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Art of Nutritional Cooking or Full Bodied And Peppery

2009-12-05T16:02:00.000-08:00

Art of Nutritional Cooking

Author: Michael Baskett

Completely updated in a new edition. this unique book combines the experience of a professional chef with the expertise of a registered dietitian, offering readers a valuable guidebook/resource tool for preparing healthy food. The science of nutrition and the art of cooking are fully integrated to illustrate the infinite possibilities of healthy cooking that achieves quality in all areas of taste and customer satisfaction. A refreshing emphasis is placed on the taste, and composition of nutritionally prepared foods.

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New edition of a guide to understanding how to create and preserve good taste while preparing healthy foods. Stressing moderation, variety and balance, topics include a brief history of foods, nutrients and their effect on health, the new food pyramid, the nature of smell and taste, herbs and spices, vegetarianism, marketing a nutritional program, and 180-plus recipes with nutritional analysis. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

1. Nutritional Awareness.
2. Exploring the Past.
3. Nutritional Guidelines.
4. Health and Diet.
5. Smell and Taste.
6. Taste with Herbs and Spices.
7. Natural Flavorings.
8. Flavoring with Wines and Spirits.
9. Cooking for Nutrition.
10. Weight Control.
11. The Food Label, Daily Values and Goals 2000.
12. The Vegetarian Diet.
13. Menu Planning.
14. Marketing Nutritional Menus.
15. Breakfast Foods.
16. Appetizers.
17. Soups.
18. Salads and Entremets.
19. Vegetables, Legumes, Potatoes and Grains.
20. Meat.
21. Poultry.
22. Seafood.
23. Vegetarian Entrees.
24. Desserts.

Full-Bodied And Peppery: Chronicles Of A Western Colorado Wine Wench

Author: Christine Feller

Life, as seen through the eyes of a western Colorado “wine wench.”

At a crossroads in her life, Gemma finds herself living again with her parents, on their western Colorado ranch. A gypsy by nature, she decides to stay put for a while. In the process, she discovers adventures of the heart, embracing delicious and sometimes painful life lessons.

While setting down roots, Gemma cultivates a crop of incredible women friends who work in Colorado’s wine industry. The men in her life come and go, but her sparkling, imperfect, loyal girlfriends endure. This is everyday life, set amid the orchards and vineyards, ski slopes and desert. Gemma relishes her maturation process, celebrating it with the area’s viniferous libations.

These stand-alone chronicles may be read as short stories or strung together as a progressive tale of one woman’s life in western Colorado. Enjoy a nibble or a feast. But don’t forget to pour yourself a glass of wine!

Hortalizas Frutas y Plantas Comestibles or Strictly Barbecue

2009-12-04T12:21:00.000-08:00

Hortalizas, Frutas y Plantas Comestibles

Author: Lucy Peel

With both expert and novice gardeners in mind, this series provides the background information, general characteristics, planting, and care information for various flowers, trees, shrubs, and fruits and vegetables. Tables listing the most popular species, with seasonal guides indicating when to plant and when to harvest, are provided, and soil quality, drainage, disease, sun and shade, and general troubleshooting are also addressed.

Pensado para el experto y el principiante, esta colección proporciona información básica, características generales y la plantación y cuidado de varias especies de flores, árboles, arbustos y hortalizas y frutas. Tablas de consulta notando las variedades de cultivo y recomendaciones describiendo las mejores estaciones para sembrar y para cultivar están incluidas. También se incluye información sobre la calidad de la tierra, el drenaje, las enfermedades, el sol y la sombra y otros problemas generales.

Books about: Censoring Culture or Economics of the Environment

Strictly Barbecue: A Passionate Guide to the Real Stuff

Author: A D Livingston

Here is a complete guide to real barbeque, covering equipment, technique, fuels and smoking agents, cuts of meat, sauces and go-withs, and including over 75 recipes for the best barbeque the reader will ever have.

World Cookbook for Students or Drinking Matters

2009-12-03T08:40:00.000-08:00

World Cookbook for Students

Author: Jeanne Jacob

The student body in the United States is ever more diverse, and librarians have a major new resource to help them with the frequent requests from students who have assignments that include finding ethnic recipes. This 5-volume cookbook set is directly related to the middle school and high school multicultural curricula. It will be the source to turn to for multicultural, immigration, and foreign language units. The World Cookbook for Students fills a demand for more and different recipes for most countries and many ethnic groups. Many librarians still cling to an old Time-Life set, and this new set aims to replace that. Although there are many cookbooks out there and many recipes are available on the Internet, not all are geared to students, and no in-print sets or series match this scope and depth.

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In this informative set of cookbooks, Jacob and Ashkenazi travel the globe through the world of food, stopping in every nation-state and even a few nationalities. Basic geographical information, the main types of food eaten, typical dishes of the area, and styles of eating are provided for each country. Approximately five recipes from the featured country are given, usually including an appetizer, soup, main dish, dessert, and dishes served on special occasions, such as Armenian New Year Pudding or Milk and Cinnamon Rice, a dish served at Christmas in Honduras. The scope of coverage in this five-volume set is amazing-even the smallest of countries like Djibouti or Tyrol, which is not even an independent country yet, are represented. With such a vast amount of information provided, good organization is necessary, and here the set excels. Volume one includes a list of countries and regions featured in the cookbooks and a list of recipes by region. Each volume contains a table of contents listing each country found within and its dishes, as well as an index in the back that includes information found in all five volumes. Readers can search by topic, country, ingredient, or recipe, and they are directed to the volume and page number where the information can be found. One drawback is that there are no photographs of the completed dishes, but the wide range of information in the set and the great organization make up for this shortcoming.

Joyce Adams BurnerCopyright 2006 Reed Business Information. - School Library Journal

Gr 7 Up
This set aims "to introduce readers, in particular U.S. students, to contemporary foodstuffs, ways of eating, and typical cookery in almost every country in the world." It includes 198 alphabetically listed nation-states and "nationalities without states." Each one is shown on a map, and its history, geography, and ethnic or religious makeup is briefly introduced. An average of five or six recipes is provided per entry, with exceptions for the largest and smallest nations. When a recipe includes ingredients not available in the U.S., substitutions are suggested. A secondary objective is to allow students to compare dishes, such as yogurt, rice, and pasta, which are common in various countries. Sidebars offering information on topics like the African staple manioc porridge, and pen-and-ink illustrations of unusual foodstuffs, dot the text. Each volume has its own table of contents. The first volume includes lists of countries and regions and recipes by region and a brief glossary. A comprehensive set index concludes each volume. While the dishes are not especially complicated to make, they do assume familiarity with basic cooking techniques. The only safety advisory pertains to handling fresh chili peppers. However, the choices are appropriate and are accurately described, and the background material is reliable. This is a useful resource for multidisciplinary studies involving the social sciences, language arts, and consumer education, as well as general interest. Bon appetit!

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Drinking Matters: Public Houses and Social Exchange in Early Modern Central Europe

Author: Beat Kumin

Drinking Matters offers the first comparative survey of public houses in preindustrial Europe. Drawing on a vast range of primary sources, this long-term study establishes inns and taverns as principal communication sites in local communities. Perennially contested and continuously renegotiated, they catered for basic human needs as well as infinite forms of social exchange. Close scrutiny of regulation, premises and socio-cultural services sheds new light on key processes like state building, confessionalization and the emergence of a public sphere.

Preface     ix
Abbreviations and Measures     xi
Glossary     xii
Notes on the Text     xiii
List of Plates     xiv
List of Figures     xvi
List of Tables     xix
List of Graphs     xx
Introduction     1
The Context of Public Drinking
Settings     17
Types of drinking establishments     17
Topography and density of provision     24
Premises and facilities     37
Agents and interests     50
Publicans     50
Patrons     63
Authorities     74
Functions of the Early Modern Public House
Subsistence     87
Livelihoods     87
Hospitality services     99
Communication     115
Infrastructural role     116
Multimedia exchange     122
Stabilizing functions     126
Subversive potential     130
Public Houses in Early Modern Society
Interpretations     147
Early modern voices     147
Analytical approaches     161
Interactions     172
Social centres in local communities     172
Public houses and early modern change     178
Conclusions     191
Notes     197
Bibliography     243
Index     271

Healthy Weight Loss or Easy Dessert Cooking with 5 Ingredients or Less

2009-12-02T04:59:00.000-08:00

Healthy Weight Loss

Author: Anne Sheasby

Take the essential advice given in this informative book on how to lose weight healthily and permanently without missing out on appealing, tasty meals.

Easy Dessert Cooking with 5 Ingredients or Less

Author:

Easy Desserts Cooking With 5 Ingredients or Less has more than 300 recipes for last-minute sweets or elegant, flaming desserts simplified for beginners and busy cooks. You will have more time for family and friends and less time in the kitchen. In every bite there is homemade goodness and more time to enjoy the memories.

Very Basic Cookbook or Making Sushi

2009-12-01T01:18:00.000-08:00

Very Basic Cookbook

Author: Vicki Liley

For those who can't crack an egg, this primer will prove an indispensable kitchen companion. With specific step-by-step instructions on the most basic culinary tasks, from purchasing equipment and keeping a well-stocked pantry to cutting avocados and crushing fresh garlic cloves, this book provides a clear and complete introduction to the fundamentals of food preparation. Each delicious recipe includes tips for selecting ingredients and thoroughly explains cooking procedures so that no dish seems too difficult to produce. After learning essential techniques, you'll be able to whip up chocolate mousse and create ratatouille; you'll also discover that cooking from scratch can be a simple and satisfying adventure.

Author Biography: Vicki Liley has worked for leading food magazines and is the author of a number of cookbooks that have been published worldwide.

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Making Sushi (Quamut)

Author: Quamut

Quamut is the fastest, most convenient way to learn how to do almost anything. From tasting wine to managing your retirement accounts, Quamut gives you reliable information in a concise chart format that you can take anywhere. Quamut charts are:

Authoritative: Written by experts in their field so you have the most reliable information available.
Clear: Our explanations take you step-by-step through everything from performing CPR to threading a needle.
Concise: You’ll learn just what you need to know—no more, no less.
Precise: Quamut charts include detailed text, photos, and illustrations to show you exactly how to do just about anything.
Portable: Your know-how goes with you wherever your projects lead.

Enjoy fresh sushi without reservations.

Going out for sushi can be a treat, but this popular Japanese cuisine is also fun and easy to prepare at home. Get ready to roll up your sleeves and whip up delectable sushi and sashimi like a seasoned pro with this guide to:

The tools and ingredients to have on hand
The types of sushi knives to buy and how to use them
The most popular sushi recipes and how to make them

Ladies Aid Cook Book or The Book of Tea

2009-11-29T21:37:00.000-08:00

Ladies' Aid Cook Book

Author: Applewood Books

The recipes contained in this 1909 volume were compiled by the Ladies of the Ladies's Aid Society of the Dinuba (Calif.) Presbyterian Church.

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The Book of Tea

Author: Kakuzo Okakura

Written in English by a Japanese scholar in 1906, The Book of Tea is an elegant attempt to explain the philosophy of the Japanese Tea Ceremony, with its Taoist and Zen Buddhist roots, to a Western audience in clear and simple terms.

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Kakuzo was a leading figure in Japanese art and culture at the end of the 19th century, and this book, first published in 1906, is a classic treatise explicating the philosophical nuances of tea and the tea ceremony in Japanese culture. This edition contains an introduction by Liza Dalby who was the first American trained as a Geisha in the 1970s, and elegant photos by Daniel Proctor. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Winesoft or Decadent Cookbook

2009-11-28T17:56:00.000-08:00

Winesoft: El software para aficionados al vino

Author: Oriol Segarra

This user's tool and reference guide for both connoisseurs and casual wine enthusiasts. It is accompanied by a CD intended for archiving a personal wine collection.

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Decadent Cookbook: Recipes of Obsession and Excess

Author: Medlar Lucan

The spirits of Caligula and the Marquis de Sade haunt this viciously witty send-up of "la grande bouffe." The morbid minded and the terminally degenerate will especially enjoy such scandalous chapters as "I Can Recommend the Poodle" and "Blood, the Vital Ingredient." The decadent gourmand can't help but go wrong with this celebrated collection of recipes, an ideal gift for the terminally degenerate.

	Introduction	9
1	Dinner with Caligula	13
2	The Grand Inquisitor's Breakfast	31
3	The Edible Galleon	51
4	The Gastronomic Mausoleum	67
5	Blood, the Vital Ingredient	83
6	Corruption and Decay	105
7	I Can Recommend the Poodle	115
8	The Decadent Sausage	139
9	The Marquis de Sade's Sweet Tooth	161
10	The Impossible Pudding	177
11	Angels and Devils	197
12	Postscript: Amblongus in Calabria	215
13	Conversion Table	221

Low Carbohydrate Cooking for Health or Domestic Cookery Useful Receipts and Hints to Young Housekeepers

2009-11-27T14:15:00.000-08:00

Low Carbohydrate Cooking for Health (Kitchen Doctor Series)

Author: Anne Charlish

Discover the benefits of a low-carbohydrate diet and learn how to avoid common ailments such as hormonal imbalance, weight gain, chronic fatigue, diabetes and heart disease.

Domestic Cookery, Useful Receipts, and Hints to Young Housekeepers

Author: Elizabeth E Lea

Elizabeth Lea's 1859 work aims to help young housekeepers with the necessary practical information needed to fulfill everyday household duties

Delia Collection or Smart Chicken

2009-11-26T10:34:00.000-08:00

Delia Collection: Soup

Author: Delia Smith

Delia Smith is Britain's reigning queen of cooking, with more than 18 million copies of her cookbooks now in print. In The Delia Collection, she has chosen and compiled, by featured ingredient, her most popular recipes--updating the classics and adding some that are brand new. These are books aimed at experienced cooks as well as kitchen novices, who will be guided by a trusted hand through superb, no-fail recipes.

Author Comments: In compiling these collections, I have chosen what I think are the best and most popular recipes and, at the same time, have added some that are completely new. It is my hope that those who have not previously tried my recipes will now have smaller collections to sample, and that those dedicated followers will appreciate an ordered library to provide easy access and a reminder of what has gone before and may have been forgotten.

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Smart Chicken: 101 Tasty and Healthy Poultry Dishes, Plus Stuffings and Accompaniments

Author: Jane Kinderlehrer

Recommended by Julia Child, these tasty offerings include roast capon with onions and prunes, chicken with pistachios and sweet rice, turkey and broccoli fritatta, Moroccan chicken stew and more.

Encyclopedia of Food and Color Additives or Move over Martha

2009-11-25T06:53:00.000-08:00

Encyclopedia of Food and Color Additives

Author: George A Burdock

This 3-volume set provides all the answers to technical, legal, and regulatory questions in clear, nontechnical language. Information once scattered among the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), other government and technical publications, or only available through the Freedom of Information Act, is made easily accessible. You will find descriptions of all substances listed in the Everything Added to Food in the U.S. (EAFUS) database, including categories and substances not considered to be "additives," such as corn oil. All data is clearly organized in alphabetical or numerical order, so having only minimal knowledge about any additive, you can locate it instantly. The Encyclopedia provides you with a quick, understandable description of what each additive is and what it does, where it comes from, when its use might be limited, and how it is manufactured and used.
•What? FDA or PAFA name. List of Synonyms. Current CAS Number. Other CAS Numbers. Empirical Formula. Specifications.
•Where? Description. Natural Occurrence. Natural Sources.
•When? GRAS status. Regulatory Notes. Table of Regulatory Citations.
•How? Purity. Functional Use in Food.You get all this data, plus an index by CAS number and synonym to make your research even easier.

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Move over Martha: Bringing a Ray of Sunshine Your Way Every Day

Author: Dixie Ray

Regardless of the size, location or makeup of a family, one tie binds like no other: food. Good cooking makes memories a little sweeter, and Dixie Ray helps everyday chefs learn the tips and tricks that can turn any meal into an unforgettable occasion with her new cookbook, Move Over Martha: Bringing a Ray of Sunshine Your Way Every Day (now available through Authorhouse).
     Ray's book is designed to help beginning cooks and those whose skills in the kitchen do not quite rival a master chef's. Her easy recipes forego five-star fare and replace it with items much more likely to be found on the average table. Favorites like grilled pork chops, deviled eggs, baked ham and peach cobbler can be found, along with a host of helpful hints like how to time food preparation so each meal is served hot and fresh.
     "Good cooking is one major expression of the care and concern a person can show for the rest of their family," says Ray. She also provides information not found in most other cookbooks; she shows the chef-to-be how to make cooking fun.
     "I wrote this book to offer to anyone who is looking for another perspective and method of achieving not only terrific cooking but also living a fuller life," she says. "[It] is designed for people who are brand new to being on their own, have never cooked before for whatever reason and have to learn now, and are looking for some practical guidance in the mystical arena of food preparation."
     Recipes begin not with a list of ingredients but with a brief anecdote. Rays' conversational style immediately eases the novice cook's nerves as she explains each step in narrative form. She also lists standard items that should be stocked in every pantry and includes a list of the utensils no cook should be without.
     "I want [readers] to feel as if I am in the kitchen by their side coaching and guiding them through the whole process and making it fun for them at the same time," she says.
     By her own admission, Ray was a "military brat" whose growing up years were spent in many different places, especially the South. She is a self-taught cook who spent more than 30 years becoming "pretty good at it".

Twenty Five Cent Dinners for Familes of Six or Handbook of Food and Bioprocess Modeling Techniques

2009-02-19T11:32:00.000-08:00

Twenty-Five Cent Dinners for Familes of Six

Author: Juliet Corson

While retail prices may have increased since Juliet Corson published her "Twenty-Five Cent Dinners For Families of Six" in 1879, what has not changed is the homemaker's interest in creating interesting, economical meals for the family. Corson, a noted teacher of cookery and advocate for the poor based her philosophy upon four ideals: 1) Utlizing every part of a food source, thus eliminating waste; 2) Serving several inexpensive dishes rather than one expensive one; 3) Using homegrown herbs and inexpensive spices to embellish dishes; and 4) Using lentils, peas, and macaroni as alternative, inexpensive sources of protein. Corson's philosophy of thrift will resonate with the modern family, while the recipes she provides will also serve the modern family with delicious, inexpensive meal ideas.

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Handbook of Food and Bioprocess Modeling Techniques

Author: Shyam S Sablani

With the advancement of computers, the use of modeling to reduce time and expense, and improve process optimization, predictive capability, process automation, and control possibilities, is now an integral part of food science and engineering. New technology and ease of use expands the range of techniques that scientists and researchers have at their disposal making it increasingly important for the user to be aware of and have a good working knowledge of the alternatives.

Unique in its scope, the Handbook of Food and Bioprocess Modeling Techniques provides a comprehensive overview of the modeling options available to today's researcher. The book covers a wide range of topics including transport processes, reaction kinetics, probabilistic modeling, data mining, neural network and genetic algorithms. Both mesoscale and macroscale modeling are covered. Each chapter is complete with a clear, succinct description of a specific modeling technique, followed by detailed examples of the utilization, application, benefits, and limitations of the technique described. By having both physics-based and observation-based models explained in one place, the researcher can find not only the most appropriate tool or combination of tools for the application, but also those that best suit the technical expertise of the personnel involved. The book emphasizes problem formulation and explains the choice and structure of the modeling technique from an application point of view, making it exceedingly practical and easy-to-use. The international panel of authors and contributors ensures the quality of the individual chapters and the usefulness of the information across wide-ranging food products andprocesses.

An indispensable resource for the full range of contemporary modeling techniques, the Handbook of Food and Bioprocess Modeling Techniques provides food and bioprocess researchers in industry and academia with an invaluable comprehensive working reference.

Doing All Right Is Not Hard to Beat or Grilling America

2009-02-18T07:49:00.000-08:00

Doing All Right Is Not Hard to Beat

Author: Garland P Kirkpatrick

A brief describing the life, times, circumstances, family, friends, experiences, opportunities, career and memories of one who said many times, "Someday I'm gonna write a book."

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Grilling America

Author: Rick Brown

America's king of outdoor cooking and host of the public television series Barbecue America brings the incredible flavor and fun of grilling to your backyard! A beloved fixture at barbecue festivals and restaurants across the nation for the past several years, Rick Browne shares more than 150 finger-lickin', lip-smackin' recipes perfect for easy everyday dinners or the most special gatherings. In the pages of Grilling America are dishes for folks of all stripes, from self-proclaimed Bubbas to devoted foodies and gourmet grilling sophisticates, from die-hard carnivores to strict vegetarians.

More than just a cookbook, Grilling America is also a tour of some of the most colorful barbecue festivals around the country -- and includes tons of secrets shared by the experts who attend them. Filled with vivid and mouthwatering photos of the food and the people who love it, Grilling America is a celebration of outdoor cooking at its best. Barbecue is literally on fire across America. Rick Browne invites you to help fan the flames.

Camellia Sinensis a Medical Dictionary Bibliography and Annotated Research Guide to Internet References or Chili

2009-02-17T04:07:00.000-08:00

Camellia Sinensis - a Medical Dictionary, Bibliography, and Annotated Research Guide to Internet References

Author: Health Publica Icon Health Publications

This is a 3-in-1 reference book. It gives a complete medical dictionary covering hundreds of terms and expressions relating to Camellia sinensis. It also gives extensive lists of bibliographic citations. Finally, it provides information to users on how to update their knowledge using various Internet resources. The book is designed for physicians, medical students preparing for Board examinations, medical researchers, and patients who want to become familiar with research dedicated to Camellia sinensis.If your time is valuable, this book is for you. First, you will not waste time searching the Internet while missing a lot of relevant information. Second, the book also saves you time indexing and defining entries. Finally, you will not waste time and money printing hundreds of web pages.

Forward
Chapter 1. Studies on Camellia sinensis
Overview
Federally Funded Research on Camellia sinensis
The National Library of Medicine: PubMed
Chapter 2. Nutrition and Camellia sinensis
Overview
Finding Nutrition Studies on Camellia sinensis
Federal Resources on Nutrition
Additional Web Resources
Chapter 3. Alternative Medicine and Camellia sinensis
Overview
National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine
Additional Web Resources
General References
Chapter 4. Patents on Camellia sinensis
Overview
Patents on Camellia sinensis
Patent Applications on Camellia sinensis
Keeping Current
Chapter 5. Books on Camellia sinensis
Overview
Book Summaries: Online Booksellers
Appendix A. Physician Resources
Overview
NIH Guidelines
NIH Databases
Other Commercial Databases
Appendix B. Patient Resources
Overview
Patient Guideline Sources
Finding Associations
Appendix C. Finding Medical Libraries
Overview
Preparation
Finding a Local Medical Library
Medical Libraries in the U.S. and Canada
ONLINE GLOSSARIES
Online Dictionary Directories
CAMELLIA SINENSIS DICTIONARY
INDEX

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Chili!: Mouth-Watering Meatless Recipes

Author: Robert Oser

Southwest food expert and chile aficionado, Robert Oser, goes beyond chili con carne and chile con frijoles to take you on an enthusiastic exploration of meatless American chili, inspired new chili combinations, as well as chili-style dishes from around the world. You'll also learn about chilies throughout history, the medicinal benefits of chiles, and tips for growing, drying, buying, roasting, peeling and freezing chiles. So whether you'd rather have just a mild kick or a full-blown chile explosion, you'll find a recipe to match your every whim and passion.

Real Ale Almanac or Crab

2009-02-16T00:26:00.000-08:00

Real Ale Almanac

Author: Roger Protz

An essential brewery-by-brewery guide to all of the commercially produced real ales in the U.K. From small, rural breweries to city-based concerns, Protz covers the entire geographic spectrum, with lists of ingredients and tasting notes.

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Crab (Quamut)

Author: Quamut

Authoritative: Written by experts in their field so you have the most reliable information available.
Clear: Our explanations take you step-by-step through everything from performing CPR to threading a needle.
Concise: You’ll learn just what you need to know—no more, no less.
Precise: Quamut charts include detailed text, photos, and illustrations to show you exactly how to do just about anything.
Portable: Your know-how goes with you wherever your projects lead.

Crab, explained.

Everything you need to know in order to buy and prepare perfect crab every
time, including:

The different types and nutritional value of crabs
What to look for when buying crabs, and how to store them after you buy
How to cook crabs in the most popular and tastiest ways

Physical Culture Cook Book or Calendar of Dinners with 615 Recipes

2009-02-14T20:44:00.000-08:00

Physical Culture Cook Book

Author: Bernarr MacFadden

Originally published in 1901, the Physical Culture Cook Book represents the philosophy of physical culture, a combination of body-building with nutritional and health theories. Believing that "food, properly cooked, properly eaten, in proper quantity has a vast influence upon the strength, beauty and suppleness of the body [and] [t]he brain, too," the recipes emphasize fresh foods, whole grains, and the proper combinations of foods. This book is an antecedent to today's slow foods and health conscious living movements.

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Calendar of Dinners with 615 Recipes

Author: Marion Harris Harris Neil

A Calendar of Dinners was originally published in 1913 and contains 615 recipes.

The culinary world revised its entire cookbook on account of the advent of Crisco, a new and altogether different cooking fat.

Many wondered that any product could gain the favor of cooking experts so quickly. A few months after the first package was marketed, practically every grocer in the United States was supplying women with the new product.

This was largely because four classes of people: housewives chefs doctors dietitians - were glad to be shown a product which at once would make for more digestible foods, more economical foods, and better tasting foods.

	Introduction	8
	The Story of Crisco	9
	Things To Remember	22
	Hints To Young Cooks	24
	How To Choose Foods	25
	Methods of Cooking	31
	Time Table for Cooking	39
	The Art of Carving	42
	Soups	46
	Fish	51
	Meats	58
	Vegetables	66
	Salads	73
	Puddings	77
	Sandwiches	85
	Pastries	88
	Breads	96
	Cakes	115
	Vegetarian Dishes	133
	Eggs	139
	Candies	143
	Calendar of Dinners	149

Paradise on Ice or Veg Out

2009-02-13T17:03:00.000-08:00

Paradise on Ice: 50 Fabulous Tropical Cocktails

Author: Mittie Hellmich

Capturing the spirit of the tropics, Paradise on Ice takes a refreshing dip into the wonderful world of tropical drinks. Choose from 50 bliss-inducing blends of exotic fruits, juices, and liquors, each designed to feel like a vacation in a glass. From margaritas and tropitinis to spirit-free smoothies and refreshing coolers, each creatively mixed concoction is the perfect pleaser for summer patio get-togethers, Caribbean theme parties, poolside lounging, candlelight dinners, or any occasion that simply cries out for an equatorial, coconut-scented escape from reality. Colorful photographs accompany the text, setting just the right mood to encourage readers to put on a Tito Puente CD and swizzle their hips as well as their cocktails.

Veg Out: 60 Knockout Recipes for the Laid-Back Cook

Author: Publications Mq

Veg Out is packed with 60 delicious vegetable recipes, from stuffed cabbage leaves to the ultimate ratatouilie, this little book shows how even the common carrot can be transformed into a sumptuous dish.

Gourmets Vinaigrettes and Salads Cookbook or Jam Book

2009-02-12T14:54:00.000-08:00

Gourmet's Vinaigrettes and Salads Cookbook: Superb Nouvelle Salads and Vinaigrettes for Lunch and Dinner

Author: Keith A Huffman

The Gourmet's Vinaigrettes and Salads Cookbook

Over 180 exquisite new salads and vinaigrettes created by Chef Keith A. Huffman, offer quick, easy, and delicious ways to experiment with new flavors!

Chef Huffman began his career in St. Paul, Minnesota, after graduating from the extensive Saint Paul Technical College culinary program. While perfecting his natural ability, Chef Huffman placed in two national cooking competitions and in 1996, he was awarded the coveted "Silver Toque Award."

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Jam Book

Author: Byron

This is a practical guide to the preservation of fruit -- not only jams, but also jellies, marmalades, preserves, conserves, and candied, brandied and dried fruit. The book contains hundreds of recipes for tempting spreads.

