 | Simply in Season Expanded Edition (World Community Cookbook)
Brand: Herald Press
This new, expanded edition of Simply in Season features new recipes that use locally grown and fairly traded seasonal foods. Its stories and simple whole foods recipes explore how the food we buy and eat also affects our local and global neighbors. | *$12.71 |
 | Make-A-Mix
Brand: Running Press
Why bust the budget on pricey take-out during the week, when you can whip up fast, healthy meals at home? <I>Make-A-Mix</I> is perfect for working parents, two-career couples, and over-committed retirees. <P> <I>Make-A-Mix</I> is really two cookbooks in one. The cookbook begins with 67 make-ahead shortcut mixes for everything from all-purpose cake mix to meatball mix. These can be made on a weekendâor whenever thereâs free timeâand used to speed food preparation on busy days. <P> The mixes are a key ingredient in one or more of the 306 recipes that follow. The kitchen-tested recipes run the gamut from breakfast dishes to after-dinner treats. They include hearty dinner entrees, like enchilada casserole, onion pot roast, and shrimp & vegetable stir-fry; international fare like green chili burritos and quick chow mein; soups and other appetizers, like New England clam chowder, and even freezer treats like fruit slush. <P> With the Make-A-Mix method, home cooks can control the amount of sugar, salt, and preservatives in a recipe, and save money on store-bought mixes. This cookbook is the updated and expanded version of <I>Make-A-Mix</I> that sold over a million copies. | *$11.53 |
 | Flour: A Baker's Collection of Spectacular Recipes
Brand: Chronicle Books
Every day 1,500 Bostonians can't resist buying sweet, simple treats such as Homemade Pop-Tarts, from an alumna of Harvard with a degree in economics. From Brioche au Chocolat and Lemon Raspberry Cake to perfect croissants, Flour Bakery-owner Joanne Chang's repertoire of baked goods is deep and satisfying. While at Harvard she discovered that nothing made her happier than baking cookies leading her on a path that eventually resulted in a sticky bun triumph over Bobby Flay on the Food Network's <em>Throwdown</em>. Almost 150 Flour recipes such as Milky Way Tart and Dried Fruit Focaccia are included, plus Joanne's essential baking tips, making this mouthwatering collection an accessible, instant classic cookbook for the home baker. | *$23.10 |
 | The Art of Eating
Brand: Wiley
The 50th anniversary keepsake edition of M. F. K. Fisherâs food writing classic<p>This beautifully produced commemorative edition of M. F. K. Fisherâs The Art of Eating celebrates the 50th anniversary of its original publication. Fisherâs writing has delighted and inspired generations of lovers of good food and exquisite writing, and this outstanding compilation of her best work is as exciting and engaging today as it was half a century ago. Special features of the anniversary edition include an introductory tribute by Fisherâs leading biographer, Joan Reardon, and quotes from some of todayâs top culinary names on the impact of Fisherâs writing. Printed on high-quality stock complemented by French flaps and a stunning new cover design, this volume is a must-have for Fisher fans and first-timers. <p>M. F. K. Fisher (1908â82) is revered as one of Americaâs best food writers. She was the author of more than a dozen books, and her personalized essays on the pleasures of cooking and eating made her famous. Her most popular booksâServe It Forth, Consider the Oyster, How to Cook a Wolf, The Gastronomical Me, and An Alphabet for Gourmetsâwere bound into one volume, The Art of Eating, in 1954. | *$12.00 |
 | Brew Like a Monk: Trappist, Abbey, and Strong Belgian Ales and How to Brew Them
Brand: Brewers Publications
Brew Like a Monk delves into monastic brewing, detailing this rich-flavored region of the beer world. It also examines methods for brewing these unique ales suited to commercial and amateur brewers. | *$10.74 |
 | Sushi for Dummies
Brand: For Dummies
Demystify the sushi bar experience <P>Stuffed with tips and tricks -- youâll roll, press, and mold sushi like a pro! <P>From rolling sushi properly to presenting it with pizzazz, this book has everything you need to know to impress your friends with homemade maki-sushi (rolls) and nigiri-sushi (individual pieces). Youâll find over 55 recipes from Tuna Sushi Rice Balls to Rainbow Rolls, plus handy techniques to demystify the art of sushi making -- and make it fun! <P>Discover how to: <UL> <LI>Find the right equipment and ingredients</LI> <LI>Understand the special language of sushi</LI> <LI>Make fragrant sushi rice</LI> <LI>Prepare vegetarian and fish-free recipes</LI> <LI>Dish up sushi-friendly drinks and side dishes</LI></UL> | *$9.54 |
 | The Wild Vine: A Forgotten Grape and the Untold Story of American Wine
Brand: Clarkson Potter
A rich romp through untold American history featuring fabulous characters, <i>The Wild Vine</i> is the tale of a little-known American grape that rocked the fine-wine world of the nineteenth century and is poised to do so again today.<br><br><br>Author Todd Kliman sets out on an epic quest to unravel the mystery behind Norton, a grape used to make a Missouri wine that claimed a prestigious gold medal at an international exhibition in Vienna in 1873. At a time when the vineyards of France were being ravaged by phylloxera, this grape seemed to promise a bright future for a truly American brand of wine-making, earthy and wild. And then Norton all but vanished. What happened?<br>Â Â Â Â The narrative begins more than a hundred years before California wines were thought to have put America on the map as a wine-making nation and weaves together the lives of a fascinating cast of renegades. We encounter the suicidal Dr. Daniel Norton, tinkering in his experimental garden in 1820s Richmond, Virginia. Half on purpose and half by chance, he creates a hybrid grape that can withstand the harsh New World climate and produce good, drinkable wine, thus succeeding where so many others had failed so fantastically before, from the Jamestown colonists to Thomas Jefferson himself. Thanks to an influential Long Island, New York, seed catalog, the grape moves west, where it is picked up in Missouri by German immigrants who craft the historic 1873 bottling. Prohibition sees these vineyards burned to the ground by government order, but bootleggers keep the grape alive in hidden backwoods plots. Generations later, retired Air Force pilot Dennis Horton, who grew up playing in the abandoned wine caves of the very winery that produced the 1873 Norton, brings cuttings of the grape back home to Virginia. Here, dot-com-millionaire-turned-vintner Jenni McCloud, on an improbable journey of her own, becomes Nortonâs ultimate champion, deciding, against all odds, to stake her entire reputation on the outsider grape.<br>Â Â Â Â Brilliant and provocative, <i>The Wild Vine</i> shares with readers a great American secret, resuscitating the Norton grape and its elusive, inky drink and forever changing the way we look at wine, America, and long-cherished notions of identity and reinvention. | *$10.98 |
 | The Farmstead Creamery Advisor: The Complete Guide to Building and Running a Small, Farm-Based Cheese Business
Brand: Chelsea Green Publishing
There has never been a better time to be making and selling great cheese. People worldwide are consuming more high-quality, handmade cheese than ever before. The number of artisan cheesemakers has doubled in recent years, and many of the industry's newcomers are "farmstead" producers- those who work only with the milk of their own animals. Today, more than ever before, the people who choose to become farmer-cheesemakers need access to the knowledge of established cheese artisans who can help them build their dream.</p>Few career choices lead to such extremes of labor, emotion, and monetary challenge. In <i>The Farmstead Creamery Advisor</i>, respected cheesemaker, instructor, and speaker Gianaclis Caldwell walks would-be producers through the many, and often confusing, steps and decisions they will face when considering a career in this burgeoning cottage industry. This book fills the gap that exists between the pasture and cheese plate. It goes far beyond issues of caring for livestock and basic cheesemaking, explaining business issues such as:<ul><li>Analyzing your suitability for the career</li><li>Designing and building the cheese facility</li><li>Sizing up the market</li><li>Negotiating day-to-day obstacles</li><li>Ensuring maximum safety and efficiency</li></ul>Drawing from her own and other cheesemakers' experiences, Caldwell brings to life the story of creating a successful cheesemaking business in a practical, organized manner. Absolutely essential for anyone interested in becoming a licensed artisan cheesemaker, <i>The Farmstead Creamery Advisor</i> will also appeal to the many small and hobby-farm owners who already have milking animals and who wish to improve their home dairy practices and facilities. | *$18.51 |
 | Marlene Koch's Sensational Splenda Recipes: Over 375 Recipes Low in Sugar, Fat, and Calories
Brand: M. Evans and Company, Inc.
