Holiday Cooking Book

John Barleycorn or The Virginia Housewife or Methodical Cook

2009-12-06T16:10:00.000-08:00

John Barleycorn

Author: Jack London

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

Upton Sinclair

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

Interesting book: Wayward Contracts or Identities Affiliations and Allegiances

The Virginia Housewife, or Methodical Cook

Author: Mary Randolph

CONTENTS. SOUPS. Page Asparagus soup.....13 Beef soup.....13 Gravy soup.....14 Soup with Bouilli.....15 Veal soup.....15 Oyster soup.....16 Barley soup.....16 Dried pea soup.....17 Green pea soup.....17 Ochra soup.....17 Hare or Rabbit soup.....18 Soup of any kind of old fowl.....18 Catfish soup.....19 Onion soup.....19 To dress turtle.....20 For the soup.....21 Mock turtle soup of calf's head.....22 BEEF Directions for curing beef.....22 To dry beef for summer use.....24 To corn beef in hot weather.....25 Important observations on roasting, boiling, frying, &c......26 Beef a-la-mode.....29 Brisket of beef baked.....29 Beef olives.....29 To stew a rump of beef.....30 A fricando of beef.....30 An excellent method of dressing beef.....31 To collar a flank of beef.....31 To make hunter's beef.....31 A nice little dish of beef.....32 Beef steaks.....32 To hash beef.....33 Beef steak pie.....33 Beef a-la-daube.....33 VEAL. Directions for the pieces in the different quarters of veal.....34 Veal cutlets from the fillet or leg.....34 Veal chops.....35 Veal cutlets.....35 Knuckle of veal.....36 Baked fillet of veal.....36 Scotch collops of veal.....36 Veal olives.....37 Ragout of a breast of veal.....37 Fricando of veal.....37 To make a pie of sweet-breads and oysters.....38 Mock turtle of calf's head.....38 To grill a calf's head.....39 To collar a calf's head.....40 Calf's heart, a nice dish.....40 Calf's feet fricassee.....41 To fry calf's feet.....41 To prepare rennet.....41 To hash a calf's head.....42 To bake a calf's head.....42 To stuff and roast calf's liver.....43 To broil calf's liver.....43 Directions for cleaning calf's head and feet.....43 LAMB. To roast thefore-quarter,&c......44 Baked lamb.....44 Fried lamb.....44 To dress lamb's head and feet.....44 MUTTON. Boiled leg of mutton.....45 Roasted leg of mutton.....46 Baked leg of mutton.....46 Steaks of a leg of mutton.....46 To harrico mutton.....46 Mutton chops.....47 Boiled breast of mutton.....47 Breast of mutton in ragout.....47 To grill a breast of mutton.....47 Boiled shoulder of mutton.....48 Shoulder of mutton with celery sauce.....48 Roasted loin of mutton.....48 PORK. To cure bacon.....48 To make souse.....50 To roast a pig.....51 To barbecue shote.....51 To roast a fore-quarter of shote.....52 To make shote cutlets.....52 To corn shote.....52 Shote's head.....53 Leg of pork with pease pudding.....53 Stewed chine.....53 To toast a ham.....54 To stuff a ham.....54 Soused feet in ragout.....54 To make sausages.....54 To make black puddings.....54 A sea pie.....55 To make paste for the pie.....55 Bologna sausages.....55 FISH. To cure herrings.....56 To bake sturgeon.....57 To make sturgeon cutlets.....57 Sturgeon steaks.....57 To boil sturgeon.....58 To bake a shad.....58 To boil a shad.....58 To roast a shad.....59 To broil a shad.....59 To boil rock fish....59 To fry perch.....60 To pickle oysters.....60 To make a curry of catfish.....60 To dress a cod's head and and shoulders.....61 To make sauce for the cod's head.....61 To dress a salt cod.....62 Matelote of any kind of firm fish.....62 Chowder, a sea dish.....63 To pickle sturgeon.....63 To caveach fish.....64 To dress cod fish.....64 Cod fish pie.....64 To dress any kind of salted fish.....65 To fricassee cod sounds and and tongues.....65 An excellent way to dress fish.....66 Fish a-la-daub.....66 Fish in jelly.....66 To make egg saucefor a salt cod.....67 To dress cod sounds.....67 To stew carp.....67 To boil eels.....68 To pitchcock eels.....68 To broil eels.....68 To scollop oysters.....68 To fry oysters.....69 To make oyster loaves.....69 POULTRY, &C. To roast a goose.....69 To make sauce for a goose.....70 To boil ducks with onion sauce.....70 To make onion sauce.....70 To roast ducks.....70 To boil a turkey with oyster sauce.....71 To make sauce for a turkey.....72 To roast a turkey.....72 To make sauce for a turkey.....72 To boil fowls.....73 To make white sauce for fowls.....73 Fricassee of small chickens.....74 To roast large fowls.....74 To make egg sauce.....74 To boil young chickens.....75 To roast young chickens.....75 Fried chickens.....75 To roast woodcocks or snipes.....76 To roast wild ducks or teal.....76 To boil pigeons.....76 To roast pigeons.....77 To roast partridges or any small birds.....77 To boil rabbits.....77 To roast rabbits.....78 To stew wild ducks.....78 To dress ducks with juice of oranges.....79 To dress ducks with onions.....79 To roast a calf's head.....79 To make a dish of curry after the East Indian manner.....80 Dish of rice to be served up with the curry, in a dish by itself.....80 Ochra and tomatos.....81 Gumbo- a West India dish.....81 Pepperpot.....81 Spanish method of dressing giblets.....82 Paste for meat dumplins.....82 To make an ollo- a Spanish dish.....83 Ropa vieja- Spanish.....83 Chicken pudding, a favourite Virginia dish.....83 To make pol enta.....84 Macaroni.....84 Mock macaroni.....84 To make croquets.....85 To make vermicelli.....85 Common patties.....85 Eggs in croquets.....86 Omelette souffle.....86 Fondus..... 86 A nice twelve o'clock luncheon.....87 Eggsa-la-creme..... Sauce a-la-creme for the eggs.....87 Cabbage a-la-creme.....88 To make an omelette.....88 Omelette- another way.....88 Gaspacho- Spanish.....89 Eggs and tomatos.....89 To fricassee eggs.....89 SAUCES. Fish sauce to keep a year.....90 Sauce for wild fowl.....90 Sauce for boiled rabbits.....90 Gravy.....90 Forcemeat balls.....91 Sauce for boiled ducks or rabbits.....91 Lobster sauce.....92 Shrimp sauce.....92 Oyster sauce for fish.....92 Celery sauce.....92 Mushroom sauce.....93 Common sauce.....93 To melt butter.....93 Caper sauce.....94 Oyster catsup.....94 Celery vinegar.....95 VEGETABLES. To dress salad.....95 To boil potatos.....96 To fry sliced potatos.....97 Potatos mashed.....98 Potatos mashed with onions.....98 To roast potatos.....98 To roast potatos under meat.....98 Potato balls.....99 Jerusalem artichokes.....99 Cabbage.....99 Savoys.....100 Sprouts and young greens.....100 Asparagus.....100 Sea-kale.....101 To scollop tomatos.....101 To stew tomatos.....101 Cauliflower.....101 Red beet roots.....102 Parsnips.....102 Carrots.....103 Turnips.....103 To mash turnips.....103 Turnip tops.....103 French beans.....104 Artichokes.....104 Brocoli.....105 Peas.....105 Puree of turnips.....105 Ragout of turnips.....106 Ragout of French beans, snaps, string beans.....106 Mazagan beans.....106 Lima, or sugar beans.....107 Turnip rooted cabbage.....107 Egg plant.....108 Potato pumpkin.....108 Sweet potato.....108 Sweet potatos stewed.....109 Sweet potatos broiled.....109 Spinach.....109 Sorrel.....109 Cabbage pudding.....110 Squash or cimlin.....110 Winter squash.....110 Field peas.....111 Cabbage with onions.....111 Salsify.....111 Stewed salsify.....111 Stewed mushrooms.....112 Broiled mushrooms.....112 To boil rice.....112 Rice journey, or johnny cake.....113 PUDDINGS, &C. Observations on puddings and cakes.....113 Rice milk for a dessert.....115 To make puff paste.....115 To make mince-meat for pies.....115 To make jelly from feet.....116 A sweet-meat pudding.....117 To make an orange pudding.....117 An apple custard.....118 Boiled loaf.....118 Transparent pudding.....118 Flummery.....119 Burnt custard.....119 An English plum pudding.....119 Marrow pudding.....120 Sippet pudding.....120 Sweet potato pudding.....120 An arrow root pudding.....121 Sago pudding.....121 Puff pudding.....121 Rice pudding.....121 Plum pudding.....122 Almond pudding.....122 Quire of paper pancakes.....123 A curd pudding.....123 Lemon pudding.....123 Bread pudding.....124 The Henrietta pudding.....124 Tansey pudding.....124 Cherry pudding.....125 Apple pie.....125 Baked apple pudding.....125 A nice boiled pudding.....125 An excellent and cheap dessert dish.....126 Sliced apple pudding.....126 Baked Indian meal pudding.....126 Boiled Indian meal pudding.....127 Pumpkin pudding.....127 Fayette pudding.....127 Maccaroni pudding.....127 Potato paste.....128 Compote of apples.....128 Charlotte.....128 Apple fritters.....129 Bell fritters.....129 Bread fritters.....130 Spanish fritters.....130 To make mush.....130 CAKES. Jumbals.....130 Macaroone.....131 To make drop biscuit.....131 Tavern biscuit.....131 Rusk.....131 Ginger bread.....132 Plebeian ginger bread.....132 Sugar ginger bread.....132 Dough nuts- a yankee cake.....133 Risen cake.....133 Pound cake.....133 Savoy, or spunge cake.....134 A rich fruit cake.....134 Naples biscuit.....135 Shrewsbury cakes.....135 Little plum cakes.....135 Soda cakes.....136 To make bread.....136 To make nice biscuit.....137 Rice bread.....137 Mixed bread.....137 Patent yeast.....137 To prepare the cakes.....138 Another method for making yeast.....138 Nice buns.....138 Muffins.....139 French rolls.....139 Crumpets.....139 Apoquiniminc cakes.....139 Batter cakes.....140 Batter bread.....140 Cream cakes.....140 Soufle biscuits.....140 Corn meal bread.....141 Sweet potato buns.....141 Rice woffles.....141 Velvet cakes.....141 Chocolate cakes.....141 Wafers.....142 Buckwheat cakes.....142 Observations on ice creams.....142 Ice creams.....143 Vanilla cream.....143 Raspberry cream.....143 Strawberry cream.....144 Cocoa nut cream.....144 Chocolate cream.....144 Oyster cream.....144 Iced jelly.....144 Peach cream.....144 Coffee cream.....145 Quince cream.....145 Citron cream.....145 Almond cream.....146 Lemon cream.....146 Lemonade iced.....146 To make custard.....146 To make a trifle.....147 Rice blanc mange.....147 Floating island.....147 Syllabub148 COLD CREAMS. Lemon cream.....148 Orange cream.....148 Raspberry cream.....148 Tea cream.....149 Sago cream.....149 Barley cream.....149 Gooseberry fool.....149 To make slip.....150 Curds and cream.....150 Blanc mange.....150 To make a hen's nest.....151 Pheasants a-la-daub.....151 Partridges a-la-daub.....152 Chickens a-la-daub.....152 To make savoury jelly.....152 Turkey a-la-daub.....153 Salmagundi.....153 Anexce

Cocina Deliciosa or Perfect One Dish Meals

2009-12-05T12:28:00.000-08:00

Cocina Deliciosa: En Un Dos Por Tres

Author: Digest Editors Readers

Quick & Delicous is a lusciously illustrated cookbook with nearly 500 mouthwatering recipes, appetizers to desserts, quick suppers to party fare that take 15 to 45 minutes to prepare, from start to finish. Jampacked with over 300 color photographs.

New interesting book: Irrational Exuberance or Microsoft Excel Data Analysis and Business Modeling

Perfect One-Dish Meals: 50 Tastes for Old-Fashioned Comfort Food

Author: Dwayne Ridgaway

Think one-dish-meals can't be healthy and interesting? Think again. Unlike the uninspiring, heavy, and calorific one-dish meals and casseroles of the past, this book offers appetizing and attractive make-ahead meal and appetizer ideas that appeal to today's cooks, who are interested in lighter, healthier fare.

It is the perfect book for busy singles and couples who need make-ahead family meals, as well as for people who love to entertain but don't want to be tied to the kitchen the day of the party. In fact, make-ahead party food is a staple of professional caterers.

Here, you'll find recipes for delicious appetizers and salads; soups, stews, chilis, and chowders; pot pies and shepherd's pies; traditional casseroles; Mexican, Asian, Italian, and Greek specialties; and more. The emphasis is on fresh ingredients and healthy meals that are easy to make ahead and reheat, refrigerator-to-oven, freezer-to-oven or -microwave, or grill. Author Dwayne Ridgaway also talks about the importance of presentation.

Botanical Medicines or Wine Communism Volcanoes a Story of CHI

2009-12-04T08:47:00.000-08:00

Botanical Medicines: The Desk Reference for Major Herbal Supplements

Author: Dennis J McKenna

This informative book provides up-to-date information on thirty-four of the most popular dietary supplements used in North America and Europe. Each entry includes the supplement's history and its traditional uses, botanical information, therapeutic applications, the results of studies, and more. The book also discusses recommended dosage, safety profiles, side effects, contraindications, drug interactions, safety recommendations during pregnancy and lactation, and other special precautions that users should - and may not - be aware of.

What People Are Saying

Ethan Russo
A VALUABLE TEXT AND REFERENCE SOURCE. . . . The information is accurate and up to date, including extensive bibliographies for each agent. This book will be recognized as a standard work in the field and a valuable addition to the libraries of interested physicians, naturopaths, scientists, herbal healers, and students of those disciplines.
— Neurologist/Medicinal Plant Researcher; and author of, Handbook of Psychotropic Herbs

Andrew Weil
A detailed guide to the most common herbal supplements. AN EXCELLENT RESOURCE for serious students, informed consumers, and health care professionals.
— Author of , Spontaneous Healing, Eight Weeks to Optimum Health, and Eating Well for Optimum Health

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Wine Communism Volcanoes a Story of CHI

Author: Walker Elliott Row

Drive beyond the dusty provincial towns and the Chilean landscape is carpeted with ¼ million acres of grapes that ripen perfectly in bright sunlight, warm days, and cool evenings. Labor, land, and grape prices are low so these wineries can make high quality wines at a fraction of the cost of those located in California, Australia, or Europe. Consequently you can buy excellent Chilean wines at a low cost.

"Wine, Communism, and Volcanoes" is a travelogue and memoir of the three months that the author, Walker Elliott Rowe, spent working the harvest at VIA Wines in San Rafael, Chile. Mr. Rowe takes the reader inside an industrial-sized winery and explains to the reader how wine is made on a large scale. Beyond the winery, the author weaves a narrative of the Chilean people and culture introducing the reader to many people both inside and outside the wine business.

The towering Andes Mountains are not the only item looming over the horizon in Chile. This progressive country, where the sentiment for socialism is strong, is still dealing with the ghosts of the former military dictator. Mr. Rowe explains the irony that the dictator left behind a strong system of capitalism that leaves most people working yet many of them poor.

Best Bites Recipes or Profitable Menu Planning

2009-12-03T05:06:00.000-08:00

Best Bites Recipes

Author: Staff of Seretean Wellness Center

Just released by the OSU Seretean Wellness Center, Best Bites Recipes is a compilation of over 15 years of cooking experience. This hardback book contains a variety of heart healthy recipes without losing any of the flavor. Sprinkled throughout the cookbook are cooking tips and OSU facts. For example, did you know orange and black are OSUs colors because the first athletic teams were called the Tigers after the Princeton Tigers? Did you know that OSU is the home of 47 NCAA championships plus one national championship in women's equestrian?

Heart healthy and flavorful recipes include:

Black Bean, Corn, and Pepper Salsa
Mediterranean Chicken with Lemons, Olives and Potatoes
Marinated Pork Tenderloin
Spinach Salad with Mandarin Oranges and Poppy Seed Dressing
Butternut Squash with Apple Cream
Santa Fe Breakfast Casserole
Cherry Chocolate Biscotti
Lemon Orange Spice Cake

Interesting book: Legal Guide to Web and Software Development or IBM DB2 Version 9 New Features

Profitable Menu Planning

Author: John A Drysdal

Profitable Menu Planning, Third Edition is the most up-to-date, comprehensive book on menu planning available. It covers every operation needed to properly design and develop menus, including determining who your customers are and how to market the menu to them; available kitchen equipment; recipe costs; how to make a profit; and how to figure selling prices. Menu analysis, nutrition, printing the menu (including desktop publishing), menu accuracy, and all the different types of menus are also discussed.

"Must" reading for students as well as industry professionals, this edition includes:

Software for menu analysis, recipe costing, and selling price
How to market to your customer
Utilizing existing equipment to expand and enhance your menu
How to analyze your menu for maximum profitability
How to properly price your menu for maximum sales and profit
Marketing nutrition to today's health-conscious customer
Laws and regulations governing today's menus
Menu design and layout
Actual menus from across the country used as illustrations
Includes menus from quick-service operations, family restaurants, theme and ethnic restaurants, cafeterias, buffets, banquet menus and cycle menus

Booknews

A guide for students, managers, and owners in the food service industry. Considers researching the type of customer and restaurant, financial matters, nutrition, legal aspects, layout and printing, and a range of specialized menus from fast foods to banquets. Also discusses the menu as a management tool. First published in 1994 and here significantly revised in both content and layout. The 3.5<"> disk requires Windows and Excel and contains programs to cost meals. Includes a glossary of foreign words without pronunciation. No bibliography. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

	Preface
	About the Software
1	Know Your Customer	1
2	Know Your Restaurant	27
3	Costs	49
4	Pricing the Menu	79
5	Menu Analysis	101
6	Nutrition	117
7	Menu Content	141
8	Writing the Menu	173
9	Menu Layout and Printing	195
10	Quick Service Menus	235
11	Family Style Restaurant Menus	247
12	Theme, Ethnic and Fine Dining Menus	287
13	Banquet/Show Menus	311
14	Buffets	353
15	Cafeteria and Cycle Menus	367
16	The Menu as a Management Tool	383
App. A	Descriptive Wording for Menus	391
App. B	Nutritional Labeling Laws	395
App. C	Foreign Wording for Menus	403
	Index	407

Rebecca Langs Southern Cooking for a New Generation or The Wedding Shower Book

2009-12-02T01:24:00.000-08:00

Rebecca Lang's Southern Cooking for a New Generation

Author: Rebecca D Lang

Thanks to Rebecca Lang's Southern Entertaining for a New Generation, you no longer have to be raised in the South to entertain your guests with the hospitality of a Southerner. Designed for her own generation's needs, this creative book on entertaining is packed with tips and hints for easier cooking as well as time lines to simplify the process of entertaining. In short, it's about how to host parties with less stress while serving food as good as your grandmother used to make. Unlike most books on entertaining, the chapters are organized by the time of day in which a party is scheduled -- morning, noon, midafternoon, and evening. The recipes are easy enough for novice cooks, and the time lines help you make sure all the food is ready -- and you are ready for your guests -- at the appropriate time. Each step is listed by the exact time it should be done, right down to when to run the dish-washer. The chapters all contain four party themes, each including recipes, serving suggestions, time lines, and grocery lists. There are even wine pairing suggestions where appropriate. One of the most helpful features is alternative serving suggestions for younger cooks who might not yet have all the serving pieces they need to host a party. "There is no reason not to host a party because you don't have enough china," Rebecca Lang insists. "You can still have a great time by using some of the fun, creative suggestions in this book."

	Acknowledgments	ix
	Introduction	xi
	Entertaining Made Easy	3
	Extras and Essentials	9
	Basic Styles of Serving	13
	Entertaining for a Good Cause	15
	Wine Basics	17
	How to Be a Great Guest/Host	21
	Morning
	Brunch for a Bunch	27
	Miss Tom's Basic Biscuits	31
	Charleston Shrimp and Creamy Grits	32
	Balsamic Strawberries	34
	Southern Mimosas	35
	Down-Home Breakfast	37
	Sweet Balsamic Bacon	41
	Scrambled Eggs with Cream	42
	Tom's Waffles	43
	Toasted Pecan Cinnamon Honey	44
	Fruit Fantasy	45
	Breakfast Smoothies	49
	Very Blueberry Muffins	50
	Banana-White Chocolate Muffins	51
	Raspberry Butter	52
	Peach Butter	53
	Sweet Sweet Breakfast	55
	Bourbon Walnut Coffee Cake	59
	Strawberry Stuffed French Toast	60
	White Wine Poached Pears	61
	Rich Hot Chocolate	62
	Noon
	High Noon	65
	Smashed Creamy Potatoes	69
	Herb-Crusted Racks of Lamb	70
	Baby Spinach with Tomatoes and Onions	71
	Red Velvet Cake	72
	A Crowd for Sunday Dinner	73
	Sa's Macaroni and Cheese	77
	Mom's Squash Casserole	78
	Fried Chicken	79
	Green Beans with Lemon	80
	Apricot Puffs	81
	Soup, Salad, and Sandwiches	83
	Cream of Roasted Tomato Soup	87
	Anything Goes Cobb Salad	88
	Pulled Chicken Salad Sandwiches	89
	Mamie's Sugar Cookies	90
	Fresh Southerner's Luncheon	91
	Fried Green Tomatoes with Goat Cheese and Bacon	95
	Creamed Spinach	96
	Cumberland Island Crab Cakes	97
	Homemade Limeade	98
	Very Berry Tart	99
	Midafternoon
	Afternoon Tea	103
	Mini Cucumber Sandwiches	107
	Herbed Egg Salad Lettuce Rolls	108
	Key Lime Tartlets	109
	Buttermilk Panna Cotta	110
	Tailgating at Home	111
	Bacon Deviled Eggs	115
	Cool Pumpkin Squares	116
	Georgia Pimiento Cheese	117
	Pickled Cucumbers and Vidalias	118
	Boiled Peanuts	119
	Cocktails on the Porch	121
	Vodka Coolers	125
	Mojitos	126
	Mango Margaritas	127
	Bellinis	128
	Sweet and Spicy Peanut Brittle	129
	Fiery Toasted Cashews	130
	Picnic at Dusk	131
	Cheese Tortellini and Sun-Dried Tomato Salad	135
	Herb-Roasted Asparagus	136
	Spinach Salad with Toasted Pecans	137
	Balsamic Vinaigrette	138
	Black-and-White Chocolate Mint Brownies	139
	Evening
	Seafood Supper Club	143
	Pecan Smoked Trout Spread	147
	Spicy Catfish Sandwiches	148
	Zesty Mayonnaise	149
	Old-Fashioned Potato Salad	150
	Pineapple and Orange Ambrosia	151
	Hors d'Oeuvres for All	153
	Tangy Pickled Shrimp	157
	Tomato and Kalamata Bruschetta	158
	Seared Beef Tenderloin with Creamy Horseradish Sauce	159
	Cheddar Cheese Straws	160
	Gather for Grilling	161
	Red Potato Salad with Thyme Vinaigrette	165
	Summer Grilled Vegetables	166
	Rosemary Mustard Pork Tenderloin	167
	Citrus Delight Ice Cream	168
	Dessert Party	169
	Banana Pudding	173
	Tom's 1-2-3-4 Cake	174
	Tom's Caramel Icing	175
	Chocolate Fondue with Strawberries	176
	Meringue Kisses	177
	Helpful Conversions	179
	Southern Substitutions	181
	Guide to the Recipes and Sources for the Ingredients	183
	Index	185

Interesting book: Hitler and the Final Solution or Kremlin Rising

The Wedding Shower Book

Author: Janet Anastasio

Giving a special wedding shower that's fun and memorable takes planning. Inside you'll find all the practical help you need, including creative suggestions for invitations, favors, and decorations you can make yourself. You'll also find recipes for special treats, innovative theme party ideas, and helpful suggestions to make the shower enjoyable for everyone. Open up and begin planning a great party!

John Schreiners Okanagan Wine Tour Guide or Fundamentals of Meal Management

2009-11-30T21:43:00.000-08:00

John Schreiner's Okanagan Wine Tour Guide

Author: John Schreiner

Explore British Columbia's world famous wine region with wine expert John Schreiner.

The lush Okanagan Valley is internationally acclaimed for its wine industry. Updated and revised with 30 percent new material, John Schreiner's Okanagan Wine Tour Guide provides succinct, insider profiles of each winery.

Included are thumbnail sketches of proprietors, winemakers, and well-known wineries as well as many new ones. Schreiner peppers the book with fascinating facts acquired through his winery visits: Crowsnest Vineyards offers a red wine from the improbably named Samtrot grape; Hunting Hawk Vineyards has a second winery at the historic O'Keefe Ranch in Vernon, British Columbia; and Two Thumbs Up was the name of the Okanagan's first $100-a-bottle Meritage wine.

Schreiner guides the wine tourist to the best wines by sharing his own favorites from the region. Maps, addresses, telephone numbers and website addresses round out this valuable tour guide.

Fundamentals of Meal Management

Author: Margaret McWilliams

Fundamentals of Meal Management has been revised in its 5^th edition to incorporate the influences of contemporary lifestyle and world politics on meal management in restaurants, institutions, and the home. It fully addresses the challenge in meal management, which is to prepare foods that meet our physical and psychological needs while also helping to achieve and maintain a healthy weight. Focused around increasingly important safety and health concerns about the food supply and nutrition in the United States, it provides an in-depth study of this broad-based management challenge. Updated information in this edition includes: extensive examination of the causes of food-borne illness and ways to help assure food safety, Food Insights to add interesting information about today’s food supply, manners in the cultural milieu, kitchen planning and organization, current dietary recommendations and requirements, and much more. For anyone preparing meals for home or business settings.

Delaware Valley Birthday Party Handbook or Cocina Del Mundo

2009-11-29T18:02:00.000-08:00

Delaware Valley Birthday Party Handbook

Author: Jeanne Maillet

Help is finally here for busy parents stuck with the sometimes daunting task of planning junior's next birthday celebration. Rather than canvassing the neighborhood for ideas or copying what the folds across the street did, parents can now turn to The Delaware Valley Birthday Party Handbook: Hundreds of Cool Places to Have a Party and People to Hire (Clowns, Magicians & More) for Parties at Home or Away.

From afternoon tea at a swanky downtown hotel to disco bowling in the suburbs, The Delaware Valley Birthday Party Handbook is jam-packed with names, phone numbers, web sites, prices and more fro hundreds of places that will host children's birthday parties. Part two of the book includes the same stats on people and companies that will come to readers' houses or other locations, whether they're looking for a face painter, psychic, magician or moon bounce.

Designed for busy parents with children fo all ages, from one-year-olds to teen, The Delaware Valley Birthday Party Handbook puts 208 pages of local party resources at parents' fingertips. From the tried and true to the more outrageous (limo rides, kayaking and karaoke!), there is an option to fit every child. The book not only offers basic facts, such as prices and age ranges, but is also a gold mine for ideas, giving parents access to hundreds of party suggestions, from fishing parties to rock climbing events at gyms or in readers' backyards.

About the Author:
Jeanne Boyle Maillet currently lives in Swarthmore, Pennsylvania with her husband, three sons & their bunny, Elvis. Over the course of her nine-year career as a Mom, Ms. Maillet has hosted 15 children's birthday parties at home and away.

Ms. Maillet graduated from Catholic University in Washington, DC Phi Beta Kappa, Summa Cum Laude & also attended Boston University in Boston, Massachusetts.

Main Line Life - Betsy Gilliland

With her newly published guidebook, Maillet has taken much of the legwork out of planning a child's birthday party.

Daily Times - Maurice Boyer

The annual quest to stage the best, coolest, most fun kids' birthday party is now made easier thanks to a detailed guide written by Jeanne Boyle Maillet.

News of Delaware County - Lois Puglionesi

All the informaiton a parent could want—names, addresses, phone numbers, age appropriateness, cost and availability, as well as a brief description of each activity.

Wilmington News Journal

Jam-packed with names, phone numbers, Web sites, prices and more...

Book about: The Experience of Alzheimers Disease or Natural Sex Boosters

Cocina Del Mundo: Roma: Foods of the World: Rome, Spanish-Language Edition

Author: Chuck Williams

Eating well is one of the great pleasures of Roman life, from the morning's caffe e cornetto to the evening's lusty saltimbocca alla Romana. This lavishly photographed guide highlights the fresh flavors of this glorious city. Readers glimpse the full spectrum of Rome's culinary delights, including charming pizzerias, superb specialty shops, lively produce markets, and elegant restaurants. 45 recipes demonstrate the simple eloquence of the city's flavors.

Whisky and Scotland or Feast and Folly

2009-11-28T14:21:00.000-08:00

Whisky and Scotland: A Practical and Spiritual Survey

Author: Neil M Gunn

Good malt whisky, brewed and distilled in the time-honored way excites the same appreciation as fine wine. This witty, erudite, and often lyrical toast to the Celts' "water of life" shares the fascinating history and lore surrounding the art of whisky distilling. The book travels back to whiskey's ancient roots among the Celts and laments the passing of rituals that were handed down until Scotland's conquerors transformed the drink made in a man's home into a public affair ripe for taxation and regulation. Describing in loving detail the process of malting, distilling, and maturing, the author explains how to recognize a good pot still from a patent blend.

Go to: Mortal Evidence or The Second Plane September 11

Feast and Folly

Author: Allen S S Weiss

Treats French cuisine as a fine art, offering both historical background as well as a deep analysis of the social, political, and aesthetic aspects of cuisine and taste. BACKCOVER: What would it mean to speak of cuisine as a fine art? Combining an analysis of French cuisine with cutting-edge postmodernist critique, Feast and Folly provides , on the one hand, a fascinating history of French gastronomy and cuisine over the past two centuries, as well as considerable detail regarding the preparation of some of the colossal meals described in the book. It offers a deep analysis of the social, political, and aesthetic aspects of cuisine and taste, exploring the conceptual preconditions, the discursive limits, and the poetics and rhetorical forms of the modern culinary imagination. Allen S. Weiss analyzes the structural preconditions of considering cuisine as a fine art, connects the diverse discursive conditions that give meaning to the notion of cuisine as artwork, and investigates the most extreme psychological and metaphysical condition of the aesthetic domain-the sublime-in relation to gastronomy.

Author Biography: Allen S. Weiss teaches in the Departments of Performance Studies and Cinema Studies at New York University. He is the author and editor of over twenty-five books, including The Aesthetics of Excess and Perverse Desire and the Ambiguous Icon, both published by SUNY Press, and (with Lawrence R. Schehr) French Food: On the Table, On the Page, and in French Culture.

Take Control of Your Kitchen or House of Mondavi

2009-02-23T16:07:00.000-08:00

Take Control of Your Kitchen!: A Guide to Organizing Your Cooking Routines

Author: Collette M Rogers

"A kitchen organizing guide to make cooking both easy and enjoyable. Has kitchen layouts and more importantly explains the process of arranging an existing kitchen to get optimal use. Walks the novice and expert cook through a process of making meal-planning and cooking an easier task.

How to turn a kitchen into a place where it is easy to make meals people dream of cooking. Assists the novice to expert in setting up a kitchen to make it fun in which to cook. With step-by-step, simple approaches it helps organize a kitchen for easy use."

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House of Mondavi: The Rise and Fall of an American Wine Dynasty

Author: Julia Flynn Siler

The New York Times bestseller, now in paperback: a scandal-plagued story of the immigrant family that built—and then lost—a global wine empire Set in California's lush Napa Valley and spanning four generations of a talented and visionary family, The House of Mondavi is a tale of genius, sibling rivalry, and betrayal. From 1906, when Italian immigrant Cesare Mondavi passed through Ellis Island, to the Robert Mondavi Corp.'s twenty-first-century battle over a billion-dollar fortune, award-winning journalist Julia Flynn Siler brings to life both the place and the people in this riveting family drama. A meticulously reported narrative based on more than five hundred hours of interviews, The House of Mondavi is a modern classic.

