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ZAGAT New York City Nightlife 2008/09 (Zagatsurvey : New York City Nightlife)

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What lies beyond the velvet ropes of New York Citys most exclusive nightspots? Whats the hottest dance club of the moment the best place to taken an important client for a drink the most romantic choice for popping the question? Youll find all that information plus much more in this Zagat Survey of New York City Nightlife from the publishers of the countrys best selling restaurant guides. Based on the opinions of thousands of in the know night crawlers this guide takes you on an insiders tour of the City That Never Sleeps rating and reviewing over 1250 establishments and offering practical indexes to help you make the right choice for any occasion. Also includes a color foldout map neighborhood maps and stick on bookmarks.

Restaurant Confidential: The Shocking Truth about What You're Really Eating When You're Eating Out

Michael F. Jacobson, Jayne Hurley

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In May 2001, the Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI) will break a major pizza story on the ABC television program 20/20 and once again capture front-page headlines, just as it did when it released studies on movie popcorn and take-out Chinese food. Published to coincide with this story is RESTAURANT CONFIDENTIAL, in which Dr. Michael F. Jacobson and his CSPI team do for sit-down meals what their Fast-Food Guide-with 247,000 copies in print-does for fast food.

Belgian Waffle or Rib-Eye Steak?* Bloomin' Onion or Mrs. Fields's Double-Fudge Brownie?* Americans are now eating almost one-third of their meals outside the home, spending $222 billion annually doing so-and watching their waistlines balloon. What's in this food? To answer, CSPI performs across-the-board restaurant profiles that give straight-shooting scientific data on the fat, sodium, and calorie content of the most popular dishes. The information is organized by type of cuisine-Chinese, Mexican, steak house, and more-and covers all the major chains, such as The Olive Garden, Applebee's, and Outback. The book provides specific eating strategies for every kind of restaurant, as well as shocking facts: Did you know that a typical order of stuffed potato skins packs a whopping 1,260 calories and 48 grams-two days' worth-of saturated fat? A 10-point plan for ordering wisely, plus dozens of tips throughout, takes the information one step further by showing how to eat happily and healthfully.

It's the nutrition book that reads like a thriller.

* Take the steak and brownies; a whole fried onion with dipping sauce has a blooming 163 grams of fat, and the seemingly innocent Belgian waffle with whipped topping and fruit has even more fat and calories than two sirloin steaks.

Zagat 2009 Seattle Restaurants (Zagatsurvey: Seattle Restaurants)

Zagat Survey

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Michelin Guide 2009 Los Angeles (Michelin Guide Los Angeles) (Michelin Guide Los Angeles) (Michelin Los Angeles Resturants & Hotels)

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The Michelin Guide offers a selection of the best restaurants and hotels in every category. These establishments are chosen by a team of full time inspectors with a professional background in the industry. New color maps added. The Bib Gourmand $40 and under category and Where to Eat for under $25 inicates restaurants of good value. Star Rated for best quality and the best culinary offerings. a must have for Los Angeles dining and resting.

Frommer's Walt Disney World & Orlando 2009 (Frommer's Complete)

Laura Lea Miller

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America’s #1 bestselling travel series

Written by more than 175 outspoken travelers around the globe, Frommer’s Complete Guides help travelers experience places the way locals do.

• More annually updated guides than any other series

• 16-page color section and foldout map in all annual guides

• Outspoken opinions, exact prices, and suggested itineraries

• Dozens of detailed maps in an easy-to-read, two-color design

Completely updated for 2009, Frommer's Walt Disney World & Orlando is the perfect trip-planner for America's #1 vacation destination—Disney World. Seven of the world’s top ten theme parks are in Orlando, and it’s the number one destination for families on the planet.

This book will cover all of the highlights of the city, including the opening of SeaWorld's latest theme park, Aquatica. It also features detailed itineraries for all of the Disney and Universal Orlando theme parks.

The guide also includes info on SeaWorld, Discovery Cove, Bush Gardens, and the Kennedy Space Center. You'll also find individual park maps, up-to-date advice on finding the best package deals, and a free color fold-out map.

ZAGAT Long Island Restaurants 2008/09 (Zagatsurvey: Long Island Restaurants)

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Long Island Restaurants covers over 750 restaurants throughout Nassau and Suffolk counties. This handy guide contains Zagat Surveys trusted ratings and reviews for area restaurants based on the opinions of diners like you. The trademark reviews and corresponding ratings for Food Décor Service and Cost are organized alphabetically in a user friendly format. Use the indexes arranged by cuisine neighborhood and special features like In Places Winning Wine Lists or Romantic Places to find the perfect restaurant for any occasion. Also includes stick on bookmarks.

