THE FOREIGN SERVICE JOURNAL | NOVEMBER 2024 49 Sam Tracy is a Foreign Service family member who is currently working as a management assistant in Montevideo. His spouse, Kerri Spindler-Ranta, is a public a airs o cer. e couple previously served in Riga, Georgetown, Pretoria, and Washington, D.C. Under the Keel—A Guidebook to the North Atlantic (Day One—New York to Martha’s Vineyard) Jock Whittlesey, independently published, 2023, $11.00/paperback, e-book available, 163 pages. e rst book in his non ction travel series, Under the Keel—A Guidebook to the North Atlantic, author Jock Whittlesey provides overviews of the oceanography, history, charts, geology, shipping, law, currents, weather, sh, animals, and famous events across the North Atlantic by following the path of the ocean liner Queen Mary 2 as it traveled from New York to Southampton in 2022. e wideranging information is aimed at a general-interest reader; it is not a specialized or technical tome. Jock Whittlesey was a Foreign Service o cer from 1992 to 2018, primarily working on environment, science, technology, and health issues. He served in London, Kingston, Amman, Athens, and three tours in China. Now retired, he has worked as an editor on the State Department’s Human Rights Report since 2019. Whittlesey is also the author of Coast Guard Academy— A User’s Guide (2021). GRAB BAG A Field Guide to the Culinary Arts Derek Corsino, independently published, 2024, $25.00/hardcover, print only, 115 pages. A Field Guide to the Culinary Arts o ers an immersive journey through the heart of the kitchen, crafted for novice cooks and seasoned chefs alike. With a meticulous blend of tradition and innovation, this comprehensive cookbook serves as your compass in the vast landscape of gastronomy. Have a hankering for s’mores but can’t nd marshmallows at post? Or maybe you need to make brownies but you don’t have access to boxed brownie mix? Derek Corsino has you covered. But he also includes easy explanations for complex recipes, like homemade ravioli. Derek Corsino is a new FS family member whose spouse joined the Foreign Service earlier this year. e couple plans to depart for their rst post, Shanghai, in May 2025. Corsino spent the past 11 years as a culinary and baking and pastry educator, and he is currently transitioning to become a full-time online educator. My African Anthology Robert E. Gribbin, independently published, 2024, $17.00/paperback, e-book available, 351 pages. In My African Anthology, Ambassador Robert Gribbin draws on almost 60 years of work in and with Africa to spin tales and air his opinions. emes include preventing child tra cking, nding a long-missing treasure, seeking “Gacaca justice,” eeing from Ebola, searching for a legendary beast, observing the U.S. military presence in Africa, discovering black magic, and more. e collection, which comprises ction and non ction, both humorous and serious, paints a realistic portrait of Africa, its peoples, and its issues as seen and experienced by an astute observer. e book provides just the right mix of history and modernity, with deep insights into Africa. Career FSO Robert Gribbin served as ambassador to the Central African Republic (1992-1995) and Rwanda (1995-1999). He is the author of In the Aftermath of Genocide: e U.S. Role in Rwanda and ve novels, all set in Africa. His novel Finding Kony was featured in the November 2023 FSJ. Faulkner’s Fashion: Gender, Race, Class, and Clothing Christopher Rieger, Bloomsbury Academic, 2023, $100.00/hardcover, e-book available, 184 pages. Faulkner’s Fashion is the rst booklength study of author William Faulkner’s use of clothing in his novels and short stories and how that intersects with race, class, and gender.
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