 | I'm Just Here for the Food: Version 2.0
Brand: Stewart, Tabori & Chang
Eight years ago, Alton Brown set out to create a cooking show for a new generation. The result was "Good Eats", one of Food Network's most popular programmes. Four years ago, when Alton Brown set out to write "I'm Just Here for the Food", he wanted to create a cookbook unlike any other - a cookbook for people who would rather understand their food than follow a recipe. A mix of cutting edge graphics and a fresh take on preparing food, "I'm Just Here for the Food" became one of the best-selling cookbooks of the year - and received the James Beard Foundation/KitchenAid Book Award as best reference book. This year, to commemorate and celebrate this more-than-300-thousand-copies-sold success story, STC is pleased to announce "I'm Just Here for the Food: The Director's Cut". This special edition features 10 brand-new recipes, 20 pages of material not included in the original book, a jacket that folds out into a poster and a removable refrigerator magnet - all wrapped around the material that made the original a classic instruction manual for the kitchen. The book now combines more than 90 recipes with a wealth of information that allow anyone - at any level of expertise - to understand the whys and wherefores of cooking. | *$17.35 |
 | The Cancer-Fighting Kitchen: Nourishing, Big-Flavor Recipes for Cancer Treatment and Recovery
Brand: Celestial Arts
As the executive chef-in-residence at one of the country's leading cancer wellness centers, Rebecca Katz knows that cancer patients and their caretakers want science-based recipes that are tasty, healthful, and easy to prepare. This book features whole-foods and big-flavor recipes designed to ease symptoms along with customized menu plans specially formulated for all treatment phases, cancer types, side effects, and flavor preferences. THE CANCER-FIGHTING KITCHEN includes full nutritional analysis for each recipe and notes that teach readers how to build a culinary cancer-fighting pharmacy. | *$20.28 |
 | The Mediterranean Diet
Brand: Harper
<p> Scientists have discovered that traditional Mediterranean cuisine is one of the most healthful, nutritious diets in the world -- one that can help everyone lose weight and enjoy lower rates of coronary heart disease and other chronic conditions, including diabetes and cancer. From tasty Moroccan vegetable stew to rosemary focaccia, from eggplant parmesan to lemon almond cake, <i>The Mediterranean Diet</i> offers a program that will make dieters everywhere -- and food lovers in general -- rejoice. </p> <p> <li>Includes a 7-day eating plan chock full of savory meals</li> </p> <p> <li>Essential in-depth nutritional information about each food category</li> </p> <p> <li>A 3-day exercise plan</li> </p> <p> <li>Luscious soup-to-nuts recipes designed to satisfy your individual tastes </li> </ul> </p> <p> Lose weight and worry with every delicious meal! </p> | *$3.83 |
 | Cooking with Coconut Flour: A Delicious Low-Carb, Gluten-Free Alternative to Wheat
Brand: Piccadilly Books, Ltd.
Do you love breads, cakes, pies, cookies, and other wheat products but can't eat them because you are allergic to wheat or sensitive to gluten? Perhaps you avoid wheat because you are concerned about your weight and need to cut down on carbohydrates. If so, the solution for you is coconut flour. Coconut flour is a delicious, healthy alternative to wheat. It is high in fiber, low in digestible carbohydrate, and a good source of protein. It contains no gluten so it is ideal for those with celiac disease. Coconut flour can be used to make a variety of delicious baked goods, snacks, desserts, and main dishes. It is the only flour used in most of the recipes in this book. These recipes are so delicious that you won't be able to tell that they aren't made with wheat. If you like foods such as German chocolate cake, apple pie, blueberry muffins, cheese crackers, and chicken pot pie, but don't want the wheat; you will love the recipes in this book! These recipes are designed with your health in mind. Every recipe is completely free of wheat, gluten, soy, trans fats, and artificial sweeteners. Coconut is naturally low in carbohydrate and recipes include both regular and reduced sugar versions. Coconut flour provides many health benefits. It can improve digestion, help regulate blood sugar, protect against diabetes, help prevent heart disease and cancer, and aid in weight loss. | *$10.00 |
 | Alton Brown's Gear For Your Kitchen
Brand: Stewart, Tabori & Chang
<DIV>Dedicated viewers of Alton Brownâs acclaimed Food Network show <I>Good Eats</I> know of his penchant for using unusual equipment. He has smoked a salmon in a cardboard box, roasted prime rib in a flowerpot, and used a C-clamp as a nutcracker. Brown isnât interested in novelty, heâs just devoted to using the bestâand simplestâtool for the job. <BR><BR><I>Alton Brownâs Gear For Your Kitchen</I> offers honest, practical advice on whatâs needed and what isnât, what works and what doesnât. For instance: You only need three knives, but they are a lifetime investment. And donât bother with that famous countertop grillâit doesnât get hot enough to properly sear. In his signature science-guy style, Brown begins with advice on kitchen layout and organization, then gets to the lowdown on these cooking elements: Big Things with Plugs; Pots and Pans; Sharp Things; The Tool Box; Small Things with Plugs; Storage and Containment; and Safety and Sanitation. <BR><BR><I>Gear For Your Kitchen</I> is essential for all of Brownâs fans as well as anyone who wants a good guide to great kitchen gear. With more than 125,000 hardcover copies in print, this indispensableâand highly entertainingâbook is now offered in a paperback edition that every home cook can afford.</DIV> | *$8.50 |
 | The New Food Lover's Companion
Brand: Barron's Educational Series
The brand-new fourth edition of this widely praised reference guide has been updated with new information for everyone, including lovers of ethnic foods and health food aficionados. The authors have added many all-new entries on exotic produce and other unusual ingredients. An earlier edition of <i> The New Food Loverâs Companion </i> was hailed by <i> Bon App©tit </i> magazine as âone of the best reference books weâve seen, a must for every cookâs library.â This new edition has even more to offer! Among the myriad foods and culinary subjects defined and explained are cooking tools and techniques, meat cuts, breads, pastas, international foods, cheeses, eggs and omelets, herbs and spices, fruits and vegetables, candies and desserts, wines and cocktails, and literally everything else related to good food and enjoyable dining. Handy and helpful appendices cover a wide range of food-related topics. They include suggestions for substituting recipe ingredients, high-altitude baking adjustments, a microwave oven conversion chart, recommended safe cooking temperatures for various meats and fish, a guide to reading food package labels, seasoning suggestions to enhance favorite dishes, a food additives directory, and much more. <i> The New Food Loverâs Companion </i> is a reference guideânot a cookbookâbut it includes hundreds of cooking tips plus an extensive bibliography of recommended cookbooks and other food-related literature. Here in one volume is an invaluable companion for cooksâand for everybody else who loves good food. More than 6,700 entries plus line art that shows retail cuts of lamb, pork, beef, and veal. | *$7.24 |
 | The 100 Best Vegan Baking Recipes: Amazing Cookies, Cakes, Muffins, Pies, Brownies and Breads
Brand: Ulysses Press
