What We’re Reading: Cool Beans

This week’s What We’re Reading post is a little different because this book is a cookbook! I’ve included a couple of pictures of the food I’ve made. My amateur food photography skills are on full display.

Title: Cool Beans: The Ultimate Guide to Cooking with the World’s Most Versatile Plant-Based Protein, with 125 Recipes

Author: Joe Yonan

Description: Joe Yonan, food editor of the Washington Post,provides a master base recipe for cooking any sort of bean in any sort of appliance—Instant Pot, slow cooker, or stovetop—as well as creative recipes for using beans in daily life, from Harissa-Roasted Carrot and White Bean Dip to Crunchy Spiced Chickpeas to Smoky Black Bean and Plantain Chili. Drawing on the culinary traditions of the Middle East, the Mediterranean, Africa, South America, Asia, and the American South, and with beautiful photography throughout, this book has recipes for everyone. With fresh flavors, vibrant spices, and clever techniques, Yonan shows how beans can make for thrilling dinners, lunches, breakfasts—and even desserts!–Penguin Random House 

See the tasty food i made

What We’re Reading: Two Girls Down by Louisa Luna

Two Girls Down by Louisa Luna
Available at the Orange County Campus Library
(PS 3612 .U53 T96 2019)

Emotionally intuitive PIs help an overworked small town investigate the sudden disappearance of two young girls from a parking lot. Fast-paced plot with unexpected twists and turns. 


This book was read by Meredith Lewis, the [mostly] Orange County Campus Librarian.

Title: Two Girls Down

Author: Louisa Luna

Genre: Mystery, Thriller, PI Crime Novel

#ReadGreatThings2020 Category: A book that is part of a series [The Janes— the second book in the Alex Vega series–is also available at the Orange County Campus]; A book suggested by a Durham Tech librarian

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Test Prep with PrepSTEP

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Over 200,000 E-books Are Now Available from EBSCO for a Limited Time

EBSCOhost has offered Durham Tech temporary access to its eBook EBSCOhost company logoAcademic Collection to help students and instructors during the COVID-19 pandemic. Additionally, Durham Tech has set up a trial subscription with EBSCOhost for its eBook Community College Collection. Between the two collections, that’s over 200,000 e-books, 88,000 of which are unique among Durham Tech’s current e-books.

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