Barbecue Books

One Dish Meals or Passion for Fruit

2009-12-05T14:22:00.000-08:00

One Dish Meals

Author: Jean Par

Keep it simple -- bring your meal to the table in one dish! Jean Pare draws from her background as a professional caterer and mother of four to present this tempting collection of quick and easy recipes. One-Dish Meals is the thirty-second title in the original best-selling Company's Coming cookbook series. Explore the variety of dinner ideas including hearty stews, casseroles, stir fries, salads and soups, or something for the slow cooker. Try Spicy Beef Salad or Red-Topped Frittata at your next luncheon. One-Dish Meals offers you the chance to bring complete, satisfying meals to your table in a single dish. Nothing could be simpler!

New interesting textbook: Who Really Cares or Reading Financial Reports for Dummies

Passion for Fruit

Author: Lorenza DeMedici

Lorenza de'Medici has been teaching cookery for many years at her family-run school, The Villa Table, in Tuscany. Her name is synonymous with Italian cookery in many households, thanks to her highly successful television series. She is also the author of the The Renaissance of Italian Cooking, Lorenza's Pasta, and Lorenza;s Antipasta. Mike Newton is a photographer specializing in Italian wine, food, landscapes, and still lifes. He lives in London.

Open to the Public or Bartending

2009-12-04T10:41:00.000-08:00

Open to the Public

Author: Linda Putney

In her book Open to the Public, Linda Putney has given us a directory of over 200 worldwide training restaurants and hotels which are open to the public. Her listings include the names and addresses, telephone, fax number, days and hours of operation, type of cuisine, web sites, and other descriptive information supplied by the establishments. In addition, Ms. Putney has included some sample menus.
In her research, the author found that most of these restaurants and hotels are booked early, and reservations are therefore usually needed. This information is also supplied in each listing.
Although there are many fewer training hotels, Ms. Putney has unearthed them and included them in her book.
This book is written for the value-seeker and traveler who enjoys eating out at a good price.

Book review: Kitchen in Corfu or Moveable Feasts

Bartending (Quamut)

Author: Quamut

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

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

Stir up your own signature cocktail.

Whether you’re hosting a party, aiming for a bartending job, or just conjuring a cocktail for your own enjoyment, mixing drinks is a fun and worthwhile craft. Become the toast of the town by learning to:

Stock your bar with essential alcohol, mixers, tools, and glassware
Master techniques from stirring to shaking to cutting lemon twists
Mix more than 60 of the most popular cocktail recipes

Spice Science and Technology or World of Street Food

2009-12-03T07:00:00.000-08:00

Spice Science and Technology, Vol. 89

Author: Hirasa

Offers concise coverage of spices and herbs from basic science to the most recent developments in spice functions and applications. Introduces a new patterning theory of extensive spice use in various types of food preparations.

E-Streams

This fine monograph presents a treasure trove of fascinating information about spice chemistry, use patterns, and the multiple beneficial properties of spices." —Journal of Food Processing and Preservation "Spice Science and Technology is chock full of interesting tidbits of information about a heretofore-neglected area of food science.... "...recommended for all libraries that maintain cookery collections....It presents a vivid perspective on the importance of understanding the role spices assume in increasing our overall enjoyment and quality of life.

Journal of Food Science and Technology

The book is interesting and useful to food scientists, microbiologists and biochemists. It should be a useful addition to libraries as a reference material.

Food Chemistry

...a useful book.

World Animal Review

...one of the few detailed sources of information on spices.... "...useful as a reference for a broad audience.

Booknews

A comprehensive introduction to the basic knowledge and applications of spices in food science. Subjects covered include: the chemical composition of spices; the factors that change spice function during cooking; physiological reactions elicited by spices and their aromas; antibacterial and antifungal properties; major quality specifications of importing and exporting nations; and an introduction of "patterning theory," in which the relationship of each spice to cooking methods and materials is summarized in efficiency charts. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

Interesting textbook: Squawk or Millionaire Next Door

World of Street Food: Easy, Quick Meals to Cook at Home

Author: Troth Wells

This is the book to take the taste buds traveling. Arepas from Venezuela, tom yam soup from Thailand, delicious mezze from the Middle East-The World of Street Food offers the best in fast food from Africa, Latin America, the Middle East, and Asia. Over a hundred recipes have been chosen for their popularity at street stalls and markets around the world.

A collective effort by the author and fans of street food worldwide, this book combines thorough research with personal stories from the people and places the recipes come from: for instance, how the South African bunny chow was invented through a combination of Asian curry, European bread, and apartheid; or the stories from Penang, Malaysia, said by many to be the street food capital of the world.

Each recipe is accompanied by award-winning food photography and evocative travel pictures. The majority of recipes are vegetarian, and many are vegan or vegan-adaptable. As with all New Internationalist food books, The World of Street Food includes information on nutrition and organic and fair trade ingredients.

Festival Cookbook with Other or Feast of a Lifetime

2009-12-02T03:19:00.000-08:00

Festival Cookbook with Other

Author: Phyllis Pellman Good

Celebrate the rich variety of the seasons. These recipes demonstrate the earth's bounty. They are never difficult, but always above the ordinary. A great collection!

Book about: Mold and Real Estate or An Angel at My Side

Feast of a Lifetime: Sara's Story

Author: Nadine Leonard

Feast of a Lifetime is a cookbook written in the form of a biography. As the title implies, the book contains a unique collection of recipes and cooking tips that will assist the culinary enthusiast in preparing a diverse repertoire of fabulous international dishes. The recipes emphasize Italian cooking, as they were accumulated by two generations of Italian women.

The narrative tells the story of one of those women, the author's mother, Sara, who faced extraordinary challenges as a young adult. By the age of 25, Sara's mother had passed away, her son had been born with problems, her husband was unfaithful, and she had become the sole caretaker of her paralyzed father. With Sara's courage, combined with her sense of adventure and humor, she overcame those challenges to lead a fascinating life. Sara was lost in a revolution in Baghdad, lived in a haunted house in Brazil, and was later caught in an avalanche in Peru. With these and many other stories, the title of the book takes on a secondary meaning: Sara's lifetime itself was a feast--a feast of experiences.

The All American Outdoor Cookbook or Concise Encyclopedia of Foods and Nutrition

2009-11-30T23:38:00.000-08:00

The All-American Outdoor Cookbook

Author: Favorite Recipes Press

Great recipes for any outdoor enthusiast, The All-American Outdoor Cookbook grills up easy to prepare meals along with tips on outdoor entertaining. Portable recipes for picnicking and tailgating are included as well as great ideas for campfire cooking. Everybody knows that food tasts better when eaten outside, and here's a cookbook that celebrates America's great outdoor food.

Concise Encyclopedia of Foods and Nutrition

Author: Audrey H Ensminger

Highlighting the practical and nutritional facts readers want to know, The Concise Encyclopedia covers the whole gamut of foods, health, and nutrition. The topics are arranged alphabetically and cross-referenced, provide alternative names, and are indexed for ease-of-use. The book contains 2,800 entries and includes 1,962 illustrations, 96 of which are full color photographs. It provides 462 tables, the USDA food pyramid, recommended daily allowances of vitamins and minerals, and nutritional analyses of 314 of the most popular fast foods. In addition, it discusses food labeling legislation and offers ways to reduce the chances of death by heart disease, stroke, and cancer through diet and nutrition.

Seasons of the Italian Kitchen or Great American Beers

2009-11-29T19:57:00.000-08:00

Seasons of the Italian Kitchen

Author: Diane Darrow

Italian cooking draws its inspiration from the roll call of seasonal ingredients that pass through its kitchens, and in this splendid volume Diane Darrow and Tom Maresca share the simple secrets of making the most of the best fresh, top-of-the-season foods from farm and woodland, lake and sea. The Seasons of the Italian Kitchen presents two hundred recipes according to the four seasons and the traditional courses of the Italian meal: antipasto, primo, secondo, contorno, dolce. All are wed (as they always are in Italy) to the wines that best match them, and the recipes have been tested and adapted to seasonal ingredients readily available in the United States. Richly stocked with delightful anecdotes and culinary lore gathered from the authors' long love affair with Italy, they invite both amateur and expert to experience the Italian genius for making the most of the moment.

Library Journal

Darrow, a food writer, and Maresca, a wine authority, are also the authors of La Tavola Italiana (LJ 2/15/88), a regional Italian cookbook with an emphasis on wine. Here they offer more of their favorite recipes, this time organized seasonally, each with a wine suggestion. Lengthy headnotes and boxes include culinary history, preparation, notes, and information on ingredients and Italian specialties such as gnocchi and granitas. Many of the recipes are exquisitely simple, while others are more involved and time-consuming. Italian cookbooks abound, and some of these dishes will be familiar, but the authors' text is well written and informed, and there are some unusual regional specialties here, too. For most collections.

New interesting textbook: Healthy Foods for Happy Kids or Promoting Physical Activity and Health in the Classroom

Great American Beers: Twelve Brands that Became Icons

Author: Bill Yenn

This book celebrates 12 of those great regional quaffs, some of which still exist as brand names under large brewers. Each chapter is devoted to the history, players, advertising, breweries, and, of course, the product associated with each brewer. All regions of the United States, as well as Canada, are represented. Brands include Acme, Ballantine, Falstaff, Hamm's, Lone Star, Lucky Lager, Miller, Olympia, Pabst, Rainier, Rheingold, and Schlitz. Archival photography, period advertising, and other breweriana have been sourced from some top collections in the country, illustrating how each brand survived and thrived despite such external factors as wars, Prohibition, and tax hikes, and the ultimate fate of each is explained. About the AuthorBill Yenne is the San Francisco-based author of more than three dozen books, mainly on historical topics. He is also a member of the American Society of Journalists & Authors (ASJA) and the American Book Producers Association (ABPA), and he is a graduate of the Stanford Professional Publishing Course. Among his beer books are Beers of North America, Beer Labels of the World, Beers of the World and the Field Guide To Breweries, Microbreweries of North America and an MBI bestseller The American Brewery (0-7603-1470-5).- Rare archival imagery from collections around the nation- In 1950, the nation's top ten brewers accounted for 38 percent of annual production. By 1980 that number had risen to 93 percent- The industry went from a high 4,131 breweries in 1873 to a low of 80 in 1983

Easy and Healthful Mediterranean Cooking or The Candy Cook Book

2009-11-28T16:16:00.000-08:00

Easy and Healthful Mediterranean Cooking

Author: Mary El Baz

Are you looking for a simple yet savory way to make healthy improvements in your diet? Well, look no further! Easy and Healthful Mediterranean Cooking is a collection of delicious and nutritious recipes to satisfy you and your entire family. With easy to follow steps and easy to find ingredients, you can begin to explore the healthy world of Mediterranean home cooking--from spicy North African sauces to tantalizing Eastern Mediterranean appetizers.

From North Africa: Moroccan Mint Tea . Tunisian Carrot Salad . Algerian Green Beans with Almonds . Cauliflower with Algerian Hot Sauce . Moroccan Chicken with Couscous . Couscous and Tomatoes . Sweet Couscous with Nuts

From Southern Europe: French Provençal Vegetable Tart . Ratouille . Mediterranean Chicken Paella . Andalusian Lentil Stew . Black Olive Tapanade . Spanish Frittata . Salad Niçoise . Italian Flatbread . Easy Cappuccino . Dessert Ices

From the Eastern Mediterranean: Turkish Cheese Polenta . Spinach and Chickpeas . Tabbeouleh . Mediterranean Chopped Salad . Three-Bean Salad . Stuffed Vegetables . Date-filled and Nut-filled Shortbread Cookies . Spinach Phyllo Triangles . Mediterranean Steak Sandwiches

Easy and Healthful Mediterranean Cooking is your passport to preparing classic meals for yourself, your friends, and your family.

Book review: How Starbucks Saved My Life or When Markets Collide

The Candy Cook Book

Author: Alice Bradley

From the author's preface: "Candy bought in the stores is likely to be expensive, poorly made, or impure. Candy made at home need be none of these things. And how enjoyable the process of candy making! What a pleasure it is some afternoon or evening when there is time to spare, to gratify the appetite with come confection, easily made! Even the little folks may take part, may help in the exciting business of manufacture, learn something of the mysteries of the kitchen, gain a little in power to use their head and hands. All of us enjoy the process and relish the product. Why, candy making is one of those all important household pleasures that make family life mean what it does. The hours thus spent are an intimate part of that life. The writer believes, therefore, that she serves all homelovers in compiling this book. Its recipes have been thoroughly tried and tested in our school kitchens. They are simple and well adapted for ordinary use. It is in the hope that they will be the source of many a pleasant time at home that this work is committed to its readers." The book was originally published in 1917.

	Preface	v
I	Candy Ingredients and Necessary Equipment	1
II	Uncooked Candies	21
III	Assorted Chocolates	32
IV	Fudges	49
V	Fondant Candies	82
VI	Caramels and Nougatines	106
VII	Pulled Candies	117
VIII	Hard Candies	126
IX	Glaces and Pulled Flowers	137
X	Crystallized Fruits	145
XI	Fruit and Gelatine Candies	151
XII	Dried Fruits and Nuts	166
XIII	Meringues and Macaroons	175
XIV	Popcorn Candies	186
XV	Decorated Candies and Cakes	192
XVI	Favors	205
	Index	213

Food in China or 101 recetas con papas

2009-11-27T12:35:00.000-08:00

Food in China

Author: Frederick J Simoons

This volume is a study of Chinese food from a cultural and historical perspective. Its focus is on traditional China before establishment of the People's Republic. It identifies and provides comprehensive information on a broad range of Chinese food plants and animals for general readers, as well as for specialists whose interests have led them to questions relating to the food of China. Readers will find discussions regarding origins, how things came to be, time and place of food-plant and animal domestication, the spread of plants and animals from and to China, and other historical questions regarding the foods used by the Chinese people. The book is written with Canton and the southeast as points of departure, but embraces all of China and is directed towards people unfamiliar with China.

Books about: Mercadotecnia de Servicios:la Gente, Tecnología, Estrategia

101 recetas con papas (Recopilacion de sus favoritas)

Author: The Staff of Publications International

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One Pot Wonders or Damon Lee Fowlers New Southern Kitchen

2009-11-26T08:54:00.000-08:00

One-Pot Wonders: Effortless Meals for Hectic Nights

Author: Womans Day Editors

Woman's Day One-Pot Wonders presents fuss-free dinner solutions for today's busy woman. With a million and one things to do and dinner too, this book offers a wealth of easy and practical recipes that can be cooked or baked in only one pot! Just throw in the ingredients, turn up the heat and walk away...you can attend to your life while a delicious casserole or skillet dinner prepares itself. And with scarcely any dishes to do at the end of the meal, what more of an incentive could one need? One-Pot Wonders is the perfect, simple-dinner-solutions resource.

St. Louis Today

This book is aimed at those with hectic lifestyles, but it ought to work for anyone who wants to get out of the kitchen in a hurry, even when the big rush is only to get to the sofa to turn the page.

Damon Lee Fowler's New Southern Kitchen

Author: Damon Lee Fowler

It's the way Damon Lee Fowler, author of Classical Southern Cooking, coaxes the timeless flavors of yesterday from the markets and kitchens of today. Rather than simply reproduce traditional Southern food, Fowler presents more than 160 mouthwatering, perfect-every-time recipes that take into account how we come by ingredients, the equipment we use to prepare them, and our more health-conscious way of living. The result is food that honors the spirit, the history, and especially the taste of the classic Southern table. Southern cooking, as most people think of it, doesn't exist. After all, there are as many ways to make "real" corn bread, gumbo, or fried chicken as there are cooks. So instead of dwelling on hidebound notions of authenticity, Fowler focuses on the essence of great Southern food, combining traditional ingredients in fresh ways and finding nuances of flavor and texture that may have been overlooked before. This is an unapologetically opinionated and singular book, both colored by the tastes of the author's palate, upbringing, and experiences, and connected to every cook who has ever and will ever step into a kitchen with a Southern idea of flavor in mind. In these pages you won't find "nouveau" Southern dishes that simply add cilantro or jalapeno peppers. You will find Pecan-Crusted Goat Cheese with Warm Peach Chutney, combining the best of old and new Southern elements. Pan-Broiled Pork Tenderloins with Caramelized Onions honors the Southern passion for pig but uses a lean cut of meat. Asparagus Shortcake and Shrimp and Green Tomato Gumbo put a savory twist on old favorites. Pound Cake Sandwiches, made with Bourbon Pound Cake; Orange-Praline Trifle; and Sweet Potato Ice Cream are all soul-satisfying endings to any meal. With suggested menus and resources for finding the best Southern ingredients, Damon Lee Fowler's New Southern Kitchen is sure to become a contemporary classic and an essential volume in every cookbook library, whether north or sout

Publishers Weekly

Resolutely unsplashy, Fowler (Classical Southern Cooking) is the anti-Emeril. Roasted Pecans at first seem ho-hum, but these aren't any roasted pecans: they represent the South, "a tangle of earth and refinement," and introduce a quintet of pecan-themed appetizers. The classics Buttermilk Fried Chicken, two Gumbos, Grits and Croquettes are lovingly explained, and sidebars and introductions describe everything from rendering lard to peeling tomatoes. Savannah Cutlets may seem nouveau (they use bourbon as well as parmesan cheese), but Fowler, who tempers innovation with historical background, points out parmesan has been imported to Georgia since the 18th century. Cucumber Buttermilk Soup nods to Greek influence, while Sweet Potato Latkes show Jewish flavor. The chapter on eggs is worth the price alone Fowler explains how to poach quantities of eggs without elaborate equipment. While bacon and ham appear regularly, for example in Broiled Snapper with Bacon, vegetables are often main courses, such as Scalloped Eggplant a la Creole. Seafood, such as Shrimp in Savannah Sweet Red Pepper Sauce and Lowcountry Crab au Gratin, is well represented. The dessert chapter, while short, has Bourbon Pound Cake, Lillie's Little Lemon Puddings and Gingered Peaches. Fowler's enthusiasm and thorough explanations make this book a must for anyone who loves Southern cuisine. (May) Copyright 2001 Cahners Business Information.

Library Journal

Fowler, cookbook author (Classic Southern Cooking) and food historian, emphasizes that his "new Southern kitchen" does not mean fusion cuisine or contrived nouvelle-style recipes rather, it refers to creating Southern flavors in a modern kitchen, preserving classic dishes in the face of today's hectic lifestyle. In fact, many of Fowler's recipes are inspired by old cookbooks. Although some of the techniques have been streamlined, and dishes such as those traditionally made with a lot of cream have been lightened, the recipes remain mouthwatering and undeniably "Southern" (i.e., as Fowler points out, an amalgam of Native American, African, and European influences): Pork Tenderloin Biscuits with Chutney Butter, Shrimp and Green Tomato Gumbo, Bourbon Grilled Steak, and Lillie's Little Lemon Puddings. Thoughtful menu suggestions accompany most recipes. Highly recommended. Copyright 2002 Cahners Business Information.

	A Preface and Explanation--of Sorts	13
	Introduction	19
1	To Begin With: Appetizers and Snacks for Before and Between	57
2	Eggs: For Breakfast and Everything Else	83
3	Grits and Rice: The Great Southern Grains	97
4	The Southern Soup Kettle: Soups, Stews, and Gumbos	111
5	Fish and Shellfish: From Sea and Stream	141
6	Meats: From Field and Farmyard	171
7	Chicken and Other Poultry: The South's Golden Icon	213
8	Vegetables: The Staple of the Southern Table	251
9	Salads: Of Leaves and Leftovers	321
10	New Southern Baking: Breads, Cakes, and Pastries	343
11	The Southern Dessert Table: Puddings, Ices, and Other Composed Sweets	375
	Gathering Around the New Southern Table	411
	Resources	415
	Index	419

Wine Report or Camp Cookery

2009-11-25T05:13:00.000-08:00

Wine Report

Author: Tom Stevenson

The essential insider's guide to every major wine-growing region in the world, the book offers dozens of helpful Top 10 lists covering a broad range of topics, including Best-Value Producers, Greatest-Quality Wines, and Most Exciting or Unusual Finds.

Author Biography: Tom Stevenson has been writing about wine for nearly thirty years and is the author of more than 20 books. He's been nominated Wine Writer of the Year on three occasions and received the coveted Wine Literary Award, America's lifetime achievement award for wine writing.

Go to: Objective Based Safety Training or Capitalism and Modernity

Camp Cookery

Author: Horace Kephart

Originally published in 1910, this early outdoor cookery book gives recipes for outdoor delicacies such as Lungwort bread and dried beans. Written by Horace Kephart, who was a reknowned outdoorsman of the time, this delightful and fully-illustrated cookbook contains, in addition to recipes, a wealth of advice and comment on camping and life in general.

Foodservice Facilities Planning or Organic Cooking

2009-02-19T09:50:00.000-08:00

Foodservice Facilities Planning

Author: Edward A Kazarian

The foodservice industry gets more competitive every day. As a result, initial planning is extremely important and has become a key factor in determining the success or failure of an operation. This fully updated edition of the best-selling text on foodservice facilities planning shows students how to create a facility that blends the most efficient work environment with an ambience that will attract more customers. Students will find all-new information on how to—

• cost-effectively design an operation
• properly select and efficiently maintain equipment
• successfully plan and accurately evaluate foodservice layouts
• plan fast-food facilities and bakeshops
• cut costs through more efficient energy planning.

Equipped with this comprehensive book, students will develop expertise in all aspects of foodservice facilities planning, from prospectus to finished facility. The author provides sample layouts of award-winning floor plans from which effective designs can be modeled. Students will also find practical exercises that help prepare them for common problems that may arise while planning their own operation. They will also learn how to organize data to begin planning, how to develop feasibility studies, how to fully equip and operate their own facility, and most important, how to make their facility achieve maximum productivity and profits. Whether you are a student just learning the business, a foodservice planner, consultant, or decision maker in the industry, this practical reference book can make you an indispensable member of the foodservice facility planning team. An ideal classroom tool for students interested in careers inthe foodservice industry, Foodservice Facilities Planning can also offer firm guidance to veteran foodservice planners, consultants, and decision makers.

Organic Cooking: 300 Simple Organic Gourmet Recipes for a Healthier Life

Author: World School Publication

This book is a healthy lifestyle guide that contains complete, organic meal plans-from breakfast specials to super suppers, from fabulous lunches to vegetarian delights, from amazing drinks to delectable desserts. Organic ingredients, chosen for their health value, have been combined in creative ways to produce incredibly delicious, nutritionally well-balanced, gourmet meals, yet which are very simple to prepare. Serving suggestions are included, as well as valuable nutritional and health information, and an organic source guide.

Pizzas rapidas y faciles or Planning Meals

2009-02-18T06:08:00.000-08:00

Pizzas rapidas y faciles

Author: Edimat

For chefs and novices alike, this handy series makes cooking a delight and eating a pleasure. Featuring cuisines from around the world, each recipe is depicted with clear instructions and illustrated sequences. The versatility and use of everyday ingredients to enhance and enrich meals is explored in each book.

Si comer es un placer, cocinar puede ser un deleite con esta colección de recetas mundiales, está pensado para cocineros y para los novatos. Todas las recetas incluyen claras instrucciones que se completan con ilustraciones. Estos libros revelan la versatilidad de los ingredientes más cotidianos así como estos trucos que enriquecen la comida.

Planning Meals (Quamut)

Author: Quamut

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Portable: Your know-how goes with you wherever your projects lead.
Durable: A laminated finish helps Quamut charts withstand repeated use (Car Care & Roadside Emergencies) and abuse (Cooking Basics).

Tired of takeout?

Planning a weekly menu not only reduces the time and money you spend on food, it also gives you control over what goes into each meal you make for yourself, family, and friends. Read on for a taste of how to:

Shop for food more efficiently and cost-effectively
Plan meals and schedule your cooking time in advance
Cook for kids, dinner parties, picnics, potlucks, and other gatherings

Smoked Salmon or Flavorful Seasons Cookbook

2009-02-17T02:27:00.000-08:00

Smoked Salmon: Delicious Innovative Recipes

Author: Max Hansen

The French Laundry's Thomas Keller calls Max Hansen's smoked salmon "arguably the finest smoked salmon produced in America." Now Hansen brings us his 60 favorite ways to enjoy its incomparable flavor. Each succulent dish highlights the versatility of this irresistible, easy-to-find delicacy, whether it's featured in a soup, salad, sandwich, or main course. For elegant parties, the Smoked Salmon Deviled Eggs with fresh dill make a fantastic starter. Creative dinner ideas include Smoked Salmon Ravioli and Roasted Smoked Salmon on a Bed of French Lentils, drizzled with Bacon-Horseradish Butter Sauce. With gorgeous photographs, instructions for smoking salmon at home, and useful tips such as how to make beautiful salmon "rose" garnishes, this is the ultimate guide to life in the pink.

Author Biography: Max Hansen owns Max & Me Catering in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, where his signature product is his smoked salmon. Suzanne Goldenson is a Princeton-based food writer and restaurant critic, as well as the author of numerous books on food and wine. Sang An is a New York-based photographer specializing in still life, interiors, and food.

Publishers Weekly

Hansen, owner of Max & Me Catering in Bucks County, Pa., offers his restaurant's signature dish, smoked salmon, among many other recipes in a nicely designed cookbook full of enticing photos and fun retro designs. A chapter on "Canapes and Hors d'Oeuvres" opens with such entries as Smoked Salmon "Roses" on Eli's Raisin-Pecan Bread, and Crostini with Smoked Salmon, Arugula, Mascaropone, and Fried Shallots. Hansen and food writer Goldenson then move on from first courses (Smoked Salmon and Spoonbill Caviar with Shaved Fennel and Herbs) to breakfast basics, such as Scrambled Eggs with Lox and Onions, and Smoked Salmon Frittata with Potatoes, Onions, and Chervil. Rounding out the book are great ideas for lunch: Smoked Salmon Croque-Monsieur, for example, and Whole-Grain Wheat Bread with Smoked Salmon, Hummus, Avocado, Tomato, and Sprouts. The authors' recipes are accessible, their tone is friendly, and they include all the steps necessary to prepare and serve salmon, from smoking to slicing. (Sept.) Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information.

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Flavorful Seasons Cookbook: Great-Tasting Recipes for Winter, Spring, Summer and Fall

Author: Nancy S Hughes

Whether its winter, spring, summer, or fall, here are hundreds of seasonal recipes waiting with one thing in common--well-balanced great taste. FLAVORFUL SEASONS COOKBOOK includes complete nutrition information. Information on calories, protein, fat, fiber, saturated fat, sodium, cholesterol, carbohydrate counts and diabetic exchanges accompany every recipe.

La Chef or The Federation Cook Book

2009-02-15T22:45:00.000-08:00

La Chef: Americas Modern Fish and Seafood Guide

Author: Mark J Carey

А La Chef is the fish and seafood source book for chefs! Chef Carey provides the modern chef with specific and accurate information on the classification and families of 80 categories of fish, mollusks and crustaceans. 700 species are represented in this remarkable and most comprehensive work of its type. А La Chef is packed with nutritional values information, healthy diet suggestions, and cooking methods for every category of fish and seafood! Additionally, current food safety guidelines are presented for fish and seafood purchasing, receiving, storage, and handling. А La Chef is a must for every kitchen and dining room.

Look this: Commercializzazione di servizi: La gente, tecnologia, strategia

The Federation Cook Book

Author: Katherine Tillman

The recipes in this early twentieth-century volume were collected from the "colored women of the State of California." This important volume gives access into the homes of these women through the food they were preparing for their own families.

Food in Painting or Animal Vegetable or Woman

2009-02-14T19:04:00.000-08:00

Food in Painting: From the Renaissance to the Present

Author: Kenneth Bendiner

From the hearty meals being devoured by peasants on a Bruegel canvas to the lush and lifelike fruits of a trompe l'oeil, food has enjoyed a central place in painting for centuries. These two great sensory pleasures come together in the sumptuously illustrated Food in Painting. Here Kenneth Bendiner journeys from the Renaissance to the present day—through the works of artists from Rembrandt to Manet to Warhol—to make the case that, though understudied, paintings of food are so important that they should be considered a separate classification of art, a genre unto themselves.

Bendiner outlines the history of these paintings, charting changes in both meaning and presentation since the early Renaissance. The sixteenth century saw great innovations in food subjects, but, as Bendiner reveals, it was Dutch food painting of the seventeenth century that created the visual vocabulary still operative today. Alongside paintings that feature food as the central subject, he also considers topics ranging from Renaissance menus to aphrodisiacs to bottled water to the portrayal of dogs at the table—always with an eye towards how the meaning of food imagery is determined by such factors as myth, religion, and social privilege. Bendiner also treats purely symbolic portrayals of food, both as marginal elements in allegorical paintings and as multi-layered sexual references in Surrealist works.

Packed full of images of markets, kitchens, pantries, picnics, and tables groaning under the weight of glorious feasts, Food in Painting serves up a delicious helping of luxuriously painted meals certain to win a spot on the shelves of art lovers and gastronomesalike.

Go to: Paris After the Liberation 1944 1949 or The Huey P Newton Reader

Animal, Vegetable, or Woman?: A Feminist Critique of Ethical Vegetarianism

Author: Kathryn Paxton Georg

Kathryn Paxton George challenges the view held by noted philosophers Tom Regan and Peter Singer and ecofeminists Carol Adams and Deane Curtin who assume the Principle of Equality to argue that no one should eat meat or animal products. She shows how these renowned individuals also violate the Principle of Equality, because they place women, children, adolescents, the elderly, and many others in a subordinate position. She reviews the principal arguments of these major ethical thinkers, offers a detailed examination of the nutritional literature on vegetarianism, and shows how this inconsistency arises and why it recurs in every major argument for ethical vegetarianism. Included is her own view about what we should eat, which she calls "feminist aesthetic semi-vegetarianism."