Barrons

Based on exhaustive research and interviews, each page is packed with facts and footnotes which, by dint of superb writing, manage to engage the reader and avoid the data brain-lock that would have plagued a less-talented journalist.

Eric Asimov

Call it Greek tragedy or Shakespearean drama, Biblical strife, Freudian acting out, or even soap opera. . . . Compelling. (Eric Asimov, The New York Times)

Wine Spectator - James Laube

Explores the Mondavis' bumpy journey in grand and fascinating detail. . . . Fluid and well-written.

BusinessWeek

A fascinating chronicle . . . a twisted tale filled with big egos, beautiful backdrops, and charismatic-yet-flawed characters who pull off towering feats and then throw them all away.

U.S. News & World Report

Epic

Seattle Post–Intelligencer

A first-rate job of creating a balanced view of this epic A merican drama. . . . T he book reads like a novel and her crisp style makes the book compelling regardless of whether the reader has an interest in wine. . . . It's a great summer read but it also belongs on the reference shelf of any wine library.

NPR Day to Day

A riveting story that is part soap opera, part Shakespearean family drama.

Rogovs Guide to Israeli Wines 2005 or A Paradiso Year

2009-02-22T12:25:00.000-08:00

Rogov's Guide to Israeli Wines, 2005

Author: Daniel Rogov

Over the past two decades, the wine producers of Israel have raised their standards to world-class levels. With over 120 wineries now producing thousands of wines annually, Israeli wines have made their way onto the world wine scene. Rogov's Guide to Israeli Wines is the only comprehensive guide to the exciting new and growing phenomenon of Israeli wines.

In a convenient pocket sized format, Rogov's Guide to Israeli Wines will be published annually. The 2005 Guide reviews and rates in detail all available wines from Israel, through the 2003 vintage.

A Paradiso Year: Spring and Summer Cooking

Author: Denis Cotter

An Irish cookbook representing Spring and Summer recipes.

Cocina Marroqui or Latina Lite Cooking

2009-02-21T08:43:00.000-08:00

Cocina Marroqui

Author: Ana Maria Perez Martinez

From Morocco’s savory light dishes—stuffed pancakes, fennel and olive salad, and sweet tomato jam—to a celebration of its haute cuisine, here are all the tastes and scents of Moroccan cooking. Spicy kebabs, rich vegetarian and meat tagines, perfect couscous, and rosewater-infused desserts are just a few of the recipes inside. Each one explains special techniques with color photographs of finished dishes. Ingredients integral to each meal are featured in special expanded focus sections, and cultural classics, such as Moroccan mint tea service and the spicy tradition of chorizo sausage, delve into the intricacies of regional cuisine.

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Latina Lite Cooking: 200 Delicious Lowfat Recipes form All Over the Americas

Author: Maria Dolores Beatriz

Entertaining, practical, and informative, Latina Lite Cooking provides 200 recipes for low-fat yet delicious fare from the cuisines of Mexico, Puerto Rico, Cuba, Spain, and all of Latin America, plus the author's state-of-the-art weight reduction plan and her unique message of self-empowerment.

Food in the Ancient World or Southern Kitchens and Dining Spaces

2009-02-20T05:02:00.000-08:00

Food in the Ancient World

Author: John M Wilkins

In Food in the Ancient World, a respected classicist and a practising world-class chef explore a millennium of eating and drinking.

• Explores a millennium of food consumption, from c.750 BC to 200 AD.

• Shows the pivotal role food had in a world where it was linked with morality and the social order.

• Concerns people from all walks of life – impoverished citizens subsisting on cereals to the meat-eating elites.

• Describes religious sacrifices, ancient dinner parties and drinking bouts, as well as exotic foods and recipes.

• Considers the role of food in ancient literature from Homer to Juvenal and Petronius.

Southern Kitchens and Dining Spaces: Design, Inspiration, and Hospitality from the American South

Author: Alicia K Clavell

Gracious living, southern style

A home is more than a compilation of beautifully designed spaces; it is a place to entertain and share our lives with family and friends. Nowhere is this mindset more evident than in the kitchens and dining spaces of today's American south, where the culture of the table and the social aspect of design are key requirements to southern living. Graciousness is a quality that has special meaning in the south, and Southern Kitchens & Dining Spaces showcases the region's well-known hospitality in page after page of kitchen and dining room designs from the most sought-after designers and architects. Style sidebars, including entertaining ideas, decorating tips, storage/organizing solutions, and accessory ideas are interspersed through the text to show readers how to bring southern style into every aspect of their lives.

A Pike in the Basement or Green Tea

2009-02-19T01:20:00.000-08:00

A Pike in the Basement

Author: Simon Loftus

"Simon Loftus is a man with a sense of adventure and a nose for the good things in life. In A Pike in the Basement he combines a love of food and travel with beguiling style and takes us on a voyage of discovery round some of the world's lesser-known culinary delights. He understands the importance of the right food in the right place at the right time, and the evocative power of tastes and smells to the traveller." Each of these sixteen traveller's tales ends with a recipe - fried eggs, bacon, boiled potatoes and salad, Devilled Spuds, Frozen Oranges and of course, Pike Quenelles - and wine suggestions to go with them.

Publishers Weekly

From frozen oranges in Asia Minor to catfish in Tennessee, Loftus is bent on one thing (and ready to travel extensively to find it): enjoyment and ambience in dining. The author ( Anatomy of the Wine Trade ) on his favorite omelet, pinned down in the ``deserted countryside'' of France: ``The ingredients were well combined: fresh eggs, good butter and the pleasure of the harvest, with the sweet smell of new hay drifting across from the other side of that tiny valley.'' Bursting with a desire to describe and evaluate everything he sees and tastes on four continents, and amply endowed to do so, the writer (who is an English publican) is such a food snob that he sneers at French truffles as pretentious and inferior, placed beside the ``white truffle of Piedmont,'' and even ventures the ``heretical'' view that ``I seldom think homemade bread is as good as that from a decent professional.'' This opinionated posture is so up-front, however, that readers won't mind. Brief and enticing recipes, with recommended wines, sing off each chapter. Illustrated. (Nov.)

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Green Tea: Health Benefits and Applications, Vol. 106

Author: Yukihiko Hara

A comprehensive overview of the inherent properties, chemical and biochemical functions, actions for lowering the risks of cardiovascular and infectious diseases and cancers, and underlying mechanisms of tea polyphenols. It reveals the bioantimutagenic potency of epigallocatechin gallate (EGCg) found in green tea.

Food Trade Review

...timely and comprehensive.

Australian Journal of Nutrition and Dietetics - Publisher

...the first detailed treatise on tea's history and production. "Coverage of the subject matter is excellent.

Doody Review Services

Reviewer: Zhaoming Xu, BSc, MSc, PhD (University of British Columbia)
Description: This book provides an overview on a broad range of topics related to green tea with a focus on the chemical and biochemical functions and potential health benefits of tea polyphenols.
Purpose: It deals primarily with the health benefits of tea polyphenols, in particular tea catechins.
Audience: It seems that this book is aimed at those individuals who are interested in knowing more about the health benefit of green tea.
Features: This book begins with an introduction of the history of tea followed by information on the health benefits of green tea. This includes the antioxidant, antibacterial, antiviral and anticarcinogenic activities of polyphenols, and cancer prevention and lipid lowering effects of green tea. It is interesting that this book also devotes one chapter to the practical and industrial applications of polyphenols and related commercial products. An overview on the production, processing, consumption, and trading of Japanese tea and recent trends in the Japanese tea industry are provided in the last chapter under the title of Tea in Japan.
Assessment: This book provides a comprehensive, but brief, survey on the health benefits of green tea. It is interesting reading material for tea drinkers and potential consumers as it provides sufficient information showing potential health benefits associated with green tea. Some of the information may be a bit overwhelming for those less advanced consumers. At the same time, researchers will likely find that the value of this book as a reference is limited.

Booknews

Twenty scientific papers trace the results of studies conducted over the past two decades by Hara, now a vice president of Tokyo Food Techno Co. Ltd., and other researchers. The book deals primarily with the health benefits of tea polyphenols<-->in particular, tea catechins, which are the major component of fresh tea leaves and the element that gives green tea its pungency. Papers review the biosynthesis and fermentation processes in green and black teas, analyze effective methods for extracting tea polyphenols, and investigate the cancer-fighting and other beneficial properties of tea. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Rating

3 Stars from Doody

Pattis Pearls or Eating Out in Europe

2009-02-17T21:39:00.000-08:00

Patti's Pearls: Gem's from a Traveling Cook

Author: Patti Griffin

Have you ever wanted to branch out and cook something spectacular? Author Patti Griffin has developed recipes from all over the world that are impressive yet simple. In Patti's Pearls she explains each recipe carefully so that even the most timid cook can prepare the dish with confidence.

Griffin traveled all over Europe and much of the United States as an Air Force Reserve officer. During these worldwide assignments, she was fortunate enough to try cuisines from different cultures. These adventures inspired Griffin to develop her own recipes that reflect the wonderful tastes of the world. Her eclectic recipes come from exotic locales such as Korea, Greece, Belgium, Italy, Morocco, and even from the kitchens of her mother and grandmother. She also provides personal anecdotes with each recipe that explain the origin and background of the dish.

Throughout her travels Griffin discovered that many recipes have one thing in common—passion. Every culture has a zeal of its own that brings uniqueness to the cuisine. Griffin has skillfully captured that passion and shares it in Patti's Pearls!

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Eating Out in Europe: Picnics, Gourmet Dining and Snacks Since the Late Eighteenth Century

Author: Marc Jacobs

Europeans are eating out in unprecedented numbers-in cafés, pubs, brasseries, and restaurants. But what if we open up this concept of "eating out" to include any eating that takes place outside the home? What cultural shifts can we see through time? What does this tell us about pre-industrial, industrial, and post-industrial societies?

Eating Out in Europe addresses such questions as it examines changes in eating patterns. Case studies include the evolution of the pub, the rise of the fast food industry in Britain, picnicking in nineteenth-century France, snack culture in the Netherlands, industrial canteens in Germany, the rise of restaurants in Norway, and countryside traditions in Hungary. Fully comprehensive and illustrated, the contributors draw on examples throughout Europe from the late eighteenth century to the present day.

The Simple Soups Deck or John Barleycorn

2009-02-16T17:58:00.000-08:00

The Simple Soups Deck

Author: Maryana Vollstedt

The easy, inspiring recipes in this deck focus on everyone's favorite comfort food—soup. From a hot and hearty Oven Beef Beer Stew to a healthy Carrot Vichyssoise—there's a recipe here for every occasion.

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John Barleycorn

Author: Jack London

Upton Sinclair

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

Cocktails or More Seasonal Cooking

2009-02-15T14:16:00.000-08:00

Cocktails: Over 200 Classic and Modern Cocktail Recipes

Author: Hamlyn Staff

What's your pleasure? Step up to bar and mix it up yourself! Whether you're looking for a cocktail to get the party hopping (try blue champagne), something exotic and tropical to enjoy on a hot day (like a luscious piña colada), or a cool classic (give a Mexican Martini a shot), these are the most perfect rum, gin, vodka, and tequila drinks ever. Crave something creamy? Have a rich Silk Stocking: it contains a succulent combination of chocolate, tequila, white Crème de Cacao, single cream, grenadine, and ice. Shake it and strain it into a chilled glass. Take the "Orange Blossom" special: it's quite a tasty trip, thanks to the blend of gin, sweet vermouth, and fresh juice. Of course, there are also a variety of daiquiris (plain, banana, apricot, coconut, strawberry, melon, and frozen pineapple), fruity zombies, punches and fizzers, and margaritas. You'll learn all about the basic equipment you need to prepare these treats (blender, shaker, and glass), the importance of ice, and how to make sugar syrup to sweeten your concoction. Delicious-looking color photos will tempt you, and there are lots of fun facts about the history of these drinks, too!

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More Seasonal Cooking

Author: Claire Macdonald

A collection of some of Claire Macdonald's favourite recipes in a month-by-month selection. Recipes include asparagus timbales and pheasant, cumin and apricot soup, ragout of lamb with lemon and saffron, monkfish baked with lime, and a range of Kinloch Lodge puddings.

365 Fish or The Wild Olive

2009-02-12T06:45:00.000-08:00

365 Fish

Author: Antal Vida

From rainbow trout to houting and European hake to the New Zealand longfin eel: 365 fish from around the world are represented here, each with a brief informative text and uniquely detailed color drawing. An indispensible companion for every culinary enthusiast.

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The Wild Olive

Author: Basil King

Illustrated by Lucius Hitchcock.

Absolut Sequel with CD ROM or Youngs

2009-02-09T16:14:00.000-08:00

Absolut Sequel with CD-ROM

Author: Richard Lewis

Absolut Sequel is the eagerly anticipated follow-up to the New York Times bestseller, Absolut Book. This companion volume provides a definitive illustrated history of the last ten years of one of the most successful ad campaigns in history. Since Absolut Book's release, the Absolut advertising campaign has broadened its scope from movies to websites and gone global with its international reach. The clever ads found in Absolut Sequel are organized into themes including Cities, Artists, Writers, Album Covers, Collectors, Movies, and the Internet.
This is the ultimate collection of the last ten years of Absolut ads, many never before seen, including controversial advertising created, but never used in print. Absolut Sequel is sure to make readers fall in love with the ads, and the vodka, all over again. As Goran Lundquist, president of Absolut, says about the Absolut sensation, "the consumers drink the ads as much as they drink the vodka."

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Youngs: A Celebration of Fish

Author: Joy Skipper
An introduction to Young's Recipes, this book is divided into seasonal chapters, relating to when the fish is at its best or the dish would most likely be eaten. Each recipe includes a short introduction and a "fishy" tip, and serving and alternative ingredient suggestions. The book includes articles on using and enjoying seafood, statistics about fish, information on the ocean environment, information about health and much more.

A Mouthful of the Denver Blues and Bones Festival or El Mundo de Las Puros

2009-02-08T12:32:00.000-08:00

A Mouthful of the Denver Blues and Bones Festival: The Official Cookbook of the Denver Blues & Bones

Author: Amy Krakow
Begun in 1997, the Denver Blues Festival was an immediate hit as people rushed to Denver's Golden Triangle Neighborhood to hear blues greats perform their musical magic. After two successful years, the search was on for a companion to this smokin' event ... and what could be tastier than a first class, rib lickin', tastebud ticklin' barbecue competition?
Hence, the Official Denver Barbecue Championship was born. Since 1999, restaurants, caterers, grill professionals, and avid backyard enthusiasts have vied for cash prizes and esteem as Denver's Best Barbecue. With the release of this exciting new cookbook, 'que aficionados can now bring some of the festival's unique cooking back to own kitchens.
This red hot way cool celebration of the blues for people with a taste for barbecue is beautifully commemorated by this lighthearted cookbook. Deliciously representing the unique identity of this zesty urban tradition, barbecue lovers will delight in the spicy recipes for main dishes, side dishes, slaw, desserts and more. In addition, there are anecdotes and folk tales from the festival archives, plenty of photographs and lots of fun filled facts.
About the Author:
Amy Krakow's THE TOTAL TATTOO BOOK has been in print for eight years and is largest selling book on tattoos. A festival promoter, as well as an author, she lives with her family in New York City.

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El Mundo de Las Puros

Author: Aurelio Pastor
Selección de los mejores cigarros hechos a mano. Un recorrido de puros por marca, por país y por sabor. Cada uno tiene detalles de hechura y de venta.
English Translation: Brand by brand, country by country, cigar by cigar, a compendium. Fully illustrated with detailed intelligent text.

Hueys Best Ever Barbecue Recipes or Microgreens

2009-02-07T08:50:00.000-08:00

Huey's Best Ever Barbecue Recipes

Author: Iain Hewitson
A top Australian celebrity chef offers 100 tasty barbeque recipes, with lots of tips on the side, in this saucy volume. Recipes for everything from burgers to kangaroo kebab are included along with plenty of vegetarian options. Offering a multicultural approach to barbeque, steps for making chutneys, marinades, and diverse sauces are featured.

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Microgreens

Author: Eric Franks
MICROGREENS
A Guide to Growing
Nutrient-Packed Greens
DUBBED A CULINARY BUZZWORD by National Public Radio, microgreens-vegetables harvested soon after sprouting-are expected to be one of 2009's hottest food trends.
With simple instruction, Microgreens teaches how to plant, grow, and harvest microgreens from one's own garden. The small amount of space needed to grow microgreens-a porch, patio, deck, or balcony will do-allows anyone to easily incorporate them into their daily meals, and the greens' nutritional potency make them a must-eat in a healthy diet.
INCLUDES THESE MICROGREENS:
Amaranth
Arugula
Basil
Beet
Broccoli
Celery
Chard
Cilantro
Cress
Endive
Mustard
Pac Choi
Pea
Purple Cabbage
Radish
Tokyo Bekana
Using microgreens is one of the latest trends in salad making. (National Public Radio)
Harvest time averages between two and three weeks after sowing.
Recipes from chefs in the Big Sur area showcase how microgreens can be used.
Online marketing and promotions.
Print and web advertising campaign.
National broadcast and print publicity.
Co-op available.
Eric Franks and Jasmine Richardson reside in Big Sur, California, where they own Microcosm Microgreens.

Refrigeration Systems and Applications or Rick Steins Fruits of the Sea

2009-02-06T05:07:00.000-08:00

Refrigeration Systems and Applications

Author: Ibrahim Dincer
Refrigeration is extensively used in a variety of thermal engineering applications ranging from the cooling of electronic devices to food cooling processes. Its wide-ranging implications and applications mean that this industry plays a key role in national and international economies, and it continues to be an area of active research and development. Providing comprehensive coverage of refrigeration systems and applications, this is a valuable reference source for people in academia and industry who are interested in refrigeration systems and applications, and methods of analysing the heat transfer which occurs during these applications. In addition, it addresses real life technical and operational problems, enabling researchers and practitioners to gain an understanding of the fundamental principles and the practical applications of refrigeration technology. Recent developments in the field are included - many of which are taken from the author's own research activities in the area.

Presents recent developments in the field such as exergy analysis, environmental impact, new models, correlations and charts
Addresses real life technical and operational problems
Provides coverage of heat transfer analysis techniques, with several illustrative examples and study problems
Includes valuable food refrigeration data and comprehensive references
Essential reading for research scientists, mechanical engineers and practitioners working in industrial refirgeration and cooling and food technology.

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Rick Stein's Fruits of the Sea

Author: Rick Stein
A collection of over 150 recipes based on fish flavours from around the world. They include spicy dishes, fish salads and desserts.

Eat Up or Larder Chef

2009-02-05T01:25:00.000-08:00

Eat Up

Author: Mark Hix
This text contains nursery food recipes that adults can enjoy too. Focusing specifically on "comfort food", the book explores ways to get kids to enjoy a diverse, nutritious diet and examines why adults love those nursery favourites. Mark Hix brings all his experience to help parents create that rare phenomenon - the child who will happily eat food which is not camouflaged by a crispy coating. He believes children should be introduced to a variety of foods and natural flavours at an early age, getting away from the culture of separate meals for children as soon as possible. "Eat Up" is his solution: a range of simple and delicious nursery food recipes that can be easily adapted to make dishes adults can enjoy too.

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Larder Chef: Food Preparation and Presentation

Author: M J Leto
The Larder Chef reflects the changing attitude to food and its preparation in recent years. While still retaining its practical approach, it recognizes current trends and fashions in food presentation and service style.
A number of new illustrations have been added to the book for greater clarity. National Diploma students, apprentice chefs and catering students will find this manual particularly useful.

Table of Contents:
1 The larder chef 1
2 Starters 19
3 Salads, salad dressing and cold sauces 61
4 Fish, shellfish and crustaceans 95
5 Poultry and game 122
6 Butchery 140
7 Forcemeats, garnishes and seasonings 188
8 The buffet chef 225
9 The cheeses 270
10 Larder administration 281

Great Canadian Beer Guide or Great Prawn Cookbook

2009-02-03T21:43:00.000-08:00

Great Canadian Beer Guide

Author: Stephen Beaumont
Covering over 163 breweries in Canada, Beaumont provides basic information such as address, phone and fax numbers and web sites, a short history of the business, and tasting notes on over 800 different beers. Each beer across the country is rated using Beaumont's four star system.

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Great Prawn Cookbook

Author: Whitecap Books Staff

Delicious prawn dishes take pride of place on restaurant menus but are often ignored for everyday home meals. Perhaps it is because casual cooks fear this chic shellfish as too tricky to handle. Now it's time to turn the tables! Even a novice cook can confidently prepare prawns in memorable meals for all occasions-from stylish to family. The recipes range from the uncomplicated Potted Prawns to the more innovative Linguine with Prawns and Scallops in Toasted Tomato Sauce. There are even recipes for those who like their seafood hot and spicy. Also included is an introductory section designed to assist cooks select, store and prepare prawns successfully for eye-catching and enticing results.

Delicious Tropical Fruits or La Carte

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

Delicious Tropical Fruits

Author: Liliana Villegas
This is the first cooking book published by Villegas Editores. It is, just like its protagonists, an exquisite and sweet culinary sample taken from some of the most illustrious tropical children: fruits. Diverse and succulent, fruits do not only enrich a vast and delightful recipe book rich in flavours, vitamins and minerals, but also embody a diverse arsenal of medical benefits, unknown to the regular consumer. The pages of "Delicious Tropical Fruits" include a detailed history on the origin and the practical uses of each fruit, from avocado to zapote. In addition, they introduce the reader to an exquisite array of easy and delicious recipes created around these natural gifts, which are cultivated across the Colombian territory, where the versatile weather diversity offers a wide range of textures, flavours and shapes to suit every taste. Written by Liliana Villegas, the book is not only a delight for taste but also an invitation to know a long and sweet tradition that is part of Colombia’s culinary history. Furthermore, through time, this tradition has delighted, more and more, the most demanding palates of the world with its immensity of colours, scents and flavours.

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La Carte

Author: Maria Villegas
Employing a minimalist approach, Colombian chef María Villegas makes use of fresh, top-quality ingredients that are widely available. The recipes are quick and easy to prepare and provide a wide variety of dishes with exotic flavors that appeal to the contemporary cook, whether amateur or professional.

De tendencia minimalista, las 76 recetas presentadas logran conciliar los requisitos de calidad, frescura y disponibilidad de los ingredientes con la rapidez de la preparación, la variedad de la presentación y el exotismo del sabor que el individuo contemporáneo. Cada exquisitas recetas está acompañado de trucos y recomendaciones básicas para facilitar la preparación y asegurar el resultado.

De tendencia minimalista, las 76 recetas presentadas logran conciliar los requisitos de calidad, frescura y disponibilidad de los ingredientes con la rapidez de la preparación, la variedad de la presentación y el exotismo del sabor que el individuo contemporáneo. Cada exquisitas recetas está acompañado de trucos y recomendaciones básicas para facilitar la preparación y asegurar el resultado.

Slow Cooking or Colorados Finest Small Town Restaurants and Their Recipes

2009-02-01T14:19:00.000-08:00

Slow Cooking: Not So Fast Food

Author: Joanne Glynn

Slow down and savor the flavor.

Slow Cooking is the culinary equivalent of stopping to smell the roses. During the week, most people choose quick meals, but the weekend should be celebrated and enjoyed with a complete change of pace.

This cookbook provides just the right recipes for savoring more leisurely times.

Accompanied by vibrant photographs, it includes traditional favorites, such as Osso Buco and Coq au Vin, as well as modern dishes, such as Prawn Bisque; Vegetable Terrine with Herb Sauce; and Lamb Shanks with Tomato, Chile and Honey.

Chapters include:

Starting Well

On the Stove

In the Oven

Perfect Sides

A Happy Ending

Slow Cooking's delicious recipes help cooks revel in the enjoyment of cooking without rushing.

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Colorado's Finest Small-Town Restaurants and Their Recipes

Author: Gruber
From the Pine Creek Cookhouse in Ashcroft to the The Silverado Restaurant at the Lake Shore Lodge in Estes Park, Colorado's Finest Small-Town Restaurants and Their Recipes is for the wandering gastronome in each of us. Replete with a variety of restaurant options and their selected best recipes, this is the only guidebook of its kind to provide detailed listings of the best small-town restaurants the Centennial State has to offer. For anyone who travels through Colorado, whether for business or pleasure, this guidebook will take the guesswork out of where to eat while on the road.
Restaurant selections are based on quality and variety, from intimate homestyle eateries to the best resort restaurants. Each review includes information on food, service, and ambiance, as well as a history of the building and the restaurant and brief biographical information on the owners, chefs, and managers. A section on nutrition and special requests rounds out each entry. Finally, each restaurant has contributed a recipe from its menu, along with a wine recommendation for the reader to try out at home.
More than a travel guide, this is a unique and valuable addition to anyone's cookbook collection, with rare, previously unpublished recipes from the master chefs at almost all of the restaurants. Colorado's Finest Small-Town Restaurants and Their Recipes is a book for people who love to dine out, people who love to cook, and people who just love to eat!

Cooking the French Way or Cooking the Mexican Way

2009-01-31T10:37:00.000-08:00

Cooking the French Way

Author: Lynne Marie Walde
An introduction to the cooking of France, featuring basic recipes for everyday breakfast, lunch, and dinner dishes. Also includes typical menus and a brief description of the special features of a French table setting.
School Library Journal
Gr 5-8-These three titles are, for the most part, worthy successors to the originals. (Cooking the East African Way was originally called Cooking the African Way [Lerner, 1988].) Each well-organized and well-written book now has a greater emphasis on low-fat and vegetarian recipes. An introductory section contains information on the culture, geography, food, holidays, and festivals of the country or region. This is followed by safety tips; glossaries of cooking utensils, terms, and special ingredients; healthy and low-fat cooking tips; and a metric conversion chart. A short discussion on eating customs is followed by sample menus complete with shopping lists. The clearly written recipes that follow are organized by type of meal. Brief introductory notes, suggestions for substitute ingredients, and cooking tips are included in many of the recipes. Preparation time and serving size are indicated. The books are visually appealing with many full-page, full-color photographs (frequently adjacent to the recipes they refer to). A couple of minor quibbles are the lack of pronunciation guides (present in the previous editions) and the lack of a nutritional breakdown for each recipe. Carole L. Albyn and Lois S. Webb's The Multicultural Cookbook for Students (Oryx, 1993) would be a good companion to any of these volumes. Fran Osseo-Asare's A Good Soup Attracts Chairs (Pelican, 1993; o.p.) introduces West African cuisine. These new titles will be useful for cultural and heritage school projects as well as fun reads for intermediate cooks.-Janice Greenberg, formerly at Brooklyn Public Library, NY Copyright 2001 Cahners Business Information.

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Cooking the Mexican Way

Author: Rosa Coronado
Introduces fundamentals of Mexican cooking, including special ingredients and cooking utensils. Also provides recipes for suggested dishes.
Susan Smith <%ISBN%>0822541173 - VOYA
First published in the 1980s, this title is part of the revised and expanded series, Easy Ethnic Menu Cookbooks, containing recipes from different countries. The most noticeable change is in the design and format of the books. They are taller and better laid out, with more pictures and more pages, and feature extra white space and less crowding and clutter on each page. Newly added is information on holidays and festivals, healthy and lowfat cooking tips, and recipes for holiday and festival food. The color and quality of the photographs are improved greatly, and most recipes are illustrated in a full-page photograph. Mexican Way is typical, beginning with an introduction that includes information on land and people, Mexican heritage, holidays and festivals, and Mexican markets. Next are sections for the cook, including cooking terms, special ingredients used in Mexican cooking, and Mexican menus. Nineteen recipes are collected under the headings of breakfast, dinner, supper, snacks, and holidays and festivals. Most are recognizable, such as tacos, refried beans, or Mexican rice, and two, turkey mole and three kings bread, are new to this edition. The steps involved in cooking each dish are straightforward and could be followed easily by teens, but the recipe for fried pastry or bunelos includes no hints or cautions about frying in hot oil. This series, which includes books on Italian, Chinese, Spanish, and French cooking among others, is recommended for most collections. More extensive and in-depth than single volume works such as Passport on a Plate (Simon & Schuster, 1997), the set is essential for projects involving cooking food from other countries. Glossary. Index. Illus. Photos.Maps. VOYA CODES: 4Q 2P M J (Better than most, marred only by occasional lapses; For the YA with a special interest in the subject; Middle School, defined as grades 6 to 8; Junior High, defined as grades 7 to 9). 2002, Lerner, 72p. PLB
School Library Journal
Gr 5-8-These three titles are, for the most part, worthy successors to the originals. (Cooking the East African Way was originally called Cooking the African Way [Lerner, 1988].) Each well-organized and well-written book now has a greater emphasis on low-fat and vegetarian recipes. An introductory section contains information on the culture, geography, food, holidays, and festivals of the country or region. This is followed by safety tips; glossaries of cooking utensils, terms, and special ingredients; healthy and low-fat cooking tips; and a metric conversion chart. A short discussion on eating customs is followed by sample menus complete with shopping lists. The clearly written recipes that follow are organized by type of meal. Brief introductory notes, suggestions for substitute ingredients, and cooking tips are included in many of the recipes. Preparation time and serving size are indicated. The books are visually appealing with many full-page, full-color photographs (frequently adjacent to the recipes they refer to). A couple of minor quibbles are the lack of pronunciation guides (present in the previous editions) and the lack of a nutritional breakdown for each recipe. Carole L. Albyn and Lois S. Webb's The Multicultural Cookbook for Students (Oryx, 1993) would be a good companion to any of these volumes. Fran Osseo-Asare's A Good Soup Attracts Chairs (Pelican, 1993; o.p.) introduces West African cuisine. These new titles will be useful for cultural and heritage school projects as well as fun reads for intermediate cooks.-Janice Greenberg, formerly at Brooklyn Public Library, NY Copyright 2001 Cahners Business Information.

Poker with the Girls or Pecan Lovers Cook Book

2009-01-30T06:55:00.000-08:00

Poker with the Girls: How to Deal the Perfect Poker Party

Author: Pamela K Brodowsky
WHAT HAPPENS IN YOUR LIVING ROOM STAYS IN YOUR LIVING ROOM!
Perk up your next get-together with the hottest trend in women's entertainment-Poker Night.
Poker with the Girls provides you with a complete crash course in all the hottest poker games, from hold'em and draw poker to stud games, plus quirky variations like "The Queen and What Follows," "Acey Deucey," and "Mexican Sweat." Plus, you'll get tons of creative ideas for making your poker party unforgettable (for all the right reasons), with tips on:
• Poker cocktails-from Appletinis to Zombies
• Poker foods-from nachos and dips to down-home Texas barbeque
• Poker gear-from cards and chips to coasters and swizzle sticks
• Poker decorations-to transform your place into a swinging poker pad
• Poker music to set the scene
• Poker movies to watch between hands
Packed with fun quizzes, informative sidebars, and online resources to keep you playing long after the party's over, Poker with the Girls is the ultimate guide to a fun and fabulous night your friends will never forget!

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Pecan Lovers' Cook Book

Author: Mark Blazek
Recipes for people who love pecans. Includes pecan divinity, deviled pecans, apple-pecan ice cream, pecan pralines, pecan brownies, spicy pecan muffins, pumpkin-pecan pie, pecan puffs, fancy pecan torte, and many more!