<DIV><DIV>From classic breads, cakes, and desserts to imaginative new creations, the recipes in this book eliminate the dairy and eggs without reducing the flavor. These homemade delights have been taste-tested to tantalizing perfection. Each bite proves that vegan-baked goods can be just as delectable as their animal-product counterparts. Whether one is motivated to do something positive for the earth, to show compassion for animals, or to be good for one's health, these quick-to-make, easy-to-bake recipes offer a proven new approach for novice bakers and professional pastry chefs alike. <I>The 100 Best Vegan Baking Recipes</I> features alternatives for favorites like cupcakes, brownies, and chocolate chip cookies while also offering treats such as lime coconut bars, blueberry streusel muffins, and rosemary focaccia. The author refrains from exotic ingredient lists while presenting straightforward guidance on how baking works and what to use to veganize favorite recipes. From egg and butter replacers to nut and grain milks, <I>The 100 Best Vegan Baking Recipes</I> details all the tried, true, and tastiest substitutes. </DIV></div> | *$7.41 |
 | Amy's Bread, Revised and Updated: Artisan-style breads, sandwiches, pizzas, and more from New York City's favorite bakery
Brand: Wiley | *$20.97 |
 | Clean Food: A Seasonal Guide to Eating Close to the Source with More Than 200 Recipes for a Healthy and Sustainable You
Brand: Sterling Epicure
<DIV><P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">More than a cookbook, Clean Food is a feast for the senses that will nourish mind, body, soulâ¦and the planet, too. With more than 200 fresh, seasonal, and tempting vegan recipes, it will help everyone eat the way the want: close to the source.</P><P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">From the White House kitchen to fast food restaurants, everyoneâs discussing âthe sustainable diet.â But what exactly does that mean? Terry Walters explains it all, and shows us how to eat seasonal, unprocessed, and locally-grown foods that are good for us and the environment. </P><P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">Waltersâs emphasizes tastes as much as ingredients in delicious recipes that include whole grains, vegetables, legumes, sea vegetables, nuts, and seeds, and range from Crispy Chickpea Fritters to Spicy Thai Tempeh with Cashews to a vegan and sugar-free Chocolate Loverâs Tart thatâs absolutely luscious! Since theyâre arranged from spring to winter (with a chapter for âanytime at allâ), itâs easy to find the right meals for every season of the year. </P><P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">Terryâs dynamic personality shines through on every page, particularly in her extensive introduction to the world of whole foods (which includes a glossary of ingredients). This is certain to be the cookbook of this and every seasonâthe one that will help us make positive, sustainable, and yet delicious changes to the way we eat every day.</P></DIV><P> </P> | *$18.81 |
 | The Complete Book of Pasta and Noodles
Brand: Clarkson Potter
How do you boil pasta? How much water and salt do you need? Should you add oil to the water? How well should you drain it? (Turn to page viii for the answers.)<br><br>One part cooking course, one part kitchen reference, and one part foolproof recipes, <b>The Complete Book of Pasta and Noodles</b> tells the story of flour and water like no other book on the market. Extensively covering the basics of pasta and noodles, this thoroughly researched and taste-tested guide is dedicated to the home cook who needs practical advice on everything from penne to pad thai. The experts at Cook's Illustrated present their knowledge and techniques in a hands-on way so that each and every step of the cooking process can be understood and easily executed. The authors leave room for interpretation and taste, of course, but you will not walk away from this book without knowing which olive oil to buy, why egg pastas tend to complement cream sauces, or how to mince garlic.<br><br>The book is arranged in four sections, exploring first dried semolina pasta, then fresh Italian-style pasta, Mediterranean pasta and European dumplings, and finally, Asian noodles. There are thirteen chapters devoted to sauces alone, and recipes are included with the type of pasta with which they work best -- from the simplest to the complex, but all within reach of the home cook. As a bonus, the book includes excellent photographs of the various pasta and noodle shapes, and impeccable illustrations clearly depict each step of key techniques. Special sections are devoted to such specific topics as "Are Electric Pasta Machines Worth the Money?" and "A Guide to Popular Cheeses."<br><br>"Cook's has always been the definitive word on any subject it tackles," says The Post and Courier, and <b>The Complete Book of Pasta and Noodles</b> will serve as the definitive reference volume for pasta lovers.<br><br><br><i>From the Hardcover edition.</i> | *$11.64 |
 | Dana Carpender's NEW Carb and Calorie Counter-Expanded, Revised, and Updated 4th Edition: Your Complete Guide to Total Carbs, Net Carbs, Calories, and More
Brand: Fair Winds Press | *$3.94 |
 | The Most Decadent Diet Ever!: The cookbook that reveals the secrets to cooking your favorites in a healthier way
Brand: Broadway
<p>Devin Alexander, author of the <i>New York Times</i> bestseller, <i>The Biggest Loser Cookbook</i>, lets you have your cake and lose weight, too, with sinfully tempting â yet amazingly healthy â recipes for Americaâs all-time favorite foods.</p><p>Chef and former L.A. caterer Devin Alexander has maintained a fifty-five-pound weight loss for over sixteen years by transforming the dishes she and millions of other Americans love best into guilt-free (yet still outrageously mouth-watering) indulgences--Rigatoni with Meat Sauce, BBQ Bacon Cheeseburgers, Eggplant Parmesan, Sinless Yet Sinful Sticky Buns, and even Dark Chocolate Layer Cake with Chocolate Buttercream Frosting. <br><br>These<i> </i>simple-to-prepare recipes for the kind of delectable dishes people crave but feel they canât eat when trying to be healthy and trim, actually can be the basis of a personal weight-loss plan. They can also be a way to add âoff-limitâ foods back into an already successful diet. Or they can simply be part of an exciting new way to eat healthfully â and with pleasure. <br><br>In <i>The Most Decadent Diet Ever! </i>Devin Alexander proves that even the most decadent dishes â Chipotle Chili with Blue Cheese Crumbles, "Fried" Jumbo Shrimp, Super-Stuffed Steak Soft Tacos, Fettu-Skinny Alfredo, Godiva Brownie Sundaes, and Chocolate Chip Pancakes â can lead to weight loss, good health, and carefree enjoyment.</p> | *$12.22 |
 | Blender Baby Food: Over 125 Recipes for Healthy Homemade Meals
Brand: Robert Rose
Making nutritious, homemade baby food has never been so easy! <P>Baby food doesn't have to come in jars, and making your own at home is not difficult. Baby food is strained, puréed or mashed adult food - just a different version of the food you prepare for yourself. <P>Here are three good reasons to make baby food at home: 1. Knowing what's in it, therefore ensuring healthy and wholesome meals. 2. Tailoring the texture to your baby's preferences. 3. Shaping baby's tastes and helping him/her learn what fresh foods taste like. <P>Whether choosing to make all baby's food at home, or just some of it, the blender is a great way to offer new flavors in a baby-friendly texture. Once a child begins to eat table food, there is always an occasion for a fruit smoothie or a nutritious blended dip. <P>Here's a sampling of the deliciously easy recipes: - Six Months and Older: Peach and Pear Bananarama, Melon Madness, Zucchini and Nectarines, Roasted Vegetable Purée - Eight Months and Older: Vegetable Paella, Humus for Beginners, Chicken with Red Peppers and Corn, Beefy Broccoli - Nine Months and Older: Lemon Raspberry Yogurt, Over the Top Applesauce, Spinach and Tomatoes with Ricotta, Fisherman's Pie - Twelve Months and Older: Orange Banana Smoothie, Very Berry Pears, Broccoli and Cauliflower Melt, Veggie Cream Sauce <P>All the recipes in Blender Baby Food are accompanied by suggested age guidelines. Also included are lots of great tips for making baby food, storage and freezing guidelines as well as the appropriate way to thaw and reheat food. Plus, none of the recipes calls for any of the salt, sugar, starches or fillers found in many commercially prepared baby foods. Blender Baby Food helps parents give their baby the best nutritional advantage. | *$12.46 |
