 | The America's Test Kitchen Cookbook
Brand: Boston Common Press
The Americaâs Test Kitchen Cookbook is the companion volume to the new hit public television series based on the recipes, techniques, and taste tests created by Cookâs Illustrated magazine. Filmed in the actual Cookâs test kitchen, both the television series and the cookbook set out to find the best methods of preparing your favorite home-cooked foods from the simplest tomato sauce to the fanciest French tart. <P>More than just a collection of recipes, this beautifully photographed book takes you inside the entire 2002 season of the Americaâs Test Kitchen series, with 26 chapters each dedicated to a different episode of the show. You will meet the cast â through photographs, bios, and quotes from each member â and will follow the Americaâs Test Kitchen process, as Christopher Kimball and the rest of the cast identify common cooking problems and then test dozens of variations to come up with the best methods for preparing recipes. Many of the most popular segments of the show, including the Science Desk, Equipment Corner, and tasting Lab, have been brought to life with photos. <P>With more than 200 recipes and dozens of beautiful, behind-the-scenes photographs, The Americaâs Test Kitchen Cookbook is sure to become an indispensable part of any cookâs library. | *$12.50 |
 | The America's Test Kitchen Family Baking Book
Brand: Boston Common Press
Featuring more than 700 kitchen-tested recipes, 800 step-by-step photos, opinionated product ratings, and at-a-glance tutorials that guarantee success every time you bake.<br><br>A companion to the bestselling America's Test Kitchen Family Cookbook (with more than 550,000 copies sold), this comprehensive cookbook delivers the foolproof recipes, step-by-step instructions, and troubleshooting guides that have become the hallmark of every book published by America's most trusted test kitchen. For anyone who has made pie dough that seemed impossible to roll out, bread that failed to rise, or a birthday cake that couldn't be served, this book will be a lifesaver as well as a lifelong and trusty baking companion. And with 22 chapters, this book is packed with recipes that will keep you busy (and your family and friends happy) for years to come. <br><br>Here you'll find recipes that range from easy and approachable (simple bowl cakes, quick breads, no-knead bread, and no-bake cookies) to more ambitious and demanding (artisan breads, wedding cakes, fancy layer cakes, and pastry). So whether you are an accomplished baker looking for a great collection of new recipes or a beginning baker looking for a practical step-by-step guide and easy recipes to bake for your family, you'll find what you want here.<br><br>In addition to the recipes, The America's Test Kitchen Family Baking Book is full of test kitchen tips that explain how or why a recipe works (and where you can go wrong), recipes at a glance (where we provide mini tutorials with photos), and illustrated troubleshooting guides (where we highlight the most common baking problems and their solutions). A practical guide to baking basics with information on key ingredients and necessary equipment (along with the test kitchen's favorite brands), The America's Test Kitchen Family Baking Book will help anyone get started on the right track. | *$22.96 |
 | The Best Chicken Recipes
Brand: Boston Common Press
Would you roast 40 chickens to find a simple, foolproof method that results in perfectly cooked meat and beautifully browned skin every time? We did. Here are 300 exhaustively tested recipes for America's favorite main course. <br><br>Chicken is the go-to main course for most Americans, but the same old recipes featuring bland, dry chicken are all too often the norm - resulting in a collective sigh around the dinner table. The Best Chicken Recipes offers 300 foolproof ideas for cooking chicken right - and making dinner interesting again. Whether you're looking for a never-fail recipe for Simple Roast Chicken, classics with a modern twist (Chicken Salad with Fennel, Lemon, and Parmesan or Braised Chicken with Leeks and Saffron), or something entirely new to incorporate into your repertoire (Chicken Tagine or Firecracker Chicken, anyone?), you'll find it all here. In addition, we offer recipes to fit just about any season, occasion, and lifestyle, all divided into easy-to-navigate chapters for easy reference. Our information-packed primer shows you how to take the guesswork out of knowing when a chicken is done and provides tips for boosting flavor, as well as detailed instructions for basic butchering and carving techniques. Whether you're entertaining a group or cooking for two, are health conscious or time-crunched - we've got you covered. With this book in your kitchen, no one will ever be late to dinner again. | *$12.39 |
 | The Best of America's Test Kitchen 2008: The Year's Best Recipes, Equipment Reviews, and Tastings
Brand: Boston Common Press
Every year, the test cooks at America's Test Kitchen develop hundreds of new recipes for our books, magazines, and highly rated public television show. And every year we collect our favorite recipes (no easy task!) and showcase them in this annual "best of the best" cookbook. Essentially a yearbook of our best recipes and most interesting discoveries, "The Best of America's Test Kitchen 2008" provides a revealing, behind-the-scenes look at what goes on in our test kitchen. Every recipe, from appetizers to desserts, features a write-up explaining why we selected it as a best recipe; we also include make-ahead instructions, tips on where things might go wrong, and step-by-step instructions. | *$20.26 |
 | The Best Recipe
Brand: Boston Common Press
Founded in 1980, Cook's Illustrated (formerly Cook's Magazine) has emerged as "America's Test Kitchen," renowned for its near-obsessive dedication to finding the best methods of American home cooking. Over the years, we've tested 80 recipes for chocolate chip cookies, more than 70 recipes for gumbo, 40 versions of the peanut butter cookie, and more than 20 versions of such simple recipes as coleslaw, roast chicken, and hash brown potatoes. <I>The Best Recipe</I> is a collection of the editors' picks from the pages of Cook's Illustrated. The recipes have been edited, organized, and annotated with in-depth descriptions of how we developed the "best" recipe. And they appear alongside dozens of equipment ratings and taste tests of supermarket foods, as well as more than 200 illustrations demonstrating the most efficient food preparation methods. <P> In <I>The Best Recipe</I>, we invite you into our test kitchen, where you will stand at our elbow as we try to develop the best macaroni and cheese or the best split pea soup. You'll discover how to make a foolproof yellow cake, a perfectly cooked prime rib roast, and homemade bread in under two hours. You'll find out how to solve the problem of watery coleslaw, overcooked turkey breast, acidic salad dressing, dull tomato sauce, sticky white rice, dry turkey burgers, tough scrambled eggs, and sunken birthday cakes. You will also find the secret to bakery-style high-rise muffins and the way to make that restaurant favorite, warm, fallen chocolate cake, at home, with only a few minutes of preparation. <P> <I>The Best Recipe</I> also gives you useful tips on purchasing cookware (based on extensive test kitchen evaluations), including pie plates, food processors, standing mixers, chef's knives, skillets, vegetable peelers, and Dutch ovens. We also explain the science of cooking (how to cream butter and why, how baking powder works, the difference between semisweet and bittersweet chocolate) and offer tips on purchasing canned chicken stock, canned tomatoes, flour, butter, and dried pasta. <P> The editors of Cook's Illustrated have performed thousands of hours of kitchen testing to bring you a cookbook that not only provides the best recipes but also tells you how they came to be that way. Let <I>The Best Recipe</I> become your one-stop cooking school and your favorite kitchen reference. | *$35.00 |
