Who among us has never been paralyzed by fear? In his new book,THE FEAR PROJECT: What Our Most Primal Emotion Taught Me About Survival, Success, Surfing…and Love, award-winning journalist and surfer Jaimal Yogis sets out on a chain of wild and fun-packed adventures to better understand fear: Why does it so often dominate our lives? What makes it tick? And is there a way to use it to our advantage? Switching from adventure and fear to food — think Spicy Chicken with Green Olives from Morocco. Bandits’ Lamb from Greece. Portuguese Pulled Pork. Turkish Lamb Meat Loaf. Coffee Caramel Flan from Spain. These are just a few of the 125 discoveries from around the Mediterranean basin that bestselling author and slow-cooker queen Michele Scicolone includes in THE MEDITERRANEAN SLOW COOKER

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Embark on a Mediterranean culinary journey with one of the masters of the slow cooker, Michele Scicolone, even if it’s your first time using one! She simplifies and adapts many lushly flavored recipes in her new book, The Mediterranean Slow Cooker. She is the author or co-author of seventeen cookbooks, including The Sopranos Family Cookbook, a New York Times bestseller, The Italian Slow Cooker, and The French Slow Cooker. A cooking teacher and Italian culinary tour guide, she writes about food, wine, and travel for many publications.

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