 | How to Dry Foods
Brand: H. P. Books
A classic returns with updated recipes and a new look. The book details how to dry fruits, vegetables, herbs and spices, meats, fish, and nuts. More than 100 recipes teach cooks how to make meat jerkies, fruit leathers, trail mixes, main courses, desserts, baby food and much more. Full-color photographs. | *$47.98 |
 | Frommer's Napa & Sonoma Day by Day (Frommer's Day by Day - Pocket)
Brand: Frommers
These attractively priced, four-color guides offer dozens of neighborhood and thematic tours, complete with hundreds of photos and bulleted maps that lead the way from sight to sight. Day by Days are the only guides that help travelers organize their time to get the most out of a trip. <ul> <li>Full-color package at an affordable price <li>Star ratings for all hotels, restaurants, and attractions <li>Foldout front covers with maps and quick-reference information <li>Tear-resistant map in a handy, reclosable plastic wallet <li>Handy pocket-sized trim </ul> <p> <p> At last, a travel guide that tells you how to see the best of everything—in the smartest, most time-efficient way. <ul> <li>The best of Napa & Sonoma in one, two, or three days <li>Thematic tours for every interest, schedule, and taste <li>Tips on wine-tasting, including best wineries for aspiring oenophiles <li>Walking tours of the region's best-loved towns <li>Outdoor itineraries to fit in active pursuits between wine-tasting, such as exploring the region by bike, in a kayak, and along hiking trails <li>Hundreds of evocative color photos <li>Bulleted maps that show you how to go from place to place <li>Hotels, restaurants, & shopping, for all budgets <li>A tear-resistant foldout map—enclosed in a handy plastic wallet you can also use for tickets and souvenirs </ul> | *$6.77 |
 | Appetite for Life: The Biography of Julia Child
Brand: Doubleday
Julia Child became a household name when she entered the lives of millions of Americans through our hearts and kitchens. Yet few know the richly varied private life that lies behind this icon whose statuesque height and warmly enthused warble have become synonymous with the art of cooking. In this biography, we meet the earthy and outrageous Julia, who, at age eighty-five, remains a complex role model. Fitch, who had access to all of Julia's private letters and diaries, takes us through her life from her exuberant youth as a high-spirited California girl to her years at Smith College, where Julia was at the center of every prank and party. When most of her girlfriends married, Julia volunteered with the OSS in India and China during World War II, and was an integral part of this elite corps. There she met her future husband, the cosmopolitan Paul Child, who introduced her to the glories of art, fine French cuisine, and love. Theirs was a deeply passionate romance and a modern marriage of equals.<P>Julia began her culinary training only at the age of thirty-seven at the Cordon Bleu. Later she roamed the food markets of Marseilles, Bonn, and Oslo. She invested ten years of learning and experimentation in what would become her first bestselling classic, <i>Mastering the Art of French Cooking.</i> Now, her career is legend, spanning nearly forty years and still going strong. Generations love the humor and trademark aplomb that have made Julia Child a household name. Resisting fads and narrow, fanatical conventions of health-consciousness, Julia is the quintessential teacher. The perfect gift for food lovers and a romantic biography of a woman modern before her time, this is a truly American life. Bon apptit! | *$199.95 |
 | Flat Belly Diet! Cookbook
Brand: Rodale Press
<DIV> Belly fat is not only unsightly, it's deadly; it has been linked to a long list of adverse health conditions, including heart disease, diabetes, and breast cancer. <I>Prevention'</I>s <I>Flat Belly Diet,</I> a revolutionary plan that's already helped more than one million people lose weight around their middles, may help target dangerous belly fat with monounsaturated fats (better known as MUFAs)—found in delicious foods like nuts and seeds, vegetable oils, olives, avocados, and dark chocolate. </DIV><DIV> "The food...tastes so good, and there's so much of it!" </DIV><DIV> On the <I>Flat Belly Diet,</I> it's important to enjoy these foods, in the right amounts, with every meal. The <I>Flat Belly Diet! Cookbook</I> makes that easy. All of the recipes were carefully developed to make sure every meal includes just the right amount of MUFAs and meets the plan's 400-calorie guideline, so readers can mix and match meals to suit their taste. And there's no need to count calories. All the work has already been done! </DIV><DIV> "I had to get over all those years of denying myself.... I'm so excited by this diet." </DIV><DIV> Packed with 200 dishes that feature these scrumptious fat-fighting MUFA-rich foods, as well as more than 50 lush photographs, this book gives readers plenty to whet their appetites: </DIV><DIV>-Great-to-wake-up-to dishes like Banana Pancakes with Walnut Honey and Eggs Florentine with Sun-Dried Tomato Pesto </DIV><DIV>-International favorites like Thai Corn and Crab Soup and Caribbean Chicken Salad </DIV><DIV>-Cozy comfort food like Spaghetti with Roasted Cauliflower and Olives and Turkey Meat Loaf with Walnuts and Sage </DIV><DIV>-Quick, satisfying snacks like Tex-Mex Snack Mix, Peanut Butter Spirals, and Nutty Chicken Nuggets </DIV><DIV>-Sweet treats like Super-Rich Chocolate Cake with Maple Frosting and Peach and Blueberry Tart with Pecan Crust </DIV> | *$9.99 |