Cooks Books or Roses Table

2009-02-11T10:07:00.000-08:00

Cooks' Books: A Definitive Collection of 50 Classic Recipes for Everyday Life

Author: Carolyn Hart

Carolyn Hart has gathered together 50 classic recipes easy enough for everyday eating. Entrees include Beef Casserole Nicoise, Shepherd's Pie, Baked Ham, Fragrant Duck Pilaf with Lemon and Mint, Scallops with Black Pudding and Poached Salmon. There are vegetable recipes, such as Coriander Mushrooms and Caesar Salad, and several puddings, including Christmas Pudding, Brandy Butter, and Gooseberry Fool.

Rose's Table: Stories of a Sicilian-American Family, Told Through Food

Author: Sanna Children

Georgia Jensen and friend, Ellie Forsythe, find themselves embroiled in another suspicious death when Georgia, against her better judgment, agrees to speak at a symposium for historians. The most Georgia expected was publicity for her one-woman retiree's business, "Historical Research, By George," not a dead body. But that's exactly what Ellie finds shortly after she joins Georgia on the final day of the symposium.

Hoping the death of one of the speakers would put an end to what Georgia termed "two of the worst days of her life," their hopes were dashed when the final day wasn't cancelled, and the police ask that everyone involved stay on campus until they complete their investigation.

Unhappy with having their vacation plans disrupted, Georgia and Ellie set out to 'help' the police uncover the real motive for the rising young historian's murder by following the victim's research trail through the 1920s. Wading through old newspaper microfilm, books and old city directories, they begin to realize that those efforts may not be enough to lead them to a cold and calculating murderer. The reason may lie in the past of one of others involved in the gathering of illustrious academicians, some of whom aren't exactly what they seem to be and something much more difficult to research. The deeper they dig, the more muddied the situation becomes. And their efforts may lead to naught.

Unbeknownst to them, a killer is watching and waiting, prepared to put an end to their meddling if need be. As they move closer to the truth, the killer might just manage to do away with the problem of Georgia and her research, especially if Ellie doesn't find Georgia's note in time!

The Basic Basics Barbecue Handbook or Organic Kitchen Garden

2009-02-10T06:25:00.000-08:00

The Basic Basics Barbecue Handbook (Basic Basics Series)

Author: Charmaine Solomon

Internationally renowned cookery writer Charmaine Solomon has reached an audience of millions with her books which sell throughout the world. She is perhaps best-known for her hugely successful Complete Asian Cookbook, which celebrated it's 25th anniversary last year.

Here she turns her talents to the art of the barbecue. There are more than 175 international recipes in this invaluable handbook - from Japanese teriyaki to Indonesian satays, from spare ribs to fish kebabs, taking in recipes from Spain, India, China, Thailand, Greece, Lebanon, Vietnam and Korea along the way. These enticing dishes will make your outdoor grill a source of endless summer delicacies.

Charmaine explains: how to choose a barbecue, fire and heat control, the best grilling techniques, accessories and additional equipment as well as giving ideas for dozens of tasty side dishes, a wonderful variety of vegetarian recipes and beverages. This book is the eighth in Grub Street's best-selling The Basic Basics series, with previous titles The Basic Basics Jams Preserves and Chutneys Handbook, The Basic Basics Combination and Microwave Handbook, The Basic Basics Home Freezing Handbook, The Basics Basics Baking Hand

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Organic Kitchen Garden

Author: Juliet Roberts

This gardening guide makes going organic--and enjoying the unmatched taste of fresh, pure produce--easy! Beautifully photographed in the 18th century walled kitchen of Audley End in Essex, and written by expert journalist Juliet Roberts, it explains all a newcomer needs to know about setting up a vegetable patch, preparing the soil, choosing and caring for crops, and staggering the harvest throughout the season. Learn how to grow everything from tomatoes to potatoes, salad greens to cabbages. Helpful monthly lists provide reminders of what jobs need doing when, and there are tips on composting, pest and weed control, plant health care, and even watering.

Italian Meringue Pies or Tea in China

2009-02-09T02:43:00.000-08:00

Italian Meringue Pies: 51 Flavors

Author: Rose Luther

Use this book to make the best meringue pies ever and do it quickly, easily, and reliably. Create fabulous pies filled with smooth, rich custard and heaped with fluffy, white meringue. Italian meringue is made from the same ingredients as ordinary meringue, but the cooking method and results are very different. Its consistency is similar to whipped cream, and it is "mile high" with only three egg whites--plus it keeps well with little shrinkage. The custard recipes (the source of the 51 flavors), use a streamlined microwave method that gives perfect results every time. A quick and easy stovetop method is also provided. The recipes are grouped by custard flavor categories. There is a section of fruit custard recipes which includes lemon, of course, but also lime, and even pink grapefruit, along with flavors such as raspberry and orange pineapple. The chocolate, coffee, and nut section features amaretto chocolate, coffee pecan, maple walnut, and others. The fruit-on-the-bottom section features pies with a fresh fruit or puree layer that is topped with a different custard flavor, such as coconut strawberry, pistachio blackberry, and black forest. There is also a miscellany of flavors such as pumpkin and Rum Delight. Enjoy!

Tea in China: The History of China's National Drink, Vol. 33

Author: John C Evans

Tea is one of the world's most popular beverages after water, and the birthplace of tea is China. Until the 1830s, China was the only producer of tea, and today it remains the world's greatest producer and consumer. Tea in China is a history of China's national drink, where it came from, how it was drunk, and the place it has occupied in Chinese society from prehistory to the present. Along the way, Evans looks at the myths surrounding the development of tea. The preferences of the various dynasties are examined, as are changes within the industry as well as the place of tea within Chinese society.

American Food Habits in Historical Perspective or Leaves from Gerards Herball

2009-02-07T23:02:00.000-08:00

American Food Habits in Historical Perspective

Author: Elaine N N McIntosh

Using dietary information and other pertinent facts, the author assesses the nutritional status of Americans during each historical period. Special emphasis is given to American dietary patterns from the landfall of Columbus to the colonial period, the revolutionary period, the New Republic, and the 20th century. Four categories of American food are identified and analyzed: mainstream cuisine, regional cooking, "regional phenomena" (including ethnic foods), and "Pop" foods. The overview concludes with the finding that, despite delightful differences, there are striking similarities in food habits across time and cultures. By providing increased insights and understanding of contemporary American eating patterns, this book will be a substantive addition to existing texts.

Booknews

A historical overview of food habits, emphasizing American dietary habits from Columbian times to the present, for students in food science and interested general readers. Explains basic concepts of nutrition, describes methods of food gathering, producing, and processing, and looks at food ideology, American dietary patterns, and various types of cuisine. Assesses the nutritional adequacy of American diets from various periods, and makes predictions about diet in the future. Includes b&w photos. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

	Illustrations
	Preface
1	Humans, Nutrition, and Survival	1
2	The Search for Food	17
3	Early Dietary Patterns	43
4	Dietary Patterns from Columbian Times Through the American Revolution	59
5	American Food Habits: The New Republic Through the Nineteenth Century	77
6	American Food Habits: The Twentieth Century	97
7	Understanding Food Habits	139
8	Food and Ideology	159
9	American Food: A Characterization	175
10	The American Diet: An Assessment and Prognosis	207
	Bibliography	227
	Index	239

Leaves from Gerard's Herball

Author: Marcus Woodward

Selection from most famous English herbal includes tobacco, poppies, sunflowers, peach trees, onions, much more.

Multicultural Cookbook of Life Cycle Celebrations or 101 recetas con pasta

2009-02-06T19:20:00.000-08:00

Multicultural Cookbook of Life-Cycle Celebrations

Author: Lois Sinaiko Webb

While the literary world is filled with international cookbooks, as well as cookbooks for children, none combine both features as does Multicultural Cookbook of Life-Cycle Celebrations. A companion volume to popular earlier cookbooks by Oryx, this new title covers the celebrations and the recipes that take a person from cradle to grave. Arranged by region and country, the latest multicultural cookbook is an ideal resource for all classes that use culinary customs to bolster curriculums, presenting more than 250 authentic recipes, it includes interesting introductions about each celebration.

Internet Book Watch

Drawn for all corners of the world, the recipes found in Multicultural Cookbook Of LifeCycle Celebrations are organized by nations of Africa, Asia, Europe, the Middle East, the Indian subcontinent, North and South America, and the islands of the sea. From Yegomen Kitfo (Collards with Spiced Cottage Cheese), Talamee (Syrian Loaf Bread), and Kielbasa z Kapustoy (Sausage with Cabbage), to Vadas (Fried Lentil Puffs), Bacalaitos (Fried Cod Fritters), and Los Camotes (Candied Sweet Potatoes), these dishes represent the complete spectrum of cultures, countries, and culinary customs. Multicultural Cookbook Of LifeCycle Celebrations is a highly recommended addition to the adventurous kitchen cook and a super reference for ethnic "theme" dinners and dining clubs.

Preface
Getting Started
Glossary
Introduction
Religious Life-Cycle Rituals and Customs
Africa
Tanzania
Kenya
Ethiopia and Eritrea
Uganda
Mozambique
Madagascar
Swaziland
South Africa
Lesotho
Zimbabwe
Botswana
Namibia
Angola
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Zambia
Rwanda and Burundi
Central African Republic
Cameroon
Gabon
Sudan
Chad
Niger
Nigeria
Ghana
Cote d' Ivoire
Sierra Leone
Liberia
Guinea and Guinea-Bissau
Sengal and Gambia
Burkina Faso
Mali
Mauritania
North Africa
Morocco
Algeria
Tunisia
Libya
Middle East
Egypt
Israel
Lebanon
Syria
Jordan
Saudia Arabia
Iraq
Iran
Cyprus
Turkey
Arabian Penninsula
Kuwait
Oman
Qatar
United Arab Emirates
Yemen
Bahrain
Europe
Greece
Albania
Bulgaria
Romania
Former Yugoslavia--Serbia, Montenegaro, Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia-Hersegovina, and Macedonia
Hungary
Czech Republic and Republic of Slovakia
Austria
Switzerland
Italy
Portugal
Spain
France
Belgium
United Kingdom
England
Scotland
Wales
Ireland
Netherlands
Germany
Poland
Scandinavia
Denmark
Norway
Sweden
Finland
Iceland
Baltic Nations
Lithuania
Latvia
Estonia
The Independent States of the Former Soviet Union
The Russian Federation
Belarus
Ukraine
Moldova Republic
Armenia
Georgia
Azerbaijan
Central Asian Republics
Kazakhstan
Uzbekistan
Tajikistan
Kygyzstan
Turkmenistan
Indian Subcontinent
Afghanistan
Pakistan
India
Sri Lanka
Bangladesh
Nepal
Bhutan
PeoplesRepublic of China and Taiwan
Myanmar (Burma)
Thailand
Laos/Cambodia
Vietnam
Korea
Japan
Philippines
Malaysia and Singapore
Indonesia
Fiji
Papua New Guinea
Australia
New Zealand
Caribbean
Trinidad and Tobago
Grenada
Puerto Rico
Dominican Republic
Haiti
Jamaica
Bahamas
Cuba
Latin America
Chile
Argentina
Uruguay
Bolivia
Brazil
Paraguay
Peru
Ecuador
Colombia
Venezuela
Guyana
Panama
Costa Rica
Nicaragua
Honduras
El Salvador
Guatemala
North America
Mexico
Canada
United States
African American
The Amish
Acadian (Cajun)
Bibliography
Index

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101 recetas con pasta (Recopilacion de sus favoritas)

Author: The Staff of Publications International

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2009 Play With Your Food Wall Calendar or 2009 Wine Lovers Page A Day Calendar

2009-02-05T15:39:00.000-08:00

2009 Play With Your Food Wall Calendar

Author: Saxton Freymann

Saxton Freymann has proven that anything is possible when you Play With Your Food. This year's Fast Food, with its parade of characters created from ordinary fruits and vegetables, is an adventure that will speed you laughing on your way to a fresh appreciation of food.

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2009 Wine Lover's Page-A-Day Calendar

Author: Karen MacNeil

A year of stellar recommendations and wine advice from Karen MacNeil, author of the authoritative bestseller The Wine Bible. Try Trespass Vineyard’s spicy, sumptuous cabernet sauvignon. Or, Bodega Balbo’s torrontes, lush with honeysuckle, apricot, and apple flavors—and a steal at $8.
Plus, tips on ordering wine at restaurants, the up-and-coming region for pinot noir (New Zealand’s Central Otago), garigue and other wine words, and zweigelt, Austria’s elegant answer to zinfandel.

Whole Herb or Dining Posture in Ancient Rome

2009-02-04T11:57:00.000-08:00

Whole Herb: For Cooking, Crafts, Gardening, Health and Other Joys of Life

Author: Barbara Pleasant

Humankind and herbs. It's a relationship that spans the millennia—and what a relationship it is. Herbs have provided us with sustenance for both our bodies and our souls. Herbs have been our medicine and our food. They have been used to give thanks to the heavens and to celebrate the spirit. Their fragrance and beauty have delighted our senses. And we have passed down our knowledge of herbs to countless generations so that they, too, could understand, cultivate, and use these most precious gifts of nature.

Today, herbs continue to play an important part in our lives. Whether we use them for healing, in cooking, in crafts, or in a thousand and one other ways, our unique relationship with these valuable plants remains strong. The Whole Herb was designed for everyone who wishes to learn more about herbs and to incorporate them in daily life. Here is a complete, practical, and easy-to-follow guide to the many uses of herbs.

The Whole Herb begins by looking at the fascinating history and benefits of herbs. Each of the following chapters then focuses on a different use of herbs, including herbs and health, herbs in the kitchen, herbs around the house, and herbs in the garden. These chapters provide clear guidelines that enable you to use herbs both safely and effectively. Finally, the last section of the book offers detailed profiles of over fifty commonly used and affordable herbs. Each entry presents information on the herb's history, uses, and benefits, along with buying guides, growing instructions, methods of storage, and safety information. Included throughout the book are insets that highlight important facts and techniques, helping you to fully understand and enjoy the herbal experience.

From relaxing aromatherapy to refreshing herbal teas, from delicious sauces to cold prevention, from bug deterrents in your garden to potpourri on your counter, The Whole Herb has it all.

About the Author:
Barbara Pleasant is a lecturer, columnist, and best-selling author of over twenty books on plants and gardening. She received both her undergraduate and master's degrees from the University of Alabama. As a writer, her articles have appeared in numerous national magazines and newspapers throughout the country. In addition, Ms. Pleasant's work has twice won the Quill and Trowel's Certificate of Merit sponsored by the Garden Writers Association of America. Currently, the author resides in North Carolina.

Publishers Weekly

Beginning herbalists will find an expert's worth of knowledge in this holistic guide to everything one can possibly do with herbs. It's really two books in one, as the first section reviews the medicinal, culinary, ornamental and aromatic uses of herbs in general, and explains how to grow them (indoors and out); and the second part is an A to Z reference of specific herbs, with details on their applications. Beginning with healing uses, Pleasant (Controlling Garden Weeds; etc.) explores how herbs can be made into teas, tinctures, tablets and compresses; and used to soothe skin irritations, calm an upset stomach or ease depression, with a caveat about safety. Pleasant's later techniques on cooking range from basic to creative: she offers instructions on how to preserve herbs by freezing and drying, as well as recipes for herb-infused oils, herb butters, dry rubs and herbed ice cubes made with water and other liquids. Useful margin notes on how to revive dried spices, wash herbs before picking them and other tricks are helpful even for experienced readers. Pleasant's home projects include recipes for mixing potpourri, making sachets and building a wreath with fresh herbs. But the author doesn't recommend doing it all at home (e.g., although essential oils, concentrated herb essences, are ideal for baths and showers, the author guides readers to the store for them). Pleasant perks up her generally serious tone with enthusiastic asides, such as "Exactly what is an aromatic herb? Any herb that smells good!" (Apr.) Copyright 2004 Reed Business Information.

Library Journal

Intriguing, utilitarian herbs appeal to crafters, cooks, and gardeners alike; this book offers something for all of them. In Part 1, Pleasant (Garden Stone: Creative Landscaping with Plants and Stone) conveys the historical importance of herbs and touts their use in current daily life. With appropriate warnings, she discusses medicinal uses, explaining things like decoctions. A chapter on buying and handling culinary herbs includes a nice chart of "culinary compatibles" and recipes. Going beyond potpourri, the chapter about aromatics suggests creating dream pillows, smudge sticks, and nosegays. Pleasant cautions readers that once they use herbs, they are likely to want to grow some, so she includes a chapter on herb gardening fundamentals. Part 2 is a directory of 55 herbs arranged alphabetically by common name. The information here on using each herb is particularly well organized, but readers desiring photos will prefer Jekka McVicar's The New Book of Herbs. Those focusing on herb-garden design would be happier with Yvonne Cuthbertson's Beginners' Guide to Herb Gardening. Recommended for public libraries. Bonnie Poquette, Whitefish Bay, WI Copyright 2004 Reed Business Information.

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Dining Posture in Ancient Rome: Bodies, Values, and Status

Author: Matthew B Roller

What was really going on at Roman banquets? In this lively new book, veteran Romanist Matthew Roller looks at a little-explored feature of Roman culture: dining posture. In ancient Rome, where dining was an indicator of social position as well as an extended social occasion, dining posture offered a telling window into the day-to-day lives of the city's inhabitants.

This book investigates the meaning and importance of the three principal dining postures--reclining, sitting, and standing--in the period 200 B.C.-200 A.D. It explores the social values and distinctions associated with each of the postures and with the diners who assumed them. Roller shows that dining posture was entangled with a variety of pressing social issues, such as gender roles and relations, sexual values, rites of passage, and distinctions among the slave, freed, and freeborn conditions.

Timely in light of the recent upsurge of interest in Roman dining, this book is equally concerned with the history of the body and of bodily practices in social contexts. Roller gathers evidence for these practices and their associated values not only from elite literary texts, but also from subelite visual representations--specifically, funerary monuments from the city of Rome and wall paintings of dining scenes from Pompeii.

Engagingly written, Dining Posture in Ancient Rome will appeal not only to the classics scholar, but also to anyone interested in how life was lived in the Eternal City.

Food in Early Modern Europe or 125 Best Ice Cream Recipes

2009-02-03T08:16:00.000-08:00

Food in Early Modern Europe

Author: Ken Albala

Rarely do we read about the roles of food in history. Yet its study offers us a humanizing look at those who lived before us. This unique book examines food's importance during the massive evolution of Europe following the Middle Ages. Included are many period recipes, never before available in English, along with evocative illustrations and a timeline.

125 Best Ice Cream Recipes

Author: Marilyn Linton

Nothing quite captures the essence of summer like the frosty pleasure of ice creams, sorbets and gelatos. These delectable and tempting desserts are remarkably easy to make at home year-round. With 125 Best Ice Cream Recipes and your own ice cream maker, you'll have everything you need to make perfect frozen deserts.

Here are just some of the luscious recipes you can create: Chocolate Hazelnut Ice Cream, Dulce de Leche Ice Cream, Café au Lait Ice Cream, Old-Fashioned Vanilla Ice Cream, Banana Toffee Ice Cream, Cookies and Cream Ice Cream, Cherries and Cream Ice Cream, Chocolate Chip Coffee Gelato, Pear Ginger Ricotta Gelato, Watermelon Mint Ice, Papaya Ice, Kiwi Banana Lime Ice, Tequila Orange Granita.

Includes recpies for gelatos, ices, sorbets, granitas, frozen yogurts and ice milks
Tips for purchasing the ice cream maker that best suits your needs
Features a dozen sauce recipes

Nuts or Juices

2009-02-02T04:33:00.000-08:00

Nuts: Pistachio, Pecan & Pinon (Cooks West Series)

Author: Gwin Grogan Grimes

Finally a book for nut lovers!

Nuts: Pistachio, Pecan & Piñon celebrates the versatility of three favorite Western nuts in 50 recipes devoted to the smooth pistachio, the woodsy pecan and the mild but flavorful piñon. With main course recipes such as Penne Pasta with Toasted Piñon and Brown Butter Sauce or Pecan Crusted Chicken, as well as delightful desserts like Pistachio Macaroons, you can't help but go nutty over this new addition to the Cook West Series! 24 color photos.

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Juices: Nature's Cure All for Health and Vitality

Author: Jan Castorina

Pass by any health food store—or even through your neighborhood coffee oasis—and you can't help noticing: juices are hot. Whips, blends and shakes—from anti-oxidant enriched concoctions to sweet cold smoothies—this fast-growing multi-million dollar industry is built upon the fact that no other beverage tastes as good, looks as good or is better for the body than freshly blended juice. This book is a veritable celebration of that knowledge, as it offers 150 recipes that combine great taste and nutrition, from a Mango and Banana Whip to Watermelon Juice and a tangy bell pepper and cucumber blend. With a juice blend for every occasion, from fighting a cold or going on a diet, Juices shows readers how to find the right ingredients and combine them in the right way. And with 55 mouth-watering full-color photographs, the recipes in this book are as good to look at as they are to imbibe.

Williams Sonoma New Healthy Kitchen or Diabetic Cooking

2009-02-01T00:52:00.000-08:00

Williams-Sonoma New Healthy Kitchen: Starters

Author: Georgeanne Brennan

With New Healthy Kitchen Starters, you can improve your diet while enjoying appetizers such as Cantaloupe and Feta Cheese Salad, Grilled Zucchini Skewers with Coriander, or Prosciutto-Wrapped Radicchio Wedges.

This colorful series of healthy cookbooks takes a commonsense approach to eating right. Food fads and trendy diets may come and go, but your family doctor can tell you that you will never go wrong eating a wide variety of fresh vegetables and fruits, whole grains, and legumes.

We all know that we're supposed to be eating several servings of each of these foods every day. But you might not know that we're also supposed to be eating as many different colors of fruit and vegetable as possible. The naturally occurring pigments that give vibrant colors to fruits and vegetables also offer an array of unique health benefits, boosting your immune system and fighting common diseases and conditions as you age. These pigments and other plant compounds -- known as antioxidants and phytochemicals -- work in tandem with vitamins, minerals, and fiber to keep our bodies strong and well.

The amazing benefits of colorful foods, whole grains, legumes, seeds, and nuts are being studied in labs across the country and touted by government experts on nutrition. But all the good advice in the world won't help you put a healthy dinner on the table. The books of the New Healthy Kitchen series -- Starters, Main Dishes, and Desserts -- will do just that.

The 60 recipes in these pages, grouped by the color of a key ingredient, offer dozens of appealing and easy ways to bring a rainbow of fruits, vegetables, and grains into your daily meals. Even better, 24 "FreshIdeas" suggest simple ways of enjoying fresh produce as a wholesome and impromptu snack.

With New Healthy Kitchen Starters, eating right won't be a sacrifice or a chore. In these books, healthy food means good food, simply prepared and a pleasure to eat.

Library Journal

Each volume in this new series includes 60 recipes, arranged by color of the main ingredient. The general introductions emphasize the nutritional benefits of a diet "rich in fruits, vegetables, legumes, and grains," as well as of "eating the rainbow," listing the health benefits of each color group. Brennan is a well-known cookbook author (e.g., Foods and Flavors of Haute Provence), and Langbein, a prolific cookbook writer from New Zealand. The recipes are simple and uncomplicated, and there are suggestions for other easy dishes in each section as well. Lavishly illustrated with color photographs, these large-format books have a design somewhat similar to that of Donna Hay's popular cookbooks. For larger collections. Copyright 2006 Reed Business Information.

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Diabetic Cooking

Author: Jean Par

Great tasting recipes the entire family will enjoy. That's what Diabetic Cooking is all about. No more cooking separate meals at dinnertime -- one meal suits all, diabetic and non-diabetic alike. Diabetic Cooking means variety with ease of preparation. Choose from more than 150 quick and easy recipes that make use of common, affordable ingredients. Toss a salad, bake a casserole, or whip up a dessert -- all using ingredients from your cupboard. Whether for weekday meals or special occasions, these recipes will help to make meal planning and preparation a cinch. Diabetic Cooking means great taste. Specially developed and tested with input from people with diabetes and their families, these all new recipes are low in fat, low in sugar -- and high in flavor! Turn to Diabetic Cooking for healthy and delicious eating everyone will enjoy.

Cooking Up US History or Essential Christmas Cookbook

2009-01-30T21:10:00.000-08:00

Cooking Up U.S. History: Recipes and Research to Share with Children

Author: Suzanne I Barchers

The second edition of this popular book contains loads of recipes, readings, and resources. Students will delight in preparing their own porridge and pudding; making candles, soap, and ink; or trying out the pioneers' recipe for sourdough biscuits as they explore different periods in U.S. history. An ideal supplement for social studies classes and homeschoolers.

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Essential Christmas Cookbook, Vol. 1

Author: Lovoni Walker

Parties, brunches, potluck gatherings, big family dinners - what to cook for these special events? Internationally renowned as a coauthor of more than 50 cookbooks, Lovoni Walker offers updated classic recipes for every occasion during the festive season.

Dog Parties or Menus from an Orchard Table

2009-01-29T17:29:00.000-08:00

Dog Parties: Entertaining Your Party Animals

Author: Kimberly Schlegel Whitman

A few years ago, author Kimberly Schlegel Whitman hosted a garden party for her Chihuahua, Lola, and her friends. That fabulous celebration of the unique bond between humans and dogs brought so much happiness to both the dogs and their owners that dog parties have become a regular part of their lives.

Party Animals is filled with the glamour, glitz, and more fun than you can throw a stick at:

Winston, Lulu and Snoop dress in their costumes and dig about a Halloween graveyard haunted with ghosts and goblins.

CoCo the Pomeranian stole the show in her leather jacket, boots and sunglasses at an art gallery soiree where all the paintings were of dogs.

Princess the Chihuahua and Sweet Baboo the Tibetan terrier are the bride and groom at a wedding party complete with bridesmaids, groomsmen, and decorated cakes.

In Party Animals, you'll find plenty of ideas for hosting events for your own pooch, including a puppy shower for an expectant mother, a backyard "spaw" party for a bit of pet pampering, and a nationality theme parties to celebrate your dog's country of origin.

Here are party ideas and inspirations for spreading the love and licks. The bond between humans and dogs is truly something to celebrate!

Book review: Digital Communications or Latin Journey

Menus from an Orchard Table: Celebrating the Food and Wine of the Okanagan

Author: Heidi Nobl

Recipes to enjoy under an open sky.

Fresh from the Okanagan Valley comes Menus for an Orchard Table, a collection of outstanding seasonal recipes from Joie Wines and Farm Cooking School's renowned outdoor orchard dinners. The classes here are sell-outs, with people traveling great distances to sit at a table in Joie's orchard.

Menus for an Orchard Table allows readers to re-create some of Joie's most extraordinary dishes, with essays on the Okanagan's wine country cuisine. The recipes are divided into the courses served at Joie's orchard dinners, which balance regional wines with the accompanying dishes. Among the selections:

Chilled heirloom yellow tomato soup garnished with tomato confit and chive oil

Country lamb and olive terrine with Joie pear and shallot compote and brioche

Carmelis' goat yogurt cheese tart with dried cherries

Claybank Farm lavender ice cream

Similkameen Apiary honey Madeleines.

Menus for an Orchard Table will transport readers to Joie's magical outdoor dining table.

Deconstructing the Dish or Bean Harvest Cookbook

2009-01-28T13:48:00.000-08:00

Deconstructing the Dish: Inspirations for Modern-Day Cuisine

Author: David Adjey

Breaking down gourmet gastronomy into basic building blocks.

Deconstructing the Dish not only is a guide to making great, gourmet meals, but it also explains all the steps involved in the creation of a plate. David Adjey describes the building blocks that a gourmet chef uses in creating each new dish.

The simple instructions break a plate down into basic principles, providing the home chef with the skills needed to put together a dish the way a master chef does.

Deconstructing the Dish will guide home chefs in the preparation of a sumptuous meal. More than that, it will provide them with the tools needed to understand intrinsically the basis for such dishes as:

• Bacon wrapped black cod with sweet potato
• Collard greens and shrimp gumbo
• Short ribs with black tiger shrimp and black-eyed peas
• Lamb rack with squash and parsley root spatzle
• Crispy flat chicken with fajita vegetables and tortilla fries.