 | 1,000 Vegan Recipes
Brand: Wiley | *$20.79 |
 | The Sweet Life in Paris: Delicious Adventures in the World's Most Glorious - and Perplexing - City
Brand: Broadway
<p>Like so many others, David Lebovitz dreamed about living in Paris ever since he first visited the city in the 1980s. Finally, after a nearly two-decade career as a pastry chef and cookbook author, he moved to Paris to start a new life. Having crammed all his worldly belongings into three suitcases, he arrived, hopes high, at his new apartment in the lively Bastille neighborhood. <br><br>But he soon discovered it's a different world <i>en France</i>.<br><br>From learning the ironclad rules of social conduct to the mysteries of men's footwear, from shopkeepers who work so hard not to sell you anything to the etiquette of working the right way around the cheese plate, here is David's story of how he came to fall in love withâand even understandâthis glorious, yet sometimes maddening, city.<br><br>When did he realize he had morphed into <i>un vrai parisien</i>? It might have been when he found himself considering a purchase of men's dress socks with cartoon characters on them. Or perhaps the time he went to a bank with 135 euros in hand to make a 134-euro payment, was told the bank had no change that day, and thought it was completely normal. Or when he found himself dressing up to take out the garbage because he had come to accept that in Paris appearances and image mean everything. <br><br>The more than fifty original recipes, for dishes both savory and sweet, such as Pork Loin with Brown SugarâBourbon Glaze, Braised Turkey in Beaujolais Nouveau with Prunes, Bacon and Bleu Cheese Cake, Chocolate-Coconut Marshmallows, Chocolate Spice Bread, Lemon-Glazed Madeleines, and MochaâCrème Fraîche Cake, will have readers running to the kitchen once they stop laughing. <br><br><i>The Sweet Life in Paris</i> is a deliciously funny, offbeat, and irreverent look at the city of lights, cheese, chocolate, and other confections.</p> | *$14.40 |
 | Diabetic Meals in 30 Minutes--Or Less!, 2nd Edition
Brand: American Diabetes Association
<p><b>Quick and Nutritional Meals for People with Diabetes</b></p> <p>This new edition shows you how to prepare great-tasting meals specifically for people with diabetes, in 30 minutes or less. Each recipe now adheres to the new nutrition guidelines of the American Diabetes Association and is guaranteed to be low in saturated fat. Whether you're looking for appetizers, desserts, soups, salads, or entrees, Diabetic Meals in 30 MinutesâOr Less! offers more than 140 great-tasting and fast recipes.</p> | *$7.48 |
 | Ready for Dessert: My Best Recipes
Brand: Ten Speed Press
Pastry chef David Lebovitz is known for creating desserts with bold and high-impact flavor, not fussy, complicated presentations. Lucky for us, this translates into showstopping sweets that bakers of all skill levels can master. In <i>Ready for Dessert</i>, elegant finales such as Gâteau Victoire, Black Currant Tea Crème Brûlée, and Anise-Orange Ice Cream Profiteroles with Chocolate Sauce are as easy to prepare as comfort foods such as Plum-Blueberry Upside-Down Cake, Creamy Rice Pudding, and Cheesecake Brownies.<br> <br>With his unique brand of humorâand a fondness for desserts with âscreaming chocolate intensityââDavid serves up a tantalizing array of more than 170 recipes for cakes, pies, tarts, crisps, cobblers, custards, soufflés, puddings, ice creams, sherbets, sorbets, cookies, candies, dessert sauces, fruit preserves, and even homemade liqueurs. David reveals his three favorites: a deeply spiced Fresh Ginger Cake; the bracing and beautiful Champagne Gelée with Kumquats, Grapefruits, and Blood Oranges; and his chunky and chewy Chocolate Chip Cookies. His trademark friendly guidance, as well as suggestions, storage advice, flavor variations, and tips will help ensure success every time. <br> <br>Accompanied with stunning photos by award-winning photographer Maren Caruso, this new compilation of Davidâs best recipes to date will inspire you to pull out your sugar bin and get baking or churn up a batch of homemade ice cream. So if youâre ready for dessert (and who isnât?), youâll be happy to have this collection of sweet indulgences on your kitchen shelfâand your guests will be overjoyed, too. | *$23.10 |
 | Flying Apron's Gluten-free & Vegan Baking Book
Brand: Sasquatch Books
<DIV>Flying Apron Bakery has become famous for serving up tasty and delicious baked goods to those with celiac disease and for others on a gluten-free diet. Because the foods are so tasty, many gluten eaters likewise flock to the bakery. In this cookbook, owner Jennifer Katzinger shares her favorite dishes and secrets to gluten-free baking. Sampling both the sweet and the savory, the 80-plus recipes include scones (plus their signature flying aprons), muffins, cookies, pies, cakes and cupcakes, frostings, breads, soups, turnovers, and potpies. Recipes include Buckwheat Flying Apron Biscuits, Cardamom Spice Cake, Polenta Cannelli, Bean Torte with Caponota, and Ginger Wheel Cookies. All are gluten-free, vegan, and use organic whole food ingredients. Featuring a foreword by the Gluten-Free Girl herself, Shauna James Ahern, the book contains vibrant color photographs of dishes and of the bakery, as well as resource list for hard-to-find specialty ingredients.</DIV> | *$14.92 |
 | Rustic Fruit Desserts: Crumbles, Buckles, Cobblers, Pandowdies, and More
Brand: Ten Speed Press
An early fall cobbler with blackberries bubbling in their juice beneath a golden cream biscuit. A crunchy oatmeal crisp made with mid-summer's sweet nectarines and raspberries. Or a comforting pear bread pudding made with brioche to soften a harsh winter's day. In RUSTIC FRUIT DESSERTS, James Beard Award-winning chef Cory Schreiber and Julie Richardson, owner of Baker & Spice, share their repertoire of classic fruit desserts, including crumbles, crisps, Betty's, buckles, and pies that showcases the freshest in-season fruit available. Simple, scrumptious, and always a cherished favorite, these heritage desserts are (thankfully) experiencing a long-due revival. | *$12.50 |
 | American Pie: My Search for the Perfect Pizza
Brand: Ten Speed Press