 | The Cook's Country Cookbook: Regional and Heirloom Favorites Tested and Reimagined for Today's Home Cooks
Brand: Boston Common Press
Welcome to Cook's Country - a place where you'll learn what's cooking in kitchens across America. This debut collection from the editors of Cook's Country magazine celebrates the landscape of American home cooking from yesterday and today. In the tradition of great American cookbooks like The Fannie Farmer Cookbook and The Settlement Cookbook, The Cook's Country Cookbook is, at its core, a wide-ranging, comprehensive collection chock-full of beloved classics like roast chicken, beef stew, biscuits, blueberry pie, and more. In addition, the editors of Cook's Country magazine have also reached back in time to revive old favorites to suit modern tastes and lifestyles. Here you'll find Chicken Divan without the soup mix - only tender chicken crisp broccoli blanketed in a velvety cheese sauce. You'll learn that it's possible to serve a from-scratch comfort food classic like meatloaf on a weeknight when time is tight: our mini-meatloaves cook in a fraction of the time of traditional versions. <br>Discover fresh, new, and sometimes regional recipes that illuminate the depth and personality behind American cooking - recipes such as North Carolina Pulled Pork (a slow-cooker dish with real barbecue flavor); 24-Hour Salad (a make-ahead salad where the vegetables remain crisp and fresh); and King Ranch Casserole (a kid-friendly creamy chicken casserole with toasty corn chips and Southwestern spices, made famous by Lady Bird Johnson).<br>In addition to foolproof recipes, The Cook's Country Cookbook also pulls back the curtain to reveal the often fascinating origins of classic American favorites, such as the use of breakfast cereal in party snack mixes or how Bundt pans gave rise to the popular cake. Much more than a collection of foolproof recipes, The Cook's Country Cookbook provides a lively, in-depth portrait of the great American table. | *$15.26 |
| | Little Herb Gardens
Brand: Boxtree Ltd
The age-old art of cultivating home-grown herbs comes alive in this book, with all the information needed to grow productive herb gardens year round in even the smallest spaces. Includes recipes for herb-infused oils and vinegars, herb-scented biscotti, herb-flavored sorbets, as well as a resource directory, bibliography, and an index. Full color. | *$39.00 |
 | Vegetarian Health Recipes: For Super Energy & Long Life to 120!
Brand: Bragg Health Sciences
Our book features over 300 pages, and 700 recipes, including both raw food and cooked vegetarian recipes for salads, dressings, soups, entrees, sauces, desserts. The new Vegetarian Health Recipes book has inspirational thoughts from Patricia, and her legendary father, Paul Bragg. Recipes are cholesterol-free, and low in saturated fat. First introduced to over 700 physicians, nutritionists, and health scientists from 42 countries at the 5th International Congress on Vegetarian Nutrition - Loma Linda University in Southern California. | *$7.95 |
 | Brew Like a Monk: Trappist, Abbey, and Strong Belgian Ales and How to Brew Them
Brand: Brewers Publications
Brew Like a Monk delves into monastic brewing, detailing this rich-flavored region of the beer world. It also examines methods for brewing these unique ales suited to commercial and amateur brewers. | *$10.24 |
 | Brewing Classic Styles: 80 Winning Recipes Anyone Can Brew
Brand: Brewers Publications | *$11.87 |
 | Designing Great Beers: The Ultimate Guide to Brewing Classic Beer Styles
Brand: Brewers Publications
Author Ray Daniels provides the brewing formulas, tables, and information to take your brewing to the next level in this detailed technical manual. | *$15.71 |
 | Farmhouse Ales: Culture and Craftsmanship in the Belgian Tradition
Brand: Brewers Publications
Farmhouse Ales defines the results of years of evolution, refinement, of simple rustic ales in modern and historical terms, while guiding today's brewers toward credible--and enjoyable--reproductions of these old world classics. | *$10.97 |
 | How to Brew: Everything You Need To Know To Brew Beer Right The First Time
Brand: Brewers Publications
Everything needed to brew beer right the first time. Presented in a light-hearted style without frivolous interruptions, this authoritative text introduces brewing in a easy step-by-step review. | *$12.36 |
 | Michael Jackson's Great Beers of Belgium, 6th Edition
Brand: Brewers Publications
A richly detailed examination of Belgian beer and brewing. Michael Jackson's extraordinary passion for Belgian beer shines through in every aspect of this engaging work, from the personal stories of the people behind the beers to the careful descriptions of their flavors. Revised and updated shortly before his death in August 2007, this work represents the pinnacle of Jackson's meticulous research and masterful writing, presented in a beautifully illustrated visual environment. With a new forward by Brewers Association President Charlie Papazian. | *$23.17 |
 | New Brewing Lager Beer: The Most Comprehensive Book for Home and Microbrewers
Brand: Brewers Publications
This book offers a thorough yet practical education on the theory and techniques required to produce high-quality beers using all-grain methods either at home or in a small commercial brewery. | *$12.33 |
 | Principles of Brewing Science, Second Edition: A Study of Serious Brewing Issues
Brand: Brewers Publications
In this indispensable reference, Fix applies the practical language of science to the art of brewing. | *$18.50 |
 | Radical Brewing: Recipes, Tales and World-Altering Meditations in a Glass
Brand: Brewers Publications
Radical Brewing: Recipes, Tales, and World-Altering Meditations in a Glass <P>Fun and Inspiration for Brewers and Beer Drinkers Alike <P>Radical Brewing takes a hip and creative look at beer and brewing, presented with a graphically appealing two-color layout suitable for the Internet age. From chapters such as "An Embellished History of Beer" to "Big Honkin Brews," and "Building the Buckapound Brewery," it explores the multifaceted delights of drinking and making beer that lure creative, adventurous and fun loving people to the hobby. <P>Informed by the long and colorful history of beer, Radical Brewing elevates the art of brewing to its proper place alongside science to help unlock the creative spirit in every current or would-be brewer. The engaging tone and visually rich design will make Radical Brewing a "must read" for newcomers to the hobby as well as a source of inspiration for thousands of existing brewers. <P>Anyone who brews beer or drinks it with care will enjoy dipping into the graphically rich pages of Radical Brewing whether for a short sip or a long draught. | *$13.57 |
 | The Best of American Beer and Food: Pairing & Cooking with Craft Beer
Brand: Brewers Publications
In The Best of American Beer and Food Lucy Saunders covers both pairing food and beer and cooking with beer. She begins by exploring the art of pairing flavorful beers with specific foods, considering today's wide range of beer styles and the foods and flavors that they compliment from salad through dessert. She then turns to recipes that incorporate beer, using the diverse tastes available from today's ales and lagers as flavor components. | *$14.68 |