 | Gluten-Free Baking Classics
Brand: Surrey Books
For celiacs and others unable to eat wheat, it’s not just the dessert tray that’s forbidden: hearty staples like bread and pizza are also off limits. Now, this exciting cookbook allows allergy sufferers to indulge in a wide variety of baked goods, all delicious and all gluten-free. Featured are more than 100 recipes, including homey treats like biscuits and blueberry muffins; chocolate chip and other cookie jar classics; old-fashioned favorites such as eclairs, pie crust, and lemon squares; artisan style breads; and more than 20 cakes, from a simple vanilla layer cake to a decadent German chocolate cake. A thorough grounding in classic baking techniques, as well as detailed instructions in how to buy, mix, and measure gluten-free flours, ensure success for even novice gluten-free bakers. Rounding out the book is a pertinent discussion on how readers can incorporate baking into busy schedules, and why it is so important for emotional, as well as physical, well-being. | *$37.79 |
 | The Fat Flush Plan (Gittleman)
Brand: McGraw-Hill
<b>Foreword by Barry Sears, Author of <i>The Zone</i></b> <P>The Fat Flush Diet Plan is a revolutionary diet program from one of the Top 10 Nutritionists in the United States, according to <i>Self</i>magazine. Based on a satisfying, healthful, and cleansing combination of essential fats, balanced proteins, and quality carbohydrates, Ann Louise Gittleman's Fat Flush was first popularized on iVillage.com, The Women's Network, and quickly embraced by millions of women across America. Thousands of dramatic testimonials later, the Fat Flush message board has become one of the most popular diet and fitness boards in the history of iVillage. Now, widely known nutrition specialist and bestselling author Ann Louise Gittleman shares this program with readers. <P>Simple, safe, and highly effective, The Fat Flush Diet Plan works via a process of detoxifying the liver, thereby increasing metabolismÂÂan excellent way to begin dieting as well to continue weight loss. This is also the only diet program that can successfully break through the weight loss plateau every dieter faces and "flush out" pockets of stubborn fat. In addition, the program provides an array of other quality of life benefits such as: <ul> <li>Increased energy <li>Sounder sleep <li>Improved skin texture and stronger nails <li>Decreases in depression and anxiety <li>And much more </ul> <P>This phenomenal diet program is worth its weight (loss) in gold to the growing number of women across America taking stock in their health and well-being. | *$9.97 |
 | You: on a Diet: The Owner's Manual for Waist Management
Brand: Thorndike Press
For the first time in our history, scientists are uncovering astounding medical evidence about dieting -- and why so many of us struggle with our weight and the size of our waists. Now researchers are unraveling biological secrets about such things as why you crave chocolate or gorge at buffets or store so much fat. <P><P>Michael Roizen and Mehmet Oz, America's most trusted doctor team and authors of the bestselling <i>YOU</i> series, are now translating this cutting-edge information to help you shave inches off your waist. They're going to do it by giving you the best weapon against fat: knowledge. By understanding how your body's fat-storing and fat-burning systems work, you're going to learn how to crack the code on true and lifelong waist management. <P><P>Roizen and Oz will invigorate you with equal parts information, motivation, and change-your-life action to show you how your brain, stomach, hormones, muscles, heart, genetics, and stress levels all interact biologically to determine if your body is the size of a baseball bat or of a baseball stadium. In , Roizen and Oz will redefine what a healthy figure is, then take you through an under-the skin tour of the organs that influence your body's size and its health. You'll even be convinced that the key number to fixate on is not your weight, but your waist size, which best indicates the medical risks of storing too much fat. <P><P>Because the world has almost as many diet plans as it has e-mail spammers, you'd think that just about all of us would know everything there is to know about dieting, about fat, and about the reasons why our bellies have grown