Booknews

George (philosophy, U. of Idaho) challenges animal rights/vegetarian views held by philosophers, Tom Regan and Peter Singer, and by ecofeminists, Carol Adams and Deane Curtin, asserting that these thinkers do not fully consider the nutritional needs of those in other cultures and classes, and of women, children, adolescents, and the elderly. So, for example, while George and her husband have chosen vegetarianism for themselves, they do not restrict their daughter's diet, nor would they assert to anyone a moral obligation to become a vegetarian. George believes there are, nonetheless reasons, especially nutritional, to become a vegetarian and even a vegan, just not moral reasons. An intriguing book this: one written by a feminist philosopher vegetarian discounting the feminist and philosophical foundation of a practice she came to, and remains with, through feminist, vegetarian philosophy. For George, veganism is only an ideal diet under conditions of plenty, robust health, an appropriate age, and an appropriate body condition. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Souper Tomatoes or Asian Perfection with DVD

2009-02-13T15:22:00.000-08:00

Souper Tomatoes: The Story of America's Favorite Food

Author: Andrew F Smith

On cold winter afternoon, countless American children have been warmed by hot lunches of comforting tomato soup. In Souper Tomatoes, culinary historian Andrew F. Smith tells the definitive story behind this familiar food. This saga, he writes, "is a juicy tale filled with unexpected twists and turns. It is action packed, peopled with seedsmen and farmers, grocers and scientists, commercial artists and hard hitting advertisers, and just plain old everyday consumers-all of whom have contributed to the transformation of tomato soup into one of America's favorite dishes.

Library Journal

Was Robert Gibbon Johnson the first person in America to eat a tomato? That's the question that originally started culinary historian Smith (The New School) on his research journey into the meaning and history of the tomato. Following up on his Pure Ketchup and The Tomato in America, his latest work uses tomato soup as a lens through which to consider the histories of not only tomatoes but also soup and canning. The result is a very interesting, readable set of essays (which are, however, only loosely connected) on topics ranging from the development of various strains of tomato plants to the contributions of Andy Warhol to the art world. Smith includes numerous notes and sources for each chapter, as well as a representative sample of historical recipes. For libraries with a particular interest in food or agriculture.--Mary Martin, New Hampshire State Lib., Manchester Copyright 1999 Cahners Business Information.

What People Are Saying

Joseph M. Carlin
From Joseph M. Carlin, Food Heritage Press

Andrew Smith has squeezed out of New Jersey every last drop of tomato lore and history to fashion a readable tale that is as refreshing to read as a cold Bloody Mary on a hot summer day. This book will forever establish New Jersey, not as the Garden State but at the Tomato State.

Go to: Health or Radical Grace

Asian Perfection with DVD (Cooking Perfection Series)

Author: Belinda Jeffery

This new series of books will help you get back into the kitchen and experience the fun of creating sensational mouth-watering meals through the simplicity of easy-to-read, step-by-step instructions. Stunning photography and recipes by accomplished chefs will make you want to collect every single title.

The Cultural Work of the Late Nineteenth Century Hostess or Opportunities in Food Service Careers

2009-02-12T13:13:00.000-08:00

The Cultural Work of the Late Nineteenth-Century Hostess: Annie Adams Fields and Mary Gladstone Drew

Author: Susan K Harris

The Cultural Work of the Late Nineteenth-Century Hostess explores the influence upper-class, socially engaged women had on literary and political culture in the U.S. and in England in the years 1870-1920. Annie Fields, an American, was first married to James T. Fields, a prominent Boston publisher; after his death she became companion to Sarah Orne Jewett, one of the foremost New England writers. Mary Gladstone was a daughter of William Gladstone, one of Great Britain's most famous Prime Ministers. Both became well known as hostesses, entertaining the leading figures of their day; both also kept journals and wrote letters in which they recorded those figures' conversations. Susan K. Harris reads these records to exhibit the impact such women had on the cultural life of their times and to show how the skills acquired as hostesses in the 19th century facilitated their entry into the public arena in the 20th. The Cultural Work of the Late Nineteenth-Century Hostess shows how Fields and Gladstone negotiated alliances, won over key figures to their parties' designs, and fought to develop major cultural institutions ranging from the Organization of Boston Charities to London's Royal College of Music.

Books about: Andrew Jackson vs Henry Clay or The Cultural Origins of the French Revolution

Opportunities in Food Service Careers

Author: Carol Caprione Chmelynski

Your passport to a successful and rewarding career

If you're looking for an exciting and fulfilling career, McGraw-Hill's Opportunities in series provides the latest information on more than 100 professions. From skill and training requirements to current salary statistics, Opportunities in Food Service Careers helps you confidently pursue the profession that's right for you, including:

An overview of job opportunities, from restaruant manager to short order cook to positions in manufacturing
Tips on determining which particular job is right for you
Clear-cut advice on getting started in this growing and secure industry
Information on salaries, benefits, and career flexibility
Descriptions of the daily routines of each job covered
Details on education, training, and other qualifications you may need

Recipes of a Pitchfork Ranch Hostess or Old Cookery Books and Ancient Cuisine

2009-02-11T08:26:00.000-08:00

Recipes of a Pitchfork Ranch Hostess: The Culinary Legacy of Mamie Burns

Author: Cathryn A Buesseler

The Pitchfork Land and Cattle Company of West Texas had already established a reputation for the high quality of its cattle and horses when D and Mamie Burns arrived on the ranch in 1942. D became the fifth manager of the ranch's vast holdings, and Mamie took over management of the ranch's Big House, including the feeding and entertaining of many guests who arrived there to conduct business or simply unwind. The recipes and reminiscences in Mamie's notes, reproduced in this book, show that she certainly enjoyed setting a bountiful table. Although she tells us, "On the Ranch I cooked more and enjoyed it less than anyone alive, I guess," her recipes, and her comments on the life of the ranch, show her enthusiasm for preparing wonderful food to enjoy with treasured friends, family, and ranch visitors. This book will give you a taste of her special dishes, as well as a glimpse of West Texas ranch life as it was lived by Mamie and D Burns, their cowboys, and other ranch hands at the Pitchfork Land and Cattle Company.

Interesting textbook: Organisatorische Kommunikation für das Überleben: Das Bilden der Arbeit, Arbeit

Old Cookery Books and Ancient Cuisine

Author: William Carew Hazlitt

Edited by Henry B. Wheatley F.S.A.

Sauces for Sweets or Sweeteners and Sugar Alternatives in Food Technology

2009-02-10T04:44:00.000-08:00

Sauces for Sweets

Author: Michel Roux

Sauces for Sweets is an irresistible collection of sweet sauces. Featuring over 50 recipes, it includes classics like rich chocolate sauce as well as fresh fruit coulis to accompany cr?pes and sorbets. All recipes are creative and easy to make in your kitchen at home. Each sauce is explained simply and clearly with photography of techniques and finished sauces.

Sweeteners and Sugar Alternatives in Food Technology

Author: Helen Mitchell

Sugar replacement in food and beverage manufacture no longer has just an economic benefit. The use of ingredients to improve the nutritional status of a food product is now one of the major driving forces in new product development. It is therefore important, as options for sugar replacement continue to increase, that expert knowledge and information in this area is readily available.

Sweeteners and Sugar Alternatives in Food Technology provides the information required for sweetening and functional solutions, enabling manufacturers to produce processed foods that not only taste and perform as well as sugar-based products, but also offer consumer benefits such as calorie reduction, dental health benefits, digestive health benefits and improvements in long term disease risk through strategies such as dietary glycaemic control. Part I of this comprehensive book addresses these health and nutritional considerations. Part II covers non-nutritive, high-intensity sweeteners, providing insights into blending opportunities for qualitative and quantitative sweetness improvement as well as exhaustive application opportunities. Part III deals with reduced calorie bulk sweeteners, which offer bulk with fewer calories than sugar, and includes both the commercially successful polyols as well as tagatose, an emerging functional bulk sweetener. Part IV looks at the less well-established sweeteners that do not conform in all respects to what may be considered to be standard sweetening properties. Finally, Part V examines bulking agents and multifunctional ingredients. Summary tables at the end of each section provide valuable, concentrated data on each of the sweeteners covered. Thebook is directed at food scientists and technologists as well as ingredients suppliers.

The Book of Tea or Hertfordshire Inns and Public Houses

2009-02-09T01:02:00.000-08:00

The Book of Tea

Author: Kakuzo Okakura

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

Booknews

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

The Cup of Humanity     1
Tea ennobled into Teaism, a religion of aestheticism, the adoration of the beautiful among everyday facts
Teaism developed among both nobles and peasants
The mutual misunderstanding of the New World and the Old
The Worship of Tea in the West
Early records of Tea in European writing
The Taoists' version of the combat between Spirit and Matter
The modern struggle for wealth and power
The Schools of Tea     17
The three stages of the evolution of Tea
The Boiled Tea, the Whipped Tea, and the Steeped Tea, representative of the Tang, the Sung, and the Ming dynasties of China
Luwuh, the first apostle of Tea
The Tea-ideals of the three dynasties
To the latter-day Chinese Tea is a delicious beverage, but not an ideal
In Japan Tea is a religion of the art of life
Taoism and Zennism     33
The connection of Zennism with Tea
Taoism, and its successor Zennism, represent the individualistic trend of the Southern Chinese mind
Taoism accepts the mundane and tries to find beauty in our world of woe and worry
Zennism emphasizes the teachings of Taoism
Through consecrated meditation may be attained supreme self-realisation
Zennism, like Taoism, is the worship of Relativity
Ideal of Teaism a result of the Zen conception of greatness in the smallest incidents of life
Taoism furnished the basis for aesthetic ideals, Zennism made them practical
The Tea-Room     51
The tea-room does not pretend to be other than a mere cottage
The simplicity and purism of the tea-room
Symbolism in the construction of thetea-room
The system of its decoration
A sanctuary from the vexations of the outer world
Art Appreciation     73
Sympathetic communion of minds necessary for art appreciation
The secret understanding between the master and ourselves
The value of suggestion
Art is of value only to the extent that it speaks to us
No real feeling in much of the apparent enthusiasm to-day
Confusion of art with archaeology
We are destroying art in destroying the beautiful in life
Flowers     87
Flowers our constant friends
The Master of Flowers
The waste of Flowers among Western communities
The art of floriculture in the East
The Tea-Masters and the Cult of Flowers
The Art of Flower Arrangement
The adoration of the Flower for its own sake
The Flower-Masters
Two main branches of the schools of Flower Arrangement, the Formalistic and the Naturalesque
Tea-Masters     107
Real appreciation of art only possible to those who make of it a living influence
Contributions of the Tea-Masters to art
Their influence on the conduct of life
The Last Tea of Rikiu

New interesting textbook: Cheapskates Guide to Wine or Cruising Cuisine

Hertfordshire Inns and Public Houses: An Historical Gazetteer

Author: Graham Jolliff

This reference updates Branch Johnson's 1962 historical gazetteer of inns and pubs in Hertfordshire. Arranged alphabetically by parish, this collection contains the history of approximately 1,000 pubs established before 1900 and information on their former names. Illustrations throughout and a detailed parish map complete this thoroughly researched resource.

Author Biography: Graham Joliffe is a software manager who has written numerous articles on the history of pubs in Hertfordshire and Essex. Arthur Jones is a librarian and the author of Bedrooms, Chimneys and Lavatories. He has held positions as senior government advisor in the Office of Arts and Libraries, chairman of the Hertfordshire Association for Local History, and editor of the history journal Hertfordshire's Past.

Michel Biehns Healthy Recipes or Ice Cream

2009-02-07T21:21:00.000-08:00

Michel Biehn's Healthy Recipes: International Cuisine from a Provencal Kitchen

Author: Michel Biehn

Michel Biehn has loved Provence and its culinary traditions since childhood. For over twenty years, he has been cooking for family and friends, and experimenting with his favorite recipes. The only drawback to his lifelong love affair with food was in keeping his weight in check. After years of ineffective dieting, Biehn decided at age 50 to focus his talents on light-calorie recipes. The dishes are often inspired by his travels and fully-rooted in his Provençal cooking tradition. The result allows one to healthfully succumb to delicious dishes without guilt from breakfast to dinner-even during holiday feasts-just as the French do!

The recipes include a balance of vegetables, meat, fish, pasta, and desserts: Niçoise salad, tomato tartare, stuffed peppers, meat and cheese stuffed tomatoes, saffron dusted chicken and shrimp, roasted salmon, spring rolls, olive bread, vegetable couscous, zucchini and pea risotto, lemon pasta, artichoke fusilli, strawberry and raspberry cake, figs wrapped in Parma ham, hot chocolate à l'ancienne.

These recipes will get the entire family trim on delicious French food. The 100 easy-to-prepare dishes made with readily available ingredients embrace a healthy way of eating that does not require strict limitations or militant measuring. With stunning photography, this is like no other diet book, and shows how to enjoy healthy eating in a truly French way.

Book review: Missile Contagion or The Uprooted

Ice Cream (Cook's Practical Handbook Series): An Enticing Guide to Making Ice Creams and Iced Desserts

Author: Sara Lewis

This enticing and colorful book includes everything you need to know about making and serving ice creams, granitas, and sorbets, featuring essential ingredients, equipment and techniques.

Sam Okamotos Incredible Vegetables or Winepassport

2009-02-06T17:40:00.000-08:00

Sam Okamoto's Incredible Vegetables

Author: Osamu Okamoto

One of Vancouver's premier chefs has combined his knowledge of the health-giving aspects of food with traditional Japanese cooking techniques, Western-style cuisine, and a vegan vegetarian menu. Covers the basic ingredients that provide the necessary balance of vitamins and minerals for healthy living, with cooking techniques.

Winepassport: California: The Handy Guide to California Wines

Author: Jennifer Elias

Need a little help navigating the world of wine? This colorful little pocket guide with a pop-out map quickly makes sense of the wines, grapes, and regions of the world's most fascinating wine areas.

Each WinePassport includes:
Pop-out maps of wine regions
Overview of wines and grapes
Easy-to-use charts to interpret what's in the bottle

Smoothies Blends and Shakes or Cooking from the Heart

2009-02-05T13:58:00.000-08:00

Smoothies, Blends and Shakes: Over 75 Deliciously Healthy and Irrestible Step-by-Step Recipes

Author: Suzannah Olivier

This fabulous book opens with an essential guide to somothie ingredients and the juicing and blending techniques.

New interesting book: Model Minority Imperialism or Exceptional State

Cooking from the Heart: 100 Great American Chefs Share Recipes They Cherish

Author: Michael J Rosen

America’s best-known chefs—in a stellar gathering—recall the dishes that warm their hearts in a collection benefiting one of the nation’s leading antihunger organizations.
Cooking from the Heart features one hundred of the country’s most beloved and well-known chefs, who each contribute not only a superb dish—whether a holiday tradition, comfort food, cross-cultural innovation, or family classic—but also the story of why that dish means the world to them. The chefs speak as parents, children, partners, neighbors, husbands, wives, and friends. Cooking from the Heart is a joyous collection of recipes in which love is always the first ingredient. Here are Ming Tsai and his family wrapping potstickers on the Ping-Pong table in his grandmother’s house; Gale Gand and her son making pie crusts with a rolling pin that’s been in their family for five generations; Seth Bixby Daugherty improvising a mulberry crisp on a cross-country peace march; Marcel Desaulnier recounting the Christmas his mother sent him her chocolates and cookies while he was serving in Vietnam; and Lidia Bastianich crushing herbs under her infant grandchildren’s noses to awaken their senses to rich aromas. From Jean-Georges Vongerichten’s grandmother’s Alsatian Lamb Stew to Rick Bayless’s hometown Orchard Peach Cobbler, from Sara Moulton's Grilled Fish discovered on a magical trip to Greece to Emeril Lagasse’s favorite Bolognese Sauce for Sundays with friends, Cooking from the Heart presents an inexhaustible range of recipes you’ll want to make your own. These are stories to cherish; they will remind you of—and even inspire—your own family’s mealtimes and traditions.

Publishers Weekly

To support the Share Our Strength anti-hunger agency, 100 of the most notable American-based chefs have contributed recollections and recipes to this fundraising volume. A whiff or taste of food evokes love, hate, comfort or amusement as food heritage and memories are intertwined. Whether of Italian, Jewish, Chinese or any of the other cultures that form the American melting pot, a mother's or grandmother's cooking has always been a display of love. Drawing on the reminiscences of many American food notables, such as Emeril Lagasse, Alice Waters, Daniel Boulud and Thomas Keller, the book offers a format for each chef to provide a dish and its corresponding memory: Gordon Hamersley brings to the table Slow Roasted Duck, in honor of his own wedding; Martin Yan's Home-style Clay Pot reminds him of China before the Cultural Revolution; and Nancy Silverton bakes Coconut Cupcakes for her third-grade son's birthday. Ranging in complexity from Lisa Schroeder's simple Moroccan Poached Halibut to Joyce Goldstein's more complex Chocolate-dipped Custard-filled clairs, many of the dishes are made up of several parts. While sometimes challenging for the inexperienced cook, these components provide additional recipes that are excellent in themselves, for example the aromatic Curried Tomatoes that goes with Susan Feniger's Bombay Chicken. The book's quality recipes will fill the stomach and inspire the inner chef, while providing a delightful read. (Sept.) Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information.

Library Journal

A stellar cast of chefs contributes recipes to this book, which will benefit Share Our Strength, the national antihunger agency that sponsors Taste of the Nation and other fund-raising events involving restaurants throughout the country. Along with recipes, the chefs supply thoughtful, often touching reminiscences about their selections and the importance of food and family in their lives. Pastry chef Gale Gand, for example, talks about her mother, "the best baker [she's] known," and then describes teaching her six-year-old son to carry on the family pie-baking tradition; other contributors include such well-known names as Jean-Georges Vongerichten, Emeril Lagasse, Rick Bayless, and Daniel Boulud. Recipes range from homey treats like Blueberry Roly-Poly to elegant dishes such as Roasted Wild Scottish Salmon with Morel Vinaigrette. Highly recommended. Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information.

Food in the USA or International Bartenders Guide

2009-02-04T10:17:00.000-08:00

Food in the USA: A Reader

Author: C Counihan

From Thanksgiving to fast food to anorexia nervosa, Food in the USA brings together essential reading on these topics and is the only substantial collection of essays on food and culture in America. The broad range of essay topics include: the corporate food industry, soup kitchens, meat-eating, fast food, waitressing, Coca-Cola, Aunt Jemima, the Passover seder, soul food, diabetes, and nutrition. Together, the collection provides a fascinating look at how and why we are what we eat.

Look this: Fit Over 40 for Dummies or A Potters Notes on Tai Chi Chuan

International Bartender's Guide

Author: Ballantine Books

THE MOST COMPREHENSIVE BOOK OF ITS KIND!
* More than 2,000 drink recipes—alphabetically organized for easy access
* Simple-to-follow instructions—how to mix and serve
* Tips on wines, beers, and champagne
* Complete guide to glassware and bar utensils
* Includes nonalcoholic drinks and punches
* For beginners and professionals

How to Choose Wine or Making the Most of Onions

2009-02-03T06:35:00.000-08:00

How to Choose Wine: A Complete Guide to Buying, Storing, and Serving Wine

Author: Susy Atkins

Beaujolais or Bordeaux? Chianti or Côtes de Rhone? Sauvignon Blanc or Vinho Verde? Choosing a wine can be so hard—but this guide will make life a lot easier. It covers wines from almost every country in the world; clears up the mysteries of labels, brands, appellations, and grape varieties; and interprets the language of labels. Find out about the three key wine issues you must know; which wines will improve with time; how to store wines at home; and how to open a bottle. There's an A to Z of reds, whites, rosés, sparkling wines, and sweet and fortified ones—and advice on sticking to a budget, too!

Making the Most of Onions: Over 70 Delicious Recipes for Onions, Garlic, Shallots, Scallions and Chives

Author: Brian Glover

Here are over 50 delicious and easy to follow recipes written by an award winning food writer, including all time favorites as wellas contemporary classics from around the world.

Somersize Desserts or Soups

2009-02-02T02:52:00.000-08:00

Somersize Desserts

Author: Suzanne Somers

Suzanne Somers' revolutionary Somersize program and bestselling weight-loss books have helped countless people. Now, she shares thirty delicious recipes for decadent, flavorful desserts that not only taste great but are made without refined sugar. Sound too good to be true?

Library Journal

Somers's earlier books on her Somersize weight-loss/fitness program have literally sold millions. Her latest presents 30 dessert recipes made with a new natural sugar substitute that she is introducing called SomerSweet. While sugar and carbohydrates are a concern in her regimen, fat and calories don't seem to be: even the recipes categorized as "Level One" (for the weight-loss part of the program) are filled with heavy cream, eggs, and cream cheese. Buy for the demand there is sure to be. Copyright 2001 Cahners Business Information.

New interesting textbook: Fundamentals of Wireless Networking or Multiculturalism in Latin America

Soups: Over 200 Delicious Recipes for Any Occasion

Author: Hamlyn

Here’s a recipe book that’s dedicated wholly to the world of soup, the most convenient and cheapest meals to make. It contains over 200 simple-to-follow recipes for creating quick, healthy, and delicious soups that range from refreshing summer starters and warming first courses to hearty one-dish suppers. Choose from classics such as Cream of Chicken, Bouillabaisse, Gazpacho, and Borscht. Don’t worry—preparing them is much easier than pronouncing them! Or, try some more adventures recipes like Mussel Soup with Saffron, Spiced Chickpea and Lamb, or the legendary Eight Treasure Soup!

A Taste of New England or Wild Wonderful A Cookbook with Flair

2009-01-31T23:11:00.000-08:00

A Taste of New England

Author: Junior League of Worchester

Creative menus for easy entertaining, from tailgate parties to symphony galas. Watercolor paintings of New England scenery enhance the fresh look of this easy-to-read collection.

Look this: Jesus Prescription for a Healthy Life or Absolute Beauty

Wild! Wonderful! A Cookbook with Flair

Author: Junior League of Wheeling staff

A community cookbook in every sense, Wild! Wonderful! celebrates the flair of the Ohio Valley community. The book includes everyday recipes for the beginner cook, as well as more elaborate fare, such as Tuscan Roasted Game Hens, for the more adventurous chefs. Features signed recipes from country singer superstar Brad Paisley.

Making Ice Cream and Iced Desserts or At Hankas Table

2009-01-30T19:30:00.000-08:00

Making Ice Cream and Iced Desserts

Author: Joanna Farrow

Experiment with different flavors, learn to layer and ripple use molds of different shapes and sizes, and make your own baskets, cones, cookies and ice bowls.

At Hanka's Table

Author: Hanka Sawka

A touching culinary autobiography by an expert home cook whose table has offered succor and warmth to friends around the world for 30 years. Over 100 recipes featuring Polish specialites, including those for Christmas and Easter, and other internationally inspired dishes for appetizers, soups, and main and side dishes, and dessert.

	Introduction	3
Chapter 1	Growing Up Under Communism	7
Chapter 2	The Past Storms of My Country and My Family	19
Chapter 3	The Independent Polish Mother	37
Chapter 4	The Beatles Behind the Iron Curtain	45
Chapter 5	Falling in Love	51
Chapter 6	The First Year of Marriage	63
Chapter 7	Pompidou, Paris, and Poverty	75
Chapter 8	A New Life in New York	87
Chapter 9	A Growing Circle of Friends	103
Chapter 10	Country Life	117
Chapter 11	Travels with the Artist	131
Chapter 12	Life in an Open World	141
Chapter 13	New Horizons	165
	Recipes	178
	Index	279

400 Blender Cocktails or Tequila

2009-01-29T15:48:00.000-08:00

400 Blender Cocktails: Sensational Alcoholic and Non-Alcoholic Cocktail Recipes

Author: Andrew Chas

All you need are your blender and the recipes in this book.

Cocktails are back in vogue -whether for hosting a party or simply relaxing at home. But when unfamiliar bartending paraphernalia is involved, creating these concoctions can be daunting. A blender and the easy recipes from 400 Blender Cocktails are all that it takes to create truly delicious -- and sometimes decadent -- drinks that will amaze friends, colleagues and family members. The 400 recipes include cocktails for every occasion:

Holiday festivities will sparkle with a Cuban punch, a cranberry cooler, a coconut rum punch or a hot pink ginger.

Long summer days will cool off quickly when sipping a frozen lichee daiquiri or a watermelon cosmo.

Elegant affairs will be enhanced with an essence of pear martini, a gin fizz or a pineapple sparkler.

Hangovers can be cured with a bitter morning or a hair of the clam.

In addition, there are valuable tips and techniques for turning any novice into a seasoned bartender. Also included are 40 alcohol-free drink recipes for other special occasions or special guests.

Book review: Running Colorados Front Range or Mantra

Tequila: The Spirit of Mexico

Author: Enrique F Martinez Limon

An appreciation of one of the most popular liquors in the world, including ratings of more than 100 brands.

Long considered a lowbrow liquor, tequila today is one of the fastest-growing beverages in the world, and the growth is decidedly upscale. An entire tequila culture has developed, not only throughout Mexico but in sophisticated restaurants and bars all over the world, from New York to Los Angeles, London to Tokyo.

Despite this trend, little has been published about tequila and its origins, varieties, and method of production-until now. In this delightfully visual book author Enrique Martínez Limon takes the reader on a fascinating anecdotal journey through the history of tequila, complete with information about how it is grown and produced, and descriptions of its legends, heroes, songs, and artistic manifestations. The lively text is enhanced by Michael Calderwood's beautiful photography and the specially commissioned artwork.

The final chapters provide recipes for tequila-based cocktails and for dishes using tequila, as well as professional ratings of more than a hundred brands.

Other Details: 155 full-color illustrations 184 pages 9 1/2 x 9 1/2" Published 2000

".the information is extensive. Evocative color photography by Michael Calderwood helps bring Tequila country alive." —Wine & Spirits

"Wow- what a beautiful and thorough introduction to the subject of tequila! You can read this sizable tome or leave it on your coffee table... [It] is just loaded with gorgeous photos, from artsy shots of bottles to fields of Agave plants and the inner-spaces of distilleries and cantinas. Readers will find pages on the proper ways to drink tequila (which goes beyond the crude salt and licking business that so many Americans learned in college), a glossary that will help you tell your Resposado tequilas from you Anejos, and a collection of brand ratings, best tequila bars, and recipes for tequila based cocktails and dishes." —Alcoholreviews.com

".captures the romance and spirit of Mexico." —Playboy

Author Biography: Carlos Monsiváis is a highly respected journalist and one of Mexico's most distinguished contemporary writers. An authority on the popular culture of his country, his publications include anthologies of twentieth-century Mexican poetry and an important work on the golden era of Mexican cinema. He is the recipient of numerous national prizes and awards.

Michael Calderwood was born in Guildford, England. In 1973, after graduating from Cambridge University with a degree in history, he set off on a journey to Latin America. He began his travels in Mexico and became so fascinated with that country that some twenty-five years later he has yet to cross the border into Guatemala. Among his published works are Mexico: A Higher Vision and Mexico City: An Aerial Portrait of Hidden Splendour.

Enrique F. Martínez Limon discovered literature in 1968 and science in 1972. As a result, most of his stories and novels combine Gothic and science-fiction themes. He has been published in several Mexican literary collections and magazines, and since 1981 he has worked as an editor, researcher, and writer for his own company and other publishing houses. He lives in Hermosillo, Sonora, in northwestern Mexico.

To Serve with Love or Simply Shrimp

2009-01-28T12:07:00.000-08:00

To Serve with Love: Simple, Scrumptious Dishes from the Skinny to the Sinful

Author: Carnie Wilson

Author and entertainer Carnie Wilson brings you To Serve with Love, a beautiful, inspirational, lifestyle cookbook that's a celebration of our love affair with cooking, as well as the enjoyment we get out of eating meals that have been prepared for us. This book will stir up universal feelings about food, life, love, and having the "home-plate" advantage because -- yes, it's true -- anyone can be a good cook! In other words, dinner out is fine, but the real culinary adventure starts in our kitchens.

The recipe portion of this cookbook is suited for anyone who loves comforting, delicious meals. It also features lower-fat or lower-sugar variations of some of these outstanding dishes.

Of course, a cookbook shouldn't just be just a list of meals. Carnie also sets the entire scene with music, candles, and flowers -- the little, inexpensive, but meaningful touches that round out the perfect dining experience.

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Simply Shrimp: With 80 Globally Inspired Recipes

Author: James Peterson

Grilled, sautéed, baked, poached, or fried: No matter how you make it, shrimp is just about everybody's favorite seafood. It's great in cold appetizers, stunning in soups, and a knockout ingredient in stuffed pastas, dumplings, and Asian-style rolls. Shrimp's taste complements an incredible diversity of other foods, from honey-sweet tropical fruits, to mouth-searing chiles, to smoky/tomatoey barbecue sauces. As if all this weren't enough to recommend it, shrimp is actually good for you-low in fat and calories and high in the omega-3 fatty acids that promote cardiovascular health.

In Simply Shrimp, award-winning cookbook author and popular cooking teacher James Peterson brings his culinary acumen to the creation of dishes showcasing the world's best-loved shellfish. In this sequel to his very successful Simply Salmon, Peterson begins by demystifying the process of buying and cleaning shrimp, then offers 80 outstanding recipes that celebrate shrimp's unmatchable versatility. Chapters are devoted to specific methods of preparation, with step-by-step photos to guide you through particular techniques and gorgeous color shots of finished dishes, all taken by Peterson himself. Peterson's sumptuous, international bill of fare includes Thai Shrimp Curry, Shrimp Ravioli, Shrimp Quesadillas, Shrimp Samosas with Sweet and Sour Chutney, and even a delicate, savory Shrimp and Tarragon Custard.