<b>With over 375 delectable fool-proof recipes for every day and every occasion Marlene Koch has created the ultimate healthy low sugar cookbook!</b> <P>Featuring 16 pages of beautiful color photographs and 125 brand new mouthwatering recipes along with all of the critically acclaimed recipes from <i>Unbelievable Desserts with Splenda</i> and <i>Fantastic Food with Splenda,</i> with sensational revisions and fabulous new updates, this is the best-tasting, biggest Splenda inspired cookbook ever! <P>With 20 amazing chapters packed with recipes for everything from drinks and smoothies, to your favorite foods for breakfast, lunch, dinner, special occasions and holidays, Marlene's crowd-pleasing recipes are guaranteed to be loved by the entire family. Looking for a sweet treat? You'll find all your favorite recipes and more, from tender muffins and coffeecakes, to creamy puddings and custards, to sensational cookies, pies, cakes, cheesecakes, toppings and even cocktails. Most of all, because these incredibly delicious recipes are low in sugar, fat <i>and</i> calories they are the perfect fit for every diet. <P> (Splenda® is the only sugar substitute made from real sugar. Safe for everyone in the family, it has the taste of real sugar - simply without the calories or effect on blood your sugar.) <P> Marlene's recipes are also as easy-to-follow as they are on the waistline and include up-to-date nutritional analysis with Weight Watchers point comparisons and diabetic exchanges. Just imagine enjoying Creamy Iced Coffee, Decadent Hot Chocolate, Stuffed French Toast, Fresh Blueberry Scones, Sweet and Sour Chicken, Spicy Orange Beef, Unbelievable Chocolate Cake, Frosted Pumpkin Bars, Tiramisu, Lemon Meringue Pie and yes, even Strawberry Topped New York Cheesecake, absolutely guilt-free! This is one cookbook you are sure to reach for over and over again. | *$11.69 |
 | The Bartender's Bible: 1001 Mixed Drinks and Everything You Need to Know to Set Up Your Bar
Brand: HarperTorch
<P><B>Mix Drinks Like A Pro </B></P><P>Now you can with this indispensable handbook, the most thorough'and thoroughly accessible'bartending guide ever created for both professional and home use. Encyclopedic in scope and filled with clear, simple instructions, <I>The Bartender's Bible</I> includes information on:</P><P><UL><LI>Stocking and equipping a bar'from liquors and mixers to condiments, garnishes, and equipment</P><P><LI>Shot-by-shot recipes for over 1,000 cocktails and mixed drinks from bourbon to rum to whiskey</P><P><LI>Wine drinks</P><P><LI>Beer drinks</P><P><LI>Nonalcoholic drinks</P><P><LI>Special category drinks'tropical, classics, aperitifs, cordials, hot drinks, and party punches</P><P><LI>Anecdotes and histories of favorite potables</P><P><LI>And more!</UL></P><P>If you've ever wondered whether to shake or stir a proper Martini, or what to do with those dusty bottles of flavored liqueurs, <I>The Bartender's Bible</I> is the only book you need!</P> <P>A bartender, as a rule, is a person who enjoys the company of others, endeavors to solve problems, listens to the woes of the world, sympathizes with the mistreated, laughs with the comedians, cheers up the down at heart, and generally controls the atmosphere at his or her bar. A bartender is the manager of moods, the master of mixology.</P><P>Certain scenarios are played out over and over again in bars everywhere. The questions are basically the same; only the details vary: What's in a true Singapore Sling? How long has the Martini been around? What's the difference between a Fix and a Fizz? A reference book is as necessary to a bartender as ice. </P>-- from <I>The Bartender's Bible</I></P> | *$3.55 |
 | Wine For Dummies
Brand: HomeAndWine.com
Wine enthusiasts and novices, raise your glasses! The #1 wine book has been extensively updated! If youâre a connoisseur, <i>Wine For Dummies, Fourth Edition</i> will get you up to speed on whatâs in and show you how to take your hobby to the next level. If youâre new to the world of wine, it will clue you in on what youâve been missing and show you how to get started. It begins with the basic types of wine, how wines are made, and more. Then it gets down to specifics: <ul type="disc"> <li>How to handle snooty wine clerks, navigate restaurant wine lists, decipher cryptic wine labels, and dislodge stubborn corks <li>How to sniff and taste wine <li>How to store and pour wine and pair it with food <li>Four white wine styles: fresh, unoaked; earthy; aromatic; rich, oaky <li>Four red wine styles: soft, fruity, and relatively light-bodied; mild-mannered, medium-bodied; spicy; powerful, full-bodied, and tannic <li>Whatâs happening in the âOld Worldâ of wine, including France, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Germany, Switzerland, Austria, Hungary, and Greece <li>Whatâs how (and whatâs not) in the New World of Wine, including Australia, New Zealand, Chile, Argentina, and South Africa <li>U.S. wines from California, Oregon, Washington, and New York <li>Bubbling beauties and medieval sweets: champagne, sparkling wines, sherry, port, and other exotic dessert wines </ul> <p> Authors <b>Ed McCarthy</b>, CWE, who is a regular contributor to <i>Wine</i> Enthusiast and <i>The Wine Journal</i> and <b>Mary Ewing-Mulligan</b>, MW, who owns the International Wine Center in New York, have co-authored six wine books in the <i>For Dummies</i> series. In an easy-to-understand, unpretentious style thatâs as refreshing as a glass of Chardonnay on a summer day, they provide practical information to help you <i>enjoy</i> wine, including: <ul type="disc"> <li>Real Deal symbols that alert you to good wines that are low in price compared to other wines of similar type, style, or quality <li>A Vintage Wine Chart with specifics on numerous wines <li>Info on ordering wine from out of state, collecting wine, and more </ul> <p> <i>Wine For Dummies, Fourth Edition</i> is not just a great resource and reference, itâs a good read. Itâs full-bodied, yet lightâ¦rich, yet crispâ¦robust, yet refreshingâ¦. | *$11.97 |
 | Takashi's Noodles
Brand: Ten Speed Press
Combining traditional Japanese influences, French technique, and more than 20 years of cooking in the Midwest, James Beard Award-winning chef Takashi Yagihashi introduces American home cooks to essential Japanese comfort food with his simple yet sophisticated recipes. Emphasizing quick-to-the-table shortcuts, the use of fresh and dried packaged noodles, and kid-friendly dishes, Takashi explains noodle nuances and explores each style's distinct regional identity. An expert guide, Takashi recalls his youth in Japan and takes cooks on a discovery tour of the rich bounty of Japanese noodles, so readily accessible today. Takashi's exuberance for noodles ranging from Aje-Men to Zaru is sure to inspire home cooks to dive into bowl after soothing, refreshing bowl. | *$14.97 |
 | The Instinct Diet: Use Your Five Food Instincts to Lose Weight and Keep it Off
Brand: Workman Publishing Company
Satisfying our hardwired instincts has been critical to our survival for as long as we have been human. That's why we <i>eat when food is available, choose the most calorie-dense foods, and hate the feeling of hunger.</i> Today, these same drives are leading millions down the path of obesity. But Dr. Susan B. Roberts, an internationally recognized nutrition researcher at Tufts University, shows how to turn our food instincts into an engine for permanent, healthy weight loss.<br> <br> <i>The Instinct Diet</i>âthe "I" dietâis a pleasure to follow: a diet based on impeccable research, a diet where the dieter never goes hungry, a diet that's unequivocally healthy, thoroughly grounded in the metabolic, genetic, and psychological workings of the human body. Essentially, it shows how you can control the controls. Through its focus on delicious, deeply satisfying dishes like Orange Crumbed French Toast, Pork and Lemongrass Soup, Watercress and Citrus Salad with Parmesan Toast, and Chocolate Bread Pudding, plus proven behavioral modifications (Dr. Roberts is a professor of nutrition <I>and</I> professor of psychiatry), the diet is a fat-burning marvel. At Tufts, 85 percent of participants in Dr. Roberts' research program lost 10 to 50 pounds in the first six months, and 90 percent of them kept the weight off for at least a year. <i>The Instinct Diet</i> shares everything learned by Dr. Roberts over 17 years and more: better ways to lose weight whatever you eat; also a three-stage diet plan; over 100 recipes; eight weeks of menus (with vegetarian and "non-cook" options throughout); and dozens of ideas and strategies for how to retrain our bodiesâhow to combat the "Gulping Syndrome," use the "Sandwich Technique," why tapping your forehead is an emergency measure to reduce food cravings, and more. | *$5.96 |