My Favorite Recipes or Way We Ate

2009-01-28T14:56:00.000-08:00

My Favorite Recipes

Author: Helen J Moncrief
After over 50 years of marriage, raising two children and Retirement I finally found time to gather my favorite recipes. More than 150 lavishly recipes result in marvelous, vividly favored foods. The idea started when I decided to compile recipes for my daughters for their Christmas presents. Many of their friends and family loved the recipe book, so I decided to have it published.
In these pages you'll find quick meals but, if you have the itch to cook something from scratch, there are recipes for that, too. The recipes reflect my style of life, which is tightly interwoven into the context of my family life as well as countless gathering with friends.
My mother was a great cook! "Mama" worked all week, therefore, she would cook enough food on the weekend for the entire week. By Sunday afternoon, a galaxy of divine flavors-Fried chicken, hearty main dishes, potato salad, collard or turnips greens, slivers of red peppers, black-eye peas and the freshness of garlic floating throughout the house. This was coupled with the aroma of freshly baked buttery rolls, blackberry, peach or cherry cobbler and luscious sweet-potato pie.
Some of the recipes were gathered from many corners of America. Many kinds of soups, appetizers, beverages, breads, cakes, desserts, fish, steak, pork chops, and tacos. All kind of pies, salads and vegetables. Quickly made sauces, barbecue chicken and ribs, and marinades add instant hits of flavor with little effort. ENJOY!

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Way We Ate: Pacific Northwest Cooking, 1843-1900

Author: Jacqueline B Williams
Probing diaries, letters, business journals, and newspapers for morsels of information, food historian Jackie Williams here follows pioneers from the earliest years of settlement in the Northwest to the time when railroads brought Pacific Northwest cooks the latest ingredients and implements. Like she did in her earlier acclaimed volume, Wagon Wheel Kitchens: Food on the Oregon Trail, Williams sheds important new light on a little-understood aspect of our past.

Another 250 Best Muffin Recipes or The Kitchenary Dictionary and Philosophy of Italian Cooking

2009-01-27T11:15:00.000-08:00

Another 250 Best Muffin Recipes

Author: Esther Brody

Biting into a still warm muffin from the oven, is one of life's simple pleasures! In Esther Brody's first book, The 250 Best Muffin Recipes, she offered up a wealth of recipes that were quick, nutritious, easy to make and most importantly incredibly delicious. Now for all of those people who enjoyed Esther's first set of tantalizing recipes, we bring Another 250 Best Muffin Recipes.

Start your day with a 'Blueberry Breakfast Gem' or have a wonderfully satisfying meal on the run with a 'Meal in a Minute Muffin.' With more than 250 muffin recipes to choose from, Another 250 Best Muffin Recipes offers up a myriad of choices and options. There are recipes created for the microwave like 'Refrigerator Micro-Bran Muffins' and the 'Specially For Kids' chapter is designed for and with children in mind. Not only can kids make these recipes themselves with a little help from mom and dad, but each recipe is sure to appeal. 'Banana Split,' 'Candy Apple' and 'Pizza' muffins are sure to be a hit whether in a lunch box or at the next birthday party. Perfect for busy households, the 'Mix-A-Mix' chapter enables you to prepare batter in advance which can be refrigerated, and then popped into the oven at a later date. Sometimes we all crave something decadent. 'Chocolate Lover's Delight' and 'Fudgey Nut' muffins will certainly satisfy the craving for something sumptuous.

As a delicious alternative to muffins, there are recipes for 'Buffins,' 'Cuffins' and 'Puffins.' What are they you ask? According to Esther: a little bit of biscuit, a little bit of cupcake, a little bit of muffin but a whole lot of delicious! Try these delightful variations of themuffin: 'Banana Nut Cuffins,' 'Chocolate Cream Cheese Cuffins' and 'Potato Cheese Cuffins.'

A perfect addition to anyone's baking library, Another 250 Best Muffin Recipes offers tips and techniques for baking the perfect muffin. Recipe variations, as well as all the information you will ever need to make the perfect muffin is here! You may ask why Another 250 Best Muffin Recipes? The answer: simply because more great recipes are needed for something that everybody loves!

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Choosing which muffin to make first will be a dilemma.
Diane Hodges
Brody's new book of simple pleasures, showcasing even more versatility of muffin making.
Cookbook Digest
Brody's new book of simple pleasures, showcasing even more versatility of muffin making.
Internet Book Watch
Popularly known as "The Muffin Lady", Esther Brody has selected more than 250 of her most original homemade muffin mixes that are delicious, nutritious, and as much fun to make as they are great to eat in Another 250 Best Muffin Recipes. From Currant Nut Whole-Wheat Muffins, Apple Honey Muffins, Peanut Orange Breakfast Puffins, and Fruit Muffin Buns, to Ham and Cheddar Muffins, Blueberry Bran Yogurt Muffins, Banana Crumble Muffins, and Creamy Pumpkin Nut Muffins, Another 250 Best Muffin Recipes offers a welcome variety of tastes and is a "must" for the kitchen cookbook collection for all muffin fans. This superbly presented cookbook is enhanced throughout with muffin-baking tips and techniques and features 8 pages of full-color muffin photography.

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The Kitchenary Dictionary and Philosophy of Italian Cooking: Il Cucinario Dizionario e Filosofia Della Cucina Italiana

Author: Brook Nestor
The Kitchenary is a unique combination of Italian cooking terms and attitudes regarding cuisine presented in Italian and English. University Italian instructor Brook Nestor brings 18 years of insight to the impassioned cook, traveler and language buff. Discover little-known facts about staples in the Italian diet: was pasta imported from China? Learn language subtleties like the difference between salami and salumi or tavola and tavolo. Want to be a welcome guest? Find out how to eat, speak and act at an Italian table.
Italians have a great sense of pride regarding their culinary history, particularly for their regional dishes. However, their traditions are being threatened by modern industry and the encroachment of corporate interests in th

EveryWomans Canning Book or Haute Cuisine

2009-01-26T07:33:00.000-08:00

EveryWoman's Canning Book

Author: Mary Catherine Hughes
The start of the First World War focused society's attention on the limits of the public food supply and the need for food conservation to support the war-effort. Housewives of all classes, even those with little or no agricultural experience, were called upon to start Victory Gardens and with this call came the question of how to preserve these garden products for use throughout the year. In response, the art of canning and preserving once again came into vogue. To aid housewives with no prior experience in this area, Mary Catherine Hughes published this 1918 work, which provides clear instructions and recipes for canning and preserving using the simplified cold-pack method.

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Haute Cuisine

Author: Brandon Bowman William
Haute Cuisine was realized ultimately to showcase legendary cooking of the past 40 years. There's no l950s franchise food here, rather you'll find the care, thought, planning and talent that culminate in a cuisine specific to a place, a time and a people. I extend my great thanks and gratitude to so many friends who have submitted recipes from among their very finest and whose food I have enjoyed for a good portion of my life. Along with that cuisine, AIDS Project of the Ozarks has chosen very deliberately to illustrate Haute Cuisine with art of the very highest caliber. And like a bride's necessities of "something old, something new, something borrowed and something blue," the art has been selected from among the finest artists now living and working in Springfield or whose origins are here. That art reflects several artists of my generation but more importantly, the art reflects work by the next generation whose successes continue to inspire, dazzle and amaze.

Sopas or Simple Italian Cookery

2009-01-25T03:51:00.000-08:00

Sopas (Cocina tendencias Series)

Author: Joan Barris Sabates
A new concept in cookbooks, this series is designed for those who want to replicate at home the trendy international cuisine they typically enjoy at restaurants. Simple and nutritious recipes put elegant dishes within the reach of the novice cook. Each book in the series contains 50 recipes.

Un concepto nuevo de libros de cocina, diseñada pensando en los que quieren replicar los platos culinarios internacionales que normalmente disfrutan en los restaurantes. Recetas sencillas y saludable para hacer platos elegantes para los principiantes.

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Simple Italian Cookery

Author: Aldo Zilli
Aldo Zilli, restaurateur and Italian cooking authority, demonstrates 40 delicious traditional and modern Italian recipes, from Tuscan Bean Soup with Pasta and Spaghetti with Cherry Tomato Sauce to foolproof desserts, like Pannacotta with Fresh Berries. For something a little different, try Seared Tuna Sicilian Style or Rump Steak Paillard Grilled with Radicchio, Olive Oil and Lemon. With clear color photos to accompany each stage of the recipe, Aldo’s instructions guarantee even the novice excellent results every time.

Slow Cooking from around the World or Land OLakes Cookies

2009-01-24T00:09:00.000-08:00

Slow Cooking from around the World

Author: Carolyn Humphries
All you have to do is prepare these ingredients and let everything cook for you while you're away. If you are new to using your slow cooker you have many treats in store. It offers a seismic shift in lifestyle improvement if you use the right recipes. And here they are. This is the best compilation of food from around the world, adapted for the slow cooker with exciting new twists to delight and inspire you. Almost any style that appeals is yours to choose - from great British fare to Creole or Chinese, Mexican or Mediterranean, African or Australian Fusion and many more. There's something for everyone, every day of the week.
Spoil yourself! You can come home to the welcome aromas of freshly cooked gourmet food at the end of a long hard day. All you have to do is pour yourself a glass of wine and indulge yourself every night! This is an exciting addition to our previously, published slow cooking titles. We are sure that you will find yet more great eating from this fine collection of recipes.

Table of Contents:
Introduction     7
Using your slow cooker     9
Cooking tips for using the slow cooker     10
Looking after your slow cooker     12
Cooking times     13
Notes on the recipes     14
A taste of Northern Europe     15
A taste of Eastern Europe     30
A taste of the Mediterranean     42
A taste of North America     56
A taste of Central and South America     68
A taste of North Africa and the Middle East     79
A taste of Central and Southern Africa     91
A taste of Southern Asia     103
A taste of the Far East     114
A taste of the Pacific Rim     127
Index     140
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Land O'Lakes Cookies

Author: Land OLakes Incorporated
Presenting the best-loved cookie recipes from Land O' Lakes kitchens. With recipes culled from its hugely successful cookie booklets, this new volume includes winners from this year's cookie contest. Included are cookie jar classics, holiday fantasies, and contemporary favorites, accompanied by helpful tips and 60 color photos.

Chili from the Southwest or Pescado Y Marisco

2009-01-22T20:27:00.000-08:00

Chili from the Southwest: Fixin's, Flavors, and Folklore

Author: W C Jameson
W.C.Ameson's book combines the lore and the lure of chili with 135 recipes organized by history, geography, fact, and folklore. His recipes reflect traditional and nontraditional ingredients and include wild game, seafood, and health and vegetarian varieties. He also includes explanations of terms, ingredients, and techniques for a quality bowl of chili.

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Pescado Y Marisco

Author: Maite Rodriguez Fischer
A new concept in cookbooks, this series is designed for those who want to replicate at home the trendy international cuisine they typically enjoy at restaurants. Simple and nutritious sushi, fish, salad, and wok recipes put elegant appetizers and entrees within reach of the novice cook. Each book in the series contains 50 recipes.

Hungry for Home or Island Cookbook

2009-01-21T16:45:00.000-08:00

Hungry for Home: Stories of Food from across the Carolinas

Author: Amy Rogers
This mouth-watering collection of more than 200 recipes showcases the best of traditional Southern cooking and storytelling. This is no ordinary cookbook, though it boasts plenty of old-fashioned recipes for cakes, pies, casseroles, and stews.
Each recipe is accompanied by a story, telling where the dish came from, a firsthand account of how it became part of a family tradition, or a profile of the cook who submitted it. The stories are humorous, poignant, sometimes surprising, and always memorable.

Author Bio: Amy Rogers is the author of Red Pepper Fudge and Blue Ribbon Biscuits and a contributor to Cornbread Nation I: The Best of Southern Food Writing. Amy lives in Charlotte, North Carolina.

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Island Cookbook

Author: Barbara Sherman Stetson
The Island Cookbook is a collection of the best kitchen-tested recipes that the Islands of southern New England have to offer, along with anecdotes of people, places, and more than 100 years of just plain cooking. Written by Certified Home Economist and Ford Foundation Achievement award recipient, Barbara Sherman Stetson, with illustrations by noted artist and wood sculptor, Marion King.

Going Wild in the Kitchen or Jazzy Jars

2009-01-20T13:03:00.000-08:00

Going Wild in the Kitchen: The Fresh and Sassy Tastes of Vegetarian Cooking

Author: Leslie Cerier
Go wild in the kitchen! Be creative! Venture beyond the usual beans, grains, and vegetables to include an exciting variety of organic vegetarian fare in your meals. Step outside the box and prepare dishes with beautiful edible flowers; flavorful wild mushrooms, herbs, and berries; tangy sheep and goat cheeses; tasty sea vegetables; and exotic ancient grains like teff, quinoa, and Chinese "forbidden" black rice. Author and expert chef Leslie Cerier is crazy about the great taste and goodness of organically grown foods. Now she shares scores of her favorite recipes that spotlight these fresh, wholesome ingredients in this exciting cookbook.
Going Wild in the Kitchen contains over 150 kitchen-tested recipes for healthful, taste-tempting dishes, including breakfast favorites, satisfying soups and salads, sensational main course creations, delectable desserts, and much more. There is even a chapter devoted to making your own flavored oils and vinegars. The book encourages the creative side of novice and seasoned cooks alike, prompting them to follow their instincts and "go wild" in the kitchen by adding, changing, or substituting ingredients in existing recipes. To help, an extensive ingredient glossary is included, along with a wealth of helpful cooking tips and techniques. Lively illustrations and a complete resource list for finding organic foods rounds out this user-friendly cookbook.
Going Wild in the Kitchen is more than a unique cookbook-it's a recipe for inspiration. So let yourself go! Excite your palate with this treasure-trove of distinctive, healthy, and taste-tempting recipe creations.
Library Journal
If you're up for an ingredient adventure, this book is for you. Where else can you find a recipe for Pine Needle Vinegar, or one using teff, kamut pasta, or calendula flowers? The chapter devoted to flavored oils and vinegars alone is worth a look through the book. Also covered is an array of breakfasts, soups, sauces and dips, salads and wraps, main dishes, and desserts. Cerier, a kitchen designer, organic gourmet caterer, and cooking instructor, gets readers' creative juices flowing by suggesting excellent alternative ingredients for just about every recipe she provides (more than 200 in all). The strength of her book, however, is also its weakness, as some of the ingredients she lists might not be easily found in all parts of the country. Though Cerier provides plenty of mail-order sources, by the time readers receive, say, the Bhutanese red rice flour called for in one recipe, their craving may have already passed. A reliable glossary helps decipher unfamiliar ingredients. Nutritional values are not provided. Recommended for urban public libraries, where unusual ingredients can more easily be procured.-Marija Sanderling, Lane Memorial Lib., Hampton, NH Copyright 2005 Reed Business Information.

Table of Contents:
Acknowledgments vii
Foreword ix
Introduction 1
1 Recipe for Inspiration 3
2 Morning Bliss 23
3 Loving Spoonfuls 39
4 Sauces, Dips, and Dressings 67
5 Flavored Oils and Vinegars 83
6 Salads and "Wraps," 109
7 Super Sides 127
8 Ancient Wisdom, Ancient Grains 147
9 Main Attractions 169
10 Just Desserts 191
Metric Conversion Tables 210
Resources 211
Index 217

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Jazzy Jars: Glorious Gift Ideas

Author: Marie Browning
“More than 45 one-page patterns, complete with color photographs and directions....Of inordinate help, even more so than the jars, are the ideas for filling the packaged jar....A good source.” —Booklist. “Turn a humble glass container into a great gift with dozens of recipes for instant-mixes and an inspiring array of embellishing techniques.”—Crafts’n Things.

Southwestern Grill or Cooks Guide to Grains

2009-01-18T02:33:00.000-08:00

Southwestern Grill: 200 Terrific Recipes for Big and Bold Backyard Barbecue

Author: Michael McLaughlin
Grilling, America's favorite home-grown cooking technique, and southwestern food, the country's best-loved regional cuisine, together make a sizzling perfect match.
Publishers Weekly
There may be 200 recipes in this fine collection, but most of them share a single basic, time-proven secret: opposites attract. For McLaughlin (All on the Grill; The Silver Palate Cookbook), that means taking the ingredients to be found near his Santa Fe home and combining them so that sweet becomes enamoured of hot, and crisp runs off with chewy. Often a marriage of fruit and spice carries the day, such as with Spice-Rubbed Venison Tenderloin with Dried Blueberry Sauce (in which berries are soaked in Tequila, mixed with beef stock, whisked with butter and spooned over meat that has been rubbed with chipotle chile powder and sugar). Or else land and sea converge and simmer in such dishes as Grilled New Mexico Mountain Trout with Cider, Bacon and Pi on Sauce. Because grilling requires as much smoke as fire, every recipe comes with a recommended Smoking Chip Option, be it Mesquite for the Cumin-Grilled Butterflied Leg of Lamb or Apple for the Sweet and Smokey Corn Relish. With Frozen Raspberry Margarita Pie, and Tequila Mixed Berry Compote with Dulce de Leche, McLaughlin's chapter on desserts intoxicates nearly as much as his chapter on Cocktails and Coolers. And the extensive chapter on Salsas, Sauces and Condiments runs the gamut from a basic Black Pepper Rub to a sobering Coffee Barbecue Sauce that blends French Roast with cumin and red chilies. All in all, this cookbook provides a summer's worth of adventurous grilling. (July) Copyright 2000 Cahners Business Information.|
Library Journal
Prolific cookbook author McLaughlin (All on the Grill, LJ 5/15/97) offers a mouthwatering array of easy grilled dishes with a Southwestern accent, from Santa Fe Chicken Satay to Grilled Salmon Steaks with Haba nero Butter. He includes a chapter devoted to tacos, tostadas, and "other hand foods," as well as one on salsas, sauces, and rubs; there are refreshing drinks and cocktails, too, and some unusual desserts. For most collections. Copyright 2000 Cahners Business Information.

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Cook's Guide to Grains

Author: Jenni Muir
Grains are one of the most tasty, versatile, and nutritious food sources available, a delight to eat and easy to cook. In this ground-breaking new work, you can travel the world, exploring each continent’s indigenous grains and the best ways of using them in meals. As well as established favorites such as oats, wheat, and corn, there’s North America’s wild rice; bulgur and freekeh from the Middle East; the rye used in Scandinavian and Russian cooking; quinoa from Peru, and the ancient Aztec grain amaranth. The first section provides an in-depth look at each of the grains, while the second features over 100 recipes, taking you from breakfast through dinner. Discover a new world of cooking for eating well in the twenty-first century.

Judith Sutton - Library Journal
Muir is a food writer and editor based in London, and her latest book is an attractive, informative, and readable guide to some 20 grains, from the familiar (corn and wheat) to the exotic (freekeh, roasted green barley, or wheat). Along with chapters on each grain, she includes an introductory section on grain farming and processing, ethical concerns, and health benefits. The more than 100 recipes are sophisticated and unusual, inspired by a wide variety of cuisines. Although U.S. measures are given in most cases, the book, originally published in England, has not been Americanized, and some "Britishisms" remain. Nevertheless, this is a good companion to Lorna Sass's big Whole Grains Every Day, Every Way and is recommended for most collections.

Sushi Making at Home or Easy Italian Cookbook

2009-01-17T15:51:00.000-08:00

Sushi Making at Home

Author: Yasuko Kamimura
Learn to make the most popular varieties of sushi: chirashi-zushi (scattered), maki-zushi (rolled), bou-zushi (bar-shaped) and fancy sushi. Basic ingredients, simple instructions and tips are detailed throughout.

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Easy Italian Cookbook: The Step-By-Step Guide to Deliciously Easy Italian Food at Home

Author: Jennifer Donovan
You don’t have to be Italian to make your own pasta, risotto, and pizza dough, or create fabulous desserts like tiramisu, or demonstrate how delicious marinara sauce tastes when it doesn’t come out of a jar. The secrets of Italian cooking are made accessible here in a step-by-step format that even the most inexperienced cook can follow. With more than 70 lavishly illustrated recipes plus cross-referenced meal plans, this unique cookbook offers a full introduction to the ingredients, methods, and principles of Italy’s rich and varied cuisine. The parade of mouthwatering classics includes zesty Tuna Carpaccio, richly satisfying Chicken Cacciatora, and many other classics. And it comes with its own CD of music to provide atmosphere for the meals!
Kristen Mastel - Library Journal
Novice cooks will feel at home with this book containing more than 70 recipes, each with full-page color illustrations, step-by-step directions for preparation, generous cooking time allotments, and a one-sentence description of each item. The contemporary font, layout, and menu planner make the recipes less intimidating, and a CD of Italian opera is included to set the ambience as you prepare dinner. Donovan, a successful caterer and stylist in London, provides each dish with an English title and uses the classic Italian name as a subheading, taking away from the charm of Italian cooking. For the beginner, recipes include staples such as a fragrant tomato sauce and mouthwatering leg of lamb. More experienced cooks will find little of interest here, as recipes, e.g., for gnocchi, lack detailed directions to make the dish properly. Those who want to advance their recipe collections and cooking techniques beyond the basics should check out one of Mario Batali's cookbooks. Recommended for public libraries lacking easy-to-prepare Italian cookbooks.

Cooking the Polish Way or Cocktails

2009-01-17T05:10:00.000-08:00

Cooking the Polish Way

Author: Danuta Zamojska Hutchins
An introduction to the cooking of Poland, featuring traditional recipes for lunch, appetizers, dinner, and desserts. Also includes information on the geography, customs, and people of Poland.

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Cocktails

Author: James A Butler
Cocktails is the definitive guide to entertaining with mixed drinks. It includes more than 100 recipes—ranging from the traditional to the exotic. Renowned bartender James Butler and celebrated food stylist Vicki Liley cover all the basics: from the essentials of a well-stocked bar, to fundamental glassware, shakers, and jiggers, to the latest trends in mixology. And their tips on technique—the proper way to shake, stir, blend, or build a cocktail or how to add the finishing touches—will turn anybody into a master of spirits. Ideas for hors d'oeuvres and a handful of non-alcoholic drinks are included. Fully illustrated, and in full color, this handbook to the wonderful world of cocktails will delight both the eye—and the palate.
Author Bio:
James Butler was a cocktail maker at the innovative Tonic Bar and Restaurant in Sydney, then Assistant Manager of the award-winning International Bar and Restaurant, Kings Cross.
Vicki Liley is an international author, recipe writer, food editor and stylist. She has worked for Australia's leading food magazines and has appeared on television and radio shows. She is the author and stylist for several titles in Periplus' Essential Kitchen Series including Asian Wraps & Rolls, Curries, Dim Sum, Hors d'Oeuvres, and Wok, among others.

Voluntary Food Intake and Diet Selection in Farm Animals or Light Desserts

2009-01-16T17:28:00.000-08:00

Voluntary Food Intake and Diet Selection in Farm Animals

Author: J M Forbes
This book is, in part, a second edition of the author's previous work The Voluntary Food Intake of Farm Animals (Butterworths, 1986). However, it has been revised and extended to such an extent that it is effectively a new book in its own right. More emphasis has been placed on diet selection, learning and appetites. All other sections have been brought up-to-date and completely reorganized. The text is copiously referenced to provide access to the original literature. It represents a standard work on its subject and is essential reading for advanced students and research workers in animal nutrition.

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Light Desserts

Author: Robert Ros

Now indulge your sweet tooth - absolutely guilt free. These recipes contain less than 200 calories a serving: Raspberry Cheesecake, Crunchy Apple Cobbler, Baked Alaska, Chocolate Angel Food Cake and much more.

Second Helpings or Meltdown

2009-01-16T08:46:00.000-08:00

Second Helpings: Fresh Ways to Feed Your Family

Author: Jeanette Orrey
A wonderful family cookbook with over 120 simple, delicious and healthy recipes from the bestselling author of The Dinner Lady - the school-dinners cook who inspired Jamie Oliver, and is changing the way our children eat.

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Meltdown: The Official Fiery Foods Show Cookbook and Chilehead Reso Guide

Author: Dave DeWitt
This cookbook illustrates the use of fiery foods products in cooking. Salsas, hot sauces, mustards, pickles and dozens of other products are incorporated into delicious recipes that are easy to prepare. Based on recipes collected from manufacturers who exhibit at the National Fiery Foods Show, now in its 12th year, Meltdown is also an insiders guide to the history and trends of fiery foods. If you ever wanted to know what else you can do with that bottle of habanero salsa besides dip chips in it, this book will tell you. A handy substitution guide allows you to switch brand names among 21 categories of fiery foods, including chile-infused vinegars, spice mixtures, pepper jellies, spicy barbecue sauces, and more.

Table of Contents:
Introduction
The Hottest Show on Earth 1
Sizzling Starters 13
Sassy Sauces, Salads, and Soups 31
Mighty Meats 51
Stimulating Seafood 77
Power Pastas and Galvanized Grains 99
Sensational Side Dishes 115
Brave Breads and Dazzling Desserts 131
Index 157

100 Meals for 5 or Less or Unique Vegetarian Recipes

2009-01-15T22:03:00.000-08:00

100 Meals for $5 or Less

Author: Jennifer Maughan
ONE FAMISHED HUSBAND, THREE HUNGRY CHILDREN, rising food costs, and a fixed income could lead to disaster, but Jennifer Maughan successfully navigates the world of grocery shopping by pinching those pennies for all they're worth. She shows how anyone can creatively survive the onslaught of higher grocery bills and still eat tasty, healthy meals.
SHE TELLS FRAZZLED FOOD BUYERS TO:
Allocate funds to the most important foods.
Stop spending money on impulse buys.
Make a shopping plan before heading to the store.
Find the best places to shop in your area.
Be smart about coupons and sales.
In addition, the average cost per serving is highlighted in each recipe, making it easier to calculate the cost of each meal.
The Wall Street Journal reported that wholesale prices of key food items have risen dramatically from 2006.
Retail food prices at the supermarket increased in the first quarter of 2008, according to an American Farm Bureau survey. The total cost of sixteen basic grocery items in the first quarter of 2008 was up about 8 percent, or $3.42, from 2007.
Online marketing and promotions.
Print and web advertising campaign.
National broadcast and print publicity.
Co-op available.
Jennifer Maughan is a freelance writer and editor with more than 15 years of experience in the publishing industry. Her areas of specialty include travel, food, celebrations, parenting, and family life. She lives near Salt Lake City.

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Unique Vegetarian Recipes

Author: Irene W Rundell
You will delight in the taste, appreciate the good nutrition, and enjoy the ease in preparing the recipes in this book. As people become nutrition conscious, they seek healthier ways to prepare food. This cookbook, primarily for vegetarians, includes a chart on how a person can change to a healthier or a vegetarian diet. Many recipes non-vegetarians and vegans will enjoy without change. Others they can adapt by adding meat or egg substitutes. The main course recipes, for most people, will resemble and taste just like the similar meat dish. I would have loved to find a cookbook like this one. Since I didn't find one, and store products contain so many preservatives, food coloring and additives, I had to develop and home-test these dishes myself. You will truly savor the main courses, breakfast dishes, soups, side dishes, salads, muffins, desserts, and bread recipes found in Unique Vegetarian Recipes.

Fundamentals of Cheese Science or Cookies Year Round

2009-01-15T12:21:00.000-08:00

Fundamentals of Cheese Science

Author: Patrick Fox
Although there is extensive primary literature on the science and technology of cheese, numerous reviews on several aspects of the subject and many textbooks ranging from the advanced to the popular, there is a conspicuous absence of a broadly—based introductory text on the scientific aspects of cheese. This book is written to fill that gap for personnel involved in various production and quality control functions in the cheese industry, senior undergraduates, and post—graduate students.
Booknews
Scientists from Cork, Ireland, two with the Dairy Products Research Centre and two with University College, offer a broad account of the scientific aspects of cheese, for anyone who works with it from researchers and professionals to graduate and undergraduate students in food science and technology. They assume readers are familiar with biochemistry, microbiology, and diary chemistry. Their emphasis is on fundamental principles rather than technological aspects. The topics include historical aspects, manufacture, enzymatic coagulation, the microbiology of ripening, rheology and texture, the principal families of cheese, nutritional aspects, pathogens and food-poisoning bacteria in cheese, processes cheese and substitute or imitation cheese products, and analytical methods. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Table of Contents:
Preface ix
Chapter 1 Cheese: Historical Aspects 1
1.1 Introduction 1
1.2 Cheese Production and Consumption 5
1.3 Cheese Science and Technology 7
Chapter 2 Overview of Cheese Manufacture 10
2.1 Selection of Milk 10
2.2 Standardization of Milk Composition 10
2.3 Heat Treatment of Milk 12
2.4 Cheese Color 13
2.5 Conversion of Milk to Cheese Curd 14
2.6 Ripening 17
2.7 Processed Cheese Products 17
2.8 Whey and Whey Products 17
Chapter 3 Chemistry of Milk Constituents 19
3.1 Introduction 19
3.2 Lactose 20
3.3 Milk Lipids 25
3.4 Milk Proteins 31
3.5 Milk Salts 39
3.6 pH of Milk 41
3.7 Physicochemical Properties of Milk 43
Chapter 4 Bacteriology of Cheese Milk 45
4.1 Contamination of Raw Milk 45
4.2 Pasteurization 47
4.3 Alternatives to Heat Treatment 49
4.4 Prematuration 53
Chapter 5 Starter Cultures 54
5.1 Introduction 54
5.2 Types of Cultures 54
5.3 Taxonomy 62
5.4 Metabolism of Starters 69
5.5 Plasmids 82
5.6 Inhibition of Acid Production 83
5.7 Bacteriophage 83
5.8 Bacteriocins 92
5.9 Production of Starters in Cheese Plants 94
5.10 Measurement of Generation Times 96
Chapter 6 Enzymatic Coagulation of Milk 98
6.1 The Primary Phase of Rennet Coagulation 98
6.2 Rennet 101
6.3 FaAtors That Affect the Hydrolysis of k-Casein and the Primary Phase of Rennet Coagulation 102
6.4 The Secondary (Nonenzymatic) Phase of Coagulation and Gel Assembly 103
6.5 Factors That Affect the Nonenzymatic Phase of Rennet Coagulation 108
6.6 Measurement of Rennet Coagulation Properties 109
6.7 Factors That Affect Rennet Coagulation 120
6.8 Rennet Substitutes 130
6.9 Immobilized Rennets 135
Chapter 7 Post-Coagulation Treatment of Renneted Milk Gel 138
7.1 Introduction 138
7.2 Methods for Measuring Syneresis 139
7.3 Influence of Compositional Factors on Syneresis 139
7.4 Influence of Processing Variables on Syneresis 140
7.5 Kinetics and Mechanism of Syneresis 145
7.6 Textured Cheese 145
7.7 Molding and Pressing of Cheese Curd 150
7.8 Packaging 151
Chapter 8 Salting of Cheese Curd 153
8.1 Introduction 153
8.2 Salting of Cheese Curd 155
8.3 Effect of Salt on Cheese Composition 162
8.4 Effect of NaCl on the Microbiology of Cheese 163
8.5 Influence of NaCl on Enzymes in Cheese 165
8.6 Effect of Salt on Cheese Quality 166
8.7 Nutritional Aspects of NaCl in Cheese 167
Chapter 9 Cheese Yield 169
9.1 Introduction 169
9.2 Definition of Cheese Yield 169
9.3 Measurement of Cheese Yield and Efficiency 171
9.4 Prediction of Cheese Yield 173
9.5 Factors That Affect Cheese Yield 174
9.6 Conclusion 202
Chapter 10 Microbiology of Cheese Ripening 206
10.1 General Features 206
10.2 Microbial Activity during Ripening 207
10.3 Growth of Starter Bacteria in Cheese 213
10.4 Growth of Nonstarter Lactic Acid Bacteria in Cheese 215
10.5 Other Microorganisms in Ripening Cheese 217
10.6 Examples of Microbial Growth in Cheese 226
10.7 Microbial Spoilage of Cheese 232
Chapter 11 Biochemistry of Cheese Ripening 236
11.1 Introduction 236
11.2 Ripening Agents in Cheese 236
11.3 Contribution of Individual Agents to Ripening 237
11.4 Glycolysis and Related Events 238
11.5 Citrate Metabolism 248
11.6 Lipolysis and Related Events 249
11.7 Proteolysis 255
11.8 Characterization of Proteolysis in Cheese 268
11.9 Catabolism of Amino Acids and Related Events 274
11.10 Conclusion 278
Chapter 12 Cheese Flavor 282
12.1 Introduction 282
12.2 Analytical Methods 284
12.3 Contribution of the Aqueous Phase of Cheese to Flavor 288
12.4 Contribution of Volatile Compounds to Cheese Flavor 292
12.5 Off-Flavors in Cheese 293
12.6 Formation of Flavor Compounds 297
12.7 Intervarietal and Intravarietal Comparison of Cheese Ripening 300
12.8 Conclusion 303
Chapter 13 Cheese Rheology and Texture 305
13.1 Introduction 305
13.2 Cheese Microstructure 306
13.3 Rheological Characteristics of Cheese 311
13.4 Cheese Texture 333
Chapter 14 Factors That Affect Cheese Quality 341
14.1 Introduction 341
14.2 Milk Supply 341
14.3 Coagulant (Rennet) 343
14.4 Starter 343
14.5 Nonstarter Lactic Acid Bacteria (NSLAB) 344
14.6 Cheese Composition 345
14.7 Ripening Temperature 347
14.8 Conclusion 347
Chapter 15 Acceleration of Cheese Ripening 349
15.1 Introduction 349
15.2 Elevated Temperature 350
15.3 Exogenous Enzymes 351
15.4 Selected, Activated, or Modified Starters 355
15.5 Adjunct Starters 358
15.6 Secondary Cultures 359
15.7 Enzyme-Modified Cheese 359
15.8 Addition of Amino Acids to Cheese Curd 360
15.9 Prospects for Accelerated Ripening 360
Chapter 16 Fresh Acid-Curd Cheese Varieties 363
16.1 Introduction 363
16.2 Overview of the Manufacturing Process for Fresh Acid-Curd Cheese Products 363
16.3 Principles of Acid Milk Gel Formation 364
16.4 Prerequisites for Gel Formation 368
16.5 Effect of Gel Structure on Quality 369
16.6 Factors That Influence the Structure of Acid Gels and the Quality of Fresh Cheese Products 374
16.7 Treatments of the Separated Curd 378
16.8 Major Fresh Acid-Curd Cheese Varieties 379
Chapter 17 Principal Families of Cheese 388
17.1 Introduction 388
17.2 Rennet-Coagulated Cheeses 392
17.3 Acid-Coagulated Cheeses 422
17.4 Heat/Acid-Coagulated Cheeses 422
17.5 Concentration and Crystallization 423
17.6 Ultrafiltration Technology in Cheesemaking 425
Appendix 17-A Compositions of Selected Cheese Varieties 428
Chapter 18 Processed Cheese and Substitute or Imitation Cheese Products 429
18.1 Introduction 429
18.2 Pasteurized Processed Cheese Products 429
18.3 Imitation and Substitute Cheese Products 443
Chapter 19 Cheese as a Food Ingredient 452
19.1 Introduction 452
19.2 Overview of the Requirements of Cheese as an Ingredient 452
19.3 Functional Properties of Cheese as an Ingredient 456
19.4 Dried Cheese Products 475
19.5 Conclusion 482
Chapter 20 Pathogens and Food-Poisoning Bacteria in Cheese 484
20.1 Introduction 484
20.2 Pathogens in Raw Milk 487
20.3 Pathogens in Cheese 488
20.4 Listeriosis 489
20.5 Pathogenic Escherichia Coli 490
20.6 Growth of Pathogens during Cheese Manufacture 491
20.7 Growth of Pathogens in Cheese during Ripening 493
20.8 Raw Milk Cheeses 498
20.9 Control of the Growth of Pathogens 499
20.10 Enterococci 500
20.11 Biogenic Amines 501
Chapter 21 Nutritional Aspects of Cheese 504
21.1 Introduction 504
21.2 Fat and Cholesterol 504
21.3 Protein and Carbohydrate 506
21.4 Vitamins and Minerals 506
21.5 Additives in Cheese 508
21.6 Cheese and Dental Caries 509
21.7 Mycotoxins 509
21.8 Biogenic Amines in Cheese 512
Chapter 22 Whey and Whey Products 514
22.1 Introduction 514
22.2 Clarification of Whey 515
22.3 Concentrated and Dried Whey Products 516
22.4 Lactose 516
22.5 Whey Proteins 517
22.6 Whey Cheese 519
22.7 Fermentation Products 522
22.8 Conclusion 522
Chapter 23 Analytical Methods for Cheese 523
23.1 Introduction 523
23.2 Methods of Sampling Cheese 523
23.3 Compositional Analysis 525
23.4 Biochemical Assessment of Cheese Ripening 527
23.5 Techniques To Study Volatile Flavor Compounds 536
23.6 Microbiological Analysis of Cheese 536
23.7 Objective Assessment of Cheese Texture 540
23.8 Sensory Analysis of Cheese Flavor and Texture 540
23.9 Detection of Interspecies Adulteration of Milks and Cheeses 543
Table of Sources 545
Index 559