Chili Lovers Cookbook or Taste of the Middle East

2009-01-27T08:26:00.000-08:00

Chili-Lover's Cookbook

Author: Jenni Fleetwood

This book is essential reading for all lovers of hot and spicy food and the only chili sourcebook, reference manual and recipe collection you will ever need.

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Taste of the Middle East: The Food and Cooking of a Rich Cultural Heritage

Author: Jenni Fleetwood

Bringing together the traditional cooking styles and classic foodstuffs of many of the countries that make up the Middle East region, this exciting book creates a colourful and enticing collection of these wonderful authentic dishes which share origins, i

Best of Austrian Cuisine or Nutrilicious Cookbook

2009-01-26T04:44:00.000-08:00

Best of Austrian Cuisine

Author: Elisabeth Mayer Brown

Austrian cuisine consists of rich, satisfying dishes: roasted meats in cream sauces, hearty soups and stews, tasty dumplings, warm and cold salads, and, of course, the pastries and cakes that remain Vienna's trademark. This cookbook provides a comprehensive guide to Austrian desserts, including six recipes for strudel, twenty recipes for gateaux, and many other sweet-tooth favorites. A new guide to Austrian wines provides the history, main varieties, and regional information about the Austrian winemaking tradition.

Elisabeth Mayer-Browne takes an engaging, conversational approach to her art with commonsense advice about preparing, serving, and even improvising. Best of Austrian Cuisine includes nearly 200 recipes for traditional family favorites, interesting variations, and menus for everyday meals and holidays.

	Introduction	9
	Meat: Veal	11
	Beef	17
	Pork	26
	Mutton and Lamb	30
	Ground Beef and Pork, mixed	32
	Organ meats
	Brains	38
	Liver, Kidneys etc.	41
	Poultry and Game	45
	Fish	51
	Entrees
	Cold	56
	Hot	126
	Essentials	59
	Sauces etc.	62
	Dumplings, Potatoes, Rice etc. (Beilagen)	71
	Vegetables	78
	Salads	94
	Soups	104
	Plain Dishes mainly without Meat	129
	Desserts:
	Warm	134
	Cold	150
	Small Pastries and Cakes	156
	Gateaux	182
	Cocktail Titbits and open Sandwiches	195
	A few tasty methods for using up leftovers	203
	Typical Austrian Menus	205
	A Guide to Austrian Wines	209
	Index	216

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Nutrilicious, Cookbook

Author: Edith Rothschild

An easy-to-read vegetarian cookbook, containing all the recipes needed for a healthier lifestyle, with the least amount of time and effort in the kitchen. The ingredients used are all fresh, unprocessed, whole, organic - wherever possible, and kosher. Occasional humor adds a light touch to the writing and provides comic relief from the serious and well researched health issues candidly dealt with in the book.

Stand Facing the Stove or 60 Days of Low Fat Low Cost Meals in Minutes

2009-01-25T01:03:00.000-08:00

Stand Facing the Stove: The Story of the Women Who Gave America The Joy of Cooking: The Lives of Erma S. Rombauer and Marion Rombauer

Author: Anne Mendelson

In 1931, Irma S. Rombauer, a recent widow, took her life savings and self-published a cookbook that she hoped might support her family. Little did she know that her book would go on to become America's most beloved cooking companion. Thus was born the bestselling Joy of Cooking, and with it, a culinary revolution that continues to this day.

In Stand Facing the Stove, Anne Mendelson presents a richly detailed biographical portrait of the two remarkable forces behind Joy -- Irma S. Rombauer and her daughter, Marion Rombauer Becker -- shedding new light on the classic kitchen mainstay and on the history of American cooking. Mendelson weaves together three fascinating stories: the affectionate though often difficult relationship between Joy's original creator, Irma, and her eventual coauthor, Marion; the bitter dealings between the Rombauers and their publisher, Bobbs-Merrill (at whose hands the Rombauers likely lost millions of dollars); and the enormous cultural impact of the beloved book that Irma and Marion devoted their lives to refining, edition after edition.

Featuring an accessible new recipe format and an engaging voice that inspired home cooks, Joy changed the face of American cookbooks. Stand Facing the Stove offers an intimate look at the women behind this culinary bible and provides a marvelous portrait of twentieth-century America as seen through the kitchen window.

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60 Days of Low-Fat, Low-Cost Meals in Minutes

Author: M J Smith

Delicious and Healthful Meals and Menus That Won’t Take a Bite Out of Your Family Budget. If you’re among the millions of Americans watching your fat intake, as well as your pocketbook and time, here’s good news. This innovative and exciting cookbook helps you save on all three. Most of these mouth-watering, health-wise recipes take under 30 minutes to prepare with ingredients that usually cost less than $10 per meal. 60 Days of Low-Fat, Low-Cost Meals in Minutes introduces more than 150 flavor-packed, easy-to-make recipes for real food—without all of the cholesterol, fat, sodium, and calories. Using nutritious ingredients found in virtually any grocery store, this guide contains a 60-day plan for low-fat dining, complete with shopping lists and preparation tips. M.J. Smith, author of the best-selling All-American Low-Fat Meals in Minutes also explains what foods to buy and what to avoid. She offers:

A pocket guide to fat grams
Inexpensive ingredient substitutes
A kitchen-tested guide on cutting fat from your favorite recipes
Meat and poultry cooking charts
A sure-fire guide for selecting first-rate produce
Microwave cooking tips
Measurement shortcuts
Complete nutrition information, including exchanges

From hearty entrees to enticing desserts, 60 Days of Low-Fat, Low-Cost Meals in Minutes contains the blueprints for such scintillating dishes as: • Banana Breakfast Muffins • Winter in New England Clam Chowder • Creole Shrimp Salad • No-Fat Fried Chicken • Beef Burgundy in a French Bread Crust • Grilled Halibut with Pineapple Salsa • Coconut Lover’s Macaroons • Better Than Sex CakePlus, the Special Binding Keeps the Book Open While You Work.

Cocina de Los Postres or Cooking with Johnny Vee

2009-01-23T21:22:00.000-08:00

Cocina de Los Postres

Author: Anna Maria Perez Martinez

Delicious desserts occupy center stage in this book that serves up practical preparation techniques for creative cuisine. From light and refreshing springtime sweets to puddings and pies in winter, these recipes feature the best of each season.

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Cooking with Johnny Vee: International Cuisine with a Modern Flair

Author: John Vollertsen

With its rich culinary history, Santa Fe, serves as Mecca for "foodies" worldwide and Chef and Las Cosas Cooking School Director, Johnny Vee, is no exception. His new book Las Cosas Cooking School teaches the basics of cooking and provides recipes that are not only fun, but are a joy to entertain with. Las Cosas Cooking School is filled to the brim with unique and delicious recipes, full-color photography, useful tips, menus for entertaining, and a section on stocking the pantry.
Sections Include:
Comforting Covered Casseroles
Celebrating Salty
Shrimply Delicious
The Art of the Artichoke
BBQ Bravado
Fab Fajitas and Sexy Salsas
Hostess with the Mostess
Delicious Decadent Desserts
Author Bio: Chef John Vollertsen ("Johnny Vee") is director and creator of the Las Cosas Cooking School in Santa Fe, New Mexico. He has taught cooking for over 15 years and enjoys a second career in food writing as a regular columnist for The Santa Fe New Mexican and as the dining and food editor for The Santa Fean magazine.

Secrets of Fat Free Greek Cooking or Chile Aphrodisia

2009-01-22T17:40:00.000-08:00

Secrets of Fat-Free Greek Cooking: Over 150 Low-Fat and Fat-Free, Traditional and Contemporary Recipes from Baklava to Moussaka

Author: Elaine Gavalas

Greek cooking is healthy, satisfying, and low in fat and cholesterol, resulting in reduced rates of heart and diet-linked disease. Elaine Gavalas starts her cookbook with an introduction to the simplicity of this cuisine and then offers a plethora of Greek favorites, all made by substituting spices and herbs for fat. Throughout the book, Gavalas includes helpful tips to further reduce fat content.

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Chile Aphrodisia (Cook West)

Author: Amy Reiley

A sensual celebration of colorful, contrasting flavors.

Whether it's a quiet evening at home or a spicy night on the town, chile offers a wide variety of flavors to spice up your meals and your love life. Heat things up with such seductive delights as South American Ceviche and a Three Sisters Bloody Mary, followed by Secret Passion Crème Brûlée. 24 color photos.

About the Cook West Series: Savor the flavors of the West. Each book in the Cook West Series celebrates the tastes, colors, aromas, and ingredients that create the food of the American West. Home cooks and industry professionals alike will welcome these single-ingredient cookbooks into their kitchens. Each title in the Cook West Series offers 50 original recipes and helpful tips to impress, inspire, and invigorate. Western cuisine is gaining in popularity, and rightly so! Where, but in the West, can one experience the marital bliss of chile and chocolate? Or a refreshing glass of prickly pear lemonade on a hot summer day? Soothe your soul with the creaminess of avocado or allow your taste buds to dance around a tantalizing olive. Enjoy the pleasantly stimulating aroma of roasting garlic or the zesty tang of cilantro. From rubs and sauces to delightful desserts, Western cooks have laid claim to a culinary art as original and distinct as the landscape itself. Conveniently sized and affordably priced, each book in the Cook West Series is the perfect addition for every cookbook library.

Keep It Seasonal or Rosalind Creasys Recipes from the Garden

2009-01-21T13:59:00.000-08:00

Keep It Seasonal: Soups, Salads, and Sandwiches

Author: Annie Wayt

In our increasingly busy lives, meals need to be fast, healthy, and light. In Keep It Seasonal, acclaimed chef Annie Wayte offers 100 recipes, each with a spectacular color photograph of the finished dish, for simple soups, salads, and sandwiches organized by season so that home cooks can make the most of fresh, available produce. Keep It Seasonal is the ideal cookbook for those who shop at farmer's markets, Whole Foods, and Wild Oats.

Why purchase asparagus out of season when the prices are sky high? Why buy strawberries in winter when they are tasteless and full of water? Not only is produce more affordable when it is in season, but its quality and nutritional content are at their peak. In Keep It Seasonal, chef Annie Wayte awakens cooks to ingredients that are truly fresh, local, and in season, and explains why buying locally grown foods is better than buying organic food trucked in from thousands of miles away.

Within the four seasonal chapters, the recipes are organized into three sections: soups, salads, and sandwiches. Home cooks can mix and match with recipes such as Fresh Pea Soup with Morels, Crispy Prosciutto and Leek Salad with Mustard Dressing, and Grilled Spicy Lamb Sandwiches on Flat Bread with Pistachio Relish (spring), or Squash Soup with Roasted Chestnuts and Pancetta, Pomegranate Glazed Quail with Cinnamon and Raisin Tabbouleh, and Gorgonzola, Pear, and Honey Open Sandwiches (autumn). The recipes are simple and easy to prepare because the fresh ingredients speak for themselves, and each includes a full–color photo of the finished dish.

Publishers Weekly

Wayte has an upper-crust chef's taste for the finest, freshest ingredients, and it's nicely matched to the three kinds of food that show off their flavors most effortlessly-soups, salads and sandwiches-though the recipes she includes are not all as undemanding to assemble as she claims. For each season, Wayte, executive chef of 202 in New York's Chelsea Market, provides creative dishes from each of the categories, all revolving around foods that are abundant and in season. She strives to let the produce shine, especially in minimalist takes like basic but rich Spiced Parsnip Soup with Crunchy Parsnip Chips, and the satisfyingly complex flavors of Roasted Autumn Vegetable Salad with Maple-Cider Dressing, where she recommends that cooks "retain [the vegetables'] natural shape as much as possible." Wayte takes a freewheeling approach when describing preparation and tosses in measures like a "smidgen" and a "handful," and some cooks will appreciate Wayte's green light to expand on her innovative ingredient combinations. Interspersed throughout are helpful sidebars that expand on the possibilities for using some of the ingredients, as well as brief profiles of artisan food producers who share Wayte's passion for all things fresh and local. Photos. (May) Copyright 2006 Reed Business Information.

Library Journal

Wayte, who was executive chef of Nicole Farhi's flagship restaurant in London, opened Nicole's in New York City in 1999 and is now also chef of Manhattan's 202, a more casual venue. Seasonality has become something of a cliche in the restaurant world, but Wayte's bright, imaginative recipes show what respecting the seasons can mean in the hands of an expert. She has focused on soups, salads, and sandwiches because these are what many of her customers prefer to eat, and she has organized them by category within each season: Wild Salmon, New Potato, and Asparagus Salad with Sorrel Dressing in spring, for example, or Chilled Red Pepper and Tomato Soup with Cucumber-Herb Salad in the height of summer. She also includes simple recipe ideas for the various seasonal ingredients, along with profiles of some of the farmers, growers, or other purveyors she relies on, and there are striking color photographs throughout. For most collections. Copyright 2006 Reed Business Information.

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Rosalind Creasy's Recipes from the Garden: 200 Exciting Recipes from the Author of The Complete Book of Edible Landscaping

Author: Rosalind Creasy

Luscious, perfectly ripe tomatoes; crisp, sweet melons; sharp onions and mellow garlic-nothing tastes better than freshly picked food right out of the garden.

This collection of mouth-watering recipes from Rosalind Creasy, a pioneer of the edible landscaping movement, will help you celebrate the incredible flavors of the garden-fresh vegetables, fruits and herbs waiting in your backyard. Feast on delicious, fresh salads ranging from the classic-Basic Garden Salad, Tangy Mesclun Salad and Creamy Caesar Salad-to the extraordinary-Crab and Asparagus Salad with Fancy Greens and Sorrel Dressing, Watermelon Spicy Salad and Flower Confetti Salad. Indulge with Rhubarb and Strawberry Cobbler, Asparagus with Hollandaise Sauce, Gardener's Spring Lamb and Savory Bread Pudding with Sorrel and Baby Artichokes.

Featuring delectable recipes perfect for both vegetarians and meat eaters; for family breakfasts, solo lunches, and grand, celebratory dinners; this indispensable cookbook will broaden your food horizons and inspire countless delicious and healthy meals.

Publishers Weekly

Landscape designer Creasy's cornucopia of recipes using ingredients plucked fresh from a garden should appeal to the growing number of people interested in eating locally. After all, nothing is more local than a garden in one's own backyard, though unfortunately, unlike the books in her Edible Garden series, she provides little guidance on getting started with gardening after recounting her own impressive endeavors. Still, even cooks who lack time or a green thumb can enjoy most of the recipes if they have access to a good farmers' market or organic vegetable supermarket section. Her creamy succotash may not taste quite as fresh without corn that has been picked after the water has already been put on to boil, and the stuffed zucchini blossoms might not look quite as elegant with ingredients bought elsewhere and toted home, but apart from the extravagant flower petal-filled salads most of her ingredients are widely available. With many of the recipes contributed by Creasy's friends and chefs she has met, the book has a very personal feel that is augmented by her enthusiastic descriptions and detailed instructions. Color photos.
Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

Judith Sutton - Library Journal

Creasy's Complete Book of Edible Landscaping, originally published in 1982, is a classic in the field, and she has written many other books and cookbooks since. Her latest includes an eclectic mix of recipes highlighting her garden's bounty, from Riot of Color Salad (garnished with pansies and other edible flowers) to Pea Shoots with Crab Sauce. Some of the recipes are unusual; others are as familiar as New England Boiled Dinner. Most are shown in color photographs; unfortunately, the food styling seems somewhat amateurish. For larger collections and others where Creasy's books have been popular.

Vegan Delights or West of the Rockies

2009-01-20T10:17:00.000-08:00

Vegan Delights: Gourmet Vegetarian Specialties

Author: Jeanne Marie Martin

Yummy fare that's good for you - perfect for all vegetarians, including vegans (people who eat no animal products at all), and for anyone moving toward a healthier lifestyle. Appetizers to desserts, with tips on whole grains, cooking oils (how cold is cold-pressed?), sweeteners, egg substitutes, proteins, and everything else the beginner or the expert needs to know.

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West of the Rockies: Recipes From Campfire To Candlelight

Author: Junior Service League of Grand Junction

Life in the Rockies is known for its beautiful, expansive views and its cuisine is just as breathtaking. These recipes are concise and in an easy-to-follow format with the ingredients listed in order of use. Turn to the Clean Livin' chapter for those into light-and-healthy cooking, On the Wild Side, which serves up wild game, Rio Grande for that South of the Border flair, and Campfire Cafe for those out-of-doors experiences.

Will Mix for Sex or Spice Route

2009-01-18T01:32:00.000-08:00

Will Mix for Sex

Author: Rocky Fino

Ready to Mix it Up? Just in time for the holidays, Rocky Fino presents Will Mix for Sex: Twenty˜One Classic Cocktails to Set the Mood the perfect compliment to Will Cook for Sex. Whether you are a woman looking to give a few hints to the man in your life or a man hoping to impress that special someone this is the book for you. Following the format of Will Cook for Sex, author Rocky Fino details all the needed elements to make any man a master mixologist.

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Spice Route: A History

Author: John Keay

The Spice Route is one of history's greatest anomalies: shrouded in mystery, it existed long before anyone knew of its extent or configuration. Spices came from lands unseen, possibly uninhabitable, and almost by definition unattainable; that was what made them so desirable. Yet more livelihoods depended on this pungent traffic, more nations participated in it, more wars were fought for it, and more discoveries resulted from it than from any other global exchange. Epic in scope, marvelously detailed, laced with drama, The Spice Route spans three millennia and circles the world to chronicle the history of the spice trade. With the aid of ancient geographies, travelers' accounts, mariners' handbooks, and ships' logs, John Keay tells of ancient Egyptians who pioneered maritime trade to fetch the incense of Arabia, Graeco-Roman navigators who found their way to India for pepper and ginger, Columbus who sailed west for spices, de Gama, who sailed east for them, and Magellan, who sailed across the Pacific on the exact same quest. A veritable spice race evolved as the west vied for control of the spice-producing islands, stripping them of their innocence and the spice trade of its mystique. This enthralling saga, progressing from the voyages of the ancients to the blue-water trade that came to prevail by the seventeenth century, transports us from the dawn of history to the ends of the earth.

1	Before the fall	1
2	On the origin of species	18
3	Frankincense and Cinnamon	32
4	Hippalos and the passage across	54
5	Land of the luminous carbuncle	72
6	Insects on splinters	89
7	The world travellers	105
8	East to west	125
9	Christians and spices	146
10	Peppered ports and curried friar	165
11	Pacific approaches	185
12	Blue water	206
13	Infected by spices	227
	Epilogue : outsold and outsourced	249

Fondue or 1001 Low Fat Recipes

2009-01-17T14:51:00.000-08:00

Fondue

Author: Petra Casparek

ondues are more popular than ever-and here's a book that every fondue lover will want to own! Ninety-five delightfully tempting fondue recipes are made with fruits, vegetables, mushrooms, meats and sausages, and shellfish. A six-page opening section consists of color-coded charts listing each recipe by name with its preparation time, calories per serving, basic ingredients, and more. A photo-illustrated opening chapter describes fondue kitchen utensils and instructs on methods for preparing ingredients of all kinds before incorporating them into a fondue. Most important, and described in detail, are the cheeses, which are the basic ingredients in every fondue. Each recipe is presented on a separate page along with quick-help tips, suggestions for accompanying wines or beer, and a magnificent photograph of the prepared fondue. Fourteen wonderful recipes at the back of the book are devoted to dessert fondues that feature fruits, pastries, cream, chocolate, and other sinfully delicious ingredients. Vivid full-color photos on every page.

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1001 Low-Fat Recipes: Quick, Easy, Great-Tasting Recipes for the Whole Family

Author: Sue Spitler

This new edition of the acclaimed cookbook features starters such as Smoked Salmon Cream Cheese Rolls and entrees including Grilled Red Snapper with Jalapeno Mayonnaise. New to the third edition are icons indicating recipes with less than 10 percent of calories from fat. Illustrations are also included in this user-friendly book.

Food in Anglo Saxon England or How to Cook Everything

2009-01-17T04:09:00.000-08:00

Food in Anglo-Saxon England

Author: Debby Banham

Food in Anglo-Saxon England tells the story of what people ate and drank in England before the changes that have made our diet so sophisticated, varied and, paradoxically, homogeneous. Only very high-value goods such as spices and wine were imported into England at this time, so people were dependent upon native foods. This extensively illustrated book paints a vivid picture of the Anglo-Saxon diet, and includes recipes and a reconstruction of a typical Anglo-Saxon meal.

Debby Banham is a higher education teacher and researcher, and specializes in medicine, diet and agriculture in Anglo- Saxon England.

	Acknowledgements	6
	Introduction: How, What, Why?	7
1	The Staff of Life: Cereals, Bread and Beer	13
2	Adding Interest: Vegetables, Herbs and Other Flavourings	29
3	Summer's Bounty: Fruit, Fruit Drinks and Nuts	43
4	Protein from the Land: Meat, Dairy Products and Eggs	53
5	Food from the Waters: Fish and Seafood	63
6	The Best of Feasts: An Anglo-Saxon Meal	71
	End Notes	78
	Bibliography	87
	Index	92

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How to Cook Everything: Holiday Cooking

Author: Alan Witschonk

Enjoy cooking for the holidays this year!

Roast Turkey and Gravy. Baked Ham with Maple Glaze. Traditional Apple Pie. Death-by-Chocolate Torte. Holidays are when you pull out all the stops, and with How to Cook Everything™: Holiday Cooking, you can make your special feast or buffet spread without stress.

Mark Bittman, the award-winning author of the bestselling kitchen classic How to Cook Everything™, shares his favorite simple–and infinitely flexible–holiday recipes. You’ll be able to cook for big feasts and parties from Thanksgiving to New Year’s and for other holiday gatherings all year-round. To inspire you and help you plan your meals, you’ll find Bittman’s straight talk on cooking and special features, including:

Creative recipe variations and ideas
Tips for shopping, preparing, and cooking the recipes
Illustrations to demystify trickier techniques
Menu suggestions for a Traditional Thanksgiving Dinner, a Tree-Trimming Party, an Easter Feast, and more
At-a-glance icons highlighting recipes that can be made ahead

How Iowa Cooks or Boomtown Saloons

2009-01-16T16:28:00.000-08:00

How Iowa Cooks: A Collection of Recipes from People of Iowa

Author: Tipton Womens Club

Drawing from the repertoires of cooks in the "breadbasket of America", with more than 600 recipes for a wide variety of wholesome, economical meals. Included are dishes from appetizers to meat, fowl, and seafood, to desserts. One section is 37 recipes devoted to dishes featuring the corn for which Iowa is famous.

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Boomtown Saloons: Archaeology and History in Virginia City

Author: Kelly J Dixon

Boomtown Saloons has been heralded as a groundbreaking book on the historical archaeology of the Old West. Its account of the excavation and analysis of four nineteenth-century Virginia City, Nevada, saloon sites offers a provocative new interpretation of the role of saloons in a mining boomtown. Dixon, who participated in the excavation projects, discusses the meticulous work of the modern archaeologist, the technologies involved in analyzing evidence, and what these discoveries tell us about Virginia City's people and their social habits. Contrary to the image, perpetuated by films and legend, of Old West saloons as sites of violence and raucous entertainment, these establishments-including one owned by an African American businessman that offered some of the finest meals in the city-offered patrons a place to relax and dine with friends, participate in gambling and other amusements, and find refuge from the anonymity and isolation that often afflicts a transient population. Boomtown Saloons' sparkling text and thoughtful interpretation of both physical and documentary evidence reveal a hitherto unknown aspect of the material life and culture of one of the Old West's most storied cities. Dixon persuasively demonstrates that the traditional western saloon had a far more socially and ethnically diverse clientele than previously believed, and that it served a vital, complex social and economic role in its community.

About the Author:
Kelly J. Dixon is a professor of anthropology at the University of Montana

	Introduction : historical archaeology methods : much more than digging with small tools	1
1	Opening saloon doors : archaeology unearths the real mother lode	23
2	Facades of public drinking : saloon architecture	43
3	Authentic saloon sets : interior fixtures	55
4	Menu items : drinking and dining in Virginia City saloons	73
5	A toast to the artifacts : saloon serving ware	99
6	Desires for diversion : saloon vices and amusements	112
7	Crime scene investigation? : forensic applications and saloon artifacts	136
	Conclusion : casting the saloon of the wild west in a new light	147

World of Kebabs or Comfort Food for Breakups

2009-01-16T07:47:00.000-08:00

World of Kebabs

Author: Anand Prakash

150 recipes for an international favorite.

In The World of Kebabs, Anand Prakash compiles 150 of the most mouthwatering recipes he discovered in Europe; the Middle East; Central, South and East Asia; Africa, Latin America; and the Caribbean. Along with information on grilling, marinating, and meat preparation, each recipe has been tested and retested and is presented in an easy-to-follow format. Here are a few examples:

Pork Souvlaki from Greece

Chicken Satay from Malaysia

Spicy Skewered Lamb from China

Mangrove Oyster Kebabs from Trinidad

Skewered Swordfish from Turkey

Spicy Beef Kebabs from Mali

Chicken Tikka Kebabs from India

More than a collection of recipes, Prakash surveys the international dimensions of kebab culture, such as how the dishes migrated to influence cuisine in other geographical regions. The result is a comprehensive reference that is not only a fabulous cookbook but also a form of cultural exploration and travelogue.

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Comfort Food for Breakups: The Memoir of a Hungry Girl

Author: Marusya Bociurkiw

An elegiac memoir about food, family, and the thorns of personal history written by a Ukrainian Canadian lesbian, whose family recipes connect intimate vignettes in which food nourishes, comforts, and heals the wounds of the past, including those of a father haunted by memories of time spent in a concentration camp during World War II. The author, both at home and in her travels through North America and Europe, also reconciles her family life with her queer identity; food becomes her salvation and a way to engage with the world. Thoughtful, sensual, and passionate, Comfort Food for Breakups muses on the ways in which food intersects with a nexus of hungers: for intimacy, for family, for home.

Marusya Bociurkiw is a filmmaker and the author of three previous books.

Spice Lilies or Booze and the Private Eye

2009-01-15T21:06:00.000-08:00

Spice Lilies: Eastern Secrets to Healing with Ginger, Turmeric, Cardamom, and Galangal

Author: Susanne Poth

The first book to bring together all the medical, culinary, and historical information on this amazing plant family.

• Provides complete information on a family of spices scientifically proven to improve digestion, lower cholesterol, reduce heart disease and strokes, eliminate free radicals, and relieve nausea.

• Includes more than 40 delicious recipes--from the exotic to the simple--using these spices.

Members of the plant family Zingiberaceae, known as spice lilies, have been eaten by the peoples of the Far East throughout history for their healing properties as well as their delicious taste. Recent scientific studies have confirmed the wisdom in these folk practices: ginger, together with its relatives turmeric, cardamom, and galangal, has been found to be effective in treating and preventing a wide number of illnesses. The Spice Lilies is the first book to bring together in one volume all the medical, culinary, and historical information on these four spices. From their ability to stimulate production of saliva, gastric juices, and bile--all of which contain enzymes that digest food--to their noted antibacterial and antiviral effects, all the healing properties of this remarkable plant family are covered. Ginger and turmeric are famous for their ability to prevent arteries from clogging and are known to reduce the effects of rheumatic diseases. Cardamom not only reduces heartburn and freshens breath but also can alleviate coughs. Galangal can make cruciferous vegetables much easier to digest.

In addition to providing complete health information on the spice lilies, Susanne Poth and Gina Sauer include more than 40 recipes designed to take fulladvantage of the healthy and delicious nature of these spices. From Thai soups that highlight galangale's unique flavor to piquant lamb curries, apple chutneys, and ginger cookies, The Spice Lilies will make staying healthy a delicious endeavor.

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Booze and the Private Eye: Alcohol in the Hard-Boiled Novel

Author: Rita Elizabeth Rippeto

The hard-bitten PI with a bottle of bourbon in his desk drawer-it's an image as old as the genre of hard-boiled detective fiction itself. Alcohol has long been an important element of detective fiction, but it is no mere prop. Rather, the treatment of alcohol within the works informs and illustrates the detective's moral code, and casts light upon the society's attitudes towards drink.

This examination of the role of alcohol in hard-boiled detective fiction begins with the genre's birth, in an era strongly influenced and affected by Prohibition, and follows both the genre's development and its relation to our changing understanding of and attitudes towards alcohol and alcoholism. It discusses the works of Dashiell Hammett, Raymond Chandler, Mickey Spillane, Robert B. Parker, Lawrence Block, Marcia Muller, Karen Kijewski and Sue Grafton. There are bibliographies of both the primary and critical texts, and an index of authors and works.

Quick Family Meals In No Time or Anne Lindsays Light Kitchen

2009-01-15T11:25:00.000-08:00

Quick Family Meals In No Time

Author: Robin Taylor Swatt

You have to work late. The kids have soccer practice. And your spouse is stuck in a traffic jam on the other side of town. Who has time to make dinner? You will, once you read Quick Family Meals In No Time. Using easy-to-follow recipes, step-by-step instructions and timesaving tips, you will learn how to make delicious meals that take less than 30 minutes to prepare. As a special added feature, each recipe includes "Helper in the Kitchen" sidebars showing ways that your children can help you fix the evening meal. Learn to make a great meal fast with recipes like:

Hurry-Up Mac N' Cheese
Slow Cooker Touchdown Beef Chili
Baked Pork Chops with Honey-Orange Sauce
Marsala Chicken and Mushrooms with Fettucine
Fresh Mini Strawberry Shortcakes
Tart and Tangy Key Lime Pie
The Best Chewy Oatmeal Cookies

Make dinnertime fast, simple and easy with Quick Family Meals In No Time.

