Show ICo vary different boons - ° coincidence not design ' November’s featured books' both come from BaUentine Books— an imprint of ' Random House However that is about the only thing these two fine books have in cook mon beyond the fact they are written by Utah writers "Massachusetts California Timbuktu” is an timely novel that should appeal to a wide audience and "The Book Lover's Cookbook” is sure to be a winner with those who love books and food ' a $21 ' : : be enjoyed by a wide audience' The novel gets its name from Colleen Hanley's penchant for packing up her two daughters - and all her worldly possessions and moving across eoundy at the slightest provocation As is ' so often true in her tile this ' time it is amove from nWMMIHUlMl California to Massachusetts to ' escape another failed relation- ship but as the title suggests it could just as well have been Timbuktu because there seems “Massachusetts Cahfonria to be little rational reason for Timbuktu by Stephanie ' her choice of destination v-KusenfeU (Balkirtine Colleen just presumes thai V Books $2M5) where ever they are going w ill Stephanie RosenfekTs second be better than where they are book "Massachusetts worldof The topsy-turv- y Timbuktu” rises California Colleen Hanley is seen ihnxigh above the popular fiction of the eyes of her daughter Justine today to a literary work that can To-Die-- “The Book Lover’s Cookbook hy Shauada Kennedy Wencer and Janet Kay Jensen (Baicntine Ever stop to think how many' of your favorite books include parages about food? Cache Valley authors Shaunda Wenger and Janet Jensen have and tint simple but unique idea is responsible for the existence of their recently released book "The Book Lover’s Cookbook” v Here you will find excetpts from the classics “Charlotte's ££ Web” The Legend of Sleepy Hollow ””Uttle Women” "The vy Great Gatsby and hundreds more Popular present-da- y authors such as Maeve Btnchy MayaAngekJuTerryTcmpest w i " - i : - : yanr lat Ny Hnl 840N Mil maktnf Hw anO IHraa-OII- imoIm a Mb roan Mil SOI aalalllla TV ayaNmi H pisiMaoiB : a SusVnIh Mmi PM! oMteMltem ussMO wuiaanii iiraiHmUvi —aaOa msaMmwaMmb1— Williams Fannie Flagg Baibara Klingsolver Jan Karon teauauat apao unreal £ WUM im Going Out of Business & Dcccmberlst — 13 th I'w-li-li- r I ljONorth UviJ lOO Esst Logan Uiah 435752-908- Tkmnk — -j ' 9 ym ftr tixtttn pvmt ym ' ' 0$ un VsnhwMHI an' Mowm y "to Q '’ 4 nu wasM r oi - : BtX'S'LOVVK' ’Ok Q and others who arc famous and not so famous are represented between the covers of this book While this column would not normally feature a cookbook this distinctive ottering by a national publishing house rises to the level of literature From breakfast to dessert you can enjoy a favorite literary passage while happily mixing up a culinary treat for the table Perhaps you are in the mood for blueberry muffins accompanied by a Robot Frost poem A passage from Ernest Hemingway's "A Farewell to Arms” Nicholas Evans The Hoirse Whisperer ” or Adeline Yen Mah's "Falling Leaves: The Tnw Story of an ‘ Unwanted Chinese Daughter” can be enjoyed in concert with pasta and sauce recipes Peach Pie Combine with a passage from “Blue Eyes” by Tooi Morrison or Blackberry Cobbler with words from “The Bookmaker's Daughter” by Shirley Abbott Part of the joy of this book is: its appearance From the painting on the cover to the texture of the paper and the layout of the pages this book has been carefully crafted to appeal to those who appreciate not only the words but the ambience of a book In fact it is hard to imag- ine that one would find it in a ' luhihen whefeit will meet the inevitable fate of all cookbooks — splatters from the mixer and stains from sauces With Christmas right around the comer you may want to pJace’The Book Lover’s v Ccxkbook“atthe too of your list Tor a gift thatwUl surely be enjoyed and appreciated for -years to come Since my sister Is in Qregon1 can confess here that die will be receiving hem 7:tlus year : Id- - w ic ly ond Ix-- i "Mom never icluilix U veins said ihe'wonls VcTc mo vV ing"’ One day I came home 'N from sclxx)l and there weie all these Ryder boxes iii tlx living' rvom” Reeogniiiig a paltem site has become accustomed to Justine resigns herself to llte inevitable To Colleen eiich turn iuid stop along the wav represents a grand adventure but to Justine it just emphasizes the emptiness and instability of their lives Alter an extended slop in Utah to visit her twin sister Colleen reflects "No harm done I suppose At least we did- n’t pul ilown any nxts Right'’" To which Justine muses ”1 found out sonielhing I didn’t kmw right ihen: Yixi didn't ' even have to make a friend to ' grow a nxg Or have a sclxxl or a pel or a favorite restaurant ' v Muybeihe txxgs just wanted to start growing the minute you ' ' Weli ' slopped soniew here maybe half a nxg I thought and I pictured myself as a tree my leei as the places rings wixild grow from 1 Tilted one fug like comcoiie walking ' through mud: there was a Tittle lug and the nxt pulled free aixl ' that was that” This ciuning-of-ag- e story touches the center of the heart ' Justine’s life could be x’en as w Iki - ¥ an4 o-- i ' ai nw n m am aa ' MWaa ' p-- m —m Ml n1 maui a m |