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The main food staple in my family is rice.  I cook it almost every night.  However, if there is a choice between having rice or noodles.   Noodles win hands down.   I love eating noodles.  Many countries have their own special noodles but I must admit I am partial to Asian noodles so this will be my focus today.  Many of you may have eaten the long thin Chinese noodles that are usually stir-fried with meats and vegetables known as lo mein in restaurants and of course, the packaged ramen noodles but are you familiar with rice vermicelli, or rice noodles in their various sizes in width and thickness, or the Japanese udon and somen in noodle soups, or the sweet potato noodles used in making the Korean dish Japchae or the glass (cellophane) noodles made of mung beans?  Not only are there so many types of noodles to enjoy, there are so many ways to prepare them.  Depending on the characteristics of the particular noodle, they can be stir-fried, deep-fried, pan-fried served with meat sauce over it, used as noodle salads, and in noodle soups. The list seems endless.

Aunt Dimity Down Under by Nancy Atherton
From the Ground Up by Sandra Balzo
Sherlock Holmes: the American Years edited by Michael Kurland
Spies of Sobeck by P.C. Doherty
Man From Beijing by Henning Mankell
Split Image by Robert B. Parker
Fantasy in Death by J.D. Robb
Night too Dark by Dana Stabenow
Fifth Servant by Kenneth Wishnia
Death Without Tenure by Joanne Dobson
Corpse on the Cob by Sue Ann Jaffarian
Falconer's Trial by Ian Morson
City of Dragons by Kelli Stanley
Bellfield Hall by Anna Dean
Corpus Delecti by Keith McCarthy
Hasta la Vista, Lola by Misa Ramirez

THREE DAY DVDS

Adam (Hugh Dancy)                                                                       #11659

Amelia (Hilary Swank)                                                                    #11724

I'm watching the Winter Olympics as I write this, and the biggest snowstorm to hit the Northeast this season is howling outside my window-- there's seven inches on my doorstep already.  I adore snow, but I'm clearly in the minority at this time of year.  Most of the people I've talked to today have had more than their fill of winter.  Well, take heart, ye snowbound and shovel-weary, because this list is for you! 

The romances featured this month have one thing in common: they all take place somewhere HOT.  From the desert to the beach, from the bayou to the jungle (with the occasional firehouse or weredragon's lair in between), I've booked an armchair tour of the warmest latitudes (and steamiest heroes) in romantic fiction, guaranteed to melt away your winter blues.  Turn down that thermostat and pull up a beach chair; it's time to visit the tropics!

We have five new releases for Tuesday, February 23rd.  They are:

The Box (Cameron Diaz)

Coco Before Chanel (Foreign Film - France)

The Informant (Matt Damon)

Law Abiding Citizen (Gerard Butler)

The September Issue (Documentary - Anna Wintour - Vogue Magazine)