Midnight Snacks: 150 Easy and Enticing Alternatives to Standing by the Freezer Eating Ice Cream from the Carton [Paperback]

Michael J. Rosen (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 17, 2002

An irresistable collection of scrumptious treats that every fridge-raider, insomniac, and night owl will crave.

Midnight Snacks is a witty, charmingly illustrated guide to satisfying the night-time munchies. From late night to dawn's early light, readers will be able to crunch, sip, and nosh their way through a tempting variety of satisfying fare appropriate to the hour. Hot and Swee Pumpkin Seed Brittle, Choco-Late Night Martinis, Parmesan Wafers, and dozens of other quick and easy delicacies will helf the sleepless through all-nighters, from tax season to final exams. Whether waiting up for "Your Daughter to Return Home from Her First Date with a Boy Who Just Got His Driver's License" or, more pleasurably, if "It's 12:45 a.m. and You're Watching Late-Night Movies in Bed," Midnight Snacks will be a comforting companion and source of inspired edibles in the wee hours.

Editorial Reviews

From Library Journal

Rosen and Reiss's informal survey found that ice cream eaten directly from the container is by far the favorite middle-of-the-night snack, followed by microwave popcorn. They offer some other ideas for late-night indulgences, arranged by time of night (or early morning) and theme: 10:45, for example, is "Slumber Party Time," with recipes that should appeal to kids; 11:45 is for "Nightcapping," more sophisticated "bites" to serve a few friends after an evening out; and 5:30 means "First-Shift Foods" for early breakfasts. The text is amusingly written, and, although it's unlikely that many people will be preparing "Nighttime Salade Nitoise" at 1:15 in the morning, readers will find an eclectic array of appealing ideas for snacks and little bites here. For most collections.
Copyright 2002 Reed Business Information, Inc.

About the Author

MICHAEL J. ROSEN has written two dozen children's books and edited many anthologies about dogs, cats, horses, gardens, and Volkswagon Beetles. The editor of the humor bennial Mirth of a Nation, Rosen has also illustrated for Gourmet and The New Yorker. A twenty-year veteran of the food industry, SHARON REISS is a food stylist, recipe developer, and creator of cookbooks, including one for the Longaberger Company.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 208 pages
• Publisher: Broadway; 1 edition (September 17, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0767911040
• ISBN-13: 978-0767911047
• Product Dimensions: 8 x 8 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,660,304 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Greetings and thanks for welcoming me into your home. Since I write books for both young readers and adults, I've cooked up two long-winded paragraphs.

Kids first: So, I'm the author of some four dozen books for children of all ages. The fall of 2011 brings four new titles: MY DOG! A Kid's Guide to Keeping a Happy & Healthy Dog (the idea go-to dog guide for families); a pop-up book with Robert Sabuda, Chanukah Lights, which just received a starred review in Publisher's Weekly: "A stunning achievement"; The Hound Dog's Haiku and Other Poems for Dog Lovers, illustrated with Mary Azarian's woodcuts; and Night of the Pumpkinheads, illustrated entirely with extraordinary jack-o'-lanterns.
Other favorites are The Cuckoo's Haiku and Other Poems for Birders; Our Farm: Four Seasons with Five Kids on One Family's Farm (which I both wrote and illustrated with some 400 photographs); A Drive in the Country; Don't Shoot!; A School for Pompey Walker, and Elijah's Angel. (And, yes, there's the Britiish Michael--no "J."--Rosen whose many books are often confused with mine.) For over 35 years, ever since working as a counselor, water-safety instructor, and art teacher at local community centers, I've been engaged with young children, their parents and teachers. As a visiting author, in-service speaker, and workshop leader, I frequently travel to schools and conferences around the nation, sharing stories, poems, creativity, and humor.

Several of my books here show my work as editor/anthologist or illustrator. It has been my privilege to have enlisted hundreds of other authors and artists to create 15 philanthropic books that aid in the fight to end childhood hunger through Share Our Strength's national efforts, or that offer care to less fortunate companion animals through The Company of Animals Fund, a granting program I administered for a dozen years.

Now, for adults. I can start by saying I'm a poet. I went to Columbia from 1979-1981, and received my MFA there. Poems are now collected in three volumes, which are all featured here at Amazon. Moving home to Ohio, I worked as an illustrator (while in NYC, I began selling spot illustrations to The New Yorker and Gourmet magazines); one of my first real clients was The Thurber House, the soon-to-be-restored home of Columbus's native son, James Thurber. For almost twenty years, I helped to restore the home, develop the programs there, and edit much of Thurber's uncollected work. (Those volumes are also featured here.) It was there, I began to edit short story anthologies, commission great writers to contribute to books about dogs, horses, and even VW Beetles. That's also where I started Mirth of a Nation, a three-volume humor biennial that constitutes almost 2,000 pages of the best contemporary humor.

Most recently, I've been working in humorous nonfiction. No Dribbling the Squid features profiles of 70-some of the world's most wayward competitions. (You can see the Web site and Facebook pages, as well.) And, most recently, there's Any Body's Guess: Quirky Quizzes About What Makes You Tick.

Otherwise, my Website has a good deal about my life on the 100-acre farm I share in Central Ohio. Thanks again for reading along with me.

www.fidosopher.com

for lots more about MY DOG!, including recipes, training tips, cool projects, games, and so forth: www.workman.com/mydog