Epinions Recent Reviews for Coraoccllo

Do they know it's a new year?

Mon, 3 Dec 2001 22:30:48 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author Coraoccllo - Okay, so my first comment is directed at Epinions itself: Do they know that it is a new season and that the Christmas brew of every brewery is different every year? The opinions of the 2000 brew have no relation to that of 2001. It would certainly...

Keep out of the reach of children

Mon, 3 Dec 2001 22:10:12 GMT

rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author Coraoccllo - Now, let's get this straight. I am anything but a wine snob. I despise wine snobs. I do not associate with wine snobs. But in this case, by golly, the wine snobs have a point.

But it is stretching a point to call this wine. It is...

They're not ALL named Peter, you know.

Mon, 12 Nov 2001 22:21:43 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author Coraoccllo - Undoubtedly if you don't like fantasy you will probably not like this novel. There is something about talking rabbits that makes certain people sneer, and otherwise sensible people relegate the book to the children's section. It isn't a children's...

Beware of stereotypes

Tue, 9 Oct 2001 22:24:35 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author Coraoccllo - Kenneth Gibson is a poetry teacher, unmarried, fifty-five years old. He has a pleasant life. He has been through two wars--he was too old for Korea--but as a clerk, so no one knows how badly those horrors have affected him. He supported his widowed...

Fair Dinkum Tucker

Fri, 5 Oct 2001 20:47:27 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author Coraoccllo - Okay, the place isn't cheap. You don't come here for a quick snack when you don't feel like cooking. Who cares? The food is fabulous.

I ordered the sirloin, and for the first time I understood what Calvin Trillin meant about a steak shaped...

Sid Halley part 2

Wed, 6 Jun 2001 20:50:08 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author Coraoccllo - It is unlike Dick Francis to repeat a character, though in one sense most of his characters echo the first. They tend to be similar, independent, often misunderstood young men with a vision, sucked into problems beyond their control.

Sid Halley is...

Out of the running

Wed, 6 Jun 2001 20:34:22 GMT

rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author Coraoccllo - I'm a huge Dick Francis fan, so it came as a total surprise to me that he could write a book that was just plain bad. This is it.

To be fair, it may not be bad by ordinary standards. But I expect more from Francis.

The keynote of his books...

The Thin Man He's Not

Wed, 6 Jun 2001 20:11:40 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author Coraoccllo - This, like most of Stout's work, is an excellent book, and I'm glad to see that it has been reissued--I hope they keep it up.

The story involves an "impossible" crime. A woman who has threatened suicide drinks a poisoned glass of champagne at a...

Taste of Lousiana

Thu, 10 May 2001 21:17:12 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author Coraoccllo - It isn't "Louisiana Style",it's "Louisiana Tastes." Thank you. Now that we have that straight--

Paul Prudhomme is my culinary hero. I met him once, years ago, at a public cooking demonstration in San Diego, and my food has been better ever...

Read this book--it'll make you feel better.

Thu, 10 May 2001 20:19:35 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author Coraoccllo - I first picked up this book at my local library when I was looking for a good recipe for sausage and peppers. It has one, and a good one. I took it home, made the recipe (to the raves of my family) and settled down to read the rest. I was hooked; I...

Short shelf-life

Tue, 1 May 2001 20:29:24 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author Coraoccllo - I put my son in this carrier two days after he was born. He was crying at the time, but as soon as he got into it he fell asleep. I took him for walks in this carrier for about five months. Unfortunately he outgrew it almost as soon as he was able to...

Goodnight, Everybunny

Wed, 11 Apr 2001 21:14:03 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author Coraoccllo - I'm going to state this right off--I know this will come as a terrible shock to some of you--brace yourselves--here it comes--this is truly not the best book I have ever read.

What? You already knew that?? Wow.

This book also...