New York (Blue Guides)

Carol Von Pressentin Wright

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Simply Indispensable! 5 out of 5 stars.
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Carol von Pressentin Wright's "Blue Guide to New York" is probably the most comprehensive guidebook to the Big Apple available. Absolutely indispensable, it includes 41 detailed maps for all five boroughs: Manhattan, Brooklyn, the Bronx, Queens, and Staten Island, along with several black and white photographs. As a New Yorker, I cannot think of anything that has not been included here. I frequently use the book myself, especially when I have out-of-town visitors. It is also excellent, for New Yorkers and visitors alike, to use on walking tours. I have the 2002 edition.

In an extremely accessible format, "The Blue Guide" presents information on all NYC districts and important sights, including: practical information, lodgings, restaurants and eateries for every budget, transportation, museums and galleries, sports, performing arts, shopping, monuments, historic detail and districts, detailed walking tours and background information. As noted, there is a veritable plethora of clear and easy-to-follow maps, along with a large pull-out MTA map of the subway system, and bus, railroad and ferry connections.

From the posh shops on Madison and Fifth Avenues to the funky Lower East Side, from the streets of Greenwich Village and Soho to the brownstones of Brooklyn Heights and Park Slope, this is the one and only guide you will need to navigate through this fabulous city, and to find fascinating out-of-the-way places most tourests never discover. There are myriad cultures here: Little Odessa in Brighton Beach, Brooklyn, Little Italy, Chinatown, a thriving Greek community in Astoria, Queens, Atlantic Ave. in Brooklyn where Arabic is heard on the street and wares from all over the Middle East are sold. Almost every country in the world is represented here and you can visit them all easily with the Blue Guide in hand. I hope you enjoy the city I love!
JANA

Zagat 2009 San Diego Restaurants (Zagatsurvey: San Diego Restaurants)

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informational -- wish there was more all over San Diego county 3 out of 5 stars.
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I love Zagat guides & after living in NY & LA they have such great guides for those cities that I have been a bit disappointed in the San Diego one. I just wish that it had more reviews of restaurants in general, especially north county. There's barely anything for north county. I think this guide is just a baby and has potential. When it grows up, it could be a very good guide.

The Ultimate A-to-Z Bar Guide

Sharon Tyler Herbst

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What's a Dirty Martini? How do you pronounce Cuarenta Y Tres? Which glass do you use for a Stinger? How did the Margarita get its name?

Answers to these questions and thousands more can be found in The Ultimate A-to-Z Bar Guide, a one-stop, user-friendly cocktail guide featuring more than 1,000 drink recipes and 600 definitions for cocktail-related terms.

The Ultimate A-to-Z Bar Guide offers a unique blend of features, including:

Definitions of over 600 cocktail- and drink-related terms, including liqueurs, types of drinks, cocktail jargon, and the etymology of drinks like the Martini and the Fuzzy Navel, all organized in an easy-to-use A-to-Z format with sound-out phonetics.
Drink recipes for more than 1,000 cocktails for every season and occasion.  Each recipe is complete with a graphic showing the appropriate glass to use.
Ideas on how to make sure guests have a great time while encouraging responsible drinking.
Tips on everything from stocking a home bar to choosing the right glassware, plus loads of professional bartending tricks and shortcuts for creating the perfect cocktail.
Humor through anecdotes, toasts, and quotes from the famous and infamous.
Four indexes that make finding the listing you want a snap!

Accessible, fun, hip, and written in the Herbsts' inimitable style, The Ultimate A-to-Z Bar Guide deserves a place at every home and professional bar.

Big Island Of Hawaii Restaurants And Dining With Hilo And The Kona Coast

Robert Carpenter, Cindy Carpenter

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Big Island of Hawaii Restaurants and Dining 5 out of 5 stars.
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This book is an excellent guide for delectable dining on the Big Island. We were fortunate enough to visit both sides of the island and dine at several of the recommended establishments. After dining on excellent scampi at an Italian bistro in Hilo, we sampled dessert with the locals followed the next day by innovative pizza overlooking the bay. It all proved quite satisfying.

Editorial Review:

This inclusive guide to the "special" restaurants and dining spots on the Big Island of Hawaii is an essential for food enthusiasts, travel adventurers, and culinary vagabonds. Inside the authors take us on a tour of over 90 establishments ranging from posh formal dining venues to hole-in-the-walls. Each member of this personal A list gets a full page write-up loaded with information designed to empower the reader. Rounding things out enhancements appear covering interests like "Family Friendly" and "Old Haunts" with cultural background provided by "Island Cuisines" and "Hawaii Glossaries". Together this data rich collection covers the Big Island dining scene like nothing has done before. A positive approach combines with a travelogue style to produce a light, enjoyable read. Local residents and island visitors should all appreciate the comfortable calabash within.