Book review: Summer Delights or Authentic Japanese Cuisine for Beginners

Bean Harvest Cookbook

Author: Ashley Miller

The recipes Ashley Miller has collected in this book deliver on taste, presentation, and nutrition. Over 70 delicious recipes from around the world will convince any cook that the "poor man's meat" is indeed a delicacy. This book provides a guide to bean types and is illustrated with full-color photos by garden photographer David Cavagnaro. Throughout the book, the fascinating history and lore of beans are interwoven with practical information, illuminating their place in our culinary heritage. Ashley Miller also offers garden-tested advice on how to create your own bountiful crop, including how to plant, care for, harvest, and store beans.

How to Get Out of the Hospital Alive or American Frugal Housewife

2009-01-27T10:06:00.000-08:00

How to Get Out of the Hospital Alive: A Guide to Patient Power

Author: Elaine Fantle Shimberg

Dr. Sheldon Blau almost died after undergoing open-heart surgery—not from the surgery or heart disease, but from infectious bacteria introduced during surgery. His in-hospital experiences made him a better doctor, and inspired him to write How to Get Out of the Hospital Alive. The book describes the role of each member of the medical team, shows patients how to become active, effective members of that team, and offers concrete advice about ways to avoid the most common hospital-related errors. Ten Things You Can Do to Get Out of the Hospital Alive

Make sure all your known allergies are clearly marked on your chart, wrist band, or on a piece of paper taped above your bed.
Mark the area of your body to be operated on with a felt-tip pen.
Never eat or drink anything before surgery, even if the nurse brings you a food tray.
Tell your anesthesiologist if you're on any type of medication.
Have a reliable advocate with you as often as possible throughout your hospital stay.
Write your name prominently on a piece of paper and tape it to the wall above your bed.
Always ask the nurse to check the name and dosage of any medication he or she is about to give you.
Don't let anyone bully you.
Don't hesitate to get a second—or third—opinion.
Trust your instincts.

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American Frugal Housewife: Dedicated to Those Who Are Not Ashamed of Economy

Author: Lydia Marie Child

Includes interesting recipes, remedies, advice on parenting, and tips for housekeepers. From 1832-1845, this popular book went through thirty-two editions.

Low Carb Barbecue Book or Drinkology Eats

2009-01-26T06:25:00.000-08:00

Low-Carb Barbecue Book: Over 200 Recipes for the Grill and Picnic Table

Author: Dana Carpender

Over 200 recipes for backyard picnics and barbecues, from meats to side dishes to cocktails to desserts, that are all low in carbohydrates. This book features all-new recipes for condiments, sauces, and marinades that can replace the sugar-laden, store-bought varieties and allow the low-carber to enjoy previously forbidden foods like Honey-Glazed Babyback Ribs and pina coladas.

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Drinkology Eats: A Guide to Bar Food and Cocktail Party Fare

Author: James Waller

If you're going to drink, don't you think you should have a little something to eat, too? In this, the third volume of STC's highly successful Drinkology series, cocktail impresario James Waller joins forces with caterer/food designer Ramona Ponce to teach the world's boozehounds how to chow down. Think of Drinkology EATS as the essential "to-your-health foods" cookbook. From scrumptious, no-fuss edibles to serve up at your own home bar, to the makings of a perfect Champagne brunch, to the dos and don'ts of throwing a cocktail party-for half a dozen friends or a hundred revelers-Waller and Ponce offer easy-to-follow recipes for everything from homemade potato chips and icebox crackers to herb-encrusted gravlax and savory buffalo kebabs. Along the way, the authors dispense a tankardful of practical advice and more than a jigger's worth of the Drinkology series' trademark wit and irreverence.

Whether you're planning the menu for a beer bash, a tropical drinks-themed get-together, a martini-soaked afternoon tea, a holiday fete, a nightcap snack, or a morning-after breakfast, Drinkology EATS is the must-have handbook for at-home entertaining. Elegantly illustrated by Glenn Wolff, the book also features a round of brand-new cocktail recipes guaranteed to whet your guests' appetites.

Always Enough Thyme or A Year of Russian Feasts

2009-01-25T02:44:00.000-08:00

Always Enough Thyme

Author: Fabulous Five Inc Staff

The theme of this cookbook is the importance of girlfriends, food, and fun. Presented in menu format, today's cook will enjoy the unique tastes in easy-to-do recipes with easy-to-find ingredients. This book reflects the lives of five women who started a friendship over dinner 18 years ago.

A Year of Russian Feasts

Author: Catherine Cheremeteff Jones

Equal parts travel memoir and cookbook, A Year of Russian Feasts combines Catherine Jones's warm, insightful writing style with her sensitive approach to discovering her family's heritage and its cuisine. Jones takes the reader on an unforgettable journey to her private Russia featuring celebrations, seasons, and people. Her forty recipes highlight Russia's finest dishes.

Library Journal

Jones, a descendant of the Sheremetev clan of the Romanov dynasty, lived in Russia from 1991 to 1994. During this time of glasnost and perestroika, she became friends with many Russian people and was able to explore their culture and food. Her culinary journey through Russia resulted in a book that is part travel memoir and part cookbook. Arranged by season ("Russian Summers") and occasion ("A Birthday Party at Viktor's"), the book chronicles her stay in Russia through recipes and essays about Russian cuisine, customs, and traditions. Leaving out European-inspired fare such as Beef Stroganov and Chicken Kiev, she instead includes the home cooking that is often inspired by the Russian Orthodox Church. Each chapter contains recipes such as Cheese Pancakes with Blueberry Sauce, Russian Easter Bread, and Individual Mushroom Casseroles and is accompanied by the often-poignant stories behind them. Not just a mere recollection of events, Jones's book includes cultural information such as a description of a typical Russian wedding as well as traditional techniques such as dying eggs with onion skins and the art of brewing tea, Russian-style. Recommended for larger travel and cookery collections. Pauline Baughman, Multnomah Cty. Lib., Portland, OR Copyright 2002 Cahners Business Information.

History of Beer and Brewing or Great Old Fashioned American Recipes

2009-01-23T23:02:00.000-08:00

History of Beer and Brewing (RSC Paperbacks Series)

Author: Ian S Hornsey

A History of Beer and Brewing provides a comprehensive account of the history of beer. Research carried out during the last quarter of the 20th century has permitted us to re-think the way in which some ancient civilizations went about their beer production. There have also been some highly innovative technical developments, many of which have led to the sophistication and efficiency of 21st century brewing methodology. A History of Beer and Brewing covers a time-span of around eight thousand years and in doing so:·Stimulates the reader to consider how, and why, the first fermented beverages might have originated·Establishes some of the parameters that encompass the diverse range of alcoholic beverages assigned the generic name 'beer'·Considers the possible means of dissemination of early brewing technologies from their Near Eastern originsThe book is aimed at a wide readership particularly beer enthusiasts. However the use of original quotations and references associated with them should enable the serious scholar to delve into this subject in even greater depth.

	Preface
	Acknowledgements
Ch. 1	The Beginnings	1
	How Might Fermented Beverages Have Originated?	1
	Some General Definitions and Musings	9
Ch. 2	Ancient Egypt	32
	The Grains	37
	Grain Cultivation and Processing	41
	Beer as Compensation for Labour	43
	Beer Export and Import	44
	Bouza	46
	Brewing Technology	48
	Brewery Sites	51
	Information from the Artistic Record	53
	The "Folkloristic" Approach to Interpretation of Ancient Egyptian Brewing	56
	Beer Flavouring	61
	Fermentation	63
	The Role of Women	64
	The Contributions of Dr. Samuel	64
Ch. 3	The Ancient Near East	75
	The Role of Beer in Society	77
	The Terminology and the Techniques	78
	The Evidence for Breweries and Brewing Equipment	79
	Types of Beer	81
	Methodology	83
	Drinking Through Straws, etc	86
	The Goddess Ninkasi	87
	Notes from the Hymn to Ninkasi	89
	Chemical Evidence for Beer	91
	A Question of Primacy	92
	The Grains	96
	Flavouring	103
	Banqueting, Over-indulgence and Retribution	104
Ch. 4	Other Ancient Beer-drinking Peoples	117
	Israel and Palastine	119
	The Land of the Hatti	125
	Phrygia	128
	Lydia	130
	Cicilia	131
	Armenia	132
	Syria	133
	Thrace	134
	The Phoenicians	136
	Galatia and the Celts	139
	Urartu	140
	Mitanni	142
	The Scythians	143
	The Cimmerians	148
	The Urnfield Society	150
	The Celts	151
	Evidence for Celtic Brewing	161
Ch. 5	The British Isles and Europe	165
	Cereals as Markers for Brewing Activity	169
	Neolithic Britain and Northwest Europe: the Beginnings of Agriculture	172
	The Passage of Farming Across Europe	181
	Farming vs Gathering	185
	A Short Interlude in Southeast Europe	190
	Why Did Agriculture Spread Across Europe?	191
	Did Neolithic Britons Brew?	193
	The Bronze Age and the Culture of the Beaker	199
	Evidence of Bronze Age Brewing	210
	The Iron Age	211
	Roman Britain	225
	Anglo-Saxon Britain	233
	Did Beor Equate to Beer?	251
	Ireland Before Guinness	259
	The Early Days of Brewing in Holland	268
Ch. 6	From the Norman Conquest to the End of the Tudors	282
	William the Conqueror	282
	The First Regulations	284
	Henry III and the Assize of Bread and Ale	292
	The Formation of the Guilds	296
	Domestic Ale Consumption Around the 15th Century	302
	Hops	303
	The Beer Trade with Holland	314
	More about Hops and Beer	317
	Measures to Combat Dishonesty	321
	Beer vs Ale	323
	Henry VIII and the Alewife	326
	Brewsters	330
	A Tudor Miscellany	333
	Elizabeth I	346
	Brewing in Tudor Times - Some Details	351
Ch. 7	The Start of Large-scale Brewing	365
	The Stuarts	365
	The Use of Coal	372
	Charles I and Oliver Cromwell	375
	Commercial (Common) Brewers	383
	Mumm	387
	Gin (Madame Geneva)	391
	The End of "Medievalism"	392
	Gervase Markham	395
	The Onset of Brewing Science; Lavoister et al	401
	Adulteration of Beer	416
	Some Early Brewing Texts	421
	James Baverstock and the First Brewing Instruments	424
	Steam Power	437
	Big is Beautiful	440
	The Need for Attemperation	451
	James Prescott Joule	457
	Refrigeration	462
	Some Technological Improvements	469
	Taxes on Everything	472
	The Golden Years of Brewing Science	477
Ch. 8	Some Beer Styles and Some Breweries	485
	Porter	485
	Bavarian Beer	508
	Potato Beer	514
	Heather Ale	515
	Pale Ale	523
	Devonshire White Ale	530
	Gruit: The Major Beer Flavouring, Prior to the Hop, in Many Parts of Europe	534
	City of London Brewery	538
	Truman's Brewery	540
	Golden Lane Brewery	551
	Courage	554
Ch. 9	The 20th Century	568
	The Lull Before the Storm	568
	The Storm: 1914-1918	579
	The Sign of Things to Come	589
	Bottled Beer	593
	The Story of British Lager	604
	The Origins of the "Amber Nectar"	620
	Brewing Becomes Really Scientific	627
	Brewery-conditioned Beer	670
	CAMRA - A Response to Brewery-conditioned Beer	678
	The "Big Six"	684
	Beer and Health	699
App. 1	Timescale for Europe, Western Asia and Egypt	716
App. 2	Ancient names for parts of Europe and the Near East	718
App. 3	Sketch of working brewery of the 15th century	719
App. 4	John Taylor: "The Water Poet"	720
App. 5	Section through brewery showing layout	722
App. 6	Summary of brewing processes	723
App. 7	Explanation of chronological signs	724
	Subject Index	725

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Great Old-Fashioned American Recipes

Author: Beatrice Ojakangas

American country cooking is a story of cows and chickens, grains and fresh vegetables and wild berries. It is simple and honest and touched with nostalgia, a bit of ethnicity, regionality, and history. This excellent selection of delicious home-style recipes by veteran food writer Beatrice Ojakangas highlights dishes that reflect many parts of the country and many different cuisines. Her recipe for Swedish Meatballs includes sauces adaptable for Asian-, Indian-, Italian-, and Russian-style meals, while her moist and sumptuous Chocolate-Applesauce Cake is a distinctive Dutch favorite, and her original Country-Style Ice Cream is a traditional treat all will love. Each recipe has been tested and reworked to make it easy to prepare with today's ingredients and a joy to share with friends and family.

Dominiques Tropical Latitudes or All Maine Cooking

2009-01-22T19:21:00.000-08:00

Dominique's Tropical Latitudes

Author: Dominique Macquet

One of America's most innovative chefs delves into a lesser-known aspect of global cuisine: the effect of crossing cultures, and therefore cuisines, in the world's tropical belt. Nearly all major European and Asian cultures have had adventures (and misadventures) in the tropics for over a thousand years or more, leaving behind an exotic, tangled, and delicious web of influences. Once thought to be the simple home of the pineapple or coconut, the tropics from the Caribbean to Latin America to India to Vietnam are now understood to be one of the most fascinating culinary regions imaginable.

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thoroughly kitchen cook friendly

Tucson Citizen

Surprisingly delicious new flavors of the tropics.

Judith Sutton - Library Journal

Macquet has been chef of Dominique's in the Hotel Maison Dupuy in New Orleans since the late 1990s, and his first book, Dominique's Fresh Flavors, featured the elaborate modern French cuisine he served there for many years. But he was born on the island of Mauritius in the Indian Ocean and has traveled and worked around the world, and several years ago he changed his focus to what he calls "tropical French." The recipes are still sophisticated, but they now include inspirations from Caribbean, Latin American, Asian, and South Pacific cuisines as well: Haitian Conch Salad and Beef Pho with Asian Pesto, to name a few. There are color photographs throughout and a glossary of ingredients. For area libraries and other large collections.

What People Are Saying

Dominique Maquet
Sometimes I call what I cook tropical French, but other people just seem to call it 'Latitude'; what we mean is that from the Caribbean and Latin America to Asia and the South Pacific, we are free to choose, to experience, to taste our way around the world without leaving my kitchen or my dining room.

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All-Maine Cooking: A Collection of Treasured Recipes from the Pine Tree State

Author: Loana Shibles

Contributed by cooks from all over Maine, from celebrities to "just plain folks, " these recipes are classic New England cooking.

What to Eat When You Cant Eat Anything or Marilyn Merlot and the Naked Grape

2009-01-21T15:39:00.000-08:00

What to Eat When You Can't Eat Anything: The Complete Allergy Cookbook

Author: Chupi Sweetman

Living with food allergies and intolerances used to mean one had to stick to a restrictive, often tasteless, and sometimes downright unpleasant diet—but not anymore. In What to Eat When You Can't Eat Anything, Chupi and Luke Sweetman, who had to rethink the way they ate because of their own food challenges, offer over 120 healthful and delicious dishes that put the joy back into eating. These mouth-watering recipes accompanied by 40 stunning photographs—covering breakfast to dessert—are perfect for all types of food sensitivities, from wheat, sugar, and yeast to dairy products, gluten, and artificial additives, and best of all, they allow readers to indulge in many of the everyday foods that we all know and love. With the collaboration of Patricia Quinn—one of Ireland's best-respected nutritionists—this book is filled with important information and sound advice on specific food allergies and intolerances, what foods and ingredients to stock, how to buy them, and much more. What to Eat When You Can't Eat Anything is guaranteed to add fun—and great taste—to every food-sensitive diet.

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Marilyn Merlot and the Naked Grape: Odd Wines from Around the World

Author: Peter F May

Fat Bastard Chardonnay, Lazy Lizard Shiraz, White Trash White.

These three wines—and more than 100 others—can be found in Marilyn Merlot and the Naked Grape, a celebration of the oddest wines in the world. Some have strange names, like Cat's Pee on a Gooseberry Bush. Others have bizarre artwork, like the Magritte-inspired UFO invasion. Still others have unusual production features (Braille typography, heat-sensitive inks, lenticular art, and more).

Along with brilliant reproductions of the original labels, we'll feature brief stories about the origins of the wines, plus tasting notes from the author. Readers will learn about unusual vineyards (like Cleavage Creek, which donates its proceeds to breast cancer research) as well as the most innovative artists working in the wine label medium. Finally, there's an appendix of resources that will help you buy these wines—so you can try them for yourself!

Kansas Cookbook or Lotsa Pasta

2009-01-20T11:58:00.000-08:00

Kansas Cookbook: Recipes from the Heartland

Author: Frank Carey

As reported in Newsweek, in various food magazines, and in the pages of major American newspapers, the Heartland is being rediscovered—and along with it, wholesome Midwestern cooking. The trend, part of a larger fascination with regionalism, has led authors Frank Carey and Jayni Naas to a celebration of Kansas cooking. In The Kansas Cookbook, Carey and Naas present more than 400 delicious recipes that reflect the state's history, its ethnic diversity, and its agriculture. No more hot turkey sandwiches on Wonder bread or Iceberg lettuce awash in orange dressing—the stereotypes of Midwestern food—the recipes presented here include such tasty delights as morel mushroom turnovers, "cure-all" chicken soup, sirloin steak with Midwest marinade, shepherd pie, Lou Belle's best-ever meat loaf, country-style ribs with barbecue sauce, Czech sausage, Parson's pan-fried chicken, fried pheasant, catfish grilled in corn husks, Drukla noodles, Bohne berogge, farmer's corn casserole, candied sweet potatoes, savory squash cobbler, German baked beans, sweet and sour cabbage slaw, black bean salad, Sunflower State whole wheat bread, oatmeal spice muffins, whole wheat buttermilk biscuits, apple butter, dandelion jelly, jalapeno pepper relish, pioneer apple pie, black walnut pie, Mennonite wedding cake, persimmon pudding, kolaches, Swedish ginger cookies—and much more!

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Lotsa Pasta: Over 100 Elegant and Everyday Recipes

Author: Michele Ana Jordan

It’s true we don’t live by bread alone; we need pasta, too! And here are more than 100 of the best pasta recipes ever collected, from exciting new flavor twists on classic dishes to unique and creative expressions that every serious cook should explore. Using the included recipes for fresh homemade pastas or dried, store-bought varieties, at-home chefs will learn to make dozens of simple appetizers, soups and salads, and main course meals. There are such standards as pasta primavera and spaghetti marinara, as well as impressive but easy-to-make special occasion recipes, such as pumpkin and roasted garlic cannelloni with chèvre sauce, a crowd-pleasing frittata, sweet potato ravioli with walnut sauce, and scallops with lemon sorrel sauce and squid-ink gemelli.

JELL O Brand Collection or Wok Every Day

2009-01-18T03:13:00.000-08:00

JELL-O Brand Collection

Author: Kraft Foods Holdings

Treat the entire family to all-time favorites that are delicious and easy to prepare. This exciting cookbook brings you scrumptious recipes using the products you've come to trust and love. Enjoy the many taste-tempting treats for all occasions from the Kraft family of brands to yours!

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Wok Every Day: From Fish and Chips to Chocolate Cake- Recipes and Techniques for Steaming, Poaching, Grilling, Deep Frying, Smoking, Braising, and Stir-Frying in the World's Most Versatile Pan

Author: Barbara Grunes

The concept is simple: one wok, many meals, all of them perfectly done. Arguably the only pan you really need, the wok is the kitchen chameleon capable of turning out not just stir-fries, but everything from pub-style fish and chips to, yes, chocolate cake. The wok can do it all, and do it well - whether it's sizzling up crunchy polenta fries, steaming succulent Swordfish Margarita with Papaya Salsa, braising delicious Curried Beef with Basmati Pilaf, or smoking Chicken with Fig Confit. And imagine popping a warm homemade jelly doughnut into your mouth! With plenty of traditional stir-fry recipes, advice on choosing the right wok and accessories, and tips on proper wok upkeep, Wok Every Day makes it easy to wok like a gourmet.

Best of the Best from Iowa or Italian Family Cooking

2009-01-17T16:31:00.000-08:00

Best of the Best from Iowa: Selected Recipes from Iowa's Favorite Cookbooks, Vol. 26

Author: Gwen McKe

From the covered bridges of Madison County, to the baseball Field of Dreams, to Grant Wood's farmland, eighty-nine of Iowa's leading cookbooks have contributed their most popular recipes to create this remarkable collection. The "land between two rivers"—the Missouri and the Mississippi—boasts some of the nation's richest farmland and a bounty of delicious treats. Bring the Best Iowa cooking into your own kitchen with such traditional favorites as Swedish Meatballs, Dutch Handkerchiefs, Iowa Corn Pancakes, Rhubarb Crisp, and Stuffed Glazed Pork Chops—just a sampling of the 400 or so recipes included within these pages.

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Italian Family Cooking: Like Mamma Used to Make

Author: Anne Casal

Anne Casale invites you into her kitchen to share the special secrets behind hundreds of home-style recipes that have been part of her family's heritage for years and years.

A second-generation Italian American and the head of her own cooking school, she takes you by the hand and shows you how to make her father's succulent veal roast, her Nonna Louisa's very own homemade pasta, savory soups based on her mother's perfect broth, sumptuous desserts from her pastry-chef father-in-law, and scores of her own wonderful originals. Best of all, she explains the recipes so carefully and clearly that you are sure to start your own new tradition of delicious

Italian Family Cooking
— Clam-Stuffed Mushrooms
— Melt-in-Your-Mouth Fried Mozzarella
— Linguine with Tomato-Garlic Sauce
— Penne with Mushrooms and Prosciutto
— Delectable Five Layer Pasta Pie
— Pan-Fried Lamb Chops with Lemon Juice
— Chicken Legs Stuffed with Sausage and Scallions
— Fillets of Sole Florentine
— Mussels with Hot Tomato Sauce
— Zucchini with Roasted Peppers
— Fluffy Potato Pie
— Ricotta Mousse with Raspberry Sauce
— Espresso Cream Tart
— Sicilian Cassata with Chocolate Frosting ...and many more!

For beginners and experts alike, here's a cookbook full of old-fashioned warmth, wisdom, and goodness — updated for you and your kitchen.

Herbs in the Garden or Quick Mix Biscuits and Slices

2009-01-17T05:50:00.000-08:00

Herbs in the Garden: The Art of Intermingling

Author: Rob Proctor

Herbs in the Garden breaks new boundaries. Freeing herbs from a patch beside the kitchen door and gardeners from the traditional mind-set that has kept them there, authors Proctor and Macke show you how to mingle herbs freely among perennials, annuals and shrubs in beds and containers; combine vegetables and herbs in flower beds; use herbs in borders, rock gardens, paths, and walls; and incorporate herbs into wetland and dryland settings.

Quick-Mix Biscuits and Slices

Author: Pamela Clark

The biscuits and slices in this book are almost as simple to make as picking up a packet mix from the supermarket shelf—

yet they are more satisfying to serve and eat.

Hazelnut crisps, choc nut panforte, lemon poppyseed shortbread bars, maple cinnamon pinwheels, almond honey slice, cardamom ginger crisps...these are just some of the collection which reads like the offerings of an international patisserie. But unlike those complicated confections, most of these biscuits and slices can be made in a single mixing bowl, and some don't even require cooking. The comprehensive collection is illustrated throughout with bright, colour photographs.

The Wilderness Chef or Fancy Franks Bartenders Guide

2009-01-16T18:09:00.000-08:00

The Wilderness Chef: The Art and Craft of Lightweight Cooking

Author: John Weber

Lightweight wilderness cooking for backpackers, hikers, bikers and campers.

The Wilderness Chef is a collection of recipes that use the Outback Oven, BakePacker, TVP and grocery store food to prepare outstanding lightweight wilderness meals.

Fancy Frank's Bartender's Guide

Author: Francis A Olivo

A complete bartender's guide, including mixed drink recipes, understanding liqueurs, liquors, and made from scratch mixed drinks. Fancy Frank's Bartender's Guide is a must-have for bartenders.

How to Buy Cook Real Meat or MacLeans Miscellany of Whisky

2009-01-16T09:28:00.000-08:00

How to Buy & Cook Real Meat

Author: Anthony Worrall Thompson

This book is filled with practical, informed advice on buying and cooking all varieties of meat, poultry, and game. Leading chef and passionate campaigner for real meat, Antony Worrall Thompson gives you all the advice you'll need to make an informed choice when buying your favorite cuts of meat. He explains why you should bother to search out corn-fed chicken, what is safe and unsafe, and what to look for on food labels. This reference also contains over 70 easy and delicious meat, poultry, and game recipes—from classic Sunday roasts to the perfect bacon sandwich.

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MacLean's Miscellany of Whisky

Author: Charles MacLean

Whisky has been called "the world’s finest spirit" and "Scotland’s most generous gift to the world." Liberally spiced with quirky stories, quotations, and charming illustrations, this is a comprehensive guide packed with information on everything related to whisky. Charles MacLean provides answers to such questions as: How has whisky changed over the past 100 years and why? What gives it its beautiful amber color? How do simple ingredients—water, barley, yeast, and perhaps a little peat—come together to produce such a diversity of flavors? Why have some distilleries closed, while others have flourished? How should Scotch be best enjoyed? Wide ranging in its scope, elegant, and informative, this is the perfect resource for anyone with an interest in good drink and good living.

	Foreword	6
	Preface	8
1	What is Whisky?	12
2	Whisky and Whiskey	28
3	The Problem of Proof	42
4	The Rise and Fall of Distilleries	56
5	The 'Noble Experiment'	68
6	Whisky and Water	80
7	Barley Varieties	92
8	Peat	100
9	Maltings	110
10	The Firing of Stills	122
11	Worms	130
12	'The Wood Makes the Whisky'	140
13	Jars and Pigs	158
14	Whisky Bottles	164
15	Corks and Caps	174
16	Branding the Water of Life	180
17	The Amber Glass	200
18	Awakening the Serpent	210
19	A Rose by Any Other Name...	220
20	The Three Stages of Intoxication	234
	Appendices	244
	Index	252

Sweet or Stephen Beaumonts Brewpub Cookbook

2009-01-15T22:46:00.000-08:00

Sweet!: The Delicious Story of Candy

Author: Ann Lov

Through time and across continents, stories of sweets and their inventors intrigue and entertain us. Learn about primal sweets — from honey, sweet milk, and nuts to sugar candy, chocolate, and “sweet” stories of success.

Sweet! The Delicious Story of Candy takes us through history from 4,000 B.C., when islanders in Papua New Guinea cut sugarcane for its sap, and 2,600 B.C., when the first-known beekeepers produced honey to embalm the dead, to 500 A.D., when the Chinese made pear and plum syrups from unripe fruit, and all the way through to the world’s first chocoholics and modern-day candy factories.

From cravings to the scoop on ice cream, Ann Love and Jane Drake present a comprehensive and irresistible story of candy through the ages, complemented by a detailed timeline and playful illustrations from artist Claudia Dávila.

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Stephen Beaumont's Brewpub Cookbook: 100 Great Recipes from 30 Great North Ameican Brewpubs

Author: Stephen Beaumont

More than one hundred favorite recipes--made and paired with beer--from the chefs of thirty great North American brew pubs.

John Barleycorn or Leaves from Our Tuscan Kitchen

2009-01-15T13:05:00.000-08:00

John Barleycorn

Author: Jack London

It all came to me one election day. It was on a warm California afternoon and I had ridden down into the Valley of the Moon from the ranch to the little village to vote Yes and No to a host of proposed amendments to the Constitution of the State of California.

Upton Sinclair

Assuredly one of the most useful, as well as one of the most entertaining books ever penned by a man.

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Leaves from Our Tuscan Kitchen

Author: Michael Waterfield

Leaves from our Tuscan Kitchen was first published in 1899 and became a classic both in its own time, and from the many later printings, a classic to generations of cooks after. It was a pioneer in the field of cookery books and appeared at a time when vegetables were considered merely as an adjunct to the main course, and little attention was paid to good fresh vegetables as a dish on their own.