 | The Mixer Bible: Over 300 Recipes for Your Stand Mixer
Brand: Robert Rose
<p> <i>From simple to spectacular, recipes created for the stand mixer.</i> </p><p> Sales of the stand mixer are consistently on the rise -- understandably, since it's perhaps the most integral piece of culinary equipment one can own. No other machine can knead dough, grind meat, slice vegetables, whip egg whites and make ice cream. </p><p> This new edition features 40 brand new recipes and 16 pages of all-new color photography. The outstanding collection of delicious recipes will inspire everything from appetizers and soups to homemade pasta dishes and sausages, from divine desserts to special snack treats. </p><p> Some of the delicious recipes include:</p><ul> <li>Parmesan cheese straws; minestrone; falafel pitas; deep-dish chicken and sausage pie with biscuit crust</li> <li>Potato latkes; Hungarian sausage; garlic kielbasa; basic egg pasta; lemon black pepper pasta</li> <li>Banana walnut bread; sour cherry scones with orange glaze; the ultimate chocolate chip cookie</li> <li>Cranberry maple squares; banana cream pie; chocolate amaretto cake; French vanilla ice cream.</li> </ul><p> A special section on understanding the equipment answers questions about stand mixers and their attachments and gives detailed information on their uses. Also included are dozens of valuable tips and techniques from expert chefs. </p> | *$14.42 |
 | Top Secret Recipes Unlocked: All New Home Clones of America's Favorite Brand-Name Foods
Brand: Plume
<B>More than 4 million Top Secret Recipes books sold! </B><BR><BR> The kitchen clone recipe king is back with a new Top bestselling Top Secret Restaurant Recipes collection-the first book since his bestselling <I>Top Secret Restaurant Recipes 2</I>. Wilbur takes readers behind the scenes, revealing the key ingredients in some of our favorite foods such as Starbucks' Peppermint Brownie, Krispy Kreme's original glazed donuts, Panera Bread's cranberry walnut bagel and Wendy's Garden Sensations Manadarin Chicken Salad. The book will feature 115 new recipes, including 40 previously unpublished recipes such as: <BR><BR> â¢Panera Bread French Onion Soup <BR><BR> â¢Burger King Onion Rings <BR><BR> â¢Chick-Fil-A Honey Roasted BBQ Sauce <BR><BR> â¢McDonald's Cinnamon Melts <BR><BR> â¢Stouffer's Macaroni & Cheese <BR><BR> â¢Chipotle Mexican Grill Chipotle-Honey Vinaigrette <BR><BR> â¢Popeye's Buttermilk Biscuits. <BR><BR> Forget takeout-with these fun recipes and blueprints, all using ingredients you can buy at your local supermarket, you can re-create your favorite restaurant signature dishes right in your own kitchen for a lot less! | *$5.99 |
 | No Reservations: Around the World on an Empty Stomach
Brand: Bloomsbury USA
<DIV><DIV><B>An illustrated, behind-the-scenes travel journal of Anthony Bourdainâs global adventures.</B><BR>Â <BR>More than just a companion to the hugely popular show, <I>No Reservations</I> is Bourdainâs fully illustrated journal of his far-flung travels. The book traces his trips from New Zealand to New Jersey and everywhere in between, mixing beautiful, never-before-seen photos and mementos with Bourdainâs outrageous commentary on what really happens when you give a bad-boy chef an open ticket to the world. Want to know where to get good fatty crab in Rangoon? How to order your reindeer medium rare? How to tell a Frenchman that his baguette is invading your personal space? This is your book. For any Bourdain fan, this is an indispensable opportunity to hit the road with the man himself.</DIV></DIV> | *$10.95 |
 | Secrets of a Skinny Chef: 100 Decadent, Guilt-Free Recipes
Brand: Rodale Books
<DIV><DIV><P>With recipes that deliver great taste without adding inches to the hips, <I>Secrets of a Skinny Chef </I>shows you how to indulge your comfort-food cravings without the guilt. In this collection of 100 recipes, Americaâs favorites get the "Skinny" treatment with scrumptious offerings such as Maple Apple Waffles for breakfast and 7-Minute Salmon and Scalloped Sweet Potatoes for dinner. Even for those who are dieting, desserts such as Tiramisu Parfait and Crustless Apple Pie stay on the menu.</P><P>Iserloh understands that lifeâs demands mean one canât always cook dinner, so to help readers fend for themselves in the real world, she provides simple swap-outs and cheat sheets. </P><P>Â </P></DIV></DIV> | *$10.65 |
 | Mastering Cheese: Lessons for Connoisseurship from a Maître Fromager
Brand: Clarkson Potter
Maître fromager Max McCalman, author of <i>The Cheese Plate</i> and <i>Cheese</i>, is steeped in the world of artisanal cheeses like no one else. In <i>Mastering Cheese</i>, he shares the wealth of his expertise to help cheese lovers on their path to connoisseurship.<br> <br>After years of teaching courses for amateurs at the Artisanal Premium Cheese Center, where he is Dean of Curriculum, McCalman has developed a compelling set of classes for understanding and ex-periencing cheese. A full master's course in a book, <i>Mastering Cheese</i> covers the world of cheese in twenty-two distinct lessons, featuring tasting plates that deliciously demonstrate key topics. For example, a chapter titled "Stunning Stinkers" explains why some of the strongest-smelling cheeses can be among the best tasting and then recommends several stars of this category. Learn about the issues facing real raw-milk cheeses and then go out and taste the differences between these cheeses and those made with pasteurized milk. <br> <br>For the first time in any of his books, McCalman includes extensive information on the modern artisanal cheese revolution in the United States and prominently features these artisans and their products alongside the famous cheeses of Italy, France, Spain, and the United Kingdom.<br> <br>Complete with helpful charts and an invaluable index of more than 300 cheeses, <i>Mastering Cheese</i> is the definitive course that you can use in your own home to pursue your passion for cheese. | *$23.96 |
 | Bon Appetit, Y'all: Recipes and Stories from Three Generations of Southern Cooking
Brand: Ten Speed Press
Before she attended the prestigious French cooking school Ãcole de Cuisine La Varenne, Virginia Willis had been shelling butterbeans alongside her mother and grandmother in her Georgia family kitchen ever since she could stand on a stool. These divergent influences inform her passionate homage to the cooking of the South. From simple starters and slaws to generous entrées and desserts, Willis makes down-home cooking refined and haute cuisine friendly, with recipes like Vidalia Onion Soup with Bacon Flan, Pulled Pork Sandwiches with Mama's Barbecue Sauce, and Hot Vanilla Soufflés with Vanilla Ice Cream. Brimming with stories, tips, techniques, and gorgeous photographs, BON APPÃTIT, Y'ALL seamlessly blends Willis's Southern and French roots into a memorable and thoroughly modern cookbook. | *$15.25 |
 | Juicing, Fasting, and Detoxing for Life: Unleash the Healing Power of Fresh Juices and Cleansing Diets
Brand: Wellness Central
