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Appetite for Murder:
A Mystery Lover's Cookbook
by Kathy Borich

A tantalizing slant on cooking and crime. Relive your favorite classic detective stories and then whip up the food that caught the culprit.

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An Illustrated Introduction to Classical Horsemanship: Concepts and Skills from A to Z
by Gary Borich

A comprehensive resource in a succinct alphabetical format that brings the beginning rider through every aspect of learning to train and ride for show and trail.

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Classic & Crime

Often been surprised by a movie after what a film critic said about it? Ever felt cheated out of big bucks on the recommendations of a punk 24-year-old? Or really loved the ones they panned? Well, you no longer need to feel out of step with the current movie review band. Different Drummer is for you. Read more about our take on the film world. And get ready to relive your favorite movies with the recipes that follow each review.

Entries in Classic & Crime (175)

Thursday
Mar222018

The Crooked House: The Pink Squirrel Cocktail Recipe

Classic Agatha Christie: A magnificent mansion sheltering a dysfunctional family as neurotic as they are rich. And the estate is filled with priceless antiques, dark passageways, dusty attics, secret letters, seething passion, and of course, a corpse or two.

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Monday
Mar192018

The Taking of Pelham 123: Banana Milk Shake Recipe

The perfect popcorn thriller – an amiable bureaucrat trying to talk down a maniacal villain, 19 hostages sweating it out in an underground subway, a runaway train, cop cars exploding everywhere, and if that’s not sufficient combustion for you, there are enough F-Bombs to detonate all of Manhattan.

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Sunday
Mar112018

The Company: Chicken Paprikash Recipe

Cloak and Dagger, American style. Forget MI6 and all those British stiff upper lips, and relive the Cold War in all its paranoid brutality through the eyes of three intrepid Yank spymasters.

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Thursday
Mar012018

Inspector Lewis: English Fish and Chips Recipe

The manicured lawns, lush gardens, and cobbled walkways of Oxford hide some pretty nasty murders, and the assorted dons and tutors, despite their plummy vowels and intellect, can be just about as evil as the rest of the world. It’s a good thing that Inspector Lewis and his trusty sergeant are there to put things right.

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Monday
Feb262018

House of Cards: Devonshire Crab Soup Recipe

If you are a fan of the American remake, you should defintely see the 1990 original British political thriller, a timeless ode to evil. The knife slides in ever so smoothly with Shakespearean diction greasing its way. Rarely has villainy been so eloquently evil, so fascinatingly diabolical, nor so brutal and swift.

 

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