The author, Janet Ross (1842-1927) lived at Poggio Gherardo, a villa outside Florence and was a well-known writer and figure in the Anglo-American community of Florence in her day. Her own account of her life and her friendships can be found in her book, The Fourth Generation (London 1912). Janet Ross was the daughter of Lucie Duff Gordon (1821-1869), author of the magnificent Letters from Egypt. The recipes which Janet Ross collected and faithfully recorded in Leaves from our Tuscan Kitchen were those of Guiseppe Volpi, her cook for over thirty years.

In 1973 Michael Waterfield, Janet Ross' great-great-nephew, at that time himself a cook of renown and a restaurateur, edited and adapted the original edition. Now over thirty years later he has revised and updated that 70s edition and had added a number of new recipes.

Though the preparation and cooking of fresh vegetables is the book's main theme, recipes for risottos, pasta, and soups are included. The vegetable recipes run in alphabetical order and each is given a brief descriptive paragraph. Now that all of the vegetables, which hitherto were found only in markets in Italy, are obtainable from our own gardens, farmer's markets or supermarkets, never has there been a more appropriate time for this much loved bookto reappear in handsome new livery, bringing the delights of true Italian home cooking to all to try.

Big Book of Cookies or Food of Northern Spain

2009-01-15T04:24:00.000-08:00

Big Book of Cookies: Over 100 Step-by-Step Recipes for Delicious Cookies, Biscuits, Brownies and Bars

Author: Catherine Atkinson

This book is perfect for anyone who loves baking cookies. From the simplest butter cookies to the most indulgent marbled caramel chocolate slice and the lightest, crispiest savory cracker, there's something here for everyone to enjoy.

Food of Northern Spain: Recipes from the Gastronomic Heartland of Spain

Author: Jenny Chandler

Spanish cuisine has taken the culinary world by storm, and the food of northern Spain represents the best the Iberian peninsula has to offer. These regions produce superb ingredients, which home cooks have long used to create classic dishes like Romesco and Alioli; now today's chefs have rediscovered them, bringing Spanish food new recognition. The Food of Northern Spain offers the best of Spanish cooking, clearly and simply presenting the dishes and their ingredients. Arranged in three parts, the book first looks at how the Spanish eat, then outlines cupboard basics and the best Spanish wines to accompany the dishes. Finally, the book presents more than 150 recipes, and while each one is faithful to its origins, the author has made small, helpful adjustments for the non-Spanish cook. Enhanced with beautiful color photos of the landscape and the food, this is a fine introduction to the culinary pleasures of northern Spain.

Publishers Weekly

A longtime lover of Spanish cuisine, Chandler, a chef and cooking instructor in the U.K., introduces the foods of Galicia, Asturias and Cantabria, the Basque country, Navarre and Aragon, Old Castille and Rioja, and Catalonia. The background she offers on northern Spain's culinary traditions is an important precursor to understanding the recipes that follow and gives the book rich texture. The 150 recipes are divided by food type, such as "Light Bites and Tapas," "Poultry, Meat and Game" and "Rice and Pulses," which includes lentil, chickpea and bean dishes. There are useful notes alongside each recipe describing the dish's role in Spanish culture. Despite unfamiliar names-e.g., Cocido ("Feast in a Pot") and Cordero (Roast Spring Lamb)-the recipes mainly use common ingredients like peppers, garlic and various meats and seafood. Though not a collection of quick and easy recipes, the book does offer many meals-like Patatas a la Riojana (Rioja-style Potatoes with Peppers and Chorizo)-that are simpler to prepare than they first appear. Experienced cooks will be satisfied with the multitude of cooking methods, which include roasting, poaching and frying. This regionally focused book is a wonderful entr e into the world of Spanish cooking. (Mar. 1) Copyright 2006 Reed Business Information.

Smoke or Meal Planning Made Easy

2009-01-14T16:43:00.000-08:00

Smoke: Cigars, Cigarettes, Pipes, and Other Combustibles

Author: Kathleen M Kuntz

Smoking is a world-wide habit and an international industry. This lavishly illustrated book provides an in-depth look at smoking tobacco. A rich historical background is complemented by vintage and modern advertisements, and a complete assortment of cigars, cigarettes, and fantastic accouterments are captured in brilliant photography, alongside spectacular archival photos and fine art reproductions that illustrate the prevalence of smoking in the world's shared culture.

New interesting textbook: Japanese Economy or Between the Fields and the City

Meal Planning Made Easy: Volume I

Author: Diane C Yingling

Meal Planning Made Easy book is just that, it's easy to use with Tasty and Healthy recipes.

A Taste of the Murphin Ridge Inn or Christening Cakes

2009-01-14T07:01:00.000-08:00

A Taste of the Murphin Ridge Inn

Author: Sherry McKenney

Chosen by National Geographic Traveler and other guides as one of the best B&Bs in Ohio and the Midwest, the Murphin Ridge Inn is as famous for its old-fashioned charms and exquisite food as it is for its bucolic setting in the rolling farmland of Southwestern Ohio's Amish country. A Taste of the Murphin Ridge Inn captures the magic of this beloved hideaway, from the rustic 1826 farmhouse to the Foggy Bottom Pancakes. Owner Sherry McKenney reflects on the changing seasons on the ridge, the joys of running a bed and breakfast, and the lush herb and vegetable gardens that supply the restaurant with fresh fare. She also shares the secrets of her kitchen, offering more than 130 of the recipes visitors have requested through the years. If you've ever spent an evening stargazing from the inn's front porch, or set out hiking with Red Dog as the sugar maple leaves drift down on a crisp autumn day, this book will awaken fond memories. If you haven't yet discovered this heaven in the foothills of the Appalachian Mountains, the delicious recipes and musings n A Taste of the Murphin Ridge Inn will transport you to a place where the cooking is from scratch and the welcome is genuine.

Christening Cakes

Author: Linda Pawsey

Welcoming a new baby into the world is the most joyful of family celebrations, and making a special cake for all to share at the christening is a loving gesture that will never be forgotten. Linda Pawsey has created 20 spectacular cake designs, ranging from simple, elegant cakes that would be suitable for the most formal christening through to cute animal cakes that young children will love.

The designs in this book can be made by novice cake decorators or experienced sugarcrafters alike, following the straightforward step-by-step instructions. Special sections explain how to achieve stunning fabric effects and how to make the more complicated models such as babies and cribs.

There are cakes for baby boys and girls, older children and even twins, along with suggestions for personalizing the designs to create a completely original look. Choose from the classically beautiful Draped Lace Crib and Dainty Pram; the fun-loving Duck's Bathtime and Jumbo Junior's Nap; or the more unusual Fit for a Princess christening gown or the blackbirds playing in a font in Making a Splash. The only difficulty you will have is deciding which cake to make for your special celebration.

Author Bio:

With her fresh and original approach to cake decorating, Linda Pawey has won various awards. She has been teaching all aspects of cake decorating and judging competitions for many years, with her classes drawing students from all over the world.

	Introduction	7
	Equipment	8
	Recipes	10
	Preparing the Cakes	14
	A Gift for Baby	16
	Elegant Storks	19
	Teddies' Presents	24
	Little Angels	28
	Alphabet Heart	33
	Up, Up and Away Teddy	36
	Modelling a Crib	40
	Bib and Blossoms	43
	Duck's Bathtime	46
	Making a Splash	50
	Dainty Pram	54
	Fit for a Princess	58
	Delicate Rose Crib	62
	Modelling Babies	66
	Sleepy Pals	69
	Jumbo Junior's Nap	72
	Draped Lace Crib	76
	New Arrival	80
	Twins' Slumber	84
	Chiffon Elegance	88
	Fabric Effects	92
	Building Blocks	94
	Pink Bootees	97
	Templates	100
	Suppliers	108
	Index	110

Ultimate Tailgaters Pac 10 Handbook or Pillsbury Best Chicken Cookbook

2009-01-13T20:20:00.000-08:00

Ultimate Tailgater's Pac-10 Handbook

Author: Stephen Linn

More than 50 million Americans participate in “tailgating” at college campuses during football season. Between the students and the alumni, and the visitors, a crush of fans are looking for places to park, to eat, to take part in traditional activities for each campus, and learn more about the school and team history. For the first time ever, fans can find the details at every campus in their favorite conference. Want to eat barbecue while you’re visiting USC? Want to know more details about massive Michigan Stadium? Need a place to stay for that game in Clemson? Choose your conference, which encompasses all teams in all divisions, pack the ULTIMATE TAILGATER’S HANDBOOK in the car, and you’re ready. Recipes, local venues and rules, sidebars about unique activities in each place, side tours, insider tips, photos and helpful maps will help make your game day the best ever. Includes Arizona, Arizona State, California, Oregon, Oregon State, Stanford, UCLA, USC, Washington and Washington State.
Stephen Linn is a reporter who markets Ultimate Tailgater television and news features around the country. He lives in Nashville.

Books about: Something Old Something Bold or Happy Days Healthy Living

Pillsbury Best Chicken Cookbook: Favorite Recipes from America's Most-Trusted Kitchens

Author: Pillsbury Editors

More Than 150 Recipes That Reflect the Way America is Eating Today

• Chicken Know-How

• Menu Magic

• Main-Dish Salads

• Sandwiches

• Soups, Stews & Chilies

• Skillet & Stir-Fry Entrees

• Baked & Roasted Entrees

• Grilled & Broiled Entrees

• Glazes & Rubs

Jimtown Store Cookbook or Betty Crocker Dinner Made Easy with Rotisserie Chicken

2009-01-13T09:39:00.000-08:00

Jimtown Store Cookbook: Recipes from Sonoma County's Favorite Country Market

Author: Carrie Brown

One sunny summer day in 1987, Carrie Brown and John Werner happened on Jimtown, an abandoned country store in northern California. Founded more than 100 years earlier, the Jimtown Store had held fast to its original building and its old-fashioned charm. Enchanted by its possibilities, Carrie and John decided to turn Jimtown into a new kind of country store: a gathering place for people to share down-to-earth, honest food in a beautiful setting.

The new Jimtown quickly became a favorite, offering exceptional main courses, soups, salads, sandwiches, sweets, and breakfast goods, all made from fresh local produce. Now everyone can enjoy the dishes that have made Jimtown so popular, faithfully recorded by Michael McLaughlin, who collaborated on the legendary Silver Palate cookbooks. Each of the more than 135 recipes blends time-honored simplicity with updated flavors and a modern-day appreciation of quality ingredients. From sophisticated starters such as Crisp Grilled Dates with Manchego and Bacon to their famous Pan-Fried Petaluma Duck Burgers to such homey desserts as the delicious Buttermilk Pie, the recipes are all accessible and imaginative. Unencumbered by national boundaries, The Jimtown Store Cookbook offers a tasty bazaar of international food. Also included are cooking tips, menus for entertaining, and as a welcome bonus, colorful profiles of local vendors. So invite the Jimtown spirit into your home and enjoy the bounties of a very special country store.

Library Journal

Brown and Werner opened their "general store"/restaurant on Sonoma County's Route 128 ten years ago, and it has been popular ever since. Werner was one of the original partners in New York City's Silver Palate shop, and McLaughlin was the coauthor of the incredibly successful first Silver Palate cookbook. Jimtown's recipes are in a similar vein, upscale but easy food such as Green Four-Bean Salad with Caesar Dressing and Roast Pork Loin with Bacon and Rosemary. Suggestions for special menus are scattered throughout, along with sketches of their "resident gentleman organic farmer" and other favorite purveyors. For area and other larger collections. Copyright 2002 Cahners Business Information.

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Betty Crocker Dinner Made Easy with Rotisserie Chicken: Build a Meal Tonight!

Author: Betty Crocker Editors

Transform your store-bought bird into a complete homemade meal!

Whether serving the whole bird carved with delicious sides or cut-up to use in a quick-and-easy pizza, salad, casserole or pasta dish, rotisserie chicken is a lifesaver when you want to eat well in a hurry.

This book gives you loads of tempting ideas to help make the most of your rotisserie chicken. Making the whole bird the star of the meal? Then let it shine with a simple appetizer, side dish and dessert you can either pick up on the way home or put together quickly with ingredients from your fridge or pantry. There are plenty of easy dinner menus to get you started.

Or you can use the meat from your rotisserie chicken to make mealtime magic in delectable dishes like Garden Chicken and Fettucine, BBQ Chicken Pizza or Caribbean Chicken and Black Bean Salad. 125 tempting recipes give you lots of variety without lots of fuss–and with no messy roasting pans, cleanup is easy!

• Build a full meal around a whole chicken, with 12 complete menus ranging from a Family Night Dinner to a Casual Get-Together to Lunch for the Kids.

• Use your rotisserie chicken to make super soups, salads, sandwiches, pizzas, pasta, stews, casseroles and more–tasty recipes make it a snap.

• Discover tantalizing ethnic options like Greek Orzo Chicken and Asian Chicken Salad with Peanut-Soy Dressing–chicken never tasted so good!

• Get dinner ready on the fly–Wing It! tips with each recipe make a meal that’s fast and full of flavor.

All About Rotisserie Chicken.

Carving Your Rotisserie Chicken.

Pantry Planner.

Fix It Fast!

1. Easy Dinner Menus.

2. Super Soups, Stews and Chilies.

3. Speedy Salads.

4. Suddenly Sandwiches and Pizzas.

5. Pastas in Moments.

6. Snappy Casseroles.

7. Main Dish Magic.

Helpful Nutrition and Cooking Information.

Metric Conversion Chart.

Index.

Sonoma Valley or Wild Fish and Game Cookbook

2009-01-12T21:56:00.000-08:00

Sonoma Valley: The Secret Wine Country

Author: Kathleen Thompson Hill

This gem of a guide takes you up to and through the front door of the most interesting restaurants and wineries as well as the most intriguing shops and lodgings in Sonoma Valley. You'll discover where the locals go, where to find real bargains, and where to splurge magnificently. You'll also meet the people who live, labor, cultivate, and cook in this area of beauty, charm, and rich culinary tradition.
This guide includes recipes from the kitchens of some of the best regional chefs, little-known hangouts, fine dining for every pocket, delightful accommodations, vineyards of all sizes and unusual boutiques and festivals.

Internet Bookwatch

Now in an thoroughly updated third edition, Hill Guide Sonoma Valley : The Secret Wine Country provides an outstanding food and wine guide to California's wine country, pairing walking tours with features of restaurants and wines and even including recipes from featured chefs. The inclusion of rates and prices makes it easy to choose lodging and attractions.

	Preface	vii
	Acknowledgments	viii
	Introduction	ix
Chapter 1	South Sonoma	1
Chapter 2	Sonoma Plaza	29
Chapter 3	East Sonoma	119
Chapter 4	Boyes Hot Springs, El Verano, and Agua Caliente	129
Chapter 5	Kenwood and Glen Ellen	141
Chapter 6	Where to Stay in Sonoma Valley	183
Chapter 7	Beyond Wine Tasting	205
Chapter 8	History of the Sonoma Valley	221
Chapter 9	The Sonoma Valley List of Lists	265
	Index	287
	About the Authors	297

Wild Fish and Game Cookbook

Author: John Manikowski

In Wild Fish & Game Cookbook, wildlife artist and chef John Manikowski combines his experiences in the wilderness and in the kitchen to offer 100 recipes for cooking fish and game, accompanied by his illustrations of creatures in the wild and stories of hunting and fishing.

From the Berkshires to Guatemala, from Scotland to Montana, Manikowski's hunting and fishing expeditions have brought him into contact with a wide range of fascinating people, animals, places, and--especially--good things to eat. Manikowski has fished for black bass in paradisial Lake Atitlan in Guatemala; shot caribou in the wilds of Labrador; and lost a marlin as big as a boat off Puerto Escondito in Mexico. He has made exquisitely detailed drawings of mallards, pheasants, striped bass, trout, and elk. And he has perfected the recipes he now shares: SautTed Trout with Morels, Striped Bass with Snow Peas, Canada Goose with Fiddleheads, Stewed Pheasant with Olives and Plums, and Wild Game Cassoulet.

In addition to his game dishes, Manikowski provides recipes for appropriate appetizers, sauces, vegetable accompaniments, and desserts, so entire meals can be prepared in remote wilderness cabins as well as at home using only this book. The Wild Fish & Game Cookbook also tells you how to prepare a smoker and a charcoal grill, how to bone and cure fish, and other tips for preparing game.

Manikowski makes a perfect guide to the world of wild fish and game--both in the wilderness and in the kitchen.

Principles of Brewing Science or New Womans Day Cookbook

2009-01-12T13:14:00.000-08:00

Principles of Brewing Science: A Study of Serious Brewing Issues

Author: George J Fix

George Fix is a household name in the scientific brewing community. In this indispensable reference, he applies the practical language of science to the art of brewing. He shows that the partnership between these two disciplines can solve brewing problems and improve the quality of beer. This long-awaited second edition of a Brewers Publications classic won't disappoint.

Booknews

Fix (mathematics, Clemson U.) looks at how fundamental science impacts the brewing of beer in an account that bridges professional brewing texts and standard texts on chemistry, biochemistry, and thermodynamics. The basic chemical pathways used by bacteria and wild yeast, chemical changes that occur during malting, and applying gas laws to carbonation and dispensation are among his topics. No date is noted for the first edition. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Books about: Stir Ups or Remembering Bill Neal

New Woman's Day Cookbook: Simple Recipes for Every Occasion

Author: Elizabeth Alston

Woman's Day, America's most popular and trusted magazine, brings you a comprehensive reference cookbook, perfect for every cook from novice to pro. Reflecting today's busy lifestyles, this cookbook contains a wealth of time-saving recipes that will allow for less time in the kitchen while still creating healthy and delicious meals. The editors of Woman's Day present over 350 wholesome meals with nutritious ingredients.

The savory recipes cover Pasta, Chicken & Turkey, Beef, Fish & Seafood, Pork & Ham, Eggs & Cheese, Pizzas & Breads, Soups, Salads, Cakes & Cookies, and Desserts. Some of the scrumptious dishes include: Roasted Red Snapper with Coconut-Ginger Sauce, Thai Steak Salad, Chicken Breasts with Fresh Orange Salsa, Tex-Mex Pulled Pork, Chorizzo Frittata, and Carribean Pumpkin Soup. In addition, there are 2 special chapters on serving food for Entertaining and Celebrations.

From the easy-to-follow directions to the appendix of cooking terms, essential preparation tips, and measuring conversions, The New Woman's Day Cookbook is an indispensable collection of classic and contemporary recipes to add to your cookbook shelf.

A Word from the Editor-in-Chief   Jane Chesnutt     7
In the Woman's Day Kitchens   Elizabeth Alston     8
Tips From Our Kitchen     14
Pasta     22
Chicken     46
Beef     78
Fish & Seafood     101
Pork & Ham     122
Lamb & Veal     138
Sausages     154
Eggs & Cheese     168
Grains & Beans     184
Pizzas & Breads     202
Soups     218
Salads     236
Vegetables     250
Cakes & Cookies     270
Deserts     296
Entertaining     318
Celebrations     338
Appendix
Herbs & Spices     378
Glossary of Cooking Terms     384
Cheese Primer     389
Coffee & Tea     392
A Guide to Wine     397
Table of Equivalents     400
Index     402
Credits     430

Fresh Fast or Food Wine Annual Cookbook 2006

2009-01-12T02:32:00.000-08:00

Fresh & Fast: Inspired Cooking for Every Season and Every Day

Author: Marie Simmons

Fresh food is more convenient than packaged," writes Marie Simmons, who proves her point by providing more than 200 recipes, many of which can be prepared in less than half an hour. Seasonality, ease, and freshness are the hallmarks of dishes like Lemon and Basil Chicken, Spicy Marinated Shrimp, Green Beans with Basil and Mint, and Apple and Ginger Crisp.

Publishers Weekly

Life is too short to waste on a bad meal, suggests Simmons, coauthor (with Richard Sax) of Lighter, Quicker, Better. Drawing from her syndicated weekly newspaper column, she sets about to liberate home cooks from the processed tastes of convenience foods. Some 250 recipes showcase fresh ingredients in such uncomplicated dishes as Quick-Chilled Cumin-Scented Fresh Tomato and Corn Soup, Oven-Roasted Halibut with Herb Citrus Vinaigrette and Crystallized Ginger Ice Cream wtih Red Plum Sauce. Cooking times can run to close to an hour (as in Honey-Glazed Orange and Rosemary Chicken or Sesame Brown Rice Pilaf with Garlic and Vegetables), but preparation times are generally 10 to 15 minutes. The pasta recipes feature streamlined, tried and true combinations (e.g., Penne Rigate with Asparagus, Prosciutto and Mushrooms). The chapter devoted to sandwiches proves that a little attention and ingenuity can lift this common luncheon fare to full dinner status: Pan-Grilled Smoked Turkey, Fontina, Bacon and Avocado; Sliced Pork Loin Sandwich with Fennel, Garlic and Roasted Pepper. Side boxes review basic techniques and suggest recipe variations. Straightforward directions, generally short, affordable ingredient lists and suggestions for staples make this a valuable collection for novice and veteran cooks who want to prepare tasty, preservative-free meals. The Good Cook/BOMC and Better Homes & Gardens Cook Book Club main selection. (July)

Library Journal

Simmons, a cookbook author and food writer whose syndicated newspaper column is called "Fresh and Fast," asserts that "life is too short to waste on a bad meal," and the 250 easy recipes presented here should allow any busy cook to avoid such a fatewithout spending much time in the kitchen. Many recipes took fewer than 30 minutes from start to finish; a few that call for marinating or slower cooking, for example, are for "When You Have More Time," but even many of these require little hands-on preparation time. The recipes are simple but full of flavor: Brushcetta with Braised Escarole and Garlic, Pork Loin with Fennel and Garlic, Melon and Berries with Lime Syrup. Simmons also offers many suggestions for variations and alternatives and other tips to make life easier. In short, this is real food for real people. Highly recommended.

New interesting textbook: Napoleon or The Coming Collapse of China

Food & Wine Annual Cookbook 2006: An Entire Year of Recipes

Author: Food Wine Magazin

Every recipe from every 2005 issue of Food & Wine, America's top-selling cuisine magazine—all in one beautiful volume.

Almost one million subscribers heartily agree: there's always something delicious going on in Food & Wine. And it's all here in the annual cookbook, which includes every recipe published in the magazine during 2005—more than 500 dishes accompanied by scrumptious-looking photographs. The contributors remain absolutely stellar, cuisine's finest, including Jamie Oliver, Tyler Florence, Ferran Adria, Donna Hay, Daniel Boulud, Wolfgang Puck, Emeril Lagasse, Bobby Flay, Todd English, and Jean-Georges Vongerichten. Such mouthwatering recipes as Ina Garten's Chunky Guacamole, Bobo Surles' Sizzled Shrimp Provençale, and Grace Parisi's Dulce de Leche Bread Pudding were tested on home appliances, making them easy to re-create. In addition, the volume includes 50 brand-new test-kitchen tips, as well as an extensive glossary of accessible wines. Here's real food that real people who want to eat well can actually prepare; dishes that reflect the many ways we cook today.

	Foreword	7
	Starters	8
	Salads	34
	Soups	56
	Pasta	78
	Poultry	92
	Beef & lamb	122
	Pork & veal	152
	Fish	176
	Shellfish	198
	Vegetables	218
	Potatoes, grains & beans	248
	Breads, pizzas & sandwiches	266
	Breakfast & brunch	282
	Pies & fruit desserts	298
	Cakes, cookies & more	320
	Drinks	350
	Wine pairings	360
	Sizes & substitutions	372
	Recipe index	374
	Contributors	402

Authentic Recipes of China or Travels with Barley

2009-01-11T16:51:00.000-08:00

Authentic Recipes of China

Author: Kenneth Law

The cuisine of China is widely regarded as one of the finest in the world. This collection of recipes, gathered from the top kitchens of this vast country, presents an exciting range of regional dishes. Included are spicy Sichuan favorites, refined dishes fit for an emperor's table, robust Mongolian fare, and creative Cantonese cuisine. An extensive array of popular foods including appetizers, dips, soups, noodles, and rice dishes enables the reader to participate in China's fascinating history and fast-paced modern era.

	Food in China	5
	All the Tea in China	11
	The Emperor's Banquet	12
	Cooking and Eating Chinese	15
	Authentic Chinese Ingredients	18
	Basic Recipes
	Hunan Chili Relish	23
	Pickled Daikon and Carrot	23
	Pickled Green Chili	24
	Marinated Broccoli Stems	24
	Marinated Cucumber	24
	Pickled Garlic	24
	Spicy Cabbage Pickles	24
	Ginger Garlic Sauce	24
	Chili Garlic Sauce	25
	Ginger and Soy Dip	25
	Ginger Black Vinegar Dip	25
	Sesame Sauce	25
	Hot Soy Dipping Sauce	25
	Homemade Chicken Stock	25
	Homemade Vegetable Stock	25
	Appetizers
	Pork Dumplings in Hot Sauce	27
	Steamed Vegetable Dumplings with Black Vinegar Sauce	28
	Lettuce Cups with Mushrooms and Tofu	29
	Classic Egg Rolls	31
	Fresh Spring Rolls	32
	Crispy Shrimp Toast	34
	Shrimp and Crab Tofu Skin Rolls	36
	Yunnan Ham Pastries	36
	Barbecued Pork	39
	Drunken Chicken	39
	Crispy Fried Tofu	39
	Soups
	Hot and Sour Soup	41
	Sweet Corn and Crab Chowder	42
	Tofu and Spinach Soup	42
	Egg Drop Soup	42
	Fragrant Beef Noodle Soup	44
	Delicate White Fish Soup	47
	Chicken and Ginseng Soup	47
	Winter Melon Soup	49
	Rice and Noodles
	Classic Fried Rice	50
	Vegetarian Fried Rice	50
	Stir-fried Rice Vermicelli	52
	Longevity Noodles	53
	Stir-fried Noodles with Shrimp and Pork	55
	Chilled Summer Noodles	56
	Hot and Spicy Sichuan Noodles	59
	Vegetables and Tofu
	Fragrant Sichuan Eggplant	60
	Stir-fried Vegetables	60
	Stir-fried Chinese Broccoli with Beef	62
	Hoisin-glazed Green Beans	63
	Crunchy and Tangy Fresh Lotus Root Salad	64
	Hot and Sour Chinese Cabbage	65
	Tofu-stuffed Vegetables	66
	Quick Asparagus	66
	Ma Po Tofu	69
	Poultry
	Black Bean Chicken	70
	Hunan Chicken Salad	71
	Fried Chicken in a Tangy Hot Sauce	72
	Braised Chicken Wings in Plum Orange Sauce	73
	Kung Bao Chicken with Dried Chilies	75
	Sweet and Sour Shandong Chicken	76
	Tea-smoked Duck	79
	Steamed Buns	79
	Beggar's Chicken	81
	Meat
	Twice-cooked Pork with Peppers	82
	Beef with Black Pepper	83
	Mongolian Lamb Hotpot	85
	Sweet and Sour Pork	86
	Beef with Sesame Seeds	89
	Seafood
	Red-braised Fish	90
	Ginger-seasoned Fish with Carrots, Bamboo Shoots and Celery	91
	Stir-fried Shrimp or Lobster with Chili Sauce	93
	Shrimp with Vegetables and Ham	94
	Wok-seared Sesame Scallops	96
	Steamed Mussels, Clams or Oysters with Garlic	97
	Ginger-poached Trout or Seabass	98
	Sweet Black Bean and Sesame Squid	101
	Salt and Pepper Squid	101
	Desserts
	Iced Almond Jelly with Lychees	102
	Banana Fritters	103
	Candied Apples	104
	Mango Pudding	107
	Sweet Rice Dumplings	107
	Sweet Red Bean Soup with Lotus Seeds	108
	Sweet Red Bean Pancakes	108
	Measurements and conversions	110
	Index of recipes	111

Interesting textbook: Computing Skills for Economists or Global Strategy and Organization

Travels with Barley: A JourneyThrough Beer Culture in America

Author: Ken Wells

Do beer yeast rustlers really exist? Who patented the Beer Goddess? How can you tell a Beer Geek from a Beer Nazi? Where exactly is Beervana? Does Big Beer hate Little Beer?

