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A lovely antique wood stove—not mine, alas...

Short days and long cold nights discourage most folks from “goon on pilgrimages.” Once December descends upon us, it makes more sense to stay at home, sitting by a fragrant fire of well-seasoned apple wood, reading, or—better yet—writing a book.

Even without the companionship of our old wood stove, we continue to scribble. Sinc

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	One Day in the Woods by Jean Craighead George, Gary Allen (Goodreads Author) (Illustrator) 3.81 avg rating — 155 ratings — published 1988 — 15 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	One Day in the Tropical Rain Forest by Jean Craighead George, Gary Allen (Goodreads Author) (Illustrator) 3.39 avg rating — 170 ratings — published 1990 — 18 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Remarkable Service: A Guide to Winning and Keeping Customers for Servers, Managers, and Restaurant Owners by The Culinary Institute of America (CIA), Gary Allen (Goodreads Author) 3.93 avg rating — 58 ratings — published 2001 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Herbs: A Global History 3.57 avg rating — 30 ratings — published 2012 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Sausage: A Global History 2.73 avg rating — 22 ratings — published 2015 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Resource Guide for Food Writers 3.75 avg rating — 12 ratings — published 1999 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Herbalist in the Kitchen (The Food Series) 3.60 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2007	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Human Cuisine by Gary Allen (Goodreads Author) (Editor, Contributor), K.A. Laity (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 3.50 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2008	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	My First Words A/z 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 1988	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Thoughtful, frightening, and sometimes amusing book about our interconnectedness. Its last lines are especially à propos: "Birds need people, yes, we know that. But here's another act. People need birds." ...more
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Gary Allen rated a book it was amazing Juke Joints, Jazz Clubs, and Juice: A Cocktail Recipe Book: Cocktails from Two Centuries of African American Cookbooks by Toni Tipton-Martin	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Good recipes, introduced with excellent historical headnotes
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Tiny tidbits of insight from a confirmed introvert... that thrill and delight those of us who share similar anti-social attitudes.
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Gary Allen made a comment on Marcella’s review of Can It!: The Perils and Pleasures of Preserving Foods " Thanks, Marcella. BTW, "Can It!" was never my title... and, when I saw it, I feared that it would mislead potential readers (like yourself) into thinki ...more "
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I do not review or rate my own books... despite the fact that I have, of course, read them (dozens and dozens of times, in the course of writing editing and amending them through the production process!).
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Gary Allen rated a book it was amazing Shady Characters: The Secret Life of Punctuation, Symbols & Other Typographical Marks by Keith Houston (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Who knew that punctuation marks could be such fun? (confession of a nerd)
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