Book review: Current Care of Women or Aromatherapy A Z
Cookies Year-Round: 50 Recipes for Every Season and Celebration

Author: Rosemary Black
Few kitchen projects are as pleasurable as baking cookies. On a stressful day, getting out the measuring cups and baking sheets and immersing yourself in the comforting rituals of sifting, mixing, rolling out and shaping the dough can be immensely therapeutic. What's more, cookie-baking is an activity in which the whole family-even young children-can participate. And the results of the process are, of course, especially gratifying, as the house fills with the cookies' enticing aroma and anticipation builds for that first delectable, sweetly satisfying crunch.

In Cookies Year-Round-the follow-up volume to STC's Cupcakes Year-Round-New York Daily News food editor Rosemary Black first acquaints you with the basic cookie-making techniques (including icings for frosted cookies) and then sets out an array of cookie recipes with which to celebrate each season of the year. Summon spring with Lemon Madeleines and Double Mint Chocolate Chip Cookies. Relax into summer with Key Lime Squares and Super S'Mores. Welcome autumn's harvest with Apple Cobblers and Pumpkin Spice Bars. And in winter, snuggle up with Ginger Stars and Peanut Butter Kisses. Illustrated with luscious color photographs, the book has a sensible easel format that makes it especially easy to use.

Tea Book or Tried True

2009-01-15T03:39:00.000-08:00

Tea Book

Author: Dawn L Campbell
Unique in its more than three hundred recipes, The Tea Book is a comprehensive look at tea. It's about its history, where it's grown, how it is prepared, what the various grades of tea are. There are chapters on decaffeinated teas, flavored teas, tea accessories, and tea medicinal uses. Campbell also describes British teatimes, tea leaf reading, and the Japanese Tea Ceremony. You'll find tea recipes and brewing techniques from around the world.

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Tried & True: All Season Grilling & BBQ

Author: Allrecipescom Staff
*The latest cookbook in the Allrecipes Tried &True series, featuring 200 recipes for the barbecue.
*Access interactive features for each recipe on Allrecipes.com. Plug in the recipe's page number to obtain nutritional information; scale ingredient amounts; print out or email recipes; create a personal recipe box or categorize shopping lists; and convert U.S. standard measurements to metric.
*The Allrecipes.com community includes over 10 million visitors.

Noble Rot or Home Warming

2009-01-14T15:56:00.000-08:00

Noble Rot: A Bordeaux Wine Revolution

Author: William Echikson
In the wine capital of the world, a battle royal of tradition against innovation in the quest for ratings and market share.For wine lovers the world over, Bordeaux is the center of the universe. But in the past two decades, revolutionaries have stormed its traditional bastions, making their mark—and their fortunes—modernizing the production and marketing of wine. Noble Rot introduces us to the figures who epitomize the changes sweeping Bordeaux: the noble family behind Château d'Yquem engaged in a soap-opera feud; a stonemason turned winemaker whose wine, made in a garage, sells for $100 a bottle; the Maryland-based critic Robert Parker, whose opinion routinely makes or breaks a wine; and the New World operations that have used branding to undercut Bordeaux's supremacy. It also delves into the mysteries of the legendary classification of 1855: how it became the bible of Bordeaux, and how it was at last successfully challenged. William Echikson takes readers inside the center of the French wine business to examine the schism between defenders of the old order and architects of the new.
Author Biography: William Echikson, author of Burgundy Stars, lives in Brussels, where he is bureau chief for Dow Jones Newswires and a wine columnist for Wall Street Journal Europe.
Jonathan Yardley - The Washington Post
..."Noble Rot" is based on the implicit assumption that the reader is familiar with these wines not just as famous old names but also as gustatory pleasures. I felt a bit like the boy pressing his nose against the toy-store window since purchasing most of the wines so lavishly praised by Echikson would require taking out a second mortgage. You, dear reader, may well feel the same, leaving you to share my lament that Echikson did not devote more attention to the lower end of the Bordeaux market.
Still, conflict in the wine business is as amusing and occasionally as instructive to read about as conflict in any other business, and for several decades Bordeaux has had plenty of it....[I]t is always fun to watch the elite squabbling in their sandbox, and that is the chief pleasure provided by "Noble Rot."
Publishers Weekly
In vino veritas. Yet as Echikson (Burgundy Stars) shows in this entertaining journey through Bordeaux's wine-making landscape, the truth of wine is also highly subjective and subject to change. Bordeaux has long epitomized fine wine. In 1662, Echikson relates, the English diarist Samuel Pepys described "a sort of French wine called Ho Bryan that hath a good and most particular taste...." This Haut-Brion was the first Bordeaux wine; it would soon join a handful of other chateaux that became the coveted "first growths." Indeed, Thomas Jefferson noted there were "four vineyards of first quality": Margaux, Latour, Lafite and Haut-Brion. After a rigid classification system was imposed in 1855, it seemed likely that the French reverence for tradition would make "innovative Bordeaux" an oxymoron. Over the last several decades, however, some revolutionary "garagistes" (garage wine makers) have begun using new growing and wine-making techniques to show the world that less than perfect land and less than blue blood can yield extraordinary wines. Echikson, a wine columnist for Wall Street Journal Europe, profiles merchants, brokers, enologists and the most influential wine critic in the world, the American Robert Parker. The title comes from Chateau d' Yquem, the maker of a legendary sauterne ("noble rot" has to do with allowing grapes to begin to rot on the wine to achieve concentration and sweetness). Oenophiles will come away from this lively account with a sense of how globalization and economics have challenged the rot and created ferment and growth in ancient Bordeaux. 23 illus. Agent, Michelle Tessler. (May) Forecast: Bordeaux is the world's wine capital, and few books have covered it as accessibly as Echikson does. The author's connection to WSJ Europe and his status as Brussels bureau chief for Dow Jones Newswires will help his book get media coverage. Copyright 2004 Reed Business Information.
Kirkus Reviews
Wall Street Journal wine columnist Echikson explores the return of quality to Bordeaux over the past 20 years, as well as the economic flat-lining that will put a check on the recovery. Although his satisfying portrait of the Bordeaux wine industry in the late 20th century concentrates on a few producers, brokers, and merchants, it nonetheless provides an overview of what is happening in the region as a whole. What looked like "another painful lesson in globalization, the latest chapter in France's ongoing and mostly losing struggle to balance its artisan traditions with the unyielding demands of the marketplace," produced an interesting twist. A good number of producers decided to cut back on quantity, no longer making "the vine piss wine" and taking a more severe approach to the selection of grapes. This was most evident in the work of the garagistes, whose social battles with the mandarins are chronicled in sprightly fashion by Echikson, as is the whole depressing ballyhoo at Chateau d'Yquem. The author considers Robert Parker's impact on the area-wide move toward a denser wine, which infuriates many of the 10,000 producers who understand the existential mandate of terroir to be the delivery of variety, not homogenization. He brings his background in economics smartly to bear on challenges to bureaucratic regulation, the rise of cooperatives, and the overpricing of bottles (particularly those that get the Parker nod); when the stock market tanked, Echikson notes, so did the Bordeaux bubble. The most original materials here are the close portraits, in broad cross-section, of a few Bordeaux winemakers, including the profoundly artisanal garagiste Michel Gracia, arriviste Yves Vatelot atChateau Lascombes, and Chateau d'Yquem's difficult feudal paternalist, Count Alexandre de Lur-Saluces. Echikson's sleeve across the pedigreed windpipe of undeserving premier crus is a welcome reminder to seek quality, not fancy names. An entertaining introduction to Bordeaux, though little of it is new. (23 illustrations, 1 map)Agent: Michelle Tessler/Carlisle & Co.

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Home Warming: Secrets to Making Your House a Welcoming Place

Author: Emilie Barnes
Bestselling author Emilie Barnes shares her gift of gracious hospitality with those longing to express kindness and joy in their home's dÃ©cor, personality, and style.
Artist Susan Rios' paintings of charming living spaces invite readers to relax, take in the ambience, and glean from Emilie's passion for creating a home with a heart.

Treat strangers like friends, friends like family, and everyone like royalty.

Let your living room become the home's hearth, a place of warm conversation.

Make spaces that welcome everyone from little children to the elderly.

This beautiful collection of friendly advice and practical ideas inspires every woman's personal touch and is a radiant gift for weddings, showers, and housewarmings.
Material excerpted from Welcome Home.

Her Fork in the Road or Better than Homemade

2009-01-14T06:14:00.000-08:00

Her Fork in the Road: Women Celebrate Food and Travel

Author: Lisa Bach
Women's relationship to food is passionate and obsessive, embracing and comforting, complex and frustrating. This savory sampling of stories — by some of the best writers in and out of the food and travel fields — journeys to the heart of this age-old relationship, taking the reader from the familiar kitchens of contemporary America to the far reaches of the globe. In France, an overly enthusiastic waitress serves M.F.K. Fisher the lunch of a lifetime to sustain her on a walk to Avalon. In Tunisia, Ruth Reichl dines at the home of a local, where the meal is eaten with one's hands and a dash of sensuality. And, in Fiji, where the women are big and beautiful and walk like royalty, Laurie Gough encounters food as a grand and constant celebration.

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Better Than Homemade: Amazing Foods That Changed the Way We Eat

Author: Carolyn Wyman
(1)Who put the Minute in Minute Rice? (2)What, exactly, is Spam? (3)And why do Pringles come in a tennis ball can?
Discover the answers to all these questions and more in Better Than Homemade, a freewheeling illustrated history of the packaged foods industry. From Green Giant and Hamburger Helper to Jiffy Pop and Jell-O, syndicated columnist Carolyn Wyman reveals the fascinating origins of your favorite "food" products—along with never-before published advertisements, innovative packaging (cheese in a can!?), and hilarious "unauthorized uses."
You'll learn that Birds Eye frozen foods were invented by an Arctic adventurer; Kool-Aid got its start from an 11-year-old entrepreneuer; and Twinkies were once used to capture a gang of escaped baboons. Perfect for fans of the Food Network's Unwrapped, this guide is the ultimate paean to processed pleasures!
(1) Afghan prince Attaullah Durrani, who brought the idea to General Foods.
(2) According to Spam's website, "Pork shoulder and ham, mostly." Mostly?!
(3) To answer consumer complaints that potato chips were greasy and broke too easily.

Publishers Weekly
In an effort that will perhaps be best enjoyed by baby boomers who have yet to overdose on the Food Network, Wyman (Spam: A Biography; Jell-O: A Biography) unwraps 46 very familiar products to reveal their histories, revel in their mysteries and devour their marketing ploys. Anyone still intrigued by Hamburger Helper, Twinkies, Wonder Bread and Jiffy Pop will enjoy the efforts at wordplay ("Velveeta, All-American Hunk") and the concise narratives (the saga of Minute Rice in a two-minute read). Trivia connoisseurs will be happy to learn it takes more than 90 minutes a day to wash the walls and floors at the Marshmallow Fluff factory and that "among Hispanics with Caribbean roots, Clamato (and most other shellfish-based foods) is considered an aphrodisiac." Odder than the inclusion of Beer Nuts in a chapter entitled "Triumphs of Technology" is the fact that Instant Mashed Potatoes and Minute Rice are delegated to the more humble "Homemaker Helpers" section. Most interesting is the chapter on "Marketing Marvels," which explores Jell-O flavors that are no longer available, the voice behind the classic SpaghettiOs jingle and the birth of the Jolly Green Giant. The book's graphics sparkle and should induce cravings for Mrs. Paul's Fish Sticks and a nice Hawaiian Punch. (Oct.) Copyright 2004 Reed Business Information.

Ultimate Cabbage Soup Diet or World of Street Food

2009-01-13T19:32:00.000-08:00

Ultimate Cabbage Soup Diet

Author: Madeline Cooper
Lose up to ten pounds in seven days - and never feel hungry. The cabbage soup diet is the slimming sensation of recent years and this work shows you how to follow it. This book includes a guide to following the diet as well as a host of recipes and meal plans to help you stick to the diet.

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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.

Troth Wells has been with the New Internationalist since 1972. She has written a number of world food books, and is an editor of The World Guide, a global reference source that focuses on majority-world issues.

KLIATT
The term "street food" best describes the casual, delicious and local cuisine sold in stalls, carts and open air markets around the world. The recipes included in this book represent a well-chosen group of street food favorites from locales as diverse as Pakistan and Jamaica. Reflecting the high cost of meat, most of the recipes are vegetarian. The authors avoid difficult-to-find ingredients for most of the recipes. Each recipe includes additional information such as the history, popularity, and flavor of the street market where it is found. Some of the recipes are Pan Puri (spicy filled pastries), Pad Thai (Thai noodles), Bolinas de Bacalhau (codfish balls), Harira (bean soup), Mafe (peanut stew), Empanadas Criollas (pasties), Batata Bil Kizbara (potato with ccilantro/coriander) and Tom Yam (hot and sour soup). All recipes include both imperial and metric measurements. Extensive color photographs of markets and street side chiefs enhance the book's appeal. Troth Wells has produced five food books and she traveled extensively throughout numerous countries while researching this book. This is a wonderful introduction to a wide variety of delicious foods. Age Range: Ages 12 to adult. REVIEWER: Shirley Reis (Vol. 42, No. 1)
Kristen Mastel - Library Journal
Tasty local tidbits from Ethiopia to Fiji often sold from street vendor carts or markets are the feature of this text from the author of Desserts & Drinks from Around the World. Arranged by region, the recipes feature a few that will be familiar to most cooks, such as the Chicken Satay from Indonesia, but the majority of the entries celebrate foods off the beaten track. Tchedoudiene will make your mouth water as you prepare fresh fall picks of carrots, eggplants, and pumpkins combined with fish and fresh spices for this one-pot wonder. Unlike in many cookbooks, the majority of the ingredients needed to prepare these recipes are readily available in all supermarkets. For those that are not, Wells has added a resource list. Each entry includes a wonderful description of where the item is found in the world, a color photograph, and an anecdote regarding the dish, illustrating how food is a part of one's culture. Recommended for medium to large public libraries that want to expand their global cookbook collections.

Flavors of the Gulf Coast or Windows A Tasteful Reflection of Historic Rhode Island

2009-01-13T08:50:00.000-08:00

Flavors of the Gulf Coast

Author: Tim Creehan
Flavors of the Gulf Coast is a collection of simple Gulf Coast recipes. This regional hit includes Louisiana, European, and Asian cuisine influences. Creehan presents a simple style of cooking - where flavors are highlighted, not hidden. This book is designed to make any home cook feel like a chef!

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Windows: A Tasteful Reflection of Historic Rhode Island

Author: Junior League of Rhode Island
Windows is a beautiful collection of regional and national recipes coupled with fun and interesting historical tidbits from the State of Rhode Island. This cookbook makes a unique and useful souvenir that is a true, tasteful, reflection of Rhode Island and New England. We would love for you to peek into our "windows". The 1996 New England Regional Winner of the Tabasco Community Cookbook Award.

Guinness Drinking Companion or Really Useful Guide to Red Wine

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

Guinness Drinking Companion

Author: Leslie Dunkling
An entertaining blend of factual information and literary anecdote, The Guinness Drinking Companion is an endlessly fascinating anthology. Leslie Dunkling treats his readers to quotes from such luminaries as Winston Churchill and Ogden Nash, excerpts from sonnet and novel alike, reproductions of woodcuts, etchings, paintings and vintage advertisements, recipes for cocktails, a treasure trove of facts, figures, and miscellany, and a complete glossary of drinking terms. The Guinness Drinking Companion makes the perfect gift for those who, like Leslie Dunkling, consider moderate drinking in pleasant company one of life's great pleasures.

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Really Useful Guide to Red Wine

Author: Susy Atkins
Whether you're looking for a full-bodied red to drink with a hearty casserole, or a lighter ros' to accompany a fresh summer salad, this clever little guide will help you make the right choice. Chapters include Light Smooth Reds, Medium-bodied Smooth Reds, Full-bodied Reds and Ros's. In each chapter the principal characteristics of each of the different wines are assessed in terms of their texture, appearance, aroma, flavor and finish. With a wide variety of wine choices to suit every pocket, as well as practical tips on serving and storing, and advice on matching food with wine, this book makes the perfect purchase for someone who wants to learn more about appreciating red wine.

Authentic Recipes from Malaysia or Weir Cooking in the City

2009-01-12T12:26:00.000-08:00

Authentic Recipes from Malaysia

Author: Wendy Hutton
Drawing on their multi-ethnic heritage, Malaysians have developed unique variations on Asian favorites like Malay satay, Chinese fried noodles, and Indian curry puff.

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Weir Cooking in the City: More Than 125 Recipes and Inspiring Ideas for Relaxed Entertaining

Author: Joanne Weir
The American city is thriving. In urban neighborhoods across the country you can find intriguing restaurants, gourmet and ethnic markets, farmers' markets, and artisanal breads and cheeses. In her new book, Weir Cooking in the City, chef and teacher Joanne Weir takes readers and home cooks into our nation's ethnically diverse and vibrant culinary and cultural urban landscape.
Exploring her adopted city of San Francisco as a guide, Joanne invites readers to search their own cities for the myriad international flavors and tastes they will find there. From local ethnic neighborhoods to the butcher to the farmers' market, Joanne seeks out the best ingredients and most delicious dishes and shows how they can be re-created in home kitchens anywhere. A companion volume to her new series on public television, Weir Cooking in the City brings every city to life.
With chapters on Firsts, Soups, Mains, and Desserts, Weir includes more than 125 vividly flavored, inventive recipes, created with urban cooks in mind: those cooks with not enough time and too little space, but an appetite for creating memorable meals and social gatherings. Start your meal with Joanne's Straw Potato Cakes with Smoked Salmon and Caviar, Parmesan Flan, or Kale Soup with Pancetta and White Beans. Showcase beautiful salad greens in a Radicchio, Arugula, Golden Raisin, and Pine Nut Salad or a Duck Salad with Pecans and Kumquats, or spice things up with a Thai Beef Salad with Mint and Cilantro. Simple yet delicious main courses include Silver-Roasted Salmon with Sweet-Hot Relish; Pan-Seared Chicken Breasts with Mustard, Rosemary, and Capers; and Green Lasagna with Artichokes and Leeks. Sweets like WarmChocolate, Cinnamon, and Coffee Tart; Plum Cake; Double Chocolate Ice Cream with Dried Cherries; and Panna Cotta with Raspberries will complete your meal. Each recipe is accompanied by wine suggestions from wine expert Tim McDonald.
Filled with mouth-watering photographs throughout, Weir Cooking in the City is the cookbook for the modern home cook, with essential information on stocking your pantry, matching wine with food, and effortless entertaining. From creating a party of Mediterranean-inspired small plates to a simple but sophisticated supper after a movie or play, from bustling neighborhood markets to Joanne's welcoming kitchen, this excursion into city cuisine will inspire you to create a weekday meal or an impromptu dinner party.

Publishers Weekly
This collection of Asian- and Mediterranean-influenced dishes from celebrated cooking teacher Weir (Joanne Weir's More Cooking in the Wine Country, etc.) succeeds on many levels. The recipes are solidly written; the dishes are appealing and flavorful. As Weir explains, "That range of possibility is so incredibly interesting to me and may be at the heart of why I love to be in the city, cooking and eating city food." She offers such recipes as Spicy Bulgur and Lentil Salad and Shanghai Noodles with Chicken, Cashews, Cilantro, and Mint, as well as Croutons with Tapenade, Orange and Fennel, and Autumn Cheddar, Apple, and Walnut Salad. Weir makes a valiant effort to develop the city theme by including quotes from the famous about cities, with a particular emphasis on her home, San Francisco. (Quotes such as Norman Mailer's "Chicago is a great American city," however, feel more like padding than insight.) And many headnotes refer back to urban living, like the one that introduces Grilled Squid Salad with Winter Citrus and extols indoor grilling. However, this loosely bound collection of modern dishes feels unfocused in the aggregate, and it's surprising to see such a practiced author playing fast and loose with language: a "Tuscany by Candlelight" menu consists of Bagna Cauda (from Piedmont), Prosciutto, Parmigiano, and Pepper Breadsticks (with main ingredients from Emilia-Romagna), Golden-Saut ed Veal with Arugula and Tomato Salad (from Milan, Lombardy's capital) and Warm Polenta Custard with Grappa-Soaked Golden Raisins (relying on ingredients from Friuli). (Mar.) Forecast: Despite the book's setbacks, Weir is a justly admired cooking teacher, and as the companion to a television series of the same name, this is likely to fare well. Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information.
Library Journal
In addition to two Cooking in Wine Country titles, companion volumes to her PBS series, Weir is also the author of From Tapas to Meze, one of the best books on these Mediterranean "small plates." Her new title, another companion volume, highlights the diversity of the markets and neighborhoods of her home, San Francisco. She begins with lists for three "essential" pantries-Mediterranean, Asian, and Latin-then moves on to easy, vibrant recipes that reflect those cuisines, from Fiery Peppered Feta with Pita to Japanese Pickled Vegetable Salad to her take on San Francisco's famous Cioppino. Weir provides useful suggestions for both impromptu, casual entertaining and more formal meals; menus for different occasions, such as "A Party of Small Plates," appear throughout. Wine suggestions accompany most recipes. Another appealing collection of imaginative recipes from an enthusiastic and knowledgeable cook and teacher, this is highly recommended. Copyright 2004 Reed Business Information.

Table of Contents:
Preface: City! 15
The Essential City Pantry 19
Entertaining in the City 23
The Right Wine 35
Firsts
Rice Paper Shrimp Rolls 45
Potato Rosemary Flatbread 48
Phyllo Pizza with Feta and Tomatoes 50
Croutons with Tapenade, Orange, and Fennel 53
Crostini with Dried Plum Paste and Goat Cheese 54
Smoked Eggplant with Pita Chips 55
Pita Chips with Cucumbers, Feta, Dill, and Mint 57
Bagna Cauda, a Warm Italian Bath 58
Prosciutto, Parmigiano, and Pepper Breadsticks 60
Fiery Peppered Feta with Pita 62
Falafel with Tahini and Herb Salad 64
Tahini 65
Chicken Lettuce Wraps 66
Dried Plums Stuffed with Gorgonzola and Walnuts 68
Parmesan Flan 69
Fettuccine with Wild Mushrooms 71
Fresh Fettuccine 72
Baked Eggs with Summer Vegetables 74
Jalapeno-Jack Scones with Chive Butter 77
Five-Onion Pizza 79
Favorite Pizza Dough 80
Moroccan Shellfish Cigars 81
Straw Potato Cakes with Smoked Salmon and Caviar 84
Scallop Seviche with Tomatoes, Hot Peppers, and Cilantro 87
Oysters with Champagne Mignonette 90
Yakitori with Red and Green Peppers 92
Salads
Garden Greens with Tomatoes, Lime, Olives, and Cilantro 97
Cherry Tomato Salad with Herbed Feta 98
Roasted Pepper Salad with Eggplant Croutons 101
Autumn Cheddar, Apple, and Walnut Salad 103
Roasted Beet, Avocado, and Watercress Salad 105
Orzo Salad with Capers, Corn, Red Onion, and Peppers 107
Artichoke, Endive, and Arugula Salad 109
Warm Grilled Fennel Salad 111
Escarole Salad with Anchovy Vinaigrette and Garlic Croutons 113
Spicy Bulgur and Lentil Salad 114
Dried Plum, Fennel, and Manchego Salad with Prosciutto 116
Fennel Oil 117
Celebration Salad of Endive, Creme Fraiche, and Caviar 118
Radicchio, Arugula, Golden Raisin, and Pine Nut Salad 121
Asparagus Salad with Brown Butter and Meyer Lemons 123
Farro, Pesto, and Tomato Salad 124
Farro Salad with Prosciutto and Grapefruit 125
Thai Beef Salad with Mint and Cilantro 128
Shrimp, Papaya, and Avocado Salad 130
Shrimp Salad with White Beans, Mint Oil, and Watercress 132
Japanese Pickled Vegetable Salad 133
Gravlax with Spring Salad 134
Grilled Squid Salad with Winter Citrus 136
Duck Salad with Pecans and Kumquats 138
Soups
Yellow Tomato Gazpacho 143
Champagne Oyster Soup with Celery and Fennel 147
Miso Soup with Edamame 148
Dashi 149
Gratin of Tomato and Eggplant Soup 150
Hot and Sour Soup 154
Lobster, Roasted Pepper, Tomato, and Corn Chowder 156
Yellow Split Pea and Carrot Soup with Cilantro Yogurt 158
Kale Soup with Pancetta and White Beans 161
Summer Tomato Soup with Basil Cream 163
Tortilla and Tomato Soup 165
Tomato Rice Soup with Tiny Meatballs 168
Mains and a Few Sides
Pan-Seared Chicken Breasts with Mustard, Rosemary, and Capers 173
Spice-Crusted Chicken Breasts with Cucumber Lemon Raita 175
Braised Chicken with Green Garlic 177
Oven-Fried Potato Chips with Marjoram Salt 178
Truffle-Scented Roasted Cornish Hens with Prosciutto and Wild Mushrooms 180
Roasted Cornish Hens with Toasted Bread Crumb Salsa 182
Fontina, Capocollo, and Roasted Pepper Panini 185
Panini with Meatballs and Tomato Sauce 187
Panini Caprese 188
Risotto with Gorgonzola 190
Spaghetti and Meatballs, the Ultimate Comfort Food 192
Orecchiette with Brussels Sprouts and Bacon 194
Oven-Baked Penne with Wild Mushrooms and Fontina 197
Green Lasagna with Artichokes and Leeks 200
Shanghai Noodles with Chicken, Cashews, Cilantro, and Mint 202
Herb-Crusted Tuna Skewers with Tomato Aioli 205
Halibut Parcels with Capers and Lemon Thyme 207
Olive Oil-Poached Salmon with Asparagus and Sugar Snap Peas 210
Silver-Roasted Salmon with Sweet-Hot Relish 212
Cedar-Planked Lemon Salmon with Dill 214
Salmon with Lemon-Shallot Relish and Crispy Prosciutto 216
Salmon Burgers with Mustard Mayonnaise 218
Pepper-Salt Crabs 219
Clam and Mussel Boil with Corn and Red Potatoes 222
Cioppino with Crab, Clams, and Shrimp 224
Pork and Tomatillo Burritos 227
Fiery Green Salsa 228
Pan-Seared Pork Medallions with Riesling and Apples 229
Lamb Tagine with Artichokes, Preserved Lemons, and Olives 230
Preserved Lemons 232
Grilled Lamb Chops with Green and Black Olive Salsa 234
Roulade of Herbed Lamb with Stewed Garlic 235
Olive Oil-Mashed Potatoes 238
Minted Sugar Snap Peas 238
Spiced Lamb Sausage with French Lentils 240
Golden-Sauteed Veal with Arugula and Tomato Salad 242
Braised Veal Shanks with Olives and Lemon 244
Orzo 247
Napolitan Braised Beef Ragu in Two Courses 248
Soy-Marinated Flank Steak with Asian Pesto 250
Wasabi-Mashed Potatoes 251
Desserts
Individual Warm Raspberry Souffles 255
Panna Cotta with Raspberries 256
Warm Polenta Custards with Grappa-Soaked Golden Raisins 259
Caramel Pot de Creme 261
Caramelized Orange and Rice Custard 263
Caramelized Chocolate Almond Budino 266
Summer Fruits in Sweet Spiced Wine 268
Watermelon, Mango, Blueberries, and Lime "Salad" 270
Little Almond and Plum Galettes 271
Dried Plum and Walnut Caramel Tart 274
Prebaked Short Crust Tart Shell 275
Warm Chocolate, Cinnamon, and Coffee Tart 276
Flakiest Apricot and Raspberry Tart 279
Plum Cake 281
Cranberry Upside-Down Cake 283
Triple Ginger Pineapple Cake 286
Walnut Torte with Maple Cream 288
Maple Leaf Cookies 290
Ginger Crisps 291
Italian Lemon "Milkshake" 293
Miss Judy's Sienese Almond Cookies 294
Chocolate Hazelnut Biscotti 295
Apricot, Meyer Lemon, and Cardamom Triangles 297
Crispy Moroccan Phyllo with Orange Custard and Almonds 299
Nectarine Sorbet with Blueberry Compote 301
Rose Petal Sorbet 305
Pear Granita 307
Double Chocolate Ice Cream with Dried Cherries 308
Butter Pecan Ice Cream 311
Chestnut Honey Ice Cream with Riesling Poached Fruit 313
Bellinis 315
Conversion Charts 316
Acknowledgments 317
Index 322

