Dine Like a Mad Man - Book Giveaway...and a Sweepstakes

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQET0qe516pvDS8uQilDUT8HUqTkU7GuVBnUebNmzbplWJ5B-MTW7uuMcEFp4ASOneYWvVjWUPfgsJkjgIVBhDshCtZQK3LZsQVFpMTTN1fPSDVCDYt7-H3iUtgcomIrrMHgyIskR8N5t4/s1600/Aroundthe+World+Dinner.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQET0qe516pvDS8uQilDUT8HUqTkU7GuVBnUebNmzbplWJ5B-MTW7uuMcEFp4ASOneYWvVjWUPfgsJkjgIVBhDshCtZQK3LZsQVFpMTTN1fPSDVCDYt7-H3iUtgcomIrrMHgyIskR8N5t4/s1600/Aroundthe+World+Dinner.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Betty's "Around the World" dinner</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">W</span>ith many thanks to veteran cookbook author Judy Gelman and SmartPop/BenBella books, Eve's Reel Life will give away a copy of Gelman's new book (co-authored with Peter Zheutlin), </span><i style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">The Unofficial Man Men Cookbook: Inside the Kitchens, Bars and Restaurants of </i><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><i>Mad Men</i>.</span><br /><br /><a name='more'></a><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicqrZDqw0t5Bva7-wVA75L-RqiHbSQy2-fMMhbcgeqS_0L1rMeJ1Ud2JZ8V2ePcN4KyjcmKnVxQlY7Cvy_HpgYkwDyQLD14DSVx1kzh9nI_3-5ym0jHD7zx7aNNdZr5p8rxPwImY6Io3bP/s1600/savoy+don+and+betty.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="211" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicqrZDqw0t5Bva7-wVA75L-RqiHbSQy2-fMMhbcgeqS_0L1rMeJ1Ud2JZ8V2ePcN4KyjcmKnVxQlY7Cvy_HpgYkwDyQLD14DSVx1kzh9nI_3-5ym0jHD7zx7aNNdZr5p8rxPwImY6Io3bP/s320/savoy+don+and+betty.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Don and Betty at the Savoy Plaza</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">The book provides a fascinating mix of history and culture, tips on throwing a '60s-style cocktail party and a guide to the still-in-business Manhattan haunts featured in <i>Mad Men</i>. The heart and soul of any cookbook, of course, is its recipes, and <i>The Unofficial Mad Men Cookbook </i>offers more than 70 recipes for and commentary on the food and drink featured in the series. Included are Betty's Around the World Dinner: Gazpacho and Rumaki, Palm Springs Chile Rellenos, The Forum of the Twelve Caesars Golden Eggs of Crassus and Marinated Olives, Trudy's Rib Eye in the Pan, plus classic recipes of the era like California Dip, Waldorf Salad, Chicken Kiev, and Beef Wellington. On the drinks side, Don's Old Fashioned and Roger's Martini are featured along with Joan's Blue Hawaii and a host of other mid-century cocktail staples.</span><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjF_X64OGjo94hRJQYGRWSbG-2Mq4oVvXkyi9l-62xns_8AHdKAvd-7Tlt4as3QkNkajv-DiZJgdnmlccMLy4R-ncH7EVvdWrCymL6k5HYik-QD1gBFKm1BXoFLvTb-TMyvLLm4OyosyE_s/s1600/waldorf+salad.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjF_X64OGjo94hRJQYGRWSbG-2Mq4oVvXkyi9l-62xns_8AHdKAvd-7Tlt4as3QkNkajv-DiZJgdnmlccMLy4R-ncH7EVvdWrCymL6k5HYik-QD1gBFKm1BXoFLvTb-TMyvLLm4OyosyE_s/s200/waldorf+salad.jpg" width="200" /></a></td></tr><tr style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Waldorf Salad</td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEZYHKI9wee2WHZgSp5S5dU7pNFyzKHlot9PzPJEJnAU4ToM6BRWv4GfXfJ2ER7QHElrWh3VgYVJhcj4lXG3BEMr1WjW79nFTEhOkNLx5cEPXxpEOBDcBO7tWU2AWceSCEtqMRvKCh8G_g/s1600/Chicken+Kiev+3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="184" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEZYHKI9wee2WHZgSp5S5dU7pNFyzKHlot9PzPJEJnAU4ToM6BRWv4GfXfJ2ER7QHElrWh3VgYVJhcj4lXG3BEMr1WjW79nFTEhOkNLx5cEPXxpEOBDcBO7tWU2AWceSCEtqMRvKCh8G_g/s320/Chicken+Kiev+3.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Chicken Kiev</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">For a chance to win <i>The Unofficial Mad Men Cookbook</i>, enter now by sending your name and mailing address to <a href="mailto:ladyevesidwich@gmail.com" style="color: #990000;">ladyevesidwich@gmail.com</a>. A random drawing will be held on Saturday, March 24, 2012. U.S. residents only, please! </span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"></span><br /><div style="color: #990000;"><b><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">U<span style="font-size: small;">pdate...we have a winner, Terry Towles Canote aka/@mercurie on Twitter. Congratulations, Terry!</span></span></span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEge9-7iIRmYYvBlR7BRbG5u3qvt2brqD_Vt8tX2PSowo-Y5vPx3EW0XClaUYc038U_MVAtYz3weVCt3QwANo9QtdJz8nJZveUGOpXI555y1nOihM_w7IfO6zDRz-CtHkm8wWx3PfSUq5jH_/s1600/book-cover.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEge9-7iIRmYYvBlR7BRbG5u3qvt2brqD_Vt8tX2PSowo-Y5vPx3EW0XClaUYc038U_MVAtYz3weVCt3QwANo9QtdJz8nJZveUGOpXI555y1nOihM_w7IfO6zDRz-CtHkm8wWx3PfSUq5jH_/s320/book-cover.png" width="224" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"></span>