In the course of his extraordinary career as a baker, culinary instructor, and author, Peter Reinhart has dedicated himself to exploring the passions and techniques behind the great breads of the world. His most recent pursuit has been pizzaâa seemingly simple food that has been hotly debated since Italian immigrants brought it to America more than a century ago. Allegiances run from the general (Chicago- versus New Yorkâstyle, Neapolitan versus Sicilian) to the particular (Pepeâs versus Sallyâs, Ginoâs East versus Pizzeria Uno), and newfangled versions like sushi pizza are extending the frontier. In AMERICAN PIE, Reinhart follows the pizza trail from Italy to the States, capturing the stories behind the greatest artisanal pizzas of the Old World and the New. <P>Beginning his journey in Genoa, Reinhart scours the Italian countryside in search of the fabled focaccia col formaggio di Recco. After a stop in Florence for pizza vesuvio, with its black truffles and molten cheese, Peter heads to Rome to sample the famed seven-foot-long pizza bianca, and then Naples for the archetypal pizza napoletana. Back in America, the hunt for authentic pizza begins in the unlikely locale of Phoenix, Arizona, where Chris Bianco of Pizzeria Bianco has convinced many that his pie is the best in the country. Sardinian pizza in Dallas; the pizza epicenter of New Haven; grilled pizza in Providence; the deep-dish pies of Chicago; Yugoslavian pogacha in Bellevue, Washingtonâthese are just a few of the stops on Reinhartâs epic tour. <P>Reinhart then returns to the kitchen, where he gives a master class on pizza-making techniques and provides his interpretations of the most memorable pizzas from his journey. His insatiable curiosityâand appetiteâand gift for storytelling make this a must-have book for the avid cook, as well as a great read for the armchair pizzaiolo. | *$16.72 |
 | Under Pressure: Cooking Sous Vide
Brand: Artisan
A revolution in cooking<br><br> Sous vide is the culinary innovation that has everyone in the food world talking. In this revolutionary new cookbook, Thomas Keller, America's most respected chef, explains why this foolproof technique, which involves cooking at precise temperatures below simmering, yields results that other culinary methods cannot. For the first time, one can achieve short ribs that are meltingly tender even when cooked medium rare. Fish, which has a small window of doneness, is easier to finesse, and shellfish stays succulent no matter how long it's been on the stove. Fruit and vegetables benefit, too, retaining color and flavor while undergoing remarkable transformations in texture.<br> <br> The secret to sous vide is in discovering the precise amount of heat required to achieve the most sublime results. Through years of trial and error, Keller and his chefs de cuisine have blazed the trail to perfectionâand they show the way in this collection of never-before-published recipes from his landmark restaurantsâThe French Laundry in Napa Valley and per se in New York. With an introduction by the eminent food-science writer Harold McGee, and artful photography by Deborah Jones, who photographed Keller's best-selling <i>The French Laundry Cookbook</i>, this book will be a must for every culinary professional and anyone who wants to up the ante and experience food at the highest level. | *$38.25 |
 | EatingWell 500-Calorie Dinners Cookbook
Brand: Countryman Press
<strong>Do you love food but hate âdietsâ? Do you want to be healthy and fit but find yourself too busy or simply at a loss about what to make for dinner? Then this book is for you.</strong> <em>EatingWell 500-Calorie Dinners</em> takes the guesswork out of healthy cooking by providing delicious, easy recipes and menus for dinners that come in at about 500 calories, an amount experts say will help most people lose weight without feeling deprived. Once you try the meals in this book youâll be amazed at how well you can eat for 500 calories. One night youâll have a steak sandwich with grilled peppers and a garlicky aïoli served along with roasted red potatoes and a green salad with a tangy vinaigrette, the next night braised chicken in a paprika-spiked sauce over egg noodles with snap peas tossed with a creamy tarragon dressing. Want a glass of wine with dinner or a dessert to end the evening? Weâve included those in our menus too. Try pork chops with an orange and fennel salad along with a side of quinoa and a dish of strawberry frozen yogurt.<br /> <br /> And this book will help you to do more than just trim your waistlineâit will help you to improve your heart health and reduce your risk for diabetes too. It provides solid advice from <em>EatingWell Magazine</em>âs nutrition experts on what foods should be included in any healthful diet, how to figure out how many calories you need, how to determine appropriate serving sizes and estimate calories (without carting around a kitchen scale everywhere you go) and how to lose weight while still feeling satisfied.<br /> <br /> In this book, youâll also find: <ul> <li> 140 delicious recipes that use simple techniques and easy-to-find ingredients </li> <li> Quick dinners: over 100 of the recipes are ready in less than 45 minutes and many take less than 30 minutes </li> <li> Secrets of successful weight loss from renowned weight-loss researcher Dr. Jean Harvey-Berino, chair of the University of Vermontâs Department of Nutrition and Food Sciences, author of the James Beard Award-winning cookbook <em>The EatingWell Diet </em></li> <li> How to eat all day and still lose weight, including what a 1,500-calorie day looks like and easy ideas for breakfast, lunch and snacks </li> <li> Diet tips to maximize flavor and satisfaction while minimizing calories </li> </ul> 256 color illustrations. | *$15.42 |
 | World Atlas of Wine
Brand: MITCH
<DIV>Hailed by critics worldwide as âextraordinaryâ and âirreplaceable,â there are few volumes that have had as monumental an impact in their field as Hugh Johnsonâs <I>The World Atlas of Wine</I>: sales have exceeded four million copies, and it is now published in thirteen languages.<BR>World-renowned authors Hugh Johnson and Jancis Robinson once again combine their unrivalled talents to enhance this masterpiece of wine knowledge. There are now 48 extra pages, including 17 new color illustrations, 20 new maps, andâfor the first time everâdouble page spreads and full-page photos in the atlas section for maximum visual impact. New World coverage has been extended for both Australia and South America; some New World regions even have their own entries for the first time, including Rutherford, Oakville, and Stagâs Leap from California; Mendoza (Argentina); Limestone Coast (Australia); Central Otago and Martinborough (New Zealand); and Constantia (South Africa). And Old World coverage has grown too, with the addition of Toro (Spain), the Peleponnese (Greece), and Georgia. Itâs a truly incomparable book, and an essential addition to every wine loverâs or professionalâs library.</DIV> | *$22.00 |
 | Ani's Raw Food Desserts: 85 Easy, Delectable Sweets and Treats
Brand: Da Capo Lifelong Books
<DIV>You can have your cake and eat it too with Ani Phyoâs innovative, delicious desserts. From cobblers to cookies, pies to cupcakes, Chef Aniâs easy-to-make sweets are wheat-free, gluten-free, dairy-free, processed sugar-free, and cruelty-free. Deceptively simple, these treats pack loads of flavor and nutrition in every bite. Substituting these mouthwatering desserts for traditional baked ones will give your body much-needed nutrients while sacrificing none of the flavor. With lists of essential tools, key ingredients (including âsuperfoodsâ that enhance flavor and nutrition), full-color photos, and gorgeous design, <I>Aniâs Raw Food Desserts</I> proves you donât have to sacrifice taste or style to reap the benefits of raw foods.<P>With recipes for: Raspberry Ganache Fudge Cake, Lemon Pudding Filled Coconut Cupcakes with Shaved Coconut Topping, Mango Sorbet on Macaroon Tartlets, Chocolate Crunch Cupcakes with Molten Mint, Fig Tartlets with Frangipane Cream, Oatmeal Raisin Cookies, Mulberry Pecan Cookies, Spiced Blueberry Cobbler, Pear Ginger Crisp, Nectarine-Raspberry Crumble, and Filled Chocolate Truffles.</DIV> | *$8.89 |
 | The Cake Bible
Brand: William Morrow Cookbooks
