Hot Bodies Cool Styles or Sweet and Natural

Hot Bodies, Cool Styles: New Techniques in Self-Adornment

Author: Ted Polhemus

The first book to reflect the global wave of enthusiasm for all forms of body decoration.

Along with tattooed celebrities like Angelina Jolie and Johnny Depp, men and women around the world are embracing body decoration. If Chanel jewelry is out of reach except to the few, asking for Chanel—or Gucci—tattoos has become the new craze. Nose rings have entered the boardroom, and navel piercing or tattoos at the base of the spine are de rigueur.

Ultraviolet face and hair paint, hair extensions, bleached crew cuts, henna design on hands and feet, ornaments made from found objects—the new creative options give both the single-minded makers of style and the more uncertain majority the opportunity to join in.

Ted Polhemus shows how body adornment has been natural to all peoples until the modern period, and why we are now reverting to our roots. After analyzing the various forms of decoration, he shows how we are influenced by the exotic, drawing on tribal or Far Eastern models; the naturalness of artifice and the artifice of the natural look; and how body decoration makes us masters of our own identities.

The photographs, taken by the talented young team of UZi PART B, reveal key designs and creative techniques. A practical advice section, specially commissioned from Betti Marenko, includes body preparation, healing times, and safety tips, and provides a valuable guide for those acquiring a tattoo or piercing. 200 color illustrations.

Author Biography: Ted Polhemus, a leading commentator on body image and adornment, is the author of Streetstyle. UZi PART B is the partnership of Josie Sykes and Ben Part, whose work has been commissioned by Adidas, Renault,and others.

Book about: Access 2003 VBA or Learning SQL

Sweet and Natural: More than 120 Sugar-Free and Dairy-Free Desserts

Author: Meredith McCarty

Acclaimed natural foods chef Meredith McCarty brings together simple recipes for pies, cobblers, cakes, cookies, sorbets, and fresh-fruit desserts that are both healthful and delicious. Using fresh fruit, whole-grain flours, natural sweeteners, and light vegetable oils, the recipes range from home-spun classics to spectacular newcomers, including blackberry cobbler, chocolate-pecan bourbon bundt cake, peach and cherry pie, lemon-walnut tea cake, fresh plum galette, raspberry sorbet, orange-ginger oatmeal crunch cookies, fresh strawberry compote with orange-ginger syrup, and many more.

Sweet and Natural is a must-have resource for anyone who wants or needs to eliminate unwanted fat, refined sugar, and cholesterol-and celebrate good health with great desserts.

Table of Contents:

Acknowledgments	ix
Preface	xi
Introduction	1
About the Recipes and Nutritional Analyses	7
Ingredients	10
Whole Grain Flours	10
Natural Sweeteners	16
Dairy & Its Alternatives	27
Vegetable Oils	34
Thickening Agents	39
Leavening Agents	43
Salt	46
Fruit	50
Seasonings	51
Chocolate & Carob	52
Edible Flowers	54
Appliances, Cookware, & Supplies	55
Fresh Fruit Desserts	57
Sorbets	77
Pies & Tarts	91
Crisps & Cobblers	140
Cakes, Tea Breads, & Muffins	158
Cookies	204
Puddings	225
Nut Milks, Pastes, & Creams	240
Resources	247
Bibliography	253
Index	256