Did you know the secret to vibrant health is in your blender? It's true--juicing vegetables provides concentrated nutrition that is found in virtually no other source: vitamins, minerals, enzymes, phytochemicals, and antioxidants. By juicing, you'll feel better, more energized, and improve your immune system. <BR/> More than a simple collection of recipes, this book guides readers toward a lifestyle that promotes alkaline balance by juicing, eating well, and cleansing the body and soul. While most juicing books focus too much on fruit juice (which disrupts the body's pH balance with too much natural sugar), this book primarily focuses on juices, smoothies and soups made from vegetables. It also also offers a guide to the food richest in nutrients from Vitamin A to zinc and includes various cleanses to benefit the colon, liver, gall bladder, and kidney and more. Beyond the body, the Caboms explain the heavy toll emotional, mental, and spiritual unrest can take on the body (and sometimes even encourage disease) and share unique, effective methods for cleansing the body of such toxicity. | *$6.00 |
 | 30 Day Gourmet's BIG Book of Freezer Cooking
Brand: 30 Day Gourmet Press
Best of the freezer cookbooks! 30 Day Gourmet's comprehensive cooking system teaches busy cooks how to fill their freezers with nutritious and great tasting foods! Spend a few hours or spend a whole day. 150 great-tasting recipes include color photos and step-by-step instructions that will make stocking your freezer with delicious foods as simple as our 3 easy steps Step #1 - Choose & Plan Step #2 - Shop & Prep Step #3 -Assemble & Freeze *150 Delicious Recipes *Nutritional Analysis *Color Photos of all Recipes *Time-Saving Worksheets *Step-by-Step Instructions *Freezing Information *Online Support *100 s More Recipes Online | *$13.72 |
 | Rick Bayless's Mexican Kitchen: Capturing the Vibrant flavors of a World-Class Cuisine
Brand: Scribner
BURSTING WITH BOLD, COMPLEX FLAVORS, Mexican cooking has the kind of gusto we want in food today. Until now, American home cooks have had few authorities to translate the heart of this world-class cuisine to everyday cooking. <P> In this book of more than 150 recipes, award-winning chef, author and teacher Rick bayless provides the inspiration and guidance that home cooks have needed. With a blend of passion, patience, clarity and humor, he unerringly finds his way into the very soul of Mexican cuisine, from essential recipes and explorations of Mexico's many chiles to quick-to-prepare everyday dishes and pull-out-the-stops celebration fare. <P> Bayless begins the journey by introducing us to the building blocks of Mexican cooking. With infectious enthusiasm and an entertaining voice, he outlines 16 essential preparations-deeply flavored tomato sauces and tangy tomatillo salsas, rich chile pastes and indispensable handmade tortillas. <P> Fascinating cultural background and practical cooking tips help readers to understand these preparations and make them their own. Each recipe explains which steps can be completed in advance to make final preparation easier, and each provides a list of the dishes in later chapters that are built around these basics. And with each essential recipe, Bayless includes several "Simple Ideas from My American Home"-quick, familiar recipes with innovative Mexican accents, such as Baked Ham with Yucatecan Flavors, Spicy Chicken Salad, Ancho-Broiled Salmon and Very, Very Good Chili. <P> Throughout, the intrepid Bayless brings chiles into focus, revealing that Mexican cooks use these pods for flavor, richness, color and, yes, sometimes for heat. He details the simple techniques for getting the best out of every chile-from the rich, smoky chipotle to the incendiary but fruity habanero. <P> Then, in more than 135 recipes that follow, Bayless guides us through a wide range of richly flavored regional Mexican dishes, combining down-home appeal and convivial informality with simple culinary elegance. It's all here: starters like Classic Seviche Tostadas or Chorizo-Stuffed Ancho Chiles; soups like Slow-Simmered Fava Bean Soup or Rustic Ranch-Style Soup; casual tortilla-based preparations like Achiote-Roasted Pork Tacos or Street-Style Red Chile Enchiladas; vegetable delights like Smoky Braised Mexican Pumpkin, or Green Poblano Rice; even a whole chapter on classic fiesta food (from Oaxacan Black <I>Mole</I> with Braised Chicken, Smoky Peanut <I>Mole</I> with Grilled Quail and Great Big Tamal Roll with Chard with the incomparable Juchitan-Style Black Bean Tamales); and ending with a selection of luscious desserts like Modern Mexican Chocolate Flan with KahIua and Yucatecan-Style Fresh Coconut Pie. To quickly expand your Mexican repertoire even further, each of these recipes is accompanied by suggestions for variations and improvisations. <P> There is no greater authority on Mexican cooking than Rick Bayless, and no one can teach it better. In his skillful hands, the wonderful flavors of Mexico will enter your kitchen and your daily cooking routine without losing any of their depth or timeless appeal. | *$15.69 |
 | EatingWell Comfort Foods Made Healthy: The Classic Makeover Cookbook (EatingWell)
Brand: Countryman Press
<strong>Nearly 200 easy recipes, cooking and shopping tips, and nutrition advice to make your favorite classic recipes healthier.</strong> For 18 years <em>EatingWell Magazine</em> has been known for taking favorite classic recipes and making them healthier by using simple steps, handy ingredients, and strict nutritional guidelines. Now the experts at <em>EatingWell</em> have compiled nearly 200 healthy, easy recipes, as well as cooking and shopping tips and nutrition advice, in this exciting cookbook.<br /> <br /> Full nutritional analysis accompanies each recipe makeover, along with tips on how it was made healthier. For instance, <em>EatingWell</em>âs chicken-fried steak with gravy has almost half the fat and a third of the calories of the classic version yet still tastes as rich and satisfying as the original; a few healthy modifications to pepperoni pizza will cut calories, sodium, and fat by a third or more. <br /> <br /> <em>EatingWell Comfort Foods Made Healthy</em> also solves problems for real families, including a Chinese dinner a diabetic can appreciate and healthier crispy tacos for a family from Texas.   <br /> <br /> More than just providing recipes, this book teaches you the secrets of healthy, balanced cooking, including<br /> <ul> <li> Healthier techniques for frying and baking </li> <li> How to get more vegetables into your meals </li> <li> A âpantry-raidâ: a list of healthy staples you should swap into your pantry </li> <li> A list of essential tools that every healthy kitchen should stock </li> <li>Tips on picking the healthiest fats and oils </li> </ul> 256 color illustrations | *$12.58 |
 | Molecular Gastronomy: Exploring the Science of Flavor (Arts and Traditions of the Table: Perspectives on Culinary History)
Brand: Columbia University Press
<P>Hervé This (pronounced "Teess") is an internationally renowned chemist, a popular French television personality, a bestselling cookbook author, a longtime collaborator with the famed French chef Pierre Gagnaire, and the only person to hold a doctorate in molecular gastronomy, a cutting-edge field he pioneered. Bringing the instruments and experimental techniques of the laboratory into the kitchen, This uses recent research in the chemistry, physics, and biology of food to challenge traditional ideas about cooking and eating. What he discovers will entertain, instruct, and intrigue cooks, gourmets, and scientists alike.</P><P> <I>Molecular Gastronomy</I>, This's first work to appear in English, is filled with practical tips, provocative suggestions, and penetrating insights. This begins by reexamining and debunking a variety of time-honored rules and dictums about cooking and presents new and improved ways of preparing a variety of dishes from quiches and quenelles to steak and hard-boiled eggs. He goes on to discuss the physiology of flavor and explores how the brain perceives tastes, how chewing affects food, and how the tongue reacts to various stimuli. Examining the molecular properties of bread, ham, foie gras, and champagne, the book analyzes what happens as they are baked, cured, cooked, and chilled. </P><P>Looking to the future, Herve This imagines new cooking methods and proposes novel dishes. A chocolate mousse without eggs? A flourless chocolate cake baked in the microwave? <I>Molecular Gastronomy</I> explains how to make them. This also shows us how to cook perfect French fries, why a soufflé rises and falls, how long to cool champagne, when to season a steak, the right way to cook pasta, how the shape of a wine glass affects the taste of wine, why chocolate turns white, and how salt modifies tastes.</P> | *$10.92 |