 | The Brewers Association's Guide to Starting Your Own Brewery
Brand: Brewers Publications
A practical how-to guide for those interested in entering the craft beer business as a pub brewer, micro brewer, contract brewer or distributor. Includes financial and regulatory information, success stories from those already in the business and a clear description of each business type. | *$51.75 |
 | The Compleat Meadmaker : Home Production of Honey Wine From Your First Batch to Award-winning Fruit and Herb Variations
Brand: Brewers Publications
Mead (honey wine) is the new buzz among beverage hobbyists as more and more consumers start to make their own. This up-to-date title tells the novice how to begin and the experienced brewer or winemaker how to succeed in this newest of the beverage arts. | *$11.86 |
 | Wild Brews: Culture and Craftsmanship in the Belgian Tradition
Brand: Brewers Publications
Explores the world of Lambics, Flanders red and Flanders brown beers as well as the many new American beers produced in the similar style. | *$11.10 |
 | I Can't Believe It's Food Storage
Brand: Brigham Distributing
Do you have a three-month supply of food for your family? Are you building up and using your long-term food storage? In I Can't Believe It's Food Storage , author Crystal Godfrey explains how to transition common food-storage items (such as powdered milk, whole wheat, and dried beans) into your own recipes. Godfrey also provides over 100 kitchen-tested recipes for you to try. In addition, you'll learn how to put together a personalized three-month supply and how to involve your entire family in planning and preparing meals. And as for that vitally important long-term food supply, you'll learn what to store, and you'll be using it every day to make meals your family will love. All you have to do is follow the easy step-by-step program outlined in the book. When you taste the wonderful meals you'll effortlessly create once you follow the program, you'll be saying, "I can't believe it's food storage!" | *$12.21 |
 | Follow the Smoke: 14,783 Miles of Great Texas Barbecue
Brand: Bright Sky Press
<DIV>The product of a 14,000-mile road trip and 111 different meals, this delicious guidebook to Texas barbecue is just the thing for any aficionado with a little gas money and a large appetite. The restaurants profiled range from very plain (a shack with an ordering window) to fancy, from Port Arthur to Abilene, McAllen to Texarkana, and Austin to El Paso. Expressing an absolute reverence for Texas barbecue, this guide celebrates the work and time required to produce meat that is perfectly smoky, tender, and juicy.</DIV> | *$11.11 |
 | Shine On: 100 Years of Shiner Beer
Brand: Bright Sky Press
<DIV>Commemorating the 100-year anniversary of Shiner Beer, this entertaining history tells the complete story of a famous Texas establishment. Shiner Bock has entered into the pantheon of Texan icons, and this book chronicles its development, from the improbable beginning of German and Czech immigrants who founded the brewery to the successes and struggles of a growing business, recalling the many times the brand was as good as dead. For beer connoisseurs, Texas-history buffs, or simply those who appreciate a story of beating the odds, this is a tribute to an independent and well-made beer. </DIV> | *$20.42 |
 | Stealing Buddha's Dinner
Brand: Brilliance Audio on CD Unabridged
Beginning with her familyâs harrowing migration out of Saigon in 1975, Stealing Buddhaâs Dinner follows Bich Nguyen as she comes of age in the pre-PC-era Midwest. Filled with a rapacious hunger for American identity, Nguyenâs desire to belong transmutes into a passion for American food â Pringles, Kit Kats, and Toll House cookies. More exotic-seeming than her Buddhist grandmotherâs traditional specialties, the campy, preservative-filled âdelicaciesâ of mainstream America become an ingenious metaphor for her struggle to become a ârealâ American. Stealing Buddhaâs Dinner is also a portrayal of a diverse family: Nguyenâs hardworking, hard-partying father; pretty sister; wise and nurturing grandmother; and Rosa, her Latina stepmother. And there is the mystery of Nguyenâs birth mother, unveiled movingly over the course of the book. Nostalgic and candid, Stealing Buddhaâs Dinner is a unique vision of the immigrant experience and a lyrical ode to how identity is often shaped by the things we long for.<br><br>âHer typical and not-so-typical childhood experiences give her story a universal flavor.â â USA Today<br><br>âBeautifully written...[Nguyen] is fearless in asserting the specificities of memories culled from early childhood and is, herself, an appealing character on the page...A writer to watch.â â Chicago Tribune<br><br>âPerfectly pitched and prodigiously detailed.â â The Boston Globe | *$18.79 |
 | The Best 50 Crepe Recipes
Brand: Bristol Publishing Enterprises
Delectable fillings and sauces follow more than a dozen crepe recipes in <I>The Best 50 Crepe Recipes.</i> Includes complete instructions for preparing, cooking, storing and serving crepes. | *$2.34 |
 | The Best 50 Smoothies
Brand: Bristol Publishing Enterprises
Skip expensive juice bars and make your own fresh fruit concoctions. Add nutrition to fruit blends; garnish and serve smoothies with flair. | *$3.33 |
 | The Bread Machine Cookbook
Brand: Bristol Publishing Enterprises
This is a long-awaited, huge revision of the first, best, and by far the best-selling cookbookâwith more than a million copies sold!âfor automatic bread machines. <i>The Bread Machine Cookbook</i> contains more recipes, for more loaf sizes, tested on more machines! It also contains loads of updated information on newer bread machine models, allergy-sensitive baking, and new answers for frequently asked questions about homemade bread. If you only want one bread machine cookbook, this is it! | *$8.95 |
 | The Bread Machine Cookbook V: Favorite Recipes from 100 Kitchens (Nitty Gritty Cookbooks) (No. 5)
Brand: Bristol Publishing Enterprises
Readers from across the country present their favorite recipes in this delightful collection. Combined with the best bread-baking tricks and troubleshooting tips, these recipes are perfect for sharing. Each is fully tested on more than 40 makes and models of bread machines. | *$50.00 |
 | The New Pasta Machine Cookbook
Brand: Bristol Publishing Enterprises
<b>The Pasta Machine Cookbook</b> is a major revision of the first cookbook to focus on the pasta itself, rather than the sauces to go with it. It's full of new, improved recipes for both hand-cranked and electric pasta machines. Home-made pasta is quick, easy, and a delicious improvement over store-bought pasta. Pasta has fewer calories and carbsâand more proteinâthan rice or potatoes. All the recipes here are written for hand-cranked and electric machines. <b>The Pasta Machine Cookbook</b> includes sections on different types of pasta; hints on the machines, cooking, and serving; and a section on sauces, toppings, and fillings. | *$4.94 |
 | A Passion for Parties
Brand: Broadway