More Bear Cookin or Heartsmart Flavours of India

2009-01-12T01:43:00.000-08:00

More Bear Cookin': Bigger and Better

Author: PJ Gray
Make your kitchen more bearable to burly men with big appetites!
Loosen your belts and make room for seconds! PJ Gray, author of Bear Cookin': The Original Guide to Bear Comfort Foods, is back with More Bear Cookin': Bigger and Better, serving up another helping of mouth-watering recipes, handy kitchen tips, and tributes to comfort foods. Seasoned with humor and served with a side order of fun, this flavorful collection combines favorites like "Use Your Tool" and "More Bearable Meal Suggestions" from the original book with new food and information features like "Did Ya Know?" and "Kitchen Tips." The book also includes a glossary of cooking technology, recipe measures and equivalencies, and emergency ingredient substitutions.
Home-style cooking holds a special place in the hearts (and bellies) of bears, who can take comfort in the hearty fare found in the personal and family recipes presented in More Bear Cookin': Bigger and Better. Find everything you need for three squares a day—and all snacks in between—in sections like "Lip Smackin' Snackin'," "Woofy Breakfast," "More Hearty Sides," "Come-and-Get-It Entrees," "More Bear Meat," and "Way Beyond the Honey Pot." The book offers practical tips about food preparation, cooking and storage, how to cook a holiday turkey, how to work with sugar, syrup, and honey, and refrigerator care and maintenance. More Bear Cookin' also pays loving tribute to the magical powers of peanut butter, eggs, potatoes, cheese, mayonnaise, meat broth, and chocolate, dishes on "Diner Talk" (waiter/waitress lingo), and "Leftover Life" (general rules for food safety), and gives up "The Skinny on Fat" (cooking with fats and oils).
More Bear Cookin': Bigger and Better includes such rich, satisfying recipes as:

Bachelor Bear Toast

White Trash Stash

Deep-Fried Twinkies

Stay For Breakfast

Chocolate Gravy, Baby

I-95 Waffles

Spam®-it, Damn-it

Triple Cheese Mac Attack

Tailgater Soup

Potato Salad from Hell

French Fry Pizza Fry

Boo Boo's Biscuit Cake

(I'm) Nuts Over Chicken and Biscuits

Big Fat Greek Spinach Pie

Honey, Lick My Chops

Flamin Jiffy Steak

Classic 7-UP® Cake

More Bear Cookin': Bigger and Better is a worthy successor to Bear Cookin': The Original Guide to Bear Comfort Foods, adding more recipes, more helpful hints, and more special features to your kitchen.
What People Are Saying
Jonathan Cohen
PJ GRAY'S PERSONAL TOUCH WILL WARM YOUR HEARTAND YOUR BELLY. Pull up a chair at his table. You won't be disappointed. No doubt about it: these recipes are rib-sticking comfort foods. Gray mixes practical tips with glimpses into bear culture and whimsy. The warmth of his personality comes through in his writing, especially in his personal anecdotes about his family and friends. Most of these recipes are appropriate for parties and get-togethers. Gray's multicultural background (French, Irish, and US Southern) add to the flavor and variety you'll find here.
—(Jonathan Cohen, Author of Bear Like Me)

Mark Donoway
Hang on, Bears . . . he's back! PJ Gray keeps his promise with this RICH, DELICIOUS, AND SATISFYING second helping. This collection IS bigger and better! There is so much more to enjoy more recipes, more information, and more humor from this very funny author and food lover. I definitely recommend adding this to your cookbook collection.
—(Mark Donoway, Chef and Author of The Cucina Bella Cookbook)

Interesting textbook: Asian Appetizers or Best Bake Sale Ever Cookbook
Heartsmart Flavours of India

Author: Krishna Jamal
Not many people realize that one of the world's greatest cuisines — Indian — is actually a result of overlapping cultural influences. This best-selling cookbook deliciously brings to life the resulting contributions of these different cultures by offering over 100 easy-to-follow recipes from India, Pakistan, Goa, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, and East Africa. The book will also appeal to cooks demanding taste adventures that are heart-healthy: recipes are low-fat and low-salt and each recipe comes with a complete nutritional background. Color photographs are featured.

Party Girl Cookbook or Itty Bitty Kitchen Handbook

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

Party Girl Cookbook: Your Complete Guide to Throwing a Smashing Bash, with Ideas for Themes, Invitations, Costumes, and More Than 150 Recipes

Author: Nina Lesowitz
Used as a step-by-step guide or as a personal manifesto for living large, "The Party Girl Cookbook" includes ideas for invitations, party favors, decorations, music, games, costumes, and more than 150 party recipes.
BUST Magazine
This is a great book to have, and perhaps an even greater book to give as a gift to one of your girlfriends, so that she can throw the parties suggested herein and invite you to come.

Book review: Gestão de Operações
Itty Bitty Kitchen Handbook: Everything You Need to Know About Setting Up and Cooking in the Most Ridiculously Small Kitchen in the World--Your Own

Author: Justin Spring
College students and recent grads, downsizing empty-nesters and owners of boats and RVs all have one thing in common: their kitchens are too small and often unusable. At last, here is a guide to turning that supersmall kitchenette into a full-service culinary oasis.
Author Justin Spring, who has written for The New York Times Home section and Martha Stewart Living, has transformed his own itty-bitty kitchen into a model of practical style. With his irreverent handbook, savvy cooks will learn to purge their kitchens of unnecessary items and maximize limited shelf and countertop space. They will also explore the most cook-friendly ways of setting up a kitchen; learn sneaky strategies for seemingly effortless entertaining; and explore the many challenges (and triumphs) of small-kitchen cleanup time. Along with suggestions for the best small-kitchen cooking equipment (and shopping guides for locating it), Spring--who learned many of his small-kitchen strategies aboard a family sailboat--looks at unconventional but highly effective ways of shopping, cooking and storing food in limited spaces. Forty classic recipes that require minimal preparation and cleanup--like Mom's Sunday Pot Roast, Toaster Oven "Fried" Chicken, and Extreme Brownies--will give you an entirely new way of looking at (and cooking in) your small kitchen.
Thirty charming illustrations add to the book's appeal as an all-purpose gift for housewarmings, graduations, weddings, and more.
Publishers Weekly
A resourceful cook will tell you that almost anything (except perhaps, a 25-pound turkey) can be cooked in a small kitchen. But not every cook thinks such a feat is possible, and for him or her, this book will shed some very useful light. A Manhattan apartment-dweller and art historian, Spring lays out the basics of small-kitchen cookery: order, naturally, is of utmost importance. Think like a small-sailboat galley slave (the author grew up on a 36-foot catamaran where the kitchen consisted of a camp stove, ice chest and bucket) and optimize space, he says, by, for example, keeping dish cupboards and cutlery drawers as close as possible to the sink to create economy of motion while washing dishes. In chatty and fun prose, Spring covers every aspect of cooking in a small space, from stocking it with the right ingredients and tools (with suggestions of how much cutlery and utensils you need) to understanding which appliances are really necessary (toaster ovens can be terrific but aren't indispensable, while blenders can do the work of mixers and food processors, making them particularly valuable). Recipes are creative and well within the capabilities of basic cooks; they include Toaster-Oven Meatloaf and Saut ed Cutlets Marsala. (Mar.) Copyright 2005 Reed Business Information.
Library Journal
Spring writes frequently about home design for the New York Times and Martha Stewart Living, among other publications. Now he has his own "itty bitty" kitchen in Manhattan, but many of his earliest culinary experiments took place in the tiny galley kitchen of his family's sailboat. Although he provides 100 simple but tasty recipes, it is Spring's advice on how to organize your kitchen-or perhaps your life-that the majority of readers, no matter the size of their kitchen, will find most valuable. He includes a wide range of useful tips and suggestions along with sources for any organizational need from storage systems to oven liners. And his understated and witty writing style makes the information-packed text-from "The Kitchen Purge" to "Cleanup Time-A Magnificent Obsession"-fun to read. Highly recommended. Copyright 2006 Reed Business Information.

Japanese Food and Cooking or Bakers Field Guide to Chocolate Chip Cookies

2009-01-11T07:19:00.000-08:00

Japanese Food and Cooking: A Timeless Cuisine: The Traditions, Techniques, Ingredients, and Recipes

Author: EMI Kasuko
This is a comprehensive and beautiful guide covering all aspects of Japanese cuisine, from its history and underlying philosophy, to its unique ingredients, methods of preparation, and cooking techniques.

See also: New American Bartenders Guide or Food of Portugal
Baker's Field Guide to Chocolate Chip Cookies

Author: Dede Wilson
A collection of 75 mouth-watering recipes in the same user-friendly format and fun design as the successful A Baker's Field Guide to Christmas Cookies. America's favorite cookie gets star treatment. Every cookie is photographed in full color, with a description.
Library Journal
The prolific authors of the "Ultimate" series (featuring muffins, ice cream, potatoes, candy, and more) provide more than 90 master recipes for delicious chocolate cookies of all sorts, along with hundreds of variations. Recipes are organized alphabetically, from Almond Coconut Cookies to those Whoopie Pies, and each one is accompanied by its own "crunch-o-meter," a symbol indicating its texture, from hard to cakey to fudgy. Sure to be popular, this is recommended for all baking collections. A follow-up to Wilson's Christmas cookie book, A Baker's Field Guide to Chocoloate-Chip Cookies might be more accurately described as a collection of cookies with chocolate chips. Although there are certainly variations on the familiar Toll House-type cookie, many of the recipes are in another category entirely: e.g., Black-Bottom Cookie Cupcakes, Amaretto Almond White Chocolate Squares, and Peanut Brittle Chip Bars. As with the first title in the series, "field notes," "lifespan" (storage information), and a color photograph accompany each recipe, and various icons indicate which cookies are best for shipping, fun to make with kids, and so on. For larger collections. Copyright 2004 Reed Business Information.

Vietnamese Cooking Made Easy or Quick and Easy Diabetic Menus

2009-01-10T19:37:00.000-08:00

Vietnamese Cooking Made Easy

Author: Periplus
Vietnamese cooking is famous for its fresh flavors and artfully composed meal it is the true "light cuisine" of Asia. Delicate soups and stir-fries, and well-seasoned grilled foods served with rice or noodles are packed with fresh herbs and spices. Stunning photography and simple step-by-step instructions make Vietnamese Cooking Made Easy the perfect introduction to the world of Vietnamese cuisine.

Book about: Practice of Research in Social Work or A Knock at Midnight
Quick and Easy Diabetic Menus

Author: Betty Wedman St Louis
"Anyone watching his or her weight can profit by using these 150 recipes and 30 menus.... Foodstuffs blend old and new tastes,... each recipe includes nutritional and exchange information." --Booklist

La cocina japonesa or Month of Meals

2009-01-10T09:55:00.000-08:00

La cocina japonesa: 200 recetas originales con informacion sobre ingredientes esenciales

Author: Kimiko Barber
Until recently, Japanese cooking was considered esoteric, but the remarkable popularity of sushi and noodle bars, along with increasing accessibility of the ingredients, has put the country firmly on the culinary map. This introduction invites readers on a personal tour of Japan's exquisite cuisine, presenting 100 essential ingredients and 200 recipes from all over the country. Every ingredient has a separate entry that gives in-depth background information on its appearance, taste, culinary uses, and health benefits. Recipes range from the classics, such as Miso Soup with Tofu, to the more contemporary Marinated Tiger Prawns in Sweet Ginger Vinegar. With informative prose, beautiful photography, and images of real people from diverse backgrounds, this cookbook dispels the intimidation of Japanese food and makes both preparing it and appreciating it accessible to all.
Hasta ahora, la comida japonesa se ha mantenido en la oscuridad, pero la gran popularidad de los bares de sushi, junto con la facilidad de conseguir los ingredientes, ha consagrado al país como uno de los grandes en el mundo culinario. Esta introducción lleva al lector al mundo de la comida japonesa, presentando 100 ingredientes básicos y 200 recetas de todas partes del Japón. Cada ingrediente es detallado con información sobre su apariencia, sabor, usos culinarios y sus cualidades saludables. Las recetas van desde los clásicos—Sopa Miso con tofu—hasta comidas más contemporáneas como Gambas Marinadas en Vinagre Dulce de Jengibre. El texto informativo, junto con las bellas fotografías, y lasimágenes de personas reales de distintas nacionalidades, ayuda a reducir la intimidación que muchos sienten por la comida japonesa y la convierte en algo accesible y atractivo para todos.

New interesting textbook: Three Guineas or A Sense of Where You Are
Month of Meals: Ethnic Delights

Author: American Diabetes Association
The award-winning breakfast, lunch, and dinner menu planning series has been completely revised to reflect the most recent updates in nutrition values and exchange information. What hasn't changed is that fats, calories, and exchanges are already figured for the reader--automatically.

Low Carb Restaurant or Quelque Chose deDoux avec une Demi Tasse

2009-01-09T23:13:00.000-08:00

Low-Carb Restaurant: Eat Well at America's Favorite Restaurants and Stay on Your Diet

Author: Cheri Sicard
In the past, dieting and dining out have not gone well together, but now all that has changed. This easy to follow guide provides low-carb information on over 100 national restaurant chains, making it a simple diet, even when eating away from home.

Interesting book: Avid Editing or The Future of Reputation
Quelque Chose deDoux avec une Demi-Tasse: Unusual Acadian Recipes for the Sweet Tooth

Author: Mercedes Vidrin
Quelque Chose deDoux avec une Demi-Tasse (something sweet with a cup of coffee) is a Louisiana bayou country tradition dating back to the Acadian immigration. In this book may be found recipes for Acadian delicacies that have been handed down for many generations. Included are recipes for pies, cakes, cookies and pastries, with a few miscellaneous recipes for lagniappe.

Italian Grill or Genuine New Mexico Tasty Recipes

2009-01-09T12:31:00.000-08:00

Italian Grill: 100 Recipes for the Best of Summer Cooking

Author: Micol Negrin
Bored with the same old hamburgers or hot dogs?

How about spicy brine-salted chicken, garlic-studded pork loin, or rosemary-rubbed rib-eye steak? In The Italian Grill, you'll learn how to grill Italian style, with simple ingredients, no-fuss techniques, and fresh, satisfying flavors. From appetizers through desserts, you'll see how easy it is to put together an unforgettable weeknight meal or a crowd-pleasing weekend cookout.

• Antipasti and breads such as Grilled Pizza with Fresh Diced Tomatoes, Oregano, and Shaved Pecorino; Bruschetta with Chopped Tomatoes, Tuna, and Capers; and Thinly Sliced Seared Salmon with White Truffle Olive Oil, Three Peppercorns, and Chives

• Main courses like Herbed Shrimp Threaded on Rosemary Skewers; Chicken Stuffed with Fennel and Prosciutto; and Herb-Marinated Pork Chops over Grilled Pepper Salad

• Side dishes like Sausage-Stuffed Onions and Frying Peppers; Seared Asparagus with Lemon Zest and Chives; and Herb-Basted Portobello Mushrooms Caps

• Desserts including Caramelized Blood Oranges over Creamy Ricotta Mousse; Honeyed Bruschetta with Gorgonzola; and Pears Glazed with Barolo Wine

With the clear, reliable recipes that Micol Negrin is known for, The Italian Grill captures the warmth of Italian entertaining at its casual best. Cooking outdoors will never be the same.
Publishers Weekly
This tightly focused volume may be less comprehensive than Negrin's first cookbook, the James Beard Award-nominated Rustico, but it's no less appealing. The grill's draw is that it turns out uncomplicated food without much stress, and Negrin respects that philosophy with such recipes as Tomato-Rubbed Bruschetta, and Sea Bream with Caramelized Lemons and Fresh Bay Leaves on skewers. On the other hand, a book on Italian grilling could have devolved into a series of similar recipes instructing readers to rub-with-olive-oil-and-sprinkle-with-garlic. Instead, Negrin offers many unusual ways to cook over an open fire. An entire chapter on bread preparations includes Focaccia Stuffed with Mascarpone and Truffled Olive Oil, and a Black and White Pizza with ricotta, goat cheese and olive paste. Fish recipes are equally inventive: a Sardinian-style Lobster, Lemon, and Mint Salad can be served warm or at room temperature. Basic information on both grills and ingredients is excellent. Negrin never calls for grilling where baking would do, and even simple desserts such as Summer Fruit Packets with Moscato d'Asti have a quiet sophistication that is welcome in a guide to using our most rustic cooking method. Combining two of the hottest, most long-lasting trends in cookbooks (Italian food and grilling), this book's only drawback is the scant number of recipes (85 total). 50 color photos. Agent, Judith Riven. (May) Copyright 2005 Reed Business Information.
Library Journal
Spring is coming-and so are the barbecue books! "BBQ Queens" Adler and Fertig like to wear tiaras when they grill. They are members of an all-women barbecue team that competes on the national barbecue circuit, and they give cooking classes and demonstrations throughout the country. In their latest book, they provide hundreds of recipes, including a big "A to Z of Grilled and Smoked Veggies, Cheeses, and Pizzas," along with tips, stories, and profiles of other "Grill Gals." Some readers may find the tone a bit precious (e.g., "this is really a girly-girl recipe, with ruffles and ribbons"), but the recipes are easy and appealing. For larger collections. The idea of New York City chef/Food Network personality Flay writing a healthy-eating cookbook, complete with nutritional analysis for each recipe, seems somewhat incongruous. Perhaps it has something to do with his recent 40th birthday-or maybe it was the number of carbphobic customers holding forth in his restaurant dining rooms. In this follow-up to Bobby Flay's Boy Gets Grill, Flay offers mostly simple recipes (including some based on "good carbs," as he refers to complex carbohydrates), from Zucchini Succotash to Beef Filet with Arugula and Parmesan to Grilled Apricots with Bittersweet Chocolate. He seems somewhat subdued in his latest effort, with the bold, lusty flavors that usually characterize his cooking style less in evidence. Nevertheless, this is sure to be in demand. The Jamisons are veteran cookbook authors and grilling aficionados (see Chicken on the Grill and Born To Grill, among others). This time, they offer easy recipes for casual backyard entertaining. The first chapter, "Spontaneous Combustion," provides tips for successful parties, and their flavorful recipes, from Butterflied Thai Pork Tenderloin to Shrimp with Lemon Chive Sauce, should keep both guests and hosts happy. For most collections. Karmel is another barbecue queen, a former spokesperson for Weber grills who's well known on the circuit (she's a member of a team called Swine and Dine, and she's frequently a judge at barbecue competitions). Her big book is packed with information and mouth-watering recipes. A thorough introductory section offers invaluable tips and techniques for all types of grilling and barbecuing, and each recipe chapter opens with a primer on the basic ingredient and a handy chart on cooking times and recommended grilling methods. Karmel refers to her "culinary schizophrenia"-the result of her "love [for both] down-home Southern cooking and traditional French cuisines"-but inspiration for her recipes comes from all over the world: Lamb Tenderloin with Hazelnut Butter, Gingered Tuna with Wasabi Dipping Sauce, and Smoked Oysters with Fresh Cranberry Horseradish Relish. Useful as both a reference and a source of delectable recipes, Karmel's book is highly recommended. Negrin (Rustico: Regional Italian Country Cooking) has a decidedly different perspective, as her early grilling experiences were at her family's weekend house in northern Italy. A food writer and cooking teacher, she now lives in New York City but leads cooking tours in Italy. Her appealing new book offers fresh, vibrant, and simple but sophisticated recipes for outdoor cooking, from Lobster, Lemon, and Mint Salad to Peppery Rosemary-Rubbed Rib-Eye Steak. Full-page color photographs illustrate many of the recipes, and, despite the book's small size, Negrin includes a vast amount of information on ingredients and techniques, along with other helpful culinary tips. Highly recommended. Sinnes's book is an updated edition of his gas-grilling book, originally published in 1996. He has revised the text and added 100 new recipes, but it has an oddly dated feel to it: he regards grilled asparagus as rather exotic, and, at a time when grilled vegetables are showing up on fast-food menus, asserts that "most home cooks think grilling vegetables is somewhat unusual." There are also several slightly old-fashioned recipes, and it's surprising that a book devoted to grilling would call for bottled jerk seasoning and store-bought barbecue sauce. Only for comprehensive grilling collections. Copyright 2005 Reed Business Information.

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Genuine New Mexico Tasty Recipes: Additional Materials on Traditional Hispano Food

Author: Cleofas M Jaramillo
Reprint of the rare Seton Village Press cookbook with 75 delicious old-time N.M. Spanish recipes. Additional material on Senora Jaramillo, traditional foodways in 19th-century northern N.M., picking pinons, chiles.

Table of Contents:
TABLE OF CONTENTS THE GENUINE NEW MEXICO TASTY RECIPES
(POTAJES SABROSOS.....................................................................1
By Cleofas M. Jaramillo (1939, 1942)
AN INDEX-GLOSSARY TO JARAMILLO'S "MENUS"..........................18
ABOUT CLEOFAS MARTINEZ DE JARAMILLO.................................19
By Marta Weigle (1981)
HARVEST MOONS (from Shadows of the Past).................................21
By Cleofas M. Jaramillo (1941)
HOLY WEEK AT ARROYO HONDO (from Shadows of the Past).........27
By Cleofas M. Jamillo (1941)
FOODS OF THE SOUTHWEST.........................................................28
By Reyes N. Martinez (August 31, 1936)
PINON PICKING..............................................................................31
By Reyes N. Martinez (n.d.)
A PRIMER OF NEW MEXICAN HERBS AND SPICES..........................32
Compiled by the Editors (1981)

Williams Sonoma or Saltwater Foodways

2009-01-09T00:49:00.000-08:00

Williams-Sonoma: Barcelona

Author: Paul Richardson
From pine nut–studded coca and cafй con leche in late morning, to a bowl of spicy olives in a bar at midday, to a late-night dinner of paella Parellada, Barcelonans seem to eat all day long. At the table, they ingeniously mix time-honored and cutting-edge cuisine. This lavishly photographed tribute explores Barcelona's complex cuisine and its creators. It includes more than 45 authentic recipes, from traditional fare like Tomato-Rubbed Bread and Crema Catalana to more contemporary delights, such as Garlic and Spring Vegetable Soup and Hazelnut Cake with Licorice.

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Saltwater Foodways

Author: Sandra L Oliver
"Saltwater Foodways is the definitive history of New England's seacoast and seafaring food, and the evolution of Yankee foodways throughout the 19th century. Its 16 extensively illustrated chapters consider the food traditions of New England coastal people, of cooks aboard fishing and deepwater vessels, and the celebration of Christmas, Thanksgiving, Fourth of July and the fruits of summer. Each chapter is followed by historic recipes, 185 in all, interpreted for the modern cook. Winner of the 1996 Julia Child Cookbook Award for distinguished culinary scholarship."

Cocina mediterranea or Tea

2009-01-08T16:07:00.000-08:00

Cocina mediterranea (Cocina tendencias Series)

Author: Ana Perez Martinez
A new concept in cookbooks, this series is designed for those who want to replicate at home the trendy international cuisine they typically enjoy at restaurants. Simple and nutritious recipes put elegant dishes within the reach of the novice cook. Each book in the series contains 50 recipes.

Un concepto nuevo de libros de cocina, diseñada pensando en los que quieren replicar los platos culinarios internacionales que normalmente disfrutan en los restaurantes. Recetas sencillas y saludable para hacer platos elegantes para los principiantes.

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Tea: Addiction, Exploitation, and Empire

Author: Roy Moxham
Tea came late to England—after its arrival in Portugal, Holland, and France—but quickly became a national obsession. Tea gardens and shops sprang up everywhere in seventeenth-century England. Demand soon spread to the colonies, where the heavy taxation on tea led to smuggling on a massive scale and, in the New World, cost England her American empire. Tea drove the British to war with China, to guarantee the supply of pekoe, and it prompted colonists to clear jungles in India, Ceylon, and Africa for huge tea plantations. In time, the cultivation of tea would subject more than one million laborers to wretched working conditions. Hundreds of thousands of them would die for the commodity that for four centuries propelled Britain's economy and epitomized the reach of its empire. With the same colorful detail and narrative skill that pushed The Great Hedge of India to international success, author Roy Moxham, once a tea planter himself, maps the impact of a monumental and imperial British enterprise. In this new volume, he offers a fully fascinating, and frequently shocking tale of England's tea trade—of the lands it claimed, the people it exploited, the profits it garnered, and the cups it filled.
Publishers Weekly
Moxham (The Great Hedge of India) tells the story of how Britain's thirst for tea meshed with its thirst for empire, with devastating repercussions throughout the world. He points out that after tea first came to England from China in the 1700s, it was in great demand but heavily taxed, which led to an increase in smuggling and eventually played a role in England's loss of the American colonies. He then shows that as tea consumption rose, the East India Company paid for Chinese tea with Indian opium, with consequences that resonate in China to the present day. Then, in the mid-1880s, the East India Company began growing tea in India, which culminated in the importation of slave labor from China, Malaya and Bengal. Flogging, low wages, inadequate food, substandard housing and nonexistent medical care contributed to miserable conditions for these workers. Once tea workers started to unionize and nationalism threatened British domination of the tea industry in India, the British turned to Africa. Moxham concludes his provocative book with a description of the year he spent in 1960 as assistant manager on a tea estate in Nyasaland (now Malawi), where the British planters were still arrogantly confident of their racial superiority and fiercely opposed to Nyasaland's growing independence movement. Moxham's searing history of the commodity that has for centuries been so important for England's economy provides plenty of food for thought to go with that next cup of tea. Illus. not seen by PW. (Oct.) Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information.
Kirkus Reviews
A penchant for imperial nostalgia serves the author of The Great Hedge of India (2001) well in exploring centuries of the British lust for tea and a far-flung empire of exotic acreage on which to grow it. In 1961, at the twilight of that empire, 21-year-old Moxham took a job helping to manage a tea plantation in Nyasaland (now Malawi) in southeast Africa. His memories of that experience provide an engaging wraparound to the story of how an ancient Chinese beverage besotted a nation poised to rule the world in the mid-17th century. Moxham assigns the role of Pandora to Portuguese princess Catherine of Braganza, who arrived for her wedding to restored Stuart king Charles II accompanied by a largish chest of tea. The courtly fashion of sipping the leafy brew became an expensive upper-class habit that, as taxes were relaxed, filtered down to the man in the street. Its original retailers, apothecary shops, hawked tea as a medicinal stimulant, but the coffeehouses of Boswell and Johnson knew a runaway fad when they saw one. Because smuggled tea may have accounted for half or more of the total consumed by the British for most of the 18th century, the author points to the sharp rise in sugar imports during that period as a relevant tracking statistic. (But he misses the opportunity to note that some historians view the resulting fixation of George III on his "sugar islands" as the reason that second-rate admirals and generals were posted to quell the American Revolution while the varsity patrolled the Caribbean.) The rapid oxidation of freshly picked tea leaves required factories close to the fields and lots of slaves or dirt-cheap labor. The varied and nefarious ways British planters met thoserequirements all over the tropical world, right down to Moxham's hard-drinking cronies in Malawi, are fascinating. Unflinching annals of commodity-driven colonialism.

Table of Contents:
List of Illustrations and Maps
Maps
A Job in Tea 1
1 Addiction and Taxation; Smuggling and Revolution 9
2 Keeping the Chinese in Order 51
3 Victorian Enterprise - India 86
4 Victorian Enterprise - the '1st class jungley' 127
5 Victorian Enterprise - Ceylon 156
6 New Empires 185
7 A Year in Africa 219
Types and Grades of Tea 253
Glossary 256
Weights and Measures 257
Select Bibliography 258
Index 263
Acknowledgements 272

Cool Cuisine or Sopas

2009-01-08T05:25:00.000-08:00

Cool Cuisine: Taking the Bite Out of Global Warning

Author: Laura Stec
Cool Cuisine Taking the Bite Out of Global Warming is a smorgasbord of scientific fact and culinary art where the reader learns new ways to look at the climate crisis. It is a quick, enjoyable, informative read, and is an entry point for readers new to the issues. It inspires personal life changes with in-depth research, easy recipes, ideas for your next book group "read and eat" tasting party, and simple tips on how to cook a global-cooling cuisine. The book presents the full cycle on how our agrochemical food system affects global warming and how global warming affects the food system. The reader embarks on a scientific and culinary exploration that feeds mind and mouth with art, science, food lore, culinary tips, and recipes on how to cook low carbon, high-flavor, high-vibe meals.

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Sopas

Author: Patricia Quintana
En las sopas se une el sabor profundo de las especias con la esencia de las hierbas de olor y las verduras tiernas. Al calor de la lumbre se combinan los tonos verdes, rojos, amarillos de chiles, chayotes, jitomates, zanahorias y papas. Todo se fusiona en calido encuentro que adquiere formas ligeras o espesas. Patricia Quintana reune en este volumen algunas de las mas exquisitas sopas que se guisan en muchas regiones de Mexico, segun la tradicion de las abuelas, en los fogones de lena, borboteando en ollas y cazuelas de barro.

Icebox Pies or Ultimate Shrimp Book

2009-01-07T19:43:00.000-08:00

Icebox Pies: 100 Scrumptious Recipes for No-Bake, No-Fail Pies

Author: Lauren Chattman
Do you consider pies complicated, oven-baked affairs? Before she discovered icebox pies, Lauren Chattman did too. Icebox pies are different: they're easy. You won't spend precious time rolling out pastry dough-the crusts are made from cookie crumbs and quickly crisped in the oven; the fillings are uncooked or prepared on the stovetop; the pies set in the refrigerator or freezer for a few hours before being served. And that's all there is to it. Icebox Pies is Chattman's interpretation of this simple dessert, which can be at turns classic or exotic. It begins with a chapter on crusts and ends with a chapter on toppings, and in between are all the delectable pies themselves: mousse, pudding, and custard pies; chocolate-based pies; fruit-and-cream pies; ice cream and sorbet pies; and more. They are perfect for summertime entertaining and will satisfy you, whether you are experienced or just beginning. Choice confronts you as the only difficulty, with such options as Black Bottom Butterscotch Pie, Rocky Road Pie, Coconut Cream Pie, Caramelized Pineapple and Cream Cheese Pie, Banana Split Ice Cream Pie, and Fresh Raspberry and Blueberry Pie. Icebox Pies will present you with a whole new way to make dessert without a whole lot of work.
Library Journal
Chattman's previous cookbooks Instant Gratification, Mom's Big Book of Baking, etc. have featured easy, no-fuss recipes, and her latest dessert book offers more of the same. Her refrigerator/freezer pies run the gamut from custard pies like classic banana cream to "fruit and cream combos" such as cherry and mascarpone pie to ice cream parlor treats like peanut butter cup pie. (There aren't quite as many pies as you might expect here, though, since 30 or so crust, sauce, and garnish recipes help make up the 100 the subtitle promises.) For most dessert collections. Copyright 2002 Cahners Business Information.