 | Local Flavors: Cooking and Eating from America's Farmers' Markets
Brand: Clarkson Potter
First published in hardcover in 2002, <i>Local Flavors</i> was a book ahead of its time. Now, imported food scares and a countrywide infatuation with fresh, local, organic produce has caught up with this groundbreaking cookbook, available for the first time in paperback.<br><br>Deborah Madison celebrates the glories of the farmersâ markets of America in a richly illustrated collection of seasonal recipes for a profusion of produce grown coast to coast. As more and more people shun industrially produced foods and instead choose to go local and organic, this is the ideal cookbook to capitalize on a major and growing trend.<br><br><b>Local Flavors</b> emphasizes seasonal, regional ingredients found in farmersâ markets and roadside farm stands and awakens the reader to the real joy of making a direct connection with the food we eat and the person who grows it. Deborah Madisonâs 350 full-flavored recipes and accompanying menus include dishes as diverse as Pea and Spinach Soup with Coconut Milk; Rustic Onion Tart with Walnuts; Risotto with Sorrel; Mustard Greens Braised with Ginger, Cilantro, and Rice; Poached Chicken with Leeks and Salsa Verde; Soy Glazed Sweet Potatoes; Cherry Apricot Crisp; and Plum Kuchen with Crushed Walnut Topping.<br><br>Covering markets around the country from Vermont to Hawaii, Deborah Madison reveals the astonishing range of produce and other foods available and the sheer pleasure of shopping for them. A celebration of farmers and their bounty, <b>Local Flavors</b> is a must-have cookbook for anyone who loves fresh, seasonal food simply and imaginatively prepared. | *$15.48 |
 | The Best Recipes in the World
Brand: Clarkson Potter
With his million-copy bestseller <i>How to Cook Everything,</i> Mark Bittman made the difficult doable. Now he makes the exotic accessible.<br><br>In this highly ambitious, accomplished, globe-spanning work, Bittman gathers the best recipes that people from dozens of countries around the world cook every day. And when he brings his distinctive no-frills approach to dishes that were once considered esoteric, America's home cooks will eagerly follow where they once feared to tread.<br><br>In more than a thousand recipes, Bittman compellingly demonstrates that there are many places besides Italy and France to which cooks can turn for inspiration. In addition to these favorites, he covers Spain, Portugal, Greece, Russia, Scandinavia, the Balkans, Germany, and other European destinations, giving us easy ways to make dishes like Spanish Mushroom and Chicken Paella, Greek Roast Leg of Lamb with Thyme and Orange, Russian Borscht, and Swedish Ãppletorte. <br><br>Asian food now rivals European cuisineâs popularity, and this book reflects that: Itâs the first to emphasize European and Asian cuisines equally, with easy-to-follow recipes for favorites like Vietnamese Stir-Fried Vegetables with Nam Pla, Pad Thai, Japanese Salmon Teriyaki, Chinese Black Bean and Garlic Spareribs, and Indian Tandoori Chicken. Nor is the rest of the world ignored: there are hundreds of recipes from North Africa, the Middle East, and Central and South America, too. All will be hits with home cooks looking to add exciting new tastes and cosmopolitan flair to their everyday repertoire. <br><br>Shop locally, cook globallyâMark Bittman makes it so easy:<br><br><i>⢠Hundreds of recipes that can be made ahead or prepared in under 30 minutes<br><br>⢠Informative sidebars and instructional drawings explain unfamiliar techniques and ingredients<br><br>⢠Fifty-two international menus, an extensive International Pantry section, and much more make this an essential addition to any cookâs shelf</i><br><br><i>The Best Recipes in the World</i> is destined to be a classic that will change the way Americans think about everyday food. Itâs simply like no other cookbook in the world. | *$8.90 |
 | The Splendid Table's How to Eat Supper: Recipes, Stories, and Opinions from Public Radio's Award-Winning Food Show
Brand: Clarkson Potter
Just when you thought the last thing the world needed was another book on weeknight cooking, along comes an entirely fresh take on the subject. As they do on their weekly show, host Lynne Rossetto Kasper and producer Sally Swift approach their topic with attitude and originality, making <i>The Splendid Tableâs How to Eat Supper</i> one of the most engaging cookbooks of this or any other year.<br><br>As loyal listeners know, Lynne and Sally share an unrelenting curiosity about everything to do with food. Their show, The Splendid Table, looks at the role food plays in our livesâinspiring us, making us laugh, nourishing us, and opening us up to the world around us. Now they have compiled all the most trenchant tips, never-fail recipes, and everyday culinary know-how from the program in <i>How to Eat Supper</i>, a kitchen companion unlike any other.<br><br>This is no mere cookbook. Like the show, this book goes far beyond the recipe, introducing the people and stories that are shaping Americaâs changing sense of food. We donât eat, shop, or cook as we used to. Our relationship with food has intensified, become more controversial, richer, more pleasurable, and sometimes more puzzling. <i>How to Eat Supper</i> gives voice to rarely heard perspectives on foodâfrom the quirky to the political, from the grassroots to the scholarly, from the highbrow to the humbleâand shows the essential role breaking bread together plays in our world.<br><br><i>How to Eat Supper</i> takes you through a plethora of inviting recipes simple enough to ensure success even if youâve never cooked before. And if you are experienced in the kitchen, youâll find challenging new concepts and dishes to spark your imagination. | *$17.94 |
 | The River Cottage Meat Book
Brand: Ten Speed Press
First published in the United Kingdom, THE RIVER COTTAGE MEAT BOOK quickly became an underground hit among food cognoscenti around the world. Now tailored for American cooks, this loving, authoritative, and galvanizing ode to good meat is one part manifesto on high-quality, local, and sustainable meat production; two parts guide to choosing and storing meats and fowl; and three parts techniques and recipes for roasting, cooking, barbecuing, preserving, and processing meats and getting the most out of leftovers. With this thought-provoking and practical guide, meat eaters can knowledgeably buy and prepare meat for better health and better living, while supporting the environment, vibrant local economies, and respectful treatment of animals. | *$25.00 |
 | Gooseberry Patch Christmas Book 12: Recipes, Projects and Gift Ideas to Make Your Christmas Festive & Fun!
Brand: Oxmoor House | *$19.77 |
 | Chef Paul Prudhomme's Louisiana Kitchen
Brand: William Morrow Cookbooks
