Immortal Milk

Is there a food more delightful, ubiquitous, or accessible than cheese? This book is a charming and engaging love letter to the food that Clifton Fadiman once called "milk’s leap toward immortality." Examining some cheeses we know as well as some we don’t; the processes, places, and people who make them; and the way cheeses taste us as much as we taste them, each chapter takes up a singular and exciting aspect of cheese: Why do we relish cheese? What facts does a cheese lover need to know? How did cheese lead to cheesiness? What’s the ideal way to eat cheese—in Paris, Italy, and Wisconsin? Why does cheese comfort us, even when it reeks? Finally, what foods pair well with which cheeses? Eric LeMay brings us cheese from as near as Formaggio Kitchen in Cambridge, Massachusetts, to as far as the Slow Food International Cheese Festival in Bra, Italy. In the witty, inventive, and wise company of his best girl, Chuck, he endures surly fromagers in Paris and dodges pissing goats in Vermont, a hurricane in Cambridge, and a dispiriting sense of hippie optimism in San Francisco; looks into curd and up at the cosmos; and even dons secondhand polyester to fathom America’s 1970s fondue fad. The result is a plucky and pithy tour through everything worth knowing about cheese. *** AN EXCERPT FROM THIS BOOK APPEARS IN BEST AMERICAN FOOD WRITING 2009 *** It’s a challenge to describe the flavor of an excellent French cheese. Chuck and I were in our tiny rental in the Marais, hovering over a Langres. We didn’t have the funds for Champagne, but we had managed to get tipsy on a serviceable vin de pays, which is also a pleasant way to eat a Langres. "It doesn’t play well with others," Chuck continued, the thick smack of pâte slowing her speech. "It doesn’t respect lesser cheese." "It’s like a road trip through Arizona in an old Buick," I offered. "It has a half-life inside your teeth." "It has ideas." "It gradually peels off the skin on the roof of your mouth." "It attains absolute crustiness and absolute creaminess." Anyone can read that a salt-washed Langres is "salty," then taste its saltiness, but not everyone will taste in it the brilliant and irascible character of Proust’s Palamède de Guermantes, Baron de Charlus. Yet these more personal descriptions capture the experience of a Langres. It sparks associative leaps, unforeseen flashbacks, inspired flights of poetry and desire. Its riches reveal your own. W. H. Auden once remarked that when you read a book, the book also reads you. The same holds true for cheese: it tastes you. —From Immortal Milk

Creating a family is one thing, but leaving another one behind is a little more complicated... Cameron Strikes has settled into life as the consort of the mightiest of the Ancient Gods. As Zeus' lover, and the father of his child, his life (and his immortality) has changed forever. But something is missing, and with Christmas approaching Cameron can't help but think about the family he left behind. After begging Zeus to let him take their daughter to the mortal world to meet her family, Cameron's hope for a beautiful family reunion could be ruined by the arrival of an unexpected guest. The truth about his new life as with Zeus could spell disaster for Cameron's holiday plans, unless he can keep his secret long enough for the presents to be opened... the only problem? Cameron is a terrible liar. Immortal's Wish is a FREE sweet, contemporary holiday novella (approx. 12,000 wds) set in the world of New Olympians. ~MEET THE NEW OLYMPIANS~ Book 1 ~ Lightning Strikes (ZEUS) Book 2 ~ Rip Tide (POSEIDON) Book 3 ~ By the Book (HADES) Book 4 ~ Swift Wings (HERMES) Book 5 ~ Marble Heart (ARES) Book 6 ~ Eternal Fire (HEPHAESTUS) Book 7 ~ Phoebus (APOLLO) Book 8 ~ Spark of Romance (EROS) Book 9 ~ Spark of Chaos (Dionysus) Book 10 ~ Spark of Remembrance (BOREAS) Keywords: free book, free gay romance, free mm romance, free gay christmas novella, mpreg romance, gay mpreg romance, male pregnancy romance, holiday novella, free holiday novella

A used phone bought when you were down and out, with a powerful app store inside. Tianting WeChat, merit financial management, beauty camera, future news, a variety of powerful software functions against the sky. The protagonist by virtue of the fairy app store, east into the island, west to destroy junrong, north to strike Dixie, south plain savage, American Sam President shiver, "where is my black box?" "Mr. President, a nuclear bomb will not solve the problem. Life is like rape.

Chen Xiaoyun wore the clothes of a woman of the same name from a cultivation subsidiary family, and found the Celestial Land of Lock Jade Immortal in an accident. He wanted to find a way to improve the living environment of his family. While his position was rising, his relatives came to look for him. Chen Xiaoyu, who was too lazy to bother with them, brought his three acres of immortal land and went to a sect to freely and unrestrainedly cultivate ...

Previously published as Telepathy of Gardens In the aftermath of fighting the Witch Doctor and his minions, Reg hopes to be able to take some time to just relax and recover. The danger to Black Sands is past and she herself is unharmed, aside from the memories that the Witch Doctor stirred up. But the warlocks in her life are making things increasingly complicated, they have nine kittens to find homes for, and gardening turns out not to be such a relaxing diversion after all. Will Reg’s discovery of a mysterious key lead her to incalculable wealth or untold danger? Like paranormal mysteries? Psychics, witches, fairies, and more! Award-winning and USA Today Bestselling Author P.D. Workman waves her wand to transport readers to the myth- and magic-filled small town of Black Sands for another paranormal cozy mystery to be solved by Reg Rawlins and her friends. A self-professed con artist practicing as a contact to the dead, a drop-dead gorgeous warlock, and a psychic cat—what could go wrong? FALL UNDER REG’S SPELL TODAY.

A Heavenly God was transmigrated into a different world right after he died. After arriving in that world, he resides in the body of a handsome young man with a mechanical voice inside his head providing him with missions. It also kept on telling him to brew wine every single day. The system built a humble store within the territory of the Silver Wing Empire where peak experts roam on a daily basis. His first task was to sell... wine? The patrons thought that winemaster Jiu Shen was not as simple as he seemed to be. Even his identity and background were still a mystery to everyone. They also thought the adorable and chubby white cat named Ice was just a normal household cat, but Jiu Shen knew that it was actually a 10th-ranked God-Class Glacial Sovereign Tiger. Join Jiu Shen on his path on becoming the first ever Wine God!

A black fire lifted the mysterious veil of the Great Liang Mountain. An enormous, badly damaged sword that had cut through the ages of the Fiendgod continent. The young man who had lost his memory woke up in a daze. In that world where he could not see the light, he left countless breathtaking legends. Some people said that he was a demon, but he was only a swordsman, a lonely swordsman. 

WHEN YOU PLAY WITH FIRE… It was only a matter of time before Gareth Brennan had to die. Before he made that ultimate sacrifice, the assassin wanted to know warmth once again. His recent experiences had destroyed his ability to create fire, yet sexy bartender Ashley Clement was now igniting one within him. As a Phoenix, Ashley had limited time herself; soon a male Phoenix would claim her. Unless she could find a lover. Gareth was the perfect man for the job. Except he was no human, and their union might draw even more danger. But to deny their fiery attraction…that was a truly impossible task.

A familiar sounding story takes a sharp twist when a young man winds up in another world and realizes he isn't the Chosen One of this story. The Chosen One is his friend, who was kidnapped for her power by the insane evil Emperor, who is trying to mold her into his perfect enforcer. Follow this tale as the two friends, trapped on opposite sides of a conflict, desperately try and get home.