Bistro food is the food of happiness. The dishes have universal allure, whether it’s steak frites or a perfectly roasted chicken, onion soup or beef bourguignon. These are recipes that have endured for centuries, and they find their most perfect representation in the hands of the supremely talented Thomas Keller. And just as Bouchon demonstrated Keller’s ability to distill the sublime simplicity of bistro cooking and elevate it beyond what it had ever been before, the #1 New York Times best-seller Bouchon Bakery is filled with baked goods that are a marvel of ingenuity and simplicity. From morning baguettes and almond croissants to fruit tarts and buttery brioche, these most elemental and satisfying of foods are treated with an unmatched degree of precision and creativity. With this exciting new collection, readers are sure to expand their knowledge, enrich their experience, and refine their technique.

Ben Procter, a native Texan, was born in Temple on February 21, 1927. An excellent student, he was graduated from Austin High School in 1945 and enlisted and served in the U.S. Navy for fifteen months. Upon discharge in September 1946 he entered The University of Texas that same fall. Ben played end on the Longhorn football team and earned a place on an All-America football team?and a Phi Beta Kappa key in the same semester. His athletic record included gaining 1,382 yards for an average of 16.8 yards per catch and scoring thirteen touchdowns. In 1949, Ben’s Longhorns defeated the TCU Horned Frogs in no small part because he caught more passes and scored more touchdowns than any player had done in any game in Southwest Conference history to that time.

Ben graduated from The University of Texas in 1951 and the following year also received his master’s degree from the same institution. He played professional football with the Los Angeles Rams until injured, then enrolled in the graduate program in history at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Frederick Merk directed Ben’s dissertation, a biography of John H. Reagan, but Ben also studied with such outstanding scholars as Samuel Eliot Morison and Arthur Schlesinger, Sr., and Arthur Schlesinger, Jr., and received the Doctor of Philosophy degree in 1961. Ben joined the faculty at Texas Christian University in 1957.

Baked goods that are marvels of ingenuity and simplicity from the famed Bouchon Bakery

The tastes of childhood have always been a touchstone for Thomas Keller, and in this dazzling amalgam of American and French baked goods, you'll find recipes for the beloved TKOs and Oh Ohs (Keller's takes on Oreos and Hostess's Ho Hos) and all the French classics he fell in love with as a young chef apprenticing in Paris: the baguettes, the macarons, the mille-feuilles, the tartes aux fruits.

Co-author Sebastien Rouxel, executive pastry chef for the Thomas Keller Restaurant Group, has spent years refining techniques through trial and error, and every page offers a new lesson: a trick that assures uniformity, a subtlety that makes for a professional finish, a flash of brilliance that heightens flavor and enhances texture. The deft twists, perfectly written recipes, and dazzling photographs make perfection inevitable.

Per più di trent'anni Michael McDonald ha diretto un prestigioso studio legale negli Stati Uniti e attualmente lavora per un'agenzia culturale americana. Ha strappato le sue "domeniche di scrittura" al resto degli impegni, con nella mente l'esempio di saggisti come Edmund Wilson e dive James. Non ha avuto tempo di fare della sua scrittura un automatismo. Non scrive mai su commissione e i giornali nemmeno glielo chiedono: propone ciò che scrive seguendo l'urgenza di ciò che gli preme comunicare, evitando l'opprimente spersonalizzazione delle recensioni prodotte in serie e le gravose imposizioni degli elaborati accademici richiesti dalle università per collezionare titoli. Questo libro getta nuova luce sulle vicende umane, politiche e culturali dei grandi protagonisti del Novecento italiano (Beppe Fenoglio, Ignazio Silone, Curzio Malaparte, Primo Levi) e ci aiuta a meglio comprendere le figure di Edmund Wilson, Albert Camus, Jean-Paul Sartre, Peter Handke, Vladimir Majakovskij. Fedeli a una visione pragmatica della critica letteraria, i suoi saggi potrebbero situarsi in quello che Lionel Trilling definiva "il pericoloso incrocio dove Arte e Politica si incontrano".

This series of essays by prominent academics and practitioners investigates in detail the history of performance in the classical Greek and Roman world. Beginning with the earliest examples of 'dramatic' presentation in the epic cycles and reaching through to the latter days of the Roman Empire and beyond, the Companion covers many aspects of these broad presentational societies. Dramatic performances that are text-based form only one part of cultures where presentation is a major element of all social and political life. Individual chapters range across a two thousand year timescale, and include specific chapters on acting traditions, masks, properties, playing places, festivals, religion and drama, comedy and society, and commodity, concluding with the dramatic legacy of myth and the modern media. The book addresses the needs of students of drama and classics, as well as anyone with an interest in the theatre's history and practice.

(Piano/Vocal/Guitar Artist Songbook). 19 songs from this distinctive and popular vocalist from his days with the Doobie Brothers and his solo years, including: Blink of an Eye * I Keep Forgettin' (Every Time You're Near) * Minute by Minute * No Lookin' Back * On My Own * Real Love * Takin' It to the Streets * What a Fool Believes * and more.