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  Taranta: From Boston to Peru: A Chef’s Journey to Sustainability

  José Duarte and Alison Arnett

  Taranta: A Boston chef's journey to sustainability is a cookbook that expands the reader' s world. Chef Jose Duarte, a native of Peru, restaurant owner, innovator in restaurant environmental practices, and a champion of human rights for workers in restaurants and in food production, believes that the connections one makes through food and cooking can change the world for the better. The home cook will find easy-to-follow recipes for Peruvian specialties such as Pollo Brasa, Lobster Causa, and Classic Pisco Sour and learn why these foods are so beloved in the chef' s homeland. Sustainability is paramount in chapters about paiche, the ancient river fish being revived in Peru, and the benefits of quinoa. Ways to promote health permeate recipes and lore about beans, Peruvian elixirs and the ancient customs of Southern Italian families who forage for wild greens. Modern twists use slightly tangy Peruvian fruit lucuma to give tiramisu a South American beat and combine Peruvian ingredients with Italian techniques for deliciously new fare. Super-fast methods to make ceviche guide home cooks to rival restaurant fare while illuminating its history. The wisdom of the ancients wafts into hearty soups from the Andes region where Chef Duarte enables indigenous Peruvians to work while preserving their heritage. Page after page, stunning photograph after photograph, and recipe after recipe, the reader will be entranced by Taranta as a cookbook, a guide, and a portal into a new way of thinking about food. This cookbook will be one of the few, if not the only, to explore both Peruvian foods and its affinity to Southern Italian home dishes and techniques.

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  Lumps: Jamie's Journey through Cancer

  Jamie Sabeeney

  Imagine this: you’re weeks away from graduating, dreams within reach, when a lump in your neck begins to throb, a quiet warning of chaos to come. For Jamie Sabeeney, this was no fleeting fear… it was the moment her life unraveled. Diagnosed with stage 2B Hodgkin’s Lymphoma just four weeks before her big day, her future dissolved into a haze of medical tests, fear, and unanswered questions.

  Jamie knows the weight of that uncertainty. In Lumps: Jamie's Journey Through Cancer, she lays bare the raw reality of her fight, the shock of a lump dismissed as a vaccine side effect, the migraines that hit like “shockwaves of pain,” the waves of panic that left her “lost in a sea of confusion.” She’s felt the desperation, typing out pleas to a doctor after hours, trembling fingers searching for hope. If you’ve ever faced a health crisis, or stood by someone who has, her story will echo your own.

  But through the storm, Jamie found something powerful: resilience. Hope flickered in unexpected places, the kindness of complete strangers, the steadiness of loved ones, the courage to share her truth. Lumps isn’t just a cancer journey; it’s a lifeline. It’s proof that even in the darkest moments, you’re not alone… and that strength can rise from the ashes of fear.

  Let Jamie’s words wrap around you like a friend who’s been there. Click Buy Now to dive into Lumps: Jamie's Journey Through Cancer. A story of survival, heart, and the unbreakable human spirit.