Ken Wells, a novelist, Pulitzer Prize finalist, and longtime Wall Street Journal writer, answers these questions and more by bringing a keen eye and prodigious reportage to the people and passions that have propelled beer into America's favorite alcoholic beverage and the beer industry into a $75 billion commercial juggernaut, not to mention a potent force in American culture.

Travels with Barley is a lively, literate tour through the precincts of the beer makers, sellers, drinkers, and thinkers who collectively drive the mighty River of Beer onward. The heart of the book is a journey along the Mississippi River, from Minnesota to Louisiana, in a quixotic search for the Perfect Beer Joint -- a journey that turns out to be the perfect pretext for viewing America through the prism of a beer glass. Along the river, you'll visit the beer bar once owned by the brewer Al Capone, glide by The World's Largest Six Pack, and check into Elvis Presley's Heartbreak Hotel to plumb the surprisingly controversial question of whether Elvis actually drank beer. But the trip also includes numerous detours up quirky tributaries, among them: a visit to an Extreme Beer maker in Delaware with ambitions to make 50-proof brew, a look at the murky world of beer yeast rustlers in California, and a journey to the portals of ultimate beer power at the Anheuser-Busch plant in St. Louis, where making the grade as a Clydesdale draft horse is harder than you might imagine. Entertaining, enlightening, and written with Wells'strademark verve, Travels with Barley is a perfect gift -- not just for America's 84 million beer enthusiasts, but for all discerning readers of flavorful nonfiction.

Publishers Weekly

Thoreau said, "The tavern will compare favorably with the church." Following this premise rather closely, longtime Wall Street Journal writer and novelist Wells (Junior's Leg) searches for his preferred house of worship: the "perfect beer joint." Setting out to follow the Mississippi River, Wells writes, "I would begin in Minnesota among folk who, geographically speaking, are practically Canadians and by reputation descended from good beer-drinking Swedes and Germans. I would slide down soon enough into the Great Beer Belly of America, for, by lore at least, Midwesterners are presumed to be the mightiest of U.S. beer drinkers." Full of profundities ("One thing you can say about lagers: the good ones don't make you work very hard to like them"), the book also lends historical, scientific and cultural insights into the $75 billion industry-from the likes of beer behemoths like Budweiser to newfangled Extreme Beer, which has bottle values comparable to fine Bordeaux. Along the way, Wells encounters quirky characters, and the pages he devotes to describing brewers, bar proprietors, bartenders and plain ol' beer drinkers prove he's more interested in beer people (84 million Americans drink beer) than the industry itself. Wells's storytelling abilities complement his journalist's eye for stats and facts, making this a humorous, lively and informational tour. (Oct.) Forecast: This work is especially well suited for home brewers and literary-minded beer enthusiasts, but it's a fun book for anyone interested in American popular culture. Copyright 2004 Reed Business Information.

Kirkus Reviews

"America's great middlebrow social elixir, and inseparable companion to the sporting and spectator life, the portal to first intoxication, the workingman's Valium, and a leavening staple to the college experience" finds a worthy explicator of its whys and wherefores. Wells (Logan's Storm, 2002, etc.) likes a glass of beer, and though he's not undiscerning, he's no snob either. "I grew up with people who knew only three categories of bad beer: warm beer, flat beer, and, worst, no beer at all." Wells's mission here is not to anoint the best beer ("the appreciation of one doesn't require me to vilify the others"), but rather to gather a sense of how beer fits into the American everyday, "to gain a view of America through the prism of the beer glass." And while he's at it, he might as well suss out the finest watering holes along the length of the Mississippi River. Wells doesn't trust the homogenization of longitude, but prefers the variety of latitude. He can't explain how the Big Three (Anheuser-Busch, Miller, and Coors) got so big, except that an ice-cold lager on a hot day can't be beat . . . and their bosomy advertising garners admirers. But Wells will also be sampling Dogfish Head 120 Minute IPA and Blackened Voodoo as he explores the history of beer and the cultural geography of the towns that hug the great river and its tributaries. Then, with a reporter's nose, he seeks stories: one bar features a mullet toss, another sponsors a 5-K race with a beer stop at the half point. Wells gets literary-Shakespeare figures in, as do Chaucer, Joyce, and Thoreau ("The tavern will compare favorably with the church")-but he is happiest bellying-up with his nose to the wind. In the newspaper worldthey call it "reporting from the mahogany ridge," where so many fine stories, social truths, and bits of political wisdom are revealed. Agents: Tim Seldes/Russell & Volkening; Joe Regal/Regal Literary

What People Are Saying

Michael Lewis
Any author who can talk his publisher into paying for him to drink his way across America deserves to be taken seriously. And sure enough, Travels With Barley is a joy. It will inspire readers everywhere to remain sober until they've finished.
—Author of Liar's Poker and The New New Thing

Dave Barry
I highly recommend this (burrrrp) book.

Michael Jackson
Deep down, all guys are searching for the Perfect Beer Joint. Ken Wells was a late starter but he has grasped the principles: A pint to procrastinate; don't drink to forget--drink to remember; drink to digress. Travels with Barley is a keen elucidation of beer and the passions that surround it, and Wells digresses with real flair.
—The Beer Hunter

Julie Johnson Bradford
Ken Wells is the engaging Everyman of beer...but his quest to find Perfect Beer Joint delivers more than beer: Travels with Barley is a perceptive and affectionate essay on everyday American culture through the lens of a beer glass.
—Editor, All About Beer magazine

Asian Flavors or Food of France

2009-01-11T08:10:00.000-08:00

Asian Flavors: Unlock Culinary Secrets with Spices, Sauces, and Other Exotic Ingredients

Author: Wendy Sweetser

Asian Flavors takes a new and exciting approach to exploring the many different cuisines of the Far East. The book identifies the main flavors used throughout the region - ginger, chiles, lemon grass, coconut, sesame, lime, soy and herbs - and offers some 120 authentic recipes that can be prepared easily at home.

A melting pot of cultures and eating habits, Asia's cuisines reflect the diversity of its people and many foreign influences over the centuries: the French and Chinese in Vietnam, the British in Myanmar and Malaysia, the Dutch in Indonesia and the Spanish in the Philippines. The blending of new ingredients and cooking styles with each country's indigenous foods created the exhilarating culinary fusion we enjoy today.

Organized by ingredient, the book looks at the flavors that define Asian cuisine, offering fascinating facts and clear instructions on how to prepare and use them in recipes. Complete with a detailed, illustrated glossary, information on selecting and keeping fresh vegetables and ingredients, substitutes for hard-to-find ingredients and techniques, Asian Flavors celebrates some of the world's most delicious and satisfying food.

Midwest Book Review

"Asian Flavors: Unlock Culinary Secrets With Spices, Sauces, And Other Exotic Ingredients is cookbook filled with 120 delicious recipes from China, Japan, Thailand, Vietnam, Singapore, Cambodia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Korea, and Indonesia. Each sumptuous dish makes use of distinctive culinary spices and ingredients to promote flavors rarely experienced in the West, and full-color photography illustrates the majority of the dishes in all their gustatory appeal. Simple instructions readily accessible to chefs of all experience levels make Asian Flavors a superb introduction to a wide sampling of Eastern ingredients and techniques. "

Publishers Weekly

Creating authentic Asian dishes requires the right balance of flavors, according to Sweetser (Asian Sauces and Marinades). She identifies 10 key elements of Asian cuisine (ginger, chili, lime leaf, fish sauces, herbs, etc.) and discusses how each element can be used to create the flavors that characterize traditional dishes from China, Japan, Thailand, Vietnam, Singapore, Cambodia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Korea and Indonesia. Asian cuisines easily blend with influences from French, Spanish, Dutch and other foreign settlers, but they've retained their essence: fresh local produce, seafood and meats lightly cooked and enlivened with spices, sauces and other dressings for a wide array of variations. Sweetser offers brief profiles of each element, along with helpful tips on use and a glossary with short descriptions of frequently used items. The 120 recipes, each identified by country, feature many popular dishes (Sushi Bento Box, Chicken Pad Thai, Satay with Peanut Sauce), but there are some surprises as well (Omelet Rolls with Sweet and Sour Duck). The range of delicious, quickly prepared dishes and beautiful full-color photographs by Ian Garlick make this an attractive gift or addition to a culinary library that contains more comprehensive titles on individual Asian cuisines. (Oct.) Copyright 2005 Reed Business Information.

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Food of France: A Regional Celebration

Author: Sarah Woodward

French food is celebrated as one of the greatest cuisines in the world. The Food of France takes you on an exciting culinary journey, taking you through the regions and the classic dishes that are associated with them. And this is much more than a recipe book-with introductions and insights on subjects as varied as oyster farming, the Alsace choucroute festival and Parisian waiters-this is an invaluable guide to the wonders of French food.

Matt Martinez Mextex or Mod Mex

2009-01-10T20:29:00.000-08:00

Matt Martinez Mextex

Author: Matt Martinez

Reintroducing the "prairie/range" style cooking of cowboys, chef Matt Martinez, Jr. focuses on indigenous, high-flavor, low-fat foods with Southern roots. Using traditional methods and native ingredients, these recipes bring authentic taste to a home kitchen.

D Magazine

. . . the perfect Chile Relleno.

Tucson Citizen

Martinez has compiled a cookbook, "MexTex: Traditional Tex-Mex Taste," that is almost as delightful as his food . . . timeless favorites . . . rich images . . . recipes reflect Tex-Mex cooking at its best . . . truly innovative. . . .

Courier-Times (Newcastle, IN)

A tasteful find . . . handsome.

Dallas Morning News

Tex-Mex fans will lap up this second helping of what the Martinez family has dished out.

Houston Chronicle

. . . taste buds shout ole! to Tex-Mex cooking.

Fiery Foods Magazine

The recipes are well written, unintimidating and made all the more inviting by the color photograph that accompanies each one.

VA News Gazette Lexington

. . . vibrant seasonings and complex flavors.

Midwest Book Review

. . . true and authentic cuisine.

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Mod Mex: Cooking Vibrant Fiesta Flavors at Home

Author: Scott Linquist

Highlighting regions from the Yucatan to Oaxaca, chef Scott Linquist and cookbook maven Joanna Pruess present more than 125 fresh, inviting, and easy-to-prepare Mexican dishes ranging from Quinoa-Watermelon Salad with Arugula and Baja-Style Mahi-Mahi Tacos to Tuna Ceviche with Mango-Serrano Chile Salsa and Chocolate Layer Cake with Morita Chile-Scented Chocolate Mousse.

· In addition to a diverse array of recipes and vibrant four-color photography, informative head notes and sidebars throughout the book offer tips on day-before preparation, recipe variations, cultural insights, cooking techniques, and more.

From the kitchens at Dos Caminos on Park Avenue, SoHo, and Midtown, Linquist satisfies more than 1,000 palates each day. Beyond the three Dos Caminos restaurants in New York City, an 18,000-square-foot location is set to open in Las Vegas in the Venetian Resort, and there are plans for future locations in other major cities.

Cooks Encyclopedia of Sauces or Potato

2009-01-10T10:47:00.000-08:00

Cook's Encyclopedia of Sauces

Author: Christine Franc

Making a sauce is a skill that is easy to master. This practical book explains all you need to know, showing you which ingredients to keep on hand, from fresh herbs and spices to store cupboard basics.

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Potato

Author: Lyndsay Mikanowski

The potato has become so familiar to everyone today - it is the uncontested star on the menu of chefs both great and small - that we tend to forget its history. The potato has survived wars, famines, political intrigue and is certainly the modern-day success story of the food industry.

With its origins in the Andes, the potato was introduced to 16th century Europe by the Spanish and this beautifully illustrated book tell the fascinating story of this nutritious and delicious vegetable before presenting a portrait of 180 different types; from British Queen, first grown in Scotland, to la Ratte, made famous by Joel Robuchon.

Then fifty-three potato-loving chefs enable the reader to discover or rediscover the variety of ways the world's most popular tuber can be enjoyed. Feran Adria's recipe in his inimitable original style is for Potato Puree with Vanilla Sugar; Heston Blumenthal reveals the secret of his perfect Chunky Chips; Thomas Keller presents a Spring Vegetable Salad; Jean-Georges Vongerichten - or Vong to his followers - offers a slowly cooked sable fish, potato noodles with creme fraiche, vodka and caviar and Charlie Trotter amazes with his Russian banana fingerling, New York Red Bliss and Desiree potatoes, a kumomoto oyster emulsion and Inranian Osetra caviar.

Sea Vegetables or Food Fundamentals

2009-01-10T00:06:00.000-08:00

Sea Vegetables: Harvesting Guide and Cookbook, Vol. 1

Author: Evelyn McConnaughey

-- Harvesting Guide & Cookbook. Evelyn McConnaughey is author of this complete guide to foraging and preparing highly nutritious sea vegetables. Classification, where they grow, harvesting, storage, tables of nutritional equivalents, protein comparisons, and numerous recipes are given in her book. Next time you have an outing to the coast, save some money on your food bill and try nature's bounty.

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Food Fundamentals

Author: Margaret McWilliams

This clear, concise book helps learners develop a strong basic understanding of food preparation and science within the context of societal concerns related to health and food safety. A three-part organization covers Today’s Food Scene, Food Preparation, and Food in the Context of Life. Individual chapters discuss food safety, HACCP, BSE, biotechnology, GMO, sweeteners and fat substitutes, the labeling of trans fats, and much more. Essential for all students majoring in food science, dietetics, and nutrition; the book’s knowledge base will help prepare individuals to function effectively in their future careers.

Vegetarian Burgers or Weight Watchers Great Cooking Every Day

2009-01-09T13:25:00.000-08:00

Vegetarian Burgers

Author: Bharti Kirchner

Want a burger that's low in fat and cholesterol, high in nutrition and fiber, and simply delicious? Try a veggie burger. Not the bland bean burgers of yore, these burgers offer a wide range of exciting flavors, textures, and ingredients that give America's favorite food a unique vegetarian twist, and an international flavor. Among the mouth-watering burgers presented here are: Beet and Mushroom Burgers--perfect for the summer grill; Peanut Burgers--which have a unique Indian accent; Teriyaki Tofu Burgers; and Shiitake-Stuffed Barley Burgers. In addition to serving suggestions, Vegetarian Burgers devotes entire chapters to creating side dishes and condiments that complement a meal of meatless burgers, featuring recipes for SautÉed Asparagus, Double Garlic Potatoes, Honey-Ginger Mustard, and Peanut Sauce.

From the strictest vegans and vegetarians to the curious carnivore looking for a change of pace, all will find the recipes in this unique cookbook a necessary part of their cooking repertoire.

Publishers Weekly

Spring is the time to plan for fall preserving, so Reader's Digest's May publication of Sensational Preserves is right on target. Over 250 recipes by British cookbook writer Hilaire Walden include such standards as Strawberry Jam and Ginger and Peach Chutney, along with pickles (Indian Pickled Onions), beverages (Tangerine Ratafia, with gin or vodka) and dishes to use them in (Pheasant and Elderberry Casserole). The clear text is further illuminated by David Gill's tempting color photos. (Putnam, dist., $24.95 144p ISBN 0-89577-840-8) Seattle cookbook writer Bharti Kirchner (The Bold Vegetarian) introduces 50 variations on a familiar theme in Vegetarian Burgers: The Healthy, Delicious Way to Eat America's Favorite Food, a May title from HarperPerennial. Inventiveness rules in these meatless concoctions, made from grains, beans, vegetables, nuts, seeds, tofu and soy. ($12 paper 144p ISBN 0-06-095115-X)

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Weight Watchers Great Cooking Every Day

Author: Weight Watchers

America-America's leading professional cooking school-to offer this cutting-edge collection of flavorful, healthful recipes that both eager beginners and experienced cooks will enjoy. Whether the goal is to lose weight or to cook with a lean touch, this must-have volume points the way. It includes:

250 delectable recipes that reflect fine cooking techniques
Recipes ranging from appetizers to desserts that bring high flavor to healthful dishes such as Risotto with Scallops and Asparagus, Grilled Flank Steak with Pineapple and Roasted Shallots, and Chocolate Truffles
Weight Watchers' phenomenal 1-2-3-Success Weight Loss Plan POINTS values, plus nutrition information for every recipe

Chapter 1: Healthy Eating in the Twenty-First Century.
Chapter 2: Appetizers and Hors D'oeuvres.
Chapter 3: Salads.
Chapter 4: Soups.
Chapter 5: Pizzas, Sandwiches, and Wraps.
Chapter 6: Pasta.
Chapter 7: Fish.
Chapter 8: Shellfish.
Chapter 9: Poultry.
Chapter 10: Meat and Game.
Chapter 11: Grains.
Chapter 12: Eggs, Beans, and Tofu.
Chapter 13: Vegetables.
Chapter 14: Fruits.
Chapter 15: Breads.
Chapter 16: Desserts.
Index.

Old Fashioned Dutch Oven Cookbook or Banana Split Book

2009-01-09T01:44:00.000-08:00

Old-Fashioned Dutch Oven Cookbook

Author: Don Holm

This is primarily an outdoor cookbook specializing in old-fashioned Dutch oven and sourdough cookery. In addition to numerous traditional recipes, there are even a few which feature bear, buffalo, and woodchuck meat.

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Banana Split Book: Everything There Is to Know about America's Greatest Dessert

Author: Michael Turback

Michael Turback trains a connoisseur's eye on the origins of the Banana Split and its status in the social chronicle of an entire century. In this surprising and entertaining book, the award-winning author offers fascinating facts, astounding trivia, and fabulous formulas for what he calls "the Liberace of desserts." He casts a wide net to collect over 150 versions of the heterogeneous dessert--ranging from the sublime to the ridiculous and back again.

"The Banana Split is not only American by birth," says Turback. "It also reflects our genius for invention, passion for indulgence, and reputation for wackiness. It's like no other dessert in the world--a grand idea that could only be conceived in a place as grand as America."

Start Mushrooming or Jeanne Bices Quacker Factory Christmas

2009-01-08T17:02:00.000-08:00

Start Mushrooming

Author: Stan Tekiela

This book is for beginners who want to try mushrooming, but don't know how to start. It's a unique approach that focuses on only six of the most unmistakable edible mushrooms in North America. By using a check-off system, the reader answers yes/no to whether a feature is present or absent. The illustrations, natural history and photos are in a well-organized, easy-to-use layout. Recipes are included.

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Jeanne Bice's Quacker Factory Christmas: Simple Recipes, Fabulous Parties and Decorations to Put Sparkle, Not Stress into Your Season

Author: Jeanne Bic

Chances are, if you haven't seen a "Quacker" yet, you either haven't been looking or you will soon - at the airport, the mall, Sunday brunch or in your child's school. And once you see one Quacker wearing her signature sequined outfit with appliquйd pants, you will notice them everywhere, greeting each other with a proud "Quack."

Now, Jeanne Bice, founder of The Quacker Factory, and the most popular face on QVC, gives people the low-down on making their holidays bright. Her clothes strike a chord with people because they are casual, embellished, unique and fun; here she shows readers how their holidays can be the same way if they celebrate with a certain spirit that guides her through life: If you can't fix it, decorate it; give from the heart; laugh loudly and often; let your friends pick you up; and realize you don't have to be perfect.

With her home-spun style, she gives readers time-saving ideas and inspirations to stay sane while creating cherished holiday memories. Included are:

Inspired ideas for themed parties and informal get-togethers (including invitation ideas you can copy if you're short on time)
Simple Yet Scrumptious Recipes (Candy Cane Martinis; Chocolate Bliss Cookies; Key West Brunch Shrimp Salad, Jeanne's Famous No-Lumps Gravy)
Homemade Gifts (No, it's not gauche)
Simple, stylish decorating tips for centerpieces, garlands and wreaths for those light on time, the budget and ideas
With the trend toward nesting and bringing the family back to the table, this will be the perfect gift for people to give themselves, a hostess or friends and family.

This holiday season, there will be a whole lot of quackin' going on.

Key Features:

Jeanne Bice has the top-selling product line per minute on QVC.
Jeanne Bice sells more than 100 million dollars' worth a year on QVC!
Jeanne Bice has a loyal fan base with two things in common: they love Jeanne and they love to buy!
Jeanne's signature style - fun, unfussy and informal - will appeal to busy people who like to entertain.
The packaging and colorful illustrations make this a perfect holiday gift.

Cocina Mexicana Saludable or Green and Blacks Chocolate Recipes

2009-01-08T06:20:00.000-08:00

Cocina Mexicana Saludable: Autenticas Recetas Bajas en Grasa

Author: Velda De La Garza

This edition, sporting a new cover, features 160 wholesome Mexican ingredients and is now available in both English and Spanish. "Here's an excellent collection of authentic low-fat Mexican recipes . . . easy to follow and so delicious your family won't even notice the reduction of fat!"--The "Baldwin Bookworm/Ledger Book Review".

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Green and Black's Chocolate Recipes: From the Cacao Pod to Muffins, Mousses and Moles

Author: Caroline Jeremy

Amid the seuctive and innovative recipes are stories about the history and myths of chocolate, as well as tips for handling and cooking.

	Foreword	6
	Introduction	8
	Cooking with chocolate	8
	Magic: Will mesmerize and seduce	10
	Time to Shine: When you have time and energy	28
	Melting: Summertime treats	48
	Licking the Bowl: Children's favorites	62
	Create A Stir: Don't tell them what's in it!	78
	Treasures: Simple secrets	94
	Mystical: A touch of witchcraft	110
	Wicked: Over the top and indulgent	130
	Abracadabra: Quick and easy	148
	Old Timers: They'll never let you down	168
	Drinks to accompany chocolate	182
	Index	188
	Acknowledgements	191

Absolut Book or Ultimate Party Drink Book

2009-01-07T20:39:00.000-08:00

Absolut Book: The Absolut Vodka Advertising Story

Author: Richard W Lewis

A New York Times bestseller, Absolut Book is the behind-the-scenes account of the birth and growth of this award-winning campaign and provides a definitive illustrated history of one of the most successful ad campaigns ever. It is a collector's delight with nearly five hundred ads.

Library Journal

Is it possible to create a worthwhile book about the Absolut Vodka's advertising campaign? Absolutely. TBWA/Chiat Day executive Lewis tells the story of the ad campaign that increased the sale of Absolut Vodka by 14,900% over 15 years. For ad junkies who want all the details, Lewis includes almost 500 Absolut ads along with commentary on how each ad was created and chosen. For example, "Absolut Clarity," which has a magnifying glass over the words "Country of Sweden," was used to emphasize that unlike most imported vodkas Absolut was not made in Russia. This book will have the greatest appeal among those who appreciate the creativity behind the pieces such as "Absolut D.C.," featuring an Absolut bottle wrapped in red tape. A warning: Lewis notes, "Librarians have to guard their magazines from being de-Absoluted." If your library has this problem, buying a book with 500 ads might be a risk. Still, this is highly recommended for libraries with an interest in advertising and marketing.Emily Engel Moore, "Library Journal"

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Ultimate Party Drink Book: Over 750 Recipes for Cocktails, Smoothies, Blender Drinks, Non-Alcoholic Drinks, and More

Author: Bruce Weinstein

Bruce Weinstein is a guy who knows how to party. And his key to partying is choosing the right drink. Spiked or zero proof, Bruce has shaken, stirred, blended, or ladled concoction for every occasion and everyone on your guest list.

The cocktail traditionalist will savor Bruce's world-class Bloody Mary, while those on the cutting edge will sip one of his twelve exotic and tasty variations of this favorite libation. His classic martini comes with no fewer than fifteen spin-offs. Got a crowd coming over? No problem. Just pull out the punch bowl and fill it with Groovy Banana Wine Punch or teetotaling Pink Plum Lemonade. On a hot summer day, serve a blended tropical Papaya Smoothie or Orange Jewelious. Or blast away winter's chill with a warming coffee, tea, or fruit juice toddy.

From an intimate dinner for two to a block-party bash, raise your glass and celebrate with Bruce Weinstein's The Ultimate Party Drink Book.

Wine Essentials or Stubbs Bar B Q Cookbook

2009-01-07T11:57:00.000-08:00

Wine Essentials: Professional Secrets to Buying, Storing, Serving, and Drinking Wine

Author: Le Cordon Bleu

From one of the world’s leading cooking schools, expert advice on buying, storing, serving, and selling wine for the everyday wine lover

Le Cordon Bleu Wine Essentials lets the everyday wine lover become a true wine connoisseur. Shedding light on a world as fascinating for its science and history as it is for its intricate etiquette, this guide unfolds the entire art and craft of wine in a beautifully designed and illustrated volume. With contributions from the world’s leading wine makers, sommeliers, and wine professionals, Le Cordon Bleu Wine Essentials provides commonsense advice on the everyday world of wine–from selecting, buying, and storing wine, to guidelines for tasting, appraising, ordering, and serving all varieties. The book also includes a behind-the-scenes look at winemaking, building a well-balanced wine collection, and practical advice on investing in wine.

Stubb's Bar-B-Q Cookbook

Author: Stubbs Legendary Kitchen

If you're a true bar-b-q aficionado, you love Stubb's Legendary Kitchen sauces and rubs. If you're really lucky, you've chowed down at Stubb's Bar-B-Q Restaurant in Austin. Now you can recreate Stubb's famous Texas-style favorites in your own backyard with over 50 recipes, including signature barbecue dishes and great starters, sides, and desserts that are hearty Texas traditions. This is a must-have for any dedicated grillmaster.

1001 Reasons to Love Chocolate or Granita Magic

2009-01-07T00:15:00.000-08:00

1,001 Reasons to Love Chocolate

Author: Barbara Albright

Got chocolate? Dark, milk, or white as snow; stuffed with nuts, filled with caramel, covered in shaved coconut; in an ice-cream shake, in a black forest cake, as a steaming brew or a thick fondue: There's nothing the cocoa bean can't do. For true chocophiles, chocolate is not an occasional treat, it's an obsession. Barbara Albright and Mary Tiegreen tap into this insatiable sweet tooth with a luscious, fully illustrated compendium all chocoholics will crave.

Continuing in the popular format, 1,001 Reasons to Love(tm) Chocolate presents decadent recipes, profiles of the world's greatest chocolate confectioners, and a special chocolate for practically every minute of the day, along with a Whitman's sampler of facts.

A compilation of mouthwatering images highlights both the nostalgia of classic childhood candies like Milk Duds and Junior Mints and the more mature pleasures of chocolate in its modern incarnations, from molé sauce to Godiva martinis. It's irresistible.

Author Bio: Barbara Albright is a seasoned writer and cookbook author as well as a knitting and craft designer. She is the former editor-in-chief of Chocolatier magazine and author of Quick Chocolate Fixes and Wild About Brownies.

Mary Tiegreen, the creative director of STC's 1,001 Reasons to Love(tm) series, has authored or coauthored books on such diverse subjects as golf, the family dog, and a magical French farmhouse called Pistoulet.

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Granita Magic: Rediscovering the Pleasure of Ices in More Than 50 Grown-Up Recipes

Author: Nadia Roden

Light, easy, flavor-intense granitas are a great way to begin, refresh, or end any meal. Here's the first book of recipes for this glittering icy treat.

GRANITA MAGIC is a collection of innovative sweet and savory sensations that can be made with just a fork, a saucepan, and a little spare space in the freezer. And they can be served at any time of the day. Sauternes granita spooned over fresh peaches is a grand dessert, while cucumber and mint makes an unexpected appetizer. Between courses, red pepper or lemon can refresh the palate. Coffee granita spooned onto a warm brioche is a classic Italian breakfast, while strawberry and champagne is a lovely apertif before brunch.

Accompanying each sparkling recipe are lively and playful designs created by Nadia Roden--an award-winning painter and textile designer as well as an accomplished cook--and inspired by 1950s wallpaper and textile designs and by the ingredients themselves. This charming and original book is a delight to all the senses.

