauty, children, dealing with blackened ovenware*, leftovers** and freezing***. And here is useful advice on how to get a 'lifestyle' if you suspect you don't have a proper one. Some people have fabulous bodies and accomplished kids and amazing parenting skills and ideal jobs and harmonious marital relationships. This book is not for them. It is for the rest of us: we, the 99 per cent of the population who are not so blessed and cannot decide whether to laugh or cry. Answer: laugh. *soak, soak, soak, then throw away when nobody is looking. **decant carefully into Tupperware, place in fridge, leave for a week then throw out when nobody is looking. ***leave for a decade, then throw out when nobody is looking.

Author : Nigella Lawson
Publisher : Vintage
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 1998-08
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0099288869

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How to Be a Domestic Goddess by Nigella Lawson Pdf

Nigella Lawson's "How to Be a Domestic Goddess" is about not only baking, but the enjoyment of being in the kitchen, taking sensuous pleasure in the entire process, and relishing the outcome. Nigella's deliciously reassuring and mouthwatering cookbook demonstrates that it's not terribly difficult to bake a batch of muffins or a layer cake, but the appreciation and satisfaction they bring are disproportionately high. At last, a book that understands our anxieties, feeds our fantasies, and puts cakes, pies, pastries, breads, and biscuits back into our own kitchens.

Author : Regina Hale Sutherland
Publisher : Vision
Page : 180 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2009-11-29
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780446570008

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Red Hat Society(R)'s Domestic Goddess by Regina Hale Sutherland Pdf

Millie Truman has a problem. Make that two problems: her sons, Mitchell and Steven. Because of their slovenly ways, both of them have relationship troubles. Now Millie finds herself with amessy, needy houseguest in Steven and having to cleanMitchell's apartment every week. Her sons are putting acrimp in her lifestyle!Widowed for 5 years she would like to travel andlive her life her way. She also wouldn't mind getting toknow her newly-divorced neighbour, Charles. Along with her good friends and fellow Red Hat members, Kim and Theresa, they hatch a plan to get the dependent men intheir lives to take care of themselves - with the Bachelor's Survival Class at their Condo's communitycentre. After some manipulation, both Steven and Mitchell start attending. Soon Millie is giving all themen in the condo her Domestic Goddess secrets - andperhaps finding love with the handsomeCharleshellip;who just happens to be her favouritestudent!

Author : Nigella Lawson
Publisher : Random House
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2012-03-13
Category : Cooking
ISBN : 9781448137596

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How To Be A Domestic Goddess by Nigella Lawson Pdf

This Christmas rediscover the classic book that launched a thousand cupcakes. 'This is for those days or evenings when you want to usher a little something out of the kitchen that makes you thrill at the sheer pleasure you've conjured up.' The classic baking bible by Nigella Lawson ('Queen of the Kitchen' - Observer Food Monthly). This is the book that helped the world rediscover the joys of baking and kick-started the cupcake revolution, from cake shops around the country to The Great British Bake Off. How To Be a Domestic Goddess is not about being a goddess, but about feeling like one. Here is the book that feeds our fantasies, understands our anxieties and puts cakes, pies, pastries, preserves, puddings, bread and biscuits back into our own kitchens. With luscious photography, easy recipes, witty food writing and a beautiful hardback design, this is a book you will treasure for many years as well as a delicious gift for friends and family. Cakes - from a simple Victoria Sponge to beautiful cupcakes Biscuits - macaroons, muffins and other indulgent treats Pies - perfect shortcrust and puff pastry and sweet and savoury recipes Puddings - crumbles, sponges, trifles and cheesecakes Chocolate - luscious chocolate recipes for sharing (or not) Children - simple recipes for baking with kids Christmas - pudding, Christmas cakes, mince pies... and mulled wine Bread - finally, the proof that baking bread can be fun, with easy bread recipes The Domestic Goddess's Larder - essential preserves, jams, chutneys, curds and pickles that every cook should have Nigella Collection: a vibrant look for Nigella's classic cookery books.

Author : Sarah E. Worth
Publisher : Reaktion Books
Page : 237 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2021-11-11
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781789144819

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Taste by Sarah E. Worth Pdf

A thoughtful consideration of taste as a sense and an idea and of how we might jointly develop both. When we eat, we eat the world: taking something from outside and making it part of us. But what does it taste of? And can we develop our taste? In Taste, Sarah Worth argues that taste is a sense that needs educating, for the real pleasures of eating only come with an understanding of what one really likes. From taste as an abstract concept to real examples of food, she explores how we can learn about and develop our sense of taste through themes ranging from pleasure, authenticity, and food fraud, to visual images, recipes, and food writing.

