 | Martha Stewart's Cooking School: Lessons and Recipes for the Home Cook
Brand: Martha Stewart Part Number: RH04500
Class is in session, and Martha Stewart is your instructor! This amazingly informative cookbook features over 200 delicious recipes with step-by-step photographs that don't just teach you what to cook, but how to cook it. | *$10.93 |
 | Homemade Harvest: Welcome fall with warm & inviting recipes, harvest crafts, heartfelt memories and a bushel of ideas to cozy up your harvest home.
Brand: Gooseberry Patch
Whether you're spending sunny Autumn days among the changing leaves or looking forward to a cozy evening snuggled up by a crackling fire, Homemade Harvest has the best recipes of the season. Barbecue chicken sandwiches and fast-fix tomato-basil soup are perfect for tailgating and little goblins will love boo-tiful pumpkin cake at Halloween. No matter what size feast you're planning, tried & true favorites like Gran's stuffed turkey rolls, sweet potato casserole and cinnamon-glazed apple pie are all sure to please. We've even included recipes like peachy freezer jam for preserving autumn's fresh bounty. With a cornucopia of decorating and cooking tips tucked in, plus a chapter of crafts for handmade gifts...it's the season of homecoming and homemade goodness! | *$10.88 |
 | Professional Cake Decorating
Brand: Wiley
<b>Everything you need to create stunning cake decorations</b> <p> Cake decorating is an art with specific skills that must be studied and practiced before they can be mastered. <i>Professional Cake Decorating</i> is the first guidebook, reference, and at-your-fingertips resource to the special methods and techniques unique to cake decorating. <p> <i>Professional Cake Decorating</i> is: <ul> <li>a comprehensive set of lessons designed to teach the skills needed in cake decorating, including basic, intermediate, and advanced piping skills; hand modeling; and gumpaste flowers <li>a powerful tool for making dramatic improvements in the overall look and design of cakes <li>a valuable training handbook and resource for bakers and decorators <li>a comprehensive reference of successful professional skill sets </ul> <p> Using more than 200 step-by-step and finished cake color photographs, as well as over 125 illustrations, this highly visual book covers a wealth of techniques for cake borders, piped flowers, cake writing and piping, royal icing designs, marzipan fruits and figurines, rolled icing, floral patterns, petit fours, gumpaste floral art and design, and much more. Thorough coverage also includes such foundation skills as making shells, rosettes, reverse shells, zigzags, fleur-de-lis, rope, garlands, scrolls, rosebuds, and other confectionary designs. <p> Complete with more than three dozen tried-and-tested recipes, <i>Professional Cake Decorating</i> is the only book that places the rewards of thirty years of training, traveling, teaching, and private practice in your hands! It is a must-have for today's bakers, cake decorators, specialty shop owners, and independent cake designers. | *$35.28 |
 | The Anti-Cancer Cookbook
Brand: Sunrise River Press
Eat broccoli sprouts to prevent bladder cancer . . . Eat more blueberries to reduce your risk of colon cancer . . . It seems that every day we hear new discoveries about various foods' anti-cancer properties. But the information comes in little bits, from all different directions, and it's hard to know how to put all this information to use in your own diet to reduce your risk of getting cancer. Now, Dr. Julia Greer a physician, cancer researcher, and food enthusiast pulls together everything you need to know about anti-cancer foods into one handy book: The Anti-Cancer Cookbook. <br><br><br>She explains what cancer is and how antioxidants work to prevent pre-cancerous mutations in your body's cells, and then describes in detail which foods have been scientifically shown to help prevent which types of cancer. She then shares her collection of more than 220 scrumptious recipes for soups, sauces, main courses, vegetarian dishes, sandwiches, breads, desserts, and beverages, all loaded with nutritious ingredients chock-full of powerful antioxidants that may significantly slash your risk of a broad range of cancer types, including lung, colon, breast, prostate, pancreatic, bladder, stomach, leukemia, and others. Dr. Greer even includes tips on how to cook foods to protect their valuable antioxidants and nutrients and how to make healthy anti-cancer choices when eating out. If you love good food and are looking for delicious ways to keep yourself and your family healthy and cancer-free, you'll find yourself reaching for The Anti-Cancer Cookbook time and time again. | *$12.33 |
 | The Healing Powers of Olive Oil: A Complete Guide to Nature's Liquid Gold
Brand: Kensington Publishing Corporation
Lose Weight...Lower Cholesterol And Blood Pressure...Prevent Heart Disease And Cancer...Live Longer...And So Much More!<br><P><br>Discover The Amazing Powers Of Olive Oil!<br><P><br>From ancient times to present-day, olive oil has been used for everything from health ailments to beauty and the home and so much more. Now evidence shows that a diet based on olive oil can add years to your life and may even prevent some diseases. Health author-journalist Cal Orey has consulted top doctors, nutritionists, olive oil producers, and chefs, getting the most up-to-date information on the many benefits of olive oil, such as:<br><P><br>HEALTH IMPROVEMENTS: <P><br><br>Relieving arthritis aches<BR><br>Inhibiting breast and colon cancer<BR>Preventing diabetes<BR>Reducing pain<BR>Staving off ulcers<BR>Fighting impaired memory<P>HOME CURES: <BR>Soothing diaper rash<BR>Reducing hair loss<BR>Cleaning your house, naturally<BR>Minimizing stretch marks and wrinkles<BR>Zapping ticks and conditioning your pet's coat<BR>And more information that everyone should know!<P><br>Includes dozens of delicious recipes that make olive oil a vital part of a long and healthy life!<br><BR>"The best and highly practical information about the core of the longevity-boosting Mediterranean diet." Karlis Ullis, M.D., Medical Director of Sports Medicine and Anti-Aging Medical Group in Santa Monica, California<P>Cal Orey is an accomplished author and journalist specializing in topics such as health, nutrition, science, and pets. Her books include <I>202 Pet Peeves, Doctors' Orders,</I> and <I>The Healing Powers of Olive Oil.</I> She lives in northern California. | *$3.96 |
 | Alberto Pinto: Table Settings
Brand: Rizzoli
France’s foremost interior designer showcases his signature table settings designed to brighten any occasion. Internationally acclaimed interior designer Alberto Pinto sets the paradigm for creating the perfect setting for entertaining, from large events to intimate, informal ones. Here, he explores the complete spectrum of stylish table settings. Pinto has designed table settings for every type of occasion, from formal corporate affairs to intimate evenings à deux. Profiled here are hundreds of successful designs sure to inspire anyone planning an event. Pinto shows how to create a desired mood or ambiance through the use of color combinations, finishes, textures, architectural flourishes, and floral arrangements, in styles ranging from minimalist simplicity to classic elegance. | *$37.80 |
 | Ottolenghi: The Cookbook
Brand: Ebury Press
Brand-new, cutting-edge cookbook from one of the UK's most popular and stylish deli-restaurants | *$23.07 |
 | The Beer Book
Brand: DK Publishing
The world-wide interest in good beer is on the rise, and with it comes a thirst for more knowledge on the subject. <i>The Beer Book</i> offers a wealth of information on all aspects of beer, from its history to popular styles to brewing techniques. This a new generation of beer guide that follows in the large footsteps of Michael Jackson's authoritative title from DK, <i>Ultimate Beer. </i> | *$13.55 |