<P>Here for the first time the famous food of Louisiana is presented in a cookbook written by a great creative chef who is himself world-famous. The extraordinary Cajun and Creole cooking of South Louisiana has roots going back over two hundred years, and today it is the one really vital, growing regional cuisine in America. No one is more responsible than Paul Prudhomme for preserving and expanding the Louisiana tradition, which he inherited from his own Cajun background.</P><P>Chef Prudhomme's incredibly good food has brought people from all over America and the world to his restaurant, K-Paul's Louisiana Kitchen, in New Orleans. To set down his recipes for home cooks, however, he did not work in the restaurant. In a small test kitchen, equipped with a home-size stove and utensils normal for a home kitchen, he retested every recipe two and three times to get exactly the results he wanted. Logical though this is, it was an unprecedented way for a chef to write a cookbook. But Paul Prudhomme started cooking in his mother's kitchen when he was a youngster. To him, the difference between home and restaurant procedures is obvious and had to be taken into account.</P><P>So here, in explicit detail, are recipes for the great traditional dishes--gumbos and jambalayas, Shrimp Creole, Turtle Soup, Cajun "Popcorn," Crawfish Etouffee, Pecan Pie, and dozens more--each refined by the skill and genius of Chef Prudhomme so that they are at once authentic and modern in their methods.</P><P><I>Chef Paul Prudhomme's Louisiana Kitchen</I> is also full of surprises, for he is unique in the way he has enlarged the repertoire of Cajun and Creole food, creating new dishes and variations within the old traditions. Seafood Stuffed Zucchini with Seafood Cream Sauce, Panted Chicken and Fettucini, Veal and Oyster Crepes, Artichoke Prudhomme--these and many others are newly conceived recipes, but they could have been created only by a Louisiana cook. The most famous of Paul Prudhomme's original recipes is Blackened Redfish, a daringly simple dish of fiery Cajun flavor that is often singled out by food writers as an example of the best of new American regional cooking.</P><P>For Louisianians and for cooks everywhere in the country, this is the most exciting cookbook to be published in many years.</P> | *$17.00 |
 | Top Chef: The Quickfire Cookbook
Brand: Chronicle Books
The much-anticipated follow-up to the <em>New York Times</em> best-selling <em>Top Chef: The Cookbook</em> is here! Drawing from all 5 seasons of the show, <em>Top Chef: The Quickfire Cookbook</em> features 75 of the best recipes from Spike's Pizza alla Greek to Stephanie's Bittersweet Chocolate Cake culled from the Top Chef Quickfire Challenges. Everything the home chef needs to assemble an impressive meal and channel the energy of the Quickfire kitchen is collected here, including advice on hosting a Quickfire Cocktail Party and staging Quickfire Challenges at home. Best of all, this book is spilling over with sidebar material, including tips for home chefs, interviews with contestants, fabulous photos, and fun trivia related to the chefs, dishes, and ingredients that make <em>Top Chef</em> a favorite. | *$14.99 |
 | The Mediterranean Vegan Kitchen
Brand: HP Trade
After years of research, scientists declared that the Mediterranean diet was the best one for overall good health-and the exciting news was that it tasted great, too. <br><br>With recipes for everything from nutritious appetizers to dairy-free desserts, this unique Mediterranean vegan cookbook is ideal for vegetarians, those with a lactose intolerance, and anyone who wants to make gloriously delicious dishes without meat, eggs, or dairy. Dishes include:<br><br>Â¥ Sicilian Eggplant Relish <br>Â¥ Catalan Grilled Vegetables with Almond Sauce <br>Â¥ Classic Italian Minestrone <br>Â¥ Moroccan Fresh Tomato Salad <br>Â¥ Black Olive Bread <br>Â¥ Zucchini-Lemon Couscous <br>Â¥ Greek Currant Cake <br>Â¥ Braised Pears in Red Wine <br>Â¥ and more | *$9.74 |
 | Hummingbird Bakery Cookbook
Brand: Ryland Peters & Small
Tarek Malouf opened the first Hummingbird Bakery in London's fashionable Notting Hill district in 2004. This cookbook allows you to step inside this unique bakery and bring its trademark butter cream swirls, sprinkles, and layer-cake slices into your own kitchen. The Hummingbird's Cupcakes fly off the shelves faster than any other cake. Who can resist an adorable Vanilla Cupcake topped with candy-colored butter cream frosting and scattered with sprinkles? Take Cakes to the next level with some mouthwatering recipes. Red Velvet and Carrot are both favorites at the Bakery, and the Hummingbird Cake is a sweet, sticky triumph of banana and pineapple. Open Pies, pies with tops on, delicate pies and no-holds-barred pies: There's no shortage of options. Try Lemon Meringue with its mountain of golden fluffy meringue atop a rich, tangy lemon cream. You'll find favorite Pecan Pie here too. When you need a sweet fix, Brownies & Bars hit the spot. Rocky Road and Muesli Bars are always popular and make welcome additions to a packed lunch. There can't be much that beats a homemade Blueberry Muffin with your first cup of coffee in the morning. Finally, there's something childishly satisfying about a big, chewy Cookie studded with chocolate chunks--there's something here for every king of cookie fiend. *Classic bakes are back in vogue and this book provides 50 simple recipes for everyone's favorites--from Vanilla Cupcakes to Key Lime Pie. *"If you haven't tasted a Hummingbird Bakery look-too-good-to-eat cupcake, you've definitely missed out." Marie Claire | *$15.71 |
 | Once-A-Month Cooking Family Favorites: More Great Recipes That Save You Time and Money from the Inventors of the Ultimate Do-Ahead Dinnertime Method
Brand: St. Martin's Griffin
<DIV><DIV><DIV><DIV><P>Mimi Wilson and Mary Beth Lagerborg are back with a brand new book that features their Once-A-Month Cooking ⢠technique guaranteed to save time and money. Filled with all-new cycles - two one-month cycles, two two-week cycles, and three specialty cycles: gourmet, summer, and gluten-free  their trademark method remains the same: You shop for an entire cycle all at once, buying in bulk and saving money. You do all the food prep for the cycle the next day, freezing and refrigerating what needs to be kept cold, stocking the pantry when appropriate. Then, as the family assembles for mealtime, you do some quick finishing and itâs ready - fast and delicious! <I>Once-a-Month Cooking⢠Family Favorites</I> has something for every kind of eater and includes such soon-to-be favorites as:</P><P>-Adobe Chicken<BR>-Baked Mediterranean Cod<BR>-Chicken Wild Rice Soup<BR>-County-Style Ribs<BR>-Texas-Style Lasagna</P><P>With the perfect plan in hand and bulk shopping at economically-friendly prices, the Once-A-Month Cooking ⢠technique is a surefire way to get a delicious dinner on the table fast so that you can spend more time with your family!</P></DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV> | *$8.35 |
 | 1,000 Ideas for Decorating Cupcakes, Cakes, and Cookies (1000 Series)
Brand: Quarry Books
<DIV><p class="MsoCommentSubject" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt">This exciting 1000 collection presents glorious full-color photographs of delicious, decorated desserts. From extravagant wedding cakes and clever birthday cakes to cupcakes and cookies that are miniature works of art, these delightful delectables will provide endless inspiration for anyone who loves decorative baking and entertaining. An appendix in the back of the book includes basic recipes for cakes, frostings, and fondants. </p></DIV> | *$16.50 |
 | Daisy Cooks: Latin Flavors That Will Rock Your World
Brand: Hyperion
Julia Child introduced us to French cooking. Lidia Bastianich introduced us to Italian cooking. Now Daisy Martinez will introduce all of America to Latin cooking-her way. In a country where salsa now outsells ketchup, Daisy Martinez is out on a mission to change the way we cook. In her new cookbook, a tie-in to her public television show, Daisy introduces us to the mouthwatering meals of her Latin ancestry-and not just to the pork, beans, rice, and burritos many people associate with Latino culture. Here are Stuffed Yucca Fritters, Peruvian Minestrone, and Braised Chicken with Figs, to name just a few. By combining the delicious flavor of Latino cultures with ingredients available in any kitchen, Daisy shows us how to -daisy-fy+ regular meals and turn them into something extraordinary.Divided into twelve chapters such as Turnovers and Tamales, Appetizers and Little Bites, Soups and One-Bowl Meals, and Chicken, Duck, and Turkey, and filled with more than 200 recipes and color photographs throughout, this is a cookbook that will introduce a new culinary star.Special features in the book include: l-Daisy+s Top Ten: palate-rocking staple dishes and condiments that will expand your repertoire.l-Daisy+s Corner: a series of essays about the intersection of food, family, and culture. | *$13.84 |
 | Cupcakes!