Author : Brunsdon, Charlotte,Spigel, Lynn
Publisher : McGraw-Hill Education (UK)
Page : 385 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2007-12-01
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780335225453

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Feminist Television Criticism: A Reader by Brunsdon, Charlotte,Spigel, Lynn Pdf

Covers the area of feminist media criticism. This edition discusses subjects including, alternative family structures, de-westernizing media studies, industry practices, "Sex and the City", Oprah, and "Buffy."

Author : Joyce Antler
Publisher : Oxford University Press on Demand
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2007-04-02
Category : FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS
ISBN : 9780195147872

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You Never Call! You Never Write! by Joyce Antler Pdf

An illuminating, often humorous history of the Jewish Mother traces the evolution of this popular icon through decades of American culture, detailing both positive and negative aspects through the years while examining such images as the "Yiddishe Mama," "Molly Goldberg," the smothering and shrewish scourge of Portnoy's Complaint, and beyond.

Author : Danielle Wood
Publisher : Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2013-05-21
Category : House & Home
ISBN : 9780865478909

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Housewife Superstar! by Danielle Wood Pdf

The life, advice, and many marriages of a ninety-something Tasmanian domestic goddess, the real-life humor inspiration for television's Dame Edna Marjorie Bligh is the ninety-five-year-old Martha Stewart you didn't know you were missing. Does your goldfish have constipation? Feed it Epsom salts. Have you run out of blush? Cut a beet in half and slap it on your cheeks. Are there possums in your ceiling? Housewife Superstar will tell you how to get them out. Famous for never wasting a thing, Marjorie crochets her bedspreads from plastic bags and used panty hose, and protects the plants in her garden with bras. In 1958, upon entering the food and craft contests at her town show, she won in seventy-eight categories; the next year she won in seventy-two but was denied the trophy by jealous rivals. Once divorced and twice widowed, Marjorie is, according to her colossal fan Barry Humphries (of TV comedy Dame Edna fame), "no slouch in the matrimonial department." Her first husband, Cliff, was loving but turned brutal. Her second marriage, to preacher and schoolteacher Adrian, was punctuated by endless love notes, breakfasts in bed, and territorial fights with his adult daughters. She snagged her third husband, Eric—a bus driver—with promises of fruitcake and flirtatious glances in his rearview mirror. Marjorie designed two homes and a museum devoted to her creations, worked for half a century as a journalist and columnist, and raised two sons, all while building a devoted following. Danielle Wood's Housewife Superstar is an illuminating look at a treasure.

Author : Liora Blake
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2017-10-31
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781501155178

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Ready for Wild by Liora Blake Pdf

"Braden Montgomery is certain about three things: one, luck is for suckers; two, time spent outdoors is what keeps him sane; and, three, when it comes to sharing his bed, there's only one female he's willing to put up with--his Chesapeake Bay retriever, Charley. Braden's constructed his life on these beliefs, and he's quite content with the status quo. But when a moment of bad luck lands Braden toe-to-toe with a blonde bombshell with her own television show, his stubbornly structured reality begins to unravel"--Amazon.com.

Author : Nilanjana Bhowmick
Publisher : Penguin Random House India Private Limited
Page : 230 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2024-03-28
Category : Self-Help
ISBN : 9789357089616

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How Not to Be a Superwoman by Nilanjana Bhowmick Pdf

In How Not to Be a Superwoman, Nilanjana Bhowmick explores the immense pressure women face to excel in every role—as mothers, career women, partners and friends—and the toll this pursuit takes on their mental health and happiness. Her compelling work unveils the raw, real stories of diverse women who have broken free from the relentless cycle of perfectionism, and offers insightful, practical advice on achieving balance and joy that comes from embracing one's true self. Through a feminist lens, she confronts and rejects society's unrealistic expectations while advocating for a life of fulfilment, self-compassion and genuine empowerment. This is a must-read for women seeking to liberate themselves from the exhausting superwoman ideal and embrace a more self-loving, balanced way of living.

Author : Deborah Cameron,Joan Scanlon
Publisher : A&C Black
Page : 266 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2009-11-01
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781849660389

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The Trouble and Strife Reader ebook by Deborah Cameron,Joan Scanlon Pdf

From 1983 to 2002, Trouble and Strife: The Radical Feminist Magazine was a distinctive voice in British feminism. It was the longest-surviving completely independent feminist periodical published in this period and it combined the intellectual depth of an academic journal with the accessibility, topicality and visual appeal of commercial feminst magazines such as Everywoman and Spare Rib. Featuring articles by internationally prominent feminists including Julie Bindel, Deborah Cameron, Beatrix Campbell, Patricia Duncker, Liz Kelly and Diana Leonard, it represented a particular current in feminism, radical rather than liberal, materialist but not marxist, anti-essentialist but not postmodernist. It regularly challenged orthodoxies on controversial issues such as ritual abuse or the sexual politics of religious fundamentalism. This is a collection of the best and most enduring articles published in the magazine during its 20-year life. It offers a unique historical record of an important strand of radical feminist debate, enabling old readers to revisit it and new readers to discover it.