Everyday Use

Presents the text of Alice Walker's story "Everyday Use"; contains background essays that provide insight into the story; and features a selection of critical response. Includes a chronology and an interview with the author.

From baguettes to Bouillabaisse, whip up the magic of restaurant-quality French cuisine from the comfort of your kitchen! Considered to be one of the most prestigious and respectable cuisines in the world, French cooking enjoys excellent popularity. It boasts a combination of fresh ingredients, simple flavors, and delightful presentations. Included in UNESCO’s intangible cultural heritage, there is no denying that French cuisine tastes as magical as its tongue-twisting dishes sound. While the cooking techniques and ingredients are simple enough, it’s their freshness and attention to detail—from preparation to presentation—that provides French food with its air of unmatched sophistication and haute cuisine vibes. But can you prepare these elaborate dishes with all their flair and complexity just from your kitchen? Behind the distinctive French taste and presentation are the philosophy, culture, and tradition that give shape to complex recipes, long cooking times, and a host of culinary methods that are easy to be confused by. So, how do you go about cooking impressive French meals? In this typical french cookbook, you will discover: ● Easy-to-prepare, step-by-step recipes that bring the magic of the French dining experience home ● The history, traditions, and cultural influences that gave rise to French cuisine as we know it today ● French Pantry 101 – discover what goes into making a typical French meal, from flours, wines, and bread to vegetables, spices, oils, and butter! ● The Chef’s Essentials – tools, equipment, and utensils to aid in your preparations ● The Cooking Basics Primer – take out your chef’s hat and sharpen your knives as you develop essential skills and learn how to make sauces, stocks, bread, and desserts ● Flavorful traditional main courses – take your pick from ratatouille and bouillabaisse to coq au vin and beef Bourguignon ● All You Can Eat Breakfast – go light in the mornings as you bake classics like baguettes, croissants, and even delicious crepes! ● Easy-to-make and delicious sides, from creamy soups to lip-smacking starters and healthy salads ● Amazing desserts and pastries – satisfy your sweet tooth as you relish classics like macarons and madeleines And much more. No matter your skill level, with easy ingredient lists as well as cooking and preparation directions, bringing the French plate to your home is now easier than ever! If you want to enjoy delicious French cuisine through effortless recipes, then scroll up and click “Add to Cart” right now.

The author explores her mother’s marriage—and fourteen pregnancies—in this “powerful memoir” (Ebony). One of Oprah.com’s Best Memoirs of the Year Winner of the 2015 Hurston/Wright Legacy Award in Nonfiction Tracing the four days between the moment she gets the dreaded call and the burial of her mother, Elizabeth Nunez tells of her lifelong struggle to cope with her parents’ ambitions for their children—and her mother’s seemingly unbreakable conviction that displays of affection are not for everyday use. Yet Nunez sympathizes with her parents, whose happiness is constrained by the oppressive strictures of colonialism; by the Catholic Church’s prohibition of artificial birth control which her mother obeys, terrified by the threat of eternal damnation (her mother gets pregnant fourteen times: nine live births and five miscarriages which almost kill her); and by the complexities of skin color in Caribbean society. Through it all, a fierce love holds this family together, and helps carry Nunez through her grief, in this “intriguing [and] courageous memoir” (Kirkus Reviews). “Nunez ponders the cultural, racial, familial, social, and personal experiences that led to what she ultimately understands was a deeply loving union between her parents. A beautifully written exploration of the complexities of marriage and family life.” —Booklist

The ebook edition of this title is Open Access and freely available to read online. Filling a gap between classic discussions on everyday media use and recent studies of emergent technologies, this book untangles how media become meaningful to us in the everyday, connecting us to communities and publics.

Gas prices. Traffic. Your boss. Your former boss. Your coworkers. Your crush. Doctors. Customer service. Who can you call to get that monkey off your back? You can’t call anyone because they won’t return your calls. Isn’t it time to have a little ammo of your own? Find it here: fifty custom maledictions for situations you run into every day, and for people you know and wish you didn’t. The Little Book of Curses and Maledictions puts the power back in your hands with its user-friendly, step-by-step instructions. Learn how to place spells, incantations, hexes, and more. Authentic, ancient curses from around the world are tweaked for easy, contemporary use. The book covers the four essentials for practicing any kind of magic: what to do and say, what materials to use, what frame of mind to be in, and what limits to set. In some cases it even matters where you are when you set your curse, what time of day it is, and who’s around. Create the life you deserve using the power of the ages.

Fusing audience research and ethnography, the book presents a compelling account of women’s changing lives and identities in relation to the impact of the most popular media culture in everyday life: television. Within the historically-specific social conditions of Korean modernity, Youna Kim analyzes how Korean women of varying age and class group cope with the new environment of changing economical structure and social relations. The book argues that television is an important resource for women, stimulating them to research their own lives and identities. Youna Kim reveals Korean women as creative, energetic and critical audiences in their responses to evolving modernity and the impact of the West. Based on original empirical research, the book explores the hopes, aspirations, frustrations and dilemmas of Korean women as they try to cope with life beyond traditional grounds. Going beyond the traditional Anglo-American view of media and culture, this text will appeal to students and scholars of both Korean area studies and media and communications studies.