Carolyne Roehm, one of Americaâs leading tastemakers, trendsetters, and lifestyle experts showcases her passion for entertaining in this glorious sequel to <i>At Home with Carolyne Roehm.</i><br><br>In <i>A Passion for Parties</i>, Carolyne Roehm presents her dazzlingly creative ideas for every kind of event, from a black-and-white dinner dance to a spring tulip celebration. Original themes, detailed decorating tips, gorgeous table settings and floral arrangements, as well as more than forty outstanding and surprisingly easy recipesâare all here to lend your next occasion the sumptuous touches that are the hallmarks of Carolyne Roehmâs style.<br><br>The book offers practical advice and inspiration and even a way to partake in these breathtakingly exquisite events, both behind the scenes and as they take place. <br><br>Whether it is an intimate Valentineâs Day in Paris or an Autumn Barn Dance for seventy, all of the events depicted here are equally splendid. Organized seasonally, the book features ideas for small gatherings (Christmas Dinner in Aspen) or big blowout events (a Fourth of July dinner with fireworks) and family festivities (a seventy-fifth birthday party, a Dickens-inspired Halloween; a childrenâs Christmas cookie-decorating party). Recipes include Mini Lemon Crepes Stuffed with Lobster, Chilled Zucchini Soup with Toasted Coconut, Baby Back Ribs with Rhubarb Barbecue Sauce, and Bread Pudding with Bourbon Sauce.<br><br>As stunning and stylish as its author, and stamped with her inimitable flair, Carolyne Roehmâs <i>A Passion for Parties</i> is a must for the party planner or daydreamer in us all. | *$28.55 |
 | A Tale of Two Valleys: Wine, Wealth and the Battle for the Good Life in Napa and Sonoma
Brand: Broadway
When acclaimed journalist Alan Deutschman came to the California wine country as the lucky house guest of very rich friends, he was surprised to discover a raging controversy. A civil war was being fought between the Napa Valley, which epitomized elitism, prestige and wealthy excess, and the neighboring Sonoma Valley, a rag-tag bohemian enclave so stubbornly backward that rambunctious chickens wandered freely through town. But the antics really began when new-money invaders began pushing out Sonomaâs poets and painters to make way for luxury resorts and trophy houses that seemed a parody of opulence. <i>A Tale of Two Valleys</i> captures these stranger-than-fiction locales with the wit of a Tom Wolfe novel and uncorks the hilarious absurdities of life among the wine worldâs glitterati.<br>Deutschman found that on the weekends the wine country was like a bunch of gracious hosts smiling upon their guests, but during the week the families feuded with each other and their neighbors like the Hatfields and McCoys. Napa was a comically exclusive club where the super-rich fought desperately to get in. Sonomaâs colorful free spirits and iconoclasts were wary of their bohemia becoming the next playground for the rapacious elite. So, led by a former taxicab driver and wine-grape picker, a cheese merchant, and an artist who lived in a barn surrounded by wild peacocks, they formed a populist revolt to seize power and repel the rich invaders.<br>Deutschmanâs cast of characters brims with eccentrics, egomaniacs, and a mysterious man in black who crashed the elegant Napa Valley Wine Auction before proceeding to pay a half-million dollars for a single bottle. What develops is nothing less than a battle for the good life, a clash between old and new, the struggle for the soul of one of Americaâs last bits of paradise. A dishy glimpse behind the scenes of a West Coast wonderland, <i>A Tale of Two Valleys</i> makes for intoxicating reading. | *$2.81 |
 | An Embarrassment of Mangoes: A Caribbean Interlude
Brand: Broadway
<b>Under the Tuscan Sun</b> meets the wide-open sea . . . <b>An Embarrassment of Mangoes</b> is a delicious chronicle of leaving the type-A lifestyle behind -- and discovering the seductive secrets of life in the Caribbean.<br><br>Who hasnât fantasized about chucking the job, saying goodbye to the rat race, and escaping to some exotic destination in search of sun, sand, and a different way of life? Canadians Ann Vanderhoof and her husband, Steve did just that.<br><br>In the mid 1990s, they were driven, forty-something professionals who were desperate for a break from their deadline-dominated, career-defined lives. So they quit their jobs, rented out their house, moved onto a 42-foot sailboat called Receta (ârecipe,â in Spanish), and set sail for the Caribbean on a two-year voyage of culinary and cultural discovery.<br><br>In lavish detail that will have you packing your swimsuit and dashing for the airport, Vanderhoof describes the sun-drenched landscapes, enchanting characters and mouthwatering tastes that season their new lifestyle. Come along for the ride and be seduced by Caribbean rhythms as she and Steve sip rum with their island neighbors, hike lush rain forests, pull their supper out of the sea, and adapt to life on âisland time.â<br><br>Exchanging business clothes for bare feet, they drop anchor in 16 countries -- 47 individual islands -- where they explore secluded beaches and shop lively local markets. Along the way, Ann records the delectable dishes they encounter -- from cracked conch in the Bahamas to curried lobster in Grenada, from Dominican papaya salsa to classic West Indian rum punch -- and incorporates these enticing recipes into the text so that readers can participate in the adventure.<br><br>Almost as good as making the journey itself, <b>An Embarrassment of Mangoes</b> is an intimate account that conjures all the irresistible beauty and bounty from the Bahamas to Trinidad -- and just may compel you to make a rash decision that will land you in paradise.<br><br><br><i>From the Hardcover edition.</i> | *$8.11 |
 | Asian Flavors of Jean-Georges
Brand: Broadway
<p>Jean-Georges Vongerichten, chef and owner of 18 restaurants around the world, pioneered Asian-fusion cuisine and cooks this food better than anyone on the planet. In <i>Asian Flavors of Jean-Georges</i>, he presents dozens of recipes for reproducing the dishes that have made his restaurants--Vong, Spice Market, and 66--the hottest dining destinations in New York City.<br><br>Jean-Georges began his love affair with Asian food when he became the chef de cuisine at the renowned Oriental Hotel in Bangkok at the age of twenty-three. His trips to the markets of Bangkok sparked a lifelong obsession with ingredients like ginger, lemongrass, curry pastes and powders, and all kinds of exotic fruits and vegetables. In 1992, when he came to New York to cook at Lafayette in the Drake Hotel, he was the first to combine the flavors of Thailand with French technique. The restaurant was a sensation, immediately earning four stars from the <i>New York Times</i>, and launching his dazzling career in the United States.<br><br>In 1997, he opened an outpost of Vong in Hong Kong and discovered the world of authentic and refined Chinese cooking and ingredients. As he says, âEvery meal in Hong Kong contain[s] a thousand flavors.â He opened 66 in New York to showcase his newfound passion for the Chinese kitchen.<br><br>And then in 2003 he opened Spice Market, his homage to Asian street food, after five years of research and extensive travels through Southeast Asia (documented in the photos in this book). Once again, he translated Asian cuisine through a French sensibility for American diners. Spice Market instantly became his most popular restaurant and remains one of New Yorkâs most sought-after reservations.<br><br>Now Jean-Georges has brought together the best of his pan-Asian recipes in one exciting cookbook. The recipes reflect Jean-Georgesâs extraordinary talent for creating intensely flavorful dishes inspired by simple home cooking and street food. The secret is his subtle and surprising combinations, which, as in his restaurants, introduce Asian flavors to traditional Western-style dishes and cooking techniques. His special approach comes deliciously to life in such main courses as Grilled Chicken with Kumquat Lemongrass Dressing, Black Pepper Shrimp with âSun-Driedâ Pineapple, Cod with Malaysian Chili Sauce, and Lamb Shank Braised with Green Curry and Vegetables. Unusual side dishes include Steamed Spicy Eggplant and Coconut Sticky Rice. For dessert, there are treats like Chocolate and Vietnamese Coffee Tart or a Seasonal Fruit Plate with Lime-Spiced Salt. Each recipe is laid out in a clear, easy-to-follow style, and throughout the book invaluable tips are offered for streamlining preparation and cooking. <br><br>From taste-tempting appetizers, soups, and salads, to irresistible fish, meat, poultry, and vegetable dishes, to special sauces and one-of-a-kind sweets, the recipes in <i>Asian Flavors of Jean-Georges</i> promise to make dining at home as exciting as an evening out at one of Jean-Georges's fabulous restaurants.</p> | *$21.40 |