<P>"If you ever bake a cake, this book will become your partner in the kitchen." -- from the foreword by Maida Heatter</P><P>This is the classic cake cookbook that enables anyone to make delicious, exquisite cakes. As a writer for food magazines, women's magazines, and newspapers, including <I>The New York Times,</I> Rose Levy Beranbaum's trademark is her ability to reduce the most complex techniques to easy-to-follow recipes. Rose makes baking a joy. This is the definitive work on cakes by the country's top cake baker.</P><P><I>The Cake Bible</I> shows how to:</P><P>Mix a buttery, tender layer cake in under five minutes with perfect results every time</P><P>Make the most fabulous chocolate cake you ever imagined with just three ingredients</P><P>Find recipes for every major type of cake, from pancakes to four-tiered wedding cakes</P><P>Make cakes with less sugar but maximum flavor and texture</P><P>Make many low- to no- cholesterol, low-saturated-fat recipes</P> | *$18.46 |
 | The Petit Appetit Cookbook: Easy, Organic Recipes to Nurture Your Baby and Toddler
Brand: HP Trade
Fresh, wholesome meals that give little mouths something to smile about... <br><br> In <i>The Petit Appetit Cookbook</i>, mother and professional cook Lisa Barnes offers a healthy all-organic alternative to commercially processed, preservative-filled foods to help create delicious menus, nurture adventurous palates, and begin a lifetime of positive eating habits for children. <br><br> Includes: <br><br> - 150+ easy, fast, child-tested recipes for ages 4 months to 4 years<br> - Mealtime solutions for even the most finicky eaters<br> - Nutritional information for each recipe<br> - Time-saving cooking techniques<br> - The right age- and stage-appropriate food choices<br> - How and when to introduce solids to baby's diet <br> - Adapting family recipes for young children<br> - Recognizing signs of food allergies and intolerances | *$8.00 |
 | Rachael Ray 365: No Repeats--A Year of Deliciously Different Dinners (A 30-Minute Meal Cookbook)
Brand: Rachael Ray Part Number: 8254
Even your favorite dinner can lose its appeal when itâs in constant rotation, so mix it up! With her largest collection of recipes yet, Food Networkâs indefatigable cook Rachael Ray guarantees youâll be able to put something fresh and exciting on your dinner table every night for a full year... without a single repeat! <br><br>Based on the original 30-Minute Meal cooking classes that started it all, these recipes prove that you donât have to reinvent the wheel every night. Rachael offers dozens of recipes that, once mastered, can become entirely new dishes with just a few ingredient swaps. Learn how to make a Southwestern Pasta Bake and youâll be able to make a Smoky Chipotle Chili Con Queso Mac the next time. Try your hand at Spring Chicken with Leeks and Peas and youâre all set to turn out a rib-sticking Rice and Chicken Stoup that looks and tastes like an entirely different dish. <br><br>As a best-selling cookbook author and host of three top-rated Food Network shows, Rachael Ray believes that both cooking and eating should be fun. Drawing from her own favorite dishes as well as those of her family, friends, and celebrities, she covers the flavor spectrum from Asian to Italian and dozens of delicious stops in between. Best of all, these flavor-packed dishes will satisfy your every craving and renew your taste for cooking. With so many delicious entrees to choose from youâll never have an excuse for being in a cooking rut again.<br><br>How about a brand-new 30-minute dinner every night for an entire year? <br><br>Tired of making the same old same old, week after week after week? <br><br>With Rachaelâs most varied and comprehensive collection of 30-minute recipes ever, youâll have everyone at your table saying âYummo!â all year long. <br><br>Itâs amazing what a half hour can do for your tastebuds ⦠365 days a year! | *$8.94 |
 | The Pasta Bible: The Definitive Sourcebook, with over 1,000 Illustrations
Brand: Chartwell Books, Inc.
A history of noodles, noodle making, and noodle varieties is followed by more than eighty recipes for international dishes from such diverse locales as Italy, Eastern Europe, and Japan--including soups, pasta salads, a variety of entrees, and some desserts. 35,000 first printing. $30,000 ad/promo. | *$8.75 |
 | America's Most Wanted Recipes: Delicious Recipes from Your Family's Favorite Restaurants
Brand: Atria
<b><big><center>Discover the recipes from America's most popular family restaurants and cook them at home for a fraction of the price!</center></big></b><P>Wouldn't it be nice if you could treat yourself to dishes from your favorite restaurants anytime? Now you can -- at home! In <I>America's Most Wanted Recipes</i>, Ron Douglas reveals copycat versions of carefully guarded secret restaurant recipes and shows family chefs how to prepare them at home, saving time and money. With these easy and mouth-watering recipes, families can enjoy a night out in their very own kitchens.<P><blockquote>- <b>Great selection:</b> With more than 200 recipes from 57 of America's most popular restaurants -- including The Cheesecake Factory, KFC, Olive Garden, P.F. Chang's, Red Lobster, Outback Steakhouse, and many more -- no taste or craving will be left unsatisfied.</blockquote><P><blockquote> - <b>Cut the cost:</b> Watch your wallet without giving up restaurantquality food! You can save your family thousands of dollars each year by preparing these recipes just once a week.</blockquote><P><blockquote>- <b>Skip the lines:</b> Forget about waiting to be seated. You can have your favorite meals "on demand" from the comfort of your own kitchen. Time-saving tips and shortcuts will have dinner on the table in no time.</blockquote><P><blockquote>- <b>Eat healthy:</b> Low-fat alternatives and waist-slimming suggestions make these dishes delicious -- and nutritious.</blockquote><P><blockquote>- <b>Impress your family and friends:</b> These recipes are all fast, simple, and virtually indistinguishable from the originals. We bet your family and friends won't be able to tell the difference!</blockquote> | *$8.00 |
 | The Barbecue! Bible
Brand: Workman Press Part Number: 14943
Now the biggest and the best recipe collection for the grill is getting better: Announcing the full-color edition of <i>The Barbecue! Bible</i>, the 900,000-copy bestseller and winner of the IACP/Julia Child Cookbook Award.<br><br> Redesigned inside and out for its 10th anniversary, <i>The Barbecue! Bible</i> now includes full-color photographs illustrating food preparation, grilling techniques, ingredients, and of course those irresistible finished dishes. A new section has been added with answers to the most frequently asked grilling questions, plus Steven's proven tips, quick solutions to common mistakes, and more.<br><br> And then there's the literal meat of the book: more than 500 of the very best barbecue recipes, inventive, delicious, unexpected, easy-to-make, and guaranteed to capture great grill flavors from around the world. Add in the full-color, and it's a true treasure. | *$9.44 |
 | Cooking with Convection: Everything You Need to Know to Get the Most from Your Convection Oven
Brand: Broadway
If you own a convection oven, but donât really know how to use it, this book is for you.<br><br>Beatrice Ojakangas, an authority on convection cooking and author of more than two dozen previous cookbooks, explains how to use your convection oven to achieve perfect results in dramatically less time than with a conventional oven. You will learn:<br><br>*How to cook a whole meal in your ovenâfrom meat to side dishes to dessertâall at the same time<br><br>*How to cook multiple batches of cookies, cakes, and pies on three or even four oven shelves <br><br>*How to roast and bake in a third less time than in a conventional oven while achieving even better results<br><br>*How to calculate the correct temperature and timing for convection cooking if you are using a standard recipe<br><br>And here are more than 150 great recipes for snacks and appetizers; pizza and foccacia; soups; roast beef, lamb, pork and poultry; savory pies and tarts; casseroles and pasta; vegetables; yeast breads and quick breads; cakes, cookies, pies, and pastries; and much, much more. Try Melted Onion Tart with Parmigiano-Reggiano, Mexican Vegetable Tortilla Soup, Tandoori Salmon with Cucumber Sauce, Asian Spiced Roast Whole Chicken, and Cocoa Cake with Easy Buttercream Frosting, among so many imaginative and easy dishes. <br><br>By circulating hot air around food, convection ovens cook and brown food much more quickly and at a lower temperature than conventional ovens, while retaining foodâs natural juiciness and flavor. With this book you will be able to save significant amounts of time and effort while turning out delicious dishes for everyday meals and easy entertaining. | *$10.22 |