 | The Way to Cook
Brand: Knopf
"Julia Child's . . . seventh book, The Way to Cook, is her magnus opus . . . the biggest and most comprehensive collection of Child recipes and comments . . . (with) the same warm, generous, informal approach that has made her the most celebrated cook in America."--Phyllis Hanes, Christian Science Monitor. 600 full-color photos. | *$23.19 |
 | Crepes: Sweet & Savory Recipes for the Home Cook
Brand: Chronicle Books
Ever-popular in France, delicate and delicious crêpes are once again basking in the international culinary spotlight. This gorgeously illustrated cookbook features more than 40 recipes for sweet and savory crêpes, all sure to delight friends and family alike. | *$7.14 |
 | Short-Cut Vegan: Great Taste in No Time
Brand: William Morrow Cookbooks
Now that millions of Americans are exploring the vegan lifestyle, award-winning cookbook author Lorna Sass has updated her classic cookbook to reveal that achieving great flavor and eating healthy meals don't require spending hours in the kitchen. Sass creates culinary magic from a pantry stocked with carefully selected prepared and instant foods, such as homemade curry powder, roasted red peppers, spicy salsas and mustard sauces, and roasted garlic oil. A splash of orange juice, a touch of cinnamon, and a few sliced leeks quickly transform handy frozen spinach and a can of highest-quality lentils into an exotic Orange-Scented Lentil Ragout that will satisfy the most sophisticated palates. | *$8.62 |
 | Get Cooking: 150 Simple Recipes to Get You Started in the Kitchen
Brand: William Morrow Cookbooks
<p> Do you want to eat really well—not just once in a while, but all the time—but you don't know where to begin? </p> <p> Are you tired of pizza—as much as you like it—and broke from buying takeout? </p> <p> Do you love good food—the straightforward, homemade kind—but feel challenged to set up a kitchen, shop for decent equipment and groceries, and tap into a few basic skills that can put a simple roast chicken or vegetarian entrÉe on your dinner table? </p> <p> If you answer "yes" to these questions, then <i>Get Cooking</i> is for you. <i>Get Cooking</i> is the first book from bestselling cookbook author Mollie Katzen designed specifically for beginners, whether you are just starting to cook for yourself or trying to kick the restaurant habit. Unlike most cookbooks, the goal of <i>Get Cooking</i> is to get you in the kitchen, no matter what your experience level might be. </p> <p> Illustrated throughout with color photographs of each dish, <i>Get Cooking</i> gives you clear, step-by-step instructions for making everything from classic mashed potatoes to Broccoli–Cheddar Cheese Calzones to Hot Fudge Sundaes (with homemade hot fudge!). With this book, anyone—you included—can make delicious, fresh food, with a lot less expense (and a lot more satisfaction) than ordering in. </p> <p> You may know Mollie Katzen as the author of such famous cookbooks as <i>Moosewood Cookbook</i> or <i>The Enchanted Broccoli Forest</i>; <i>Get Cooking</i> has all of the accessibility and personal warmth of those beloved books, but it is Mollie's first cookbook for vegetarians and omnivores alike. You will learn how to make North African Red Lentil Soup, Linguine with Spinach and Peas, and Chickpea and Mango Curry—and also Homemade Chicken Noodle Soup, Spinach Lasagna, and Steak Fajitas. </p> <p> With <i>Get Cooking</i> in hand, you'll be serving everything from salads (such as Wilted Spinach Salad with Hazelnuts, Goat Cheese, and Golden Raisins) to desserts (try the Cheesecake Bars), with stops along the way for party snacks, a full array of side dishes, and a brilliant assortment of handcrafted burgers (bean, tofu, and mushroom—as well as beef, turkey, and tuna). Here at last is the cookbook that will make a cook out of everyone. </p> | *$9.81 |
 | Baking
Brand: Ten Speed Press
James Peterson is the premiere go-to source for home cooks of every level. His newest book and the second in a series of instructional tomes, BAKING teaches all the essential basics--how to make fail-proof tender pie dough, a fabulous birthday cake, sourdough starter that actually works, legendary babka, and more. In more than 300 recipes, each accompanied by handy instructional photos, Peterson guides readers through the techniques for creating perfect breads, cakes, cookies, pies, and pastries, each and every time with confidence. Readers working their way through the book will learn every fundamental of baking, and discover the recipes and nuances that ensure consistent, impressive results. | *$20.99 |
 | Spice: The History of a Temptation
Brand: Vintage
A brilliant, original history of the spice trade—and the appetites that fueled it.<br><br> It was in search of the fabled Spice Islands and their cloves that Magellan charted the first circumnavigation of the globe. Vasco da Gama sailed the dangerous waters around Africa to India on a quest for Christians—and spices. Columbus sought gold and pepper but found the New World. By the time these fifteenth- and sixteenth-century explorers set sail, the aromas of these savory, seductive seeds and powders had tempted the palates and imaginations of Europe for centuries. <br><br> <i>Spice: The History of a Temptation </i>is a history of the spice trade told not in the conventional narrative of politics and economics, nor of conquest and colonization, but through the intimate human impulses that inspired and drove it. Here is an exploration of the centuries-old desire for spice in food, in medicine, in magic, in religion, and in sex—and of the allure of forbidden fruit lingering in the scents of cinnamon, pepper, ginger, nutmeg, mace, and clove.<br> We follow spices back through time, through history, myth, archaeology, and literature. We see spices in all their diversity, lauded as love potions and aphrodisiacs, as panaceas and defenses against the plague. We journey from religious rituals in which spices were employed to dispel demons and summon gods to prodigies of gluttony both fantastical and real. We see spices as a luxury for a medieval king’s ostentation, as a mummy’s deodorant, as the last word in haute cuisine.<br><br> Through examining the temptations of spice we follow in the trails of the spice seekers leading from the deserts of ancient Syria to thrill-seekers on the Internet. We discover how spice became one of the first and most enduring links between Asia and Europe. We see in the pepper we use so casually the relic of a tradition linking us to the appetites of Rome, Elizabethan England, and the pharaohs. And we capture the pleasure of spice not only at the table but in every part of life.<br><br> <i>Spice </i>is a delight to be savored.<br><br><br><i>From the Hardcover edition.</i> | *$9.39 |
 | The Tex-Mex Cookbook: A History in Recipes and Photos
Brand: Ten Speed Press
<P>Nobody knows Tex-Mex like Houstonian Robb Walsh, who has spent much of his career researching the vibrant Mexican-American-and-Texan kitchen. Now he shares all the savory details in a comprehensive Tex-Mex bible, filled with outsize characters, fascinating stories, rare archival photographs, and of course great recipes for making an easy-to-elegant range of classic and <i>nuevo</i> dishes. <br><br><i>The Tex-Mex Cookbook</i> takes readers from the Spanish missions of the eighteenth century to the nineteenth century’s short-lived Republic of Texas and beyond, capturing the flavor of old San Antonio’s Chile Queens as well as the distinctively homespun inventions of rural border towns in lively prose and historic photographs. From the birth of corn chip mania to the booming Tex-Mex aisles in supermarkets across America, <i>The Tex-Mex Cookbook </i>reveals how "America's oldest regional cuisine" became a nationwide passion. Recipes include tacos, enchiladas, and authentic Texas chili, as well as fajitas, nachos, and Frito pie. Upscale contemporary selections such as Wild Mushroom Chalupas and Prickly Pear Margaritas bring this western saga up-to-the-minute.<br><br>A food fiesta that will delight home cooks and history buffs alike, <i>The Tex-Mex Cookbook </i>celebrates this inimitable culinary culture with the fact-filled, fun-filled tribute it deserves.</p> | *$11.75 |