 | At Home with Carolyne Roehm
Brand: Broadway
Former fashion designer Carolyne Roehm is renowned for combining a keen appreciation of beauty with practical know-how. Now, with this gorgeously illustrated guide, readers can go behind the scenes of her memorable parties, learn her entertaining secrets, and visit the glamorous homes where she has dazzled her prominent guests. <br><br>Imparting fresh ideas and inspiration for knockout events on any budget, At Home with Carolyne Roehm follows the calendarâs seasons to provide year-round suggestions for place settings, floral arrangements, and menus. Emphasizing creativity and natural elements, Carolyne Roehmâs tips are not exclusively geared toward elegant functions: Picnics, cozy fireside meals for two, afternoon teas, and formal dinner parties are treated with equal verve. Drawing on ingredients and imagery appropriate for spring, summer, winter, and fall and all the major holidays, this handsome collection yields a trove of simple but sophisticated recipes along with perfect tabletop and decorative accents to accompany them. Biscuit sandwiches of Mustard-Glazed and Smoked Cheddar; Shrimp and White Bean Salad; Zucchini and Watercress Soup; and Fudgy Rum Chocolate Cake are just a few of the delicious and easy-to-prepare dishes. For successful festive occasions that friends and family will remember for years, from a grand New Yearâs Eve gala to a spring brunch with a floral theme, At Home with Carolyne Roehm is itself glorious cause for celebration. | *$36.59 |
 | Bistro Cooking at Home
Brand: Broadway
<P>Bistro cookingâbold and full-flavoredâis more like the best home cooking than restaurant fare, featuring slow-cooked stews, exquisitely roasted chickens, perfectly seared steaks, vibrant salads, fresh fruit tarts, and comforting custards. Now Gordon Hamersley of acclaimed Hamersleyâs Bistro in Boston helps home cooks bring these classic dishes into their own kitchens.<br><i>Bistro Cooking at Home</i> offers a complete menu of versatile selections for cooks who crave sophisticated but easy-to-prepare comfort food. Many of the dishes allow for âwalk-away cooking,â such as stews, roasts, or braises. And many of these same dishes taste best if prepared a day or two ahead, making entertaining foolproof. Although the accent is French, dishes such as hamburgers stuffed with blue cheese and Pear Cranberry Crumble reflect Gordon Hamersleyâs all-American roots. <br><br>Start a bistro meal at home with Hamersleyâs classic Onion Soup au Gratin or signature Wild Mushroom and Roasted Garlic Sandwich. For a main course there is roast chicken (you can cook it ahead and reheat it under the broiler), New England Bouillabaisse with Rouille and Croutons, or Moroccan lamb shanks. Pasta, polenta, and risotto are given French finesse in dishes such as Lemon-Scented Risotto with Morels and Chives and Oven-Baked Penne with Onions, Walnuts, and Goat Cheese. The Savory Tarts, Gratins, and Galettes chapter holds such richly satisfying dishes as Portobello Mushroom and Roquefort Galette or Creamy Bistro Potato and Leek Gratin, each practically a meal in itself. Even vegetables are made exciting in dishes ranging from Roasted Artichokes with Garlic and Pancetta Bread Crumbs to Garlicky Mashed Potato Cakes. Bistro-inspired desserts include Maple Crème Brûlée, Profiteroles with Easy Chocolate Sauce, and a dense Chocolate Truffle Cake.<br><br>All the main dishes are accompanied by knowledgeable, down-to-earth wine recommendations from Fiona Hamersley, Gordonâs wife, who runs the wine service at the restaurant. With the Hamersleysâs expert guidance every step of the way, you can re-create the romance of bistro diningâat home.</p> | *$14.14 |
 | Bringing Tuscany Home: Sensuous Style From the Heart of Italy
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<i>I always imagine each of the signoras who lived in this houseâwhere she shelled peas, rocked the grandchild, placed a vase of the pink roses. Now I would like to take one of these women back to my house in California to show her how </i>Bramasole<i> traveled to America and took root, how the doors there are open to the breeze from San Pablo bay and to the distant view of Mount Tamalpais, how the table has expanded and the garden has burgeonedâ¦<br></i><br><br>The âbard of Tuscanyâ (<i>New York Times</i>) now offers a lavishly illustrated book for everyone who dreams of integrating the Tuscan lifestyleâfrom home decoration and cooking, to eating and drinking, to gardening, socializing, and celebratingâinto their own lives. <br><br>When Frances Mayes fell in love with Tuscany and <i>Bramasole</i>, millions of readers basked in the experience through her three bestselling memoirs. Now Frances and her husband, <i>In Tuscany </i>coauthor Edward, share the essence of Tuscan life as they have lived it, with specific ideas and inspiration for readers stateside to bring the beauty and spirit of Tuscany into their own home decor, meals, gardens, entertaining and, most important, outlook on life. In her inimitable warm and evocative tone, Frances helps readers develop an eye for authentic Tuscan style, with advice on how to:<br><br>⢠Choose a Tuscan color palette for the home, from earthy apricot tones to invigorating shades of antique blue.<br><br>⢠Personalize a room with fanciful door frames, unique painted furniture, and fresco murals.<br><br>⢠Cultivate a Tuscan garden, adding fountains, vine-covered pergolas, and terra-cotta urns among the herbs and flowers <br><br>⢠Select the best Italian vino. (Frances describes lunches at regional vineyards and imparts tips for pairing food and wine.)<br><br>⢠Create an atmosphere of irresistible, anytime hospitalityâa <i>casa aperta</i> (open home).<br><br>⢠Make primo finds at local antiques markets. (And to help truly bring Tuscany home, shipping advice and market days for several Tuscan towns are included.)<br><br>⢠Set an imaginative Tuscan table using majolica and vintage linens.<br><br>⢠Enjoy the abundant flavors and easy simplicity of the Tuscan kitchen, with details on everything from olive oil and <i>vino santo </i>to <i>pici </i>and<i> gnocchi</i>, plus special homegrown menus and recipes.<br><br>⢠Make the most of a trip to Tuscany, visiting Francesâs favorite hill towns, restaurants, small museums, and other soothing places. <br><br><br>With more than 100 photos by acclaimed photographer Steven Rothfeld (including several of the Mayesâs California home and its Tuscan accents), twenty-five all-new recipes, and lists of resources for travelers and shoppers, <i>Bringing Tuscany Home</i> is a treasure trove of practical advice and memorable images. | *$10.74 |
