Todd Tyrtle
I can't spend months or years living in India at this time but this was the next best thing. A little navel-gazy at times and the author has a bad habit of assuming what others must be thinking and presenting it as fact rather than being objective. Still, I quite enjoyed it.
Bought this one many years ago and used it a couple times with pretty poor results. That said, in the intervening years I have grown a lot as a cook, so it might be worth giving this another shot.
Nicely illustrated and interesting but I feel as if I would have enjoyed it much more had I been a fan of WWF back in the day.
As someone who was a kid in the mid 1970's, it was a fun visit to the time of my childhood. The story was compelling and the artwork was really great.
I really enjoyed this book. A quick read, I read it all in one sitting, which is unusual for me.
The author really captures what bicycle touring feels like. Everything from the good parts, to the bad parts, the insecurities and the joys felt, to me, just like being there. Wonderful, and inspiring.
Very enjoyable reading with tons of interesting facts and stories I never knew before. Beautiful artwork as well. You know it's interesting when you're left wanting to read more. Thankfully the author has a whole “recommended reading” section at the end to keep me satisfied for a long while to come.
Now to find a way to get back down to NYC for another trip soon...
As someone who was a kid in the mid 1970's, it was a fun visit to the time of my childhood. The story was compelling and the artwork was really great.
Very trippy book. Had to finish it in a single sitting and left me in something of an altered state for a few hours afterwards. Highly recommended
I used this on a previous trip across Ontario and it served me well. The roads it suggested were good and though I didn't use it, I find the summary of services available by town in the back helpful.
Going to be using it again in a few weeks...
I tried to finish it, I really did, but I just couldn't. To me it seemed the author put a great deal of effort into writing a book to say how much she disliked being in China and how unpleasant the experience was. If she didn't like it there, why should I like reading about it?
This is not to say that all travel books should be nothing but positive - negative with a sense of humour works really well (Bill Bryson has moments like this). Negative with the author having learned something is also good. But to me, this was like reading a series of well written (but very negative) reviews at Tripadvisor.com.
Fantastic cookbook with great recipes. This was the book that taught me not only how to make amazing black bean soup, but has the only refried bean burrito recipe that tastes right to me (it took me years to find it!)
Brilliant, clever, and engaging. It makes me think about the stories embedded within my own “here.” I couldn't put it down and read it in a single sitting.
Well written and compelling story. Though it was written in 1949, there is little to give that fact away.
Great art, disappointing storyline. Usually I'd put down a book that is this below my expectations but it was short enough that my hopes of “Well, maybe there'll be an interesting twist in the end.” kept me reading. I'm glad it was a short read or I'd feel I'd wasted my time.
Scary - he writes about the George W. Bush presidency decades before it occurred. Fortunately W's rule ended differently than this book did...
I really enjoyed this book. A quick read, I read it all in one sitting, which is unusual for me.
The author really captures what bicycle touring feels like. Everything from the good parts, to the bad parts, the insecurities and the joys felt, to me, just like being there. Wonderful, and inspiring.
A few good recipes - pancakes and vegan mac & cheese were things we made a bunch of. That said, I think the fact that this is a cookbook based on what was served at an intentional community whose kitchen had to cater to the palates of many made for what I find to be a collection of overwhelmingly bland recipes. The kind of food that non-vegetarian people are incorrect in thinking vegetarian food is all about.
Decent recipes - high effort to taste ratio. I'm due to try some more recipes from this one soon.
Bought this one many years ago and used it a couple times with pretty poor results. That said, in the intervening years I have grown a lot as a cook, so it might be worth giving this another shot.
Too much self-promotion, self-congratulation and just flat out mentioning of his name. Someone in another review said it read like an infomercial and I agree with that 100%. Some good information - enough to make a nice article packed in with several hundred pages of chaff. Somehow I had this idea I really had to finish it but it was impossible and others later told me that I already got all the important parts of the book by reading the first little bit. So into the DNF pile it goes.
Scary - he writes about the George W. Bush presidency decades before it occurred. Fortunately W's rule ended differently than this book did...