so large. <i>YOU: On a Diet</i> is much more than a diet plan or a series of instructions and guidelines or a faddish berries-only eating plan. It's a complete manual for waist management. It will show you how to achieve and maintain an ideal and healthy body size by providing a lexicon according to which any weight-loss system can be explained. <i>YOU: On a Diet</i> will serve as the operating system that facilitates future evolution in our dieting software. After you learn about the biology of your body and the biology and psychology of fat, you'll be given the YOU Diet and YOU Workout. Both are easy to learn, follow, and maintain. Following a two-week rebooting program will help you lose up to two inches from your waist right from the start. <P><P>With Roizen and Oz's signature accessibility, wit, and humor, <i>YOU: On a Diet -- The Owner's Manual for Waist Management</i> will revolutionize the way you think about yourself and the food you consume, so that you'll diet smart, not hard. Welcome to your body on a diet. | *$28.37 |
 | The Miami Mediterranean Diet: Lose Weight and Lower Your Risk of Heart Disease
Brand: Cambridge House Publishing
Wake up, America! Low-carb diets are potentially danggerous and there are no long-term studies proving their safety or efficacy. The Mediterranean diet has been around for thousands of years. It is safe and clinically proven to reduce the risk of heart disease and cancer. Moreover, the Mediterranean cuisine is delicious and the ingredients needed to prepare the recipes can be found in any grocery store. Isn't this the type of diet that you want for yourself and your family? | *$5.56 |
 | Fix-it And Forget-it Cookbook
Brand: Good Books
Who's hungry? EVERYONE. Who has time to cook? NO ONE. <P>Dig out the slow cooker. Add a second and a third if you wish. Fill one with main-dish fixins and the others with go-alongs. Do it in the morning--or between work and after-school events. <P>Come home to richly-flavored, ready-to-serve food. <P>Slow cookers are having a comeback. With good reason. They are friends on a day of running errands. They allow easy entertaining with no last-minute preparation. And vegetarians won't find a better way to work with dried beans. <P>Slow cookers are gentle with the food budget--less expensive ingredients flourish in their slow, moist heat. <P><b>Fix-It and Forget-It</b> offers the range of recipes slow cookers do well: Appetizers and Snacks, Soups and Stews, Main Dishes (with and without meat), Vegetables and Go-Alongs, Desserts and Beverages. <P>Bring an element of simplicity--and quality--to your pressured life! Let your slow cooker work for you. | *$14.43 |
 | The Gluten Connection: How Gluten Sensitivity May Be Sabotaging Your Health - And What You Can Do to Take Control NOW
Brand: Rodale Press
<DIV><DIV>One of the nation’s top clinical nutritionists presents her 14-day program for treating and reversing gluten sensitivity, a condition that affects as much as 35 to 50 percent of the U.S. population and is a major contributing factor to an array of chronic illnesses<BR><BR>Struggling with weight gain? Plagued by fatigue? Suffering from joint pain? According to preeminent clinical nutritionist Dr. Shari Lieberman, these symptoms are among the hallmarks of a little-known but surprisingly common sensitivity to gluten, a protein in certain grains. Dr. Lieberman has been investigating gluten sensitivity for more than 20 years. In her experience, eliminating gluten can alleviate many troubling symptoms for which doctors often can’t find a cause, as well as chronic conditions for which mainstream medicine offers little hope of relief—including rheumatoid arthritis, ulcerative colitis, psoriasis, fibromyalgia, lupus, and irritable bowel syndrome. <BR><BR>In fact, 85 percent of Dr. Lieberman’s clients who follow a gluten-free diet report dramatic improvement in their health—and scientific studies support her results.<BR><BR>In The Gluten Connection, Dr. Lieberman presents a simple questionnaire to help readers assess their risk for gluten sensitivity and provides a 14-day eating plan to start them on the path to improved health and vitality. She also recommends nutritional supplements to support and maximize the therapeutic potential of a gluten-free diet.</DIV></DIV> | *$11.99 |
 | How to Taste: A Guide to Enjoying Wine
Brand: Simon & Schuster