 | Cheater BBQ: Barbecue Anytime, Anywhere, in Any Weather
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<p>Barbecue fans relax! With more than 125 terrific recipes for indoor cooking,<i> Cheater BBQ</i> makes it easy to serve up pit-style barbecue classics year-round.<br><br><i>Cheater BBQ</i> is the first cookbook to bring the outdoor grilling pit into the weeknight kitchen using little more than a slow cooker or an oven, a roll of foil, a few everyday ingredients, and some all-natural liquid smoke. Anyone can make great cheater barbecue.<br><br>The recipes in<i> Cheater BBQ</i> cover smoky barbecue classics: pulled pork, chicken, ribs, brisket, rubs, and regional sauces. Starters and sides include Smoked Paprika Pimiento Cheese, Boston Crocked Beans, Packet Potato Salad, and Loaded Cornbread, as well as drinks and desserts. <br><br> From Super Bowl celebrations to March madness get-togethers to simple meals with family,<i> Cheater BBQ</i> delivers barbecue taste year-roundâwithout lighting a match.</p> | *$10.10 |
 | Chocolate and Zucchini: Daily Adventures in a Parisian Kitchen
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<p>Clotilde Dusoulier is a twenty-seven-year-old Parisian who adores sharing her love of all things food-relatedârecipes, inspirations, restaurant experiences, and above all the pleasure of cooking with the fresh ingredients found in her local Montmartre shops. But her infatuation with food was born not in her motherâs Parisian kitchen, but in San Francisco, where she moved after college and discovered a new world of tastes. When she returned to her beloved France, her culinary exploits inspired her popular and critically acclaimed blog, <i>ChocolateandZucchini.com</i>.<br><br> In her first book, Dusoulier provides a glimpse into the life of a young Parisian as she savors all that the city has to offer and shares her cooking philosophy in the form of more than 75 recipes that call for healthy ingredients (such as zucchini) and more indulgent tastes (such as chocolate). The <i>Los Angeles Times</i> calls her recipes "simple, charming, and fun." <br><br>Appetizers such as Cumin Cheese Puffs, sandwiches and tarts like Tomato Tatin, soups like Chestnut and Mushroom, main dishes including Mustard Chicken Stew, and desserts like Chocolate and Caramel Tart can all be found alongside menus for entertaining, as well as tips for throwing cocktail or dinner parties with French flair.<i> Chocolate & Zucchini</i> is the book for anyone who has journeyed to Paris and can still recall the delicious flavors and aromasâor for those of us who only dream about them.</p> | *$9.90 |
 | Cleveland Clinic Healthy Heart Lifestyle Guide and Cookbook: Featuring more than 150 tempting recipes
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<p>Ranked as the #1 heart hospital in America eleven years running by <i>U.S. News & World Report</i>, Cleveland Clinic is also world-renowned for its life-saving medical breakthroughs, including bypass surgery. The hospital performs more open-heart surgeries and transplants than any other hospital in America. Now, emphasizing prevention, it has teamed with cookbook authors Bonnie Sanders Polin and Frances Towner Giedt to create the most complete and easy-to-follow plan yet for preventing heart disease: <i>Cleveland Clinic Healthy Heart Lifestyle Guide and Cookbook.<br><br></i>Polin and Giedt have developed outstanding recipes that taste too good to be good for you (but are), ranging from Cajun Grilled Shrimp with Fresh Pineapple Salsa to Chipotle Chicken and Corn Tamale Pies, All-American Meatloaf, and even New York-Style Cheesecake. The authors also provide a week's worth of menus for each of three caloric plans to take the guesswork out of eating from morning to night. <br><br>With this guide handy, thereâs no irksome hunt for answers to heart-related diet and fitness questions. Just turn the pages to find:<br><br>⢠How many eggs can be safely consumed per week<br><br>⢠Lists of foods rich in omega-3 oils and tips on avoiding mercury in fish<br><br>⢠Ideas for healthy snacks under 200 calories<br><br>⢠Strategies for eating out<br><br>⢠Why fiber is the key to good nutrition<br><br>⢠How to choose the healthiest proteinâand the facts on soy<br><br>⢠The latest findings on alcohol<br><br>⢠How using a pedometer can keep you out of a gym<br><br>⢠How to calculate a healthy body weight<br><br>⢠How to keep kids fit and cope with finicky eating habits<br><br><br>Backed by the reputation of Cleveland Clinic, this all-in-one guide is the easy, enjoyable way for Americans to care for their hearts and live longer, healthier lives.</p> | *$15.00 |
 | Commander's Kitchen : Take Home the True Taste of New Orleans With More Than 150 Recipes from Commander's Palace Restaurant
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Commander's Palace is one of the most critically acclaimed and beloved restaurants in the country. It was named the outstanding restaurant in America by the James Beard Foundation, and is always rated the most popular restaurant in New Orleans by Zagat. It consistently receives awards from magazines such as Food & Wine, Wine Spectator, and Southern Living. A trip to New Orleans just isn't complete without a meal at Commander's Palace.<br><br>Now home cooks can bring its unmatched style, hospitality, and great food to their own tables. Reflecting the restaurant's fascinating culinary intersection--a New Orleans landmark combining native ingredients and techniques with exciting and evolving contemporary flavors--Commander's Kitchen takes readers behind the doors of a truly exciting culinary experience.<br><br>Featuring 150 recipes from the restaurant's extensive offerings and other Brennan family recipes, <b>Commander's Kitchen</b> describes step-by-step the secrets to Shrimp and Tasso Henican with Five-Pepper Jelly, Eggs Louis Armstrong, Pan-Seared Crusted Sirloin Steak with Cayenne Butter, Braised Lamb Shanks with Merlot Mushroom Sauce, and, the queen of Creole desserts, Bread Pudding Souffle. Of course, four varieties of gumbo are also included, along with dozens of information-packed sidebars, personal anecdotes, tips for throwing a New Orleans--style bash, and juicy tidbits of Commander's Palace lore. Lavishly illustrated with color and black-and-white photographs that beautifully capture the lively Commander's Palace spirit, <b>Commander's Kitchen</b> lets the good times, and the exceptional dining, roll.<br> | *$14.00 |
 | Cooking the Three Dog Bakery Way
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From the celebrated creators of the ever <i>pup</i>ular Three Dog Bakery, the world's first bakery for dogs, comes a fun-filled collection of easy-to-make gour<i>mutt</i> meals and treats designed to keep dogs healthy, happy, and drooling from ear to ear. It's the cookbook that gives "baked-from-<i>scratch</i>" a whole new meaning!<br><br>With more than thirty bakeries across the U.S., Canada, and Asia (and more on the way!), a thriving Internet and mail-order business, and products featured in retail stores nationwide, Mark Beckloff and Dan Dye of the Three Dog Bakery have baked tasty treats for pampered pooches around the world. In <i>Cooking the Three Dog Bakery Way</i>, now you can learn to cook these canine-inspired creations at home.<br><br>The sixty recipes collected here focus on simplicity, using human-quality ingredients that can readily be found in the everyday kitchen pantry. You will be able to whip up de<i>leash</i>ous foods that will make your dog smile, sit up, and beg for more! Many traditional dog foods are manufactured from the lowest-grade ingredients, but in <i>Cooking the Three Dog Bakery Way</i>, you will learn to prepare flavorful foods for your furry four-legged best friend. The delicious delicaciesâincluding Say Cheese! Chasers, Biscotti Bites, PupOvers, Yip Yap Banana Snaps, and Labrador Lasagnaâwere developed using ingredients approved by one of the nation's top animal nutritionists, and dog-tested by the authorsâ own beloved pack of hounds.<br><br>In addition to the recipes, you will also find health tips, nutritional facts, basic grooming and training information, charming illustrations, and plenty of pet-loving puns, making <i>Cooking the Three Dog Bakery Way</i> irresistible for anyone who loves a dog. | *$7.24 |