Brand: Chronicle Books
What's short and sweet and cute as a button? Cupcakes! And everyone loves 'em! Trusted favorites at picnics, potlucks, and bake sales, cupcakes go equally well at relaxed and informal gatherings or at elegant parties. Here are 50 scrumptious ways to bring smiles and those nostalgic memories back faster than a kid can lick the batter off a beater. Try a Cinnamon Sugar Puff Cupcakeâthey go from mixing bowl to oven to one happy taker in less than an hour. Who needs a peanut butter cup when there's a peanut butter cupcake in the house? Ethereal Lemon Angel Cupcakes soar even higher when served with some fresh seasonal fruit. With tips and techniques for perfect cupcake-making, basic "head-start" recipes, and gorgeous photographs, it's time to get out the baking pans and join the cupcake craze. These diminutive cakes may be small but they stand tall in the world of sweets. | *$5.95 |
 | Cooking Light Complete Cookbook: A Fresh New Way to Cook (Book & CD-ROM)
Brand: Oxmoor House
It's here! The most comprehensive Cooking Light collection of healthy and tasty recipes ever combined in one cookbook is now available in a kitchen-friendly ring-binder format, complete with 20 tabbed dividers, page lifters, and a bonus recipe chapter. <P>Shrink-wrapped and specially packaged, the Cooking Light Complete Cookbook also has a bonus gift tucked into the front pocket: a free interactive DVD with 100 menu ideas, recipes, shopping lists, and how-to video clips inspired by the popular "Dinner Tonight" column in the magazine. <P> Serving up a whopping 1,200 health-conscious, tasty recipes, 630 inspiring photographs, 750 kitchen secrets and shortcuts, plus 50 menus for everyday cooking and holiday entertaining, Cooking Light Complete Cookbook is THE most comprehensive collection ever by Cooking Light, America's leading epicurean magazine and trusted authority on healthy cooking. <P><b>Features:</b> <P> <P> <li>Handy new ring-binder format with dividers and page lifters plus FREE interactive DVD<P> <li>Bonus In Season recipe chapter features seasonal recipes and menus that highlight the Cooking Light way of life--cooking with nutritious whole foods that make it from the produce stand to your dinner table with ease<P> <li>The hardcover edition, the All-New Complete Cooking Light Cookbook, is a 2007 International Association of Culinary Professionals (IACP) Cookbook Awards winner | *$21.92 |
 | Professional Baking
Brand: Wiley
This new edition gives professional and home bakers peerless up-to-date coverage of the theory and practice of baking. Keeping pace with current trends in the field, this edition includes a new chapter on baking for special diets, expanded and detailed information on ingredients and their use in baking, and new sections on sugar confections, as well as 100 new photographs. Complete with more than 775 classic and creative recipes to explore, <i>Professional Baking</i> offers an excellent foundation for mastering the art and craft of baking. | *$34.00 |
 | Biggest Book of Slow Cooker Recipes (Better Homes & Gardens)
Brand: Wiley
* Great value-hundreds of tested and perfected recipes, informative tips, plus two bonus chapters-all-in-one economical resource for time-crunched cooks from the brand they know and trust. * Recipes for appetizers, beverages, soups, stews, main dishes, and desserts. * 416 pages-about one recipe per page-makes this the largest book of its kind. * Bonus chapters offer 5-ingredient recipes and one-dish meals. * Plenty of timesaving tips and advice for smoother meal prep. | *$6.74 |
 | SuperFoods Rx: Fourteen Foods That Will Change Your Life
Brand: Harper
<blockquote> <p>The super-bestselling book that's enhancing Americans' health </p><p>By eating the fourteen SuperFoods highlighted in Dr. Steven Pratt's instant bestseller, you can actually stop the incremental deteriorations that lead to common ailments and diseases </p></blockquote> <ul> <li>Beans -- reduce obesity </li> <li>Blueberries -- lower risk for cardiovascular disease </li> <li>Broccoli -- lowers the incidence of cataracts and fights birth defects </li> <li>Oats -- reduce the risk of type II diabetes</li> <li>Oranges -- prevent strokes</li> <li>Pumpkin -- lowers the risk of various cancers </li> <li>Wild salmon -- lowers the risk of heart disease</li> <li>Soy -- lowers cholesterol </li> <li>Spinach -- decreases the chance of cardiovascular disease and age-related macular degeneration </li> <li>Tea -- helps prevent osteoporosis </li> <li>Tomatoes -- raise the skin's sun protection factor </li> <li>Turkey -- helps build a strong immune system </li> <li>Walnuts -- reduce the risk of developing coronary heart disease, diabetes, and cancer </li> </ul> <blockquote>* Yogurt-promotes strong bones and a healthy heart</blockquote> <p> <i>SuperFoods Rx</i> includes recipes created by Chef Michel Stroot of the Golden Door Spa and teaches you how to incorporate SuperFoods and their sidekicks into your diet. <i>SuperFoods Rx</i> is an indispensable guide to a healthy, long, and energetic life. </p> | *$3.00 |
 | The Pat Conroy Cookbook: Recipes of My Life
Brand: Nan A. Talese
<p>âThis book is the story of my life as it relates to the subject of food. It is my autobiography in food and meals and restaurants and countries far and near. Let me take you to a restaurant on the Left Bank of Paris that I found when writing <i>The Lords of Discipline. </i>There are meals I ate in Rome while writing <i>The Prince of Tides</i> that ache in my memory when I resurrect them. There is a shrimp dish I ate in an elegant English restaurant, where Cuban cigars were passed out to all the gentlemen in the room after dinner, that I can taste on my palate as I write this. There is barbecue and its variations in the South, and the subject is a holy one to me. I write of truffles in the Dordogne Valley in France, cilantro in Bangkok, catfish in Alabama, scuppernong in South Carolina, Chinese food from my years in San Francisco, and white asparagus from the first meal my agent took me to in New York City. Let me tell you about the fabulous things I have eaten in my life, the story of the food I have encountered along the way. . . â</p><p>Americaâs favorite storyteller, Pat Conroy, is back with a unique cookbook that only he could conceive. Delighting us with tales of his passion for cooking and good food and the people, places, and great meals he has experienced, Conroy mixes them together with mouthwatering recipes from the Deep South and the world beyond.<br><br>It all started thirty years ago with a chance purchase of <i>The Escoffier Cookbook,</i> an unlikely and daunting introduction for the beginner. But Conroy was more than up to the task. He set out with unwavering determination to learn the basics of French cookingâstocks and doughâand moved swiftly on to veal demi-glace and pâte brisée. With the help of his culinary accomplice, Suzanne Williamson Pollak, Conroy mastered the dishes of his beloved South as well as the cuisine he has savored in places as far away from home as Paris, Rome, and San Francisco. <br><br>Each chapter opens with a story told with the inimitable brio of the author. We see Conroy in New Orleans celebrating his triumphant novel <i>The Prince of Tides</i> at a new restaurant where there is a contretemps with its hardworking young owner/chefâyears later he discovered the earnest young chef was none other than Emeril Lagasse; we accompany Pat and his wife on their honeymoon in Italy and wander with him, wonderstruck, through the markets of Umbria and Rome; we learn how a dinner with his fighter-pilot father was preceded by the Great Santini himself acting out a perilous night flight that would become the last chapters of one of his sonâs most beloved novels. These tales and more are followed by corresponding recipesâfrom Breakfast Shrimp and Grits and Sweet Potato Rolls to Pappardelle with Prosciutto and Chestnuts and Beefsteak Florentine to Peppered Peaches and Creme Brulee. A master storyteller and passionate cook, Conroy believes that âA recipe is a story that ends with a good meal.â</p> | *$15.92 |
 | Paula Deen's The Deen Family Cookbook
Brand: Simon & Schuster Part Number: 7813
<I>"Many of the bonds my family has were forged over the dinner table and through the sharing of recipes. Cooking is the way we express our love for one another....I feel so lucky and blessed by the strong support and wonderful memories -- and the incredible recipes -- that my family has brought me. They are the heart and soul of this book."</i><P> -- FROM THE INTRODUCTION<P><br/><P>Nothing is more important to Paula Deen than her family, and nothing makes that big family happier than sitting down to a meal together. In <I>Paula Deen's The Deen Family Cookbook,</i> Paula and the Deens, Hiers, Groovers, and Orts share their recipes and memories.<P>Paula's beloved Aunt Peggy makes an Old-Fashioned Meat Loaf that's as good in sandwiches the next day as it is for dinner. Baby brother Bubba Hiers brings his Beer and Onion Biscuits to the table, and his daughter, Corrie, makes a simple but luscious Lemony, Buttery Baked Fish that's perfect for a weeknight dinner. (Her Carrot-Pecan Cupcakes with Cream Cheese Frosting are pretty tasty, too!) Son Jamie makes Huevos Rancheros, perfect for brunch, or try Bobby's Whole Wheat and Honey Pancakes. Husband Michael Groover knows his way around a grill: try his Company's Coming Grilled Steak and Veggie Supper for easy entertaining, and finish the evening with his Irish Coffee.<P>Of course, there was no way The Lady herself was going to let her relatives have all the fun: Paula is, after all, <I>Paula</i>. She shares her recipe for the Ham and Chutney Biscuit Fingers she puts on the table at every family party as well as the Eggplant and Sausage Lasagna that went a long way toward getting the boys to eat their vegetables. And while there's plenty of butter, bacon, and mayonnaise in these pages, you'll find some of the lighter recipes that Paula enjoys, too: Seared Scallops with Pineapple-Cucumber Salsa is her first choice for a healthful but romantic supper with Michael, and Oven-Fried Chicken Breasts with Honey-Yogurt Drizzle lets Paula indulge in her favorite foods without guilt <I>and</i> with room for dessert.<P>With more than 140 recipes and dozens of beautiful color photographs, there's something here for everyone. So invite over all those aunts, uncles, cousins, and friends, and treat them to some home cooking, Deen family style. | *$14.16 |