Publishers Weekly

With this adorable if slight book, Roden attempts to make icy granitas the fifth food group. While it's unlikely that they'll earn their own block on the USDA food pyramid, these refreshing concoctions are surprisingly versatile. Flavors include fruits, such as Classic Lemon and exotic Litchi & Lime; there are also vegetable options like Balsamic Red Pepper and Horseradish. Further intriguing combinations include Pistachio & Rose, and Saffron & Honey; alcoholic offerings like a Tequila & Lime granita sound like slushy cocktails. Recipes are simple and somewhat repetitive-many require creating an infusion or syrup before proceeding to the freezing stage. A cunningly designed two-page spread suggests the many ways a granita can be served: chocolate granita as a midnight snack or cucumber & mint granita as an appetizer. Roden (a painter and textile designer, and daughter of Mideastern food expert Claudia Roden) also drew the delightful 1950s wallpaper-inspired illustrations. Her prose is equally winning: "a granita looks and feels like icy snow, it is beautifully colored like glittering sequins, and it can be eaten any time of day" starts off the brief introduction. (July) Forecast: An entire book on granita may sound rarefied, but Roden's illustrations and prose are winning, and Artisan has wisely kept the price of this 128-page hardcover low. This should serve as an excellent hostess gift for weekend beach guests-and if this summer is a hot one, granitas will be particularly appealing. Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information.

Library Journal

Forget the ice cream-treat yourself to a glistening granita. In this fun and colorful cookbook, Roden, a painter, textile designer, and daughter of noted cookbook writer Claudia Roden (The New Book of Middle Eastern Food), offers recipes for more than 50 flavorful frozen ices, all virtually fat-free and made without any special equipment. Granitas can be served at nearly every time of day and can be sweet or savory, fruit or vegetable. Coffee or star anise and grapefruit for breakfast, peach bellini for the cocktail hour, tomato and basil for dinner, and coconut and lime for dessert are just a few of the unusual flavor combinations included here. Nearly each recipe uses the same techniques and procedures beginning with a simple infusion or blending of ingredients, followed by freezing in a shallow pan. Roden illustrates each recipe with bright and carefree watercolors inspired by 1950s wallpaper. With the widespread popularity of this frozen Italian dessert, this first-ever granita cookbook is sure to satisfy. Highly recommended.-Pauline Baughman, Multnomah Cty. Lib., Portland, OR Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information.

The Psychology of Eating and Drinking or Brewing

2009-01-06T14:34:00.000-08:00

The Psychology of Eating and Drinking

Author: Alexandra Logu

Our fascination with eating and drinking behaviors and their causes has resulted in a huge industry of food-related pop science. Every bookstore, every magazine stand, every grocery store checkout counter is filled with publications about how to get your child to eat vegetables, how to tell if someone has an eating disorder or, most commonly, how to lose weight. But the degree to which any of these is based on scientific research is very limited. In contrast to the literature for the general reader, the scientific research on eating and drinking behaviors is usually too technical for the general reader.The Psychology of Eating and Drinking is a unique volume; a textbook that can be comprehended by the general educated reader. Just as in her past editions of this book, Alexandra Logue grounds her investigation into the complex interactions between our physiology, our surroundings, and our eating and drinking habits in laboratory research and up-to-date scientific information. The chapters move from the general---hunger and thirst, taste and smell, and eating behaviors---to the more specialized---overeating and overdrinking, anorexia and bulimia, and alcohol use. In each case, Logue provides a brief synopsis of the most historically influential scientific research and then relates this history to the most up to date advances. This method provides the reader with a general introduction to the physiology of sensations related to eating and drinking and how these sensations are influenced by the individual's social surroundings. The Psychology of Eating and Drinking provides the general reader and student with a biological and psychological framework to understand hisor her eating behaviors.

Brewing

Author: Michael J Lewis

This book is designed for those involved or planning to be involved in the malting, brewing and allied industries who have little or no formal training in brewing science. While assuming some elementary knowledge of chemistry and biology, the book clearly presents the essentials of brewing science and its relationship to brewing technology, which are required by brewers to carry out their duties with understanding. Brewing contains details of basic chemistry and microbiology, the use of barley, hops and yeast, malting, mashing and fermentation science and technology plus important information on quality, flavor, packaging and dispensing. This book is therefore a useful introductory guide for students as well as being an invaluable companion for professional brewers, including the growing number setting up small new commercial breweries.

Almost Homemade or Your Right to Know

2009-01-06T03:53:00.000-08:00

Almost Homemade: Cake Mix Desserts

Author: Frp

Almost Homemade has quick and easy dessert recipes that use cake mixes and other ingredients found in your pantry. Create everything from cakes, cookies, trifles and beyond by using a cake mix as your base to save yourself that long process of scratch cooking. You'll have more time to enjoy these delicious dishes with your family.

Interesting textbook: Principios de Finanzas Corporativas

Your Right to Know: Genetic Engineering and the Secret Changes in Your Food

Author: Andrew Kimbrell

ANDREW KIMBRELL serves as the executive director of both the Center for Food Safety and the International Center for Technology Assessment and has been involved in public interest legal activity for nearly 20 years. His articles on technology and law issues have appeared in Harpers, Utne Reader, the Ecologist, the New York Times, and the Washington Post. Andrew lives in Washington, DC, with his wife and two children.

The Axis of Evil Cookbook or Dining at Monticello

2009-01-05T17:12:00.000-08:00

The Axis of Evil Cookbook

Author: Gill Partington

"The existence of Gaddafi is closely related to the historical development of humanity itself."-Colonel Gaddafi

Ever wondered what an Axis of Evil leader eats after a day spent threatening neighboring countries with weapons of mass destruction? This unique cookbook tells you how to prepare these dishes in the safety of your own home.

Present a genuine dog stew for that special dinner party and play "spot the Elvis impersonator" among Axis leaders. Both funny and informative, this book also includes cultural anecdotes and political insights.

Gill Partington is thirty-five years old and lives in North London with her cat. The cat is not a devotee of Gill's cooking.

Book review: Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality Applications in Manufacturing or Portfolios for Technical and Professional Communicators

Dining at Monticello: In Good Taste and Abundance

Author: Damon Lee Fowler

"Dining at Monticello: In Good Taste and Abundance combines recipes, background essays, and lush illustrations to provide an inviting view of the renowned hospitality offered at Thomas Jefferson's table." Ten introductory essays by Monticello scholars and by outside experts illuminate all areas of food and drink at Jefferson's home, ranging from the groceries and wine imported from Europe, to the restored kitchen at Monticello, to the African Americans who participated in this rich food culture at every stage. Following these essays are seventy-five recipes found in the family manuscripts, some written in Jefferson's own hand.

In Praise of Tomatoes or 125 Best Pressure Cooker Recipes

2009-01-05T05:30:00.000-08:00

In Praise of Tomatoes: Tasty Recipes, Garden Secrets, Legends & Lore

Author: Ronni Lundy

Straight from the vine to the cookpot and to terrific trivia: everyone will enjoy this juicy tribute to the tangy, tasty tomato. Begin with a horticultural look at resurgent vintage varieties: a comprehensive chart gives specific growing and eating details on more than 50 delicious types, both heirloom and hybrid. Find out how to create and cultivate the “essential tomato garden,” even on a windowsill. Then, head straight to the kitchen with information on how to store, peel, freeze, dry, can, and cook up the harvest. Recipes include such luscious dishes as tomato soup, jam, bread, and green tomato pie. Round out the enlightening feast with fun facts on the tomato’s history and tomato festivals.

Library Journal

Here are two celebrations of everyone's favorite summer vegetable. Lundy is a food writer and the author of Butter Beans to Blackberries, among other titles; coauthor Stehling is the chef/owner of a North Carolina restaurant called Early Girl Eatery (named after the tomato). She provides the history, science, and other significant tomato facts, while he supplies the recipes (some 50 in all), which are interspersed throughout the text. There are vibrant color photographs, lovely watercolors, reproductions of period advertisements and other memorabilia, and a chapter on the cult film Attack of the Killer Tomatoes! There is also a "Tomato Garden Primer" and a lengthy chart on growing and cooking with different varieties. Recommended for larger libraries. Davis-Hollander (founder & director, Eastern Native Seed Conservancy) presents a more ambitious but highly readable book. He includes a great deal more information, from a detailed chapter on heirloom tomato specifics and profiles of tomato growers and other notables to sidebars on tomato festivals around the country and a thorough guide to cultivation. Inspired by a diverse variety of cuisines, his 150 recipes-some of which come from well-known chefs (including Daniel Boulud and Rick Bayless)-are more appealing and simply mouth-watering. Recommended for most collections (where it should join Joanne Weir's excellent You Say Tomato). [A Good Cook Book Club selection.] Copyright 2004 Reed Business Information.

	Index of Recipes	8
	Introduction	10
	The Name Game: Identifying the Tomato from Science to Politics	14
	From Cozumel to the Cosmos: The Tomato Travels the World	28
	What's Old is New Again: The Heirloom Garden	48
	The Essential Tomato Garden Primer: By Barbara Ciletti	60
	The Compleat Chart for Cultivating & Cooking Tomatoes	77
	Oh Yes You Can Can, Freeze and Dry	98
	Jumpin' Jack Frost, It's a Gas, Gas, Gas: How You Get Tomatoes in January	106
	Here's to Health: The Tomato in Medicine	118
	Cannery Row: Processed Tomatoes	124
	Co-Starring Roles: Ketchup and Salsa	134
	Killer Tomatoes	138
	Tomato Kitsch Gallery	144
	From Tomatina to Tomato Art: Festivals Around the World	158
	The Tomato as Muse: Art Gallery	166
	Acknowledgements	174
	Index	175

125 Best Pressure Cooker Recipes (Best Series)

Author: Cinda Chavich

One million pressure cookers are sold annually in North America.

In only thirty minutes a pressure cooker can prepare a tasty meal for the whole family.

Advances in pressure cooker design have made these small appliances safer and more convenient than ever before. Meals cook 75 percent faster, and they are significantly healthier, since the food retains more of its nutrient value while requiring less fat.

125 Best Pressure Cooker Recipes has recipes specially designed to take advantage of what pressure cookers do best. Pressure cookers are amazingly versatile:

Starters such as Braised Artichokes with Red Pepper Aioli and Winter Mushroom and Barley Soup
Delicious main course offerings include Chicken Stew with New Potatoes and Baby Carrots and Beef Shortribs in Barbecue Sauce

Cajun Seafood Gumbo is outstanding when prepared in a pressure cooker as are side dishes like Maple Pork and Beans with Apples and Roasted Garlic Risotto with Asiago

Orange Espresso Cheesecake and Cool Lemon Custards with Fresh Berry Compote are winners.

There is comprehensive information on all aspects of pressure cooking, including guidelines for adapting your own recipes, compensating for the effects of altitude on pressure cooking, as well as a comparison of the various styles and models of cookers on the market.

Best Loved Hersheys Recipes or Cooking Activities A to Z

2009-01-04T20:49:00.000-08:00

Best Loved Hershey's Recipes

Author: Publications International

Chocolate lovers rejoice-Best-Loved Hershey's Recipes has sweet and spectacular chocolate recipes for every occasion. Indulge in creamy Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Cheesepie for a weeknight dessert, Cocoa Coconut Brownies as an afternoon snack, luscious Chocolate Chip Pumpkin Cheesecake for the holidays and Chocolate & Vanilla Swirl Tart for any day. No occasion is complete without a special Hershey's dessert.

Cooking Activities A to Z

Author: Joanne Matricardi

Cooking Activities A to Z is a child-centered, cooking activity book for young children ages two and up. The activities are easy to understand and follow and are centered on concepts that preschoolers can understand and grow with. Each section of the text will help teachers and families to find cooking activities for a theme based curriculum, to incorporate a letter of the week, or to provide a spur of the moment endeavor in the classroom. Presented in a detailed lesson plan format, this wonderful activity book includes supply lists, family letters, a variety of choices within each alphabet letter, expansions for vegetarians, and a theme specific index with easy-to-find activities to accompany thematic units. This invaluable resource will help teachers to complete a year's worth of cooking activities for all children to enjoy.

Oz Clarkes Bordeaux or Pacific Fresh

2009-01-04T10:07:00.000-08:00

Oz Clarke's Bordeaux: The Wines, the Vineyards, the Winemakers

Author: Oz Clark

Bordeaux has always been the center of attention in the wine world, with some of the greatest wines, the most historic châteaux, and the highest level of glamour and prestige. And, despite increasing competition from new classic wine areas around the world, it still accounts for more than 90 percent of global wine futures and auction markets.

In his trademark A-to-Z format, Oz profiles more than three hundred of Bordeaux’s most important châteaux as well as their second wines and discount brands, and recommends and describes hundreds of other châteaux. With color photos, wine labels, charts, and maps throughout, this volume covers each of Bordeaux’s subregions in sumptuous detail—fully exploring the area’s history, geography, soils, and grape varieties.

Oz is at his witty, incisive best on this region, which he has both championed and challenged for years. With his vivid descriptions of the area as well as his knowledge of classic and best-value wines, this is an essential book for all lovers of Bordeaux wine.

Book review: Food for Life or Caregiving

Pacific Fresh: Great Recipes from the West Coast

Author: Maryana Vollstedt

With its practical emphasis on simple, delicious fare, fresh, healthful ingredients, and nearly 200 recipes with a West Coast flair, this book is sure to become a favorite of home cooks. It offers a full range of flavorful, easy-to-make dishes for every course, every meal, every taste in one accessible volume. From the author of the What's for Dinner? series.

Publishers Weekly

Ease of preparation and a focus on few, but fresh, ingredients mark the 250-plus recipes in this accessible, inviting collection from the Oregonian author of the What's for Dinner? series. Aimed at the family cook, these recipes are conventionally arranged, from party starters (Brandied Brie), soups (Pacific Fresh Seafood Chowder) and salads (Layered Dungeness Crab Salad) through sweets (Coconut Bars Ana). The special dressings, sauces or other accompaniments called for with many dishes are generally printed on facing pages: Cucumber Sauce to go with grilled Columbia River Salmon, Black Bean Salsa to serve with Mexican Pot Roast. Fish and seafood get their due (Sole-Spinach Bundles; baked Oysters Gourmet), and vegetables receive a substantial nod. Meats, especially grilled, receive considerable attention, while the versatility of chicken is demonstrated in a broad range of dishes (among them, fajitas, stir-fry and tandoori), as seems fitting for a fairly traditional, family-fare cookbook like this one. (June)

Six Ingredients or Less or Best Baby Shower Party Games 2

2009-01-04T00:25:00.000-08:00

Six Ingredients or Less: Pasta and Casseroles

Author: Carlean Johnson

Everyone loves pastas and casseroles. This collection of recipes features quick and flavorful pasta and casserole dishes using basic ingredients. Appreciate the speed, convenience, and the variety of one-dish meals.

Interesting textbook: About Professional Baking or Nigella Lawson

Best Baby Shower Party Games 2, Vol. 2

Author: Courtney Cook

Make your baby shower fun!

Here's all you need to get your baby shower off to a fast and funny start: four pencil games that everyone will enjoy (with duplicate game sheets for eight people) plus four entertaining group activities.

Please Dont Eat the Animals or Real Barbecue

2009-01-03T15:44:00.000-08:00

Please Don't Eat the Animals: All the Reasons You Need to Be a Vegetarian

Author: Jennifer Horsman

Please Don't Eat the Animals: All the Reasons You Need to Be a Vegetarian is an exciting and provocative new book on the universal benefits of being a vegetarian.

Authors Horsman and Flowers detail the many reasons for the burgeoning movement toward a plant-based diet in four short, interesting, easy-to-digest sections:

Health

Nowhere is the appeal of vegetarianism reflected more than in health issues. Scientists and doctors have begun drawing the connection between heavily meat-laden diets and the most serious health problems.

Environment

Livestock farming accounts for over half of both fresh water and ocean pollution. It significantly effects air pollution, deforestation especially of rain forests and the decimation of wildlife populations.

Animal Welfare

Animal welfare issues have gained prominence in recent years. Animal rights/ethics courses have emerged on university campuses, even in law schools. Please Don't Eat The Animals reveals the plight of animals on factory farms, a sad and troubling picture indeed.

Religious and Spiritual

Fresh and original, this section points to the fact that Christianity, Judaism, and Islam have strong injunctions against cruelty to animals. All Hindus are vegetarians. Mohammed said, "Whoever is kind to the creatures of God is kind to himself." And, according to the Buddha, "The eating of meat extinguishes the great seed of compassion."

Books about: Prickly Pear Cookbook or Meatless Meals for Working People

Real Barbecue: The Classic Barbecue Guide to the Best Joints Across the USA--with Recipes, Porklore, and More!

Author: Vince Staten

Two decades after barbecue kingpins Vince Staten and Greg Johnson published their ode to the top 100 barbecue joints around the United States, they have logged thousands more miles—and at least as many rib racks—in their quest to monitor, taste, and even create the very best. Part travel guide, part recipe book, REAL BARBECUE is really a celebration of a way of life, peppered with such sage advice as, “A man that won't sleep with his meat don't care about his barbecue” (Early Scott). This update of the classic has a completely new design with photos, trivia, detailed locations of great eating joints coast to coast, sidebars about sauces and sides, columns about cook pits and shack architecture, sections devoted to Texas ribs, Cowboy-que, lowcountry pulled pig, California-que-zeen, and real-man reviews of rib joints such as Allen & Sons in Pittsboro and Vince Staten’s Old Time Barbecue in Prospect (he put his money where his mouth is). Secret recipes and mail-order finds are also included. This is your guide to the best barbecue across America, often identified only by a thick black column of smoke in the distance.

A syndicated columnist and author of ten books, including Kentucky Curiosities(Globe Pequot Press), Vince Staten has appeared on such media as "Late Night with David Letterman," "Dateline NBC," "Today on NBC," and NPR's "Morning Edition." His varied career encompasses writing, lecturing, teaching, and co-owning Vince Staten's Old Time Barbecue in downtown Prospect, Kentucky. Greg Johnson is the Features Editor for The Courier-Journal in Louisville, Kentucky.

"This book is to barbecue what Rand-McNally isto maps."—Playboy magazine
"What Masters and Johnson did for sex, Staten and Johnson do for barbecue."—Willard Scott
"This is a helluva readable book...There's as much flavor in the writing as in the Rev. Noble Harris' sauce at House of Prayer Bar-B-Que in Fort Lauderdale...Toss this on the dash and hit the road."—Gannett News Service

Chapter 1 - INTRODUCTION TO THE NEW EDITION
Chapter 2 - The history of barbecue, or as much of it as you’ll ever need to know
Chapter 3 - Barbecue architecture: From Bauhaus to Sowhaus
Chapter 4 - Barbecue Is Where You Find It: Here’s How. . .
Chapter 5 - Pig pickin’ Or How we selected the Hot 100 barbecue joints
Chapter 6 - The South
Chapter 7 - Texas Barbecue
Chapter 8 - The Midwest
Chapter 9 - The North
Chapter 10 - Cowboy-que
Chapter 11 - California-que
Chapter 12 - The Name Game
Chapter 13 - Barbecue Festivals
Chapter 14 - You're only as good as your grill
Chapter 15 - Secrets of the secret sauces
Chapter 16 - Side Dishes
Chapter 17 - Collector’s Items: Mail-Order Masterpieces
Chapter 18 - Barbecue: A dying art?
Chapter 19 - ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

Defeating Diabetes or A Montana Table

2009-01-03T04:03:00.000-08:00

Defeating Diabetes

Author: Brenda Davis

Now there is real hope and real solutions for people with adult onset (type 2) diabetes. Here are the steps needed to construct a program of dietary and lifestyle change that can vastly improve the health of people with this disease. Includes: what foods help overcome insulin resistance, a self-care checklist for physical and emotional well-being, over 50 recipes with menus and a basic shopping list, and information on alternative and conventional therapies. Completely comprehensive yet easy to understand.

A Montana Table: Recipes from Chico Hot Springs Resort

Author: Seabring Davis

A Montana Table offers more than 100 favorite recipes from the acclaimed kitchen of the landmark Chico Hot Springs Resort. This sumptuous reference provides home cooks with detailed step-by-step information and tips to craft such delectable dishes as Herb Crusted Filet Mignon with a Port Wine Sauce and the spectacular Flaming Orange dessert, or to create an extraordinary Chico-style picnic, barbecue, or wine cellar party. Lavish full-color photographs and fascinating tidbits on the resort's long history round out this visual feast of this getaway on the Yellowstone.

Simple Cooking or Raw Ingredient Quality in Processed Foods

2009-01-02T18:21:00.000-08:00

Simple Cooking

Author: John Thorn

John Thorne's classic first collection is filled with straightforward eating, home cooking, vigorous opinions, and the gracefully intelligent writing that makes him a cult favorite of people who like to think about food.

Publishers Weekly

Similarities between the versatile zucchini and the blandly grating familiarity ``Have a nice day'' could easily escape the average cook, but Thorne, the editor of the Simple Cooking newsletter, thinks about such things. He also ponders Alice B. Toklas and the differences between fat and thin chefs. This multifarious collection of recipe-laced pieces gathers topics as diverse as stuffed grape leaves, picnics and the culinary subculture of ``truly awful recipes.'' The substance of Thorne's work is not the exotic, but the everyday. For example, a department store's food processor demonstration leads him to contemplate picture-perfect ingredients (and the cooks who demand them), turning the event into a thought-provoking essay. Recipes are likewise basic. Cocoa, macaroni and cheese, French toast and cheesecake are lovingly and thoroughly explored. Also offered are more adventurous but equally easy dishes: pears and toasted hazelnuts in whipped cream with Armagnac, strawberries with lemon and black pepper, and pork-and-apple pie. Incisive, hilarious and occasionally nostalgic, this volume will delight many readers, reminding them why they enjoy the pleasures of food and cooking. (October 21)

Library Journal

Thorne's essays with recipes originated in his culinary newsletter, Simple Cooking. His writing ingredients include reminscence, diary, and daydream, with seasonings of whimsey and irony, and a taste of nostalgia. His recipes evolve naturally from the essays. The recollection of eating his first stuffed grape leaf leads to recalling walks in fragrant fields, the place of grape leaves in Middle Eastern cooking, how to select the fresh leaves, and light recipes for stuffings. A final paragraph suggests further books to read. The next topic is strawberries and cream, a grand topic for many a gifted writer. Literate and leisurely, Thorne will please readers of Fisher and Capon. SP

Books about: The Healing Power of Naturefoods Volume 1 or Essential Oils Handbook

Raw Ingredient Quality in Processed Foods: The Influence of Agricultural Principles and Practices

Author: Mark B Springett

The properties of incoming raw ingredients have a great impact on the processing, storage, and resulting quality of all food products, yet the effects of agronomic practices on product quality and safety are often not well understood, as illustrated by the BSE outbreak in cattle and other public health crises. This book is the first to relate different agronomic practices to differenct product types, and to relate all to the final safety and quality of foods and drinks. In particular, factors such as variety or species, fertilizer or feed regimes, effect of water, climate, and microbiological loading can all have large effects on the processing properties and final flavor, texture and color of foods. Written by experts in their fields, this highly practical book provides essential information for food scientists and technologists as well as other professionals in food processing and food ingredients.

Candida Directory or Sweetness Preserved

2009-01-01T03:15:00.000-08:00

Candida Directory: The Comprehensive Guidebook to Yeast-Free Living

Author: Helen Gustafson

Under normal conditions, Candida albicans lives quietly within our bodies, but under certain circumstances an overgrowth of this usually harmless yeast may occur, presenting a bewildering variety of debilitating symptoms. The Candida Directory is exactly that-a roadmap through the often-confusing landscape of information about this condition. Gourmet author, chef, and former sufferer, Helen Gustafson has joined forces with nutritional consultant, Maureen O'Shea and produced the most comprehensive yet easy-to-use manual for coping with Candida. There is a thorough explanation of each stage of the Candida diet, an invaluable symptom chart and checklist which allows you to accurately gauge your progress from stage to stage, as well as a product and resource guide. Best of all, there are sixty recipes specially created for each stage of the diet, including delicious contributions from Julia Child and Alice Waters.

New interesting book: Princess Sultanas Circle or How to Rig an Election

Sweetness Preserved: The Story of the Crown Candy Kitchen

Author: John L Oldani

In Sweetness Preserved, folklorist Dr. John Oldani safeguards the history of St. Louis' best-known confectionery. Visit Crown Candy Kitchen today and enjoy the same delicious ice cream and candy that the Karandzieff family has been serving since 1913.

Coming from Macedonia in the great immigrant wave near the turn of the last century, the Karandzieffs have lived the "American Dream" through three generations. Oldani captures their wit and wisdom, and the charm of a still-popular shop that hasn't changed in nearly 100 years. With stories and recipes, from the Chocolate Easter Monkey to the Uncle Sam Sundae, Oldani fills us with longing—if not for an earlier era, then certainly for the finest sweets this side of the Mississippi.

Healthy Cooking for the Jewish Home or Techniques in Home Winemaking

2008-12-31T17:34:00.000-08:00

Healthy Cooking for the Jewish Home: 200 Recipes for Eating Well on Holidays and Every Day

Author: Faye Levy

Thanks to the ever-increasing number of kosher products available to home cooks, it's never been easier or more satisfying to prepare delicious, wholesome, and healthful kosher meals. In this new collection of exciting recipes, acclaimed journalist, cooking teacher, and cookbook author Faye Levy presents a progressive, upbeat approach to nutritious kosher cuisine that highlights the pleasure of preparing and eating mouthwatering dishes that promote well-being.

Kosher foods are being used in more and more American homes, and their abundance and diversity is increasing at an impressive rate. From the traditional to the exotic, from extra-virgin olive oil to tasty cheeses, from spicy condiments to Asian-style sauces, from Latin flavors to Indian, Levy introduces both novice and seasoned cooks to a grand array of international ingredients. By showcasing them in such dishes as Poached Turkey with Mushrooms, Wheat Berries, and Dill; Diced Vegetable Salad with Pepitas and Papaya; Marseilles-Style Fish with Saffron and Fennel; and Turkish Autumn Vegetable Casserole with Chicken, she shows how they will add zest to any menu while maintaining solid nutritional value.

With a focus on foods with substantial health benefits, such as nuts, whole grains, fruits, and vegetables, Levy revamps old favorites, turning them into updated wholesome creations, including Springtime Chicken Soup with Asparagus, Fava Beans, and Whole Wheat Matzo Balls; Passover Haroset with Pistachios and Pomegranate Juice; Rosh Hashanah Chicken with Dates and Almonds; and Apple Apricot Whole Wheat Noodle Kugel. She introduces new classics to the festive Jewish kitchen, such as Cucumber, Jicama, and OrangeSalad with Black Olives; Buckwheat Blintzes with Goat Cheese and Ratatouille; Spicy White Bean Soup with Kale; Purim Baked Turkey Schnitzel with Sweet-Sour Onion Compote; and Macadamia Orange Cake with Red Berry Sauce. Whether you're cooking for yourself and your family any day of the week or preparing a holiday feast for friends and relatives, Healthy Cooking for the Jewish Home is bound to satisfy all your culinary needs.

Variety is not only the spice of life; it's also the spice of nourishing menus. The two hundred healthful, tasty, innovative kosher recipes in this book are sure to add inspiration to your menus and variety to your daily eating, as well as zest to the lives of those who share your table.

Interesting textbook: At Home in the Vineyard or Bakers Field Guide to Holiday Candy and Confections

Techniques in Home Winemaking: The Comprehensive Guide to Making Chateau-Style Wines

Author: Daniel Pambianchi

From crushing grapes to bottling wine, this essential handbook enables the home winemaker to make informed decisions about ingredients, equipment, and the winemaking process. Precise step-by-step instructions lead both novice and advanced winemakers through all of the important procedures, including selecting and working with new equipment, determining the best material for specific styles, analyzing the product, monitoring acidity levels, and common troubleshooting problems. Using accessible charts and tables to offer detailed instructions for making Pinot noir, port, and sparkling wines, this newly updated edition also covers often overlooked topics, such as ice wines and blending varieties.