 | Martha Stewart's Cooking School: Lessons and Recipes for the Home Cook
Brand: Martha Stewart Part Number: RH04500
Class is in session, and Martha Stewart is your instructor! This amazingly informative cookbook features over 200 delicious recipes with step-by-step photographs that don't just teach you what to cook, but how to cook it. | *$8.97 |
 | Rocco's Real-Life Recipes
Brand: Meredith Books
As âBest New Chefâ (<i>Food & Wine</i>, 1999) and âAmerica's Most Exciting Young Chefâ (<i>Gourmet</i>, 2000), as well as the star of NBC reality show, <i>The Restaurant </i>(2003), Rocco DiSpirito has developed a loyal following who love his flavorful recipes that can be prepared quickly and with easy to find ingredients. The cookbook is peppered with Rocco's own thoughts about cooking and short cuts that address the importance of having a judicious mix of fresh and prepared foods to suit today's busy lifestyle regardless of the occasion. To emphasize this belief, all 175 of Rocco's favorite recipes can be prepared in 30 minutes or less. | *$7.97 |
 | Bobby Flay's Mesa Grill Cookbook: Explosive Flavors from the Southwestern Kitchen
Brand: Cookbook Part Number: RH35141
Smoky, earthy, fruity, and spicy, the flavors of the Southwest have intrigued Bobby Flay ever since he was a young chef, eventually serving as the inspiration for the menu at his first restaurant, Mesa Grill. Now sixteen years later, Bobbyâs bold and vivacious take on this cuisine has made him a fixture on Americaâs culinary scene and turned Mesa Grill into a veritable institution. In <i>Bobby Flayâs Mesa Grill Cookbook</i>, the celebrity chef invites you to join him in the kitchen of his famous restaurant to learn the secrets of his of his signature contemporary Southwestern cuisine. <br><br>Here are 150 recipes for the drinks, appetizers, soups, salads, main dishes, sides, sauces, desserts, and brunch dishes that have earned Bobby his reputation for creating innovative combinations and big, rich flavors, including:<br><br><b>- Grilled Asparagus and Goat Cheese Quesadillas with Tomato Jam and Cilantro Yogurt<br>- Queso Fundido with Roasted Poblano Vinaigrette<br>- Sweet Potato and Roasted Plantain Soup with Smoked Chile Crema<br>- Grilled Shrimp Brushed with Smoked Chile Butter and Tomatillo Salsa<br> - Seared Tuna Tostado with Black Bean Mango Salsa<br>- Coffee-Rubbed Filets Mignons with Ancho-Mushroom Sauce<br>- Spicy Coconut Tapioca with Mango and Blackberries<br></b><br>Complete with a guide no tequila lover should be without, a list of must-haves for the Southwestern pantry, menu suggestions for festive occasions with friends and family, Bobby's pointers on basic cooking techniques, and 100 full-color photographs, <i>Bobby Flayâs Mesa Grill Cookbook</i> helps you re-create the fun and flavors of Mesa Grill in your own kitchen. | *$21.72 |
 | Weber's Big Book of Grilling
Brand: WEBER Part Number: 62542
Building on the tremendous success of Weber's Art of the Grill, Weber the world's best-known and most trusted grilling experts, return with the ultimate in barbeque cookbooks. Weber's Big Book of Grilling is the definitive guide to outdoor cooking. Packed with 350 recipes and hundreds of sure-fire tips and techniques, this one-stop cookbook is guaranteed to turn readers everywhere into backyard heroes. Using nearly 50 years of outdoor grilling wisdom, the experts at Weber have created an essential handbook destined to become a sauce-stained classic. So, for the chef who's barely flipped a burger or for the local grilling guru, here's all the advice they'll need to stretch their skills--and at the price that's red-hot as the coals! | *$9.91 |
 | The Silver Spoon
Brand: Phaidon Press
The Silver Spoon is the most influential and successful cookbook in Italy. Originally published in 1950, it became an instant classic. Considered to be essential in every household, it is still one of the most popular wedding presents today. <P>The Silver Spoon was conceived and published by Domus, the design and architectural magazine famously directed by Giò Ponti from the 1920s to the 1970s. A group of cooking experts was commissioned to collect hundreds of traditional recipes from the different Italian regions and make them available for the first time to a wider audience. In the process, they updated ingredients, quantities and methods to suit contemporary tastes and customs, at the same time preserving the memory of ancient recipes for future generations. They also included modern recipes from some of the most famous Italian chefs, resulting in a style of cooking that appeals to the gourmet as well as the occasional cook <P>A comprehensive and lively book, its simple and user-friendly format makes it both accessible and a pleasure to read. It provides an introduction to every course, and an explanation of the main type of ingredients. Never translated before, The Silver Spoon has now been adapted to an international market, with every recipe checked for suitability, measurements converted and methods rewritten to accommodate cultural differences, yet maintaining the authenticity of real Italian cooking. <P>The new layout emphasizes its contemporary appeal and the colour coding of each section simplifies the process of cross-referencing ingredients and methods. A section with original menus from the 15 most famous Italian chefs of the last 50 years has been expanded to include original menus from Italian celebrity chefs working outside Italy. <P>This is a substantial and prestigious cookbook that will share the bookshelves with other titles such as The Joy of Cooking and Larousse Gastronomique, another classic of national cuisine. With over 2,000 recipes illustrated with specially commissioned artwork and photography, the book is destined to become a classic in the Italian cooking booklist for the international market. | *$27.47 |
 | Seven Fires: Grilling the Argentine Way
Brand: Artisan
A trailblazing chef reinvents the art of cooking over fire.<br><br>Gloriously inspired recipes push the boundaries of live-fired cuisine in this primal yet sophisticated cookbook introducing the incendiary dishes of South America's biggest culinary star. Chef Francis Mallmannâborn in Patagonia and trained in France's top restaurantsâabandoned the fussy fine dining scene for the more elemental experience of cooking with fire. But his fans followed, including the world's top food journalists and celebrities, such as Francis Ford Coppola, Madonna, and Ralph Lauren, traveling to Argentina and Uruguay to experience the dashing chef's astonishingâand deliciousâwood-fired feats. <br><br>The seven fires of the title refer to a series of grilling techniques that have been singularly adapted for the home cook. So you can cook Signature Mallmann dishesâlike Whole Boneless Ribeye with Chimichuri; Salt-Crusted Striped Bass; Whole Roasted Andean Pumpkin with Mint and Goat Cheese Salad; and desserts such as Dulce de Leche Pancakesâindoors or out in any season. Evocative photographs showcase both the recipes and the exquisite beauty of Mallmann's home turf in Patagonia, Buenos Aires, and rural Uruguay. <i>Seven Fires </i>is a must for any griller ready to explore food's next frontier.<br> | *$19.39 |