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Anne Lindsay's Light Kitchen

Author: Anne Lindsay

First published in 1991, this new edition of Anne Lindsay's Light Kitchen features fully revised introductory material that can help anyone with a health concern — be it excess weight or high levels of blood glucose, blood pressure or blood fats— make lifestyle changes that will enhance their wellbeing.

Anne Lindsay's Light Kitchen also features:

Glycemic Index (GI) rating for recipes with 10 grams of carbohydrate or more, for easier monitoring of blood glucose levels and weight management
Canadian Diabetes Association Food Choice Values for each recipe
Nutrient analysis for each recipe, showing calories, protein, fats, carbohydrate, fibre, sodium and potassium
Over 200 creative, easy and delicious recipes
Make Ahead instructions for most recipes

Introduction
Healthy Eating for All
Type 2 Diabetes and the Healthy Eating Connection
Setting Your Sights on a Healthier Weight
Food Guide Choices for Heart Health
The Glycemic Index
Make Healthy Eating Happen
Where to Go for More Information
About the Nutritional Information on the Recipes
Menus
Information on Ingredients
Glycemic Index Values of Some Common Foods

Recipes
Appetizers, Snacks and Beverages
Soups
Salads
Poultry
Fish and Seafood
Meat
Vegetables
Pasta
Grains, Legumes and Meatless Main Dishes
Breads, Cookies, Cakes and Squares
Desserts

Appendix: The Canadian Diabetes Association Food Choice Values

Index

Treasures of the Smokies or Johns Vegan Vegetarian Cookbook

2009-01-15T02:44:00.000-08:00

Treasures of the Smokies

Author: Junior League of Johnson City

Welcome to the great tastes of more than 1,200 tried-and-true Southern favorites. Check out the new light-and-lean section and the recommended wine list for special evenings of entertaining.

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John's Vegan Vegetarian Cookbook: A 90-day Meal and Excercise Plan

Author: John Pric

Wake up and live healthy! Do you care enough about yourself and your health to invest 90 days? Give yourself a jumpstart to become a brand new you with a brand new attitude! How would you like to wake up full of energy? How would you like to wake up feeling good about yourself? How would you like to wake up looking youthful? How would you like to wake up free of aches and pains? If your answer is yes to one or more of the above questions, this book is for you. John Price will show you how to make a lifestyle change. You will be impressed once you start John's vegan vegetarian 90-day meal and exercise plan, because you will be on your way to a healthier lifestyle.

Da Silvano Cookbook or Stop Bingeing

2009-01-14T15:02:00.000-08:00

Da Silvano Cookbook: Simple Secrets from New York's Favorite Italian Restaurant

Author: Silvano Marchetto

From legendary restaurateur Silvano Marchetto-owner and chef of the twenty-six-year-old institution that was one of the first restaurants to bring true Italian cooking to New York.

While a lot of high-powered restaurants serve impressive, complicated food that results in beautiful, but not very practical, cookbooks, Da Silvano's food is known for its elegant simplicity. Infused with owner and chef Silvano Marchetto's engaging personality, Da Silvano Cookbook sparkles with the pleasure that comes from making and eating fresh and delicious food. From the wonderfully simple Garlic Soup to the rich and always satisfying Osso Buco alla Milanese, the 120 recipes make this an indispensable guide to the best Italian cuisine.

Silvano has been feeding and charming celebrities and locals alike at his Manhattan restaurant for twenty-five years, from Gwyneth Paltrow to Yoko Ono, Jack Nicholson to Patti Smith. Whether it's a memory of sage leaves from his childhood in Florence or a mention of Warren Beatty's fondness for truffles, Silvano slips an anecdote into every recipe, the garnish on clear, easy-to-follow directions that combine to make this cookbook as useable as it is delightful.

Publishers Weekly

Serving customers since 1975, Da Silvano has thrived in a notoriously fickle environment far longer than many illustrious competitors, and Marchetto says he has not written a cookbook until now because he has been too busy. Reflecting the Tuscan cuisine he grew up with in Florence, the chef celebrates Italian tradition and its rewarding simplicity. Here are recipes for Spaghetti Puttanesca, Pasta e Fagioli and the classic Osso Buco alla Milanese. Marchetto also has a deft hand at creating dishes a bit out of the ordinary, including Monkfish and Melon Carpaccio and Veal Scaloppine, Silvano Style, which is cooked with sliced button mushrooms and heavy cream. Other popular recipes from this West Village establishment include Garlic Soup, with peeled cloves from eight heads of the fragrant bulb tamed by simmering two hours in two quarts of chicken broth, Cr?me Caramel lightened with lemon zest and Da Silvano's signature dessert, Panna Cotta, which acquires its firmness from being cooked in the oven, not on the stovetop. Another notable recipe from the menu is Chicken Cooked in Beer, which promises utterly succulent results. Marchetto's food is hearty and decidedly unpretentious, which makes this a welcome entry in a world of chef cookbooks, where many offerings can be a daunting stretch for home cooks. Tosches, a Da Silvano regular, delivers an ever-perfect introduction to this cookbook. (Oct.) Copyright 2001 Cahners Business Information.

FOREWORD: FROM WHERE I SIT, AT TABLE THIRTY	viii
INTRODUCTION: SILVANO MARCHETTO	xvi
antipasti APPETIZERS	2
pasta, risotti, e zuppe PASTA, RISOTTO, AND SOUP	42
pesce e frutti di mare FISH AND SHELLFISH	90
pollame e carni POULTRY AND MEAT	120
verdure VEGETABLES	150
dolci DESSERTS	168
brodi e sughi STOCKS AND SAUCES	180
MAIL-ORDER SOURCES	192
GUIDE TO CULINARY TERMS	193
INDEX	194

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Stop Bingeing!: Stay in Control of Your Eating

Author: Lee Janogly

Have you ever said, "I'll start again tomorrow"? If so, ordinary diet books do not work for you: just when your latest diet seems to be succeeding, you blow it all with a massive binge, cramming in every fattening food you can lay your hands on!

If you recognise this destructive cycle of dieting - craving - bingeing - guilt - anger - misery, then this book will set you free; allowing you to take control of your life, rather than letting your life be controlled by food. There are no set diets or recipes in this book. Instead, a simple, six point plan enables YOU to choose what you eat, when and how much, whilst case studies reveal just how others in your situation have beaten the binge for good.

Essentials of Professional Cooking Student Workbook or The Social Life of Coffee

2009-01-14T05:20:00.000-08:00

Essentials of Professional Cooking, Student Workbook

Author: Wayne Gisslen

Managers of restaurants and other foodservice operations need to know how to cook-but do not have to be chefs in order to manage them effectively. Written by Wayne Gisslen, author of the bestselling Professional Cooking, this book gives managers in the foodservice field the essential information they need about cooking techniques in order to do their jobs well and manage staff.

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The Social Life of Coffee: The Emergence of the British Coffeehouse

Author: Brian Cowan

What induced the British to adopt foreign coffee-drinking customs in the seventeenth century? Why did an entirely new social institution, the coffeehouse, emerge as the primary place for consumption of this new drink? In this lively book, Brian Cowan locates the answers to these questions in the particularly British combination of curiosity, commerce, and civil society. Cowan provides the definitive account of the origins of coffee drinking and coffeehouse society, and in so doing he reshapes our understanding of the commercial and consumer revolutions in Britain during the long Stuart century.

Britain’s virtuosi, gentlemanly patrons of the arts and sciences, were profoundly interested in things strange and exotic. Cowan explores how such virtuosi spurred initial consumer interest in coffee and invented the social template for the first coffeehouses. As the coffeehouse evolved, rising to take a central role in British commercial and civil society, the virtuosi were also transformed by their own invention.

Wines of Spain or Cathers Kitchens

2009-01-13T18:39:00.000-08:00

Wines of Spain (Mitchell Beazley Wine Guides Series)

Author: Jan Read

The Wines of Spain, first published in 1982, was soon recognized as the indispensable book on the subject. Spanish wines are now more popular abroad than ever, but in four short years there have been sweeping changes, both in the vineyards and in introducing modern technology to wineries, while Spain's entry into the EEC has resulted in radical revisions of standards and labelling.

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Cather's Kitchens: Foodways in Literature and Life

Author: Roger Welsch

Roger and Linda Welsch matched references from Willa Cather's writing with recipes they collected from Cather family recipe files, from other period cookbooks, and from old-time ethnic cooks still living in the Bohemian tradition. Cather's Kitchens comes as close as possible to the precise recipes Cather had in mind and memory as she wrote.

Publishers Weekly

This rambling paean to Willa Cather and the plain food of the Nebraska frontier gathers excerpts from Cather's novels, and recipes from regional archives and cookbooks found in the Cather family kitchen library. The loosely organized ``receipts'' include biscuits, apple and potato dumplings, watermelon-rind preserves, corn soup, lemon pie, molasses beer, as well as a technique for curing 100 pounds of ham. The husband-and-wife authors (he is an associate professor of English and anthropology at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln; she is a freelance writer) acknowledge that many of the recipesregarding preparation and derivationare incomplete or confusing (``The only guarantee . . . is the assurance of our best wishes. Consider them to be . . . mysteries rather than maps''). Neither, unfortunately, do the Welsches demonstrate the simplicity of expression that they so admire in Cather's writing. Readers are likely to be left with their curiosity and appetites unsatisfied. (May 11)

Cooking Healthy with the Kids in Mind or Daily Bean

2009-01-13T07:57:00.000-08:00

Cooking Healthy with the Kids in Mind: A Healthy Exchanges Cookbook

Author: JoAnna M Lund

In all of her phenomenally successful cookbooks, JoAnna Lund has proved that you can eat healthy and still have the kinds of foods you love to eat: hearty, delicious, and satisfying. Now, JoAnna offers enticing, easy-to-prepare, and good-for-you recipes that will keep every "kid" in the family coming back for more. This is family-style eating that even the busiest families can enjoy. And because no one outgrows the need for great-tasting food, Cooking Healthy with the Kids in Mind features more than two hundred recipes, from Get-Out-of-Bed Breakfasts to Fill-'Em-Up Main Dishes to Scrumptious Snacktimes. In addition to these great recipes, JoAnna offers practical advice on nutrition for kids, family fitness, helping your kids make healthy choices when they're not eating at home, and handling fussy eaters-no matter what their age.

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Daily Bean: 175 Easy and Creative Bean Recipes for Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner ....and, yes, Dessert!

Author: Suzanne Caciola Whit

The Daily Bean includes 175 recipes, is full of useful nutritional facts, interesting bean backgrounds and helpful kitchen hints.

New Yorks 50 Best Places for Breakfast and Brunch or Frugal Luxuries by the Seasons

2009-01-12T20:16:00.000-08:00

New York's 50 Best Places for Breakfast and Brunch (City & Company Guide Series)

Author: Courtney Baron

Everyone agrees: Breakfast is the most important meal of the day. New York, the restaurant capital of the world, offers a cornucopia of options, from four-star dining to the corner coffee cart. Author Courtney Baron starts with a primer on the fundamental differences between breakfast and brunch, and then lists her palate-approved picks for the city's 25 best places for each.

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Frugal Luxuries by the Seasons: Celebrate the Holidays with Elegance and Simplicity--on Any Income

Author: Tracey McBrid

All year-round, create lush beauty and quiet graces for home and family (without breaking your budget)

Tracey McBride's first book, Frugal Luxuries, elevated frugal but elegant living to an art form. Now in this companion volume she shares all new ways to embellish cherished holidays and the timeless rhythms of the seasons. Here she shows how to use joined efforts, loving hands, and exciting ideas to create gracious touches and sumptuous celebrations, delicious meals and wonderful seasonal treats. Learn how you can enrich your home with timeless pleasures and lighten the spirits of those you hold most dear—without exhausting your bank account. Enjoy:

Emblems of spring: aromatic Irish linen sachets, warm scones drenched in jam and butter...and mysterious bunny tracks you can make to delight your children

Enchanted summers: floral wreaths as party favors, an Italian feast with homemade pasta...and bountiful gifts from the garden

Autumnal offerings: scented cinnamon pinecones as fire starters, fresh challah for Rosh Hashana...and a house warmed with fall bouquets and cozy paisley throws

Winter wonders: mood-enhancing music, illuminating with lights, inside and out...and a Christmas gift pantry—begun in January—to create stress-free giving
Plus an abundance of seasonal blessings, imaginative uses for yard-sale treasures, an appreciation of things old and marvelous...and creation of a life of beauty and simplicity.

The Bonus Years Diet or Cooking with Three Ingredients

2009-01-12T11:34:00.000-08:00

The Bonus Years Diet: 7 Miracle Foods-Including Chocolate, Red Wine, and Nuts-That Can Add 6.4 Years on Average to Your Life

Author: Ralph Felder

Arigorous analysis of dramatic studies on therapeutic power of nutrition has led Dr. Oscar H. Franco and a team of acclaimed researchers to determine that substituting certain foods in place of the leading medical "cocktail" for preventing cardiovascular disease yields identical benefits. As reported in the British Medical Journal, they concluded that daily consumption of seven specific foods could result, on average, in an increase in total life expectancy of 6.6 years for men and 4.8 years for women.

Dr. Ralph Felder, a physician and a master-trained chef, has now taken these groundbreaking studies out of the laboratory and put them into the kitchen. Using his inspired yet easy-toprepare recipes and creative menu plans, along with a few simple lifestyle guidelines, anyone can add healthy years to his or her life, enjoy-with few restrictions-a wide range of delicious and satisfying foods, and lose weight safely and easily, while indulging in goodies like chocolate and nuts.

Your First Food Rx
The Bonus Years: Your First Food Rx     3
How the Bonus Years Keep You Young     15
The Bonus Years Foods     25
Wine
Dark Chocolate
Fruits and Vegetables
Fish
Garlic
Nuts
The Booster Foods     61
The Right Oils
Tea
Flaxseed
Legumes
Soy
Whole Grains
How to Get Your Bonus Years     85
Getting Your Daily Dose of Bonus Years Foods     95
Is There a Doctor in the Kitchen?
30 Days on the Bonus Years Diet     103
The Bonus Years Food Pantry     353
Cooking Up the Bonus Years     361
Fear of "Fishing"     381
The Bonus Years Lifestyle     389
Selected References     393
The Polymeal     401
Index     411

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Cooking with Three Ingredients

Author: Andrew Schloss

There's magic in the number three. And when it comes to cooking, the number three can create culinary magic in your kitchen. In this fabulous, original collection, three ingredients add up to much more than the sum of their parts.

Choose a simple starter, such as Smoked Salmon Mousse, Very Cheesy Nachos, Mustard-Cured Shrimp, or Chunky Corn Chowder, or go for the main event with Lemon Pepper Chicken, Balsamic-Glazed Sirloin, or Grilled Honey Mustard Pork. There are three-ingredient pasta sauces, delectable vegetables and sides, and even "almost instant" desserts.

Using only three ingredients means less shopping, less preparation, less cleanup -- and best of all, less time. And with the many creative ways author Andrew Schloss has put these together, no one will guess that you haven't slaved for hours in the kitchen. You'll find these recipes exceptionally easy -- and unbelievably delicious.

Alfred Portale Simple Pleasures or Out of This Kitchen

2009-01-12T00:52:00.000-08:00

Alfred Portale Simple Pleasures: Home Cooking from the Gotham Bar and Grill's Acclaimed Chef

Author: Alfred Portal

When you imagine the quintessential New York City restaurant, one name comes to mind: Alfred Portale's Gotham Bar and Grill. The same is true when you think of the top American restaurants:Gotham has been one of our most cherished culinary institutions for two decades.

Led by executive chef and co-owner Alfred Portale, Gotham has been honored with four consecutive New York Times three-star reviews and has resided among the Zagat Survey's top five New York City restaurants for more than ten years. Known for Portale's defining modern American cooking, impeccable service, and soaring space, Gotham was recently named "Most Outstanding Restaurant" in the nation by the James Beard Foundation.

But what does Portale cook when he's not working? In Alfred Portale Simple Pleasures, one of our most accomplished chefs invites you to taste the sublime and surprisingly easy-to-prepare, restaurant-quality dishes he serves to friends and family at home.

The 125 recipes include home versions of Gotham classics as well as new recipes straight from Portale's home kitchen. They're all simple enough for any home cook, and spectacular enough to impress anyone who tastes them.

At the center of Alfred Portale Simple Pleasures are elemental main courses such as Roast Cod with a New England Chowder Sauce, Filet Mignon with Madeira Sauce, and Sautéed Chicken Breasts with Button Mushrooms and Sage. Pick one, then build a meal by pairing it with recipes from the chapters of salads, starters, and small plates; soups, sandwiches, and pizzas; pasta and risotto; side dishes; and desserts.

Along with the recipes, Portale offers pairing suggestionsfor building a menu, variations for adapting recipes according to season and personal taste, and flavor-building instructions on how to accent a dish with extravagant extras such as caviar or everyday additions such as flavored oils. In other words, home cooks will learn how to add a Gotham-inspired twist to their own favorite recipes.

The supermarket-friendly dishes include modern classics such as Spicy Shrimp Salad with Mango, Avocado, and Lime Vinaigrette; Pumpkin and Caramelized Onion Soup with Gruyère and Sage; and Sautéed Spinach with Garlic, Ginger, and Sesame Oil. Alfred helps you transform everything from ordinary weekday lunches to Saturday night dinner parties into anything but ordinary.

Of course, no meal is complete without dessert, and Portale delivers sweet and sophisticated send-offs, including Lime Meringue Tarts, a simple Summer Plum Pudding, and an elegant Chocolate-Grand Marnier Cake.

Alfred Portale Simple Pleasures -- nothing could be simpler or more pleasurable.

Publishers Weekly

As in his two previous cookbooks, Alfred Portale's Gotham Bar and Grill Cookbook and Alfred Portale's 12 Seasons Cookbook, Portale uses the same flavor-enhancing principles he's used at his top New York City restaurant, Gotham Bar and Grill, for 20 years, but works his magic on home-style foods rather than dishes that require a team of sous chefs to be executed properly. Portale makes particularly good use of vegetables, in such intriguing concoctions as Israeli Couscous Salad with Grilled Summer Vegetables, and Crisp Vegetable Salad with Sunflower Seeds and Mustard Vinaigrette. His headers are informative, like the one for Roasted Chestnut Soup that offers a rundown of how to choose and store the nuts. Repeatedly, recipes that sound somewhat familiar reveal a twist or demonstrate a technique: Roast Turkey, Avocado, Bacon and Blue Cheese Sandwich sounds almost ordinary, but includes a clearly explained method for brining a turkey breast that is helpful beyond the confines of one recipe. Roasted Wild Striped Bass with Leeks, Fingerling Potatoes and Lemon calls for steaming the fish briefly, baking it to draw out its flavor, then reducing the juices into a sauce, but Portale manages to maximize flavor while still minimizing the number of pans dirtied. Photos. (Nov.) Forecast: Portale is the rare chef/author who can transition smoothly between a restaurant kitchen and a home kitchen. His restaurant's longevity means that the pool of past customers is large. Expect brisk sales. Copyright 2004 Reed Business Information.

Out of This Kitchen: A History of the Ethnic Groups and Their Foods in the Steel Valley

Author: Dan Karaczun

From the Author

This commemorative cookbook is the culmination of my life's experiences. My ethnic heritage and participation in the folk arts, education in the social sciences and history, work experience in the Homestead Steel Works, computer graphics and art.

In 1991 I was introduced to some people involved in the Centennial Celebration of the 1892 Homestead Steel Strike. I joined the committee to help plan the event and in so doing began the germ of the idea for the book.

Historians were writing histories of the strike, producers were making videos of the history but there seemed to be something missing. What was missing was a celebration of the people that were involved in the strike and their descendants. They came from various ethnic backgrounds and settled at various times through the history of Homestead and the steel mill.

Having been involved in the folk arts since childhood I also knew that as heritage was passed from generation to generation the folk elements became diluted. The dress or costumes were the first to go, next the language, then the songs and dances. What remained was the food. Passed from generation to generation as grandmothers worked with their daughters and granddaughters cooking holiday traditional recipes and Sunday dinners. A cookbook, I decided, was the perfect media for the celebration of the people of Homestead and surrounding communities that composed the Steel Valley on the Monongahela River.

The format of the book was important if it was to have meaning. I decided that history would be the uniting thread throughout the book but not the purpose of it. World, U.S. and local history would tie the elements together. We researched the local newspapers through local libraries and area newspapers. We found recipes that dated back to 1700's as well as household tips and home remedies for ailments. We interviewed people from the major ethnic groups that populated the Homestead vicinity and talked a lot of people into sharing their precious family recipes with us. In short they shared their life's experiences with us. It was also important not to take a position revolving around the politics of the strike but instead to celebrate the people involved in this titanic labor struggle that would find 12 men killed in the violence of the Homestead Massacre that changed the relationship between management and labor for the next fifty years.

And so the book took the shape of an ethno-historic cookbook of all things. Whether by design or accident this formula has proven to be quite popular. We are now in the third printing of the book and have shipped books all over the United States and Canada.

We begin the book with a brief history of the strike to provide a setting. Each ethnic section begins with a history of the immigration of that particular group and include some interviews with senior members of the group to provide context of what life was like during the heyday of the mills and follow these with some of their most notable recipes. Mixed into this are some historic recipes from local newspapers and many household tips and home remedies.

As a labor of love, I am pleased by the success the book has enjoyed. I hope to do others in the future. Learning about the people of this great nation and where they came from is the best part of all.

Liquid Kitchen or Good Housekeeping 100 Best Italian Recipes

2009-01-11T15:11:00.000-08:00

Liquid Kitchen: Groovy Drinks

Author: Hayden Wood

The ultimate guide to exceptional drinks.

The Liquid Kitchen: Groovy Drinks is a celebration of exceptional libations. Along with 100 delicious drink recipes are suggestions and tips for creating fantastic beverages just right for any taste, occasion or mood. The groovy drinks range from gourmet cocktails to fixes and fizzes, from martinis to kamikazes and coffees, and from kids' drinks to garnishes, mixes and syrups. Each chapter offers food recommendations, and there are great stories from professional bartenders. With drinks that will please every guest, easy-to-follow recipes and entertaining anecdotes, this book will turn the home host into a champion bartender.

Here are examples of the groovy drinks:

Propaganda

Icelandic iced tea

Vanilla tangerine sidecar

Cognac snaps mocha coffee.

When first published, The Liquid Kitchen: Groovy Drinks won two prestigious awards-the Best Drinks book (2004 World Food Media Awards), and the Best Book on Spirits (2003 Gourmand World Cookbook Awards).

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Good Housekeeping 100 Best Italian Recipes

Author: Anne Wright

Italian food just doesn’t get any better than this, with 100 of the finest recipes ever featured in the pages of Good Housekeeping. Lush photographs showcase delectable food to tempt any palate, and every dish is triple-tested in the magazine’s renowned kitchens. Pasta, poultry, fish, soups, pizza, appetizers, bread, meat, vegetables, salads, and, of course, dessert—here’s everything you need to make a meal a Mediterranean treat. This cookbook features such delicacies as Ciabatta, Braised Baby Artichokes with Olives, Escarole and Bean Soup, Tomato and Ricotta Salata Bruschetta, Chicken Cacciatore, Sicilian Stuffed Pork Chops, Asparagus Risotto, and Tiramisu. Buon Appetito!
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Curry Cuisine or Pillsbury Best Muffins and Quick Breads Cookbook

2009-01-11T06:29:00.000-08:00

Curry Cuisine

Author: Corinne Trang

From Rajasthan in the north of India to Kerala in the south, from Thailand to Vietnam to Africa, Britain, and the Caribbean, this global exploration of curries is authoritative, invitingly illustrated, and completely hands-on. Expert, simple cooking methods and tips from some of the world's most celebrated chefs make the delectable flavors of curry easily accessible to American home cooks.

Author Biography:

Library Journal

This inviting collection of international curry dishes actually offers more than its subtitle indicates, as Pakistan, Laos, Cambodia, and "outposts" such as Africa and the Caribbean are also represented. The various regions are covered by a panoply of culinary authorities, from Thai food expert David Thompson to well-known authors Trang and Sri Owen. Each section opens with a brief history followed by an illustrated glossary of ingredients. The dozens of well-spiced (but not always chile-hot) recipes are identified with individual personality profiles-"sharp, hot, and rich," "deliciously perfumed," etc.-and there are full-page color photographs throughout. A good companion to Nancie McDermott's Curry Book, this is recommended for most collections. Copyright 2006 Reed Business Information.

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Pillsbury Best Muffins and Quick Breads Cookbook: Favorite Recipes from America's Most-Trusted Kitchen

Author: Pillsbury Editors

More Than 175 Sweet and Savory Muffins and Baked Treats from America’s Favorite Bakers

• Muffins and Quick Breads Know-How

• Sweet Muffins

• Savory Muffins

• Biscuits, Scones, Popovers and Doughnuts

• Quick Breads

• Coffee Cakes

• Butters and Spreads

Shots or First Steps in Winemaking

2009-01-10T18:48:00.000-08:00

Shots: The Diminutive Guide to a Little Big Drink

Author: Erikka Haa

Take a shot for what ails you. These small, tasty, and fun drinks pack a big wallop, and here's the guide to making the right one for the job. Need a little something to get the party started? Then go for that college classic: a wiggly-jiggly, artfully arranged, brightly colored assortment of Jello-O shots. Feeling a little tense? Go to the fridge, grab that pre-chilled, distinctive square bottle of Jagermeister from the freezer. Measure one jiggerful of that mysterious herbal-infused purple potion, and knock back vigorously. Enjoy the feeling of warmth that fills the chest, lightens the head, and makes tension melt away. Plus: concoctions to create a little romantic heat with someone and others powerful enough to blow you away. A key explains whether the recipe is a mood lightener, obliterator, medicinal (designed to give a good swift shock to the system), or an aphrodisiac.

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First Steps in Winemaking

Author: C J J Berry

The ultimate introduction to the fascinating craft of winemaking. More than two million copies sold.

Ice Sculpting the Modern Way or Rheingold

2009-01-10T09:07:00.000-08:00

Ice Sculpting the Modern Way

Author: Robert Garlough

Written by a team of leading culinary educators and ice sculpting professionals, this is "must-have" for serious students, ice artisans, professional chefs and culinary educators interested in the sub-zero art. Written for both the novice and the accomplished artist, this book features the most current techniques in the industry including power tools and ice fusion for a unique presentation. The newest book published on ice sculpting in the last decade, Ice Sculpting the Modern Way is the definitive reference and training manual on the market today.

Chapter 1: The Art of Sculpting.

Chapter 2: Understanding the Medium: The Science of Ice.

Chapter 3: The Sculptor's Tools and Equipment.

Chapter 4: Safe Practices and Procedures.

Chapter 5: Mastering Shapes and Forms.

Chapter 6: Sculpting with Templates.

Chapter 7: Fusing: Joining Ice to Ice.

Chapter 8: The Ice Artisan's Studio.

Chapter 9: Methods of Transportation.

Chapter 10: Displaying and Lighting for Effect.

Chapter 11: Custom Design Techniques and Special Event Sculpting.

Chapter 12: Ice Sculpting Organization, Competitions and Festivals.

Chapter 13: The Business Side of Ice Sculpting.
Appendix A: Sculptures for the Beginning Sculptor.
Appendix B: Sculptures for the Intermediate Sculptor.
Appendix C: Sculptures for the Advanced Sculptor.
Appendix D: Additional Templates.
Appendix E: Suppliers.
Appendix F: Organizations.
Appendix G: Competitions. Glossary. Index.

Look this: Victory Beer or Shellfish

Rheingold: The German Wine Renaissance

Author: Owen Bird

In this provocative new book,Owen Bird writes frankly and with authority on the German wine industry; how it got into trouble and how it can rescue itself. He gives considerable insight into the pre-eminence of Riesling as driving the future of the industry. An in-depth analysis of German wine laws, labelling,competition from the New World and the advent of "flying winemaking" are all presented from a winemaking point of view. The steps taken by the German Wine Institute and the Verband Deutscher Pradikatsweinguter (VDP) to renew the image of German wine are compared and contrasted. For the first time in English, the new "Great Growths" Classification system launched by the VDP is explained and the individual terroirs discussed making this an ideal reference book and providing a current overview of the German wine industry.

Sake or Enchanted Garden

2009-01-09T22:26:00.000-08:00

Sake: Water from Heaven

Author: Rocky Aoki

Saké, the Japanese wine distilled from rice and an essential part of Japanese culture for more than 2,000 years, is suddenly becoming one of the hippest alcoholic beverages in in the U. S. and abroad. The current rise of saké bars and saké-influenced drinks such as the sakétini are delicious evidence of this newly gained popularity.

Despite this newfound buzz, most Westerners know very little about this traditional drink. There are more varieties of saké than there are of red and white wines combined. Saké is supposed to be served chilled. Only low-grade saké is heated, mainly to hide the inferior quality of the drink. In Japan, saké is rarely served with sushi, which is ironic as most Americans who drink saké only drink it with sushi.

Rocky Aoki, the founder of the famous Benihana and Haru restaurants examines how the rice is grown and brewed, supplies fascinating background and history of saké in Japanese culture, describes the different varieties of saké, discusses which sakés should accompany different types of foods, and where one can purchase saké. With the same zest that he has brought to his phenomenally successful Benihana chain, which introduced the world to Japanese cuisine, Aoki will share the joy of saké.

Also included is an extensive appendix guide to 100 brands of saké that are commonly found in the United States and are considered the most popular brands based on quality, price, and availability.

