VIOLA GOREN has studied cooking and baking at leading culinary institutions around the world. She graduated from The California Culinary Academy in San Francisco, and studied in several European institutions, including the Ewald Susan Notter School of Confectionery in Switzerland, The Callebaut Chocolate Academy in Belgium, and Fabbri & Fruibel in Italy. Her classroom training is complemented with hands-on experience in the pastry departments of leading bakeries and hotels. She prepared pies, pastries, cakes, and breads at the famed La Brea Bakery in Los Angeles, California, and prepared diverse desserts at The Regent Beverly Wilshire and the Hilton Tel Aviv. For more than a decade, Viola owned Sweet Dream, a popular Tel Aviv-based bakery that supplied baked goods to dozens of cafes and restaurants. Today, she is the owner of Viola Cafés, and teaches aspiring pastry-makers from all walks of life at the Estela Culinary School.

Consult the stars anytime, anywhere, with this compact cosmic database that slides easily into your purse or briefcase. A National Calendar Award Winner, Llewellyn's Astrological Pocket Planner does what no other datebook does: It lets you trace the movements of the planets last year, this year, and next year. You'll find a regular datebook section for jotting your 2007 appointments, complete with major planetary aspects; a three-year ephemeris and aspectarian for 2006-2008; a listing of the planetary aspects; a time-zone chart; and a retrograde table.

A Complete Course of Wiccan Study, Book 2 Dive Deeper Into Your Craft Now that you've initiated into the Craft, it's time to immerse yourself in a lifelong journey of spiritual development. Through this course of study, created to teach you the core essentials of intermediate Wiccan wisdom, you'll begin a new circle on the sacred spiral of your soul's path. Designed around a lunar and a solar wheel, these practical lessons will help advance your spiritual gifts, from spell and energy work to deep connections with your patron gods and matron goddesses. Using refreshingly eclectic and concise methods developed for the intermediate practitioner, this course book is ideal for those ready to undergo the deepest, most intensive training possible in a Wiccan study system. Whether you are a solitary student or part of a coven, Initiate will help you dive deeper into a new series of lessons, including: Performing and expanding energy work Writing rituals for the Solar Wheel Conducting lunar spellwork for the Thirteen Moons Honing spiritual development and self-knowledge Finding the best path to serve your community Training and preparation for the next level of practice Praise: "A thoughtful and engaging manual of Wiccan education...that will be of interest not only to contemporary Wiccans but also to anyone following a Pagan path in today's world."—John Michael Greer, Grand Archdruid, Ancient Order of Druids in America, and author of The Celtic Golden Dawn

A National Calendar Award Winner, this pocket planner allows its users to jotdown appointments for 2005 while also tracing the planets for last year, thisyear, and next year.

Put the Stars in Your Pocket Make plans anytime, anywhere with Llewellyn's 2003 Astrological Pocket Planner. Keep it in your pocket, purse, or briefcase for noting daily appointments—and even next year's scheduling. This compact cosmic database puts everything you need at your fingertips to make each day a success: ·Daily signs, phases, & aspects of the Moon ·2003 week-at-a-glance planner ·2004 month-at-a-glance planner ·Two-year ephemeris & aspectarian for 2003-2004 ·Void-of-course Moon table