 | Fix-It and Forget-It Cookbook: Feasting with Your Slow Cooker
Brand: Good Books
Who's hungry? EVERYONE. Who has time to cook? NO ONE. <P>Dig out the slow cooker. Add a second and a third if you wish. Fill one with main-dish fixins and the others with go-alongs. Do it in the morning--or between work and after-school events. <P>Come home to richly-flavored, ready-to-serve food. <P>Slow cookers are having a comeback. With good reason. They are friends on a day of running errands. They allow easy entertaining with no last-minute preparation. And vegetarians won't find a better way to work with dried beans. <P>Slow cookers are gentle with the food budget--less expensive ingredients flourish in their slow, moist heat. <P><b>Fix-It and Forget-It</b> offers the range of recipes slow cookers do well: Appetizers and Snacks, Soups and Stews, Main Dishes (with and without meat), Vegetables and Go-Alongs, Desserts and Beverages. <P>Bring an element of simplicity--and quality--to your pressured life! Let your slow cooker work for you. | *$5.95 |
 | Weight Watchers Make It in Minutes: Easy Recipes in 15, 20, and 30 Minutes
Brand: Wiley
The most trusted name in weight loss makes healthy eating fast and delicious. Perfect for everyone who thought they were too busy" to cook healthy food, these meals are ready in 15, 20, or 30 minutes -- just pick the time frame that fits your schedule. The wide range of recipes will please everyone, from fussy kids to gourmets. Sample Pierogies with Creamy Mushroom and Sherry Sauce, Berries and Cream Blintzes, Pepper-Crusted Flank Steak with Cucumber Relish, Cuban Sandwiches, Easy Paella, Tuna Panzanella and Wild Mushroom Risotto." | *$8.50 |
 | Windows on the World Complete Wine Course: 25th Anniversary Edition
Brand: Sterling
<DIV><P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">Letâs pop a cork and drink a toast to Americaâs very best, most popular wine course! Windows on the World Complete Wine Course is celebrating its silver anniversary, and this classic volume now has new, updated material that wine lovers will savor. </P><P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">For this new edition, Kevin traveled to eighty wine regions in twenty countries, tasting more than 4,000 wines and meeting 500 winemaking professionals. To assure that he had all the latest wine-producing news, he recently visited vineyards in Austria, Hungary, Greece, New Zealand, South Africa, Chile, and Argentina. Plus, he has updated Wine-Buying Strategies, best vintages, wine lists, and labels. As always, the book includes Wine Basics, Tasting Wine, Matching Wine and Food, Frequently Asked Questions About Wine, and a Selected Glossary. Zraly goes region-by-region, with the wines organized from simple to complex. By following Kevinâs order, readers will experience the best wines and a wide diversity of tastes, styles, regions, and countries. </P><P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">Itâs not only a comprehensive and bargain-priced hands-on wine education, and a superb catalog from which to start a wine cellar or find the right bottle, itâs also an inexpensive way to get the knowledge Kevin imparts in his outstanding course. This is clearly the wine guide against which all others are judged.</P></DIV><P>Â </P> | *$15.98 |
 | Eating Well After Weight Loss Surgery: Over 140 Delicious Low-Fat High-Protein Recipes to Enjoy in the Weeks, Months and Years After Surgery
Brand: Da Capo Press
A Whole New and Completely Delicious Way to Eat after Weight Loss Surgery <P>After her weight loss surgery in 2003, Patt Levine knew she would have to stick to a very restrictive diet, but there had to be something better than the "totally tasteless mush" her post-op food guidelines recommended. Levine put her cooking skills to work and now, in <i>Eating Well after Weight Loss Surgery,</i> she and collaborator Michele Bontempo-Saray offer over 140 original, low-fat, high-protein recipes that taste just as delicious pureed and chopped as they do served whole, so you can enjoy flavorful, satisfying meals through every stage of your post-op eating program and cook for your family and friendsâall at the same time. These mouth-watering dishes, which cover everything from breakfast to dessert, include: <P>Crustless Spinach and Cheese Quiche * BBQ-Baked Chicken * Asian Turkey Dumplings * Cider-Glazed Pork Chops * London Broil with Horseradish Cream Moussaka * Salmon with Creamy Lime-Dill Sauce * Scallops Provencale * Orange-Ginger Tofu * Vegetable Frittata * Southwestern Tomato Soup * No-Noodle Zucchini Lasagna * Basic Cheesecake * Apricot and Strawberry Smoothie <P>Complete with advice from a certified nutritionist, helpful tips for stocking your pantry and refrigerator, and nutritional analyses for each recipe, <i>Eating Well after Weight Loss Surgery</i> is guaranteed to make eating a true pleasure and help you maintain your weight loss for years to come. | *$9.75 |
 | Cholesterol Down: Ten Simple Steps to Lower Your Cholesterol in Four Weeks--Without Prescription Drugs
Brand: Three Rivers Press
Take Control of Your Cholesterolâ Without Drugs<br><br>If you are one of the nearly 100 million Americans struggling with high cholesterol, then Dr. Janet Brill offers you a revolutionary new plan for taking control of your healthâwithout the risks of statin drugs. With Dr. Brillâs breakthrough Cholesterol Down Plan, you simply add nine âmiracle foodsâ to your regular diet and thirty minutes of walking to your daily routine. Thatâs all. This straightforward and easy-to-follow program can lower your LDL (âbadâ) cholesterol by as much as 47 percent in just four weeks. <br><br><b>Cholesterol Down</b> explains Dr. Brillâs ten-point plan as well as the science behind it. Youâll learn how each miracle food affects LDL cholesterol and how the foods work together for maximum effect, as well as:<br><br>⢠How eating whole grains helps reduce LDL cholesterol in your bloodstream<br>⢠Why antioxidants keep plaque from building up in your arteries <br>⢠How certain steps change the structure of LDL cholesterol particles (and why itâs best for them to be large and fluffy)<br>⢠Why walking just thirty minutes a day lowers âbadâ cholesterol and cuts dangerous belly fat<br><br>With everything you need to stay focused on the plan, including a daily checklist, a six-month chart for racking LDL cholesterol changes, tools for assessing your risk level for cardiovascular disease, sample weekly menus, and even heart-healthy recipes, <b>Cholesterol Down</b> is the safe and effective alternative or complement to statin drugs. | *$7.97 |
 | The Gourmet Slow Cooker: Simple and Sophisticated Meals from Around the World
Brand: Ten Speed Press Part Number: GSLO
The slow cooker can be so much more than a repository for nacho cheese dipâuse it to raise the standards of your everyday dining from the mundane to the gourmet. THE GOURMET SLOW COOKER brings an upscale approach to this new-old phenomenon, using fresh ingredients in imaginative recipes that you can create all during a dayâs work. Focusing on traditional one-pot meals from various cultures, recipes such as Apricot Chicken from India, Molé Poblano from Mexico, Neopolitan Truffle Risotto from Italy, and Boston Baked Beans from the United States are delicious meals truly fit to serve guests. | *$12.36 |
 | The New Mayo Clinic Cookbook: Eating Well for Better Health
Brand: Oxmoor House