Books about: How to Eat like a Vegetarian Even if You Never Want to Be One or Dr Atkins New Diet Cookbook

Enchanted Garden: An Innovative Culinary Experience

Author: Jodi Felic

CONNECT...CREATE.... COOK My passion for cooking led me to discover the magical and powerful energies that herbs, spices, vegetables and fruits possess. My desire to share these experiences inspired the creation of 57 original and interactive gifts. The concept is based on ancient magical philosophies. Herbs, spices, vegetables and fruits have long been known to possess the powers within them to manifest needed change. These exotic, aromatic and magical energies stimulate our emotions, motivate our minds, aid our physical bodies and nurture our spirit. Using both this knowledge and my own intuitive senses, I was able to connect with the individual plant and receive its specific intention. The task of each recipe is to inspire you to connect with these powerful energies and allow them to enhance your ability to create positive change. Each plant offers an inspirational gift and coordinating recipe. Also included, many kid friendly recipes.

Famous New Orleans Drinks and how to Mixem or Complete Bartenders Guide

2009-01-09T11:44:00.000-08:00

Famous New Orleans Drinks and How to Mix'em

Author: Stanley Clisby Arthur

Originally published in 1937 and now in its eighteenth printing, this book reveals the secrets of those New Orleans drinks that have achieved worldwide renown.

This collection gives details on concocting exotic beverages such as Mississippi Planter's Punch, Pousse Cafe, Vieux Carre Cocktail, and Absinthe Anisette.

"Famous New Orleans Drinks and How to Mix 'Em" also tells the colorful story of each drink. Find out about the creation of the Ramos Gin Fizz, the legend behind the Side Car Cocktail, and the origin of the word cocktail.

Entertaining and useful, this book is certain to bring a little Bourbon Street spirit into your home.

Complete Bartender's Guide

Author: Jordan Spenc

An illustrated celebration of libation.

While mixed drinks have a long history, the cocktail as we know it today has its roots during Prohibition in the 1930s. Homemade hooch, bathtub gin and other blackmarket beverages were usually unpalatable on their own. But add some juice, fruit, and a splash of sugar and voila! the results were intoxicating.

The Complete Bartender's Guide is a lavishly illustrated cocktail sourcebook. There is so much more to cocktails than the drinks themselves. Discover their fascinating history, lore, recipes, and even where to find them at some of the world's best bars.

This 400-page book goes way beyond any professional bartender's guide.

Key features include:

A-Z listing of 1,000 cocktail recipes
Serving suggestions and tasting notes
Brief histories of spirits
Essentials for a well-stocked bar
Brand and spirit recommendations
Directory of the world's top 500 cocktail bars

The Complete Bartender's Guide will be a practical yet fascinating addition to bookshelves and bars alike.

Kitchen Shrink or Out of the Frying Pan

2009-01-09T00:03:00.000-08:00

Kitchen Shrink: Foods and Recipes for a Healthy Mind

Author: Natalie Savona

Discover how and why the body's fluctuating blood sugar levels lead to mood swings; why certain nutrients and fat deficits can cause reduced brain power, poor concentration, and even memory loss; and why eating foods that result in poor digestion can trigger fatigue and anxiety.

Publishers Weekly

Insomnia, chocolate cravings, mood swings and mid-afternoon slumps may have their roots in improper diet, writes Savona, a former journalist who now has a nutritional practice in London, but "feel good foods" can help. The first part of her glossy, lovingly photographed cookbook covers the basics on foods that help stabilize blood sugar levels, improve response to stress and curb binges. The latter half offers easy-to-prepare dishes with a healthy, vegetarian bent (while also delivering a tempting leg of lamb and a luscious chocolate pudding) that aim to increase energy, promote concentration and flush out toxins. Savona has a lot of dietary zeal: she gives instructions for a three-week "cleansing program," and directs readers to avoid almost all sugars. But her tone is cheery and accepting; she says, for example, that while alcohol should generally be avoided (despite recent data suggesting a drink a day can be beneficial), a glass of wine can be "good for the soul." Savona's diet advice, too, is eminently reasonable, favoring fresh fruits, vegetables and fish. Her best recipes recall her childhood in the Middle East, such as Shekshouka, a stew of tomatoes, peppers, and onions, and Khosaf, a fruit dessert. Seatown Kedgeree and Gobble Pie, two hash-like main courses, may be a tad on the British side, but they, too, are appealing, presented with confidence and flair. Color photographs throughout. (Jan.) Copyright 2003 Cahners Business Information.

New interesting book: The Secret History of the War on Cancer or Against Depression

Out of the Frying Pan: A Chef's Memoir of Hot Kitchens, Single Motherhood, and the Family Meal

Author: Gillian Clark

Out of the Frying Pan is an empowering memoir that traces Gillian Clark's rise from a beginner to a top chef. But managing a kitchen also taught her about parenting. With a wealth of experience and wisdom, and a healthy dash of humor, Gillian now shares her life's recipes, from the solutions she cooked up for parenting challenges to her favorite culinary creations.

In the prime of her life, Gillian Clark abandoned the corporate world to pursue her passion---making mouthwatering food with fresh, homegrown ingredients. When she became a single parent with two young daughters, though, Gillian had to reconsider her dreams. Moving to the country and running a small, artisanal farm were put on the back burner---supporting her family had to come first.

But Gillian's drive to make delicious food was relentless. She finished her culinary degree, survived the tedious prep work of her first cooking job and the difficulty of training during the day and raising two girls at night, and confronted the challenges of working her way up from the bottom in a profession where only the strongest survive.

Beating intense odds, Gillian is now head chef and proprietor of the successful and popular Colorado Kitchen, which is ranked among the top 100 restaurants in Washington, D.C. This puts her simple café in the company of the city's finest dining establishments.

Touching and joyful, Out of the Frying Pan rivals any parenting book and is also chock-full of more than forty delicious recipes, from her first “soup of the day” to her family's Sunday brunch waffles---even the pink medicine placebo she whipped up for one of herdaughters.

Her inspirational advice on how she raised her daughters while never giving up her dream is a gem for parents and foodies alike and will fit at just about any table.

Publishers Weekly

At 32, Clark abandoned a career in marketing to enroll in culinary school and fulfill her dream of becoming a chef. A divorce from her alcoholic husband followed, and Clark, chopping carrots for minimum wage, was left to raise their two young daughters on her own. Repeatedly comparing being a chef to motherhood, she describes all of the young cooks she helped to train as her "children." Reflecting Clark's ongoing struggle to balance work and family, the book's 40-plus recipes include her eldest daughter's "Favorite Cornflake-Coated Pork Chops" and the "Pink Medicine Placebo" administered to her youngest after a greasy "Braised Cube Steak" caused her to slip off the monkey bars. Clark's enthusiasm for drawing people to the table is engaging, but she prefers to make excuses for her high job turnover, including several firings. In 2000, she invested her savings in her own restaurant in Washington, D.C., in a neighborhood where cloth napkins stood out more than vagrants. After a rocky start, Colorado Kitchen now often has a line around the block, and Clark thrives on being her own boss. The emphasis on family adds a personal dimension to this memoir about both comfort food and commitment to success. (Oct.)

Ann Burns - Library Journal

In this inspiring culinary memoir, complete with recipes, Clark, chef and owner of Colorado Kitchen, a popular restaurant in Washington, DC, shares her long road to success. She tells of her start in her parents' kitchen as a teenager, learning to cook watching her dad prepare meals and becoming fascinated with food. Fast-forward to her thirties, and she's married with two daughters and has a home-based consulting firm. But the job becomes too stressful, and she finds relief at her stove. She then realizes that cooking is her true calling, so she closes her company and enrolls in cooking school. Later, she is abandoned by her alcoholic husband and left with no child support and a mortgage to pay. Clark reflects on her various kitchen jobs (four in four years) and her staff, comparing them with her daughters, who were all in need of discipline. This book about the trials and tribulations of a single parent, her struggle to make ends meet, and her eventual rise to the top of her profession is an uplifting resource for aspiring chefs. Recommended for all public libraries. [For an interview with Clark, see "Editors' Fall Picks," LJ9/1/07.]

Kirkus Reviews

Clark mixes kitchen gossip with single-parent guilt and tops it with a smattering of recipes. "Cooking was the only thing that gave me that elusive feeling of accomplishment," she discovered after leaving a stressful office job to start her own, just-as-stressful marketing firm. So Clark went to cooking school and initially dreamed of raising fatted geese on a Virginia farm. She quickly changed her plans after jettisoning an alcoholic husband. As the sole provider for two young daughters, Clark didn't have the luxury of starting off as a line cook and working her way up. Instead, she took a position at a Charlottesville winery at $5 an hour, with a 160-mile commute. She soon left for the stylish Morrison-Clark Inn in Washington, D.C., rising to sous-chef after two years. From there she took a job as chef at Northern Virginia's Evening Star Cafe. The restaurant's new owners had big ideas but little cash; unable to reach a compromise with them, she handed in her notice and took a gig at Breadline, a fast-paced bakery and lunch spot in downtown D.C. This proved to be another poor fit, as did two subsequent gigs at the Broad Street Grill and Mrs. Simpson's, "a dusty old place named for the Duchess of Windsor." Clark ultimately quit all three kitchens, though these were not easy decisions when her personal life was also in crisis: Her elder daughter was failing elementary school, and her younger was dangerously thin, refusing to eat. Clark opened her own Colorado Kitchen in 2001, and things have been better. Not your typical chef's memoir, for sure, but more a litany of problems than a satisfying appraisal of either a life or a profession.

Prologue: Lighting the Pilot     1
Trial by Fire Starts in a Vineyard Kitchen     11
The Food Is More Important Than Your Feelings     36
Food Equals Love to a Would-Be Chef     62
Striving for Perfection in an Imperfect World     77
Earning Each Gray Hair     96
Careful What You Wish For     115
Craving a Comfortable Space     133
I've Got to Be Me     153
Being Me and Paying the Price     176
Plenty of Chances to Learn from Mistakes     198
From the Lemons, There's Great Lemonade     220
Epilogue: Closing Time     237

SuperFoods or TVP Cookbook

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

SuperFoods: Nutrient Dense Foods to Protect Your Health

Author: Michael Van Straten

The cookery book that combines recipes using delicious natural ingredients with a guide to the therapeutic properties of common foods to improve your health. A range of common disorders (allergies, cancer, circulatory, digestive and respiratory problems, fatigue, stress, skin conditions etc.) and the foods which have been shown to assist each of these conditions is described. The system of 'harmonious eating' will be useful to those who need to control their weight. Michael Van Straten is Britain's leading practitioner of alternative medicine.

Look this: Grundsätze der Mikroökonomie

TVP Cookbook

Author: Dorothy R Bates

Here is the first cookbook ever devoted exclusively to textured vegetable protein, the low-fat soyfood that can be used to replace meat in your favorite recipes. Quick and easy to prepare, there are more than 4 dozen entrees including Shepherd's Pie, "Sausage" Gravy on Biscuits, Stroganoff and Italian Spaghetti Balls. Enjoy a new but familiar taste, and try TVP®.

Eating India or Flavors of Fall

2009-01-08T04:40:00.000-08:00

Eating India: An Odyssey Into the Food and Culture of the Land of Spices

Author: Chitrita Banerji

Though it’s primarily Punjabi food that’s become known as Indian food in the United States, India is as much an immigrant nation as America, and it has the vast range of cuisines to prove it. In Eating India, award-winning food writer and Bengali food expert Chitrita Banerji takes readers on a marvelous odyssey through a national cuisine formed by generations of arrivals, assimilations, and conquests. With each wave of newcomers—ancient Aryan tribes, Persians, Middle Eastern Jews, Mongols, Arabs, Europeans—have come new innovations in cooking, and new ways to apply India’s rich native spices, poppy seeds, saffron, and mustard to the vegetables, milks, grains, legumes, and fishes that are staples of the Indian kitchen. In this book, Calcutta native and longtime U.S. resident Banerji describes, in lush and mouthwatering prose, her travels through a land blessed with marvelous culinary variety and particularity.

Christine Holmes - Library Journal

Award-winning food writer Banerji examines in marvelous detail the cultural and historical influences that have shaped regional cuisine in ancient and modern India. As she travels through India, Banerji, a Calcutta native who makes her home in the United States, poses compelling questions about the nature of authenticity in Indian cuisine for a land in constant flux from generations of colonialism and immigration and other external factors. Moving backward and forward in time, without a specific itinerary, Banerji takes readers on an exciting journey visiting cities, roadside shacks, a family's wedding, and other places, while seeking to understand and come to terms with an ever-changing nation. Learning about the contributions made by Persians, Jews, Mongols, Portuguese, and other immigrants to the national cuisine is fascinating. Readers will savor the author's mouthwatering prose as she recollects childhood memories of Bengali traditions and rituals centered on food. After reading this engaging work, one will appreciate the complexities and subtleties of Indian cuisine. Recommended for public and academic libraries.

Go to: Sustaining the New Economy or The Travails of the Eurozone

Flavors of Fall: A Bushel of Freshly Picked Recipes, Easy How-to's and New Ways to Celebrate with family and Friends

Author: Gooseberry Patch

Colorful leaves, fresh-picked apples, roasting marshmallows over a campfire...we're celebrating the best of fall in this delightful book! We've gathered a cream-of-the-crop collection of irresistible recipes and clever tips to help you enjoy the season. Try making halftime cheese ball, autumn apple pork chops, cranberry meatballs, caramelized acorn squash, homemade applesauce, buttery cinnamon biscuits, spooky cookies and lots more. Our Flavors of Fall Cookbook is the perfect book for anyone who loves crisp, sunny days, hayrides and cool nights.

Vegan SourceBook or Practical Japanese Cooking

2009-01-07T18:58:00.000-08:00

Vegan SourceBook

Author: Joanne Stepaniak

Increasing numbers of people--including actress Drew Barrymore, pop star Moby, and actor Alec Baldwin--are embracing veganism, a lifestyle that entails avoiding all animal-based products and behaving ethically and conscientiously within our surroundings. In The Vegan Sourcebook, long-time activist Joanne Stepaniak further explores and illuminates the principles and practical aspects of compassionate living.

Joanne Stepaniak, M.S.Ed., is a writer, an educator, a cooking instructor, and the author of several cookbooks, including The Saucy Vegetarian and Vegan Vittles.

Books about: Flash CS4 Professional Digital Classroom or C Pocket Reference

Practical Japanese Cooking: Easy and Elegant

Author: Shizuo Tsuji

Sushi, yakitori, tempura, tofu, miso-the Japanese food explosion is here and many new and inviting dishes from Japan are finding their way into the Western heart and home.
For far too long Japanese food has been treated in the West as something precious and over-refined-pure elegant restaurant fare-when in fact it is prepared daily in millions of Japanese households without fuss of any kind. Here is the book that takes all that is good about Japanese food and brings it into the home.
All recipes are authentic, practical, and lavishly illustrated in color. Techniques, too, are represented in color and lucidly explained. Most important, however, is the selection of ingredients: only those available in supermarkets and oriental food shops in the West are used.
From the dainty and delicate dishes that have garnered Japanese cuisine a worldwide reputation to the hearty barbecue and one-pot cornucopias of fresh meat, seafood, and vegetables-all are here at their edible best, charming and accessible, in a cookbook that is a feast for the eyes as well as the family.

Publishers Weekly

The striking photographs and creative design of this oversize cookbook stressthe physical beauty of traditional Japanese cuisine. The wonderful surprise is that the book succeeds in making these artful effects accessible even to novices of Japanese-style preparation and cooking techniques. The most exotic-looking dishesclam soup, for example, or jade green deep-fried shrimpprove to be relatively simple to prepare. Unfamiliar cooking methods are illustrated by detailed, full-color sequence photographs. And in a lovely preface, Tsuji (Japanese Cooking: A Simple Art, president of a professional culinary school in Japan (where Hata is head chef), encourages newcomers to make Japanese cookery their own, experimenting, substituting, rearranging without fear that they will violate the spiritof a most adaptable cuisine. Calories per serving are included with the varied, ample offerings. (September 15)

	Preface	7
	Appetizers
	Skewered Omelette, Cucumber, and Shrimp	10
	Rolled Flounder with Egg	11
	Stuffed Minced-Chicken Rolls	12
	Sauteed Duck Breast with Sauce	13
	Steamed Abalone	14
	Jellied Shrimp and Sea Urchin	15
	Grilled Squid with Golden Topping and Oil-Grilled Green Peppers	16
	Shimeji Mushrooms with Pine Needles	16
	Shrimp and Sardine Rafts	17
	Endive Boats with Avocado, Crab, and Salmon Roe	18
	Squid and Asparagus with Mustard-Miso Sauce	19
	Jade Green Deep-Fried Shrimp	19
	Soup
	Crab Ball Soup	20
	Clam Soup	22
	Chicken Ball and Cucumber Soup	22
	Tofu, Pork, and Vegetable Soup	24
	Pureed Corn Soup	24
	Miso Soup with Pork and Vegetables	25
	Scallop and Vegetable Soup	25
	Fish
	Quick-Seared Bonito Sashimi	26
	Tuna Sashimi with Grated Radish	28
	Paper-Thin Sea Bass Sashimi	29
	Night-Dried Sole	30
	Deep-Fried Flounder Boat	30
	Deep-Fried Sea Bass	32
	Simmered Rockfish	32
	Yuan-Style Grilled Butterfish	34
	Yellowtail Teriyaki	35
	Sardines Simmered with Ginger	36
	Simmered Mackerel in Miso	37
	Stuffed Salmon	38
	Deep-Fried Trout in Vegetable Sauce	39
	Seafood
	Stuffed Spiny Lobster	40
	Sake-Simmered Lobster	42
	Whole Prawns Grilled in the Shell	42
	Squid Teriyaki	44
	Clams Grilled in the Shell	45
	Vinegared Crab	46
	Shrimp and Leeks with Mustard-Miso Sauce	48
	Scallops and Kiwi Fruit with Three-Flavors Dressing	49
	Beef and Pork
	Grilled Beef	50
	Beef Tartare, Japanese Style	52
	Grilled Beef with Miso	54
	Simmered Beef with Vegetables	55
	Rolled Beef and Asparagus	56
	Beef Salad	57
	Nagasaki-Style Braised Pork	58
	Deep-Fried Stuffed Pork	59
	Chicken
	Yakitori	60
	Soft-Simmered Chicken	62
	Chicken Escabeche Nanban	63
	Tatsuta Fried Chicken	64
	Chicken, Grapefruit, and Corn Salad with Almond Dressing	65
	Egg
	Savory Custard Cup	66
	Wrapped Custard	68
	Japanese Coddled Egg	69
	Tofu
	Simmered Tofu	70
	Night-Dried Tofu with Chicken Sauce	72
	Simmered Tofu Dumplings	73
	Deep-Fried Tofu	75
	Scrambled Tofu	76
	White Salad	77
	Tofu Sandwiches	78
	Tofu Hamburger Steak	80
	Freeze-Dried Tofu with Egg	81
	Vegetables
	Stuffed Potato Buns	82
	Grilled Eggplant	84
	Deep-Fried Eggplant with Miso Sauce	85
	Deep-Fried Eggplant Sandwiches	86
	Vegetable-and-Shrimp Clusters	87
	Turnip with Ginger-Miso Sauce	88
	Steamed Grated Turnip	88
	Chinese Cabbage and Deep-Fried Tofu	90
	Stuffed Cabbage, Japanese Style	91
	Simmered Bamboo Shoot with Wakame Seaweed	92
	Deep-Fried and Simmered Acorn Squash	93
	Simmered Soybeans	94
	Deep-Fried Zucchini	94
	Sauteed Celery with Sesame	94
	Vegetables with White Sesame Dressing	96
	Marinated Watercress	96
	Okra and Coddled Egg with Wasabi Sauce	97
	Spinach with Sesame Dressing	97
	Rice
	Rice Balls	98
	Mixed Rice	100
	Chicken and Egg on Rice	101
	Sushi
	Decorative Sushi	102
	Scattered Sushi	106
	Bo Sushi	108
	Nigiri Sushi	110
	Thick Roll Sushi	113
	Inari Sushi	114
	Noodles
	Chilled Somen Noodles	116
	Udon Pot	118
	Soba Noodles in a Basket	120
	Udon Noodles with Deep-Fried Tofu	120
	Soba Noodles with Duck	121
	One-pot Dishes
	Sukiyaki	122
	Oden Stew	124
	Seafood Pot	126
	Other Delectables
	Savory Pancake	128
	Tempura	130
	Deep-Fried Mixed Kebabs	132
	Box Meal	134
	Shokado Box Meal	137
	Cooking Tips	140
	Ingredients	144
	Index	150

Java Junkie Little Gift Book or Maran Illustrated Cooking Basics

2009-01-07T10:16:00.000-08:00

Java Junkie Little Gift Book

Author: Jennifer Leczkowski

You know them when you see them-they're the ones with a mug or to-go cup permanently affixed to their hand. Yes, coffee addicts. Chances are that if you aren't one, you know someone who is!

From single espressos to venti nonfat foamy caf‚ mochas, 70% of Americans are hooked-and with the growth of chain caf‚s, this audience is not going away anytime soon. In perfect to-go size fashion, The Java Junkie comically serves up a quiz to determine if you are addicted, and celebrate reasons to feed the caffeine craving. Whether read with the first pot of the day or the seventh mid-afternoon pick-me-up cup, The Java Junkie will leave fanatics of the buzz-filled little beans brewing to lick their habit!

Maran Illustrated Cooking Basics

Author: maranGraphics

"Maran Illustrated Cooking Basics" is a valuable resource to a wide range of readers-from people cooking for themselves or for their next big family event. Maran Illustrated Cooking Basics shows the reader the best way to perform each task, while the full-color photographs and clear, step-by-step instructions walk the reader through each task from beginning to end. Thorough topic introductions and useful tips provide additional information to help enhance the readers' cooking experience. "Maran Illustrated Cooking Basics" is packed with essential information for those who are new to cooking and will provide more experienced cooks with a refresher course on the basics and the opportunity to add more advanced skills to their repertoire.

1. Kitchen Essentials 2. Going to the Grocery Store 3. Food Preparation Techniques 4. Preparing Specific Foods 5. Cooking Techniques 6. Savory Starters 7. Salads & Sides 8. Eggs, Noodles, Legumes & Grains 9. Beef & Pork Dishes 10. Chicken Dishes 11. Fish & Seafood 12. Baked Goodies 13. Reference & Measurements

New Curry Bible or Everyday Hospitality

2009-01-06T22:35:00.000-08:00

New Curry Bible: The Ultimate Modern Curry House Recipe Book

Author: Pat Chapman

Indian food is a perennial favorite, and now Pat Chapman has selected the finest dishes from more than a thousand of his favorite restaurants. First come starters, then Tandoori and Tikka dishes. Next are the 16 most popular curries, followed by 16 additional curries from Achari to Thai. The recipes continue, as at a restaurant, with "House Specials," vegetable curries, dhal dishes, rice and breads, chutneys and pickles, and finally Indian desserts. With step-by-step color photos, an A-Z of spices, nutritional information, and a menu glossary, The New Curry Bible more than lives up to its title.

Introduction     9
The Basics     13
Starters     34
Kebabs     50
Tandoori and Tikka     54
The Top Sixteen Curries     58
Balti     59
Bhoona     63
Dhansak     67
Jalfrezi     71
Keema     75
Kofta     79
Korma     83
Madras     87
Masala     91
Medium Curry     95
Pasanda     99
Patia     103
Phall     107
Roghan Josh Gosht     111
Tikka Masala Curry     115
Vindaloo     119
Sixteen Favourite Curries     122
Achar Murgh     124
Afghani Sabzi     124
Bengali Beef Curry     125
Ceylon Pork     125
Dopiaza Veal     128
Jeera Chicken     128
Karachi Karahi Gosht     129
Kashmiri Curry     129
Makhani Chicken     132
Malai King Prawn Curry     132
Malaya Fish Curry     133
Methi Gosht     133
Nepalese Rajma Maahn     136
Bangladeshi Rezala     136
Sri Lankan Shellfish Curry     137
Green Thai Pork Curry     137
Sixteen House Specials     138
Moghul Specialities     139
Moghul Raan     140
Moghlai Lobster     140
Handi Vegetables     141
Murghi Duni     141
Maharaja Specialities     143
Elaichi Duck     144
Tandoori-Stuffed Quail     144
Podina Wild Boar     145
Karahi Venison     145
Raj Specialities     147
Mulligatawny Soup     148
Country Captain     148
Patrani Machli     149
Stuffed Bell Peppers     149
South Indian Specialities     151
Masala Dosa     152
Sambar     152
Rasam     153
Sajjar Avial     153
Vegetable and Dhal Curries     154
Side Dishes     170
Desserts and Sweets     190
Menu Examples     198
The Curry World     200
The Store Cupboard     203
The Curry Club     204
Glossary      205
Index     207

Go to: Chinese Cuisine or Historic Texas Book of Days

Everyday Hospitality: Simple Steps to Cultivating a Welcoming Heart

Author: Thea Jarvis

True hospitality isn't about inviting a guest into a perfectly decorated home, or sitting a group of friends down for a five-course dinner. True hospitality can be found in Everyday Hospitality – a warm, heartfelt, and sometimes humorous look at this often-overlooked Christian virtue of kindness. Stories of hospitality from Thomas Merton, Dorothy Day, and Mother Teresa, among others, serve as shining examples of our undying connection to each other as members of the human family.

Japanese Cooking or Cocinar con pollo

2009-01-06T12:53:00.000-08:00

Japanese Cooking: Quick, Easy, Delicious Recipes to Make at Home

Author: Shunsuke Fukushima

Japanese food can be intimidating to the novice, as sushi, sashimi, tempura and udon have nothing in common with most Western fare. A user-friendly cookbook is a must for anyone interested in experimenting with Japanese dishes, and Japanese Cooking is an excellent starting point. With simple, step-by-step directions, Japanese Cooking clearly illustrates how to make a broad range of traditional dishes: rice, soups, tempura, teriyaki, noodles, tofu, a variety of vegetables, desserts and, of course, sushi.

Look this: Los sue os de mi padre or How Israel Lost

Cocinar con pollo: Disfrute de todo el sabor del pollo con esta seleccion de recetas (Cocina paso a paso series)

Author: Staff de Edimat Libros

For chefs and novices alike, this handy series makes cooking a delight and eating a pleasure. Featuring cuisines from around the world, each recipe is depicted with clear instructions and illustrated sequences. The versatility and use of everyday ingredients to enhance and enrich meals is explored in each book.

La cocina dejará de ser un secreto con esta colección de 40 títulos con las recetas más exquisitas de la cocina nacional e internacional. Si comer es un placer, cocinar puede ser un deleite. Todas las recetas incluyen claras instrucciones que se completan con ilustraciones. Estos libros le harán descubrir la versatilidad de los ingredientes más cotidianos así como estos trucos que enriquecerán sus comidas.

The American Diner or Sirio

2009-01-06T02:12:00.000-08:00

The American Diner (MBI Classics Series)

Author: Michael Karl Witzel

The rise of the American diner is the most savory of phenomenons, where classic architecture, a friendly face behind the counter, and some mean pie all combined to make these little roadside stops a treasured part of history. From the early days when Walter Scott brought his horse-drawn lunch wagons through the streets to the heyday of mass-produced chrome and neon diners in the 1950s, The American Diner offers a full blue-plate special of nostalgia for all those who loved the counter culture of these great eateries. More than 250 historical and bright colorful photographs help remind us of life before fast food, and generous helpings of classic advertisements, cool collectibles, and architectural highlights also highlight the era. Diners from coast to coast are featured, giving readers a trip to some of the best stainless-steel and neon diners that still dot the American roadways.

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Sirio: The Story of My Life and Le Cirque

Author: Peter J Elliot

Sirio Maccioni is a living legend, a restaurateur extraordinaire who has wined and dined high society in New York for nearly half a century. Along the way, he helped launch the careers of many illustrious chefs - David Bouley, Daniel Boulud, and Jacques Torres among them - and befriended a host of celebrities in the arts, politics, and business, from Frank Sinatra and Frank Zappa to Nancy Reagan and Ivana Trump. Now Maccioni lets us into his world, revealing the secrets that have made his Le Cirque one of the world's most celebrated restaurants.

With the help of award-winning Bloomberg restaurant critic Peter Elliot, Maccioni recounts the story of his life and his restaurant career. Beginning with his childhood in rural Tuscany during World War II and the tragedies and privations that left him determined to pursue success at the world's finest restaurants, he shares a journey that took him to post-war Paris and Hamburg and the nightlife of pre-Castro Cuba and finally to New York.

By 1961, the dashing young Maccioni had become maitre d' at New York's most storied restaurant, the Colony. Within thirteen years, he had the experience and contacts he needed to launch his own restaurant, Le Cirque, which quickly became the hub of cafe society in New York.

From hiring the right chefs and revolutionizing the way top restaurants operate to popularizing now-famous dishes such as pasta primavera and creme brulee, Maccioni reveals how he made Le Cirque such a long-running success - a success that reached new heights when the restaurant moved to a new location in 1997. Along the way, Maccioni explains how he's dealt with defecting chefs and demanding customers. And through it all,he pays tribute to his proud Tuscan roots and to his wife and their three sons, who operate the family's other New York restaurant, Osteria del Circo, as well as restaurants in Las Vegas and Mexico City.

Like Maccioni himself, Sirio is full of passion, energy, and life - the unforgettable story of the world's most extraordinary restaurateur.