 | Cooking with Convection: Everything You Need to Know to Get the Most from Your Convection Oven
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If you own a convection oven, but donât really know how to use it, this book is for you.<br><br>Beatrice Ojakangas, an authority on convection cooking and author of more than two dozen previous cookbooks, explains how to use your convection oven to achieve perfect results in dramatically less time than with a conventional oven. You will learn:<br><br>*How to cook a whole meal in your ovenâfrom meat to side dishes to dessertâall at the same time<br><br>*How to cook multiple batches of cookies, cakes, and pies on three or even four oven shelves <br><br>*How to roast and bake in a third less time than in a conventional oven while achieving even better results<br><br>*How to calculate the correct temperature and timing for convection cooking if you are using a standard recipe<br><br>And here are more than 150 great recipes for snacks and appetizers; pizza and foccacia; soups; roast beef, lamb, pork and poultry; savory pies and tarts; casseroles and pasta; vegetables; yeast breads and quick breads; cakes, cookies, pies, and pastries; and much, much more. Try Melted Onion Tart with Parmigiano-Reggiano, Mexican Vegetable Tortilla Soup, Tandoori Salmon with Cucumber Sauce, Asian Spiced Roast Whole Chicken, and Cocoa Cake with Easy Buttercream Frosting, among so many imaginative and easy dishes. <br><br>By circulating hot air around food, convection ovens cook and brown food much more quickly and at a lower temperature than conventional ovens, while retaining foodâs natural juiciness and flavor. With this book you will be able to save significant amounts of time and effort while turning out delicious dishes for everyday meals and easy entertaining. | *$10.23 |
 | Fantastico: Little Italian Plates and Antipasti from Rick Tramonto's Kitchen
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<p>Rick Tramonto, one of Americaâs most renowned and award-winning chefs and author of <i>Amuse-Bouche</i>, among other titles, now has written a cookbook showcasing the best of Italian cuisine, the food he grew up eating and has explored in depth on his extensive travels throughout the country. The little plates in <i>Fantastico!</i> are all tempting, tasty dishes that can be mixed and matched for relaxed cooking and dining in true Italian style..<br><br>Italians have traditionally enjoyed this small-plate way of eating and now Americans have caught on. Increasingly, restaurants specializing in this kind of experience have been opening across the country. With <i>Fantastico!</i> fans of Italian food have the opportunity to reproduce at home the irresistible dishes served at enotecas, osterias, trattorias, pizzerias, and ristorantes throughout Italy, for quick weeknight meals or innovative entertaining. <br><br><i>Fantastico!</i> is the ideal source for a stunning array of antipasti, assaggios, salumis, and cheeses, the perfect accompaniments to a variety of wines and surprising additions to everyday and formal meals. Tramontoâs terrific recipes, accompanied by wine recommendations and his tips on buying the best ingredients, provide readers with the inspiration and the know-how they need to make a big impression by thinking small. The selection includes such festive recipes as Tramontoâs Razor Clams Casino and Roasted Medjool Dates with Gorgonzola, Bacon, and Toasted Walnuts; innovative ideas for grilled breads with robust toppings (bruschetta) and little toasts with refined toppings (crostini); an extraordinary variety of panini, along with wonderful Venetian-style, open-faced mini-sandwiches (cicchetti); and a delightful assortment of simple-to-prepare dishesâincluding a spectacular canned tuna salad with a caper and herb vinaigretteâTuna Conserva Cicchettiâthat will enliven traditional antipasti platters and serve as the centerpiece of a light meal for family and friends.<br><br>With more than 100 simple recipes and beautiful full-color photographs, <i>Fantastico!</i> will inspire anyone who loves the casual charm of Italian cooking.</p> | *$6.70 |
 | Glorious One-Pot Meals: A Revolutionary New Quick and Healthy Approach to Dutch-Oven Cooking
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<p><b>A totally new patented way to cook quick and easy one-pot meals, while keeping ingredients intact and full of flavor.<br></b><br><br>Elizabeth Yarnell developed her revolutionary infusion-cooking method to avoid often mushy slow-cooker results and to make cooking and cleaning up after dinner a breeze. Now anyone with too many tasks and not enough time can use her technique to get dinner on the table in an hour or less, with no more than twenty minutes of hands-on prep workâand just one pot to clean. All it takes is a Dutch oven and a few basic fresh or even frozen ingredients layered--never stirred. <i>Glorious One-Pot Meals</i> provides the most convenient method yet of serving highly nutritious, satisfying suppers every night of the week.</p> | *$10.67 |
 | Great Wine Made Simple: Straight Talk from a Master Sommelier
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From âone of the wine worldâs most popular voicesâ (<i>USA</i> <i>Today</i>), a newly updated edition of her by-now classic introduction to wine, <i>GREAT WINE MADE SIMPLE: Straight Talk from a Master Sommelier</i>, reflects up-to-the minute wine trends, including the burgeoning popularity of the Shiraz grape, new flavor maps, and much, much more.<b><br><br></b>First published in 2000, <i>Great Wine Made Simple</i> established Andrea Immer Robinson as Americaâs favorite wine writer. Avoiding the traditional and confusingly vague wine language of âbouquetâ and ânose,â and instead discussing wine in commonsense terms, the book launched Andreaâs career as a wine authority without pretense.<br><br>Now, thoroughly revised, <i>Great Wine Made Simple</i> lives up to its title by making selecting and enjoying wine truly simple. With Andrea Immer Robinson as your guide, you will never again have to fear pricey bottles that donât deliver, snobby wine waiters, foreign terminology, or encyclopedic restaurant wine lists. Youâll be able to buy or order wine with confidence--and get just the wine you want--by learning how the âBig Sixâ basic styles (which comprise 80 percent of todayâs top selling wines) taste and how to read any wine label. Ten new flavor maps show what tastes you can expect from climates around the world.<br><br>Andrea Immer Robinson genuinely knows more about wine than most wine lovers could ever hope to learn. But she doesnât believe that you have to join a stuffy, exclusive wine-tasting set, or study a lot, to become a savvy wine buyer. Unlike other wine guides, <i>Great Wine Made Simple</i> makes it easy to master the ins and outs of choosing a wine that you and your guests will loveâon any budget.<br><br>In her down-to-earth style, Andrea guides you through follow-along-at-home wine tastings that are easy, fun, and affordable, and even suggests a milk tasting for understanding variations in wine-body style. Building on this foundation, she covers the rest of the wine landscape with her inimitable style, candor, and humor, from classic regions to new tastes, plus a bevy of practical issues like wine gear and proper storage. A refreshing blend of in-depth knowledge and accessibility, <i>Great Wine Made Simple</i> is a welcome resource for those who are intrigued by wine but donât know where to start. | *$14.30 |