Lord of Fantasy

Thu, 22 Mar 2001 20:13:35 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author Coraoccllo - Despite the critics, the naysayers, the uncouth and unenlightened, this is a work that will live forever. (To some people's eternal chagrin, I'm sure!)

I have lived with the wonder of this tale for over thirty years, since I discovered it...

Fine but not good

Thu, 15 Mar 2001 22:33:53 GMT

rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author Coraoccllo - The title of this really should be "ornamental gardening", since the editors seem to be completely unaware of the fact that some people grow things that can be eaten. It's a very slick, pretty magazine, with few advertisements (which I consider a...

Infogrames Blue's Clues Birthday Adventure Lab Pack (30-Users): Blue explores the computer

Thu, 15 Mar 2001 22:14:01 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author Coraoccllo - I got this for my son's fourth birthday two years ago, and he still likes to play it. In fact, I enjoy it myself (the opinion title was written by my son). The object is to find three clues that will lead you to solve something Blue (the puppy) wants...

Good clean bug control

Thu, 15 Mar 2001 21:43:59 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author Coraoccllo - This is one of the best means of controlling some insects. It won't hurt your kids, even if they are the type who stick everything they see into their mouths (and if they are, I hope you aren't growing oleander!). It won't hurt your pets--although I...

Ask for Jenny!

Mon, 5 Mar 2001 21:22:51 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author Coraoccllo - Genesee Cream Ale is the first beer I ever liked.

It was never available where I lived--my first encounter with it was on a trip to the east. But its flavor was a revelation to me.

It is important to note that Genesee Cream Ale--like all malt...

As the Sun Sets in the West

Thu, 14 Dec 2000 22:46:19 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author Coraoccllo - Well...........

It's like this, dears....

This is a very weird publication. The people who would most appreciate this magazine are the people who don't live in its subscription area. California Dreamin' is the name of the game.

I lived...

Too much reputation

Thu, 14 Dec 2000 22:00:44 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author Coraoccllo - I suppose it was bound to happen. Famous brands tend to generate silly rumors. Anyway, I just saw a story on another website in which an Irish vegetarian accused Guinness of using animal blood in their stout. It ain't true, at least as far as I can...

Acquire it

Thu, 14 Dec 2000 21:44:50 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author Coraoccllo - Single malt Scotch is definitely an acquired taste. This is not a drink for those who dabble, or who drink merely because there is alcohol in the brew. This is a drink for the discerning.

Speyburn is a good introduction to single malt for those...

For Food Lovers Only

Thu, 14 Dec 2000 21:26:36 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author Coraoccllo - Steven Raichlen has written a series of low-fat and vegetarian cookbooks. This isn't one of them.

This is simply the one book to have if you ever have any intention of cooking outdoors, by any method, any food, ever. For that matter, most of the...

Best Claw I Ever Had

Thu, 14 Dec 2000 21:03:54 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author Coraoccllo - I purchased my garden claw about three years ago for about $39(at Walgreens, no less). I am sure I overpaid. I do not begrudge one single cent of the purchase price.

I bought the Garden Claw in order to desod a small area of my yard. I had...

Even if you're not a rocket scientist

Tue, 5 Dec 2000 21:36:00 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author Coraoccllo - This is a good companion to Dell Logic Problems, although the logic problems in this magazine do not match the quality of those in the regular logic magazine. I have no idea why that is, but the logic puzzles in this publication seem somewhat...

Explanation?

Tue, 5 Dec 2000 21:21:05 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author Coraoccllo - If you know what a logic puzzle is, no explanation is necessary.

If you don't, no explanation is possible.

Fortunately, looking at one puzzle will give you the idea behind all the rest, so simply picking up an issue of the...

Mother-in-law beer

Tue, 5 Dec 2000 20:56:33 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author Coraoccllo - This is MY mother-in-law's beer, anyway--she loves it. This is the only beer she really likes to drink.

This is a very sweet beer, not much else going on. Miller claims that the hops in this beer are "isomerized", which...