The New York Times - Adam Platt

In putting together this surprisingly readable book, Maccioni and his collaborator, Peter Elliot, have rejected the canned ''as told to'' formula in favor of a more authentic oral-history approach. Elliot's sections are interspersed between passages by Sirio, members of his family, informed food people (Julia Child, Ruth Reichl, Alain Ducasse) and Sirio's myriad celebrity friends. Some of the celebrity quotations are informative; some sound as if they've been composed by press agents in the backs of limousines. But the most effusive, entertaining voice belongs to Sirio himself, who recalls his humble childhood (his mother died when he was young; his father was killed during World War II), his dictatorial training in the kitchens of Paris and his rise to New York dining prominence as the maitre d' hotel at the old cafe society watering hole, the Colony.

Publishers Weekly

New York's social history can often be traced through its restaurants. The robber barons adored Delmonico's, 1950s media darlings fancied the 21 Club and the 1980s' power elite loved Le Cirque and its dazzling owner, Sirio Maccioni. Maccioni learned his trade in the hotels and restaurants of Europe and New York. By the early 1970s, the dashing Italian was ready to launch his own culinary experiment, and for more than 20 years, Le Cirque on East 65th Street epitomized near-reckless luxury. At first, Le Cirque was known more for the exclusivity of its customers, a blue-ribbon gaggle of celebrities and politicians (many of them, from Nancy Reagan to Frank Zappa, befriending Maccioni) than for the food. But Maccioni's aggressive spending and the free rein he gave his chefs soon resulted in a dining revolution. The restaurant served as the training ground for chefs like Daniel Boulud, and it claims to have invented Pasta Primavera. Maccioni's memoir is mostly a stream of reminiscences, with a dash of loving quotes from celebrities. It's a doting portrait of, in the words of Ruth Reichl, "the most important restaurateur of the era." Agent, Mort Janklow. (June) Forecast: Like Everyone Comes to Elaine's (Forecasts, Jan. 5), this book is sure to generate some New York media coverage (it's already been excerpted in Vanity Fair) and could be popular among New Yorkers interested in the city's social scenes. Copyright 2004 Reed Business Information.

Library Journal

From war-torn Tuscany in the 1940s to post-9/11 New York City, dining legend Maccioni has worked hard to create his place in the world. In Italy, Paris, and, finally, New York, he trained as a waiter and maetre d'e learning to create exceptional dining experiences for customers. His ambition, however, was to bring a more Italian flavor-from ingredients to style-into New York's restaurant scene, which at the time was dominated by French haute cuisine. In 1974, he achieved his ambition by opening Le Cirque; 30 years later, Le Cirque 2000 (a new name for a new location and new century) is going strong, although Maccioni will again be relocating at the end of this year; he has restaurants in Las Vegas and Mexico City as well. Here, Maccioni does for restaurateurs what Jacques Pepin did for chefs in his insightful memoir, The Apprentice, with chapters featuring remembrances by Maccioni and exposition by co-writer Elliot, host of the radio program The Bloomberg Executive Dining Guide. Nicely complementing these narrative portions are interpolated quotes from family, colleagues, and famous clientele. Recommended for larger public libraries and restaurant management collections. (Recipes not seen.)-Andrea R. Dietze, Orange Cty. P.L., Santa Ana, CA Copyright 2004 Reed Business Information.

Cooking through Rose Colored Glasses or Family Dinner Fix

2009-01-05T15:31:00.000-08:00

Cooking through Rose-Colored Glasses

Author: Junior League of Tyler Inc Staf

Rosie's recipes range from exotic party fare to penny-wise, efficiently-prepared family dishes. She has been a staple in Tyler's favorite kitchens for over 30 years. We hope you will find Rosie as helpful as she is enchanting, and that you will introduce her to many new friends.

Family Dinner Fix: Cooking for the Rushed

Author: Sandi Richard

50 Fast, Delicious, and Complete Dinners

Everyone knows that time equals money, and no one knows it more than those responsible for feeding a busy family. Sandi Richard is North America's foremost meal planner, and it's no wonder: She is passionate about getting families back to the dinner table. She should know; she raised seven children of her own.

She and her husband, Ron, put everything on the line 10 years ago to share Sandi's passion. They took all of their own experience feeding a family and combined it with a 5-year study of meals from other busy families. Then they self-published Sandi's first meal-planning book, Life's on Fire -- Cooking for the Rushed. Released in 1999, it was followed by two more books in the Cooking for the Rushed series.

The reaction was immediate, strong, and grateful. Here was a savvy, funny, organized, experienced voice to provide a simplified weekly meal plan. She provided grocery lists, prep times, and cooking times as well. With Sandi Richard by your side, you'll never find yourself in that dreaded spot: It's 5 p.m., and you have no idea what to feed your family for dinner.

The Family Dinner Fix is Sandi's latest contribution to the happiness and health of families everywhere. The book boasts 10 weeks of balanced recipes and meal plans that include grocery and equipment lists. In addition, color-coded recipes help you match each meal to your life each night -- from hectic weeknights to days when there is extra time to devote to cooking and eating. Each meal has its own photograph (a helpful preparation tool) and nutritional information, from the amount of fiber to diabeticfood exchanges.

Bring Sandi Richard into your kitchen so you can spend less time in it, turning the stress of making dinner into a deeply delicious event each day for you and your family.

Publishers Weekly

Food Network Canada star Richard presents a wealth of quick, family-pleasing recipes for harried cooks in a compilation that redefines "user friendly." Emphasizing fresh over prepared ingredients without going overboard (she's not above the occasional can of Campbell's Cream of Mushroom), Richard's time-conscious approach begs comparison to megastar (and fellow Food Network personality) Rachael Ray. Though Richard's far more personal style is an obvious difference, the key innovation Richard contributes is in her meticulous organization: aside from ingredients and steps, each recipe includes a list of necessary equipment, nutrition and exchange information for U.S. and Canadian readers, and "real photos" that do away with image-enhancing special effects: "if the dish is ugly, I think the reader needs to know that ahead of time!" But that's not all: there's also a primer on "Meal Planning for the 21st Century," shopping lists for each week's dishes, indexes organized by protein, fat content and total time commitment, and even ratings from her family (veggie-laden Mediterranean Pizza rates a solid 10, while a faithful take on Fettuccini Carbonara scores an 8.5). Skilled cooks will appreciate the emphasis on easy crowd pleasers like Thai Chicken Wraps, Red Snapper with Pineapple Salsa, and Baked Ham with Apricot Sauce, while novices will find a surefire confidence boost in Richard's encouraging, detailed recipes and delightfully off the cuff commentary. (Nov.)

Mastering the Art of French Cooking or PDQ

2009-01-05T03:50:00.000-08:00

Mastering the Art of French Cooking, Vol. 1

Author: Julia Child

“Anyone can cook in the French manner anywhere,” wrote Mesdames Beck, Bertholle, and Child, “with the right instruction.” And here is the book that, for forty years, has been teaching Americans how.

Mastering the Art of French Cooking is for both seasoned cooks and beginners who love good food and long to reproduce at home the savory delights of the classic cuisine, from the historic Gallic masterpieces
to the seemingly artless perfection of a dish of spring-green peas. This beautiful book, with more than one hundred instructive illustrations, is revolutionary in its approach because:

• It leads the cook infallibly from the buying and handling of raw ingredients, through each essential step of a recipe, to the final creation of a delicate
confection.
• It breaks down the classic cuisine into a logical sequence of themes and variations rather than presenting an endless and diffuse catalogue of recipes; the focus is on key recipes that form the backbone of French cookery and lend themselves to an infinite number of elaborations—bound to increase anyone’s culinary repertoire.
• It adapts classical techniques, wherever possible, to modern American conveniences.
• It shows Americans how to buy products, from any supermarket in the U.S.A., that reproduce the exact taste and texture of the French ingredients: equivalent meat cuts, for example; the right beans for a cassoulet; the appropriate fish and shellfish for a bouillabaisse.
• It offers suggestions for just the right accompaniment to each dish, including proper wines.

Since there hasnever been a book as instructive and as workable as Mastering the Art of French Cooking, the techniques learned here can be applied to recipes in all other French cookbooks, making them infinitely more usable. In compiling the secrets of famous cordons bleus, the authors have produced a magnificent volume that is sure to find the place of honor in every kitchen in America.

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PDQ (Pretty Darn Quick) Vegetarian Cookbook: 240 Healthy and Easy No-Prep Recipes for Busy Cooks

Author: Donna Klein

More than 240 healthy and easy no-prep recipes for creating delicious meals-in 30 minutes or less.

No chopping, peeling, slicing, coring, seeding, whipping, or blending required!

From appetizing hors d'oeuvres to impressive desserts, from casual weeknight suppers or elegant dinner parties, The PDQ Vegetarian Cookbook is bursting with great-tasting recipes that eliminate the prep work by taking clever advantage of the best new convenience foods and innovative time-saving techniques.

The PDQ promise:

- More than 240 nutritious recipes for appetizers, soups, salads, sandwiches, main courses, side dishes, brunch, and desserts
- No cutlery, graters, juicers, electric mixers, blenders, or food processors required
- Tips on using convenience foods like ready-washed salad greens, pre-cut fruits and vegetables, jarred sauces, and ready-made crusts
- Most dishes ready in 30 minutes-with minimal kitchen clean-up
- Nutritional analysis of calories, protein, total fat, cholesterol, carbohydrates, dietary fiber, and sodium for every recipe
- More than 100 egg-free, dairy-free vegan recipes with no tofu or other substitutes needed

Author Biography: Donna Klein has contributed to the Washington Post, Vegetarian Gourmet, Veggie Life, Herb Companion, Body and Soul, and Yoga Journal. She studied at Le Cordon Bleu in Paris, and is the author of The Mediterranean Vegan Kitchen.

Library Journal

Klein (The Mediterranean Vegan Kitchen) promises that her recipes require "no chopping, peeling, slicing, coring, seeding, whipping, or blending." Instead, they are based on convenience foods of all types, from the precut vegetables available at salad bars to canned and bottled sauces and condiments. Many of her recipes are vegan and use low-fat products, which will appeal to some cooks but not to others. The somewhat similar Lorna Sass' Short-Cut Vegetarian relies less heavily on prepared products, but Klein's book contains more than twice as many recipes. For most vegetarian collections. Copyright 2004 Reed Business Information.

ServSafe Alcohol or Longhis

2009-01-04T19:08:00.000-08:00

ServSafe Alcohol: Frontline Training with Exam Answer Sheet

Author: NRA Educational Foundation

The ServSafe Alcohol coursebook teaches readers how to prevent and address challenging intoxication situations. Chapters in this full-color book detail understanding the law and responsibility, evaluating levels of intoxication, checking identification, as well as service guidelines for difficult situations. ServSafe Alcohol is designed specifically for front of the house employees in the foodservice industry and takes a positive, proactive approach to serving alcohol responsibly. The book enables staff to understand and anticipate alcohol-related situations, and to act on them in a way that will benefit the guest, the server, and the foodservice business.

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Longhi's: Recipes and Reflections from Maui's Most Opinionated Restaurateur

Author: Bob Longhi

In the almost unbearable romantic town of Lahaina, on Maui, Longhi's equally romantic restaurant is where locals and visitors alike go for simple, fresh, great-tasting Mediterranean-inspired cuisine. This book features 75 recipes, including Longhi's classic dishes, new favorites, and famous desserts--all of which are a breeze to make.

Tunisia or Diners of Pennsylvania

2009-01-04T08:26:00.000-08:00

Tunisia: Mediterranean Cuisine

Author: Konemann

How to cook like a king in France? With the Mediterranean Specialties series, it's no problem! In eight individual volumes — France, Italy, Morocco, Spain, Turkey, Greece, Tunisia and Islands of the Mediterranean — aficionados of Mediterranean cuisine will find a delightful cross-section of delicacies specific to each country. In each book, eleven renowned master chefs demonstrate the preparation of the recipes in steps that are described in detail, so that even cooks with little experience can be assured of success. Anecdotes and background information about local customs and the origins of select ingredients round out the presentation. Hot and cold appetizers, soups, creative main dishes with fish and meat, and ingenious desserts to crown any meal: in this series readers will discover the fascinating world of Mediterranean specialties with fragrant spices that taste of sun and the sea, awakening vivid associations with these vibrant cultures and cuisines.

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Diners of Pennsylvania

Author: Brian A Butko

Roadside historian Butko and geographer Patrick explore the diner--a unique American form that remains especially visible in Pennsylvania. Over 300 classic diners are identified. Color photos. Maps.

Grossmans Guide to Wines Beers and Spirits or Italiana

2009-01-03T22:45:00.000-08:00

Grossman's Guide to Wines, Beers, and Spirits

Author: Harold J Grossman

Turn to Grossman's Guide to Wines, Beers, and Spirits for quick answers to your questions about any alcoholic beverage and for insights into the history and origins of liquor. Whether you're looking for technical advice or interesting conversation pieces, this resource is sure to meet all of your needs.

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Italiana (Williams-Sonoma Collection)

Author: Pamela Sheldon Johns

This fully illustrated Spanish-language cookbook from the Williams-Sonoma Collection covers the basics of Italian cooking, presenting all one needs to know to make delicious pastas, polentas, and sauces, plus dishes like Balsamic-Glazed Veal Chops and Frittata with Sweet Peppers and Sausage.

Arthritis Cure Cookbook or Catalan Cuisine

2009-01-03T14:03:00.000-08:00

Arthritis Cure Cookbook

Author: Brenda D Adderly

From the co-author of the New York Times bestseller The Arthritis Cure comes a cookbook that provides easy-to-prepare recipes that contain both antioxidants (joint busters) and bioflavonoids (joint strengtheners), designed to counter the ill effects of medication and reduce inflammation. Photos. 240 pp.

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Catalan Cuisine: Vivid Flavors from Spain's Mediterranean Coast

Author: Colman Andrews
Originally published in hardcover in 1988 and as a paperback in 1999, Catalan Cuisine is getting a makeover! As Catalonia surges in popularity as a travel destination, and as Spanish food in general becomes more and more mainstream, we are repackaging the book with a new cover-and new subtitle-to make it more contemporary and accessible.
Library Journal
Much more than a cookbook, this impressive work is a guide to the history, culture, and cuisine of Spain's Catalonia. Background information is followed by sections on the sauces basic to Catalan cooking, raw ingredients, and recipes. Catalan cuisine is a mix of French and Spanish influences, the cooking of the seacoast and of the mountains; rustic and individualistic, it will be new to most. Strongly recommended. JS

175 Fruit Desserts or Real Fast Curry Cookbook

2009-01-03T02:22:00.000-08:00

175 Fruit Desserts

Author: Ann Kay
Delicious, easy-to-follow recipes exploring the endlessly rich and varied possibilities for fruit desserts, pastries, bakes, salads, pies and ices , with over 150 colour pictures showing glorious finished dishes for everything from lemon souffl, and a

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Real Fast Curry Cookbook

Author: Pat Chapman
Curry is a perennial favorite, yet many of us feel that we don't have the time to prepare the delicious Indian dishes we so enjoy. Instead, we often opt for the local restaurant, take-out, or the microwave. Now, Pat Chapman, author of the popular Balti Curry Cookbook, shows just how quick it is to cook curries for ourselves. Here is a dazzling range of easy-to-prepare recipes that will take no longer than half an hour to create. The Real Fast Curry Cookbook features fantastic salads, soups, and snacks; traditional meat, fish, and vegetable classics; tips on how to cook rice variations to perfection; and all you need to know to make your own chutneys and condiments. A must for the modern curry lover, The Real Fast Curry Cookbook will forever change the way you view Indian food.

Authentic Chinese Cuisine or Tale of 12 Kitchens

2009-01-02T16:41:00.000-08:00

Authentic Chinese Cuisine: For the Contemporary Kitchen

Author: Bryanna Clark Grogan
This book stands out among the many Chinese vegetarian cookbooks with its innovative recipes for "mock meat" dishes, just like those you enjoy in Chinese restaurants. Sections include: regional cooking in China; planning a Chinese meal; shopping for essential Chinese ingredients; meat substitutes for the right taste and texture. These recipes are as authentic as possible without calling for extremely exotic ingredients or special Chinese equipment to prepare them. These recipes also show that Chinese vegetarian cuisine can provide variation and culinary delight along with nutritional excellence.

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Tale of 12 Kitchens: Family Cooking in Four Countries

Author: Jake Tilson
Reading this remarkable cookbook-cum-scrapbook by Jake Tilson is like encountering a wonderful friend you haven't seen in years, and setting off together on a culinary journey through four countries to cook and have myriad happy experiences, and meet scores of fascinating people along the way.

It might be a monk singing an awe-inspiring rendition of "Ave Maria" in a family-run restaurant in Cortona, Italy, or a master pancake flipper at a breakfast haven in New York City. Or a recipe for the divine gnocchi-like spinach dumplings served in Tuscany.

With eighty recipes that are far-ranging and delicious, you'll learn to make black beans the Dominican way, couscous in the Tunisian fashion, and burritos flavored with Mexican beer and a chipotle chile.

And as you cook your way through his book, you'll fall in love with Jake's artistic family and their obsession with cooking and eating. Great characters all and, like many of us, as likely to spend their vacations wandering food markets as museums, then returning home with overweight luggage crammed full of local foods.

Anyone who thinks twice about tossing out a food can with a great label, who treasures stubs and receipts from travel for the experiences they evoke, or who feels nostalgic for kitchens of the past, will find a kindred soul in these pages.

And if you're someone without an urge to collect, or who'd just as soon stay and cook closer to home, you will be every bit as delighted with this dazzling collection of recipes.

Tilson presents his recipes in a remarkably original way. Subtly embedded in his wonderful descriptions, in tales told in his very engaging prose, isthe reminder that cooking, sharing and eating meals with family and friends is of utmost importance in our lives.
Claire A. Schaper - Library Journal
Tilson, a British artist by training, writes about his life as well as recounts the experiments made in his and his family's kitchen through many years and several countries. Voyeuristic readers will be pleased—this is a little peek into an intriguing man's daily life, with photographs, sketches, and best of all, hand-written recipes gracing many of the 256 pages. Tilson is not a trained chef but has a passion for concocting fabulous recipes and following borrowed ones. The nonfiction equivalent of Laura Esquivel's 1989 novel, Like Water for Chocolate, though clearly not as fantastical, this is a sensual memoir that will be enjoyed by those who like autobiographies and culinary fiction and nonfiction. Pictures of the food Tilson has eaten will satiate the eye; the narrative keeps a steady pace similar to the author's own lifestyle. Recommended for large public libraries and academic libraries with a culinary arts program.
What People Are Saying

“Fascinating and the recipes are delicious. Tilson has created an exhilarating work of art around his love of food.”—Claudia Roden

Vim Vinegar or Williams Sonoma

2009-01-01T01:35:00.000-08:00

Vim & Vinegar: Moisten Cakes, Eliminate Grease, Remove Stains, Kill Weeds, Cean Pots & Pans, Soften Laundry, Unclog Drains, Control Dandruff, Season Salads

Author: Melodie Moor
Vinegar is inexpensive, safe and 100 percent natural, and nearly every household has a bottle tucked away somewhere, but few people ever take advantage of its full potential. Yes, it's great for dying Easter eggs and making salad dressing, but there's so much more it can do. In Vim & Vinegar, Melodie Moore tells all. Here are hundreds of tips to help readers tenderize meats, soup up soups, eradicate odor, firm fish fillets, cut grease, ease arthritis, cure cramps and more. Versatile vinegar also does wonders for flavoring food (plus, it has no fat or calories), and readers will be amazed at the range of tasty recipes, which include such treats as Vinegar Pie, Crazy Cake and Vinegar Hard Candy.
For tightwads, environmental activists, health advocates and curious cooks -- in fact, anyone who appreciates good old American ingenuity -- Vim & Vinegar is the perfect book.

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Williams-Sonoma: Pescados

Author: Shirley King
Fish are a delicious and healthy choice for any diet, and this new entry in the Colección Williams-Sonoma series features dozens of fabulous ways to prepare it. Classic recipes like Trout Amandine and Grilled Salmon are here, along with treats like Rustic Bouillabaisse. A separate chapter covers scallops, shrimp, and lobster.

Maran Illustrated Wine or Extreme Brewing

2008-12-31T15:53:00.000-08:00

Maran Illustrated Wine

Author: Maran Graphics Development Group
Wine is among the most popular drinks in the world. 17 billion bottles of wine are bottled each year - about 3 bottles for every person on earth. 190 million American adults consume an average of 10 bottles of wine per person. 30 million Americans are categorized as regular wine drinkers. (Rural Migration News). With wine pervasive in world and North American culture, correct and up-to-date knowledge of wine is a valuable life skill. Better knowledge of wine will allow consumers to purchase and enjoy their wine in the most pleasing light. Maran Illustrated Wine is a valuable resource to a wide range of readers - from individuals selecting a wine for a quiet evening at home to those wanting to impress their colleagues with the perfect wine to go with a business dinner. Instead of paragraph after paragraph of dry text, Maran Illustrated Wine uses clear, concise points to help the reader fully understand the complexities of wine. The full-color photographs complement the text to help walk the reader through each topic from beginning to end. Thorough introductions and useful tips provide additional information and advice to help enhance the readers' overall wine experience. Maran Illustrated Wine costs less than one moderately priced bottle of wine, and will be a permanent resource that can be accessed at any time. Maran Illustrated Wine is the perfect companion book to the best-selling book, Maran Illustrated Bartending.

Table of Contents:

Chapter 1: Wine Basics

Chapter 2: How Wine is Made

Chapter 3: Tasting Wine

Chapter 4: Buying Wine

Chapter 5: Serving Wine

Chapter 6: Storing and Collecting Wine

Chapter 7: Selecting Wine in Restaurants

Chapter 8: Matching Wine and Food

Chapter 9: French Wines

Chapter 10: Italian Wines

Chapter 11: Other European Wines

Chapter 12: New World Wines

Chapter 13: Champagne and Sparkling Wines

Chapter 14: Fortified and Sweet Wines

Chapter 15: Learning More About Wines

Chapter 16: Glossary

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Extreme Brewing: An Enthusiast's Guide to Brewing Unique Craft Beer at Home

Author: Sam Calagion
Extreme Brewing is a recipe-driven resource for aspiring home brewers who are interested in recreating these specialty beers at home, but don't have the time to learn the in-depth science and lore behind home-brewing. As such, all recipes are malt-syrup based (the simplest brewing method) with variations for partial-grain brewing. While recipes are included for classic beer styles -- ales and lagers -- Extreme Brewing has a unique emphasis on hybrid styles that use fruit, vegetables, herbs and spices to create unique flavor combinations. Once their brew is complete, readers can turn to section three, The Rewards of Your Labor, to receive guidance on presentation, including corking, bottle selection and labeling as well as detailed information on food pairings, including recipes for beer infused dishes and fun ideas for themed dinners that tallow the reader to share their creations with family and friends.

Americas Best Bread Machine Baking Recipes or Cereal Lovers Cookbook

2008-12-31T07:12:00.000-08:00

America's Best Bread Machine Baking Recipes

Author: Donna Washburn
For anyone who enjoys the flavor and aroma of freshly baked bread, nothing beats the convenience of a bread machine. So it's not surprising that today you'll find this exceptionally useful appliance in millions of kitchens across America.
A bread machine is, after all, just a machine. If you want the best results, you need the best recipes - that not only taste great, but are specifically designed to meet the exacting requirements of the technology. That's just what you get with America's Best Bread Machine Baking Recipes.
Here you'll find a collection of more than 125 great recipes, each thoroughly tested to ensure successful bread-machine baking every time. Try traditional Sourdough Bread, spicy Jalapeno Cheese Bread, flavorful (but low fat) Potato Chive Bread or, for something sweet, Chocolate Banana Bread. Also included are recipes that let you take advantage of a bread machine's ability to prepare dough for a wide variety of other treats, including Middle Eastern Flatbread, New York-style Cheese Onion Bagels, Focaccia with Parmesan Walnut Topping and Giant Pecan Sticky Buns.
Ask bread machine owners what they want most and chances are they'll tell you - plenty of really good recipes! Now, with America's Best Bread Machine Baking Recipes, that wish has just come true.
About the Authors:
Donna Washburn and Heather Butt are professional home economists and experts in the field of bread machine baking. Together they have developed recipes for many major bread machine manufacturers such as Black & Decker, Philips and Proctor-Silex. They are also the publishers of The Bread Basket, a newsletter for bread machine owners.
Library Journal
There is nothing like the aroma of fresh-baked bread. Now authors Washburn and Butt, home economists and publishers of The Bread Basket, a newsletter for bread machine owners, offer cooks over 125 different recipes that should keep their bread machines busy. From English Muffins and Focaccia to Orange Pecan Loaf and Prairie Bread, the recipes clearly illustrate that cooks have a wide range of choices beyond the basic recipes featured in most bread machine manuals. One of the best things about this practical cookbook is the simple, easy-to-understand layout of each recipe. Both U.S. and metric ingredient measurements are provided, and each recipe has its own tips and variation ideas. A good choice for most public libraries.--John Charles, Scottsdale P.L., AZ Copyright 1999 Cahners Business Information.

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Cereal Lover's Cookbook

Author: Duane Winfield
Everybody loves cereal. It doesn't matter if you're young or old. You probably have a box (or two or three) in the cupboard right now. Well, it's not just for breakfast anymore. Start thinking of cereal as your special secret ingredient!

In The Cereal Lover's Cookbook, the great American staple comes out of the kitchen cabinet and goes into delicious recipes for everything from baked goods and snacks to salads, soups, and main dishes. There are more than fifty homestyle dishes to choose from, such as mustard-dill salmon fillets with a crispy corn flake crust, jam-filled muffins with a Grape Nuts® streusel topping, blueberry parfaits with layers of Fruit Loops®, and even meatloaf made with Wheaties®. All of your favorite cereals are here—Cap'n Crunch®, Cheerios®, Kix®, Special K, and more—adding crunch and pizzazz to recipes that are easy to make and hard to resist.

The Cereal Lover's Cookbook is packed with practical information, such as how to store cereal and the best ways to crush it, plus all kinds of fascinating cereal lore, not to mention dozens of gorgeous color photos. The creative recipes also offer a great way to get kids to try their hand at cooking and to get picky young eaters to start eating different foods. After all, anything with cereal in it has to be good. This cookbook proves it!

Lauren Chattman (Sag Harbor, NY) is the author of several cookbooks including Mom’s Big Book of Baking (1-55832-194-2), Icebox Pies (1-55832-213-2), and Icebox Desserts (1-55832-271-X). She has sold over 20,000 books during appearances on QVC. Chattman’s recipes have appeared in Food & Wine, BonAppetit, the New York Times, Redbook, and Metropolitan Home, and she has developed over 500 recipes for The Cook’s Illustrated Complete Guide series. She is a graduate of the Professional Baking and Pastry Program at Peter Kump’s New York Cooking School.

Library Journal
Chattman is the author of several dessert cookbooks, including Icebox Pies and Mom's Big Book of Baking. Here she offers 50 recipes made with cereal for all courses of a meal, from breakfast to late-night snacks. Some--such as Oatmeal Pecan Waffles--sound a bit more enticing than others--Pappa al Pomodoro (bread soup) made with Wheaties. And some, such as Fruit Loop and Blueberry Parfaits, will certainly appeal more to children than to grownups. The recently published Kellogg's Cookbook includes 200 recipes for cereal lovers; Chattman's is recommended for larger libraries or collections where that volume has been especially popular. Copyright 2006 Reed Business Information.

Betty Crocker Basics or Great Firehouse Cooks of Texas

2008-12-30T19:30:00.000-08:00

Betty Crocker Basics: How to Cook and Entertain with Confidence

Author: Betty Crocker Editors
2 great books, 1 low price!

Cooking Basics and Entertaining Basics—all in one accessible guide

Do you yearn to cook something tasty for dinner, but don't know where to start?

Want to host an easy and elegant cocktail party for friends, but aren't quite sure how to do it?

Now you can—with a little help from Betty Crocker! With this 2-in-1 book, you'll learn to cook and entertain with confidence in no time. First, Cooking Basics gives you the guidance you need on kitchen tools and equipment, ingredients, cooking methods and more, complete with how-to photographs that guide you every step of the way. It includes the 100 recipes you most want to prepare—and shows you how to cook them, from Juicy Hamburgers to Caesar Salad to Frozen Chocolate Mousse. Then, Entertaining Basics gets you into party mode with a simple Entertaining Equation that helps you combine people, food, setting and planning into one great time. With the help of crowd-pleasing recipes and fun decorating ideas to get you started, you'll be completely confident throwing a party.

Betty Crocker Basics gives you:

• 200 delicious recipes for virtually every type of occasion

• More than 150 illustrated cooking how-to's, from chopping a tomato to carving a turkey

• Special menus for casual get-togethers as well as Thanksgiving, Christmas and Easter holidays

• Simple do-ahead tips, serving suggestions and presentation ideas

• Hundreds of color photos of techniques and finished dishes

• And much more

Table of Contents:
Introduction.

Chapter 1. The Basic of Getting Started.

You'll find measuring help, all about pots and pans and knives.

Chapter 2. Beef and Pork Main Dishes.

Hamburgers, meat loaf, steak, pork chops and ham.

Chapter 3. Poultry and Seafood Main Dishes.

Chicken breasts, stir-fry, fried chicken, scallops and shrimp.

Chapter 4. Pasta and Meatless Main Dishes.

Lasagna, quesadillas, wraps, soups and eggs.

Chapter 5. On the Side.

Breads, salads, vegetables.

Chapter 6. Snacks and Desserts.

Dips, appetizers, smoothies, shortcake and brownie cake.

Chapter 7. Beyond the Basics.

You're ready for stocking the pantry, food safety and tablesetting.

Glossary of Ingredients.

Glossary of Cooking Terms and Techniques.

Understanding restaurant Menus.