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Ultimate Shrimp Book: More than 100 Recipes for Everybody's Favorite Seafood in Every Way Imaginable

Author: Bruce Weinstein
Savor the flavor of America's favorite seafood in The Ultimate Shrimp Book.
Dive into this collection of more than 650 shrimp recipes. Whether you love shrimp fried, steamed, baked, broiled, or grilled, in mole sauce, cream sauce, cocktail sauce, peanut sauce, or garlic sauce, crispy, crunchy, tender, hot, or cold, you're about to fall in love with shrimp all over again. Rediscover the classics like shrimp rémoulade or go cutting edge with sweet and spicy black pepper caramel shrimp. Try shrimp twists on familiar international favorites like paprikash and vindaloo. And don't forget the crowd pleasers like shrimp nachos and popcorn shrimp. For a formal dinner, a quick family meal, or a tasty snack, The Ultimate Shrimp Book has the perfect shrimp recipe for every occasion.
Publishers Weekly
Having tackled candy, ice cream and party drinks in his three previous "Ultimate" collections, Weinstein now turns his attention to what he recognizes as the "world's most popular fresh seafood." This is a Swiss Army Knife of a book, packing at least a half-dozen cuisines and more than 650 recipes into about 250 pages. To come up with so many variations upon a single crustacean, Weinstein is not above taking some everyday foods and simply adding a handful of shrimp. Thus, there are Shrimp Pizza, Shrimp Tacos and Shrimp Bruschetta. Also, buyer beware: only about one in five recipes is a unique entry. The others are simply alterations. Take for instance the listing for Vatapa, a Brazilian stew featuring a great concoction of flavors including peanuts, coconut milk, jalape$os and beer. As with all the main entries, a very short introduction gives the reader serving suggestions and a dash of the dish's origin. Ingredients and instructions are then presented in concise, easy-to-follow fashion. Then, five revisions of the dish are listed (other entr es have anywhere from three to 10), none taking more than a few brief sentences to lay out. The Double Shrimp Vatapa recipe, for instance, merely states, "Add 2 tablespoons dried shrimp with the raw shrimp." The dishes are presented in alphabetical order, so the Etouffee finds itself between the Enchiladas and the Fajitas while various stews pop up from beginning to end. Still, those who are in a hurry to find Shrimp Curry will appreciate this utilitarian approach, and those who are not will marvel at the variety that can be found within a mere eight-page spread: Lo Mein, Maki, Mole and Mousse. (Mar.) Copyright 2001 Cahners Business Information.

Galatoires Cookbook or Toasts for Every Occasion

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

Galatoire's Cookbook: Recipes and Family History from the Time-Honored New Orleans Restaurant

Author: Melvin Rodrigu
Winner of the James Beard Foundation’s Award for Outstanding Restaurant of 2005

Nestled in the heart of the French Quarter, among the stately townhouses and ornate iron balconies, you’ll find New Orleans’ favorite restaurant. A century after opening its doors, Galatoire’s has become a time-honored New Orleans tradition that draws devoted customers again and again to mark their special occasions. Visitors come from far and wide, knowing that the food will be sublime and the atmosphere warm and inviting.

Galatoire’s Cookbook captures the essence of this storied establishment, with more than 140 recipes for its signature dishes. The restaurant’s unparalleled reputation begins with its emphasis on elegant, locally inspired fare. Anchored in the French Creole tradition, the cuisine of Galatoire’s reflects the bounty of regional seafood, from briny oysters to sweet crawfish; and the family recipes elevate fresh produce, poultry, and game to new levels with sauces and spices that lend unique flavor to each dish.

All of the traditional Galatoire’s favorites are here for the home cook to re-create, from tangy Shrimp Remoulade to classic Creole Seafood Gumbo. And there’s a recipe for every occasion—whether you’re looking for an indulgent brunch such as Crab Sardou, a hearty showstopper like Venison Fillet with Juniper Berry Demi-Glace, or an easy, delicious weeknight dinner of fresh fish drizzled with lemony Hollandaise sauce. Brandy Milk Punch and Champagne Cocktails add sparkle to your evening, and your guests will love sweet finishes such as Bread Pudding with Banana Sauce or ChocolatePecan Pie—if they can find room after the meal!

This colorful chronicle also offers highlights from the history of the family that has made the restaurant great and captures some of the most memorable festivities that have taken place within its walls. Galatoire’s Cookbook is the ultimate celebration of one of New Orleans’ most beloved restaurants.
Publishers Weekly
Galatoire's, the 100-year-old Bourbon Street institution, wasn't touched during Hurricane Katrina, so this work, happily, is a celebration and not an epitaph. Rodrigue, the restaurant general manager and chief operating officer, and publicist Benson offer a complete experience of the restaurant by plainly presenting Galatoire's iconic recipes (e.g., Shrimp Remoulade), defining less well-known foods (e.g., tasso, a dried, smoked meat), championing less politically correct ones (e.g., iceberg lettuce, foie gras) and offering brief recipe histories (e.g., Godchaux Salad). A final chapter on dressings, sauces and seasoning blends is even more useful than the ones covering the courses those additions are to garnish. Photos and reminiscences of patrons and staff reveal the restaurant's place as the city's elder statesman: anecdotes are decades-deep and patrons are unhip. The cookbook has a timelessness that comes from its deeply flavorful recipes based on indigenous Louisiana ingredients and an enduring tie to French cuisine. Among the book's highlights are recipes for Panned Rabbit Tenderloin and Sausage over Caramelized Onions, Saut ed Oyster Omelette, Creole Seafood Gumbo, and Port-Poached Pears with Cinnamon Cr me Anglaise. Like many restaurant cookbooks, this one is lovely to leaf through. Unlike many, though, its recipes are, for the most part, completely doable for home cooks. 150 color and b&w photos. (Nov.) Copyright 2005 Reed Business Information.
Library Journal
Galatoire's, like Delmonico's (see Emeril's Delmonico, LJ 8/05), is a New Orleans institution. Plans for reopening after Hurricane Katrina are unclear, but one hopes that it did not suffer irreparable damage. Made bittersweet by the timing of its publication, this celebration of the restaurant's 100th anniversary includes recipes for many French Creole classics; however, in 1997 the still-popular establishment experienced something of a new lease on life when Rodrigue was hired as general manager (Galatoire's, in fact, won the James Beard Award for Outstanding Restaurant of 2005). Now appearing on the menu are sophisticated contemporary dishes like Bronzed Gulf Shrimp with Roasted Garlic Hollandaise. Family has always been a big part of the restaurant, both in the sense that it has been family-owned since the beginning and that many clients have made it their choice for family celebrations; the staff, too, has become part of the Galatoire "family," as borne out by the many photographs of waiters and cooks throughout. Along with the recipes, Rodrigue and Benson provide an entertaining history that conveys the special atmosphere of this beloved dining spot. Recommended. Copyright 2005 Reed Business Information.

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Toasts for Every Occasion

Author: Jennifer Rahel Conover
Toasts for Every Occasion is the book for all occasions...
Ґ Comprehensive and fully indexed by category, occasion, and contributor
Ґ Includes more than 1,300 heartwarming, hilarious, cynical, sentimental, andexotic toasts
Ґ The perfect party companion-or the perfect gift

Featuring toasts, salutes, tributes, and all the right words from: Oscar Wilde Ґ Charles Dickens Ґ Dorothy Parker Ґ Bette Davis Ґ Groucho Marx Ґ Ogden Nash Ґ Winston Churchill Ґ Ingrid Bergman Ґ Miss Piggy Ґ Ralph Waldo Emerson Ґ Robert Frost Ґ John Kennedy Ґ Mae West Ґ William Shakespeare Ґ Socrates Ґ Gloria Steinem Ґ and hundreds of others

New Lighthearted Cookbook or A Meat Eaters Guide to Vegetarian Children

2009-01-06T23:18:00.000-08:00

New Lighthearted Cookbook: Recipes for Heart Healthy Cooking

Author: Anne Lindsay
What's the best way to stay healthy? Eat a diet that is low in saturated and trans fats, high in whole grains, fruit, and vegetables, and includes a variety of foods. But food also represents comfort, celebration, love, and sharing. And while we all want to have a healthy heart and a healthy life, most of all we still want to enjoy delicious food.

The New Lighthearted Cookbook features over 150 delicious recipes that have been retested for today's taste, and includes comprehensive nutritional analysis and the Diabetes Association's Food Choice Values. The Introduction sets out the latest information on the basics of healthy eating—for children, teens, adults, and seniors—and is an indispensable guide for new parents.

The Heart and Stroke Foundation's mission is to improve the health of North Americans by preventing and reducing disability and death, from heart disease and stroke, through research, health promotion, and advocacy. A portion of the proceeds from the sale of this book will go to support heart research.

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A Meat-Eater's Guide to Vegetarian Children

Author: Lauretta Benson
The author understands the challenges of finding vegetarian products on a regional and national level. This guide is a sharing of her knowledge in satisfying the palate of vegetarian children and teens as easy as possible.

Mostly Muffins or Chef on a Shoestring

2009-01-06T13:36:00.000-08:00

Mostly Muffins: Quick and Easy Recipes for over 75 Delicious Muffins and Spreads

Author: Barbara Albright
In this yummy book Barbara Albright and Leslie Weiner present more than 75 mouth-watering recipes guaranteed to satisfy even the most discerning muffin-lover's taste. Included are:

-Sweet muffins: blueberry, chocolate chip, papaya cashew, marzipan raspberry muffins
-Savory muffins: beer cheese, Irish soda bread, pepperoni pizza muffins
-Spread: lemon glaze, nutted-cheese spread, tahini peanut-butter spread

Plus many, many more. There's even a special section on creating your own muffins! Everyone knows there's nothing like hot, homemade muffins, so get cooking...and bon appetit!

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Chef on a Shoestring: More Than 120 Inexpensive Recipes for Great Meals from America's Best-Known Chefs

Author: Andrew Friedman
You don't have to break the bank to cook restaurant-quality meals!
Here's a sample of the more than 120 delicious and surprisingly economical recipes from America's finest chefs, as featured on the popular Chef on a Shoestring segment of the CBS Saturday Early Show:
Mario Batali's Mushroom and White Bean Bruschetta
Terrance Brennan's Pear and Gorgonzola Salad
Roe Di Bona and Sue Torres's Chilled Avocado and Grapefruit Soup with Chipotle Chile Purée
Sara Moulton's Miniature Pumpkin Soup with Ginger and Toasted Pumpkin Seeds
Bobby Flay's Saffron Risotto with Sautéed Shrimp
Michael Lomonaco's Pan-Roasted Halibut with Spring Vegetables
Alfonso Contrisciani's Pepper-Crusted Turkey "London Broil" with Mushroom Confit
Matthew Lake's Grilled Pork Chops with Black Bean Salsa, Grilled Sweet Potatoes, and Roasted Corn
Linda West Eckhardt's Beef and Tomato Stir-Fry with Whiskey and Black Bean Sauce
John Doherty's Irish Tiramisù
Don Pintabona's Polenta Lemon Cake with Fresh Berries
Erica Miller's Chocolate Banana Terrine
Robert Bruce's Un Deux Trois Quatre Cake
Cooking great meals doesn't require spending a fortune on ingredients. Each week on the CBS Saturday Early Show, a prominent chef is given twenty dollars to create a three-course meal for four. Chef on a Shoestring collects the best of those culinary delights to benefit Share Our Strength, one of the nation's leading antihunger, antipoverty organizations. These recipes, created by some of the most celebrated chefs in the country, may havebeen produced on a budget but are rich in every other way.
The recipes are organized into convenient categories, such as Finger Foods and Small Plates, Salads, Pasta and Risotto, Poultry, Meats, and Desserts, to allow you to mix and match various courses from different chefs. You can begin a meal with Salmon Corn Cakes from Walter Staib of Philadelphia's historic City Tavern, serve Seared Chicken Breast with Red Onion Vinaigrette from Charlie Palmer of Aureole in New York as your main course, and finish with Beacon restaurant's Waldy Malouf's Best Chocolate Chip Cookies. Or try the Asparagus and Bean Sprout Salad with Dill Pesto from Aquavit's Marcus Samuelsson, Tom Douglas's Crispy Fried Snapper with Chili Ponzu, and Coconut Rice Pudding with Fresh Mango from John Villa. Spice up your favorite burger or grilled chicken with Barbecued Onions from John Schenk of Clementine, and from '21' try Erik Blauberg's Baby Arugula Greens with Watermelon "Croutons" and Caesar Dressing, to jump-start a weeknight dinner.
Illustrated with eight pages of beautiful color photographs, with advice on stocking your pantry, buying in season, shopping on a budget, and avoiding the temptation to be too frugal, Chef on a Shoestring is a unique culinary adventure for taste-conscious, budget-conscious home cooks.

The New York Times - Dwight Garner
This book provides good recipes from Mario Batali, Eric Ripert, Alfred Portale and many others, along with canny advice on how to feed three courses to four people for under $30. Another reason to feel good: royalties go to the anti-hunger charity Share Our Strength.

M839 Made from Scratch or Consider the Oyster

2009-01-06T02:54:00.000-08:00

M839 Made from Scratch: Chock Full of Tried and True Recipes, Tips and Ideas for Bringing Family and Friends Together

Author: Gooseberry Patch
The very best recipes are Made from Scratch! This homestyle cookbook is packed with tried & true (and easy) favorites that will remind you of year 'round gatherings with family & friends. Serve up a hearty helping of crispy oven-fried chicken with roasted potato salad or whip up some old-time ice box cookies. Make potluck dishes like saucy ham & potato bake and Mom's cherry cream pie from our Made from Scratch Cookbook.

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Consider the Oyster: A Shucker's Field Guide

Author: Patrick McMurray
OYSTERS ARE SEXY. LET’S AGREE ON THAT RIGHT AWAY.
But there’s much more to the oyster than simply its legendary power as an aphrodisiac. And that’s what you’ll find inside this charming field guide to oysters by oyster purveyor and champion shucker Patrick McMurray.
Rich in history and lore, CONSIDER THE OYSTER weaves together anecdotes from the author’s experiences as a restaurateur and competitive shucker with practical information on everything from opening oysters with finesse (and a minimum of personal injury!) to planning an oyster party, finding the best oyster bars and ordering hard-to-get bivalves on the Internet.
You’ll also meet the people who grow and export oysters — from the coast of Ireland to the shores of Cape Cod and everywhere in between — and you’ll find yourself longing to taste some of the more than fifty varieties that McMurray details with loving enthusiasm. Wellfleets, Malpeques, Irish Flats, Fines de Claires, Royal Courtesans... They’re all here, just waiting to be discovered and savored as never before.

Stew or a Story or Mediterranean Street Food

2009-01-05T16:12:00.000-08:00

Stew or a Story: An Assortment of Short Works by M.F. K. Fisher

Author: MFK Fisher
Like the savory, simple dishes she favored, M.F.K. Fisher's writing was often "short, stylish, concentrated in flavor, and varied in form," writes Joan Reardon in her introduction to this eclectic, lively collection. Magazine writing launched and helped to sustain Fisher's long, illustrious career and in these fifty-seven pieces we experience again the inimitable voice of the woman widely known to have elevated food writing to a literary art.
This book covers five decades of Fisher's writing for such notable and diverse publications as Gourmet, Bon Appetit, Ladies Home Journal, Atlantic Monthly, Harper's Bazaar, The New York Times, The New Yorker, and Vogue. But collected here also are articles nearly impossible to find from lesser-known, more ephemeral magazines. Essays on people, places, and of course food, mix here with delightful fiction to become a delectable feast.
The bylines attempt to capture the contributor as "America's best-known writer on the sensuous, "Culinary Queen," or "Food Sophisticate," but it is impossible to categorize M. F. K. Fisher. As a writer and a woman, she was truly in a class of her own.
The New York Times - Julia Reed
Not all the selections smack of the "women's page." There are some sprightly riffs with menus "in honor of spring" and "for supper ... on a sultry night," and a lovely ode to Southern breads titled "Spoon Bread and Moonlight," enlivened by her mother's memories of visiting her school friends on their postwar plantations in the 1890s. A short story called "Legend of Love," a finely drawn evocation of life at a small California boarding school for girls, much like the ones she attended and where she briefly taught, is as real and touching as her time with Chexbres. Lovers of Fisher should have A Stew or a Story on their shelves for those pieces alone.
Library Journal
Cookery author Reardon, a Julia Child Award nominee, has gathered 57 of Fisher's stories and essays to create an entertaining collection that spans five decades. Fisher's food writing was ahead of its time; a frequent contributor to Gourmet, Bon App tit, and other publications, Fisher had lived in both France and the California wine country and offered cooking tips that predate the American culinary "revolution" of the 1960s. As these enjoyable pieces show, she was also a witty writer who offered astute observations along with the occasional recipe. The topics chosen for this collection include coffee making, borscht, olives, picnics, holidays, and places. A 1944 essay on California wines provides a fascinating look at this industry in its fledgling stage, while Fisher's observation elsewhere that a martini becomes "more wine and less liquor the nearer one gets to Europe" is hilarious. Though complete citations would have been useful readers never learn where these essays were originally published Reardon arranges the pieces thoughtfully and provides an interesting biographical introduction. Highly recommended. Erica Swenson Danowitz, Delaware Cty. Community Coll., Media, PA Copyright 2006 Reed Business Information.

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Mediterranean Street Food: Stories, Soups, Snacks, Sandwiches, Barbecues, Sweets, and More from Europe, North Africa, and the Middle East

Author: Anissa Helou
Who can resist a chickpea fritter in Nice, a kebab in Athens, an aniseed cookie in Tuscany, hummus in Tel Aviv, stuffed zucchini in Genoa, or a potato omelet in Spain? Cold or hot, sweet or savory, street food is everyone's temptation.

Anissa Helou loves street food. When she travels, she stops at every tea cart, sandwich stand, and candy stall to trade stories with local vendors and learn the recipes that tempt the crowds. Join her on a fascinating adventure around the Mediterranean, where eating on the street is a way of life. Learn the secret ingredients to the perfect Stuffed Mussels sold on the streets of Istanbul. Come along to a Berber woman's Moroccan Bread stall in Marrakech. Buy a sweet, sticky Semolina Cake from a cart in Cairo. From simple salads to fragrant barbecues to irresistible dips and drinks, each dish can be enjoyed on its own, or two or three may be combined to make a meal. With lively black-and-white photographs from Anissa's travels and more than eighty-five fast, flexible, flavorful recipes, Mediterranean Street Food offers home cooks the chance to experience the tastes of distant lands without leaving the kitchen.

Art of Handmade Bread or Top 100 New Orleans Recipes of All Time

2009-01-05T04:30:00.000-08:00

Art of Handmade Bread: Contemporary European Recipes for the Home Baker

Author: Dan Lepard
Part travelogue, part epicurean manifesto, this lushly photographed collection of 90 bread recipes inspired by Europe's home bakers is a treasure for anyone with a passion for good food. Dan Lepard, a highly regarded baker in Great Britain, traveled from Ireland to the Ukraine in search of the most authentic sources of grains and flavors. His intimate photographs take us on a mouthwatering journey into farmhouse kitchens and small bakeries where bread has been made for centuries. Interspersed with stories and images, the recipes feature helpful instructions and innovations that contemporary bakers will love, along with delectable pictures of the finished loaves. From boules to crackers to buns, bread in all its abundance is presented in this feast for the senses.

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Top 100 New Orleans Recipes of All Time: Companion Book to the Best-Selling the Top 100 Cajun Recipes of All Time

Author: John DeMers
New Orleans foods are widely recognized as being among the most delicious in the world. This cookbook contains most of the recipes upon which this reputation is built.

Table of Contents:
Introduction 5
Rice and Roux Recipes 8
Breakfast, Brunch & Breads 13
Appetizers 27
Vegetables & Salads 37
Soups & Gumboes 55
The Multi-ethnic Origins of Gumbo 56
Main Dishes 77
How the Po-Boy Came to Be 78
Seafood 109
Dressings & Casseroles 145
Cakes, Candies & Desserts 157
History of the King Cake 158
Adult Beverages 175
Index 183
About the Authors 188

Cold Storage for Fruits and Vegetables or GI Meals Made Easy

2009-01-04T19:48:00.000-08:00

Cold Storage for Fruits and Vegetables

Author: John Storey
Since 1973, Storey's Country Wisdom Bulletins have offered practical, hands-on instructions designed to help readers master dozens of country living skills quickly and easily. There are now more than 170 titles in this series, and their remarkable popularity reflects the common desire of country and city dwellers alike to cultivate personal independence in everyday life.

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GI Meals Made Easy: Delicious Low-GI Meals in an Instant

Author: Barbara Wilson
The Glycemic Index is hot—and for good reason; the system for ranking carbohydrate foods based on their impact upon blood glucose and insulin levels is helping people to feel full longer, enjoy greater energy, and lose weight. Choose from well over 100 recipes for breakfast, lunch and dinner, as well as appetizers, soups, sides, and desserts, even snacks and treats. Enjoy Cajun Salmon, Sweet Potato Curry, Sausage and Bean Soup with Spiced Pita Chips, and a tantalizing selection of scrumptious wholegrain pizzas. A special feature is the recipe key, which tells at a glance whether the dish is suitable for vegetarians, gluten- or dairy-free, heart healthy, low-fat, and more. Plus, there are multi-course menu suggestions, including party and special occasion menus.

Table of Contents:
Introduction     6
Breakfast     10
Starters     24
Soups     36
Salads and brown bags     52
Vegetarian dishes     72
Meat     96
Poultry     116
Fish     128
Sides and snacks     142
Sweet treats     158
Index     174

Secret Recipes from the Corner Market or Campers Guide to Outdoor Cooking

2009-01-04T09:07:00.000-08:00

Secret Recipes from the Corner Market

Author: C Kates
More than a cookbook, this award-winning collection of family-tested customer-approved recipes developed by former grocer and ingredient authority, Carol Ann Kates, is flavored with entertaining anecdotes, spiced with tidbits of history, tossed with grocery insider advice about selecting and storing ingredients, and served in the corner market environment.

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Camper's Guide to Outdoor Cooking: Everything from Fires to Fixin's

Author: John G Ragsdal
This helpful book provides more than 200 excellent recipes, along with how-tos and recommendations on outdoor cooking equipment and techniques.

Family Circle Cookbook or Grilling and Barbecuing

2009-01-03T23:25:00.000-08:00

Family Circle Cookbook: The Ultimate Recipe Collection for Busy Families

Author: Lois Whit
For 75 years, Family Circle has provided readers with a wide range of family-friendly solutions, particularly focusing on how to raise happy, healthy families. Tuned in to the busy lifestyles of today's families this special edition cookbook offers more than 300 recipes that are sure to please even the pickiest eater in the house. Every recipe features an inspiring color photo, easy to follow directions and nutritional information. And, each page includes helpful hints designed to create cooking success by offering timesaving tips, menu suggestions and how to include the whole family in

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Grilling and Barbecuing (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.

Become a backyard chef.
Nothing says summer like an outdoor cookout. From grilled steak and vegetables to hickory-smoked ribs, you can make mouth-watering meals and have a great time doing it. So light the fire, grab some tongs, and read on for:
Essential grilling and barbecuing equipment you’ll need to get started
Tips and techniques for grilling meat, chicken, fish, vegetables, and more
Barbecue basics, including dry rubs, mops, and finishing sauces

Easy and Healthy Japanese Food for the American Kitchen or Gary Nulls Ultimate Lifetime Diet

2009-01-03T14:43:00.000-08:00

Easy and Healthy Japanese Food for the American Kitchen

Author: Keiko O Aoki
Easy & Healthy Japanese Food for the American Kitchen combines easy-to-use cooking techniques with traditional Japanese cuisine. Author Keiko Aoki balances the delicate flavors of Japanese cuisine with ingredients and equipment found in the average American kitchen. These quick-to-prepare recipes are designed to accommodate the hectic and busy lifestyles most Americans endure. A sure-to-please cookbook for all enthusiasts of Japanese food, as well as those looking to prepare healthier meals for their families.

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Gary Null's Ultimate Lifetime Diet: A Revolutionary All-Natural Program for Losing Weight and Building a Healthy Body

Author: Gary Null
Slim down the natural way! America's leading health expert offers a revolutionary, proven program to help you shed those unwanted pounds--forever.
Grapefruit, hormones, blood types, protein. With so many of today's trendy diets being hailed as the weight-loss solution, it's hard to know what really does work, let alone what's actually good for you. But what if there was a simple, enjoyable way to lose weight without eliminating food groups or counting calories—one that not only melted away the pounds but dramatically improved other aspects of your life as well?
Leading natural health expert Gary Null has devoted his life to helping people feel better about their bodies, and in this ground-breaking new book he presents a surefire plan to help you lose weight—and keep it off. Based on Null's research with over a thousand volunteers and more than twenty-five years as a health educator, Gary Null's Ultimate Lifetime Diet explores the science behind weight gain and provides and easy-to-follow weight-loss regimen based on nutrition, exercise and holistic therapies. Complete with a 31-day eating plan packed with delicious, all-natural, low-fat recipes that can be tailored to your individual needs, Gary Null's Ultimate Lifetime Diet shows you how to jump-start your metabolism and develop healthier, lifelong eating habits. You will learn how to:

Listen to your body and determine your unique dietary needs
Use detoxification as the key to weight-loss success—safely and effectively
Reduce with juice and blend a variety of slimming, health-enhancing beverages
Use the 125 recipes in the eating plan to prepare appetizing, slenderizing dishes—from breakfast to dessert
Choose vitamins and supplements that will boost your weight-loss efforts
Develop a personalized exercise regimen—and stick with it
Use stress management and self-actualization techniques to set personal goals, improve your body image, and stay positive and energized

Best of all, with Gary Null's Ultimate Lifetime Diet the inches and pounds you lose are secondary to what you gain: a lifetime of confidence, happiness, good eating and good health.
Publishers Weekly
In Part One of his new book, talk-show host Null (Gary Null's Ultimate Anti-Aging Program) explains in lengthy detail what he considers to be the negative effects of many diets, including hormonal imbalances and eating disorders. Although some readers will find this amount of information helpful, others may become discouraged by the lengthy explanations and clinical terminology used. In Part Two, Null offers his solution, which combines behavior modification, "detoxifying" one's system with specific foods and liquids instead of dieting and pages of recipes that support a healthier lifestyle. The honest and realistic success stories in Part Three are likely to inspire the reader to take Null's advice. Ultimately, Null asks readers to analyze their relationship to food (whether eating masks depression and anxiety, for example). The extensive appendixes--profiling foods, chemicals and medical terms--are a very helpful reference. Readers already familiar with alternative medicine and/or holistic living will benefit from Null's vision, but, due to its size, the book may overwhelm those addressing their diet and weight issues alone or for the first time. One Spirit BOMC selection. (Jan.) Copyright 1999 Cahners Business Information.
Beth Amos
January 2000

Nearly 100 million adults in this country are overweight, and most of them are in search of the Holy Grail of permanent weight loss. Current fads focus on cutting fats, carbohydrates, or calories. Some involve taking pills, or eating and drinking all sorts of diet supplements. A few who try these diets are successful, but judging from the growing incidence of obesity in this country, that success is the exception rather than the rule and often only temporary. All too often, those lost pounds find their way back home again.
Now, Gary Null, Ph.D., the author of more than 50 books on healing, diet, and anti-aging techniques, as well as the host of a nationally syndicated health radio show called "Natural Living with Gary Null," has developed a natural, long-term solution to weight loss. He documents his program in his new book, Gary Null's Ultimate Lifetime Diet. Despite the word "diet" in the title, Null's program is less of a diet than it is a lifestyle -- there is no plan of deprivation and no calorie counter. Rather, it is an integrative and holistic approach that addresses both physical and mental well-being. Null developed the program after reviewing the combined results of several studies he conducted -- studies that focused on how diet, detoxification, exercise, supplements, and mental health influence the ability to lose weight and keep it off. After combining his findings with current scientific knowledge about the causes and effects of obesity and the intricacies of the human body, Null came up with a long-term plan for weight loss that he calls a "body and mind clean-up and refueling program."
Null's advice is basic, simple, and sound. What makes it unique is his combination of elements, beginning with a program of behavior modification designed to alter established (and often damaging) eating habits. There is the prerequisite exercise component, but the "diet" differs in that it focuses less on calorie and fat counts than on the use of organic foods, with strict avoidance of "bad" fats, sugar, processed carbohydrates, and animal proteins, which often contain hormones, antibiotics, pesticides, and other toxins. In conjunction, Null also advocates a detoxification process to rid the body of harmful toxins and potential allergens. According to Null, combining these elements and adhering to his program can result in weight loss even in the face of an increased intake of food.
While, on the surface, Null's program may sound complicated and time-consuming, and not all that different from other diet programs, it is different. The holistic approach and multifaceted focus make it an all-natural program that can easily be adopted as a permanent lifestyle, thereby avoiding the dreaded yo-yo dieting syndrome. And while the program may be more complex than some, Null has taken much of the work out of the process by providing detailed lists, tons of information, and step-by-step processes in his book. There are lists of "good" foods and "bad" foods, such as carbohydrates with a low glycemic index (meaning they digest more slowly and therefore don't cause hunger-inducing rises in blood sugar levels), and detailed detoxification programs for both beginners and those more experienced.
Null explains how to go about identifying possible allergens so they can be eliminated, how to avoid what he calls "dead" foods (processed foods that have been stripped of all their natural nutrient value), and suggests healthy organic foods such as fruits, legumes, and vegetables, including sea vegetables. The book also has nearly 100 pages of recipes and meal plans, everything from breakfast to dinner, from main dishes to dessert. One entire chapter explores various nutrients and vitamins, providing an overview of how each one benefits the body and how some can enhance the ability to lose weight. There is a step-by-step process for developing a personalized exercise program with point-by-point information on the benefits and limitations of various forms of exercise.
Null also offers ideas on how to detoxify one's environment, such as with the use of air and water filters, the removal of dust-collecting wall-to-wall carpeting, and the use of natural cleaning products such as baking soda and vinegar. And probably the most unique advice Null provides is how to work on detoxifying one's relationships. It is this emphasis on total well-being -- both mental and physical -- that makes Null's stand out from all the rest.
Null doesn't merely tell readers to follow his program; he walks them through the process step by step, offering sound research to explain why each step is important. He opens the book by first taking a long, hard look at the problem of obesity, providing current statistics and listing the many deleterious effects excess weight has on overall vitality, life expectancy, and general health. He then provides an overview of the primary diseases and disorders that are related to, caused by, or exacerbated by obesity, including the usual suspects like heart disease, stress, osteoarthritis, diabetes, and certain types of cancer. Then he examines our culture's attitude toward obesity, focusing on the stigma so often applied to those who are overweight and how that affects the mental health of the obese.
Null then takes a hard look at the causes of obesity, examining everything from our cultural tendency toward conspicuous consumption and fat-filled fast foods to the emotional tie-ins many associate with food. He dissects some of the most popular diet plans, such as the no-fat diet and the high-protein diet, and provides clear, logical, and scientifically supported explanations for why they inevitably fail and may, in fact, do more damage than good. He looks at the effects allergies can have on weight gain and weight loss and provides some fascinating case studies to back up his claims. There is a chapter devoted to eating disorders like anorexia and bulimia, and a chapter that discusses the ills of diet pills, including the latest development -- drugs that block the absorption of fat.
Gary Nulls Ultimate Lifetime Diet is more than just a diet book. It's a valuable resource chock full of information and facts. In fact, Null.s overview of the many aspects of obesity in this country is one of the most comprehensive to be found anywhere. For those who are sincere about losing weight and changing their lifestyle to live healthier, longer, and more happily, this is the most sensible and comprehensive plan to come down the pike in ages.
--Beth Amos
Beth Amos, R.N., spent 20 years working as a nurse in various medical settings before becoming a novelist and medical freelance writer. She has authored more than 100 articles in medical and lay journals around the country.