 | Heirloom: Notes from an Accidental Tomato Farmer
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<p>Situated beautifully at the intersection of Michael Pollan, Ruth Reichl, and Barbara Kingsolver, <i>Heirloom </i>is an inspiring, elegiac, and gorgeously written memoir about rediscovering an older and still vital way of life.<br><br>Fourteen years ago, Tim Stark was living in Brooklyn, working days as a management consultant, and writing unpublished short stories by night. One evening, chancing upon a Dumpster full of discarded lumber, he carried the lumber home and built a germination rack for thousands of heirloom tomato seedlings. His crop soon outgrew the brownstone in which it had sprouted, forcing him to cart the seedlings to his familyâs farm in Pennsylvania, where they were transplanted into the ground by hand. When favorable weather brought in a bumper crop, Tim hauled his unusual tomatoes to New York Cityâs Union Square Greenmarket, at a time when the tomato was unanimously red. The rest is history. Today, Eckerton Hill Farm does a booming trade in heirloom tomatoes and obscure chile peppers. Timâs tomatoes are featured on the menus of New York Cityâs most demanding chefs and have even made the cover of <i>Gourmet</i> magazine.</p> | *$11.99 |
 | How to Cook Without a Book: Recipes and Techniques Every Cook Should Know by Heart
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Pam Anderson grew up watching her parents and grandparents make dinner every night by simply taking the ingredients on hand and cooking them with the techniques they knew. <br><br>Times have changed. Today we have an overwhelming array of ingredients and a fraction of the cooking time, but Anderson believes the secret to getting dinner on the table lies in the past. After a long day, who has the energy to look up a recipe and search for the right ingredients before ever starting to cook? To make dinner night after night, Anderson believes the first two steps--looking for a recipe, then scrambling for the exact ingredients--must be eliminated. Understanding that most recipes are simply "variations on a theme," she innovatively teaches technique, ultimately eliminating the need for recipes.<br><br>Once the technique or formula is mastered, Anderson encourages inexperienced as well as veteran cooks to spread their culinary wings. For example, after learning to sear a steak, it's understood that the same method works for scallops, tuna, hamburger, swordfish, salmon, pork tenderloin, and more. You never need to look at a recipe again. Vary the look and flavor of these dishes with interchangeable pan sauces, salsas, relishes, and butters.<br><br>Best of all, these recipes rise above the mundane Monday-through-Friday fare. Imagine homemade ravioli and lasagna for weeknight supper, or from-scratch tomato sauce before the pasta water has even boiled. Last-minute guests? Dress up simple tomato sauce with capers and olives or shrimp and red pepper flakes. Drizzle sautéed chicken breasts with a balsamic vinegar pan sauce. Anderson teaches you how to do it--without a recipe. Don't buy exotic ingredients and follow tedious instructions for making hors d'oeuvres. Forage through the pantry and refrigerator for quick appetizers. The ingredients are all there; the method is in your head. Master four simple potato dishes--a bake, a cake, a mash, and a roast--compatible with many meals. Learn how to make the five-minute dinner salad, easily changing its look and flavor depending on the season and occasion. Tuck a few dessert techniques in your back pocket and effortlessly turn any meal into a special occasion.<br><br>There's real rhyme and reason to Pam's method at the beginning of every chapter: To dress greens, "Drizzle salad with oil, salt, and pepper, then toss until just slick. Sprinkle in some vinegar to give it a little kick." To make a frittata, "Cook eggs without stirring until set around the edges. Bake until puffy, then cut it into wedges." Each chapter also contains a helpful at-a-glance chart that highlights the key points of every technique, and a master recipe with enough variations to keep you going until you've learned how to cook without a book. <br> | *$9.67 |
 | Junior League Centennial Cookbook
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A collection of favorite recipes is organized into such sections as Party Food; Appetizers and Beverages; Salads, Soups, and Stews; Vegetables and Side Dishes; Fish and Seafood; Poultry; Breads and Breakfasts; and Desserts. | *$14.69 |
 | La Cocina de Mama: The Great Home Cooking of Spain
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Penelope Casas, the foremost American authority on Spanish food and the author of the bestselling <i>Tapas</i>, presents more than 175 robustly flavored yet amazingly simple recipes representing the best of Spanish home cookingâthe cooking handed down through generations of Spanish âmamás.â<i><br><br></i>Long overshadowed by France and Italy, Spain has finally taken its rightful place as one of Europeâs great culinary meccas. Consider the reborn cities of Madrid, Barcelona, and Bilbao; the new respect afforded Spanish wines; the popularity of tapas bars in the U.S.; and Spainâs widely influential Michelin three-star chefs, Ferran Adrià and Juan Mari Arzak. Despite the world-wide acclaim for these chefs, arguably the greatest Spanish food is found not in the nationâs restaurants, but in private homes off-limits to tourists, where women still cook the recipes their mothers and grandmothers cooked before them. Now, Penelope Casas takes us into those homes to uncover the secrets of this simple, easily reproduced, and altogether marvelous cuisine.<br><br>For<i> La Cocina de Mamá</i>, Penelope Casas has collected recipes from great chefs and traditional home cooks in every region of Spain, all of whom have shared with her the dishes they grew up loving and still cook for themselves today. There are recipes for tapas, like Clams in Garlic Sauce; elegant soups and hearty one-pot meals like Stewed Potatoes with Pork Ribs; many wonderful seafood dishes like Fish Steaks with Peas in Saffron Sauce; meat and poultry dishes, such as Pork Tenderloin in Orange Sauce, Rack of Lamb Stuffed with Mushrooms and Scallions, and Lemon Chicken with Ginger and Pine Nuts; paella and other rice dishesâand even a few pasta dishes; unusual vegetable preparations, including Sautéed Spinach with Quince and Toasted Sesame Seeds; and desserts like Basque Apple Custard Tart. Whether of Roman, Moorish, or peasant origin, all of the dishes appeal to todayâs tastes and exemplify the virtues of the Mediterranean dietâlots of olive oil, lean meats and fish, and vegetables. Sidebars throughout discuss ingredients, areas of Spain unfamiliar to most Americans, travel vignettes, and more. At last, Americans can discover the unique and irresistible flavors of authentic Spanish home cooking in <i>La Cocina de Mamá</i>. | *$12.34 |
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