Time Magazine

Flow charts and clearly organized chapters make for an in-depth reference work.

What People Are Saying

Thomas Bachelder
There's in-depth of detail here that I have previously seen only in professional texts. . . . I just wish Daniel Pambianchi's book was available when I was just starting out as a winemaker . . . it could have saved me a lot of trial and error along the way. (Thomas Bachelder, winemaker, Lemelson Winery)

South African Illusitrated Cookbook or Healthy Heart Cookbook

2008-12-31T08:53:00.000-08:00

South African Illusitrated Cookbook

Author: Lehla Eldridg

This illustrated cookbook makes a wonderful gift and a memento for both locals and tourists. The illustrator has captured various landmarks around South Africa to accompany the many local recipes she has garnered from cooks around the country. Recipes include traditional Xhosa, Zulu, English, Afrikaans, Cape Malay, Indian, Portuguese and contemporary South African dishes.

Book about: Seafood Handbook or Feast of Santa Fe

Healthy Heart Cookbook: Over 50 Simple, Tasty and Nutritious Recipes That Are Low in Salt, Fat and Cholesterol

Author: Helen Middleton

Don't become another statistic: make a few changes to the way you cook and eat to dramatically reduce the risk of coronary heart disease.

Relaxed Kitchen or Foods of the Maya

2008-12-30T21:11:00.000-08:00

Relaxed Kitchen: How to Entertain with Casual Elegance and Never Lose Your Mind, Incinerate the Souffle, or Murder the Guests

Author: Brigit Binns

Did you ever have a dinner party disaster? Yes, I’m afraid so. Have you ever bitten off more than you could chew by cooking a complex main course? Well, yes. Did you ever find yourself barbecuing a large pig in your swimsuit and sarong when uninvited porn stars show up for dinner? Uh…now wait just a minute…

If any or all of these things happened to you, fear not. They’ve all happened to Brigit Binns, the globe-trotting expert on relaxed and elegant entertaining, and she’s here to help turn disasters into delight. Brigit’s not afraid to admit that she’s had plenty of dinner party nightmares because she’s learned from her mistakes. In The Relaxed Kitchen, she’s here to share some hilarious stories of her failures, her embarrassments and, happily, her triumphs; but, most importantly, she’s here to share her hard-won entertaining secrets. From a precariously balanced Napoleon dripping with deep red berry sauce – served in a pristine, just-decorated, all-white London flat – to frying an almost hallucinatory overabundance of duck breasts and potato cakes on a blisteringly hot terrace in Spain, Brigit’s learned what works beautifully and what doesn’t. From her years as a cookbook author, she’s developed a surefire plan that insures casually elegant entertaining. The recipes? Well, they’re just what you'd expect from someone in love with bold, Mediterranean flavors:

- smoky shrimp escabeche
- fried almonds with turmeric
- Tuscan style artichokes
- roasted pepper andsausage torta rustica
- butterflied leg of lamb with rosemary
- roast chicken strewn with thyme branches
- chimichurri skirt steak
- grilled lobster with smoked paprika mayo

As Brigit says at the opening of the book, “I fell in love with food before I got my first bra.” Only someone like Brigit, who is passionate about cooking, whose insatiable quest to entertain often and well has led to some questionable decisions and amusing results could persevere and arrive at a fail-safe plan for entertaining with elegance and ease. So invite Brigit Binns home, and make your own kitchen a Relaxed Kitchen.

Interesting textbook: Adobe Premiere Elements For Dummies or The Web Collection Revealed Premium Edition

Foods of the Maya: A Taste of the Yucatan

Author: Nancy Gerlach

Pompano tamales. Shrimp enchiladas. Candied sweet papaya. These are some of the foods whose recipes reside in the pages of Nancy and Jeffrey Gerlach's Foods of the Maya. The authors have spent years traveling throughout Mexico, familiarizing themselves with the cultures and cuisines of the people they have encountered. They created this cookbook to bring the flavors of the Yucatбn to tables north of the border.

In an easy-to-follow format, Foods of the Maya provides handy background and travel information about the region and some of its ruins before dipping into the ninety-one recipes included here, organized according to meal course. There are recipes that will suit most everyone's palate, from sauces and salsas to soups and sausages; from vegetarian and meat appetizers and main dishes to simple drinks and desserts. Each section begins with a brief description of the course and the types of food involved. The recipes are clear and easy to understand—one need not be a trained chef with a vast kitchen to create a tasty Yucatecan meal.

Foods of the Maya incorporates an array of cooking tips and techniques and a brief glossary of terms to help in food preparation—the authors have ensured that ingredients for their recipes are readily available at local food stores. This edition also includes an introduction by historian Jeffrey Pilcher which helps familiarize readers with the history and cultures of the Yucatбn peninsula. So the next time you get a hankering for something different, you might consider cooking up a platter of Yucatбn ribs or preparing a bowl of chayote pudding. Take a short trip to the Yucatбn—without leaving your kitchen.Nancyand Jeffrey Gerlach live in Albuquerque. Jeffrey Pilcher teaches history at The Citadel.

Heritage Cookbook or At Your Service

2008-12-30T11:30:00.000-08:00

Heritage Cookbook

Author: Junior League of Salt Lake City

The Heritage Cookbook holds a special place in the hearts of Utahns and anyone with an interest in the fascinating history of this vast and varied state. More than a collection of excellent recipes of every type, this bicentennial volume is a patchwork of people and stories, complete with a delightful children's section. It's a collector's item that you can use every day.

New interesting book: Recovery from Compulsive Eating or Group Psychotherapy with Addicted Populations

At Your Service: A Hands-on Guide to the Professional Dining Room

Author: The Culinary Institute of America

"The nation's most influential training school for professional cooks."
- Time magazine

The essential guide to the exemplary service and hospitality that build customer loyalty...and restaurant reputations

In today's competitive restaurant environment, culinary excellence is not enough. Dining establishments must offer the kind of service that sets them apart. From the renowned Culinary Institute of America, At Your Service is the comprehensive, contemporary guide to help professionals learn the ins and outs of running a successful front-of-the-house operation: taking reservations and greeting guests, basic service, table-side service, beverage service, and money handling.

The book includes:

• Guidelines to enhance service in a variety of settings, from formal French establishments to casual American restaurants

• Sidebars and real-life anecdotes from industry professionals to reinforce the principles of good service

• Effective ways to address staffing challenges
Ideas to enhance the relationship between the front and back of the house

• Sixty-four photographs of dining room service and techniques

Founded in 1946, THE CULINARY INSTITUTE OF AMERICA is an independent, not-for-profit college offering bachelor's and associate degrees in culinary arts and baking and pastry arts. Courses for foodservice professionals are offered at the college's main campus in Hyde Park, New York, and at its additional campus for continuing education, The Culinary Institute of America at Greystone, in St. Helena, California.

Michael Chiarellos Easy Entertaining Deck or Passionate Cook

2008-12-30T00:48:00.000-08:00

Michael Chiarello's Easy Entertaining Deck

Author: Michael Chiarello

From the kitchen of celebrated chef and television host Michael Chiarello, the deliciously simple recipes in this deck are sure to spice up any gathering. From crispy Sausage-Stuffed Olives to scrumptious Chocolate Panini friends and family will be coming back for seconds, or thirds!

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Passionate Cook: The Very Best of Karen Barnaby

Author: Karen Barnaby

Karen Barnaby has been a culinary leader for over 20 years. As Executive Chef at Vancouver's internationally renowned Fish House in Stanley Park, she emphasizes seasonal, organic ingredients and uncomplicated techniques. Her cookbooks Pacific Passions, Screamingly Good Food, and The Girls Who Dish series that she co-wrote and edited showcase her playful, innovative approach to food.

The Passionate Cook presents over 200 of Karen's favourite recipes from these books, as well as new recipes. Karen's appetizers, soups, salads, main courses, vegetarian dishes, and desserts are smart enough to serve dinner guests, but simple enough to enjoy anytime. With all-time favourite dishes such as Sour Dried Cherry and Chocolate Pound Cake, and Flat Roasted Chicken with Sweet Carrots, Prosciutto and Almonds, and new classics such as Lemongrass Lamb Satays and Salmon with Asparagus Sauce, The Passionate Cook is the cookbook her fans have been waiting for!

What Mrs Fisher Knows about Old Southern Cooking or Open Road Cookbook

2008-12-29T14:07:00.000-08:00

What Mrs. Fisher Knows about Old Southern Cooking: Soups, Pickles, Preserves, Etc.

Author: Abby Fisher

This is the oldest known African-American cookbook published in America. Originally published in San Francisco in 1881, it contains 160 authentic old Southern recipes and features an informative and authoritative introduction by noted culinary historian, Karen Hess, who specializes in the cuisine of the South.

Interesting book: Dr Fulfords Touch Of Life or Stools and Bottles

Open Road Cookbook: A Healthy Exchanges Cookbook

Author: JoAnna M Lund

RVs are becoming a more popular vacation choice than ever, as people crave more family time and seek to avoid the anxieties and hassles of air travel. And when RVers, boaters, campers, and tailgaters are out on the open road-or water-they still want healthy home cooking. Now, with this unique collection by seasoned RVer (and million-selling cookbook author) JoAnna Lund, vacationers and retired folks can eat as healthfully on the road as when they're at home. Lund sticks to recipes that are both easy to whip up and easy on the sodium, fat, and calories. And she also offers her old-hand traveler's survival tips, including...

• storage: cupboards vs. freezers
• transporting-for those potlucks and picnics
• pre-trip food prep
• grocery shopping: to perish or not to perish?

• skillets, spatulas, and stuff

• best brands for healthy eating

Publishers Weekly

In her newest Healthy Exchanges cookbook, Lund offers quick-and-easy, low-fat fare and sage advice for people hitting the highway-especially her fellow RV-ers-who want to do better than Denny's for breakfast, lunch and dinner. Her guide is a collection of "survival information and common folk healthy recipes," oriented for the 50-and-up crowd looking for simple ways to stay in good health while traveling. Lund doles out counsel on ways to plan so the trip feels like "home away from home." She also includes cooking tips, ways to remain active, and lists of food and kitchen equipment needed for the voyage out. Recipes include easy breakfast dishes (e.g., Baked Spanish Potato Omelet, Sour Cream French Toast), soups and sandwiches (Country Chicken Chowder), main dishes (Nacho Crescent Bake; Picnic Casserole) and speedy desserts. All are hearty, all-American dishes, but Lundt favors low-fat ingredients (including low-fat processed spreads) to keep the fat content down. Though these recipes are easy to prepare while on the road, they may be surprisingly heavy for some, and the lack of fresh ingredients may not please all palates. (Apr.) Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information.

Wild Sweets Chocolate or Classic Italian Cooking

2008-12-29T02:26:00.000-08:00

Wild Sweets Chocolate: Savory, Sweet, Bites, Drinks

Author: Dominique Duby

Wild, exotic ways to incorporate chocolate into sweet and savory delicacies.

Decadence and creativity merge into a blissful package of fine chocolate in this new cookbook by renowned chocolatiers Dominique and Cindy Duby. Chocolate is not delegated solely to the desserts section of this book but is incorporated throughout in savory dishes, giving each plate a velvety, complex and delicious finish. Not to worry: there are decadent desserts like baked chocolate cream and spiced caramel dust spoons.

This new cookbook includes sections on cocktails and drinks, savory dishes (shellfish, fish, meat, vegetables) and sweet ends. Also included are professional add-on recipes, a section on basics, and a resource list.

All the exquisite recipes reflect the rationale at Wild Sweets, the authors' chocolate atelier. They blend the exotic and the familiar, and offer elements of surprise with a sense of comfort. Among the selections:

• Braised short ribs, choco-wine sauce, cauliflower water risotto, and filo crunch
• BBQ pork, crispy gnocchi, toasted cocoa nibs, and spiced brown butter
• Apple gelée, rock shrimp, celery leaf salad with cranraisins, and white chocolate-curry leaf milk
• Slow-roasted salmon, cocoa muscovado consommé, and vanilla potatoes
• Frozen chocolate pineapple freezy and white rum daiquiri.

Wild Sweets Chocolate will enchant the home cook. There are over 150 recipes in all.

Book review: Kingsford and More or New American Bartenders Guide

Classic Italian Cooking: Recipes for Mastering the Italian Kitchen

Author: Valentina Harris

Celebrity chef Valentina Harris makes traditional Italian cooking easy. Over 100 authentic Italian Recipes have been simplified for the contemporary kitchen- piquant ragus with fresh pasta, nutty risottos, succulent meat and poultry dishes, aromatic fish and creamy desserts. Her instructions cover all the techniques necessary to master Italian cooking, from rolling fresh pasta, perfecting polenta and non-sticky gnocchi, notes on cleaning and boning fish and how to pick the choicest ingredients. An engaging raconteur she enriches her recipes with fascinating food facts and anecdotes from her store of childhood memories of the family kitchen in Tuscany. Her recipes are beautifully decorated with charming illustrations.

Complete Baking Cookbook or Hungering for America

2008-12-28T17:45:00.000-08:00

Complete Baking Cookbook: 350 Recipes from Cookies and Cakes to Muffins and Pies

Author: George Geary

The definitive book on baking for home cooks.

Nothing says comfort food like freshly baked cookies, a cake, muffins or homemade bread cooling in the kitchen. Creating those mouthwatering baked treats to share with family and friends is one of life's great pleasures.

The Complete Baking Cookbook provides the inspiration to explore the wonderful world of baking. And of course it includes the tested recipes to make it easy and tasty. Written by baker and pastry chef extraordinare George Geary, this collection of 350 easy-to-follow recipes offers a tantalizing variety of goodies from pies, tarts, cobblers and crisps, to cookies, cheesecakes and holiday pastries.

Here's just a small sampling:

• Blue ribbon double chocolate cookies; gingersnaps; maple sugar cookies
• Honey apple spice muffins; orange macadamia rolls; jumbo cinnamon rolls
• Sweet potato pie; apple cherry cobbler; Passover honey cheesecake
• Holiday English trifle; Christmas cherry cake; spring Easter Lemon torte.

What really sets this baking book apart from others is that there is a special section with comprehensive material for each category of baked good. For example, the cookies chapter includes instructions and line drawings on effective techniques (scooping, using a pastry bag), troubleshooting and tips, choosing the right pan, and comparison charts.

With hundreds of recipes and an abundance of luscious photographs, this book will be cherished by home bakers everywhere.

Introduction
• Electric Equipment
• Hand Tools
• Baking Pan
• Common Ingredients Cookies, Bars and Squares
• Introduction and Tips
• Cookies, 44 recipes
• Bar Cookies and Brownies, 26 recipes Pies, Tarts and Cobblers
• Introduction and Tips
• Pie Pastry Doughs and Crusts, 7 recipes
• Double-Crust Pies, 5 recipes
• Single-Crust Pies, 12 recipes
• Tarts, 6 recipes
• Cobbler, Crisps and Buckles, 5 recipes Cakes
• Introduction and Tips
• Cheesecakes, 12 recipes
• Two-Layer Cakes, 11 recipes
• One-Pan Cakes, 20 recipes
• Cupcakes and Jelly Rolls, 7 recipes Frostings, Glazes and More
• Introduction and Tips
• 29 recipes Confections
• Introduction and Tips
• Fudges, 8 recipes
• Confections, 18 recipes Grand Finales
• Puddings and Custards, 10 recipes
• Desserts, 26 recipes Breakfast Breads
• Introduction and Tips
• Breakfast Rolls, 8 recipes
• Muffins, 20 recipes
• Scones and Biscuits, 21 recipes Holiday Favorites
• Introduction
• Holiday Cakes, Pies and Pastry, 11 recipes
• Muffins, Quick Breads, Cookies and Candies, 13 recipes
• Holiday Cheesecakes, 9 recipes

Sources
Index

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Hungering for America: Italian, Irish, and Jewish Foodways in the Age of Migration

Author: Hasia R Diner

Millions of immigrants were drawn to American shores, not by the mythic streets paved with gold, but rather by its tables heaped with food. How they experienced the realities of America's abundant food--its meat and white bread, its butter and cheese, fruits and vegetables, coffee and beer--reflected their earlier deprivations and shaped their ethnic practices in the new land.

Hungering for America tells the stories of three distinctive groups and their unique culinary dramas. Italian immigrants transformed the food of their upper classes and of sacred days into a generic "Italian" food that inspired community pride and cohesion. Irish immigrants, in contrast, loath to mimic the foodways of the Protestant British elite, diminished food as a marker of ethnicity. And, East European Jews, who venerated food as the vital center around which family and religious practice gathered, found that dietary restrictions jarred with America's boundless choices.

These tales, of immigrants in their old worlds and in the new, demonstrate the role of hunger in driving migration and the significance of food in cementing ethnic identity and community. Hasia Diner confirms the well-worn adage, "Tell me what you eat and I will tell you what you are."

Publishers Weekly

In this fascinating survey of the eating habits and influences of Jewish, Italian and Irish immigrants, Diner, a professor of American Jewish history at New York University, charts with wit and graceful prose the similarities and differences between these three distinct groups as they encountered mainstream American culture. Italian immigrants, fleeing poverty and a rigid, class-based economic system, found in America the ability to take "possession of elite food associated with the well-off" and to forge a new collective ethnic identity; in doing so they introduced Italian cuisine to America and created lucrative culinary business opportunities. The Irish, fleeing famine, did not possess a complex "national food culture" because they came from a place "where hunger... defined identity." But many Irish women became cooks and servants (and incidentally, were always called "Biddy"), and thereby entered domestic American life and became familiar with its bourgeois foods and customs. Eastern European Jews "lived in a world where food was sacred for all," as well as tightly controlled by religious law. Like Italians, Jews made their food a public statement of identity, and the availability of nonkosher foods in the U.S. exacerbated conflicts between traditional and assimilationist factions. Diner deftly juggles a huge amount of detail and analysis drawing upon memoirs, cookbooks, newspaper accounts, films and studies of consumer culture and provides both political and social insights in a highly accessible social history. (Jan.) Copyright 2001 Cahners Business Information.

Art of Lithuanian Cooking or Delias Winter Collection

2008-12-28T07:04:00.000-08:00

Art of Lithuanian Cooking

Author: Maria Gieysztor de Gorgey

"Art of Lithuanian Cooking is a culinary showcase of palate-pleasing regional delights." --The Midwest Book Review "Here is a collection of Lithuanian recipes that will be welcome on any table." --The International Cookbook Revue This favorite Hippocrene cookbook includes over 150 authentic Lithuanian recupes such as "Fresh Cucumber Soup," "Lithuanian Meat Pockets," "Hunter's Stew," "Potato Zeppelins," as well as delicacies like "Homemade Honey Liqueur," and "Easter Gypsy Cake." The author's introduction and easy step-by-step directions ensure that even novice cooks can create authentic, delicious Lithuanian recipes.

Book review: Zachary Taylor or The Long Loneliness

Delia's Winter Collection

Author: Delia Smith

Delia's Winter Collection is a joyful celebration of the season rich with autumn fruits and winter vegetables, fish and game, soups and roasts, casseroles and comfort food. Delia seeks to investigate new ways to bring out the fullest flavor of ingredients, whether it is by oven-roasting or grilling to concentrate the essence of a dish, or by her individual blending of flavors to transform even the simplest of recipes. Delia shares her ideas for creamy risottos made in the oven, vegetable combinations to cook alongside main courses, and preserves that eliminate fuss.

	Conversion Tables	6
	Introduction	7
Chapter 1	Warming up - the Soup Collection	8
Chapter 2	Warm Salads, Hot Starters and Supper Dishes	28
Chapter 3	Seafood in Winter	48
Chapter 4	Poultry and the Game Season	68
Chapter 5	The Winter Vegetarian	88
Chapter 6	The Top Ten Casseroles and Braised Dishes	108
	Autumn and Winter Entertaining	126
Chapter 7	A Sunday Lunch Revival and other Meat Dishes	128
	Timings for One O'Clock Lunches for Eight	146
Chapter 8	Winter Vegetable Selection	148
Chapter 9	Stars of the East	164
Chapter 10	Autumn, Winter and Party Desserts	176
Chapter 11	Proper Puddings	200
Chapter 12	Back to Home Baking	212
	Ingredients Update	233
Chapter 13	Marmalades and other Preserves	236
	Suppliers and Stockists	248
	Equipment Update	250
	Index	251

In a Persian Kitchen or Picnics 50 Inspired Recipes Card Deck

2008-12-27T21:23:00.000-08:00

In a Persian Kitchen: Favorite Recipes from the near East

Author: Maideh Mazda

As long as I can remember I have always been fond of good food and have always taken an interest in cooking. I believed that my interest in cooking began when I was a little girl and lived with my grandmother in Baku, Russia. Grandmother, who was an extraordinary woman for her time, was a tall, strong, and very handsome lady. In her deep-set black eyes on could see the kindness, generosity, and hospitality for which the Persians have always been famous.

Go to: Massage or Silent Passage

Picnics 50 Inspired Recipes Card Deck

Author: Robin Miller

What better way to enjoy the great outdoors than to pack a picnic full of fresh and tasty treats to share with good friends?

The Picnics Deck by Food Network star Robin Miller provides everything you need for putting together gourmet spreads that are not only easy to prepare and transport but also bursting with delicious flavors. Featuring recipes for scrumptious salads, sandwiches, dips, desserts, and more, this deck also includes a section of indispensable tips for planning your next picnic in the park, at the beach, or anywhere. Alfresco dining has never been this delectable, elegant, and enjoyable!

White Dog Cafe Cookbook or Cooking Up Fun for Kids with Diabetes

2008-12-27T12:42:00.000-08:00

White Dog Cafe Cookbook: Multicultural Recipes and Tales of Adventure from Philadelphia's Revolutionary Restaurant

Author: Judy Wicks

The White Dog Cafe has earned interational acclaim for its exceptional food, innovative menus,and commitment to community involvement and social responsibility. Now, in their first cookbook, Proprietor Judy Wicks and Chef Kevin von Klause share 250 kitchen-tested recipes for their internationally inspired American cuisine, along with tales of adventure from more than 15 years of implementing the White Dog's philosophy of 'eating well while doing good.'

They accomplish this by using the freshest produce available, buying it from local farmers, sponsoring and interacting with sister restaurants around the world and at home, and opening up their restaurant as a forum for lectures and debates on social issues from public education and environmental protection to bioethics and international peace.<>p>Illustrated with Judy Wicks' delightful line drawings and evocative black-and-white photographs of the restaurant's canine-inspired decor, the Whitte Dog Cafe Cookbook is an entertaining read and an important culinary reference sure to inspire any cook -- in the kitchen or in the community.

New York Times - Marchese

The White Dog Cafe has become not only one of [Philadelphia's] most consistently popular and well-reviewed restaurants, but also Ms. Wicks' chautauqua.

Publishers Weekly

Wicks, a community activist, and von Klause, a chef, are partners in a 15-year-old Philadelphia restaurant known for its advocacy of organic foods and innovative food preparation. Here, they offer some 250 recipes. As is often the case with restaurant-based cookbooks, however, a significant number of dishes require considerable skill and time, e.g., Baked Shrimp and Pork Spring Rolls with Apricot-Pickled Ginger Dipping Sauce. The homemade pasta in Braised Wild Mushrooms Under Herb-Printed Pasta requires fresh herbs sandwiched between two thin sheets of dough. Chili-Rubbed Duck Breasts with Sun-Dried Cherry Glaze calls for one cup of Veal Demi-Glac, which can be prepared in advance but takes up to five hours to reduce. Some dishes, such as Watermelon and Shrimp Salad with Jalapeno-Lime Dressing, unite ingredients with startling invention. The authors shine with simpler meals such as Sauted Chicken and Mushrooms in Marsala-Sage Sauce and Tarragon-Braised Lamb Shanks. Photos not seen by PW. (Mar.)

Marchese

The White Dog Cafe has become not only one of [Philadelphia's] most consistently popular and well-reviewed restaurants, but also Ms. Wicks' chautauqua. -- The New York Times

What People Are Saying

Alice Waters
The White Dog Cafe is an extraordinary example of a restaurant that offers delicious food, inspired by the local agriculture. Judy Wicks and Kevin von Klause understand the important relationship of food and culture. -- Chef of Chez Panisse

Ben Cohen
The White Dog Cafe is food for the body and the spirit. This book will bring joy and great food to your table. It is nourishment in the most complete sense. -- Co-founder, Ben & Jerry's Ice Cream

Look this: Food for Life or Reiki Energy Medicine Bringing the Healing Touch into Home Hospital and Hospice

Cooking Up Fun for Kids with Diabetes

Author: Patricia Bazel Geil

Here are simple, fun, healthy recipes and activities for kids with diabetes that they can make themselves or with their parents.

Recipes and projects help kids understand the importance of food to their health. Includes:

Recipes that teach children about the link between diabetes and nutrition
Hints for parents on managing their children's nutrition
Creative projects to enrich children's connection to food

Patti B. Geil, M.S., R.D., F.A.D.A., C.D.E. is a diabetes nutrition educator at the University of Kentucky Hospital, an associate editor of the ADA Editorial Advisory Board and a coauthor of two books published by the ADA.

Tami A. Ross, R.D., C.D.E. is a diabetes educator at the University of Kentucky Hospital.

Scratch That or Cornbread Nation 4

2008-12-27T01:01:00.000-08:00

Scratch That: Seasonal Menus & Perfect Pairings

Author: Connie Fairbanks

SEASONAL INGREDIENTS, RECIPES THAT TAKE YOU FROM FANCY ENTERTAINING TO DOWN-HOME PICNICS ARE COMBINED WITH ANECDOTAL TRAVEL STORIES AND BREATHTAKING PHOTOGRAPHS FOR THE BEST COOKBOOK EVER FOR THE HOME CHEF

Scratch That™ Seasonal Menus and Perfect Pairings is a new cookbook for the home chef, the first by Connie Fairbanks in which she shares recipes for family favorites with advice on how to make the preparation easy and the results mouthwatering. Connie's Notes accompany each recipe with tips on shopping for seasonal ingredients, explanations of cooking terms, suggestions for table decor and even appropriate wine and beer pairings. Dozens of recipes are accompanied by mouthwatering photographs.

Scratch That™ Seasonal Menus and Perfect Pairings uses popular, familiar ingredients to the home chef, but with a twist. A brunch of parmesan, arugula and quince skewers with Prosecco is inspired by her travels in European cities. Connie's recipe for barbeque harkens back to family gatherings in Kansas where she grew up but she livens it up with
a spicy red pepper dip from Spain followed by chilled cantaloupe soup served ice cold in four-inch shot glasses tucked into a tiny bucket of crushed ice. A colorful and light summer menu brings together the best that summer has to offer. It starts with a spicy gazpacho, which is followed by grilled swordfish, highlighted with oregano and pancetta
and then ends on a sweet note with a rustic fruit pie. To please the most adventurous, Connie offers a raclette with cornichons and picked onions in the fall/winter menus.

The book is divided into six chapters, with two chapters of 18 menus devoted to each season of the year. Eachrecipe is included in a menu with instructions on what to do the day before, how to shop and suggestions for imaginative presentation that the home chef will appreciate. Cooking terms and ethnic ingredients have definitions and phonetic spellings highlighted on the same page.

All Connie's menus are balanced with seasonal ingredients, tastes, ease of preparation and variety. Wines and beers are suggested for each menu to take the guesswork out of what to serve and tips on pairing food and wine.

Because cooking rests in part on choosing the right equipment, one of the books four non-menu chapters is on Kitchen Essentials, broken down into must-have and nice-to-have equipment. A second chapter addresses The Basics, recipes that you use all the time in one place, basics about salt and spices, the perfect cup of coffee and how to load the dishwasher properly. On Wine and Beer, the book offers a cheat sheet for phonetic spellings of wine, wine pairings and toasts around the world. Finally, because Connie Fairbanks knows that sometimes you just want to go out to dinner, a chapter entitled, "When You Go Out to Eat," explains how to make the reservation, tipping and etiquette in the restaurant.