 | The Athlete's Palate Cookbook: Renowned Chefs, Delicious Dishes, and the Art of Fueling Up While Eating Well
Brand: Rodale Books
<DIV><DIV><DIV>Fuel Your Workouts with 125 Recipes from All-star Chef-Athletes!</DIV><DIV><BR>Training hard doesn’t have to mean fueling workouts with flavorless foods better suited to members of the animal kingdom. Just ask the all-star roster of chefs who contribute to Runner’s World magazine’s popular monthly column, the Athlete’s Palate. For five years, the likes of Bobby Flay, Jacques Torres, Charlie Trotter, Mark Bittman, Dan Barber, Cat Cora and many more have contributed the recipes they use to fuel their runs to the column.</DIV><DIV><BR> Now, in The Athlete’s Palate Cookbook, these dishes along with more than 60 all-new recipes for breakfasts, entrees, soups, salads, sides, desserts, and beverages are presented along side profiles of the chef-athletes who created them. The first of its kind, this gorgeously photographed cookbook includes recipes for:<BR>· Walnut and Banana Bran Pancakes from Cat Cora<BR>· Marathon Fettuccine with Shrimp in Charred Tomato Sauce from Bobby Flay<BR>· Chicken with Quinoa Tabbouleh from Charlie Trotter<BR>· And many more sumptuous meals!</DIV><DIV><BR>With healthy and delicious recipes for all phases of training along with labels for quick-and-easy meals, The Athlete’s Palate Cookbook is perfect for any runner, cyclist, swimmer, or triathlete who wants to train hard while eating well. <BR></DIV></DIV></DIV> | *$13.87 |
 | Nature's Cancer Fighting Foods
Brand: Reward - Penguin Books
A proven approach to beating disease and enjoying peak health written by one of the country's most dynamic health educators. <P>It's a fact seldom admitted by the medical establishment: chemotherapy and radiation are only about 6% effective in fighting cancer. Prompted by public outcry, research now validates a course of cancer prevention and treatment advocated by specialists in alternative medicine and practiced for centuries in Eastern cultures--nutritional therapy.<P> Verne Varona shows how to stop cancer in its tracks--and even reverse it--through diet. Backed by the testimony of prominent physicians and inspiring case histories, Varona explains what kind of nourishment works best to enhance immunity and restore vitality--without sacrificing enjoyment of food. Starting with the basics of smart eating and moving to specifics on the role of antioxidants, phytochemicals, herbs, vitamins, and more in preventing and conquering cancer, he outlines a complete, easy-to-follow program for freedom from a devastating disease--and improved odds of a long, healthy life.<P> Aimed to make dietary changes as painless as possible, this welcome resource also features a tantalizing collection of nutritious recipes, helpful shopping and cooking tips, and sensitive advice on eating in restaurants and at social gatherings. | *$9.50 |
 | Think Like a Chef
Brand: Clarkson Potter
With <b>Think Like a Chef</b>, Tom Colicchio has created a new kind of cookbook. Rather than list a series of restaurant recipes, he uses simple steps to deconstruct a chef's creative process, making it easily available to any home cook.<br><br>He starts with techniques: What's roasting, for example, and how do you do it in the oven or on top of the stove? He also gets you comfortable with braising, sautéing, and making stocks and sauces. Next he introduces simple "ingredients" -- roasted tomatoes, say, or braised artichokes -- and tells you how to use them in a variety of ways. So those easy roasted tomatoes may be turned into anything from a vinaigrette to a caramelized tomato tart, with many delicious options in between.<br><br>In a section called Trilogies, Tom takes three ingredients and puts them together to make one dish that's quick and other dishes that are increasingly more involved. As Tom says, "Juxtaposed in interesting ways, these ingredients prove that the whole can be greater than the sum of their parts," and you'll agree once you've tasted the Ragout of Asparagus, Morels, and Ramps or the Baked Free-Form "Ravioli" -- both dishes made with the same trilogy of ingredients.<br><br>The final section of the books offers simple recipes for components -- from zucchini with lemon thyme to roasted endive with whole spices to boulangerie potatoes -- that can be used in endless combinations.<br><br>Written in Tom's warm and friendly voice and illustrated with glorious photographs of finished dishes, <b>Think Like a Chef</b> will bring out the master chef in all of us.<br><br><br><i>From the Hardcover edition.</i> | *$12.00 |
 | CloneBrews, 2nd Edition: Recipes for 200 Brand-Name Beers
Brand: Storey Publishing, LLC
<p>Brewing home versions of popular commercial beers has never been simpler or more fun than it is with the 200 recipes in <i>CloneBrews</i>. Home brewers will find everything they need to brew up a batch of their own clone of Magic Hat #9, Ithaca Brown Ale, Moose Drool, or Samuel Adams Boston Ale. And with 200 possibilities to choose from, home brewers will find the perfect taste for every mood and every season.</p> <p>Revised, updated, and expanded, the second edition of <i>CloneBrews</i> contains 50 new recipes that reflect the current popularity of strongly hopped India pale ales and American pale ales as well as the growing interest in brown ales, imperial beers, English bitters, porters, stouts, wheat beers, and Belgian ales. The new edition also contains expanded and updated mashing guidelines and a complete review of ingredients and materials. All new to the second edition is a Food Pairing feature that recommends the best foods for every beer an indispensable feature for the brewer who also loves to barbecue or cook!</p> <p>Tested and retested, tasted and retasted, Tess and Mark Szamatulskis recipes are the product of 20 years spent running a successful homebrew supply shop and working with customers to create perfect beer clones. They deliver the flavors that home brewers want, described in clear recipes that every brewer will want to make. <br></p> | *$10.47 |
 | 101 Things I Learned (TM) in Culinary School
Brand: Grand Central Publishing
Louis Eguaras, a renowned chef at the Le Cordon Bleu Program at the California School of Culinary Arts, provides readers with a terrific overview of what is truly involved in the preparation, cooking, and presentation of meals. He also provides invaluable insights into just what is involved in making this one's chosen profession.<br><br>The book will feature a wide range of illustrated lessons, from how to properly hold a knife... to the history of food... from food preparation and presentation... to restaurant hospitality and management, and much more.<br><br>The book will be presented in the distinctive and highly-attractive packaged style of 101 THINGS I LEARNED IN ARCHITECTURE SCHOOL, and will be the perfect gift for anyone who is thinking about entering culinary school, is already enrolled, or even just the casual chef. | *$8.48 |
 | Fix-It and Forget-It Diabetic Cookbook: Slow-Cooker Favorites to Include Everyone!