Helpful Nutrition Information.

Metric Conversion Chart.

Index.

Check It Out For Confident Cooking:

Thanksgiving Dinner.

Do-Ahead Vegetable Lasagna Dinner.

Vegetable Preparations.

Common Preparations Techniques.

Twelve Terrific Herbs and Top Five Spices.

About Pasta.

About Salad Greens.

Yields and Equivalents.

Substitutions.

Look this: Everyday Grain Free Gourmet or Worlds Greatest Wine Estates
Great Firehouse Cooks of Texas

Author: Ron McAdoo
A unique collection of recipes for some of the greatest grub to come out of a firehouse kitchen...or any kitchen!

Food Wine Annual Cookbook 2007 or Lebanese Cooking

2008-12-30T09:49:00.000-08:00

Food & Wine Annual Cookbook 2007: An Entire Year of Recipes

Author: Food Wine Magazin
Almost one million subscribers heartily agree: there’s always something delicious going on in Food & Wine. And it’s all here in the annual cookbook, which includes every recipe published in the magazine during 2006—more than 500 dishes accompanied by scrumptious-looking photographs. The contributors remain absolutely stellar—cuisine’s finest—including such cookbook authors, chefs and food luminaries as Jacques Pepin, Jean-Georges Vongerichten, Paula Wolfert, and Eric Ripert. Mouthwatering recipes like Smokey Spiced T-Bone Steaks with Chilean Salsa (from Stephen Raichlen, author of Barbeque Bible), Spring Pea Falafel with Marinated Radishes and Minted Yogurt (from personal chef Nicki Reiss), and Fluffy, Buttery Cinnamon Rolls (Deborah Racicot of New York’s Gotham Bar & Grill) were tested on home appliances, making them easy to re-create. In addition, the volume includes 50 brand-new test-kitchen tips, as well as an extensive glossary of accessible wines. Here’s real food that real people who want to eat well can actually prepare; dishes that reflect the many ways we cook today.

New interesting textbook: 101 Tips for a Healthy Pregnancy with Diabetes or The Burden of Sympathy
Lebanese Cooking

Author: Dawn Anthony
The Lebanese Cooking is a traditional and authentic collection of Lebanese recipes passed down from mother to daughter for generations. Featuring 140 authentic recipes, with popular favorites such as Kibbi, Tabbouleh Salad, Hoummus and Baba Ghannouj and other delicious dishes including a generous selection of meat-free and dairy-free meals.

Five A Day Fruit and Vegetable Cookbook or Taming of the CANDY Monster

2008-12-29T23:08:00.000-08:00

Five-A-Day Fruit and Vegetable Cookbook

Author: Kate Whiteman
Features more than 400 classic and contemporary recipes for appetizers, soups, salads, dinner-party dishes family favorites, light lunches,and desserts.

Table of Contents:
Make it Five 6
Fruit
Discovering Fruit 10
Equipment 12
Purchasing, Preparing and Cooking 14
Apples, Pears, Quinces and Medlars 18
Apple, Pear and Quince Recipes 38
Stone Fruits 58
Stone Fruit Recipes 72
Berries and Currants 92
Berry and Currant Recipes 112
Citrus Fruits 134
Citrus Fruit Recipes 148
Exotic Fruits 170
Exotic Fruit Recipes 198
Melons, Grapes, Figs and Rhubarb 226
Melon, Grape, Fig and Rhubarb Recipes 240
Vegetables
Discovering Vegetables 254
Equipment 256
Purchasing, Preparing and Cooking 258
Onions and Leeks 262
Onion and Leek Recipes 274
Shoots and Stems 286
Shoot and Stem Recipes 298
Roots 312
Roots Recipes 332
Greens 348
Greens Recipes 366
Beans, Peas and Seeds 382
Bean, Pea and Seed Recipes 394
Squashes 406
Squash Recipes 418
Vegetable Fruits 430
Vegetable Fruit Recipes 446
Salad Vegetables 460
Salad Vegetable Recipes 472
Mushrooms 484
Mushroom Recipes 492
Index 504

Book review: Wild Edible Fruits and Berries or New Vegetarian Baby
Taming of the C.A.N.D.Y Monster: Continuously Advertised Nutritionally Deficient Yummies

Author: Vicki Lansky
It's been 20 years since Vicki Lansky's cookbook first hit the New York Times bestseller list. In this new edition, Lansky provides less sugary desserts, tasty alternatives to junk food snacks, and easy meals to please even the pickiest eaters.

Kitchen Literacy or Hot Drinks for Cold Nights

2008-12-29T12:26:00.000-08:00

Kitchen Literacy: How We Lost Knowledge of Where Food Comes from and Why We Need to Get It Back

Author: Ann Vileisis
Ask children where food comes from, and they’ll probably answer: “the supermarket.” Ask most adults, and their replies may not be much different. Where our foods are raised and what happens to them between farm and supermarket shelf have become mysteries. How did we become so disconnected from the sources of our breads, beef, cheeses, cereal, apples, and countless other foods that nourish us every day?

Ann Vileisis’s answer is a sensory-rich journey through the history of making dinner. Kitchen Literacy takes us from an eighteenth-century garden to today’s sleek supermarket aisles, and eventually to farmer’s markets that are now enjoying a resurgence. Vileisis chronicles profound changes in how American cooks have considered their foods over two centuries and delivers a powerful statement: what we don’t know could hurt us.

As the distance between farm and table grew, we went from knowing particular places and specific stories behind our foods’ origins to instead relying on advertisers’ claims. The woman who raised, plucked, and cooked her own chicken knew its entire life history while today most of us have no idea whether hormones were fed to our poultry. Industrialized eating is undeniably convenient, but it has also created health and environmental problems, including food-borne pathogens, toxic pesticides, and pollution from factory farms.

Though the hidden costs of modern meals can be high, Vileisis shows that greater understanding can lead consumers to healthier and more sustainable choices. Revealing how knowledge of our food has been lost and how it might now beregained, Kitchen Literacy promises to make us think differently about what we eat.

The Washington Post - Juliet Eilperin
Kitchen Literacy chronicles how the growth of the increasingly complex food distribution system—railroads transporting animals and factories producing canned goods—eventually led consumers into a "covenant of ignorance" with supermarket chains, food manufacturers and advertising firms…Vileisis's tone can be preachy at times…Yet her book performs a valuable service in reminding readers that we were not always so clueless when it came to making food choices.
Rosemarie Lewis - Library Journal
Vileisis, author of the award-winning Discovering the Unknown Landscape: A History of America's Wetlands, lights her own torch in the flames of Michael Pollan's The Omnivore's Dilemmaand directs her attention to the forces that shaped the way Americans act today. Scarcely 200 years ago, a cook had intimate knowledge of every ingredient in his or her kitchen. In the intervening decades, seemingly independent parties-the government, the farm industry, major university health departments, advertisers, and manufacturers-worked to create a consumer who would be brand loyal, and familiar logos replaced generations of knowledge about food, agriculture, and farming. It is not that we have never read this before, but Vileisis gathers it all in one place, weaving a clear, easy-to-read tapestry whose meaning is plain by the end of the book: you are what you eat, so think about what you've been eating. Her extensive notes bring together decades of evidence regarding the unhealthy merger of something we need-food-with something we're told to want-products. This important and eye-opening book uncovers the machinery behind the modern food industry and is an essential purchase for most academic and public libraries.

Interesting textbook: When Your Child Is Cutting or The Fibromyalgia Solution
Hot Drinks for Cold Nights: Great Hot Chocolates, Tasty Teas and Cozy Coffee Drinks

Author: Liana Krissoff
When cold winds blow and snow piles up on the windowsills, there is nothing more comforting than a steaming mug of hot chocolate or a soothing cup of tea. And haven't we all wished that we could make a coffee drink at home that rivals the brew from that expensive coffee shop on the corner? With the more than 50 recipes in Hot Drinks for Cold Nights, the perfect cup is always at your fingertips.

From teapots and strainers to espresso makers and hand-held blenders, author Liana Krissoff offers a review of the myriad machines and accessories available and describes the best methods and ingredients for making hot drinks. In each chapter, she presents a tempting array of recipes both classic and exotic, such as Orange-Scented Hot Chocolate, Green Tea "Cappuccino," Lychee Black Tea with Cherry Wine, and Cafe Brulot with Cinnamon Cream. The last chapter offers all manner of "spirited" hot drinks, with special tips on serving them to a crowd. Along the way are recipes for flavored whipped creams, sweeteners, and butters, as well as toothsome treats to serve with hot drinks, including Peppermint-Stuffed Marshmallows, Persimmon Tea Cake, and Spiced Candied Nuts.

This warmth-filled volume will help stave off winter's chill and keep you cozy the whole season long.

Allergy Self Help Cookbook or Smoothies and Juices

2008-12-29T00:45:00.000-08:00

Allergy Self-Help Cookbook: Over 325 Natural Foods Recipes, Free of All Common Food Allergens

Author: Marjorie Hurt Jones
The most comprehensive kitchen resource for overcoming food allergies-now completely revised and updated!

Since its original publication in 1984, The Allergy Self-Help Cookbook has helped thousands of people overcome their food sensitivities and intolerances. Now, the tips and recipes have been entirely revamped for 21st-century cooks with little or no time to spare! Includes:

* Extensive breakfast and dessert chapters
* Updated nutrition information
* New recipes using ingredients such as Kamut flour and quinoa pasta
* How to help allergic children eat right and feel better
* Complete guide to new allergy-free products
* Tips for creating an allergy-free kitchen and home

With your doctor's diagnosis in one hand and this book in the other, let your new allergy-free life begin!

See also: Globalization Growth and Poverty or The World of Customer Service
Smoothies and Juices: A Selection of Refreshing and Invigorating Drinks

Author: Christine Ambridg
Discover a colorful range of refreshing and invigorating drinks, with blends of mouthwatering ingredients such as coffee, chocolate, and a variety of exotic fruits.

Arise Sir Jamie Oliver or Gelato Sorbet and Ice Cream

2008-12-28T16:04:00.000-08:00

Arise Sir Jamie Oliver

Author: Stafford Hildred
Jamie originally harbored dreams of pop stardom with his band Scarlet Division, but by the age of 16 decided to become a chef. After college he earned his stripes in France and then as a pastry chef before starting at the River Café, where he really learned his trade. It was during a television documentary about the River Café that Jamie first caught the attention of the program's editors. Thanks to his on-screen charisma he was featured heavily in the finished documentary and the offers came flooding in. So The Naked Chef was born. The program was a huge success, with an intimate and fresh approach to the television chef. Jamie's informal and playful demeanor, as well as his obvious passion and enthusiasm for food drew in a younger audience and revolutionized the traditional cooking program: cooking became cool! The subsequent television series and books gave Jamie fame and fortune the world over, but he always wanted to do something positive with his success. Jamie established the Fifteen charity restaurant, where he trained 15 disadvantaged young people to work in the kitchen. The restaurant and accompanying television series proved that there is more to Jamie than his bubbly persona lets on. As if to complete his transition from cheeky chap to responsible adult, Jamie tackled his toughest challenge yet when he began a campaign to ban unhealthy food in schools and get kids eating fresh, nutritious meals. His boundless enthusiasm and passion for his cause brought him into conflict with parents, teachers, and even politicians, but his desire to bring about radical change eventually saw him meet with Tony Blair and succeed in gettinghundreds of millions in extra funding for school meals.

Interesting book: Trade and Human Health and Safety or Regional Multinationals
Gelato, Sorbet, and Ice Cream

Author: Elsa Petersen Schepelern
Thirty recipes from around the world including Italy, France, India, Southeast Asia, Scandinavia, and Australia -- each photographed in full color by James Merrell. Easy-to-make recipes are included for gelati, ice creams, sorbets, frozen yogurts, coconut-milk ices -- for adults and for children.

Table of Contents:
Gelato sorbet and ice cream 6
Italian gelato 8
Liqueur-flavored gelato 14
Fruit and spice gelato 22
Chocolate coffee and nuts 32
Sorbets and sorbetti 42
Asian flavors 52
Index 64

Mouth Wide Open or Hongas Lotus Petal

2008-12-28T05:23:00.000-08:00

Mouth Wide Open: A Cook and His Appetite

Author: John Thorn
Ever since his first book, Simple Cooking, and its acclaimed successors, Outlaw Cook, Serious Pig, and Pot on the Fire, John Thorne has been hailed as one of the most provocative, passionate, and accessible food writers at work today. In Mouth Wide Open, his fifth collection, he has prepared a feast for the senses and intellect, charting a cook’s journey from ingredient to dish in illuminating essays that delve into the intimate pleasures of pistachios, the Scottish burr of real marmalade, how the Greeks made a Greek salad, the (hidden) allure of salt anchovies, and exploring the uncharted territory of improvised breakfasts and resolutely idiosyncratic midnight snacks. Most of all, his inimitable warmth, humor, and generosity of spirit inspire us to begin our own journey of discovery in the kitchen and in the age-old comfort and delight of preparing food.
The Washington Post - Linda Kulman
John Thorne's Mouth Wide Open is a journey around his own kitchen. His exhaustive essays, most of which were previously published in his food letter, "Simple Cooking," tackle all manner of dishes, including some, like fried eggs, that might seem beneath consideration. Thorne deconstructs each recipe until he understands not just how it evolved but what each ingredient contributes. In an era marked by celebrity chefs and mundane microwavable meals, the amiable author takes pleasure in "the laying of hands on real food," a process he makes approachable to others through both his commentary and recipes. "Cooking is about doing the best with what you have...and succeeding," he writes. Thorne succeeds masterfully.
Publishers Weekly
This cornucopia of previously published pieces by James Beard Award-winning food writer Thorne, from his newsletter, "Simple Cooking," along with a few from other publications, showcases his relaxed, unfussy attitude, refreshing in this age of cookbook and food-personality overabundance. That casualness comes through on subjects from bagna cauda to pepper pot. It's all foodstuff to him, and his affection for foods of all kinds is boundless. Some of the most intriguing suggestions, reprinted from a regular feature of the newsletter, reflect an awareness that the avocado-green electric range is as legitimate as the Viking. Thorne likes to delve into the source and cultural history of individual dishes, and many spur-of-the-moment concoctions, whose recipes are given, were prepared out of a sense of what-the-heck invention and appetite. He fervently promotes his belief that in every foodie lurks a cook capable of doing wonders with prepared foods, that the opposite also holds, and that the ultimate authority on food is the person eating. (Dec.)
Copyright 2007 Reed Business Information

Book about: Finding the Light in Cancers Shadow or Understanding Depression
Honga's Lotus Petal: Pan-Asian Cuisine

Author: Honga Im Hopgood
Sample the delicious flavors and eclectic Asian fare of Honga's Lotus Petal. A local favorite, this venerable restaurant serves up fresh Asian-influenced cuisine from an American skiing mecca. Honga's menu combines flavors from Thailand, Japan, Bali, Korea, China, Vietnam, India, and even Polynesia to create a truly unique culinary perspective. Whether it's the sushi, curry, or vegetarian fare, the focus here is organic, natural, and hormone-free.
Honga's menu defines creative. Favorites include Blackened Tofu, Asian Pumpkin Soup, Coconut Curry Mussels, Spicy Poke, and Grilled Salmon and Bok Choy. From the tofu to the fish dishes to Honga's exquisite sauces, this book includes recipes for soups, salads, appetizers, main dishes, sushi, drinks, desserts, and more. The easy-to-follow, step-by-step instructions guide you and the luscious full-color photographs inspire you to bring the simple elegance of Honga's Lotus Petal into your home.
Honga Im Hopgood has visited the kitchens of chefs in Korea, Thailand, Japan, Bali, Bhutan, Nepal, and Hawaii, which have all influenced her cuisine and philosophies on food. At the age of twenty-six, she opened Honga's Lotus Petal in Telluride, Colorado. Sixteen years later, her restaurant has evolved into a popular, thriving establishment, loved by locals and tourists and touted by many national publications. She lives with her husband and young daughter in Telluride.

Espresso Coffee or Tween Kwisine

2008-12-27T19:42:00.000-08:00

Espresso Coffee: The Chemistry of Quality

Author: Rinantonio Viani
Written by leading coffee technology specialists in consultation with some of the world's biggest coffee manufacturers, the second edition of the successful Espresso Coffee will once again comprehensively cover the current status of the chemistry and technology of espresso coffee. It comprehensively covers topics such as agronomy, green coffee processing, roasting/grinding, packaging, percolating and decaffeination techniques. It provides a comprehensive resource for those interested in the fundamental notions of coffee quality; with a point of reference given in the form of a detailed bibliography to provide direction to the wider literature.

Chapters Include:
* Quality of espresso coffee
* The plant
* The raw bean
* Roasting
* Grinding
* Packaging
* Percolation
* The cup
* Physiology

Interesting book: Live Longer Live Better or Babies with Down Syndrome
Tween Kwisine

Author: Corie Goodson
Our children are experiencing a serious health crisis. If we do not get educated about it and facilitate change it is estimated that our children will not even live to the current lifespan of adults today. In fact, cancer, diabetes, asthma, obesity, ADHD and degenerative diseases are more prevalent than ever.
One in four children is obese and nearly 50% of children who remain obese as adolescents continue the trend as adults (Int'l Journal of Obesity 1999 &
Pediatrics, 1998). By age 3, children have fatty deposits in their arteries and by age twelve, 70%
have developed beginning stages of hardening of the arteries (Bogalusa Heart Study NHLBI, 2002).
More than 8 million children have asthma. This statistic has increased 232% over the last 40 years
(Archives of Pediatric/Adolescent Medicine, 2000)
and 25% of all 12 year olds have higher than normal blood pressure (Berenson, 2004)
Did you know that less than 7% of all school age kids get the recommended 2 servings of fruits and
3 servings of vegetables per day? (Archives of Pediatric/
Adolescent medicine, 1996). If ketchup and French fries were not considered the figure would be even less.

Martha Stewart Living Christmas Cookbook or Backyard Sugarin

2008-12-27T11:01:00.000-08:00

Martha Stewart Living Christmas Cookbook

Author: Martha Stewart Living Magazin
SinceMartha Stewart Living Magazine's debut more than a decade ago, readers have come to look to its holiday issues for the best seasonal entertaining and menu ideas. Each issue of Living has included Martha's favorite recipes, as well as the staff's. For the first time, more than six hundred of these holiday dishes are collected in one volume: The Martha Stewart Living Christmas Cookbook.
Throughout the ten chapters of recipes, every element of holiday entertaining-from hors d'oeuvres and cocktails through main courses and desserts-is covered. Whether you're searching for an eggnog to sip on Christmas Eve, planning to serve a traditional roast goose for Christmas dinner, or putting together a festive brunch for overnight guests, The Martha Stewart Living Christmas Cookbook offers a comprehensive array of classics and new favorites to choose from. Guiding you are how-to photographs and illustrations, along with sixty-four pages of beautiful color photographs that will inspire even novices to get into the kitchen and start cooking. The book is filled with tips and techniques, and it also includes a special menu section to help you create the perfect meal.
This collection of recipes-ranging from simple to extravagant-makes an indispensable cookbook, not just for Christmas Day, but for the entire holiday season.

Interesting book: Staying Alive in Avalanche Terrain or The Ketogenic Diet
Backyard Sugarin': A Complete How-To Guide

Author: Rink Mann
From buying equipment to tapping your own trees to boiling the sap, this is the classic, best-selling guide to making maple syrup.

This little book swept maple sugarin' buffs off their feet when it first appeared and is still the top-selling guide to the craft after nearly 30 years in print. Like the previous editions, this one tells you how you can make maple syrup right in your own backyard without having to build a sap house or buy buckets, holding tanks, evaporators and other expensive paraphernalia. Provides detailed "how-to" information, and makes some new and noteworthy revelations-including tips sugarers across the country have shared with the author. 60 black & white photographs, 6 line illustrations, index.

Cookie Dough Fun or Sunset Grill

2008-12-26T23:20:00.000-08:00

Cookie Dough Fun

Author: Publications International Limited
Create yummy snacks, whimsical treats and fanciful cookies with convenient refrigerated cookie dough. round up a parent, older sister or brother, grandma or grandpa to help you in the kitchen. But before you start cooking, read the following tips with a grown-up to make sure that every cooking experience is a success!

Interesting book: Brown Sugar or Decoding Ferran Adria
Sunset Grill: 125 Tasty Recipes for Casual Get-Togethers and Easy Weeknight Cookouts

Author: Sunset Magazin
Sunset has long been recognized as an authority on grilling and was instrumental in pioneering the acceptance of grilling as a year-round part of a casual lifestyle, beginning with its books on backyard barbecues in the 1930s and continuing to the present day with its magazine.The Sunset Grill is about enjoying meals with family and friends. It describes a way to cook that is at once easy and sophisticated. It also describes a way to entertain that is friendly, cheerful, and inviting-whether you are getting dinner on the table during a busy weeknight or relaxing with friends in the backyard on a Saturday afternoon. The book features tasty ribs, juicy burgers, mouth-watering chicken, fresh fish, inventive side dishes, and yummy desserts from Sunset magazine's fabled test kitchens in Northern California. With a photograph for every recipe, and additional photos showing entertaining ideas, grilling techniques, and wine-and-food pairings, The Sunset Grill is sure to be a frequent reference book for weekend barbecue enthusiasts and weeknight grillers alike. Four-time James Beard Award-winning authors Cheryl and Bill Jamison wrote the book's foreword.

The 150 Best American Recipes or Justin Wilson Cookbook

2008-12-26T13:39:00.000-08:00

The 150 Best American Recipes: Indispensable Dishes from Legendary Chefs and Undiscovered Cooks

Author: Fran McCullough
The Best of the Best from the Last Decade

Acclaimed by the critics, The Best American Recipes series has long been the universal choice of home cooks and professional chefs as the one infallible source of the year's most dazzling recipes.

Now in The 150 Best American Recipes, two of the food world's most respected professionals pull out all the stops to create the ultimate resource: a can't-live-without-it collection of the most exciting recipes of the last decade. Out of literally tens of thousands of recipes that have appeared in print -- in cookbooks, magazines, newspapers, and even in flyers and on the Internet -- from the deservedly famous to the wonderfully obscure, from top-flight chefs to unknown but gifted cooks -- they chose the most distinctive. Then came the key step: extensive testing in their own kitchens. If the dish wasn't spectacular, it didn't make the cut. Finally, they pitted their favorites against one another and chose the winners: the very best of the best.

In The 150 Best American Recipes, you'll find:

Scores of brilliantly simple dishes that are sensationally delicious.

The best recipes from the great chefs and cooks of the era, including Jamie Oliver, Thomas Keller, Judy Rodgers, and Alice Waters.

Miraculously quick, remarkable everyday dishes that you'll want to make countless times and share with your friends.

Holiday dishes that are certain to become instant traditions in your family.

Valuable tips and techniques to make all your cooking easier.
Publishers Weekly
Daunted by the task of selecting the year's best recipes, James Beard Award-winners McCullough (Low-Carb Cookbook) and Stevens (All About Braising) realized that "our fellow home cooks were confronted with the same hopeless task" and decided to create the cookbook they themselves would want to have. The result: a well-written compendium of standout recipes from culinary stars (Jamie Oliver, Alice Waters), newspapers, magazines and lesser-known chefs and Web sites. Rick Bayless's foreword includes a recipe for Black Pepper French Toast that exemplifies the book's goal: to suggest new twists on classics, unexpected flavor combinations and dishes that work at a party or on a traditional Thanksgiving table. Highlights include Pasta with Asparagus and Lemon Sauce (Gourmet), Mussels with Smoky Bacon, Lime, and Cilantro (Food & Wine) and Bitter Orange Ice Cream (Nigella Bites). Each recipe has a brief introduction, and "notes from our test kitchen" offer savvy advice. This book will please a range of palates, and suit every skill level. It's a resource to keep near at hand, whether for special events or daily meals. 60 color photos. (Sept.) Copyright 2006 Reed Business Information.
Library Journal
McCullough and Stevens are also the editors of the long-running annual The Best American Recipes. For this new volume, they have selected the "best of the best" recipes from that series, the ones they return to again and again, choosing from more than 1000 contenders. The recipes come from a variety of sources, from cookbooks to web sites to cooking schools, and the result is a mouthwatering array: Charred Tomatillo Guacamole; Tuscan Pork Roast with Herbed Salt; Mussels with Smoky Bacon, Lime, and Cilantro; and Mocha Fudge Pudding. (Note that the "American" in the title does not mean American classics but rather contemporary American recipes.) The editors have revised many of their original recipe headnotes, and they include useful and informative "Notes from the Test Kitchen" and helpful tips as well. There are also full-page color photographs of many of the dishes. A marvelous collection of recipes, this is highly recommended. Copyright 2006 Reed Business Information.

Book about: Quicken 2002 For Dummies or The Trainers Handbook
Justin Wilson Cookbook

Author: Justin Wilson
This unique collection of Cajun recipes (and humor) will surely set your imagination on the right track. "I garontee". Recipes for everything from the perfect roux to Eggplant Appetizer a la Justin are included.

New American Bartenders Handbook or Deliciously Easy Main Dishes with Herbs

2008-12-26T01:58:00.000-08:00

New American Bartender's Handbook

Author: Broom
New American Bartender's Handbook is the ultimate guide for anybody who wants to become (or already is) a bartender, either professional or amateur. It details how to properly set up a home bar and provides recipes for over 1,000 different drinks. There is an extensive guide to wine including proper selection, storage, and serving tips. New American Bartender's Handbook even provides a complete index by ingredients and information on everything from glassware to garnishes. Over 300 full color photographs are included.

New interesting book:
Deliciously Easy Main Dishes with Herbs

Author: Dawn J Ranck
Deliciously Easy Recipes with Herbs is a series of eight books, each offering savory and scrumptious recipes, each with directions you can trust.

All the recipes give amounts for both fresh and dried herbs.

Gathered from the top herb shops in the country, the recipes are favorites of the shopkeepers and their customers-- tried, trusted, and wondrously tasty!

Without Reservations or Simple Mediterranean Cookery

2008-12-25T16:17:00.000-08:00

Without Reservations: How to Make Bold, Creative, Flavorful Food at Home

Author: Jennie Schacht
Praise for Without Reservations

"In this enticing book, Joey Altman shows us that with the proper techniques, the knowledge and craftsmanship of the professional chef can be translated to the home kitchen with great menus."
—Jacques Pépin

"I am lucky enough to be able to cook with Joey quite a bit, and I promise you, Joey knows food. With this book, we are lucky to bring his expertise into our own kitchens."
—Tyler Florence, host of Tyler's Ultimate on Food Network

"Joey's Without Reservations exudes personality, insight, and enthusiasm. From his tour through the chef's palette of flavors, ingredients, and techniques to his uniquely 'Joey' takes on all the food we want to eat, this is a book that'll inspire many a happy meal."
—Rick Bayless, Chef of Chicago's Frontera Grill and host of PBS's Mexico—One Plate at a Time

"This is the kind of food I love to cook and eat! Joey has triumphed with a book chock-full of recipes perfect for every day of the week. And the best part, they're doable. This book should find a place in every cook's library."
—Joanne Weir, cookbook author and host of PBS's Joanne Weir's Cooking Class

Publishers Weekly
Altman, a San Francisco chef and host of Bay Café, a popular local TV cooking show, enthusiastically encourages people to cook California cuisine in their own homes. He introduces an array of global flavors that aim to highlight the best ingredients, particularly citrus and spices, putting a spark into recipes like Island Gazpacho, which features mango, papaya, chiles and horseradish, and Oven-Roasted Beet and Orange Salad. Intriguing combinations like tamarind, pecan and cherries with chicken, or maple, apple and mango with pork augment the dishes' central elements without overwhelming them. Like any good California chef, he gives suggestions for what to drink with main-dish recipes, and he also provides helpful tips throughout about preparation, presentation and ingredients. Altman includes a few simple classics like pasta carbonara, but despite his goal of making chef-style innovation accessible at home, most of the recipes involve numerous steps and techniques that are more suited to cooks with some experience than to absolute beginners. Altman's gusto is infectious for any reasonably confident cook with a love of putting great ingredients to use in unexpected ways. This is an excellent springboard for experimentation. Color photos not seen by PW. (Apr.)
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Table of Contents:
Acknowledgments.

Introduction.

Joey's No-Blues Pantry.

Cocktail Hour.

Guests at the Door?

Garden Greatness.

Liquid Love .

Noodles And Beyond.

Oceans of Flavor.

Sultry Poultry.

Meat Matters.

All Dressed Up.

Rounding Out the Plate.

Save Room for Dessert.

Menus.

Sources.

Index.

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Simple Mediterranean Cookery

Author: Claudia Roden
The easy-to-follow recipes in Simple Mediterranean Cookery guarantee delicious results every time, with dishes that range from Tunisian Roasted Salad and Spiced Lentil Soup to Lamb Tagine and Chicken with Preserved Lemons and Olives. Sequential color photos and clear instructions make these authentic recipes absolutely foolproof, and with invaluable information on ingredients, equipment, and menu-planning, this is an essential book for beginners and experienced cooks alike.
Library Journal
The latest additions to this attractive series (following Raymond Blanc's Simple French Cookery) are devoted to two of America's favorite cuisines. Hom, well known for his Chinese cookbooks, worked as a chef in Thailand for years, and he provides an excellent guide to Thai cooking. Roden is an authority on the foods of the Mediterranean (as well as of the Middle East), and she offers an eclectic selection of her favorite dishes from that region. Each book opens with an illustrated glossary, and each recipe includes step-by-step technique photographs in color. Despite its popularity, there are relatively few books on Thai food, and Hom's accessible introduction should appeal to many home cooks. And though there are dozens of titles on the cooking of the Mediterranean, larger collections will want to consider Roden's latest book. Copyright 2006 Reed Business Information.

