White House Chef: Eleven Years, Two Presidents, One Kitchen

White House Chef: Eleven Years, Two Presidents, One Kitchen by Andrew Friedman and Walter Scheib
English | 2007 | ISBN: 0471798428 | 336 pages | EPUB | 12,5 MB

“An engaging book about life at the Executive Mansion. . . . Hillary Clinton had charged this fiercely competitive, meticulously organized chef with bringing ‘what’s best about American food, wine, and entertaining to the White House.’ His sophisticated contemporary food was generally considered some of the best ever served there.”

–Marian Burros, New York Times

White House Chef

Join Walter Scheib as he serves up a taste–in stories and recipes–of his eleven years as White House chef under Presidents Bill Clinton and George W. Bush.

Scheib takes readers along on his whirlwind adventure, from his challenging audition process right up until his controversial departure. He describes his approach to meals ranging from the intimate (rooftop parties and surprise birthday celebrations for the Clintons; Tex-Mex brunches for the Bushes) to his creative approach to bringing contemporary American cuisine to the “people’s house” (including innovative ways to serve state dinners for up to seven hundred people and picnics and holiday menus for several thousand guests).

Scheib goes beyond the kitchen and his job as chef. He shares what it is like to be part of President Clinton’s motorcade (the “security bubble”) and inside the White House during 9/11, revealing how he first evacuates his staff and then comes back to fix meals for hundreds of hungry security and rescue personnel. Staying cool under pressure also helps Scheib in other aspects of his job, such as withstanding the often-changing “temperature” of the White House and satisfying the culinary sensibilities of two very different first families.

White Cargo: The Forgotten History of Britain"s White Slaves in America [Repost]

White Cargo: The Forgotten History of Britain’s White Slaves in America by Don Jordan
English | Mar. 8, 2008 | ISBN: 0814742963 | 320 Pages | PDF | 1 MB

White Cargo is the forgotten story of the thousands of Britons who lived and died in bondage in Britain’s American colonies. In the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, more than 300,000 white people were shipped to America as slaves. Urchins were swept up from London’s streets to labor in the tobacco fields, where life expectancy was no more than two years.

Tony White - How to Make Animated Films: Tony White"s Complete Masterclass on the Traditional Principals of Animation

Tony White – How to Make Animated Films: Tony White’s Complete Masterclass on the Traditional Principals of Animation
2009 | ISBN: 0240810333 | English | 512 pages | PDF | 18.5 MB

Become Tony White’s personal animation student. Experience many of the teaching techniques of the golden era of Disney and Warner Brothers studios and beyond.all from the comfort of your own home or studio. Tony White’s Animation Master Class is uniquely designed to cover the core principles of animated movement comprehensively. How to Make Animated Films offers secrets and unique approaches only a Master Animator could share. Includes hands-on Tutorials, demonstrations and final sample animations. . Whether you want to become a qualified animator of 2D, 3D, Flash or any other form of animation, Tony White’s foundations bring you closer to that goal. The DVD is invaluable, in that readers are not only taught principles and concepts in the book, they are able to see them demonstrated in action in the movies on the DVD.