Brand: Good Books
Packed with delicious recipes for everyone--including those who have to keep track of food exchanges, carbohydrates, sugars, calories and fats | *$9.75 |
 | Homemade Christmas: Tried & true recipes, heartwarming memories and easy ideas for savoring the best of Christmas.
Brand: Gooseberry Patch
Grandma's gingerbread cookies cooling on the counter, an old-fashioned popcorn & cranberry garland on the tree and gifts made by hand, from the heart...sounds like a Homemade Christmas is on its way! Filled with scrumptious recipes that'll make holidays to remember, our new book is a festive must-have. Simple yet impressive dishes for your gatherings, celebrations and special family meals...we've got you covered with recipes like Nan's cinnamon rolls, savory sausage balls, ham & cheese quiche, holiday pork loin and red velvet Christmas cake. Great gifts from the kitchen are also included as well as plenty inspiring tips and ideas for celebrating with family & friends! | *$10.73 |
 | 50 Easy Party Cakes
Brand: Merehurst Limited
If you're planning a party and pressed for time, look no further! This collection of striking yet simple cake designs is guaranteed to provide the solution. These eye-catching cakes are surprisingly easy to make. | *$13.45 |
 | Molecular Gastronomy: Exploring the Science of Flavor (Arts and Traditions of the Table: Perspectives on Culinary History)
Brand: Columbia University Press
<P>Hervé This (pronounced "Teess") is an internationally renowned chemist, a popular French television personality, a bestselling cookbook author, a longtime collaborator with the famed French chef Pierre Gagnaire, and the only person to hold a doctorate in molecular gastronomy, a cutting-edge field he pioneered. Bringing the instruments and experimental techniques of the laboratory into the kitchen, This uses recent research in the chemistry, physics, and biology of food to challenge traditional ideas about cooking and eating. What he discovers will entertain, instruct, and intrigue cooks, gourmets, and scientists alike.</P><P> <I>Molecular Gastronomy</I>, This's first work to appear in English, is filled with practical tips, provocative suggestions, and penetrating insights. This begins by reexamining and debunking a variety of time-honored rules and dictums about cooking and presents new and improved ways of preparing a variety of dishes from quiches and quenelles to steak and hard-boiled eggs. He goes on to discuss the physiology of flavor and explores how the brain perceives tastes, how chewing affects food, and how the tongue reacts to various stimuli. Examining the molecular properties of bread, ham, foie gras, and champagne, the book analyzes what happens as they are baked, cured, cooked, and chilled. </P><P>Looking to the future, Herve This imagines new cooking methods and proposes novel dishes. A chocolate mousse without eggs? A flourless chocolate cake baked in the microwave? <I>Molecular Gastronomy</I> explains how to make them. This also shows us how to cook perfect French fries, why a soufflé rises and falls, how long to cool champagne, when to season a steak, the right way to cook pasta, how the shape of a wine glass affects the taste of wine, why chocolate turns white, and how salt modifies tastes.</P> | *$10.37 |
 | Coping with Kidney Disease: A 12-Step Treatment Program to Help You Avoid Dialysis
Brand: Wiley
A revolutionary program that can indefinitely postpone the need for dialysis <P>If you’ve been diagnosed with kidney failure, this book could save your life. If you suffer from diabetes, hypertension, obesity, or any of a host of conditions that put you at risk for kidney disease, you owe it to yourself to read what is in this book. If you are among the 60,000 North Americans who go on dialysis each year, the information in this book could substantially improve your quality of life. <P>In Coping with Kidney Disease, a leading expert tells you, in plain English, what you need to know to: <UL> <LI>Understand kidney failure</LI> <LI>Recognize early warning signs of kidney failure</LI> <LI>Get a proper diagnosis</LI> <LI>Talk with your doctors about it</LI> <LI>Confidently evaluate treatment options</LI> <LI>Take charge of your treatment</LI> <LI>Delay dialysis or even avoid the need for it altogether</LI></UL> <P>The centerpiece of Coping with Kidney Disease is Dr. Walser’s revolutionary 12-step program for avoiding dialysis. Based on treatments he has pioneered with his own patients at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, the program calls for a supplemented low-protein diet supported by treatments to control blood pressure and correct high cholesterol. So effective has this breakthrough strategy proven to be that in many patients it actually worked to slow or arrest the progression of kidney failure to the end stage. <P>Knowledge is power. Coping with Kidney Disease empowers you with what you need to take charge of kidney disease. | *$7.00 |
 | 101 Things to Do with Ramen Noodles
Brand: Gibbs Smith
<p>Expand your ramen repertoire with an amazingly inventive and unique addition to the million-copy-selling "101" series:101 Things to do with Ramen Noodles. </p> </p> <p>Ramen is fast, easy, and filling, but what can be done to spruce it up and give it a whole new life? </p> </p> <p>How about recipes like: </p> <p>Creamy Chicken Noodle Soup</p> <p>Summer Garden Soup</p> <p>Zucchini Salad</p> <p>Creamy Beef and Broccoli Noodles</p> </p>Ramen Burgers</p> </p>Chicken Alfredo</p> </p>Pork Chop Ramen</p> </p>Tuna Noodle Casserole</p> </p>Garlic Noodle Sauté</p> </p>Beer Noodles (the ultimate college crowd pleaser!)</p> </p>Chinese Veggie Noodles</p> <p>Corny Cheese Noodles</p> | *$5.19 |
 | 101 Things to Do with a Dutch Oven (101 Things to Do with A...)