 | How to Be a Domestic Goddess: Baking and the Art of Comfort Cooking
Brand: Hyperion
<B>Now in paperback, the cookbook in which Nigella Lawson shows us how to release the domestic goddess inside each of us</B> <P>"The trouble with much modern cooking is not that the food it produces isnât good, but that the mood it induces in the cook is one of skin-of-the-teeth efficiency, all briskness and little pleasure. Sometimes thatâs the best we can manage, but at other times we donât want to feel like a postmodern, postfeminist, overstretched woman but, rather, like a domestic goddess, trailing nutmeggy fumes of baking pie in our languorous wake . . ." <P><I>How to Be a Domestic Goddess</I>, filled with more than 220 lavishly illustrated recipes, makes cooking and baking as luxurious as it should be, with recipes for cakes, pies, pastries, and breads, and feeds our fantasies of making sumptuous treats at home. | *$7.81 |
 | Sunday Suppers at Lucques: Seasonal Recipes from Market to Table
Brand: Knopf
Few chefs in America have won more acclaim than Suzanne Goin, owner of Lucques restaurant. A chef of impeccable pedigree, she got her start cooking at some of the best restaurants in the worldâLâArpège. Olives, and Chez Panisse, to name a fewâplaces where she acquired top-notch skills to match her already flawless culinary instincts. âA great many cooks have come through the kitchen at Chez Panisse,â observes the legendary Alice Waters, âBut Suzanne Goin was a stand-out. We all knew immediately that one day she would have a restaurant of her own, and that other cooks would be coming to <i>her</i> for kitchen wisdom and a warm welcome.â<br><br>And come they have, in droves. Since opening her L.A. restaurant, Lucques, in 1998, Goinâs cooking has garnered extraordinary accolades. Lucques is now recognized as one of the best restaurants in the country, and she is widely acknowledged as one of the most talented chefs around. Goinâs gospel is her commitment to the freshest ingredients available; her way of combining those ingredients in novel but impeccably appropriate ways continues to awe those who dine at her restaurant. <br><br>Her Sunday Supper menus at Lucquesâever changing and always tied to the produce of the seasonâhave drawn raves from all quarters: critics, fellow chefs, and Lucquesâs devoted clientele. Now, in her long-awaited cookbook, <i>Sunday Suppers at Lucques, </i>Goin offers the general public, for the first time, the menus that have made her famous. <br><br>This inspired cookbook contains:<br><br>§132 recipes in all, arranged into four-course menus and organized by season. Each recipes contains detailed instructions that distill the creation of these elegant and classy dishes down to easy-to-follow steps. Recipes include: Braised Beef Shortribs with Potato Puree and Horseradish Cream; Cranberry Walnut Clafoutis; Warm Crepes with Lemon Zest and Hazelnut Brown Butter<br>§75 full-color photographs that illustrate not only the beauty of the food but the graceful plating techniques that Suzanne Goin is known for<br>§A wealth of information on seasonal produceâeverything from reading a ripe squash to making the most of its flavors. She even tells us where to purchase the best fruit, vegetables, and pantry items<br>§Detailed instruction on standard cooking techniques both simple and involved, from making breadcrumbs to grilling duck<br>§A foreword by Alice Waters, owner and head chef of Chez Panisse restaurant and mentor to Suzanne Goin (one-time Chez Panisse line cook)<br><br>With this book, Goin gives readers a sublime collection of destined-to-be-classic recipes. More than that, however, she offers advice on how home cooks can truly enjoy the process of cooking and make that process their own. One Sunday with Suzanne Goin is guaranteed to change your approach to cookingânot to mention transform your results in the kitchen. | *$19.19 |
 | Mayumi's Kitchen: Macrobiotic Cooking for Body and Soul
Brand: Kodansha International
[INSIDE-FLAP COPY]<br>"Not only are you the best chef in the world...your amazing food helped me to be a happier, healthier person, balanced in body and mind."<br><strong>--Madonna</strong> (from the Preface)<br><br>[BACKCOVER COPY]<br>"Mayumi makes beautiful, energizing food, which I have been lucky enough to enjoy many times over the years. I am thrilled that now everyone can have a chance to experience the effects of her meals, which are as healing and healthy as one can get!"<br><strong>--Gwyneth Paltrow</strong><br><br>"When people think of macrobiotics, they think of healing and recovery, but they rarely think of gorgeous, yummy food. <em>Mayumi's Kitchen</em> changes all that."<br><strong>--Christina Pirello, Emmy Award-winning host of </strong><strong><em>Christina Cooks</em></strong><strong> on national public television and best-selling cookbook author</strong><br><br>"Mayumi has long been one of my favorite chefs in the world-her cooking is infused with love, joy, and the spirit of a true artist. So it's no surprise to me that this wonderful book is as inviting as her food-gorgeous, friendly, and welcoming."<br><strong>--Jessica Porter, author, </strong><strong><em>The Hip Chick's Guide to Macrobiotics</em></strong><br><br>"In this book and its recipes, Mayumi captures the beauty and spirit of macrobiotics and natural foods cuisine. She has inspired many toward a healthful lifestyle, and will continue to do so with this wonderful book."<br><strong>--Dr. Lawrence Haruo Kushi, nutritional epidemiologist</strong><br><br>"With years of innovative experience, Mayumi Nishimura brings food to life with a balanced sense of taste, color, and good nutrition. The recipes and artistic photography in <em>Mayumi's Kitchen</em> are sure to make your mouth water and your lips quiver! This is whole food kitchen inspiration at its best."<br><strong>--Verne Varona, author, </strong><strong><em>Macrobiotics for Dummies</em></strong><strong></strong> | *$18.11 |
 | Into the Vietnamese Kitchen: Treasured Foodways, Modern Flavors
Brand: Ten Speed Press
When author Andrea Nguyen's family was airlifted out of Saigon in 1975, one of the few belongings that her mother hurriedly packed for the journey was her small orange notebook of recipes. Thirty years later, Nguyen has written her own intimate collection of recipes, INTO THE VIETNAMESE KITCHEN, an ambitious debut cookbook that chronicles the food traditions of her native country. Robustly flavored yet delicate, sophisticated yet simple, the recipes include steamy pho noodle soups infused with the aromas of fresh herbs and lime; rich clay-pot preparations of catfish, chicken, and pork; classic bánh mì sandwiches; and an array of Vietnamese charcuterie. Nguyen helps readers shop for essential ingredients, master core cooking techniques, and prepare and serve satisfying meals, whether for two on a weeknight or 12 on a weekend. | *$21.77 |
 | Cooking Under Pressure (20th Anniversary Edition)
Brand: William Morrow Cookbooks
<blockquote> <p> From the leading authority on speed cooking comes the groundbreaking cookbook that inspired a generation of cooksânow updated and revised for today's tastes and sleek, ultrasafe machines </p> </blockquote> <p> From the elegant to the ethnic to the traditional, <i>Cooking Under Pressure</i> contains a wealth of flavor-packed recipes for fast, healthy, and delicious meals developed for the modern pressure cookerâa magical appliance that turns out foods in one-third (or less) the standard cooking time without sacrificing flavor or aroma. Lorna Sass introduces us to an eclectic array of dishes that can be prepared on a whim, including classic osso buco (18 minutes), chicken gumbo (9 minutes), and risotto (4 minutes, without stirring!). Even chocolate cheesecake and Grand Marnier bread pudding are done to perfection in short order. Plus, the dramatically shortened cooking times make it possible to prepare cholesterol-free, high-fiber ingredients such as grains and beans at the last minute. The pressure cooker is the cook's best friend! </p> | *$12.91 |
 | EatingWell on a Budget (EatingWell)
Brand: Countryman Press
<strong>Who says it has to cost more to eat well?</strong> Americans are eating out less and, more and more oft en, their food decisions are being driven by two main things: budget and health. <em>EatingWell</em> marries these two trends in the new cookbook <em>EatingWell on a Budget</em>. It shows you how to make nutritious dinners that everyone in the family will love and get them on the table quickly without spending moreâin most instancesâthan $3 a person. We cost out the ingredients, tell readers how to get the most nutrition bang for their buck, and even show them where to splurge and where to save.<br /> <br /> A trademark of all <em>EatingWell</em> recipes and cookbooks: We donât believe in sacrificing taste, so the recipes in this book include foods like shrimp and steak but, because we use them judiciously, they are affordable. Introductory sections look at the basics of healthy cooking on a budget and offer lots of tips and advice on menu planning, stocking your pantry, and nutrition basics. There are also great suggestions for how you can save and reuse left overs, preserve foods, and use one ingredient in multiple fresh new recipes. 75+ color photographs | *$10.00 |
 | Brew Ware: How to Find, Adapt & Build Homebrewing Equipment
Brand: Storey Publishing, LLC
Using this handbook, homebrewers, tinkerers, and putterers can create their own microbrewery that is safe and makes brewing easier. | *$10.24 |
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