Bøger af Mandy Lee

In this inventive and intensely personal cookbook, the blogger behind the award-winning ladyandpups.com reveals how she cooked her way out of an untenable living situation, with more than eighty delicious Asian-inspired dishes with influences from around the world.For Mandy Lee, moving from New York to Beijing for her husband's work wasn't an exotic adventure?it was an ordeal. Growing increasingly exasperated with China's stifling political climate, its infuriating bureaucracy, and its choking pollution, she began ?an unapologetically angry food blog,? LadyandPups.com, to keep herself from going mad.Mandy cooked because it channeled her focus, helping her cope with the difficult circumstances of her new life. She filled her kitchen with warming spices and sticky sauces while she shared recipes and observations about life, food, and cooking in her blog posts. Born in Taiwan and raised in Vancouver, she came of age food-wise in New York City and now lives in Hong Kong; her food reflects the many places she's lived. This entertaining and unusual cookbook is the story of how ?escapism cooking??using the kitchen as a refuge and ultimately creating delicious and satisfying meals?helped her crawl out of her expat limbo.Illustrated with her own gorgeous photography, The Art of Escapism Cooking provides that comforting feeling a good meal provides. Here are dozens of innovative and often Asian-influenced recipes, divided into categories by mood and occasion, such as:For Getting Out of BedPoached Eggs with Miso-Browned Butter HollandaiseCrackling Pancake with Caramel-Clustered Blueberries and Balsamic HoneyFor SlurpingBuffalo Fried Chicken RamenCrab Bisque Tsukemen For a CrowdCumin Lamb Rib BurgerItalian Meatballs in Taiwanese Rouzao SauceFor SnackingWontons with Shrimp and Chili Coconut Oil and Herbed YogurtSpicy Chickpea Poppers For SweetsMochi with Peanut Brown Sugar and Ice CreamRecycled Nuts and Caramel Apple CakeEvery dish is sublimely delicious and worth the time and attention required. Mandy also demystifies unfamiliar ingredients and where to find them, shares her favorite tools, and provides instructions for essential condiments for the pantry and fridge, such as Ramen Seasoning, Fried Chili Verde Sauce, Caramelized Onion Powder Paste, and her Ultimate Sichuan Chile Oil.

Reeling from the shock of discovering Dan's true identity, Maya struggles to make the right decision. But she's incapable of resisting the man she loves, and soon finds herself drawn back into his world - a world of intensely sexual passion. While his love and support help her to confront her fears and blossom as an artist, what she needs more than anything is the ability to trust. Determined to discover the truth and build a future with Dan, she makes it her mission to find out what transformed him into the man he is now. However, the shadows of the past won't leave them alone. And when those shadows converge, the consequences are far more dangerous than anyone could have predicted. True Colours, a steamy erotic romance, is the second instalment in the You Don't Know Me Trilogy.

Paige Brinkley needs a sign. Something to confirm that her life's meant for more than just wasting it away working as a receptionist for Denver-Milton Sign Company. She wants direction, a change from the monotony of her small life in her small Georgia town.Josh Harvard wants to give her all that and more.Josh has been in love with Paige since he started working at Denver-Milton Sign Company five years ago, and with his witty sense of humor and compassionate nature, his personal goal is to simply make her smile.When a mysterious painted rock shows up on Paige's office desk one morning, it inspires Josh to take her on an adventure-a scavenger hunt. What Paige discovers along their excursion could go a long way toward helping her realize that what she's been searching for has been waiting at the desk right across from hers the entire time.Fans of the award-winning and beloved television series "The Office" will enjoy a story reminiscent of Jim and Pam's long-awaited and championed romance, while readers less familiar with the show will enjoy a bilateral story of two sensible people navigating the hardships of love and loss while stuck in their small Southern town and surrounded by quirky personalities.

How Our Family Survived is a book like you have never experienced. When others choose to give up during difficulty, Mandy Lee shows through her unprecedented true story, that it is possible to overcome, thrive, and move to positively impact others. This book offers specific examples to help you achieve success when you face life and death situations and to go beyond survival to actually Foster Nutrition for your family and loved ones.

Look What God Painted, Inspired by a Child is a book like you have never experienced. When others choose to give up during difficulty, Mandy Lee shows through her unprecedented true story, that it is possible to overcome, thrive, and move to positively impact others. This book offers specific examples to help you achieve success when you face life and death situations and to go beyond survival to actually Foster Nutrition for your family and loved ones.

'I'd like to tell him we're never through with the past, that it's with us forever, sometimes out of sight, sometimes in full view, always unchangeable. We can only ever learn from it ... and manage the consequences.' Spending time apart from the man she loves, Maya's forced to survive in a world where nothing is what it seems. With her faith tested to the limit, a trip to New York sets off a train of events that will reunite her with Dan, but threaten to destroy everything they've worked so hard for. Now, neither of them can hide from the past. If their love is to survive, they need to deal with the threats and face the truth. Shut Your Eyes, an erotic romance, is the final book in the You Don't Know Me Trilogy

When Mina wakes up dead after a blind date, she's pissed and determined to hunt down her murderer even if it kills...um...yeah... Anyway, there's hell to pay! Mina had a feeling that dating app would be a bad idea, but her friend Lucy said she'd meet some killer hotties, and she was right! When Mina wakes up in the morgue with no memory of what's happened, she goes into survival mode. She's changing, turning into a monster with a craving for blood she doesn't understand.When Detective Jonathan Harker arrives at his homicide scene, he has a horrible sense of déjà vu. Another young woman's been murdered, and her killer is still at large. It's such a waste of life. What he doesn't count on is being called to a body-snatching a few hours later, only to realize his murder victim's corpse has disappeared from the morgue!From Ottawa to Toronto, Jon and Mina pursue an unrelenting evil intent on corrupting everyone it touches. Can it be that Mina's untimely death and Harker's dark past are irrevocably intertwined? Will they be able to unravel the dark conspiracy surrounding both of their lives and find the light?

Do you want to make more money doing something meaningful to you? You can generate easy income on the side or even build an extraordinary career doing what you love. Learn how to be an entrepreneur and gain more personal and financial independence! This simple guide illustrates how to initiate, build and maintain your online business with the ease of the Etsy platform. From your goals to photography to shipping and customer service, this book covers it all in patient detail, gathered from years of hands-on experience. It goes beyond the merely technical help that can be found elsewhere by also providing insider practical tips to succeed in any online business, Etsy or other platforms. Free 'get started' worksheets and links to videos and helpful books are also included. Mandy Lee is a successful artist and entrepreneur and has been an Etsy seller since 2009. She takes you through every step involved in opening your shop and provides worksheets and helpful links. She shares stories and personal insights that will guide you through the typical pitfalls and mental frustrations that come with the job of self-employment. It takes mental fortitude and strong 'whys' to run your own business and this manual is useful for any self-started venture, be it online or brick and mortar.