Brand: Gibbs Smith
<P>With 101 easy recipes to choose from-from breakfast to dessert, including breads and rolls-the Dutch oven might just become the most popular cooking method in your house. Recipes include the Mountain Man Breakfast, Sausage Spinach Wreath, Dutch Oven Stew with spicy Jalapeno Cheese Bread, Caramel Apple Cobbler, Stuffed Pork Roast, Cinnamon Rolls, Dutch Oven Pizza, Apricot Raspberry Glazed Cornish Hens, and White Chili. </P> | *$5.38 |
 | Seven Weeks to Sobriety: The Proven Program to Fight Alcoholism through Nutrition
Brand: Ballantine Books
"Comprehensive, rational and personal. It suppplies much of what is missing in traditional approaches to alcoholic rehabilitation. I believe that this book can save lives." <br>Leo Galland, M.D.<br>Open this book and you will embark on a groundbreaking seven-week journey that will change your life. You will learn how to break your addiction to alcohol and end your cravings--and do it under your own power. Here, step-by-step, is a proven, seven-week program developed by Dr. Joan Matthews Larson at the innovative Health Recovery Center in Minneapolis, that subdues your body's addictive chemistry and puts you on the path to full recovery. | *$6.76 |
 | New England Soup Factory Cookbook: More Than 100 Recipes from the Nation's Best Purveyor of Fine Soup
Brand: Thomas Nelson
<p><strong>More than 100 of the best soup recipes Boston has to offer accompanied by fun stories and beautiful full-color photography.</strong></p> <p>Marjorie Druker is passionate about soups. She fell in love with soups when she first heard the story <em>Stone Soup</em>. After attending Johnston & Whales, Marjorie created the menu for the popular Boston Market restaurant chain, and soups were always her favorite. "My niche is taking what people like to eat and turning it into a soup," she says. <p>The New England Soup Factory restaurant has won the Best of Boston award four times. People skip school to eat their soups. A pregnant in labor stopped by the restaurant on the way to the hospital to satisfy a last-minute craving. New England Soup Factory soups are like no other soups. And now you can recreate these delicious soups in your own home. The <em>New England Soup Factory Cookbook</em> contains 100 of Boston's best-tasting traditional and creative soup recipes. The book also includes a chapter on sandwiches and salads to accompany such soups as . . .</p> <ul> <li>New England Clam Chowder</li> <li>Wild Mushroom and Barley Soup</li> <li>Curried Crab and Coconut Soup</li> <li>Raspberry-Nectarine Gazpacho</li> <li>Cucumber-Buttermilk Soup<br></li></ul> | *$14.51 |
 | Into the Vietnamese Kitchen: Treasured Foodways, Modern Flavors
Brand: Ten Speed Press
When author Andrea Nguyen's family was airlifted out of Saigon in 1975, one of the few belongings that her mother hurriedly packed for the journey was her small orange notebook of recipes. Thirty years later, Nguyen has written her own intimate collection of recipes, INTO THE VIETNAMESE KITCHEN, an ambitious debut cookbook that chronicles the food traditions of her native country. Robustly flavored yet delicate, sophisticated yet simple, the recipes include steamy pho noodle soups infused with the aromas of fresh herbs and lime; rich clay-pot preparations of catfish, chicken, and pork; classic bánh mì sandwiches; and an array of Vietnamese charcuterie. Nguyen helps readers shop for essential ingredients, master core cooking techniques, and prepare and serve satisfying meals, whether for two on a weeknight or 12 on a weekend. | *$21.46 |
 | What Einstein Told His Cook: Kitchen Science Explained
Brand: W. W. Norton & Company
<strong>"Like having a scientist at your side to answer your questions in plain, non-technical language."—<em>Science News</em></strong> Why is red meat red? How do they decaffeinate coffee? Do you wish you understood the science of food but don't want to plow through dry, technical books? In <em>What Einstein Told His Cook</em>, University of Pittsburgh chemistry professor emeritus and award-winning <em>Washington Post</em> food columnist Robert L. Wolke provides reliable and witty explanations for your most burning food questions, while debunking misconceptions and helping you interpret confusing advertising and labeling. A finalist for both the James Beard Foundation and IACP Awards for best food reference, <em>What Einstein Told His Cook</em> engages cooks and chemists alike. | *$9.27 |
 | The Complete Robuchon
Brand: Knopf
An incomparable culinary treasury: the definitive guide to French cooking for the way we live now, from the man the <i>Gault Millau</i> guide has proclaimed “Chef of the Century.”<br><br>Joël Robuchon’s restaurant empire stretches from Paris to New York, Las Vegas to Tokyo, London to Hong Kong. He holds more Michelin stars than any other chef. Now this great master gives us his supremely authoritative renditions of virtually the entire French culinary repertoire, adapted for the home cook and the contemporary palate.<br><br>Here are more than 800 precise, easy-to-follow, step-by-step recipes, including Robuchon’s updated versions of great classics—Pot-au-Feu, Sole Meunière, Cherry Custard Tart—as well as dozens of less well-known but equally scrumptious salads, roasts, gratins, and stews. Here, too, are a surprising variety of regional specialties (star turns like Aristide Couteaux’s variation on Hare Royale) and such essential favorites as scrambled eggs. Emphasizing quality ingredients and the brilliant but simple marriage of candid flavors—the genius for which he is rightly celebrated—Robuchon encourages the beginner with jargon-free, impeccable instructions in technique, while offering the practiced cook exciting paths for experimentation.<br><br><i>The Complete Robuchon</i> is a book to be consulted again and again, a magnificent resource no kitchen should be without. | *$19.72 |
 | Vegetarian 5-Ingredient Gourmet
Brand: Clarkson Potter
“Nava Atlas has solutions for maintaining sophisticated flavors in the dishes she creates and still manages to keep the ingredients healthy.” —<i>Cooking Light<br><br></i>Eating healthfully is a challenge for those with fast-paced lives. In <i>The Vegetarian 5-Ingredient</i> <i>Gourmet,</i> Nava Atlas pares meal preparation down to the essentials, using just a few high-quality ingredients in each delicious dish. Focusing on whole foods and fresh produce (with a little help from convenient natural sauces and condiments) she serves up a varied range of choices for everyday fare.<br> More than 250 recipes include soups, salads, and pastas; grain, bean, and soy entrees; wraps and sandwich fillings; simple side dishes; fruit-filled finales; and more. The full-flavored fare made from five ingredients or less includes Curried Red Lentil and Spinach Soup; Greek-Flavored Potato Salad; Black Bean Nachos Grandes; Baked Barbecue Tofu and Peppers; and Miniature Fresh Fruit Tarts. Filled with ingenious shortcuts and sprinkled with kitchen wisdom and tips throughout, <i>The Vegetarian 5-Ingredient Gourmet</i> also offers the reader dozens of menu suggestions to help make meal planning effortless.<br> From sophisticated (Mixed Greens with Pears, Cranberries, and Goat Cheese) to kid-friendly, (Peanut Butter Noodles), here are recipes to suit every taste. Nava Atlas makes it simple for busy families or active singles to eat the kind of high-nutrient foods everyone needs and to enjoy the robust flavors everyone craves. | *$9.24 |
 | 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. | *$22.58 |
 | Fasting and Eating for Health: A Medical Doctor's Program for Conquering Disease
Brand: St. Martin's Griffin
Precise diet and fasting programs to relieve headache, hypoglycemia, rheumatoid arthritis, asthma, heart disease, high blood pressure, diabetes, colitis, psoriasis, lupus, and uterine fibroids.<br><br>Using fasting to lose weight<br><br>How to start, what to expect, how to reintroduce food to maintain maximum benefits<br><br>How to work with a physician for longer fasts (more than 3 days)<br> | *$8.95 |
