The influence of positive thinking in your everyday life will change your outlook and improve optimistic energy. Keeping a positive attitude will compel you and the people you are in contact with to perk up life and give you more joy and satisfaction. The first step to improving your attitude is to turn a negative into a positive. Have you heard the saying "Every cloud has a silver lining?" The book A Press Release from the Color Black turns the supposed negative color in the crayon box into a positive. A Press Release from the Color Black will enlighten its readers on black's optimistic...

First unabridged edition of Field of Greens October 2008, second edition of the groundbreaking African food cookbook is currently available as of August 2015. Quick and easy slow cooker meals are not usually associated with gourmet African cuisine. Whether you are a beginning chef or a seasoned professional, you can enjoy tasty easy soups and stews with simple recipes from all over the African continent. The wonderful thing about African soups and stews is that you do not need a special occasion to create a wonderful hearty meal. Slow cookers allow the freedom to add a few ingredients and in...

Neny means mother, Malagasy (mal-uh-gas-ee) is the nationality of the Madagascar people as well as the name of their language. English, French, and Malagasy are the official languages of Africa. Most African countries have more than one official language; South Africa for example has 11 official languages. Infants and young children are able to hear and discern the sounds of the worlds countless dialects and languages. Their still forming brains are in fact prepared to learn more than one language. For babies, learning should be fun; bright colors along with bold contrasting patterns really...

The good news is you can find all the ingredients for the recipes in A Sweet Taste of Africa at your local grocery store. Sugar translates into "sweet" on the tongue of almost every human being. Whether sugar is in the form of honey, sugar cane, beets or refined sugar it is a universal and versatile ingredient. The cakes, pies, cookies, brittles, fritters, fruit salads, beverages and preserves in this book will surely satisfy anyone's sweet tooth. A Sweet Taste of Africa takes you on a culinary voyage though the sweet culinary explorations of the entire continent of Africa. You will find that...