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Asada : the art of Mexican-style grilling

Lopez, Bricia

Reviewed by: Sheryn Morris, Librarian, Literature & Fiction

Call Number: 641.76 L864

Bricia Lopez and Javier Cabral lay out the facts, “Carne asada is not just a taco . . . in millions of backyards across Southern California, asada means family, friends, memories, great music, cold drinks, good times, and the community you’ve built.”--in all its multivarious forms.This is a cookbook that is a feast for all your senses, from the book’s cover (original font), end papers (day-glo lime green); illustrations that are single or double-spread color photographs of Los Angeles, and of ingredients and finished dishes; and informative and personal anecdotes that precede each recipe. … Read Full Review

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Asian Pacific American Heritage Month: Non-Fiction	Hollywood's Enduring Rebels
At The New Yorker	Humor: Comedians
Banned Books Week	If you like 13 Reasons Why . . .
Baseball: Fiction	If you like Charles Bukowski ...
Bead Weaving: a List of Inspirational Books	If You Like Downton Abbey: Non-Fiction
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Best of 2011: Fiction and Non-Fiction for Adults	If you like Game of Thrones . . .
Best of 2011: Teen	If you like James Bond
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Best of 2012: Fiction	If You Like The Fault in Our Stars . . .
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Best of 2013: Teen	Journey With Maps: Following the Great African Explorers--in far greater comfort
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Best of 2014: Teen	L.A. Stories: Food, Cooking, Restaurants
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Best of 2018: Fiction	Love Stories: Fiction
Best of 2018: Non-Fiction	Love Stories: Non-Fiction
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Best of 2019: Children's Books	Memoirs of Friendship, Love, and Loss
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Best of 2019: Graphic Novels	Morris & McCoy On Books
Best of 2019: Non-Fiction	Muslim Journeys
Best of 2019: Teen	Mysteries Without Murder
Best of 2020: Children's Books	A Nation Emerges: The Mexican Revolution Revealed
Best of 2020: Fiction	Native Americans: Cookbooks & Food
Best of 2020: Graphic Novels	Native Americans: Fiction & Literature
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Best of 2020: Teen	One Novel Authors
Best of 2021: Fiction	Pearl S. Buck: Nobel Prize Literature 1938
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Best of 2021: Teen	Poor Little Rich Girls
Best of 2021: Children's Books	Railroads, Trains and Stations
Best of 2021: Graphic Novels	Reading By Design: Books About Books
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Best of 2022: Non-Fiction	Stanley Kubrick – A Life in Film
Best of 2022: Teen	Star Wars
Beyond Bronte: 18th & 19th Century Fiction by Women	State of Deception: The Power of Nazi Propaganda
Big Read 2023 - Interior Chinatown	State of Deception: The Power of Nazi Propaganda: Art, Film, Music, Sports
Birth Parents, Conception & Lineage	State of Deception: The Power of Nazi Propaganda: Children's
City of Angels: Children's	State of Deception: The Power of Nazi Propaganda: Fiction
City of Angels: Non-Fiction	State of Deception: The Power of Nazi Propaganda: Teen
City of Angels: Teen	Still Afoot: Sherlock Holmes Pastiches
Clumsy, Haphazard Reader	Superheroes: Fiction
Coming of Age: Fiction	Travel With Famous Writers
Coming of Age: Non-Fiction	True Crime
Culinary: Fiction	True Hollywood Stories
Culinary: Non-Fiction	The War at Home
Daring Women: Culinary	William Shakespeare, Analysis: DVDs, CDs
Daring Women: Nobel Prize Winners	William Shakespeare, the plays: DVDs
Daring Women: Writers	William Shakespeare: Folger Shakespeare Library
Daring Women: Biographies	William Shakespeare: Inspired
The Dream At 50	Winners: Oscar-Winning Actors
The Entrepreneurial Spirit	Winners: Oscar-Winning Actresses
Environment: Biographies	Winners: Oscar-Winning Dynamic Duos
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