 | Better Than Peanut Butter & Jelly: Quick Vegetarian Meals Your Kids Will Love! Revised Edition
Brand: McBooks Press
<div>This new revised edition of the trusted guide to vegetarian family cooking is better than ever with recipes for quick, healthy, tasty, kid-tested meals—many of them totally new for this edition. The vegan information has been expanded, too, with plenty of helpful tips on incorporating vegan choices into a diet. This is one recipe book that belongs in every earth-friendly kitchen.</div> | *$9.93 |
 | The Ciao Bella Book of Gelato and Sorbetto: Bold, Fresh Flavors to Make at Home
Brand: Clarkson Potter
TO TRY ONE SPOONFUL OF CIAO BELLA’S GELATO OR SORBETTO IS TO BE INSTANTLY TRANSPORTED. <br><br>When you think of the most delicious and fresh gelato and sorbetto in America, you are craving Ciao Bella. The premier gelato and sorbetto maker in the country may be known for using the world’s finest ingredients—Sicilian lemons, Valrhona chocolate, Louisiana pralines—but you don’t need to travel the globe to experience the bold flavors yourself. All you need is a handful of simple, fresh ingredients; a standard ice cream machine; and your imagination. <br><br>The magic of this book is that once you learn how to make just one easy custard or simple syrup base, you can dream up an infinite number of flavors. In addition to being able to re-create Ciao Bella’s award-winning favorites, like Key Lime with Graham Cracker Gelato or Hazelnut Biscotti Gelato, you’ll be able to invent your own combinaÂtions and mix and match more than 100 unbelievÂably indulgent frozen desserts. <br><br>From the PLAIN BASE: <br>• Italian classics such as GIANDUJA and PISTACHIO <br>• New American favorites like APPLE CARAMEL CRISP and PUMPKIN AND SPICE <br>• Cutting-edge flavors like BOURBON BUTTER PECAN and ROSEMARY AND OLIVE OIL <br>From the CHOCOLATE BASE: <br>• Exotic options from around the world like CHOCOLATE CHAI and MEXICAN COFFEE <br>• Kid-pleasers like CHOCOLATE S’MORES<br> <br>From the SIMPLE SYRUP: <br>• Sorbets such as WATERMELON, COSMOPOLITAN, and PEAR WITH BALSAMIC SWIRL <br>• Make-your-own granita combinations (no ice cream machine required!) like COFFEE/CINNAÂMON and RASPBERRY/SAUTERNES/HONEY <br><br>A special section called “Amazing Endings” tops off this delicious volume, containing fun ideas for how to serve gelato and sorbetto as the pros do—or with a more personal creative touch. With hundreds of helpful tips, information on the best ingredients, and a list of sources, this gorgeously photographed book ensures that the best gelato and sorbetto you can imagine are just a churn away. <br><br>NOW, WITH THE HELP OF CIAO BELLA co-owner F. W. Pearce and chef Danilo Zecchin, making gelato and sorbetto in your own kitchen couldn’t be easier. You’ll add an exclamation point to any meal with these tantalizing flavors: <br>• HAZELNUT BISCOTTI <br>• FIG AND PORT <br>• APPLE CARAMEL CRISP <br>• ROSE PETAL <br>• GREEN TEA <br>• POMEGRANATE CHAMPAGNE <br>• PEACH AND HABANERO CHILE | *$15.27 |
 | Running a Restaurant for Dummies
Brand: For Dummies
Millions of Americans dream of owning and running their own restaurant -- because they want to be their own boss, because their cooking always draws raves, or just because they love food. <I>Running a Restaurant For Dummies</I> covers every aspect of getting started for wannabe restaurateurs. From setting up a business plan and finding financing, to designing a menu and dining room, you'll find all the advice you need to start and run a successful restaurant. <P> Even if you don't know anything about cooking or running a business, you might still have a great idea for a restaurant -- and this handy guide will show you how to make your dream a reality. If you already own a restaurant, but want to see it do better, <I>Running a Restaurant For Dummies </I>offers unbeatable tips and advice of bringing in hungry customers. From start to finish, you'll learn everything you need to know to succeed: <UL><LI>Put your ideas on paper with a realistic business plan <LI>Attract investors to help get the business off the ground <LI>Be totally prepared for your grand opening <LI>Make sure your business is legal and above board <LI>Hire and train a great staff <LI>Develop a delicious menu </UL> If you're looking for expert guidance from people in the know, then Running a Restaurant For Dummies is the only book you need. Written by Michael Garvey, co-owner of the famous Oyster Bar at Grand Central, with help from writer Heather Dismore and chef Andy Dismore, this book covers all the bases, from balancing the books to training staff and much more: <UL><LI>Designing and theme and a concept <LI>Taking over an existing restaurant or buying into a franchise <LI>Stocking and operating a bar <LI>Working with partners and other investors <LI>Choose a perfect location <LI>Hiring and training an excellent staff <LI>Pricing menu items <LI>Designing the interior of the restaurant <LI>Purchasing and managing supplies <LI>Marketing your restaurant to customers </UL> If you're looking for a new career as a restaurateur, or you need new ideas for your struggling restaurant, <I>Running a Restaurant For Dummies</I> offers expert advice in a fun, friendly format. Packed with practical advice and expert wisdom on every aspect of the food service business, this guide is all you need to get cooking. | *$10.74 |
 | The Best Recipes in the World
Brand: Clarkson Potter
<b>The author of <i>How to Cook Everything</i> takes you on the culinary trip of a lifetime. <br></b><br>Mark Bittman traveled the world to find and bring back the best recipes of home cooks from 44 countries. This bountiful collection of new, easy, and ultra-flavorful dishes will add exciting new tastes and cosmopolitan flair to your everyday cooking and entertaining.<br><br>With his million-copy bestseller <i>How to Cook Everything,</i> Mark Bittman made the difficult doable. Now he makes the exotic accessible.<br>In this highly ambitious, accomplished, globe-spanning work, Bittman gathers the best recipes that people from dozens of countries around the world cook every day. And when he brings his distinctive no-frills approach to dishes that were once considered esoteric, America's home cooks will eagerly follow where they once feared to tread.<br>In more than a thousand recipes, Bittman compellingly demonstrates that there are many places besides Italy and France to which cooks can turn for inspiration. In addition to these favorites, he covers Spain, Portugal, Greece, Russia, Scandinavia, the Balkans, Germany, and other European destinations, giving us easy ways to make dishes like Spanish Mushroom and Chicken Paella, Greek Roast Leg of Lamb with Thyme and Orange, Russian Borscht, and Swedish Appletorte. <br>Asian food now rivals European cuisine’s popularity, and this book reflects that: It’s the first to emphasize European and Asian cuisines equally, with easy-to-follow recipes for favorites like Vietnamese Stir-Fried Vegetables with Nam Pla, Pad Thai, Japanese Salmon Teriyaki, Chinese Black Bean and Garlic Spareribs, and Indian Tandoori Chicken. Nor is the rest of the world ignored: there are hundreds of recipes from North Africa, the Middle East, and Central and South America, too. All will be hits with home cooks looking to add exciting new tastes and cosmopolitan flair to their everyday repertoire. <br>Shop locally, cook globally–Mark Bittman makes it so easy:• Hundreds of recipes that can be made ahead or prepared in under 30 minutes• Informative sidebars and instructional drawings explain unfamiliar techniques and ingredients• Fifty-two international menus, an extensive International Pantry section, and much more make this an essential addition to any cook’s shelf<br><i>The Best Recipes in the World</i> is destined to be a classic that will change the way Americans think about everyday food. It’s simply like no other cookbook in the world. | *$32.50 |
