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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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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.

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Monday
Jan152018

In Good Company: Baked Ziti-A La Italian

Scarlett Johansson utters the film's critical death knell when her character says, “I’m cursed with an utterly functional family.” Not surprising that most critics could barely mete out two stars. I say it's unexpectedly fresh and definitely worth watching.

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Thursday
Jan042018

Darkest Hour: Roast Beef and Yorkshire Pudding Recipe

“Four weeks that changed the course of history.” It doesn’t get much bigger than that. If this tremendous film does not get you back into the theaters, nothing will.

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Tuesday
Jan022018

The Train: French “Pot in the Fire” Stew

Forget all of Hollywood's hyped heist films and see one based on the real thing. John Frankenheimer’s 1964 *film starring the legendary Burt Lancaster is about a real life World War II heist with real men and real machines. Two men of iron will fight for control of an iron horse -- a steam engine loaded with France’s art treasures headed for a quick getaway over the German border.

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Thursday
Dec282017

Murder on the Orient Express: Sole Marguery in Wine Sauce Recipe

It’s always better when it happens on a train. Whispered words of passion muffled by clacking wheels, narrow lovemaking in the upper berth, a grisly murder behind polished mahogany.

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Sunday
Dec242017

The King's Speech: Roast Beef and Yorkshire Pudding Recipe

Beneath the inspiring tale of a stammering monarch, The King’s Speech (Oscar winner for Best Picture 2011) is an examination of a British class system that clamps its iron jaws on kings as well as commoners, grinding both beneath its stiff upper lip. It’s not so much a wonder that the king stammers, but that everyone else does not.

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