The Complete Idiots Guide to Vegan Living or Dishing with the Kitchen Virgin

2009-01-03T03:00:00.000-08:00

The Complete Idiot's Guide to Vegan Living

Author: Beverly Bennet
The definitive book on becoming a vegan-with recipes included.
Becoming a vegan isn't just about giving up animal products. It's about making a lifestyle change. In The Complete Idiot's Guide to Vegan Living, authors Beverly Lynn Bennett (known as the Vegan Chef) and Ray Sammartano provide a complete guide to living vegan-style, focusing on compassion for all, good health, and great eating. Inside, readers will find 50 sensational recipes, tips for everyday vegan living, the lowdown on vegan myths, and much more.
-One of the few titles that combines information on the vegan lifestyle with recipes
-Being a vegan isn't only about what you eat; this book also discusses clothing, cosmetics, etc.
-Author is a renowned vegan chef

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Dishing with the Kitchen Virgin

Author: Susan Reinhardt
Is the brand sticker still affixed to your saut‚ pan?
Is your wok used solely as a receptacle for potato chips?
Does your blender only see the light of day when Baccardi or Tequila is involved?
If so, then welcome to the Kitchen Virgin Club. But don't despair-you're in the illustrious company of Susan Reinhardt: syndicated columnist, spokeswoman for skewed southern bellehood...and one truly lousy cook. In this cleaver-sharp new collection of food stories, culinary missteps, and recipes from yummy to yucky, Reinhardt comes clean-way clean-as the unapologetic product of a long line of talented, fascinating, funny women who have regular brushes with homicide by pot roast. From "The Toaster Oven is a Bee-otch" to "When Road Kill Makes it to Mikasa," as well as the titular tale of the socialite who shaved her fuzzy greens, these stranger-than-fiction accounts will have you laughing until milk spews out of your nose. And for those inspired to graduate from Kitchen Virgin to Kitchen 'Tute, there's "Bone Apple Cheat!"- Reinhardt's own shortcut-to-real-food recipes. So next time you're tempted to make Taco Bell your last (okay, first) resort, crack open this book, have a laugh...and get cookin'.
Chicago Sun-Times
Like hanging out with your bluntest, most mischievous friend, the one who never fails to crack you up.
Asheville Citizen-Times
So engaging...so honest...will make you laugh out loud.
The Pilot (N.C.)
Funny and touching...Reinhardt is not afraid to put it all out there.
Courtney Greene - Library Journal
Reinhardt's (Don't Sleep with a Bubba) third book takes the reader on a brash, audacious tour de force of Southern-fried anecdotes from the kitchen, the bedroom, the grocery store, and everywhere in between. Ostensibly a book about cooking-or not cooking-this is a series of Dixie-flavored, chick-lit memoirs aimed at working moms; chapters include "When Roadkill Meets Mikasa" and "If Your Kids Like School Lunches You Suck as a Cook." While the stories are presented with humor and sometimes pathos-as in her feeling presentation of Barbara the cafeteria lady in "We'll Serve Ya a Meat but No Advice"-they are often broadly written and occasionally rather bawdy. (If you don't find humor in bodily functions or roadkill, you won't enjoy this book.) Each chapter does include a few related recipes of varying complexity; some are more like supporting characters in the narrative. Recommended for public libraries.

Table of Contents:
Contents Foreword....................1
One: There Are No Pot Holders in Heaven....................9
Two: Vigilante Grannies' Good Eats and Feats....................23
Three: Erotic Eating: When Love and Food Collide....................33
Four: Once You've Done a Meal, You Have to Be Dead to Get Out of Another....................45
Five: If the Baby Comes Early, Blame It on the Ham....................53
Six: Bon Appe-Cheat!....................65
Seven: Dude Food....................73
Eight: Upscale Dude Food....................81
Nine: Monster Collards and Daisy Shavers....................93
Ten: Tricks and Bad Eats....................99
Eleven: When Roadkill Meets Mikasa....................109
Twelve: When Daddies Do the Cooking....................127
Thirteen: Serve Ya a Meat, Ma'am?....................137
Fourteen: Cutthroat Covered-Dish Suppers....................149
Fifteen: If Your Kids Like School Lunches, You Suck as a Cook....................157
Sixteen: Before SPAM Hit Computers, It Was a Meat to Be Reckoned With....................165
Seventeen: Making a Mess of Collards....................173
Eighteen: There's No Such Thing as a Free Bird....................183
Nineteen: My Alcoholic Cat....................189
Twenty: If the Sushi Isn't Fried, Pass the Boiled Peanuts....................197
Twenty-one: Kitchen Virgins and Kitchen Trollops....................209
Twenty-two: Eating Free, Buffet-a-Phobia, and DubiousDiets....................219
Recipe Index....................229

Modern Balti Curry Cookbook or The Basic Basics Home Freezing Handbook

2009-01-02T17:18:00.000-08:00

Modern Balti Curry Cookbook: 100 Classic Dishes for You to Create at Home

Author: Pat Chapman
Balti curries are irresistible Indian stir-fries cooked and served in a wok-like pan. Now Pat Chapman, one of the foremost authorities on curries and spicy food, has written the book that curry fans everywhere have been waiting for.
Balti or karahi cooking originates from Baltistan in Pakistan, and in his latest cookbook, Pat Chapman has gathered Balti dishes that can be prepared with ease in home kitchens everywhere. Here are clear, simple-to-follow recipes for classic curry favorites cooked in the Balti method--dishes like Balti Mt-spi-cha-chi-aub (meat with spinach, chana dhal, chickpeas, and eggplant); Bhola Balti (lamb, chicken, and mixed vegetables); and Balti Exhaustion Dish--the ultimate curry that includes just about everything! A must-have cookbook for fans of curries and Indian food. Pat Chapman's previous book was The Real Fast Curry Cookbook.

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The Basic Basics Home Freezing Handbook (Basic Basics Series)

Author: Carol Bowen
This is Carol Bowen's sequel to her "Basic Basics Combination and Microwave Handbook", and it follows the same formula as an A to Z compendium. The reader looks up the fruit, the vegetable, the fish, the meat, the sauces, cakes or herbs, and there are quick guidelines on freezing each type of food. The author also explains how a freezer works, gives advice on choosing and siting a freezer, insurance, cleaning, maintenance, what to do in emergencies, packaging and accessories, freezing techniques and defrosting, refreezing and thawing as well as storage times.

Revolution in Eating or Why Do Donuts Have Holes

2009-01-01T04:23:00.000-08:00

Revolution in Eating: How the Quest for Food Shaped America

Author: James E McWilliams
Sugar, pork, beer, corn, cider, scrapple, and hoppin' John all became staples in the diet of colonial America. The ways Americans cultivated and prepared food and the values they attributed to it played an important role in shaping the identity of the newborn nation. In A Revolution in Eating, James E. McWilliams presents a colorful and spirited tour of culinary attitudes, tastes, and techniques throughout colonial America.
Confronted by strange new animals, plants, and landscapes, settlers in the colonies and West Indies found new ways to produce food. Integrating their British and European tastes with the demands and bounty of the rugged American environment, early Americans developed a range of regional cuisines. From the kitchen tables of typical Puritan families to Iroquois longhouses in the backcountry and slave kitchens on southern plantations, McWilliams portrays the grand variety and inventiveness that characterized colonial cuisine. As colonial America grew, so did its palate, as interactions among European settlers, Native Americans, and African slaves created new dishes and attitudes about food. McWilliams considers how Indian corn, once thought by the colonists as "fit for swine," became a fixture in the colonial diet. He also examines the ways in which African slaves influenced West Indian and American southern cuisine.
While a mania for all things British was a unifying feature of eighteenth-century cuisine, the colonies discovered a national beverage in domestically brewed beer, which came to symbolize solidarity and loyalty to the patriotic cause in the Revolutionary era. The beer and alcohol industry also instigated unprecedented trade amongthe colonies and further integrated colonial habits and tastes. Victory in the American Revolution initiated a "culinary declaration of independence," prompting the antimonarchical habits of simplicity, frugality, and frontier ruggedness to define American cuisine. McWilliams demonstrates that this was a shift not so much in new ingredients or cooking methods, as in the way Americans imbued food and cuisine with values that continue to shape American attitudes to this day.

Publishers Weekly
"[T]he way [colonial] Americans thought about food was integral to the way they thought about politics," McWilliams persuasively argues in this survey of the creation of American cuisine. The Texas State University-San Marcos history professor explores what the colonists ate and why, how that affected their emerging political and cultural values, how their farms and their rights intersected and how "food remained at the core of America's Revolution." At the root of American cuisine, McWilliams finds, is the immeasurable impact of Native American agricultural practices. He explores the effect of the staple crop peculiar to each area of colonial America upon the development of regional foodways, as well as upon their economic and social practices. With remarkable clarity, he delineates the technical aspects of various agricultural tasks, from crop cultivation (sugar cane, rice, tobacco, corn, wheat) to more domestic work (building a kitchen garden, churning butter). The broad range of scholarship, the smooth weaving of political and social history and the full notes and fat bibliography will inform historians, while the lucid style and jaunty tone (the Quakers were "a people who made a virtue of frugality while making frugality more elaborate than anyone could have imagined") make this accessible to all. (July) Copyright 2005 Reed Business Information.
Library Journal
Meticulously researched and packed with fascinating detail, this book provides an excellent account of the culinary development of Colonial America. Positing that "the agrarian values that colonists fought the Revolution to protect and preserve became the very values that Americans would use to frame their new foodways," McWilliams (history, Texas State Univ., San Marcos) reveals how the evolution of distinct and varying processes of the cultivation and preparation of food, the development of relationships with Native Americans, and the presence (or absence) of a slave culture reflected and affected the economic, ethnic, racial, and social development of the English West Indies, New England, the Chesapeake Bay region, the Carolinas, and the Middle Colonies. The extensive use of primary sources captures the immediacy of the Colonists' experiences, both humorous and sobering. McWilliams delivers an eminently readable history of food preparation and consumption in nascent American culture. Highly recommended for academic and larger public libraries.-Courtney Greene, DePaul Univ. Lib., Chicago Copyright 2005 Reed Business Information.

Table of Contents:
Introduction : getting to the guts of American food 1
1 Adaptability : the bittersweet culinary history of the English West Indies 19
2 Traditionalism : the greatest accomplishment of colonial New England 55
3 Negotiation : living high and low on the hog in the Chesapeake Bay region 89
4 Wilderness : the fruitless search for culinary order in Carolina 131
5 Diversity : refined crudeness in the Middle Colonies 167
6 Consumption : the British invasion 201
7 Intoxication : finding common bonds in an alcoholic empire 241
8 Revolution : a culinary declaration of independence 279

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Why Do Donuts Have Holes?: Fascinating Facts About What We Eat and Drink

Author: Don Voorhees
Since cows eat grass all day, it would make more sense if milk were green. But milk is full of casein, a protein rich in calcium, which is white; and fatty cream, which is also white. That's why low fat and skim milk always seem less white than whole milk.
Take a quick peek at any page in Why Do Donuts Have Holes? And you'll find tasty bits of gastronomical trivia, such as:

What vegetable has been cultivated for more than 9,000 years?
What natural sweetener can also be used to dress wounds?
Is Irish coffee really Irish?
What classic American breakfast cereal used to have a kangaroo as its mascot?
Who wrote the first cookbook?
How do pop-up turkey timers work?
How many restaurants are there in America?

So treat yourself to a healthy helping of nutritious history and succulent science-all fat-free, low carb, and completely guilt-free!

Cuisines of Asia or The New Kitchen Science

2008-12-31T18:42:00.000-08:00

Cuisines of Asia: Nine Great Oriental Cuisines by Technique

Author: Jennifer Brennan
This brilliant, original, and encyclopedic cookbook presents the authentic foods and recipes of the great oriental cuisines by cooking technique-steaming, stir-frying, deep-frying, currying, simmering,, barbecuing, noodle-making, etc. With loving attention to authenticity and detail, the author presents more than 300 tested recipes for such dishes as Indonesian twice-fried spicy peanut fritters, Japanese tempura, Peking duck, Philippine deep-fried Thai catfish, and dozens of other exotic foods. All of the recipes are made with ingredients widely available in America, or with unique substitutes for readers who live far from suppliers. Menus, a glossary, conversion tables, and personal anecdotes about the experience of eating and cooking in the orient make The Cuisines of Asia a true insider's guide to the delights of the Far Eastern kitchen.

Book about: Life After Television or Managing Scientists
The New Kitchen Science: A Guide to Know the Hows and Whys for Fun and Success in the Kitchen

Author: Howard Hillman
In this revised and updated edition of the book that thousands of cooks have turned to when they have a question, the science authority Howard Hillman provides the latest findings about everything from cooking methods, equipment, and food storage to nutrition and health concerns.
Publishers Weekly
This updated edition of a kitchen essential provides the answers to all the culinary questions that can leave cooks scratching their heads. Hillman reveals, for example, how microwave ovens work (a tube within the oven causes food molecules to vibrate, which causes friction, which in turn causes heat), why percolated coffee can taste bitter (usually because it's been boiled for far too long) and why crustaceans taste sweeter than fish (their flesh contains more of a compound that converts into simple sugars). Divided into sections-including Cooking Methods, Baking, Seasonings, Food Storage, and Health and Nutrition-this authoritative and sprightly volume will have anyone who's interested in cookery sighing, "Aha!" Hillman begins with a list of the all-too-familiar "mistakes good cooks make," which points to explanations for why those eggs went rubbery, that batch of ice cream turned icy and the roast mysteriously shrunk. He also offers "Principle-Illustrating Recipes" (e.g., two vinaigrette preparations, one truly emulsified and therefore superior) and kitchen experiments (e.g., one that demonstrates the "strange, distinct flavor" that results from the chemical reaction between salt and MSG). Written with friendly reassurance and designed logically and thoughtfully, this compendium of questions and answers is a must for the kitchen shelves of curious cooks everywhere. (Feb.) Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information.

Table of Contents:
Preface ix
Mistakes Good Cooks Make--and How to Avoid Them xi
1 Cooking Equipment 1
2 Cooking Methods 27
3 Meats 44
4 Seafood 78
5 Dairy Products 102
6 Eggs 123
7 Fruits and Vegetables 134
8 Sauces and Thickeners 153
9 Seasonings 177
10 Oils and Fats 188
11 Baking 200
12 Beverages 218
13 Food Storage 234
14 Health and Nutrition 249
15 Diets 265
16 Potpourri 275
Further Reading 293
Index 297
About the Author 318

Deliciously Easy Desserts with Herbs or Food Culture in Russia and Central Asia

2008-12-31T09:59:00.000-08:00

Deliciously Easy Desserts 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!

Look this: Will They Ever Trust Us Again or The Assassins Gate
Food Culture in Russia and Central Asia

Author: Asele Surina
Russia and the newly independent states of Central Asia are struggling to reassert or create national identities and are receiving fresh attention from the West. After decades of oblivion, the vast Eurasian continent is once again divulging its intense cultural heritage and foodways to the international community. The diversity of food cultures within the former Soviet Union, with more than 100 distinct nationalities, is overwhelming, but this book brilliantly distills the main elements of contemporary cuisine and food-related customs for students and foodies. Vibrant descriptions of the legacy of the Silk Road; the classic foods such as kasha, pirogi, non (flatbread), pickles, and shashlyk (shish kebab); the over-the-top Moscow theme restaurants; and meals at the dacha and tea time are just some of the highlights.

Table of Contents:
Series Foreword
Introduction : Russian and Central Asian culinary culture
1 Russia historical overview 1
2 Central Asia historical overview 37
3 Major foods and ingredients 67
4 Cooking 105
5 Typical meals 117
6 Eating out 133
7 Special occasions 157
8 Diet and health 185

Buckeye Cookery and Practical Housekeeping or 20 Minutes to Dinner

2008-12-30T22:17:00.000-08:00

Buckeye Cookery and Practical Housekeeping

Author: Buckeye Publishing Company
Originally published in 1877, this facsimile edition of one of the premier cookbooks from the nineteenth century covers all facets of cooking and housekeeping including breadmaking, cakemaking, confectionary, canning fruits, catsups and sauces, ices and ice cream, pastry, puddings, preserves, soups, management of help, carving, cutting and curing meats, hints for the well and for the sick, and medical and floral advice. By the second edition this collection of recipes from housewives and homemakers all across the country had sold more than 25,000 copies. Included are recipes from women of all walks of life from all across the country, including the wives of state governors (Mrs. Bradley of Nevada contributed a chili recipe). There's even a recipe from Mrs. Rutherford B. Hayes. The book's popularity was not limited to Ohio or the mid-West.

See also: Art of Shen Ku or Beauty of Color
20 Minutes to Dinner: Quick, Low-Fat, Low-Calorie Vegetarian Meals

Author: Bryanna Clark Grogan
Not only will these meat-, egg-, and dairy-free recipes be just the thing for putting together a well-balanced dinner (on those nights when you just can't figure out where the time went), but they'll be just the thing for creating a quick snack or appetizer for unexpected company and making that who-has-time-to-cook lunch. Most of the recipes are based on the Mediterranean/Asian model using lots of grains, fruits, and vegetables. Nutritional analyses accompany each recipe.

Blue Ribbon Country Cookbook or Kathy Caseys Northwest Table

2008-12-30T12:36:00.000-08:00

Blue Ribbon Country Cookbook

Author: Diane Roup
Nearly 1,000 crowd-pleasing and award-winning recipes presented in an easy, step-by-step format to ensure success for anyone-even beginners.
More than just a comprehensive cookbook, The Blue Ribbon Country Cookbook contains easy-to-follow techniques and detailed explanations that ensure success. Chapters include every type of food, from soups and stews to pies and tarts, and recipes range from traditional favorites to more contemporary dishes such as Fresh Pear Salad with Ginger Dressing and Rosemary Chicken with Red Raspberry Sauce. What makes this book so special is not just the large number of recipes but also the amount of indispensable information that it contains.
An Amazon reviewer explains the book best: "After 16 years of marriage, I was still not able to make some of the dishes my husband's mom did. I never quite got it right. I can now! In her book, Diane taught me the basics of cooking from scratch and now I receive the highest compliment--As Good as Mom's and Grandma's."

New interesting textbook: Brown Ale or Spirit of Christmas
Kathy Casey's Northwest Table

Author: Kathy Casey
Kathy Casey, beloved expert on Northwest cuisine, shares more than 100 it-doesn't-get-more-delicious-than-this recipes for everything from cocktails all the way to desserts. Lambert cherry mojitos waft the fragrance of fresh mint. A Tillamook cheddar spread made with Oregon's famous cheese is spiked with locally brewed ale. Dungeness crab cakes are topped with a vibrant slaw. Wild Alaskan salmon is crowned with herb-tossed rings of Walla Walla sweet onions. And desserts like Buttermilk Panna Cotta with Cascade Berries make the end of the meal as special as the beginning. These recipes coupled here with fascinating stories of Kathy's Northwest culinary adventures are inspired by the diverse cultural heritage of the region: modern favorites, cherished recipes passed from generation to generation, Pacific Rim and Native American influences, as well as its natural bounty blend the traditional and the contemporary in a delightfully modern cuisine. Add to that gorgeous photographs showing off the culinary landscape, Kathy Casey's Northwest Table is not only distinctive, it's downright delicious.

Sublime Smoke or Crockery Cookery

2008-12-30T01:54:00.000-08:00

Sublime Smoke: Bold New Flavors Inspired by the Old Art of Barbecue

Author: Bill Jamison
Building on the traditional basics laid out in their best-selling Smoke & Spice, the Jamisons delve into a lighter approach to smoking, with an emphasis on leaner meats along with chicken, fish, and vegetables. The result is a delicious food that incorporates an imaginative variety of ingredients.

Book about: Perfectly Legal or 102 Minutes
Crockery Cookery

Author: Mabel Hoffman
This cookbook invites culinary creativity. The reader is encouraged to use these recipes only as a foundation, adding a pinch of his own ingenuity to the pot.
Author Biography: Mable Hoffman who has been a professional home economist and food stylist, is the author of dozens of bestselling and award winning cookbooks.

Wild Edible Fruits and Berries or New Vegetarian Baby

2008-12-29T15:15:00.000-08:00

Wild Edible Fruits and Berries

Author: Marjorie Furlong
Marjorie Furlong and Virginia Pill two business women, shared a love of going out 'berrying' and taking pictures for relaxation and fun. Useful throughout the U.S. and Canada, this book contains full-color photographs and detailed descriptions for 42 wild edible fruits and berries. Locations are given and conservation principles encouraged. A recipe section adds to the book's utility.

Book about: Health Handbook or Managing Your Gestational Diabetes
New Vegetarian Baby

Author: Christine H Beard
Grow a Healthy Baby!
In an all-new edition of America's favorite guide to bringing up baby as a vegetarian, authors Sharon Yntema and Christine Beard explain in clear, down-to-earth terms the way to start your youngster on a lifetime of healthy, happy eating. Incorporating all the latest information, this book will bolster your own instincts, answer your questions, and lay any lingering doubts about a vegetarian regimen for infants safely to rest.
Vegetarian Times
I Think this book is great. The author has extensively researched and documented the topics she covers, and yet she's presented them in a relaxed and easy-to-read style. The information she offers is current, accurate, and extensive: it will give parents the knowledge and confidence necessary to raise their child on a meatless diet. Comment refers to first edition of the book.
Vegetarian Times

Amateur Gourmet or Californias Central Coast

2008-12-29T03:33:00.000-08:00

Amateur Gourmet

Author: Adam D Roberts
Self-taught chef and creator of the Amateur Gourmet website, Adam Roberts has written the ultimate “Kitchen 101” for anyone who’s ever wanted to enjoy the rewards of good eating without risking burning down the house! In this deliciously illuminating and hilarious new kitchen companion, Roberts has assembled a five-star lineup of some of the food world’s most eminent authorities. The result is a culinary education like no other.

Learn the “Ten Commandments of Dining Out” courtesy of Ruth Reichl, editor in chief of Gourmet magazine. Discover why the New York Times’s Amanda Hesser urges you never to bring a grocery list to the market. Get knife lessons from a top sous-chef at Manhattan’s famous Union Square Cafe, and much more. Packed with recipes, menu plans, shopping tips, and anecdotes, The Amateur Gourmet provides you with all the ingredients to savor the foodie lifestyle. All you need to add is a healthy appetite and a taste for adventure.

Books about: Licensed to Kill or Fire Breathing Liberal
California's Central Coast: The Ultimate Winery Guide: From Santa Barbara to Paso Robles

Author: Mira Advani Honeycutt
Nearly two million people visit Central Coast wineries each year, drawn to the breathtaking scenery and stellar wines of Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo counties. Due in part to the success of the Oscar-winning movie Sideways, the region has experienced a surge in popularity yet maintains its warm hospitality and low-key atmosphere. This entirely new installment in our popular series is the first illustrated book of its kind on this region. Stunning color photography makes the guide as evocative for armchair travelers as it is functional for those getting ready to hit the tasting rooms.

Last Suppers or Antony Worrall Thompsons Top 100 Beef Recipes

2008-12-28T18:52:00.000-08:00

Last Suppers: If the World Ended Tomorrow, What Would Be Your Last Meal

Author: James L Dickerson
Bill Clinton...Trent Lott...Claudia Schiffer...Dr. Atkins...Kerry Strug...John Elway...Phyllis Diller and many more. If these well known personalities knew the world was ending tomorrow, what would be their last supper? Their "meals to die for" range from a Texas BBQ to a 12-course meal at a four-star restaurant.
Our appetite for the secrets of the rich and famous is insatiable. Now we find out what their ultimate meal might be like along with recipes and personal favorites. Where do they eat? What do they eat? Who do they eat with?
With photographs, biographies, recipes and menus of more than 75 top celebrities, personalities and politicians, this book is the essential fun food reference for the celebrity hound in all of us.

See also: Martini Companion or Food Men Love
Antony Worrall Thompson's Top 100 Beef Recipes

Author: Antony Worrall Thompson
A commitment to sourcing the best organic beef and years of hands-on experience leave no doubt about Antony Worrall Thompson’s passion for cooking meat—and his new book is packed with recipes designed to fire up the enthusiasm of cooks everywhere. Featuring clear, step-by-step instructions, the book is arranged by various cooking methods, from roasting and stewing to braising and grilling. Antony Worrall Thompson’s expertise and concise methods guarantee that both novice and seasoned cooks will achieve terrific results every time.

Table of Contents:
Introduction 6
Soups and starters 12
Salads and sandwiches 29
Light lunches 41
Pasta, rice and noodles 58
Warming winter dishes 75
Weekday suppers 93
Special occasions 112
Sauces and accompaniments 129
Optional extras and Index 140

The Alkalizing Diet or Dining Without Reservations

2008-12-28T08:10:00.000-08:00

The Alkalizing Diet: Your Life Is In the Balance

Author: Istvan Fazekas
This book explores the many dimensions of nutrition that are so often neglected in the mainstream. It incorporates ancient traditions along with the wisdom from the Edgar Cayce readings to paint a holistic mosaic of modern nutrition. This simple plan shows how to achieve the acid/alkaline balance that is so important in keeping the body strong, healthy, and free of stress. Learn the latest facts regarding nutrition research, the importance of food combining, how to eat for your metabolic type, and even how to safely achieve a cleansing fast. This book will help you reach that balance that is vital to living a healthy life.

Table of Contents:
Introduction vii
1 The Holistic Legacy of Edgar Cayce 1
2 The Fleshy Machine 11
3 Physiology Fundamentals 21
4 Three Main Nutrients 27
5 What Your Blood Recommends 39
Blood Type and Foods-Quick-Look Chart 54
6 What Your Genes Recommend-Metabolic Typing 63
7 Food Combining Rudiments 71
Food Combining-Quick-View Chart 75
8 Three Levels of Food Combining 77
9 Sacred Ideas of Fasting 81
10 The Seven Types of Fasts 87
11 A History of Food Narrative 95
12 A History of Food Timeline 105
13 Our Fast-Food Fasci-Nation 143
14 Food Additives 147
15 Phytomedicine-The Healing Power of Plants 157
16 Cayce Case Studies 175
Appendix Questions and Answers 189
Endnotes 199

Look this: Fire Lover or Limits of Power
Dining Without Reservations

Author: Junior League of Beaumont Staff
From kitchens where Cajun cuisine meets Tex-Mex, and Cordon Bleu rubs elbows with soul food come recipes to tempt every palate! Dining Without Reservations is a cookbook that features mouthwatering, tried-and-true recipes that highlight the diverse local flavors of Southeast Texas. This culinary delight features lush photos of dishes that tempt both the eye and the palate.

New Tapas or Best of the Best from Kentucky

2008-12-27T22:28:00.000-08:00

New Tapas: Culinary Travels with Spain's Top Chefs

Author: Fiona Dunlop
Spain's most popular culinary tradition — tapas — is enjoying a renaissance. In New Tapas, travel writer Fiona Dunlop visits Spain's most creative young chefs in a tour of the distinct regions of the country, presenting simple dishes that represent the most tempting new food being served in Spain's top tapas bars and restaurants. Some of the dishes fuse traditional Spanish cuisine with international influences, while others are earthy, fresh and indisputably Spanish. All are easy to make — the simplicity of ingredients and preparation belies their exquisite flavors. Recipes are arranged by region imparting a cultural understanding of this magnificent, passionate country and its favorite little dishes. 150 color photographs are included.

Interesting book: Marthas Vineyard Table or Pastery Cook
Best of the Best from Kentucky: Selected Recipes from Kentucky's Favorite Cookbooks

Author: Gwen McKe
Frosty mint juleps, delectable hot brown sandwiches, tasty bowls of everything-goes-in-the-pot burgoo, cool, refreshing benedictine spread...Kentucky creates memorable dishes that become signature recipes.
From mountain-folk simple to white-tablecloth fancy, the Bluegrass State celebrates good food. It's all inside! Fifty-five of the leading cookbooks in Kentucky submitted some of their favorite recipes to make up this outstanding collection.
Best of the Best from Kentucky was among the first cookbooks in the acclaimed Best of the Best State Cookbook Series. We are pleased to offer this completely updated edition featuring all-new recipes from a new generation of fine cookbooks.

Table of Contents:
Preface 7
List of Contributors 9
Beverages and Appetizers 11
Bread and Breakfast 35
Soups, Chilies, and Stews 71
Salads 89
Vegetables 107
Seafood, Pasta, Etc. 127
Meats 139
Poultry 161
Cakes 179
Cookies and Candies 209
Pies and Other Desserts 229
Catalog of Contributing Cookbooks 259
Index 275
Best of the Best State Cookbook Series 288

Delia Smiths Complete Cookery Course or Hasty Pudding Johnnycakes and Other Good Stuff

2008-12-27T13:46:00.000-08:00

Delia Smith's Complete Cookery Course

Author: Delia Smith
Delia Smith's Complete Cookery Course, the book that has taken the pride of place on everyone's kitchen shelf, has now been completely revised and updated. Still containing all the established favourites such as Flaky Fish Pie, Christmas Pudding and the secret of crunchy Roast Potatoes, Delia has now added exciting new recipes like Stir-Fried Mange Tout and Roast Stuffed Goose with Prunes and Armagnac. As clear and comprehensive as ever, the recipes are suitable for beginners as well as more experienced cooks. Delia also gives advice on new and widely available ingredients like easy-blend yeast, filo pastry and fromage frais.

New interesting book: History in a Glass or Essentials of Roasting
Hasty Pudding, Johnnycakes, and Other Good Stuff: Cooking in Colonial America

Author: Loretta Frances Ichord
A look at the development of methods for cooking food as well as storing and preserving it. The recipes included in each chapter are adapted to modern times, but are authentic. Notes show how colonial women would have gone about the project differently. There are chapters on regional cooking, soups, corn, soul cooking, beverages, and desserts.
School Library Journal
Gr 3-6--Children are taken on a virtual tour of American cuisine as it was in Colonial times. The introduction grabs readers' attention as the author discusses foods that are commonly thought of as American, but that actually came from other countries. Each chapter deals with a different aspect of culinary matters, such as "Fireplace Cooking," "Preserving and Storing Food," "Soul Cooking," "Mannerly Eating," and "Feeding the Sweet Tooth." The book is written in a conversational tone and the author presents many facts that students will find fascinating. For example, they will learn that many Colonial women were killed when their dresses caught fire while they were cooking. The recipes include the modern cooking version as well as an explanation of how the Colonists actually made them. The colorful illustrations, most of which are done in panels of three along the sides of the pages, add interest. A solid, attractive resource.--Susan Knell, Pittsburgh State University, Pittsburgh, KS

Italian Wine Guide or New England Cookbook

2008-12-27T02:04:00.000-08:00

Italian Wine Guide: The Definitive Guide to Touring, Sourcing, and Tasting

Author: Touring Club of Italy
The wines of Italy are a delightful part of any visit to the Bel Paese, and The Italian Wine Guide is the ultimate guide to the world of these wines. This practical handbook offers current information on wineries, tours, and tastings throughout Italy, plus listings for over 1,900 wine stores. For those visiting winery towns, over 60 detailed maps and itineraries are featured, with suggestions on where to enjoy the best wines and dine on the finest local cuisine. A look at contemporary wine production in Italy is followed by detailed discussions of each region. The new edition contains listings for U. S. retailers selling Italian wines.