 | Taste of Home: Cake Mix Creations: 216 Easy Desserts that Start with a Mix
Brand: Readers Digest
Save time, money, and your sanity with the 216 easy-to-make recipes that taste as good as baked goods made from scratch-just ask the folks who submitted the recipes and the home economists at <I>Taste of Home</I> magazine. Each recipe includes a full-color photo so your dessert selection will be easy-as-pie as you see just how impressive a no-fuss dessert can be. <B>In addition to effortless cakes, there are incredible cookies, easy scones, simple biscotti, and yummy coffee cakes</B>- each starting with a store-bought mix, but end up with a professional bakery look with a homemade taste.<BR><BR> Try this sweet-tooth-pleasing baking book and amaze your family with:<BR> A Cookies-and-Cream Cake made with everyone's favorite Oreo cookies<BR> A fruity Apricot Layer Cake that will surprise everyone when they learn that it starts with a white cake mix<BR> Butterscotch Pecan Cookies that will be ready in just 30 minutes<BR> Sweet Jack-o'-Lanterns cupcakes for Halloween<BR> Plus, Lighter than air Angle Food Cakes, classic Bundt Cakes, old-fashioned Rhubarb Custard Cake, Raspberry Lemon Torte, trifles, cobblers, and ice specialties, and more.<BR><BR> Whipping up a luscious dessert will be snap for anyone with little or no baking skills when you start with a boxed cake mix. This creative cookbook will add a wealth of ideas for even the most experienced baker, and will turn your kitchen into a first class bakery.<BR><BR> | *$8.08 |
 | Forgotten Skills of Cooking: The Time-Honored Ways are the Best - Over 700 Recipes Show You Why
Brand: Kyle Books
In this timely new book, Darina reconnects you with the cooking skills that missed a generation or two. The book is divided into chapters such as "Dairy," "Poultry and Eggs," "Bread," and "Preserving," and forgotten processes such as smoking mackerel, curing bacon, and making yogurt and butter are explained in the simplest terms. The delicious recipes show you how to use your homemade bounty to its best, and include ideas for using forgotten cuts of meat, baking bread and cakes, and even eating food from the wild. The "Vegetables and Herbs" chapter is stuffed with growing tips to satisfy even those with the smallest garden plot or window box, and there are plenty of suggestions for using gluts of vegetables. You'll even discover how to keep a few chickens in your backyard. With over 700 recipes, this is the definitive modern guide to traditional cooking skills. | *$25.74 |
 | Reading between the Wines
Brand: University of California Press
Acclaimed importer and wine guru Terry Theise, long known for his top-notch portfolio and his illustrious writing, now offers this opinionated, idiosyncratic, and beautifully written testament to wine. What constitutes beauty in wine, and how do we appreciate it? What role does wine play in a soulful, sensual life? Can wines of place survive in a world of globalized styles and 100-point scoring systems? In his highly approachable style, Theise describes how wine can be a portal to aesthetic, emotional, even mystical experience--and he frankly asserts that these experiences are most likely to be inspired by wines from artisan producers. Along the way, Theise tells us a little about how he got where he is today, explores the meaning of wine in the lives of vintners he has known, and praises particular grape varieties. <i>Reading between the Wines</i> is a passionate tribute to wine--and to what it can say to us once we learn to listen. | *$16.47 |
 | Top Chef: The Quickfire Cookbook
Brand: Chronicle Books
The much-anticipated follow-up to the <em>New York Times</em> best-selling <em>Top Chef: The Cookbook</em> is here! Drawing from all 5 seasons of the show, <em>Top Chef: The Quickfire Cookbook</em> features 75 of the best recipes from Spike's Pizza alla Greek to Stephanie's Bittersweet Chocolate Cake culled from the Top Chef Quickfire Challenges. Everything the home chef needs to assemble an impressive meal and channel the energy of the Quickfire kitchen is collected here, including advice on hosting a Quickfire Cocktail Party and staging Quickfire Challenges at home. Best of all, this book is spilling over with sidebar material, including tips for home chefs, interviews with contestants, fabulous photos, and fun trivia related to the chefs, dishes, and ingredients that make <em>Top Chef</em> a favorite. | *$10.35 |
 | Making & Using Dried Foods
Brand: LEM Part Number: 570
Step-by-step instructions for drying almost everything with or without a commercial dehydrator. Includes more than 200 delicious recipes using dried foods. | *$9.51 |
 | The Everything Rice Cooker Cookbook (Everything (Cooking))
Brand: Adams Media
Think a rice cooker is just for rice? Think again! While it's true that a rice cooker can save time when cooking rice, you can also cook hundreds of dishes in a rice cooker--and author and food blogger Hui Leng Tay can show you how. Inside you'll discover how to cook 300 delicious and versatile meals in your rice cooker, including:<P><UL><LI>Mini Indonesian Potato Cakes <LI>Coconut Chicken Soup<LI>Seafood Congee<LI>Spicy Italian Sausage Pasta<LI>Garlic-Infused Glass Noodles with Tiger Shrimp<LI>Sweet Corn Pancakes<LI>Toasted Pita Pizza</UL><P>From breakfast porridges to noodle entr?es, this cookbook has it all. Whether you're looking for new ways to utilize your trusty ol' rice cooker or experiencing this resourceful appliance for the first time, you will delight in these recipes for Asian favorites, American comfort food, and more! | *$10.10 |
 | Nigella Christmas: Food Family Friends Festivities
Brand: Hyperion
<P>"Nigella covers just about all the quick bases in <i>Express</i> . . . this is a recipe collection that could get you through the holidays." <br>--<i>The Washington Post </i></p> <P>"The recipes are a mix of dishes that are quick to prepare and cook--so you can have your dinner out of the grocery bag and on to the table in half an hour or so--and dishes that are easy to prepare early in the day and then are simply left to simmer slowly." <br>--<i>Good Housekeeping </i></p> <P>"Nigella Lawson has conjured up a voluptuous volume of what she called `fast food for those who love eating.' . . . it's a Nigella-style feast . . . A perfect choice for cooks who would rather sip wine than labor over a hot stove, <i>Nigella Express</i> is, as the British say, brilliant." <br>--<i>People</i></p> <P>"A fast feast may seem like a concept at odds with itself, but the goddess of easy extravagance, Nigella Lawson, has figured out how to put together a lavish party menu in ultrashort order . . . That's what her latest cookbook, <i>Nigella Express</i>, is all about--time savers that don't compromise on flavor but are so effective you'll feel you got away with something." <br>--<i>O at Home </i></p> <P>Christmas is a time for family and friends, for tradition and treats. But, let's face it, when the pressure to feed and entertain builds up, the festive season can start to lose its sparkle . . .</p> <P>That's where Nigella comes in. With her no-nonsense approach, her inspirational ideas, and her empathy for the practical realities of the season--combined here with reliable, easy-to-follow recipes and reassuring advice about planning and cooking ahead--<i>Nigella Christmas</i> is guaranteed to bring comfort and joy and make sure the season of good will stays that way.</p> <P>Here is everything you could wish for to make your life and your Christmas easy and enjoyable: from party canapés, cocktails, and manageable mass catering, to scrumptious Christmas cakes and puddings; from no-fuss brunches to quick-and-easy homemade presents (chutneys, preserves, and other delectable standbys) and edible tree decorations. There are mouth-watering recipes with a seasonal twist, and simple menus for feeding friends and family over the extended holiday season with minimum stress and maximum enjoyment.</p> <P>And, of course, exciting and inspiring variations for the Main Event itself--from her traditional super-juicy turkey with all the trimmings, to festive ginger-glazed ham and the Ultimate Christmas Pudding; from goose, rib of beef, and stuffed rolled pork, all the way to a special vegetarian Christmas feast, a chocolate pudding, a French Yule Log, an Australian Christmas Pudding, and The Boozy British Trifle.</p> <P>Nigella's cakes, as always, gladden the heart--and, like many of the recipes here, are at home all year round--but her At-a-Glance Christmas Lunch Countdown, together with make-ahead and freeze-ahead tips throughout, can help take the stress and strain out of the season. With its glorious illustrations, <i>Nigella Christmas</i> will surely be a perennial favorite--the book we will all reach for, for inspiration and reassurance, when Christmas comes around each year.</p> | *$1.36 |
