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Dazzling hors d’oeuvres to heat up any cocktail hour!

The all-important appetizer . . . It’s the first impression, a tantalizing and fanciful finger food to whet the appetite for what’s to come. Gone are the days of Swedish meatballs, cheese and crackers, or chips with dip—Suzanne Somers’ sexy collection of recipes will kick off any event with style. Whether you are entertaining for the holidays, casually hosting family and friends, or throwing a swank soiree, these appetizers will brighten any occasion.

In keeping with her reputation as a stellar chef, Suzanne presents fabulous, brand-new recipes for scrumptious nibbles you can pass around on trays or serve as delicious starters at the table. The bonus, for those watching their waistlines, is that Suzanne seamlessly eliminates refined sugar and carbohydrates—but your guests will never notice. What they will notice are innovative creations, spectacular flavor combinations, and exotic presentations to spice up any cocktail hour. Whether you are living a healthy Somersize lifestyle or are simply a lover of great food, Suzanne takes you step by step through easy instructions to help you succeed every time with winning recipes such as:

• Mini Burgers with Gorgonzola and Caramelized Onions

• Curried Lamb Skewers with Mint-Cilantro Chili Paste

• Wild Mushroom Risotto in Mushroom Caps

• Grilled Scallops Wrapped in Prosciutto with Basil-Parsley Pistou

• Lobster Bisque Cappuccino

• Saffron Mussels with Red Pepper Rouille

Filled with gorgeous photos, Somersize Appetizers includes stunning recipes sure to make your next party, family get-together, or evening at home totally unforgettable..
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A must-have for reading groups whose members love Jacqueline Susann as much as John Steinbeck and Cosmopolitans as much as chamomile tea.

Read It and Eat is a hip, witty, and occasionally irreverent guide to creating book club get-togethers with flair, sparkle, and delicious food and drink based on Gardner's popular newsletter, The Literary Gathering. Appealing to the nearly 10 million book club members nationwide, Read It and Eat features fiction and nonfiction reading selections ranging from timeless classics to irresistible beach reads, and recipes for easy-to-prepare (and easy-to-transport!) cocktails, finger foods, sit-down dinners, and satisfying snacks, from Confessions of a Shopaholic's Cut-Back Shrimp Curry and The Tortilla Curtain's Mint-Garnished Mojitos, to Gone With the Wind's Georgia Peach Bread and Horse Heaven's Champagne Juleps.

Organized by month, each chapter highlights a different theme (i.e., January: Change Your World; February: Be My Valentine) and contains an introduction to the theme and reading selections; engaging, thought-provoking discussion points; and recipes inspired by the readings. As fun to read as it is to use, Read It and Eat promises to be the strappy high-heeled sandal in the book club world of loafers and Birkenstocks..
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This digital document is a journal article from Analytica Chimica Acta, published by Elsevier in 2004. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Media Library immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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The scintillating polymer inclusion membrane (S-PIM) was developed for preconcentration and determination of @a-emitting actinides from aqueous solution. The preparation of S-PIM involved physical immobilization of an extractant bis(2-ethylhexyl)phosphoric acid, primary scintillator 2,5-diphenyloxazole, and secondary scintillator 1,4-bis(2-methylstyryl)benzene in the plasticized cellulose triacetate matrix. The S-PIM was found to be effective for the quantitative sorption (94-98%) of trivalent lanthanides/actinides (^1^4^7Pm, ^1^5^4Eu and ^2^4^1Am), tetravalent actinides (Pu(IV)) and hexavalent actinides (U(VI)) from the aqueous solutions whose acidity had been adjusted to pH 2.5, 1.0 and 0.25mol/L, respectively with dilute HNO"3. The interference of @b-emitting lanthanides, in preconcentration and determination of @a-emitting actinides using S-PIM, were also studied. The @a-scintillation counting efficiency in the S-PIM was found to be 92-95% after discriminating the background noise. However, @b-scintillation counting efficiency was found to be in the range of 12-25% depending upon the energy of @b-particles. It was observed that @b-scintillation pulses from ^1^4^7Pm and ^1^5^4Eu could be discriminated based on pulse height analysis. Thus, @a-activities of the actinides sorbed in the sample of S-PIM could be directly measured in the presence of @b-emitters by scintillation counting. However, the @a-scintillation counting efficiency was reduced to 38% after discriminating @b-scintillation pulses in the S-PIM. The preconcentration ability of S-PIM was examined in tap water and seawater spiked with ^2^4^1Am. The total @a-activity of 46Bq (present in 100mL) could be preconcentrated and measured from tap water using S-PIM. .
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