Look this: The P tissier or Making Homemade Wine
New England Cookbook: 350 Recipes from Town and Country, Land and Sea, Hearth and Home

Author: Brooke Dojny
In addition to the 350 recipes presented in this book, Dojny traces the culinary influences that began in New England and offers anecdotes that portray the New England approach to cooking as well as the lore and culture of the region. 120 illustrations, 2-color text, 200 sidebars.
Publishers Weekly
In this ambitious cookbook, Dojny (AMA Family Health Cookbook) mines her Norwalk, Conn., childhood to bring Americans a hearty dose of Yankee tradition. She emphasizes seafood from the coast, with heavy infusions of Hungarian, Italian and Greek cuisines and the occasional light departure (Laos-in-Vermont Crispy Raw Vegetable Spring Rolls). The narrative conjures a quaint atmosphere of roadside diners (Athena Diner Avgolemono), county fairs and clam shacks. Strong points include classic starches like Golden Corn Pudding and Classic Parker House Rolls, and the poultry and dessert (Lucetta Peabody's Baked Fudge Pudding Cake) sections. Some recipes, however, do not provide sufficient information about preparation times, storage and substitutions: for example, Narragansett Beer Battered Fish 'n' Chips, while scrumptious, may need water to lighten the batter when unforewarned cooks have no flat beer; and in most of the chowders (Thick and Creamy Boston Clam Chowder, Milky Maine Steamer Chowder, and Nor'easter Baked Fish Chowder) the author doesn't advise which stock is the best option--clam broth, clam juice or fish stock. But Dojny's many homely dishes (Hungarian Beef Goulash, Vineyard Chicken and Corn Chowder) well suit a bleak day on Nantucket. Author tour. (Oct.) Copyright 1999 Cahners Business Information.
Library Journal
Jamison, Cheryl Alters & Bill Jamison. American Home Cooking: 400 Spirited Recipes Celebrating Our Rich Copyright 1999 Cahners Business Information.

Toll House Tried and True Recipes or Smith Hawken Gardeners Community Cookbook

2008-12-26T16:23:00.000-08:00

Toll House Tried and True Recipes

Author: Ruth G Wakefeld
Authentic recipes from the famous Massachusetts restaurant: popovers, veal and ham loaf, Toll House baked beans, chocolate cake, crumb pudding, much more. Nearly 700 recipes, including famous Toll House cookie recipe, many impossible to find elsewhere.

Look this: Math for Life and Food Service or Introduction to Health Occupation
Smith & Hawken Gardeners' Community Cookbook

Author: Victoria Wis
A big, ripe cornucopia of a book by gardeners who cook and cooks who garden, Smith & HawkenThe Gardeners' Community Cookbook celebrates both the Smith & Hawken gardening community and Second Harvest, the largest charitable hunger relief organization in the United States. Over 300 contributors from all 50 states share the fruit and vegetables of their labors--the secrets of their tomatoes and their tomato sauce. There are herb growers. Patio gardeners. Farmers. And famous chef/gardeners and writers, such as Deborah Madison, Alice Waters, Barbara Kafka, Ken Hom, Paula Wolfert, Thomas Keller, and Barbara Damrosch, who forces Belgian endive in buckets under the kitchen sink during bitter Maine winters.

And what they offer are over 400 recipes that give a cross section of creative American garden cooking. Here are garden-to-table dishes: Spinach and Strawberry Salad; Mexican Bruschetta. Seasonal inspirations: Curried Zucchini Soup; Tortellini with Pumpkin Alfredo; Asparagus Mushroom Flan. Prime pickings: Chicken and Chives; New Mexico Chard Enchiladas. And harvest put-ups: Green Tomato Chutney; Sweet Red Bell Pepper Pickle.

Compiled and written by Victoria Wise, this is the cookbook to meet like-minded neighbors and friends you never knew you had, exchanging ideas and recipes just for the pleasure of it.
Kitchen Gardner - John Bray
This book, produced in collaboration wi Smith & Hawken, is full of snippets from contributors. Charlotte Fliehler of Strawberry Point, IA, tells how the community got its name and then offers her recipe for Strawberry Spoon Sauce. Tips abound, and Wise provides short takes on everything from composting to canning. The book is thoroughly indexed. With nearly 400 contributors to this book, if you don't recognized a neighbor, you'll certainly be able to find at least a few kitchen song scores you'll be happy to sing.
Publishers Weekly
As might be expected from a community cookbook of recipes gathered by gardeners, most of this fare is vegetable-heavy, if not vegetarian, with an emphasis on freshness. Some of the contributors are well-known: Alice's Moroccan Carrots are from Alice Waters. Most, however, are simply creative cooks who like to share. There are complex recipes such as Sweet Potato, Caramelized Onion, and Butternut Squash Lasagne and simple ones such as Crostini with Fava Bean Paste, which requires only five ingredients. An urban organic gardener from Philadelphia contributes Thai-Style Turkey Sausage Wrapped in Grape Leaves, while a California duo donate a recipe for Limoncello de Malibu, a New World version of Capri's classic liqueur. Wise (coauthor of The Well-Filled Tortilla Cookbook) has sprinkled gardening and cooking tips throughout. Rose Petal Chicken Breasts are accompanied by a note on growing flowers for consumption, for instance. The regional diversity is refreshing, although some ingredients may be inaccessible to most readers. The fresh figs in Hospitality Figs with Cinnamon, Anise, and Fresh Bay Leaves are probably easy to grow in Greece, where their contributor lives, but not so easy to find on the Atlantic coast. Still, there is a generosity here that pulls everything together and is expressed in the sharing of recipes and in good-natured headnotes that relate gardening experiences. (Oct.) FYI: A portion of the book's earnings will be donated to the hunger relief organization Second Harvest. Copyright 1999 Cahners Business Information.
Library Journal
This impressive book from garden purveyors Smith & Hawken includes more than 400 recipes contributed by gardeners and cooks all across the country. All, of course, highlight fresh ingredients from the garden (or farmers' market), whether in a first course like Alice's Moroccan Carrots (from Chez Panisse owner Alice Waters), a main dish such as Tomato Zucchini Tart, or a dessert like Upside-Down Peach Shortcake. Some, especially those in the preserving chapter, are family heirlooms; others are more recent creations. Cookbook author Wise provides the recipe headnotes, often with quick tips and advice from the individual contributors, and dozens of boxes and sidebars on a wide variety of subjects. Highly recommended. Copyright 1999 Cahners Business Information.

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Secrets of Fat Free Italian Cooking or Italy the Romagnoli Way

2008-12-26T04:49:00.000-08:00

Secrets of Fat-Free Italian Cooking

Author: Sandra Woodruff
Italian food has long been a staple of the American diet, but with the recent fat-free craze, many people have shied away from their favorite dishes. Woodruff shows Italian food lovers how to enjoy their favorite Italian dishes without overdoing the fat. More than 130 recipes for wonderful dishes such as Shrimp and Asparagus Risotto and Suasage and Ricotta Pan Pizza let even fat-free eaters go for the gusto. Line drawings. 12 color photos.
Library Journal
Woodruff is the author of several other "Secrets of Fat-Free" cookbooks, including Secrets of Fat-Free Cooking (Avery, 1995), most of which have been immensely popular. Here she offers quick and easy low-fat recipes for Balsamic Three-Bean Salad, Eggplant Rollatini, and others. She uses a variety of reduced-fat ingredients to lighten up these Italian dishes, and some revisions seem more successful than others (e.g., Fettuccine Alfredo made with nonfat parmesan, evaporated skim milk, and butter-flavor sprinkles). And some recipes don't seem particularly Italian. But, overall, this is a nice collection for those who want their favorite Italian dishes but want them low-fat, too. Schlesinger's book is another in the series that includes 500 Fat-Free Recipes (Villard, 1995). Despite the title, there are more like dozens of recipes here, all with three grams of fat or fewer per serving for rice and grain dishes as well as pastas. Many are easy, and most are fairly sophisticated. For libraries where the earlier titles have been popular.

Book review:
Italy, the Romagnoli Way: A Culinary Journey

Author: Franco G Romagnoli

ITALY OFF THE EATEN PATH: A Culinary Journey to the Old Country’s Hidden Treasures                         (Lyons)
G. Franco Romagnoli and Gwen Romagnoli

The bestselling author and television chef presents a succulent food travelogue of his homeland.

Rome native G. Franco Romagnoli first introduced American television viewers to Italian cooking back in the 1960s, when he starred with his late wife Margaret on two television series for PBS-TV, including The Romagnolis’ Table. The first cooking show of its kind led the couple to national fame, during which they wrote nine cookbooks and toured the world giving cooking demonstrations and opened several restaurants in the Boston area.

Romagnoli continued to teach cooking and to write articles for The New York Times, The Boston Globe, Gourmet magazine, Food & Wine, and The Atlantic Monthly. He remarried in 1998 and now he and his wife Gwen present an unforgettable tour of Italy’s lesser known, secret jewels: the mountain streams of Val d’Aosta, which provide beauty as well as savory trout; Tuscany serves up the cannelloni and wild venison of Tuscany; risotto with frogs’ legs from Lake Orta; couscous with capers from Pantelleria; truffles from Alba, as well as cultural history such as the tuna hunting ritual mattanza on the Egadi islands and olive oil pressing in Puglia. Sharing the geography, history, and art of each region as wellas the character of its people, the Romagnolis bring little-known Italy to life—and to our tables—with full-color photographs to please travelers, food lovers and armchair dreamers.

G. Franco and Gwen Romagnoli live in Boston.

Publishers Weekly
Like a modern-day Virgil and Beatrice, the Romagnolis, cohosts of the PBS series The Romagnolis' Table, conduct a breathless journey through the paradisiacal food and wine regions of Italy. Beginning at the northern Alpine border of Italy, the two move slowly south, savoring food and wine as well as people and places. Their love of the country shines through their adoring descriptions of locales. Chiavari, in the northwestern region of Liguria, is an elegantly simple, relaxed and pleasant city, facing a sheltered sea and untouched by winter. In Emilia-Romagno, the Romagnolis set off on a quest to find the perfect prosciutto ham and Parmigiano cheese for which the region is famous. They discover not only a prosciutto that ideally combines creamy marbled fat and salty crispness, they also stumble across a violin museum where they listen raptly to the lush strains of a 1715 Stradivarius that transports them to the baroque period. In Calabria, a young boy brings the Romagnolis a meal of super-fresh braided mozzarella, just-picked garden tomatoes, a warm loaf of country bread and a carafe of cool, dry and sharp as a blade white wine, which they declare is the best meal they have ever had. Recipes accompany every chapter, and the Romagnolis' intimate storytelling and love of Italian food and culture carry readers on an unforgettable journey.
Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

1	The larder chef	1
2	Starters	19
3	Salads, salad dressing and cold sauces	61
4	Fish, shellfish and crustaceans	95
5	Poultry and game	122
6	Butchery	140
7	Forcemeats, garnishes and seasonings	188
8	The buffet chef	225
9	The cheeses	270
10	Larder administration	281

	Acknowledgments	vii
	Foreword	ix
	Introduction	1
1	Recipe for Inspiration	3
2	Morning Bliss	23
3	Loving Spoonfuls	39
4	Sauces, Dips, and Dressings	67
5	Flavored Oils and Vinegars	83
6	Salads and "Wraps,"	109
7	Super Sides	127
8	Ancient Wisdom, Ancient Grains	147
9	Main Attractions	169
10	Just Desserts	191
	Metric Conversion Tables	210
	Resources	211
	Index	217

	Introduction
	The Hottest Show on Earth	1
	Sizzling Starters	13
	Sassy Sauces, Salads, and Soups	31
	Mighty Meats	51
	Stimulating Seafood	77
	Power Pastas and Galvanized Grains	99
	Sensational Side Dishes	115
	Brave Breads and Dazzling Desserts	131
	Index	157

	Preface	ix
Chapter 1	Cheese: Historical Aspects	1
1.1	Introduction	1
1.2	Cheese Production and Consumption	5
1.3	Cheese Science and Technology	7
Chapter 2	Overview of Cheese Manufacture	10
2.1	Selection of Milk	10
2.2	Standardization of Milk Composition	10
2.3	Heat Treatment of Milk	12
2.4	Cheese Color	13
2.5	Conversion of Milk to Cheese Curd	14
2.6	Ripening	17
2.7	Processed Cheese Products	17
2.8	Whey and Whey Products	17
Chapter 3	Chemistry of Milk Constituents	19
3.1	Introduction	19
3.2	Lactose	20
3.3	Milk Lipids	25
3.4	Milk Proteins	31
3.5	Milk Salts	39
3.6	pH of Milk	41
3.7	Physicochemical Properties of Milk	43
Chapter 4	Bacteriology of Cheese Milk	45
4.1	Contamination of Raw Milk	45
4.2	Pasteurization	47
4.3	Alternatives to Heat Treatment	49
4.4	Prematuration	53
Chapter 5	Starter Cultures	54
5.1	Introduction	54
5.2	Types of Cultures	54
5.3	Taxonomy	62
5.4	Metabolism of Starters	69
5.5	Plasmids	82
5.6	Inhibition of Acid Production	83
5.7	Bacteriophage	83
5.8	Bacteriocins	92
5.9	Production of Starters in Cheese Plants	94
5.10	Measurement of Generation Times	96
Chapter 6	Enzymatic Coagulation of Milk	98
6.1	The Primary Phase of Rennet Coagulation	98
6.2	Rennet	101
6.3	FaAtors That Affect the Hydrolysis of k-Casein and the Primary Phase of Rennet Coagulation	102
6.4	The Secondary (Nonenzymatic) Phase of Coagulation and Gel Assembly	103
6.5	Factors That Affect the Nonenzymatic Phase of Rennet Coagulation	108
6.6	Measurement of Rennet Coagulation Properties	109
6.7	Factors That Affect Rennet Coagulation	120
6.8	Rennet Substitutes	130
6.9	Immobilized Rennets	135
Chapter 7	Post-Coagulation Treatment of Renneted Milk Gel	138
7.1	Introduction	138
7.2	Methods for Measuring Syneresis	139
7.3	Influence of Compositional Factors on Syneresis	139
7.4	Influence of Processing Variables on Syneresis	140
7.5	Kinetics and Mechanism of Syneresis	145
7.6	Textured Cheese	145
7.7	Molding and Pressing of Cheese Curd	150
7.8	Packaging	151
Chapter 8	Salting of Cheese Curd	153
8.1	Introduction	153
8.2	Salting of Cheese Curd	155
8.3	Effect of Salt on Cheese Composition	162
8.4	Effect of NaCl on the Microbiology of Cheese	163
8.5	Influence of NaCl on Enzymes in Cheese	165
8.6	Effect of Salt on Cheese Quality	166
8.7	Nutritional Aspects of NaCl in Cheese	167
Chapter 9	Cheese Yield	169
9.1	Introduction	169
9.2	Definition of Cheese Yield	169
9.3	Measurement of Cheese Yield and Efficiency	171
9.4	Prediction of Cheese Yield	173
9.5	Factors That Affect Cheese Yield	174
9.6	Conclusion	202
Chapter 10	Microbiology of Cheese Ripening	206
10.1	General Features	206
10.2	Microbial Activity during Ripening	207
10.3	Growth of Starter Bacteria in Cheese	213
10.4	Growth of Nonstarter Lactic Acid Bacteria in Cheese	215
10.5	Other Microorganisms in Ripening Cheese	217
10.6	Examples of Microbial Growth in Cheese	226
10.7	Microbial Spoilage of Cheese	232
Chapter 11	Biochemistry of Cheese Ripening	236
11.1	Introduction	236
11.2	Ripening Agents in Cheese	236
11.3	Contribution of Individual Agents to Ripening	237
11.4	Glycolysis and Related Events	238
11.5	Citrate Metabolism	248
11.6	Lipolysis and Related Events	249
11.7	Proteolysis	255
11.8	Characterization of Proteolysis in Cheese	268
11.9	Catabolism of Amino Acids and Related Events	274
11.10	Conclusion	278
Chapter 12	Cheese Flavor	282
12.1	Introduction	282
12.2	Analytical Methods	284
12.3	Contribution of the Aqueous Phase of Cheese to Flavor	288
12.4	Contribution of Volatile Compounds to Cheese Flavor	292
12.5	Off-Flavors in Cheese	293
12.6	Formation of Flavor Compounds	297
12.7	Intervarietal and Intravarietal Comparison of Cheese Ripening	300
12.8	Conclusion	303
Chapter 13	Cheese Rheology and Texture	305
13.1	Introduction	305
13.2	Cheese Microstructure	306
13.3	Rheological Characteristics of Cheese	311
13.4	Cheese Texture	333
Chapter 14	Factors That Affect Cheese Quality	341
14.1	Introduction	341
14.2	Milk Supply	341
14.3	Coagulant (Rennet)	343
14.4	Starter	343
14.5	Nonstarter Lactic Acid Bacteria (NSLAB)	344
14.6	Cheese Composition	345
14.7	Ripening Temperature	347
14.8	Conclusion	347
Chapter 15	Acceleration of Cheese Ripening	349
15.1	Introduction	349
15.2	Elevated Temperature	350
15.3	Exogenous Enzymes	351
15.4	Selected, Activated, or Modified Starters	355
15.5	Adjunct Starters	358
15.6	Secondary Cultures	359
15.7	Enzyme-Modified Cheese	359
15.8	Addition of Amino Acids to Cheese Curd	360
15.9	Prospects for Accelerated Ripening	360
Chapter 16	Fresh Acid-Curd Cheese Varieties	363
16.1	Introduction	363
16.2	Overview of the Manufacturing Process for Fresh Acid-Curd Cheese Products	363
16.3	Principles of Acid Milk Gel Formation	364
16.4	Prerequisites for Gel Formation	368
16.5	Effect of Gel Structure on Quality	369
16.6	Factors That Influence the Structure of Acid Gels and the Quality of Fresh Cheese Products	374
16.7	Treatments of the Separated Curd	378
16.8	Major Fresh Acid-Curd Cheese Varieties	379
Chapter 17	Principal Families of Cheese	388
17.1	Introduction	388
17.2	Rennet-Coagulated Cheeses	392
17.3	Acid-Coagulated Cheeses	422
17.4	Heat/Acid-Coagulated Cheeses	422
17.5	Concentration and Crystallization	423
17.6	Ultrafiltration Technology in Cheesemaking	425
Appendix 17-A	Compositions of Selected Cheese Varieties	428
Chapter 18	Processed Cheese and Substitute or Imitation Cheese Products	429
18.1	Introduction	429
18.2	Pasteurized Processed Cheese Products	429
18.3	Imitation and Substitute Cheese Products	443
Chapter 19	Cheese as a Food Ingredient	452
19.1	Introduction	452
19.2	Overview of the Requirements of Cheese as an Ingredient	452
19.3	Functional Properties of Cheese as an Ingredient	456
19.4	Dried Cheese Products	475
19.5	Conclusion	482
Chapter 20	Pathogens and Food-Poisoning Bacteria in Cheese	484
20.1	Introduction	484
20.2	Pathogens in Raw Milk	487
20.3	Pathogens in Cheese	488
20.4	Listeriosis	489
20.5	Pathogenic Escherichia Coli	490
20.6	Growth of Pathogens during Cheese Manufacture	491
20.7	Growth of Pathogens in Cheese during Ripening	493
20.8	Raw Milk Cheeses	498
20.9	Control of the Growth of Pathogens	499
20.10	Enterococci	500
20.11	Biogenic Amines	501
Chapter 21	Nutritional Aspects of Cheese	504
21.1	Introduction	504
21.2	Fat and Cholesterol	504
21.3	Protein and Carbohydrate	506
21.4	Vitamins and Minerals	506
21.5	Additives in Cheese	508
21.6	Cheese and Dental Caries	509
21.7	Mycotoxins	509
21.8	Biogenic Amines in Cheese	512
Chapter 22	Whey and Whey Products	514
22.1	Introduction	514
22.2	Clarification of Whey	515
22.3	Concentrated and Dried Whey Products	516
22.4	Lactose	516
22.5	Whey Proteins	517
22.6	Whey Cheese	519
22.7	Fermentation Products	522
22.8	Conclusion	522
Chapter 23	Analytical Methods for Cheese	523
23.1	Introduction	523
23.2	Methods of Sampling Cheese	523
23.3	Compositional Analysis	525
23.4	Biochemical Assessment of Cheese Ripening	527
23.5	Techniques To Study Volatile Flavor Compounds	536
23.6	Microbiological Analysis of Cheese	536
23.7	Objective Assessment of Cheese Texture	540
23.8	Sensory Analysis of Cheese Flavor and Texture	540
23.9	Detection of Interspecies Adulteration of Milks and Cheeses	543
	Table of Sources	545
	Index	559

	Preface: City!	15
	The Essential City Pantry	19
	Entertaining in the City	23
	The Right Wine	35
	Firsts
	Rice Paper Shrimp Rolls	45
	Potato Rosemary Flatbread	48
	Phyllo Pizza with Feta and Tomatoes	50
	Croutons with Tapenade, Orange, and Fennel	53
	Crostini with Dried Plum Paste and Goat Cheese	54
	Smoked Eggplant with Pita Chips	55
	Pita Chips with Cucumbers, Feta, Dill, and Mint	57
	Bagna Cauda, a Warm Italian Bath	58
	Prosciutto, Parmigiano, and Pepper Breadsticks	60
	Fiery Peppered Feta with Pita	62
	Falafel with Tahini and Herb Salad	64
	Tahini	65
	Chicken Lettuce Wraps	66
	Dried Plums Stuffed with Gorgonzola and Walnuts	68
	Parmesan Flan	69
	Fettuccine with Wild Mushrooms	71
	Fresh Fettuccine	72
	Baked Eggs with Summer Vegetables	74
	Jalapeno-Jack Scones with Chive Butter	77
	Five-Onion Pizza	79
	Favorite Pizza Dough	80
	Moroccan Shellfish Cigars	81
	Straw Potato Cakes with Smoked Salmon and Caviar	84
	Scallop Seviche with Tomatoes, Hot Peppers, and Cilantro	87
	Oysters with Champagne Mignonette	90
	Yakitori with Red and Green Peppers	92
	Salads
	Garden Greens with Tomatoes, Lime, Olives, and Cilantro	97
	Cherry Tomato Salad with Herbed Feta	98
	Roasted Pepper Salad with Eggplant Croutons	101
	Autumn Cheddar, Apple, and Walnut Salad	103
	Roasted Beet, Avocado, and Watercress Salad	105
	Orzo Salad with Capers, Corn, Red Onion, and Peppers	107
	Artichoke, Endive, and Arugula Salad	109
	Warm Grilled Fennel Salad	111
	Escarole Salad with Anchovy Vinaigrette and Garlic Croutons	113
	Spicy Bulgur and Lentil Salad	114
	Dried Plum, Fennel, and Manchego Salad with Prosciutto	116
	Fennel Oil	117
	Celebration Salad of Endive, Creme Fraiche, and Caviar	118
	Radicchio, Arugula, Golden Raisin, and Pine Nut Salad	121
	Asparagus Salad with Brown Butter and Meyer Lemons	123
	Farro, Pesto, and Tomato Salad	124
	Farro Salad with Prosciutto and Grapefruit	125
	Thai Beef Salad with Mint and Cilantro	128
	Shrimp, Papaya, and Avocado Salad	130
	Shrimp Salad with White Beans, Mint Oil, and Watercress	132
	Japanese Pickled Vegetable Salad	133
	Gravlax with Spring Salad	134
	Grilled Squid Salad with Winter Citrus	136
	Duck Salad with Pecans and Kumquats	138
	Soups
	Yellow Tomato Gazpacho	143
	Champagne Oyster Soup with Celery and Fennel	147
	Miso Soup with Edamame	148
	Dashi	149
	Gratin of Tomato and Eggplant Soup	150
	Hot and Sour Soup	154
	Lobster, Roasted Pepper, Tomato, and Corn Chowder	156
	Yellow Split Pea and Carrot Soup with Cilantro Yogurt	158
	Kale Soup with Pancetta and White Beans	161
	Summer Tomato Soup with Basil Cream	163
	Tortilla and Tomato Soup	165
	Tomato Rice Soup with Tiny Meatballs	168
	Mains and a Few Sides
	Pan-Seared Chicken Breasts with Mustard, Rosemary, and Capers	173
	Spice-Crusted Chicken Breasts with Cucumber Lemon Raita	175
	Braised Chicken with Green Garlic	177
	Oven-Fried Potato Chips with Marjoram Salt	178
	Truffle-Scented Roasted Cornish Hens with Prosciutto and Wild Mushrooms	180
	Roasted Cornish Hens with Toasted Bread Crumb Salsa	182
	Fontina, Capocollo, and Roasted Pepper Panini	185
	Panini with Meatballs and Tomato Sauce	187
	Panini Caprese	188
	Risotto with Gorgonzola	190
	Spaghetti and Meatballs, the Ultimate Comfort Food	192
	Orecchiette with Brussels Sprouts and Bacon	194
	Oven-Baked Penne with Wild Mushrooms and Fontina	197
	Green Lasagna with Artichokes and Leeks	200
	Shanghai Noodles with Chicken, Cashews, Cilantro, and Mint	202
	Herb-Crusted Tuna Skewers with Tomato Aioli	205
	Halibut Parcels with Capers and Lemon Thyme	207
	Olive Oil-Poached Salmon with Asparagus and Sugar Snap Peas	210
	Silver-Roasted Salmon with Sweet-Hot Relish	212
	Cedar-Planked Lemon Salmon with Dill	214
	Salmon with Lemon-Shallot Relish and Crispy Prosciutto	216
	Salmon Burgers with Mustard Mayonnaise	218
	Pepper-Salt Crabs	219
	Clam and Mussel Boil with Corn and Red Potatoes	222
	Cioppino with Crab, Clams, and Shrimp	224
	Pork and Tomatillo Burritos	227
	Fiery Green Salsa	228
	Pan-Seared Pork Medallions with Riesling and Apples	229
	Lamb Tagine with Artichokes, Preserved Lemons, and Olives	230
	Preserved Lemons	232
	Grilled Lamb Chops with Green and Black Olive Salsa	234
	Roulade of Herbed Lamb with Stewed Garlic	235
	Olive Oil-Mashed Potatoes	238
	Minted Sugar Snap Peas	238
	Spiced Lamb Sausage with French Lentils	240
	Golden-Sauteed Veal with Arugula and Tomato Salad	242
	Braised Veal Shanks with Olives and Lemon	244
	Orzo	247
	Napolitan Braised Beef Ragu in Two Courses	248
	Soy-Marinated Flank Steak with Asian Pesto	250
	Wasabi-Mashed Potatoes	251
	Desserts
	Individual Warm Raspberry Souffles	255
	Panna Cotta with Raspberries	256
	Warm Polenta Custards with Grappa-Soaked Golden Raisins	259
	Caramel Pot de Creme	261
	Caramelized Orange and Rice Custard	263
	Caramelized Chocolate Almond Budino	266
	Summer Fruits in Sweet Spiced Wine	268
	Watermelon, Mango, Blueberries, and Lime "Salad"	270
	Little Almond and Plum Galettes	271
	Dried Plum and Walnut Caramel Tart	274
	Prebaked Short Crust Tart Shell	275
	Warm Chocolate, Cinnamon, and Coffee Tart	276
	Flakiest Apricot and Raspberry Tart	279
	Plum Cake	281
	Cranberry Upside-Down Cake	283
	Triple Ginger Pineapple Cake	286
	Walnut Torte with Maple Cream	288
	Maple Leaf Cookies	290
	Ginger Crisps	291
	Italian Lemon "Milkshake"	293
	Miss Judy's Sienese Almond Cookies	294
	Chocolate Hazelnut Biscotti	295
	Apricot, Meyer Lemon, and Cardamom Triangles	297
	Crispy Moroccan Phyllo with Orange Custard and Almonds	299
	Nectarine Sorbet with Blueberry Compote	301
	Rose Petal Sorbet	305
	Pear Granita	307
	Double Chocolate Ice Cream with Dried Cherries	308
	Butter Pecan Ice Cream	311
	Chestnut Honey Ice Cream with Riesling Poached Fruit	313
	Bellinis	315
	Conversion Charts	316
	Acknowledgments	317
	Index	322

	List of Illustrations and Maps
	Maps
	A Job in Tea	1
1	Addiction and Taxation; Smuggling and Revolution	9
2	Keeping the Chinese in Order	51
3	Victorian Enterprise - India	86
4	Victorian Enterprise - the '1st class jungley'	127
5	Victorian Enterprise - Ceylon	156
6	New Empires	185
7	A Year in Africa	219
	Types and Grades of Tea	253
	Glossary	256
	Weights and Measures	257
	Select Bibliography	258
	Index	263
	Acknowledgements	272

	Introduction	5
	Rice and Roux Recipes	8
	Breakfast, Brunch & Breads	13
	Appetizers	27
	Vegetables & Salads	37
	Soups & Gumboes	55
	The Multi-ethnic Origins of Gumbo	56
	Main Dishes	77
	How the Po-Boy Came to Be	78
	Seafood	109
	Dressings & Casseroles	145
	Cakes, Candies & Desserts	157
	History of the King Cake	158
	Adult Beverages	175
	Index	183
	About the Authors	188

	Introduction : getting to the guts of American food	1
1	Adaptability : the bittersweet culinary history of the English West Indies	19
2	Traditionalism : the greatest accomplishment of colonial New England	55
3	Negotiation : living high and low on the hog in the Chesapeake Bay region	89
4	Wilderness : the fruitless search for culinary order in Carolina	131
5	Diversity : refined crudeness in the Middle Colonies	167
6	Consumption : the British invasion	201
7	Intoxication : finding common bonds in an alcoholic empire	241
8	Revolution : a culinary declaration of independence	279

	Preface	ix
	Mistakes Good Cooks Make--and How to Avoid Them	xi
1	Cooking Equipment	1
2	Cooking Methods	27
3	Meats	44
4	Seafood	78
5	Dairy Products	102
6	Eggs	123
7	Fruits and Vegetables	134
8	Sauces and Thickeners	153
9	Seasonings	177
10	Oils and Fats	188
11	Baking	200
12	Beverages	218
13	Food Storage	234
14	Health and Nutrition	249
15	Diets	265
16	Potpourri	275
	Further Reading	293
	Index	297
	About the Author	318

	Series Foreword
	Introduction : Russian and Central Asian culinary culture
1	Russia historical overview	1
2	Central Asia historical overview	37
3	Major foods and ingredients	67
4	Cooking	105
5	Typical meals	117
6	Eating out	133
7	Special occasions	157
8	Diet and health	185

	Introduction	6
	Soups and starters	12
	Salads and sandwiches	29
	Light lunches	41
	Pasta, rice and noodles	58
	Warming winter dishes	75
	Weekday suppers	93
	Special occasions	112
	Sauces and accompaniments	129
	Optional extras and Index	140

	Introduction	vii
1	The Holistic Legacy of Edgar Cayce	1
2	The Fleshy Machine	11
3	Physiology Fundamentals	21
4	Three Main Nutrients	27
5	What Your Blood Recommends	39
	Blood Type and Foods-Quick-Look Chart	54
6	What Your Genes Recommend-Metabolic Typing	63
7	Food Combining Rudiments	71
	Food Combining-Quick-View Chart	75
8	Three Levels of Food Combining	77
9	Sacred Ideas of Fasting	81
10	The Seven Types of Fasts	87
11	A History of Food Narrative	95
12	A History of Food Timeline	105
13	Our Fast-Food Fasci-Nation	143
14	Food Additives	147
15	Phytomedicine-The Healing Power of Plants	157
16	Cayce Case Studies	175
Appendix	Questions and Answers	189
	Endnotes	199

	Preface	7
	List of Contributors	9
	Beverages and Appetizers	11
	Bread and Breakfast	35
	Soups, Chilies, and Stews	71
	Salads	89
	Vegetables	107
	Seafood, Pasta, Etc.	127
	Meats	139
	Poultry	161
	Cakes	179
	Cookies and Candies	209
	Pies and Other Desserts	229
	Catalog of Contributing Cookbooks	259
	Index	275
	Best of the Best State Cookbook Series	288