Midwest Book Review

In "Scratch That: Seasonal Menus & Perfect Pairings", Connie Fairbanks draws upon a lifetime's experience in the kitchen (she began when she was five years old) to compile and wonderfully illustrate truly exquisite dishes suitable for any and all dining occasions. "Scratch That" begins with chapters devoted to 'Kitchen Essentials'; 'Basic Recipes and other Kitchen Know-How'. this is then followed by recipes organized around specific dining occasions in the spring and summer with menus such as the Weekend Brunch; First Barbecue on the Deck; Picnic Anytime; Working Lunch; and more. Dining occasions for the fall and winter are clustered around menus devoted to the Salmon Soiree; Thursday Nights Supper; World Series Party; Romantic Dinner for Two; and more. There are even chapters devoted to wine and beer; and 'When You go Out to Dinner'. Beautifully illustrated throughout with color photography, the recipes range from Banana Tea Bread; French Breakfast Radishes with Butter and Kosher Salt; Sauteed Mushrooms on Toasts; and Fresh Peach Cobbler; to Roasted Salmon and Vegetable Bundles; Garlic and Sun-Dried Tomato Dip; Rack of Lamb with Rosemary and Wine Sauce; and Pineapple Upside-Down Cake. "Scratch That" is especially and enthusiastically recommended for the cookbook collection of the novice family chef, and has wonderful culinary ideas for even the more experienced kitchen cook.

Books about: The Pause or The Fussy Eaters Recipe Book

Cornbread Nation 4: The Best of Southern Food Writing

Author: Dale Volberg Reed

This New Collection in the Southern Foodways Alliance's popular series serves up a fifty-three-course celebration of Southern foods, Southern cooking, and the people and traditions behind them. Editors Dale Volberg Reed and John Shelton Reed have combed magazines, newspapers, books, and journals to gather some of the best food writing by such authors as Edna Lewis, Rick Bragg, Hal Crowther, and R. W. Apple Jr. Cornbread Nation 4 is certain to satisfy everyone from omnivorous chowhounds to the most discerning students of regional foodways.

Pop Matters

Cornbread Nation 4 is a vivid, heart-felt, often lyrical look at some of the most iconic food of the South-- from the commercial to the home-cooked to the most seasonal of delicacies, gathered in the wild ... You'll wish you could stop by and meet these legends-- along with many of the authors and characters in Cornbread Nation 4-- for yer'self.

Theresa Curry - The Daily News Record

Anyone who has ever split a fresh biscuit or held a steaming cup of Brunswick stew during a chilly outdoor event will appreciate 'Cornbread Nation 4' ... It's wonderfully varied church supper of Southern food, Southern cooking, and Southern people ... a compilation that will make even a Yankee's mouth water.

Erin Rossiter - The Athens Banner-Herald

The stories, most of which have no recipes at all, promise to stuff the soul if not the stomach.

Rosemarie Lewis - Library Journal

Unlike the two previous collections, the fourth in the series, edited by the coauthors of 1001 Things Everyone Should Know About the South, rejects a binding theme, instead meandering throughout the South in eight structured sections. The selections are solid, and standouts include a haunting photo-essay on the Apalachicola oyster industry by Amy Evans, Rick Bragg's stubbornly worded "This Isn't the Last Dance," Rick Brooks's report on the effort local cooks have taken to recapture recipes that were lost to Katrina, Brett Anderson's fascinating transcript of a conversation on the life and career of Paul Prudhomme, and Audrey Petty's sweet reminiscences of eating chitlins with her mother. Among the 53 selections are many recipes, not found in previous compilations, which greatly enhance the book. For regional cookery and Southern studies collections.

Introduction     1
Spring   Edna Lewis     5
Louisiana and the Gulf Coast: Before
Tabasco: Edmund McIlhenny and the Birth of a Louisiana Pepper Sauce   Shane K. Bernard     13
Boudin and Beyond   Mary Tutwiler     20
First You Make a Roux   Terri Pischoff Wuerthner     26
A Lunchtime Institution Overstuffs Its Last Po' Boy   R. W. Apple Jr.     32
Apalachicola   Amy Evans     37
The Natural   Brett Anderson     53
Louisiana and the Gulf Coast: After
This Isn't the Last Dance   Rick Bragg     69
Letter from New Orleans   Lolis Eric Elie     71
From the Crescent City to the Bayou City   Peggy Grodinsky     78
A Meal to Remember   Judy Walker     83
Comforting Food: Recapturing Recipes Katrina Took Away   Rick Brooks     88
Willie Mae's Scotch House   Jim Auchmutey     93
Crab Man   Robb Walsh     97
Interlude: The Lowcountry
Lowcountry Lowdown   Jack Hitt     109
Carolina Comfort, out of Africa   Matt Lee   Ted Lee     115
Sweet Things
Sugar: Savior orSatan?   Molly O'Neill     121
Molasses-Colored Glasses   Frederick Douglass Opie     130
The Genie in the Bottle of Red Food Coloring   Beth Ann Fennelly     139
Corndog Nation
Store Lunch   Jerry Leath Mills     145
The South's Love Affair with Soft Drinks   Tom Hanchett     147
The Moon Pie: A Southern Journey   William Ferris     153
Mountain Dogs   Fred Sauceman     160
Scattered, Smothered, Covered, and Chunked: Fifty Years of the Waffle House   Candice Dyer     166
Let Us Now Praise Fabulous Cooks   John T. Edge     172
Downhome Food
Molly Mooching on Bradley Mountain   Mary Hufford     181
Deep Roots   Wendell Brock     189
Tough Enough: The Muscadine Grape   Simone Wilson     194
Making a Mess of Poke   Dan Huntley     196
Green Party   Julia Reed     201
Something Special   Carroll Leggett     206
Cornbread in Buttermilk   Michael McFee     211
Salt   Michael McFee     212
Pork Skins   Michael McFee     214
Rinds   Fred Thompson     216
Late-Night Chitlins with Momma   Audrey Petty     218
No Bones about It   Carol Penn-Romine     222
The Way of All Flesh   Hal Crowther     224
By the Silvery Shine of the Moon   Jim Myers     228
Downhome Places
Is There a Difference between Southern and Soul?   Shaun Chavis     237
Movement Food   Bernard Lafayette     245
Ricky Parker   David Leite     252
Home away from Home Cookin'   Deb Barshafsky     256
The Cypress Grill   T. Edward Nickens     261
Compare and Contrast
Roll Over, Escoffier   Jim Ferguson     267
Wie Geht's, Y'all? German Influences in Southern Cooking   Fred R. Reenstjerna     270
Living North/Eating South   Jessica B. Harris     273
Why Jews Don't Get Quail   Marcie Cohen Ferris     275
Southern by the Grits of God   Timothy C. Davis     279
Ziti vs. Kentucky   Cindy Lamb     282
Dennis Water Cress   Christopher Lang     285
Frank Stitt   Pat Conroy     288
Benediction   The Reverend Will D. Campbell     293
Contributors     299
Acknowledgments     303

Cooking School Secrets for Real World Cooks or Solar Cooking for Home and Camp

2008-12-26T15:20:00.000-08:00

Cooking School Secrets for Real World Cooks

Author: Linda Carucci

When it comes to food, Linda Carucci is at the top of her class. As a cooking instructor with more than 20 years of food industry experience, no one is more qualified than Linda to reveal the indispensable everyday secrets and shortcuts that professional chefs use constantly in their cooking. Each of the more than 100 sensational recipes soups and salads, pasta and risotto, main courses and side dishes, plus indulgent desserts offers truly useful guidelines and tips. What is a chinois and why will this make homemade chicken stock better? Why are Turkish bay leaves preferable to the California variety? What cut of meat will ensure the most flavorful pork chop? Why is a marinade essential when grilling a flank steak? Why should granita be frozen in a square, rather than round, pan? The recipes go from down-home good and simple-to-prepare favorites (Tomato Cheddar Soup, Spaghetti and Meatballs) to guest-worthy, look-what-I-can-do feasts (Double-Crusted Timpano, Rack of Lamb). Clear illustrations show techniques such as how to cut the skin from a salmon fillet and slice basil into a chiffonade (and what is a chiffonade anyway?). Add to that a myriad of user-friendly charts (recommended temperatures for meat doneness; typical cuts of poultry, meat, and pork), menus, and resources, and any new cook as well as the not-so-new ones will quickly find that going back to school is way more fun (and delicious) than they ever remembered.

Publishers Weekly

Carucci has no TV program or series of books to her name. She is, foremost, a teacher who has worked her way through the ranks of culinary America for 20 years. Trained at the California Culinary Academy, she went on to become one of the IACP's Cooking Teachers of the Year. If this first cookbook is any indication, that was a well-deserved honor. There's much to learn here, and Carucci presents the information clearly without dumbing it down, whether she's addressing the crucial roles of salt and butter or the fact that an enzyme in some people's saliva makes cilantro taste, to them, like soap. The first 50 pages cover cooking basics and dig into topics like understanding the palate and using knives. Drawings throughout illustrate such feats as slitting squid and butterflying boneless chicken breasts. Of the 100 recipes offered, the best combine Carucci's formal training with her Italian ancestry. There are cinematic mega-dishes like Double-Crusted Timpano with Fusilli, Ricotta, and Tender Little Meatballs; staples like Chicken Cacciatore, and Braised Calamari in Red Sauce; and four different risottos. Adventuresome dishes include Vietnamese-Style Honey-Glazed Pork Skewers, and Turkey Mole, with over two dozen ingredients. Chocolate appears not only in that mole but also in a handful of rich desserts like Devil's Food Cake with Dark Chocolate Ganache. However, the greatest pleasures are the scores of tips and secrets alluded to in the title. "Beware of scallops that look pure white." "Potatoes cook evenly if you start with cold water." Who knew? (July) Copyright 2005 Reed Business Information.

Pt. 1	Cooking basics	13
	Equipment matters	15
	Knife skills and cuts	19
	Mise en place	22
	Do no harm : food safety	23
	Cooking methods	24
	How cooking changes the texture and flavor of foods	35
	Using your senses when you cook	37
	Understanding your palate	38
	Cooking with the seasons	40
	Seasoning to taste	42
	Brining and today's "new" meats and poultry	45
	Attentive tasting	46
	A few words about menu planning	47
	Creative cooking	48
	A few words about plate presentation	49
Pt. 2	Recipes	51
	Guidelines for preparing the recipes in this book	52
	Secrets for successful stocks and broths	56
	Recipes that use homemade chicken stock, chicken broth, or vegetable broth	59
	Secrets for successful soups	65
	Secrets for successful salads	78
	Secrets for successful risotto	95
	Secrets for cooking perfect pasta	107
	Secrets for preparing fish and shellfish successfully	134
	Secrets for selecting and cooking poultry successfully	162
	Secrets for preparing meats successfully	208
	Secrets for pairing side dishes with main dishes	249
	Secrets for choosing an appropriate dessert	287
	Secrets for preparing successful desserts	288
Pt. 3	Seasonal recipes, menus, and sources	314
	Seasonal recipes	316
	Twelve seasonal menus for casual and special occasions	319

Book review: The 90 10 Weight Loss Plan or Thin for Life

Solar Cooking for Home and Camp

Author: Linda Frederick Yaff

Quickly toss together the ingredients for Cashew Curry, place it in the solar cooker, point the cooker to the midday sun, and head to work. You'll come home to a ready-to-eat hot meal. Solar cooking is a simple and easy way to prepare a meal without heating up the kitchen, simply by using the sun's heat. Perfect for dishes requiring delicate cooking like Cheese Strata and Solar Baked Custard, and fish cooks up moist. Eliminate parboiling and marinating—foods cook all in one step.

Fish and Shellfish Grilled and Smoked or Ultimate Smoothies

2008-12-26T03:39:00.000-08:00

Fish and Shellfish, Grilled and Smoked: 300 Foolproof Recipes for Everything from Amberjack to Whitefish, Plus Really Good Rubs, Marvelous Marinades, Sassy Sauces, and Sumptous Sides

Author: Karen Adler

With the increasing availability of delicious seafood year-round, fresh fish and shellfish are a regular part of nutritious menus. In their new cookbook Fish & Shellfish, Grilled & Smoked, grill experts Karen Adler and Judith M. Fertig demonstrate just how easy it is to make delicious, perfectly grilled or smoked fish and shellfish. They start by covering all the basics of equipment, techniques, and fish substitution guidelines, then provide easy-to-follow recipes as simple as Balsamic Smoked Haddock or Tequila-Lime Grilled Shrimp, and as elegant as Oak-Planked Salmon Charmoula or Thai-Style Stir-Grilled Snapper in Lemongrass Marinade. Adler and Fertig round out their collection of recipes with everything you need to complete a perfect meal: marinades, rubs, relishes, and sauces, as well as side dishes made both on and off the grill.

Library Journal

Adler (Best Little Grilling Cookbook) and Fertig (Prairie Home Cooking), coauthors of an earlier grilling and smoking cookbook, live in Kansas City, MO, which they describe as the "melting pot of barbecue." Here they offer dozens of recipes inspired by a wide range of cuisines, from Cider-Marinated Boston Bluefish to Grilled Seafood Paella to Smoked Asian Leaf-Wrapped Snapper. There's also a large section devoted to "Everything Else You Need": rubs and marinades, salsas and relishes, and side dishes. The grilling recipes outnumber the smoking ones, and indeed most backyard cooks are more likely to turn to the former first, but the easy, varied recipes for using a smoker as well as the focus on fish and shellfish help set this book apart from the myriad others on outdoor cookery. For most collections. Copyright 2002 Cahners Business Information.

New interesting textbook:

Ultimate Smoothies: Delicious Recipes for Over 125 of the Best Smoothies, Freezes, and Blasts

Author: Donna Pliner Rodnitzky

No longer simply a drink for the health conscious, smoothies are now enjoying a surge of popularity among people from all walks of life. It's easy to see why. Not only are these refreshing drinks nutritious, they're also mouth-wateringly delicious. In Ultimate Smoothies, you will find easy-to-make recipes for the most delectable smoothies, freezes, and blasts imaginable.

Contents
Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. Health Benefits of Smoothies
2. The Incomparable Fruit: How to Select, Prepare, and Store Fresh Fruit
3. Making the Ultimate Smoothie: Equipment and Techniques
4. Back to Basics: Classic Smoothie Favorites
5. Smoooothies! Dairy Can Be Merry
6. Rx Smoothies: Drink to Your Health
7. Outrageously Decadent: Indulgence in a Glass
8. Black Tie Only: Smoothies Go Uptown
9. Garnishes with a Flourish
Index
International Conversion Chart

Pillsbury Best of the Bake off Cookies and Bars or Chicken A La King And The Buffalo Wing

2008-12-25T17:57:00.000-08:00

Pillsbury Best of the Bake-off Cookies and Bars

Author: Pillsbury Editors

Discover America's All-time Best Cookies and Bars

For more than a half century, the Pillsbury Bake-Off Contest has celebrated the creativity of America's home bakers—and showcased the country's best baked goods. Cookies and bars are perennial Bake-Off favorites, and this cookbook presents more than 100 of the winners over the years—a bountiful collection of sweet treats that you and your family will love.

The recipes inside are easy to make and oh-so-delicious to eat. From 1949's Starlight Mint Surprise Cookies to 2006's Praline Brookies, you'll find recipe after recipe that hits the spot. These cookies and bars are guaranteed to have your family and friends clamoring for more—and might even inspire you to create your own $1 million Bake-Off recipe!

Open the book and find:

• 107 delicious Bake-Off recipes along with 39 full-color photos to tempt and inspire you

• Most-requested recipes, family favorites, bake-sale crowd-pleasers, brownie delights and

• holiday treats

• A timeline that chronicles the Bake-Off Contest through the decades

• Complete nutrition information for each recipe

Chicken A La King And The Buffalo Wing

Author: Gilbar

We all know that "sandwich" and "eggs benedict" are named after people and that "Dover sole" and "Irish stew" are named after places. But how about the "Granny Smith" apple or the "Bing cherry", the "Bermuda onion" or "Anaheim chile?" For readers who have always been curious about the origin of the names of certain foods, dishes and beverages, this fun and informative reference is set forth like a menu--first dinner, then lunch and breakfast, where readers are free to gorge themselves on the literary dainties inside. Bon appetit!

Nasty Bits or Recipes from the Night Kitchen

2008-12-25T07:16:00.000-08:00

Nasty Bits: Collected Varietal Cuts, Usable Trim, Scraps, and Bones

Author: Anthony Bourdain

In the multiweek New York Times bestseller The Nasty Bits, bestselling chef and No Reservations host Anthony Bourdain serves up a well-seasoned hellbroth of candid, often outrageous stories from his worldwide misadventures. Whether surviving a lethal hot pot in Chengdu, splurging on New York’s priciest sushi, or singing the praises of Ecuadorian line cooks and Hell’s Kitchen dives, Bourdain is as provocative, engaging, and opinionated as ever. The Nasty Bits is an irresistible tasting menu of food writing at its outrageous best—served up Bourdain style.

The New York Times - Bruce Handy

Bourdain is a vivid and witty writer, but his greatest gift is his ability to convey his passion for professional cooking — "this thing of ours," he calls it, a touch melodramatically, in tribute to La Cosa Nostra. With one eye on the kitchen and the other on the dining room, he never loses sight of how the terrestrial inevitably informs the divine.

Publishers Weekly

In this typically bold effort, Bourdain (Kitchen Confidential), like the fine chef he is, pulls together an entertaining feast from the detritus of his years of cooking and traveling. Arranged around the basic tastes: salty, sweet, sour, bitter and umami (a Japanese term for a taste the defies description), this scattershot collection of anecdotes puts Bourdain's brave palate, notorious sense of adventure and fine writing on display. From the horrifying opening passages, where he joins an Arctic family in devouring a freshly slaughtered seal, to a final work of fiction, the text may disappoint those who've come to expect more honed kitchen insights from the chef. Surprisingly, though, the less substantive kitchen material Bourdain has to work from only showcases his talent for observation. This book isn't for the effete foodies Bourdain clearly despises (though they'd do well to read it). He criticizes celebrity chefs, using Rocco DiSpirito as a "cautionary tale," and commends restaurants that still serve stomach-turning if palate-pleasing dishes, such as New York's Pierre au Tunnel (now closed), which offered t te de veau, essentially "calf's face, rolled up and tied with its tongue and thymus gland." Fans of Bourdain's hunger for the edge will gleefully consume this never-boring book. Author tour. (May) Copyright 2006 Reed Business Information.

Library Journal

Bourdain does not suffer fools, airplane food, or pretension wisely. His latest non-cookbook-an essay collection divided into the flavors of salty, sweet, bitter, sour, and umami-makes for highly entertaining and sometimes shocking reading. Readers, in turn, will encounter a range of thoughts, from a challenging description of a seal being butchered for food to musings on Brazilian street food and the unsung French bistro classics like Rongons de Veau Dijonnaise and Tripes a la Mode de Caen and other old-fashioned dishes that some might feel are the "nasty bits" indeed. Lovers of adventurous culinary experiences will find much to whet their appetites here, and those who loathe the celebrity chef phenomena will find a friend in Bourdain. At the book's close are commentaries on the essays (many were previously published), which give the author the opportunity to revisit some strongly expressed opinions. His passion for food, pungent writing, and knowledge of the culinary world make this an excellent purchase for most public libraries.-Shelley Brown, Richmond P.L., Vancouver, B.C. Copyright 2006 Reed Business Information.

Kirkus Reviews

The globetrotting, guerrilla TV chef of ill repute serves up some journalistic odds and ends. A garrulous, sublimely talented chap with an eminently respectable couple of New York brasseries and a load of opinions to spare, Bourdain (A Cook's Tour, 2001, etc.) remains an anomaly in the Food Network era. Instead of running a chain of big-ticket, big-ego eateries, he roams the world consuming massive quantities of strange food and prodigious drink, adding snarky commentary and turning it all into a TV show of sorts. Along the way, he writes for several publications, from Gourmet to the Los Angeles Times; a good selection of those writings are collected here. Subjects include other celebrity chefs (Rocco DiSpirito "messed with the bitch goddess celebrity and got burned"), the best bars for adrenaline-jacked kitchen crews to get hammered in the wee hours (in Chicago, it's Matchbox) and the proper definition of cooking ("a cult of pain"); somehow it all flows together with nary a seam in view. But there is some repetition and, unlike most writers with an edge, he's better at being nice. Scourging attacks sometimes fall flat for lack of variety, while puff pieces offer the finest examples of foodie enthusiasm. Indulging in Masa Takayama's insanely expensive sushi is "like having sex with two five-thousand-dollar-a-night escorts at the same time-while driving an Aston Martin." The unfathomable wizardry of Spain's mad-chef genius Ferran Adria is "hugely enjoyable, challenging to the world order, innovative, revolutionary."A vibrant discourse on satisfying hungers of every kind.

Recipes from the Night Kitchen: A Practical Guide to Spectacular Soups, Stews, and Chilies

Author: Sally Nirenberg

Mealtime, anytime, nothing could be more satisfying than a bowl of homemade soup. Be it a steaming bowl of Minestrone to take the bite out of a winter day or a delicate Raspberry Lime Soup for sultry summer nights when appetites are flagging, these eighty enticing recipes for soups, stews, and chilies are simple for even the novice cook, and creatively appealing to the experienced chef. Anyone with a deep pot and a ladle can make sumptuous meals of a rich Curried Chicken Stew or a refreshing chilled Breakfast Fruit Soup in about half and hour.

From warm, comforting classics like Matzo Ball Soup, New England Clam Chowder, and Beef Stew to elegant meal openers like Carrot with Ginger Cream or Avocado Gazpacho, there's a taste for every season, a treat for every palate.

Publishers Weekly

This eclectic collection offers brief, no-nonsense recipes for an array of easily prepared soups and stews. However, this is no teaching cookbook: soup lovers must, for example, figure out for themselves the most efficient way to peel, seed and cube a whole squash for butternut squash and tomato soup. Also, some dishes are conspicuous for their lack of subtlety, such as a chicken stew that drowns the flavor of curry powder under mango chutney. However, cooks who know their own tastes and can read between the lines may uncover some new favorites, particularly in the varied soup offerings, such as cauliflower with cheddar or vegetable with smoked turkey, romaine and parmesan. Several soups, including a carrot with ginger cream and a broccoli rabe and orzo, can be served hot or cold. Chili dishes, like one made with spicy Italian sausage, and stews, including a rosemary chicken combination, constitute only a handful of the offerings. Nirenberg is chef and owner of From the Night Kitchen, a takeout establishment in Brookline, Mass. Illustrations not seen by PW. (Nov.)

In a Cuban Kitchen or Zen of Fish

2008-12-24T20:35:00.000-08:00

In a Cuban Kitchen

Author: Alex Garcia

Immensely appealing and alluringly spicy, Cuban food has exploded in popularity. Recently, many Nuevo Latino chefs have chosen to interpret it in various “fusion” dishes, but the real home cooking of Cuba is delicious and rewarding on its own. Discover in a new cookbook which not only explores the riches of the cuisine but also reveals the unique beauty of Cuba itself. Influenced by the diversity of cultures that have settled on this Caribbean island over the centuries, including Spanish, French, African, Arabic, Chinese, and Portuguese, true Cuban cooking is exciting and varied. From such festive finger foods as croquetas, pastelitos, and bocaditos to traditional entrees like arroz con pollo, picadillo, and bistec emanizado, there’s a wealth of savory dishes to explore. Learn how to create the traditional medianoche, or Cuban sandwich, brew a cup of bracing café cubano, and make the sumptuous dessert known as dulce de leche. In addition to the treasury of 100 traditional recipes, compiled by an accomplished Cuban-born chef, In A Cuban Kitchen provides a fascinating look at sugar cultivation, rum production, and other native resources essential to Cuban cuisine.

Zen of Fish: The Story of Sushi, from Samurai to Supermarket

Author: Trevor Corson

Everything you never knew about sushi—its surprising origins, the colorful lives of its chefs, the bizarre behavior of the creatures that compose it—is revealed in this entertaining documentary account by the author of the highly acclaimed The Secret Life of Lobsters.

When a twenty-year-old woman arrives at America's first sushi-chef training academy in Los Angeles, she is unprepared for the challenges ahead: knives like swords, instructors like samurai, prejudice against female chefs, demanding Hollywood customers—and that's just the first two weeks.

In this richly reported story, journalist Trevor Corson shadows several American sushi novices and a master Japanese chef, taking the reader behind the scenes as the students strive to master the elusive art of cooking without cooking. With the same eye for drama and humor that Corson brings to the exploits of the chefs, he delves into the biology and natural history of the creatures of the sea. He illuminates sushi's beginnings as an Indo-Chinese meal akin to cheese, describes its reinvention in bustling nineteenth-century Tokyo as a cheap fast food, and tells the story of the pioneers who brought it to America. He shows how this unlikely meal is now exploding into the American heartland just as the long-term future of sushi may be unraveling.

The Zen of Fish is a compelling tale of human determination as well as a delectable smorgasbord of surprising food science, intrepid reporting, and provocative cultural history.

	Sauces and Toppings	7
	Fruit Desserts	19
	Frozen Desserts	35
	Puddings and Custards	57
	Cremes	65
	Mousses	72
	Souffles	80
	Parfaits	85
	Pies	89
	Cheesecakes	110
	Cobblers and Crisps	113
	Pastries	120
	Tart	134
	Crepes	149
	Flaming Desserts	154
	Cookies	159
	Candies	210
	Cakes	229
	Index	267
	Order Form	287

	The Company's Coming Story	6
	Foreword	7
	About Diabetes	8
	Boosters	11
	Appetizers & Beverages	12
	Breads & Muffins	26
	Breakfast	38
	Desserts	44
	Lunch	66
	Main Dishes	76
	Salads	118
	Side Dishes	128
	Soups	141
	Measurement Tables	151
	Photo Index	152
	Tip Index	153
	Recipe Index	154
	Information/Mail Order Form	158

	Introduction
	Appetizers and Soups	8
	Main Dishes	40
	Salads and Side Dishes	64
	Brunch	96
	Sweet Treats	108
	Drinks
	Index

	Introduction: The Making of a Garden	1
Ch. 1	Foliage First	11
Ch. 2	Cottage Chic	37
Ch. 3	Boundless Borders	49
Ch. 4	Shade and Stream	75
Ch. 5	The Dryland Garden	91
Ch. 6	Every Nook and Cranny	107
Ch. 7	The Potted Herb	119
	Reference Chart: Favorite Herbs for Intermingling	133
	Index	147

	Introduction	xiii
	Mixed Drink Ricipes	3
	Common Abbreviations	189
	Common Slang Terms	191
	Understanding Liqueurs	193
	Afterword	195
	Glossary	197

	Chicken Know-How	8
	Menu Magic	22
	Main-Dish Salads	27
	Sandwiches	65
	Soups, Stews & Chilies	97
	Skillet & Stir-Fry Entrees	133
	Baked & Roasted Entrees	179
	Grilled & Broiled Entrees	213
	Glazes & Rubs	242
	Index	251

	Preface
	Units and conversion tables
1	Overview of the brewing process	1
2	Basic chemistry for brewing science	8
3	Barley	36
4	Malting technology: malt, specialized malts and non-malt adjuncts	48
	Additional reading	248
	Index	252

	Introduction	2
	Feast for a Fool: My Birthday Feast	3
	Appetizers	9
	Soup	39
	Salads	53
	Pizza, Pasta and Risotto	75
	Fish	99
	Meat	141
	Vegetables	187
	Cakes	223
	Cookies	243
	Desserts	255
	Pudding and Pies	271
	Muffins and Miscellaneous	285
	Index	294

	Introduction	6
	Glossary	13
	Tapas and snacks	15
	Salads, sandwiches, and soups	31
	Marinades, sauces, and dressings	59
	Fish and seafood	69
	Meat and poultry	93
	Accompaniments and rice dishes	117
	Desserts	139
	Coffees and drinks	159
	Index	175

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Encyclopedia of Food and Color Additives or Move over Martha

Encyclopedia of Food and Color Additives

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Real Ale Almanac or Crab

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