 | Moosewood Restaurant Low-Fat Favorites: Flavorful Recipes for Healthful Meals
Brand: Clarkson Potter
This is the low-fat book cooks who care about wholesome, vegetarian-inspired food have been waiting for. Each of the more than 280 recipes are as delicious and trustworthy as those in the Moosewood Collective's previous books, and vibrant flavors and generous portions are still a hallmark of every dish. Because the Collective's primary goal is always to make great tasting food they resisted the notion of doing a low-fat book until they were convinced they could make low-fat dishes as flavor-packed as their regular favorites. "We've mostly been interested in gourmet cuisine at Moosewood Restaurant, not deprivation diet food," say the authors. "So, it's a happy surprise that the dishes we created for this cookbook don't come off as merely healthful diet foods. The food is exciting, ethnically diverse, and satisfyingly delicious. <Strong>Moosewood Restaurant Low-fat Favorites</Strong> is as much a celebration of the pleasures of eating as it is about low-fat cooking."<br><br>In <Strong>Moosewood Restaurant Low-fat Favorites</Strong> the Collective emphasizes a few changes in basic cooking techniques to apply to everyday recipes and they offer tips and ideas for sustaining a low-fat lifestyle. They bake rather than fry, replace high-fat ingredients with healthy substitutes (no artificial ingredients allowed!), and use butter and oil very moderately. What is lost in fat is gained in bold, intense flavors. "When fashioning low-fat recipes, taking a nip here, a tuck there, we sometimes need to add a little embroidery, an embellishment such as extra herbs, spices, fruit or vegetable purée, vinegar, sun-dried tomatoes, dried mushrooms, miso, soy sauce, or garlic," explain the cooks at Moosewood Restaurant. "Our gingerbread gets extra flavor and moisture from chunks of pear rather than from butter and egg yolks. Two small calamata olives enliven the Caesar Salad Dressing. A little sauerkraut adds interest to an Italian mushroom stew."<br><br>Fat will not be missed in mouthwatering recipes like Guacamole with Asparagus, Chinese Orzo Vegetable Salad, Spring Vegetable Paella, Indian Potato Pancakes, and Creamy Dairyless Rice Pudding. Along with those creative dishes, one of the most appealing parts of <Strong>Moosewood Restaurant Low-fat Favorites</Strong> is finding low-fat variations on familiar favorites such as Macaroni and Cheese, Shephard's Pie, and Dark Chocolate Pudding. An added bonus is that the Moosewood Collective has made sure that the ingredients used in the recipes throughout the book are very accessible--easily found in most well-stocked supermarkets. <br><br>In the nutritional, glossary, and guide sections of <Strong>Moosewood Restaurant Low-fat Favorites</Strong> the Collective gives explanations of nutritional terms, instructions for how to glean the information you need from nutrition labels, a brief overview of vitamins and minerals, and guides to ingredients and cooking techniques. These three important sections, combined with the deliciously appetizing recipes, are a wealth of encouragement for low-fat eating and living a healthy lifestyle. The fourteen chapters range from savory soups and main course salads to creative side dishes and aromatic Mediterranean and Asian-inspired dishes. With chapters which range from healthy breakfasts and lunch foods to a collection of fish recipes and more than twenty truly delectable desserts, <Strong>Moosewood Restaurant Low-fat Favorites</Strong> is sure to set the kitchen standard not only for health-conscious cooks, but also for those who have come to rely on the Moosewood Collective's easy, earthy approach to cooking. | *$7.94 |
 | The Savoy Cocktail Book
Brand: Pavilion
<div><div><div>Synonymous with style, elegance, and sophistication, the Savoy is unsurprisingly also the birthplace of some of the most famous cocktails in the world. During the 1920s and 1930s, Prohibition-dodging Americans visiting London for tea-dances and cocktails made the bar at the Savoy their home. Here they were entertained by legendary American barman Harry Craddock, inventor of the White Lady and popularizer of the Dry Martini. Originally published in 1930, the Savoy Cocktail Book features 750 of Harry's most popular recipes. It is a fascinating record of the cocktails that set London alight at the time—and which are just as popular today. Taking you from Slings to Smashes, Fizzes to Flips, and featuring art deco illustrations, this book is the perfect gift for any budding mixologist or fan of 1930s-style decadence and sophistication.</div></div></div> | *$12.73 |
 | Raw Energy: 124 Raw Food Recipes for Energy Bars, Smoothies, and Other Snacks to Supercharge Your Body
Brand: Storey Publishing, LLC
It’s time to rescue snacks from the realm of empty-calorie packaged junk food and transform everyday pick-me-ups into healthful, satisfying mini meals. Why waste calories on cookies or chips that have no nutritional value and provide only short-term satisfaction when raw foods are delicious, simple to prepare, and bursting with natural energy boosters that everybody needs to stay fit and healthy?<br><br>Thanks to <i>Raw Energy</i>, it has never been easier to add a full spectrum of raw ingredients to a healthful lifestyle. Author Stephanie Tourles’s 125 recipes for trail mixes, parfaits, energy bars, juice blends, smoothies, soups, vegetable chips, zippy dips, candies, and cookies combine raw ingredients in delicious snacks that are chock-full of nutrients and long-term energy boosters.<br><br>Made from real, whole foods that are uncooked, unadulterated, and unprocessed, these snacks are 150- to 250-calorie packages of health and vitality, dense with naturally occurring vitamins, minerals, fiber, and enzymes. The snacks in <i>Raw Energy</i> do not rely on refined white flour or sugar, they are not cooked in any way, and, with the exception of honey, they do not use animal products.<br><br>They do include raw nuts and seeds, nut butters, dried and fresh fruits, oats, carob, cocoa, freshly extracted juices, and vegetables. They taste great and are easy to digest. Tourles provides a complete overview of the benefits of raw foods, along with an introduction to "uncooking" techniques and an ingredient-by-ingredient food guide. For anyone looking for more nutritional punch from low-calorie snacks, <i>Raw Energy</i> provides 125 tasty starting points. | *$9.90 |
 | FIX-IT and FORGET-IT LIGHTLY : Healthy, Low-Fat Recipes for Your Slow Cooker
Brand: Good Books
Yes, Now you can have it all: Food from your slow cooker that is scrumptious, quick and easy to prepare and low fat! | *$9.78 |
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