Judy Gelman Mad Men The Lady Eve (author) The Unofficial Mad Men Cookbook Dine Like a Mad Man - Book Giveaway...and a Sweepstakes

Betty's "Around the World" dinnerWith many thanks to veteran cookbook author Judy Gelman and SmartPop/BenBella books, Eve's Reel Life will give away a copy of Gelman's new book (co-authored with Peter Zheutlin), The Unofficial Man Men Cookbook: Insid…

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Why not become a ‘curator’ with Scoop.it and create your own online magazine?

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">You have probably heard the word ‘curator’ being bandied around? ‘Curating’ is one of the latest buzzwords and that is what Scoop.it does. (I haven’t yet investigated Paper.li but it could be similar). So, what happens is you join Scoop.it (<a href="http://www.scoopit.com/">http://www.scoopit.com</a>) and choose a topic you would like information about. </span></div><div style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpd3YR5o1KcUutzS0KdO5KwaitdkwdETQXj2ywfhOdk0uf55AlUUMRiqURrkWukZnPeD8p5fNQdpErIm2-WL6DYYzwt8sX1v9SwRwEwtFjKDgEFlMuzh_tVSx2kifcf8Z7fY8MA6cudOA/s1600-h/what%252520is%252520scoopit%25255B3%25255D.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="what is scoopit" border="0" height="247" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEf663az7R1PKnB4fAI7UzGhe_f7m0vm_ZLH7OIfot9ZqUxjaLaU1uYr92XZimvwkfXdgv9xfLNAHQHPaXy4ME9EOZ5dhNH4AlmxErDYKO3frJq8rhNDDm4EulWry7qU9QnSlu4x1-LEY/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-color: -moz-use-text-color; border-style: none; border-width: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="what is scoopit" width="320" /></a></div><span style="font-size: x-small;"></span> <br /><span style="font-size: x-small;"></span>  <br /><div style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">Scoop.it then crawls the Internet searching for articles based on the keywords you have given to your search topic.  You then curate by choosing which articles you would like to use in your magazine, and Scoop.it forms it into an attractive easy-to-read online magazine. </span></div><div style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span> </div><div style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">What I LOVE about Scoop.it is that you can also follow topics that interest you. I follow 34 topics that interest me and Scoop.it keeps me informed in much the same way – a magazine type format for me to page through at leisure. Marvelous! When reading a Scoop.it all you do is click on a block and  it takes you to the original artecle. </span></div><div style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span> </div><div style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">So for example… this is how Scoop.it keeps me informed about the latest on my topics of choice. </span></div><div style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span> </div><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXzOhWAFxY-KxPQiV28GHdvxqU8uMUrb7W4Ygd_EC_KexjMaukD2LqADixVSBrSmhNHGq-FrBCLgyjTg-Ju-D-5A_w18I-xy8n7uYELfz6oFYiRozOHs1u2jCLv5lnPIqok2170AxXNmI/s1600-h/image%25255B3%25255D.png"><img alt="image" border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfDWveT2pqVpF1KVMbO6VMGqHjWYh3cRgiLIuVbXW4_USqDXNS0Kx0iOFeaMcUrcwAG-UBzrw0bCdPAnF_BDkcmMkOlPDGzET04f7PIL-oeW8oE1ZY3AWecbKaN_KhuRSfCT2S9aJuC5g/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-color: -moz-use-text-color; border-style: none; border-width: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="271" /> </a></div><div align="left" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">In case you would like to know all the steps on how to work with Scoop.it please view my Slideshare. </span></div><div id="__ss_11835738" style="width: 425px;"><div style="text-align: center;"><b style="display: block; margin: 12px 0 4px;"><a href="http://www.slideshare.net/fionabeal/come-scoop-with-me-fiona-beal" title="Come 'Scoop' with me - Fiona Beal">Come 'Scoop' with me - Fiona Beal</a></b><object height="355" id="__sse11835738" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://static.slidesharecdn.com/swf/ssplayer2.swf?doc=comescoopwithme-fionabeal-120302112437-phpapp01&stripped_title=come-scoop-with-me-fiona-beal&userName=fionabeal" /><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true" /><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always" /><param name="wmode" value="transparent" /><embed name="__sse11835738" src="http://static.slidesharecdn.com/swf/ssplayer2.swf?doc=comescoopwithme-fionabeal-120302112437-phpapp01&stripped_title=come-scoop-with-me-fiona-beal&userName=fionabeal" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="355"></embed></object></div><div style="padding: 5px 0 12px;">View more <a href="http://www.slideshare.net/">presentations</a> from <a href="http://www.slideshare.net/fionabeal">fionabeal</a>.</div></div></div>

Slideshare Technology integration Tutorials Web tools Why not become a ‘curator’ with Scoop.it and create your own online magazine?

You have probably heard the word ‘curator’ being bandied around? ‘Curating’ is one of the latest buzzwords and that is what Scoop.it does. (I haven’t yet investigated Paper.li but it could be similar). So, what happens is you join Scoop.it (http://ww…

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guest posting at Living Savvy

I'm guest posting over at <a href="http://www.savvydesignwest.com/2012/03/spray-painters-anonymous-little-black.html" target="_blank">Living Savvy</a> today, talking about some of my favorite spray painting projects. Tiffany is one of my all time favorites, so I'm pretty excited. Head over and <a href="http://www.savvydesignwest.com/2012/03/spray-painters-anonymous-little-black.html" target="_blank">check it out</a>!<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEge9paha45Updc3KdWMzDSq5dR9SP_1JcYYvkP3IuvhLUGaSkOMzr5AYMzjRsQrVtk0y7iNxshLNZSXe1M3aAmxXhwSQRAmkUlBwsbQvHaM0HNwGpnHw2O7KUldVtQ8sGf6lwc8BjWbftHm/s1600/SP+series+Header-1.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="276" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEge9paha45Updc3KdWMzDSq5dR9SP_1JcYYvkP3IuvhLUGaSkOMzr5AYMzjRsQrVtk0y7iNxshLNZSXe1M3aAmxXhwSQRAmkUlBwsbQvHaM0HNwGpnHw2O7KUldVtQ8sGf6lwc8BjWbftHm/s640/SP+series+Header-1.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><br />Happy Weekend!<br /><br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br />

guest posting at Living Savvy

I'm guest posting over at Living Savvy today, talking about some of my favorite spray painting projects. Tiffany is one of my all time favorites, so I'm pretty excited. Head over and check it out!Happy Weekend!…

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