The New Mayo Clinic Cookbook takes a contemporary and creative approach to health-conscious cooking that is user-friendly and practical, and sets a new standard for healthful cooking in America. The design takes a clean, classically modern approach and is supported by stunning, colorful ingredient-driven photography. Organized by ingredient and type of food, the recipe chapters are based on the Mayo Clinic Healthy Weight Pyramid and are dedicated to the pleasures of cooking and the art of eating simply and well. <P>Features: <P>* Simple, inspiring recipes are grouped by ingredient and type of dish, with stunning photography <P>* A detailed introduction explains the Mayo Clinic Healthy Weight Pyramid and its relevance to eating well for better health <P>* Also features easy-to-follow menu plans, shopping advice, and eating strategies for reaching daily nutrition goals | *$10.96 |
 | The Complete Magnolia Bakery Cookbook: Recipes from the World-Famous Bakery and Allysa Torey's Home Kitchen
Brand: Simon & Schuster
<b><center>CUPCAKES CAN INSPIRE OBSESSION.</center></b><P>Ever since the original Magnolia Bakery opened its doors in 1996, people have been lining up day and night at the old-fashioned yet funky bakery to satisfy their sugar cravings. Now, in honor of the tenth anniversary of the bakery's fi rst cookbook, comes <I>The Complete Magnolia Bakery Cookbook</i>, a comprehensive collection of recipes from New York's sweetest bakery.<P>Magnolia's home-style cupcakes, layer cakes, pudding, and other treats can weaken the strongest will. In these pages you'll fi nd the much requested recipes for the bakery's famous Vanilla Cupcakes with Buttercream Frosting, mouthwatering Magnolia's Famous Banana Pudding, and sinfully rich Red Velvet Cake with Creamy Vanilla Frosting. You'll also find breakfast treats like Dried-Cherry Crumb Buns and Blueberry Coffee Cake with Vanilla Glaze; and afternoon snacks like Black Bottom Cupcakes, Raspberry Crumb Squares, and Peanut Butter Fudge Brownies. In the well-loved Magnolia style, there are new twists on old favorites, such as Devil's Food Cupcakes with Caramel Frosting, Peaches and Cream Pie with Sugar Cookie Crust, and Apple Tart with Hazelnut Brown Sugar Topping. From Banana Cake with White Chocolate Cream Cheese Icing to Chocolate Pudding Pie, the desserts are unfussy, straightforward, and simply delicious, and the Helpful Hints section will make sure you achieve the same sweet results as the bakery.<P>Illustrated with sixteen pages of beautiful color photographs, as well as black-and-white stills that capture the daily life of the bakery, <I>The Complete Magnolia Bakery Cookbook</i> is an irresistible collection of new classics that will inspire you to fi ll your kitchen with sweet things. | *$10.83 |
 | Barefoot Contessa Parties! Ideas and Recipes for Easy Parties That Are Really Fun
Brand: Random House Part Number: 0609606441
After more than twenty years of running Barefoot Contessa, the acclaimed specialty food store, Ina Garten published her first collection of recipes. The Barefoot Contessa Cookbook was an overnight sensation, but it's the kind of success that can only be grounded in years of experience. In it, Ina shared her ideas for familiar food but with outstanding flavor and -- most important of all -- recipes that really work.<br><br>Now, with Barefoot Contessa Parties! Ina shares secrets she has gleaned from her years not only as a caterer but as a dedicated party giver. The keyword here is fun. Ina's parties are easy to prepare and fun for everyone, including the host. Forget those boring Saturday-night dinners that just won't end. With Ina's advice, you're certain to have all your friends saying, "Wasn't that fun!"<br><br>Ina has packed Barefoot Contessa Parties! with plans for pulling off parties like a pro, stories about her own parties, and tips on assembling food (rather than cooking everything) and organizing like a caterer. In the spring you can invite your friends to a party where they all make their own pizzas. Come summer, it's into the garden for a lunch with grilled lamb and pita sandwiches that guests assemble themselves. In the autumn, when it's not Thanksgiving, Ina roasts a fresh turkey, which her friends enjoy with popovers and a creamy spinach gratin. And on a snowy winter's day, everyone is invited for a lunch buffet with seafood chowder and butternut squash and apple soup.<br><br>Ever since Ina published her first book, people write, e-mail, and stop her on the street to say how much they love the food. She's reached new heights here with recipes like sour cream coffee cake--the ultimate breakfast treat. Salads? The red lettuce, balsamic onions, and blue cheese; Chinese chicken salad; and panzanella may be the best you've ever tasted. Filet of beef is easy to make for a fancy dinner with oh-so-good gorgonzola sauce, or sliced into sandwiches and served with lobster rolls for a Superbowl party. And fans of The Barefoot Contessa Cookbook will be delighted to find the recipe for the Lemon Cake they drooled over but only saw pictured, right here in this book.<br><br>With so many great ideas and recipes in these pages for you to use, your friends will start to wonder why your parties are always so much fun.<br><br> | *$16.67 |
 | The I Love Trader Joe's Cookbook: 150 Delicious Recipes Using Only Foods from the World's Greatest Grocery Store
Brand: Ulysses Press
Based on the authorâs wildly popular, standing-room-only workshops, The I Love Trader Joe's Cookbook presents her top 150 recipes for everything from crowd-pleasing hors dâoeuvres and tasty quick meals to gourmet entrées and world-class desserts. Since every ingredient can be purchased at Trader Joeâs, this is truly the ultimate one-stop shopping guide â perfect for simplifying oneâs busy schedule. The I Love Trader Joe's Cookbook is designed to help shoppers recognize the best finds, savor the flavors and reap the fruits of the TJâs buyersâ labors. From advice on topping a cracker with the best possible cheese, spread, or tapenade to far more involved recipes (as in actual cooking!), this book is packed with quick tips and simple suggestions as well as full-meal ideas. The recipes, carefully selected by the author, have been thoroughly tested by countless students for both ease of preparation and general deliciousness. Green olive and gorgonzola palmiers; black pepper chicken with winter squash; sweet potato, pecan, and cranberry salad, Spanish flavored pork â these enticing recipes are among the 150 that send readers dashing to their local Trader Joeâs. | *$10.92 |
 | 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. | *$18.48 |
 | Raw Family Signature Dishes: A Step-by-Step Guide to Essential Live-Food Recipes
Brand: North Atlantic Books
While the raw food diet is the fastest growing alternative approach to eating because of its health benefits, preparing raw food dishes is so new that many people donât know where to start. With 500 color photos, this friendly, step-by-step guide gently walks readers through recipes to create amazingly delicious and nutritious meals. Victoria Boutenko and her family are known worldwide as the Raw Family, living on a raw diet and teaching classes since 1994. Throughout the years they have perfected scores of scrumptious recipes with the idea of not only spreading the gospel of the dietâs health benefits, but also making the raw foods lifestyle realistically possible and enjoyable.<br><br>Mouth-watering rather than medicinal, simple rather than complicated, the recipes presented here include jams, scones, soup, crackers, nut milk, truffles, chocolate cake, mousse cake, and more. Complete, illustrated directions make it simple for both avid raw foodists and novice cooks alike to embrace the diet favored by Woody Harrelson, Demi Moore, Donna Karan, and other celebrities. | *$9.99 |
 | Fresh Mexico: 100 Simple Recipes for True Mexican Flavor
Brand: Clarkson Potter | *$14.31 |
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