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On today's show: we kick off our summer Underappreciated Literature series with a look at one of the top English novelists of the late-Victorian era. Also, a health care analyst has a new prescription to cure our failing health care system. And a celebrated novelist invites us to find out what happens at a quinceañera. But first, we'll learn 101 ways to make dinner in ten minutes or less.
10 Minute Meals
The New York Times calls food columnist Mark Bittman "The Minimalist," and rightly so: his most popular recent article featured 101 recipes that can be made with just a few ingredients in 10 minutes or less. Here are three to get you started:
Number 36: Fried egg “saltimbocca”: Lay slices of prosciutto or ham in a buttered skillet. Fry eggs on top of ham; top with grated Parmesan.
Number 54: Brown small pork (or hot dog) chunks in a skillet. Add white beans, garlic, thyme and olive oil. Or add white beans and ketchup.
Number 96: A Roman classic: In lots of olive oil, lightly cook lots of slivered garlic, with six or so anchovy fillets and a dried hot chili or two. Dress pasta with this.
Read Mark Bittman's article "Summer Express: 101 Simple Meals Ready in 10 Minutes or Less."
Weigh in: What's your favorite 10 minute meal?
Underappreciated Literature: George Gissing
George Gissing was one of the most accomplished British novelists of the late-Victorian era, penning strikingly modern stories populated by shamelessly self-promoting journalists, corrupt preachers, chauvinist husbands, and scheming wives. Biographer John Halperin tells us why Gissing belongs on your summer reading list.
Search for a used copy of John Halperin's Gissing: A Life in Books at amazon.com.
Read Gissing's best-known book, New Grub Street, for free online here, or check out the rest of his books available for download here.
Weigh in: Who's your favorite underappreciated author?
Fifteen Candles
More than 400,000 American Latinas turn 15 every year, the majority of them marking the event with a lavish party called a quinceañera. In Once Upon a Quinceañera, Julia Alvarez examines the history and significance of this coming-of-age ritual as she follows one Queens girl planning her special day.
Purchase Once Upon a Quinceañera: Coming of Age in the USA at amazon.com.
Event: Julia Alvarez will be speaking and signing books
Monday, August 6 at 7 pm
Lincoln Square Barnes & Noble
1972 Broadway, at 66th Street
Weigh in: How did you celebrate your coming-of-age?
Who Killed Health Care?
Of all the recent proposals to reform the American health care system, few have been focused on the strength of a free market. Regina Herzlinger explains how capitalism - not European-style social welfare policies - can fix what ails us.
Purchase Who Killed HealthCare?: America's $2 Trillion Medical Problem - and the Consumer-Driven Cure at amazon.com.
Weigh in: How would you like to reform health care in America?
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