Totally Eggs or Cast Iron Cooking

2008-12-25T05:36:00.000-08:00

Totally Eggs

Author: Helene Siegel
Regardless of their bad press in recent decades, eggs are here to stay. Recipes include all the domestic classics, along with some exotic surprises. There is also a chapter on egg-essential basics such as the perfect pound cake, the supreme souffle, and the zenith in zabaglione. Why not give the "incredible, edible egg" a break and rediscover this low cost, high-protein, low-fat and highly versatile food. 96 pp.

Go to: Kitchenless Cookbook or Old Time Farmhouse Cooking
Cast Iron Cooking: 50 Gourmet-Quality Dishes from Entrees to Desserts

Author: Dwayne Ridgaway
The adage "everything old is new again" is proven to be true once more as evidence of the resurgence in popularity of cooking with cast iron. Celebrity chefs like Emeril, Paula Deen, Rachel Ray, and Alton Brown are touting the virtues and versatility of cast-iron cookware. Now cooking enthusiasts can learn the age-old techniques that have made cast iron cooking a perennial favorite.
Cast Iron Cooking describes attributes of cast-iron pans and how best to use them; provides a review of all shapes, kinds, and brands of iron utensils; and explains what each is best suited for. It includes recipes for easy, healthy, gourmet-quality dishes from entrйes to desserts made in cast-iron pans. A special chapter covers live-fire and charcoal cooking and grilling with cast iron. (Psst! Cast-iron cookware is perfect for outdoor cooking and entertaining.)
Sidebars cover interesting facts about cast iron, such as its history as a chuck-wagon favorite, how to use a Dutch oven with live coals, how to prepare and maintain a natural no-stick surface (a process called "seasoning") on these pans, and more.

Kingsford Complete Grilling Cookbook or Cooking with Heirlooms

2008-12-24T18:54:00.000-08:00

Kingsford Complete Grilling Cookbook

Author: Kingsford Charcoal
The definitive grilling guide from America's original charcoal brand.

Firing up the grill is a rite of summer and an American tradition. Approximately 85 percent of American households grill at least once a month between May and September, and many grill year-round. Perfect to spark the interest of beginners or to get seasoned pros really fired up, this definitive cookbook features a collection of recipes and grilling tips that celebrate and enhance the distinct experience of charcoal cookingâreal fire, real smoke, and great taste. It has great dishes for family barbecues, holiday cookouts, relaxing weekend picnics, and tailgating. Accessible and reader-friendly, it is filled with advice on everything from selecting the right charcoal grill to cooking the perfect steak, and covers grilling basics such as starting the fire, choosing cuts of meat, using the right amount of heat, and experimenting with different cooking methods.

Spiced up with charts, tips, and hints, the book also includes guidance on shopping for the perfect ingredients, caring for equipment, and grilling more efficiently for quick weeknight cookouts. Recipes include beef, chicken, seafood, pork, vegetables, and even desserts. Some surefire favorites require less than ten minutes of grilling time. With straightforward information, color photos, and recipes that are sure to become family favorites, this is the perfect book for every "backyard magicianâs" collection.

Kingsford Charcoal has been a leading manufacturer of charcoal since the 1920s and is the bestselling charcoal brand in America today. More than 70 percent of charcoal users buy the Kingsford brand, and it iswidely used in top restaurants and barbecue contests around the country. Rick Rodgers (East Orange, NJ) is the author of over 25 cookbooks, including the bestselling 101 series. He has been a coauthor, editor, or recipe tester for approximately two dozen additional cookbooks.

New interesting textbook: Yield Management or Understanding Health Insurance
Cooking with Heirlooms: A Collection of Recipes with Heritage-Variety Vegetables and Fruits

Author: Karen Keb Acevedo
Cooking with Heirlooms celebrates America's cooking heritage with a delightful array of recipes featuring heirloom vegetables and fruits. Each season of the year is represented with more than 150 recipes and mouthwatering full-color photographs featuring such favorites as chicken and dumplings, stuffed tomatoes, buttermilk pancakes, and cherry cobbler. From hobby farmers to kitchen gardeners, homesteaders, foodies, and those who cherish food history, Cooking with Heirlooms is for anyone interested in heirlooms or who simply enjoys the art of home cooking and the comfort of good food.

What People Are Saying
David Cavagnaro
"It is rare that we can joyfully serve two important causes with one book, improving our health with wholesome food while helping to preserve valuable agricultural biodiversity."--(David Cavagnaro, horticultural photographer and former manager of the preservation gardens at the Seed Savers Exchange's Heritage Farm)

Jessica Walliser
"A must have for every vegetable gardener interested in preserving a bit of our heritage and getting back to basics. Good home cookin' has never been so easy - or so beautiful!"--(Jessica Walliser, co-author of Grow Organic: Over 250 Tips and Ideas for Growing Flowers, Veggies, Lawns and More and host of Sirius Satellite Radio's The Organic Gardeners)

Jere Gettle
"Amazing recipes combined beautifully with mouth-watering photos make this the best book ever about using traditional crops in the kitchen . . . .A book that we will treasure for years and a sure favorite of gardeners everywhere!"--(Jere Gettle, owner/publisher, Baker Creek Heirloom Seed Co. and The Heirloom Gardener magazine)

Table of Contents:
Table of Contents
I. For the Love of Heirlooms
II. Spring
1. Heirloom Grower: Shady Elm Farm
2. Appetizers & Soups
3. Breads & Breakfast
4. Entrées
5. Salads & Sides
6. Desserts
III. Summer
1. Heirloom Grower: Home Sweet Farm
IV. Fall
V. Winter

Rainbow Green Live Food Cuisine or Dont Try This at Home

2008-12-24T07:13:00.000-08:00

Rainbow Green Live-Food Cuisine

Author: Gabriel Cousens
Medical researchers have found that a high-fat, high-sugar diet, combined with environmental pollutants and stress, can lead to a buildup of toxins in the body collectively known as chronic degenerative disease. Here holistic physician Gabriel Cousens addresses the dangers of foods that have been genetically modified, treated with pesticides, microwaved, and irradiated—and presents an alternative diet of whole, natural, organic, and raw foods that can reverse chronic disease and restore vitality.

Both a guide to natural health and a cookbook, Rainbow Green Live-Food Cuisine features over 250 revolutionary vegan recipes from chefs at the Tree of Life Cafe, from Buttery Butternut Porridge to Raw-violis to Carob Coconut Cream Eclairs. Combining modern research on metabolism, ecological consciousness, and a rainbow of live foods, Dr. Cousens dishes up comprehensive, practical, and delectable solutions to the woes of the Western diet.

New interesting book:
Don't Try This at Home: Culinary Catastrophes from the World's Greatest Chefs

Author: Kimberly Witherspoon
Finally in paperback, the hugely popular anthology in which forty of the world’s greatest chefs, including Anthony Bourdain, Daniel Boulud, and Ferrán Adrià, reveal their worst kitchen disasters.

From Gabrielle Hamilton on hiring a blind line cook to Michel Richard on rescuing a wrecked cake to Eric Ripert on being the clumsiest waiter in the room, these behind-the-scenes accounts are as wildly entertaining as they are revealing. A delicious reminder that even the chefs we most admire aren’t always perfect, Don't Try This at Home is a hilarious must-have for anyone who’s ever burned dinner.

Dessert Express or New Way to Cook

2008-12-23T22:32:00.000-08:00

Dessert Express: 100 Sweet Treats You Can Make in 30 Minutes or Less

Author: Lauren Chattman
Though constantly pressed for time, moms want to bring something homemade to the table—Dessert Express allows them to indulge their family and still get to soccer practice on time. Mother of two and former pastry chef Lauren Chattman is here to save the course most people crave. Molten Chocolate Cherry Cake, Homemade Mallomars, Bourbon Brown Sugar Fudge, and other tantalizing treats are among the 100 from-scratch recipes that just about anyone can prepare in a half hour or less. Her secrets?

Downsize: make only what you need for that moment
Turn Up the Heat: focus on baked goods that do well in hotter ovens
Chill Out: use ice or a freezer to quickly cool down dishes
Think Outside the Oven: make good use of waffle irons, frying pans, and other alternatives
Use Convenient Ingredients, Get Organized, and more

Dessert Express offers 100 deliciously indulgent recipes to satisfy your sweet tooth in 30 minutes or less.

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New Way to Cook

Author: Sally Schneider
Sally Schneider was tired of doing what we all do—separating foods into "good" and "bad," into those we crave but can't have and those we can eat freely but don't especially want—so she created A New Way To Cook.

Her book is nothing short of revolutionary, a redefinition of healthy eating, where no food is taboo, where the pleasure principle is essential to well-being, where the concept of self-denial just doesn't exist.
More than 600 lavishly illustrated recipes result in marvelous, vividly flavored foods. You'll find quintessential American favorites that taste every bit as good as the traditional "full-tilt" versions: macaroni and cheese, rosemary buttermilk biscuits, chocolate malted pudding. You'll find Italian polentas, risottos, focaccias, and pastas, all reinvented without the loss of a single drop of deliciousness. Asian flavors shine through in cold sesame noodles; mussels with lemongrass, ginger, and chiles; and curry-crusted shrimp. Even French food is no longer on the forbidden list, with country-style pâtés and cassoulet.
Hundreds of techniques, radical in their ultimate simplicty, make all the difference in the world: using chestnut puree in place of cream, butter, and pork fat in a duck liver mousse; extending the richness of flavored oils by boiling them with a little broth to dress starchy beans and grains; casserole-roasting baby back ribs to render them of fat, then lacquering them with a pungent maple glaze.
Scores of flavor catalysts—quickly made sauces, rubs, marinades, essences, and vinaigrettes—add instant hits of flavor with little effort.Leek broth dresses pasta; chive oil becomes an instant sauce for broiled salmon; a smoky tea essence imparts a sweet, grilled flavor to steak; balsamic vinegar turns into a luscious dessert sauce.
Variations and improvisations offer infiinite flexibility. Once you learn a basic recipe, it's simple to devise your own version for any part of the meal. "Fried" artichockes with crispy garlic and sage can be an hors d-oeuvre topped with shaved cheeses, part of a composed salad, or as a main course when tossed iwth pasta. It's equally happy on top of pizza or stirred into risotto. And by building dishes from simple elements, turning out complex meals doesn't have to be a complex affair.
A wealth of tips and practical information to make you a more accomplished and self-confident cook: how to rescue ordinary olive oil to give it more flavor, how to make soups creamy without cream, how to freshen less-than-perfect fish.
So here it is, 756 glorious pages of all the deliciousness and joy that food is meant to convey.
Chicago Sun Times
The book has so much solid, practical information-and some truly revolutionary ideas-it deserves attention.
New York Times Book Review
This is the "Silver Palate" for the new generation of sophisticated eaters but unconfident cooks.
Publishers Weekly
Every era must have its cookbook, and the cookbook for the early 21st century has arrived. It is not that the recipes Schneider, a columnist for Food & Wine, has included are particularly or innovative. These are recipes that reflect the way Americans cook and eat today, or perhaps the way we wish we cooked and ate. Schneider sets forth a list of techniques for cooking healthful and tasty food, then presents 600 recipes that follow these guidelines. She includes nutritional information charts at the back of the book. Introductory material to each chapter is comprehensive, e.g., a chapter on beans opens with a guide to buying, soaking and cooking dry legumes and combining beans and grains, then follows up with Chickpea Stew with Saffron and Winter Squash and Fat Beans with Mole. Asian, Italian and other multiculti fare typifies modern American cuisine, which means that Oven-Steamed Whole Fish with Chinese Flavors, Thai Seafood Salad with Lemongrass Dressing, and Salmon Cured with Grappa coexist happily in a chapter on fish and seafood. Often Schneider provides a jumping-off point for variations, as in Open Ravioli with a list of possible fillings and sauces. A chapter on desserts tantalizes with such treats as Rustic Rosemary-Apple Tart. Final chapters on flavor essences, flavored oils, sauces and more, as well as instructions for doing anything from peeling citrus fruit to seasoning a cast-iron pan, round out this impressively substantial effort. (Nov.) Copyright 2001 Cahners Business Information.
Shirley Reis - KLIATT
Move over, Joy of Cooking and Silver Palate-here is a cookbook for the future! Over 600 recipes are included in this highly informative book, which is sure to be read and reread many times by both novice and veteran cooks. Schneider offers a wealth of essential techniques and strategic ingredients in addition to innovative recipes that reflect our global society. Each chapter is organized in a logical progression of simple approaches or techniques, followed by recipes that illustrate them. Many recipes in each chapter can also be made as component parts of dishes that are more complex. For example: Rustic Garlic Toasts may be topped with Slow Roasted Tomatoes. Enhancing dishes by use of various components is a recurring theme in this book. Located in the back of the book is a section of highly comprehensive basic techniques, and there are comparative nutritional analyses of all the recipes in addition to comprehensive menus for every occasion along with additional books and Web sites for further information. Some of the recipes are: Scaloppine Marsala, Pan Smoked Fish, Crispy Saffron Noodle Gratin, Coriander and Orange Scented Scones, Fresh Corn Polenta, Baked Penne With Wild Mushroom Ragu and Ricotta Salata, Curry Crusted Shrimp, Herb Scented Tuscan Pork Roast, Rustic Free Form Fruit Tarts, and many more. Schneider is an award-winning food writer who has been a professional chef. She currently contributes to Food and Wine in addition to NPR. This book is destined to become a classic. KLIATT Codes: SA*-Exceptional book, recommended for senior high school students, advanced students, and adults. 2001, Artisan, 737p. illus. bibliog. index., Ages 15 to adult.
Library Journal
Schneider's motto could be everything in moderation. Her ambitious new cookbook contains over 600 recipes for healthy and delicious eating. Schneider (The Art of Low Calorie Cooking, LJ 9/15/90) eschews dieting dogma and fake foods for a cuisine in which no ingredient is taboo, intense flavors dominate, and preparing food is considered rewarding, not drudgery. A quick look at the recipes Honey-Cured Pork Loin with Peppery Juniper and Fennel Seed Rub, Savory Rosemary Biscotti, and Mussels with Lemongrass, Ginger, and Chilies shows that most dishes rely on high-flavor ingredients for their impact, but Schneider also offers techniques that maximize the judicious use of flavorful fats and sugar. Several recipes are blueprints for improvising new dishes, in keeping with Schneider's desire to encourage creativity in the kitchen. Though she explains basic techniques throughout the book, experienced cooks will best appreciate this collection, which calls upon myriad ingredients and sophisticated flavors. Copyright 2001 Cahners Business Information.

How to Read a French Fry or Remembrance of Things Paris

2008-12-23T11:51:00.000-08:00

How to Read a French Fry: And Other Stories of Intriguing Kitchen Science

Author: Russ Parsons
In a book widely hailed for its entertaining prose and provocative research, the award-winning Los Angeles Times food journalist Russ Parsons examines the science behind ordinary cooking processes. Along the way he dispenses hundreds of tips and the reasons behind them, from why you should always begin cooking beans in cold water, to why you should salt meat before sautéing it, to why it's a waste of time to cook a Vidalia onion. Filled with sharp-witted observations ("Frying has become synonymous with minimum-wage labor, yet hardly anyone will try it at home"), intriguing food trivia (fruit deprived of water just before harvest has superior flavor to fruit that is irrigated up to the last moment ), and recipes (from Oven-Steamed Salmon with Cucumber Salad to Ultimate Strawberry Shortcake), How to Read a French Fry contains all the ingredients you need to become a better cook.
Publishers Weekly
In this unique book, Los Angeles Times food editor Parsons combines complex science (rendered accessible to lay readers), workable cooking techniques, and excellent recipes. Each chapter addresses a specific culinary-scientific process (e.g., deep-frying, the secret post-harvest life of fruits and vegetables), provides a list of rules to follow therein, then offers a range of recipes that use the technique in question. In a chapter titled "From a Pebble to a Pillow," for example, Parsons explains the various ways in which grains, beans and other starches cook. He clears up myths about cooking beans and explains what makes an apple "mealy" (it's the pectin). The chapter ties up with some guidelines for preparing starch-thickened sauces, pasta, etc. Recipes include Smoky Cream of Corn Soup, a flour-thickened concoction, and a Gratin of Sweet Potatoes and Bourbon. The recipes are never gimmicky but are genuinely appealing, for instance Smoked Tuna Salad in Tomatoes and Lavender Fig Tart, and they are evidence of how a handful of techniques can turn out diverse results. Scientific information is handled in a light tone with plenty of examples. With his analyses of frying, roasting, and other processes, Parsons proves that the unexamined dish is far less rewarding than the meal we understand. Copyright 2001 Cahners Business Information.
Library Journal
Award-winning journalist and Los Angeles Times food editor Parsons offers this delightful book that is one part kitchen science, one part cookbook. Ever wonder why onions make people cry, or why some potatoes are better for boiling rather than baking? The author answers these questions and discusses other basic issues like cooking processes (e.g., frying, emulsifying, and roasting). Using the premise that an understanding of the basics enables people to become better cooks, the book uses science to explain process. It then demonstrates with more than 100 recipes, ranging from macaroni and cheese with green onions and ham to apricot-almond clafoutis. While the author's conversational tone simplifies complex scientific processes, it sometimes makes it difficult to glean information; thankfully, each section contains lists of cooking tips and advice for quick reference. Recommended for public and academic libraries. Pauline Baughman, Multnomah Cty. Lib., Portland, OR Copyright 2001 Cahners Business Information.
Booknews
Parsons (the food editor of the ) has written a book that explains in detail the science behind food and its cooking. We learn about such things as gluten, water, and cellulose, what they do and why, and how to make the essential elements work for us in the kitchen. Many recipes are included, which are undoubtedly tasty, though they refer to scientific details we've never bothered to wonder about. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
What People Are Saying
Mark Bittman
Russ Parsons not only unravels some of the intrigue of the kitchen but, in entertainment fashion, shows us why this understanding matters. The great recipes are a bonus and make How to Read a French Fry invaluable.
— (Mark Bittman, New York Times columnist and author of How to Cook Everything)

Paula Wolfert
Mouthwatering recipes, fascinating information and charming commentary.
— (Paula Wolfert, author of Mediterranean Grains and Greens)

Thomas Keller
Russ Parsons knows that the best cooking comes from a genuine understanding of basic techniques, and he illuminates them here with lively writing and smart recipes. This is an unlikely creation: a kitchen-science book that makes you hungry, and it's also a cookbook that teaches, from an authority on food and cooking.
— (Thomas Keller, chef and owner of the French Laundry and author of The French Laundry Cookbook)

Deborah Madison
With passion and enthusiasm, Russ Parsons explains the science behind kitchen common sense, then illustrates it with recipes. His book makes me feel smarter and more in control. As if that's not enough, the recipes are some of the most appealing ever.
— (Deborah Madison, author of Vegetarian Cooking for Everyone)

Interesting book: Inside Delta Force or Guests of the Ayatollah
Remembrance of Things Paris: Sixty Years of Writing from Gourmet

Author: Gourmet Magazin
For sixty years the best food writers have been sending dispatches from Paris to Gourmet. At once unique and universal, these essays by Joseph Wechsberg, Naomi Barry, and Diane Johnson, among others, present tantalizing glimpses of culinary life in the world capital of love and food.
From unforgettable vignettes of resourceful chefs feeding hungry Parisians after World War II to the birth and rise of nouvelle cuisine–it’s all here: the old-time bourgeois dinners, the tastemakers, the hero-chefs, and, of course, Paris in all its charm, arrogance, and splendid refinement.

Table of Contents:
Introduction
Paris in the Twenties 3
After the War 11
Chicken Demi-Deuil 18
Cuisine Parisienne 23
Paris One Step at a Time 33
The Old Flower Market 39
All that Glitters 43
Haute Couture 49
Sold! 59
Bibliotheque du Gourmet 65
A Night at Les Halles 71
Les Halles: A Last Look 78
La Vie Moderne 87
Cold Comfort 93
The President of Pastry 98
Paris's Haute Chocolaterie 101
La Vie en Rose 119
Home Away from Home 125
Bistros 133
Allard 139
Le Bistrot de Paris 144
La Tour d'Argent 151
Prunier 154
Lucas-Carton 159
A Secret Club 167
Maxim's 171
Maxim's 177
When Michelin Comes Knocking 191
La Grande Cuisine Francaise 194
Jacques Maniere's Human Factor 198
Young Chefs of Paris 202
When I Was Green 217
A Memory of Alice B. Toklas 227
Noel a Paris 234
A Little Black Magic 244
An Insincere Cassoulet 246
She Did Not Look Like an Actress to Me 259
The Christening 269
High and Dry 286
Parisian Police 290
A Nose 295
The Seventh Art 298
The Most Intimate Room 302
Grand Masters 313
The New Face of Paris 327
The Three Musketeers 333
It's What's For Dinner 340
Notes on Contributors 343

Cucina del Sole or Swedish Christmas

2008-12-23T02:10:00.000-08:00

Cucina del Sole: A Celebration of Southern Italian Cooking

Author: Nancy Harmon Jenkins
Nancy Harmon Jenkins has lived in Italy for fifteen years and describes this wonderful region from Naples to the toe of Italy that is still unspoiled by tourism with its own rich culinary traditions quite different from Tuscany and Northern Italy. In addition to a wealth of recipes, the book gives capsule portraits of local features: a fish market, an olive oil press, a bakery, a shepherd cheese–maker. Headnotes describe local folklore and traditions and what makes the food of Southern Italy a world on its own. Included are recipes for focaccias, pizzas and savory pies; soups and minestre; sauces for pasta; pasta, beans, rice, and other grains; fish and seafood; meat and poultry; vegetables; salads; and desserts.

Publishers Weekly
In her previous cookbooks, which include Flavors of Tuscanyand Flavors of Puglia, Jenkins distinguished herself with a no-nonsense and informative approach. She employs the same tone in her latest effort, which offers recipes from the regions of Campania, Calabria, Basilicata, Puglia and Sicily. As the author explains, these regions, called the Mezzogiorno, boast a vibrant and varied cuisine. Indeed, the only criticism that might be levied here is that each of the five regions could support a cookbook of its own rather than being lumped into one. Poverty appears to have been the mother of invention in Southern Italy: Jenkins provides several versions of pancotto, basically soup stretched with leftover bread. She also points up the much less frequent use of meat and the prevalence of vegetable stews such as Basilicata's Ciaudedda o Stufato di Verdure with artichokes and fava beans. Jenkins is frank about the difficulty of finding some ingredients in the U.S.: the recipe for Sicily's classic Pasta Colle Sarde acknowledges that its wild fennel is both irreplaceable and hard to track down. A chapter on travel to Southern Italy rounds out this pragmatic volume about an area that Americans are just beginning to explore in large numbers. (Mar.)
Copyright 2007 Reed Business Information
Judith Sutton - Library Journal
Jenkins, author of the impressive Essential Mediterranean, wrote about one region of southern Italy in an earlier title, Flavors of Puglia. Here, she expands her focus to the area known as the Mezzogiorno, which encompasses Campania, Calabria, Basilicata, and Sicily, as well as Puglia. Traditionally one of the poorest parts of Italy, it is enjoying increasing prosperity and the emergence of more affluent eaters. Exploring the traditional and contemporary "foods and foodways" of these five closely related regions, Jenkins provides recipes from home cooks and restaurant chefs alike set in a historical context that stretches from the early Greek voyageurs through Arab occupation to modern times. Her text is highly readable and informative, and many of the recipes will be unfamiliar even to fans of Italian food. Highly recommended.

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Swedish Christmas

Author: Catarina Lundgren Astrom
Swedish Christmas is not just a cookbook but an inspiring book full of Christmas memories, recipes and tips of how to make Christmas enchanting. With its atmospheric photographs and engaging stories, it can be used as the ultimate handbook to a magical Christmas or simply be enjoyed as an armchair book. All the recipes have been adapted to the American kitchen.

Jim Murrays Whiskey Bible or The Hungry Soul

2008-12-22T17:29:00.000-08:00

Jim Murray's Whiskey Bible: The World's Leading Whiskey Guide from the World's Foremost Whiskey Authority

Author: Jim Murray
This established market leader is published well in time for the Christmas whiskey-buying surge and takes account of all the latest developments in the world of the wee dram. What makes this book such a tour de force, however, is the tasting notes on hundreds and hundreds of different brands. The author has traveled around the world checking out whiskey from distilleries as far-flung as Argentina and Thailand, as well as the world-leaders in Scotland, Ireland, the United States and Japan. In terms of whiskey, this is the gospel!

Book about: Setting the Table or Grill Pan Cookbook
The Hungry Soul: Eating and the Perfecting of Our Nature

Author: Leon Kass
The Hungry Soul is a fascinating exploration of the natural and cultural act of eating. Kass brilliantly reveals how the various aspects of this phenomenon, and the customs, rituals, and taboos surrounding it, relate to universal and profound truths about the human animal and its deepest yearnings.
"Kass is a distinguished and graceful writer. . . . It is astonishing to discover how different is our world from that of the animals, even in that which most evidently betrays that we too are animals—our need and desire for food."—Roger Scruton, Times Literary Supplement
"Yum."—Miss Manners
Tikkun - Joseph Epstein
[A]n intellectual feast, soup to nuts.
Times Literary Supplemen - Roger Scruton
Kass is a distinguished and graceful writer and his message and his example are of the first importance. It is astonishing to discover how different is our world from that of the animals, even in that which most evidently beetrays that we are animals—our need and desire for food.

	Dashiell Hammett : "behind in our drinking"	33
	Raymond Chandler : "alcohol was no cure for this"	60
	Mickey Spillane : "can't spell cognac"	86
	Robert B. Parker : "this was no job for a poet"	106
	Lawrence Block : "a wide awake drunk"	130
	"Groomed to this end for years" : the rise of the woman PI	158

	Foreword	vii
I	Provisions	1
II	Utensils	18
III	Fires	28
IV	Dressing and Keeping Game and Fish	36
V	Meat	49
VI	Game	65
VII	Fish and Shellfish	82
VIII	Cured Meats, etc. Eggs	93
IX	Breadstuffs and Cereals	102
X	Vegetables. Soups	121
XI	Beverages and Desserts	135
	Appendix	144

	Introduction	4
	Soups, salads and appetizers	10
	Poultry and meat	28
	Seafood	44
	Vegetarian	58
	Desserts	68
	Glossary	74
	Conversions	76
	Index	78

	Foreword	4
	Introduction	5
	Appetizers & Soups	9
	Meat, Poultry & Fish	27
	Pasta, Grains & Beans	53
	Eggs	77
	Vegetables & Salads	81
	Breads, Pizza & Sandwiches	101
	Desserts	123
	Index	158

	Make it Five	6
	Fruit
	Discovering Fruit	10
	Equipment	12
	Purchasing, Preparing and Cooking	14
	Apples, Pears, Quinces and Medlars	18
	Apple, Pear and Quince Recipes	38
	Stone Fruits	58
	Stone Fruit Recipes	72
	Berries and Currants	92
	Berry and Currant Recipes	112
	Citrus Fruits	134
	Citrus Fruit Recipes	148
	Exotic Fruits	170
	Exotic Fruit Recipes	198
	Melons, Grapes, Figs and Rhubarb	226
	Melon, Grape, Fig and Rhubarb Recipes	240
	Vegetables
	Discovering Vegetables	254
	Equipment	256
	Purchasing, Preparing and Cooking	258
	Onions and Leeks	262
	Onion and Leek Recipes	274
	Shoots and Stems	286
	Shoot and Stem Recipes	298
	Roots	312
	Roots Recipes	332
	Greens	348
	Greens Recipes	366
	Beans, Peas and Seeds	382
	Bean, Pea and Seed Recipes	394
	Squashes	406
	Squash Recipes	418
	Vegetable Fruits	430
	Vegetable Fruit Recipes	446
	Salad Vegetables	460
	Salad Vegetable Recipes	472
	Mushrooms	484
	Mushroom Recipes	492
	Index	504

	Gelato sorbet and ice cream	6
	Italian gelato	8
	Liqueur-flavored gelato	14
	Fruit and spice gelato	22
	Chocolate coffee and nuts	32
	Sorbets and sorbetti	42
	Asian flavors	52
	Index	64

	Introduction
	Paris in the Twenties	3
	After the War	11
	Chicken Demi-Deuil	18
	Cuisine Parisienne	23
	Paris One Step at a Time	33
	The Old Flower Market	39
	All that Glitters	43
	Haute Couture	49
	Sold!	59
	Bibliotheque du Gourmet	65
	A Night at Les Halles	71
	Les Halles: A Last Look	78
	La Vie Moderne	87
	Cold Comfort	93
	The President of Pastry	98
	Paris's Haute Chocolaterie	101
	La Vie en Rose	119
	Home Away from Home	125
	Bistros	133
	Allard	139
	Le Bistrot de Paris	144
	La Tour d'Argent	151
	Prunier	154
	Lucas-Carton	159
	A Secret Club	167
	Maxim's	171
	Maxim's	177
	When Michelin Comes Knocking	191
	La Grande Cuisine Francaise	194
	Jacques Maniere's Human Factor	198
	Young Chefs of Paris	202
	When I Was Green	217
	A Memory of Alice B. Toklas	227
	Noel a Paris	234
	A Little Black Magic	244
	An Insincere Cassoulet	246
	She Did Not Look Like an Actress to Me	259
	The Christening	269
	High and Dry	286
	Parisian Police	290
	A Nose	295
	The Seventh Art	298
	The Most Intimate Room	302
	Grand Masters	313
	The New Face of Paris	327
	The Three Musketeers	333
	It's What's For Dinner	340
	Notes on Contributors	343