<P> Hailed by Paul Levy in <I>The Wall Street Journal</I> as "our cleverest, most thoughtful wine writer," Jancis Robinson makes learning about wine almost as enjoyable as drinking it. With <I>How to Taste,</I> she's put together a unique wine-tasting course based on practical exercises that appeal to wine connoisseurs of all levels. <P> Robinson explains first how we taste wine and food, and then about the grapes and wines themselves. In separate sections on theory and practice, she offers basic technical information about wine appreciation, then shows us how to apply it in sipping exercises -- all of which are based on readily available and, in most cases, inexpensive bottles. And how better to learn about wine than by actually drinking it? <P> By the time you finish this book, you'll know how to recognize the most popular grape varieties from Chardonnay to Riesling, to Pinot Noir and Cabernet Sauvignon, and why you should choose a good sparkling wine over a cheap champagne. You will know how to judge sweetness, acidity, and fruitiness as well as the difference between the length and weight of a wine, and you will be able to distinguish wines from around the world. Robinson also arms you with practical advice about dealing with wine in the real world: choosing from a wine list; setting up and recording your own wine tastings; spitting out your sample mouthful correctly; and complementing food flavors with wine. <P> Innovative, informative, and above all fun, <I>How to Taste</I> is designed to be taken with you everywhere, from the armchair to the vineyard to the wine shop and back to the table. | *$4.85 |
 | The Food Revolution: How Your Diet Can Help Save Your Life and Our World
Brand: Audio Literature
<div>Here, the man who started the "food revolution" with the million-plus-selling Diet for a New America, boldly posits that, collectively, our personal diet can save ourselves and the world. If, according to chaos theory, the beating of a butterfly's wing can cause a hurricane in another part of the world, try this out for chaotic cause and effect: monarch butterflies are dying in droves due to genetically-engineered corn growing in the Midwest. There is also a direct correlation between the Big Mac in your hand and the mile-wide river now running across the North Pole. Learn the truth about foods we are eating that are, in Robbins' words, "unsafe on any plate."</div> | *$29.07 |
 | The Fiber35 Diet: Nature's Weight Loss Secret
Brand: Free Press
<p align="center"><big><b>The <I>New York Times</i> bestselling diet guide that will help you safely lose weight, look your best, feel more energetic, and stay healthy for life!<p align="center"><I>If you are</i></b></big><p align="center"><b>• fed up with short-term fad diets that offer no lasting solution <p align="center">• craving a healthy alternative to high-fat processed foods and refined sugars<p align="center">• searching for a way to take control of your health and feel vibrant every day</b><p align="center"><big><b>the Fiber35 Diet is for you!</b></big><P>It's time to revolutionize the way you think about dieting! <I>New York Times</i> bestselling author Brenda Watson has an incredible secret that helped her transform her body and vastly improve the quality of her life -- the Fiber35 Diet. This incredible program will show you how to lose those unwanted pounds and maintain optimal health by taking advantage of the extraordinary power of fiber. Fiber is one of the most useful and beneficial ingredients on the planet. In addition to helping prevent many of the major diseases of our time -- including diabetes, heart disease, and cancer -- fiber helps to curb appetite, increase satisfaction, and actually flush calories out of the body. Brenda Watson will show you how to incorporate it into your diet easily, sharing how to turn this little-known secret to ideal weight and longevity into a lifetime eating system. Loaded with delicious recipes, meal plans, and even a comprehensive workout program, <I>The Fiber35 Diet</i> makes adopting a healthy lifestyle effortless. | *$2.50 |
 | 365 Nirvana Here and Now: Living Every Moment in Enlightenment
Brand: Thorsons
365 NIRVANA HERE AND NOW has already been praised as an "exquisite handbook for enlightenment" and as "an invaluable resource for anyone interested in finding peace in the present moment." In this treasury of timeless wisdom, Baran has gathered voices spanning cultures, continents and traditions-from ancient Buddhist, Tibetan and Zen sages to Christian and Jewish mystics to contemporary teachers, artists, scientists and poets-all celebrating the beautiful perfection of the present moment, through stories, dialogues, songs, meditations and poetry. | *$14.25 |
 | Weight Watchers Versatile Vegetarian
Brand: Wiley
Versatile Vegetarian Although "vegetarian" might imply healthy cooking, savvy cooks know that vegetarian fare isn't always lower in calories and fat. How do you eat less meat and find appealing, family-friendly recipes that don't take all day to prepare? If you're interested in learning more about meatless eating, Versatile Vegetarian is an excellent introduction. These recipes use common techniques, equipment and ingredients, yet you'll find plenty of exciting new ideas for nights when you want a healthful meatless meal. | *$15.40 |
 | How to Eat Fried Worms
Brand: Listening Library (Audio)
Because of a bet, Billy is in the uncomfortable position of having to eat fifteen worms in fifteen days. The worms are supplied by his opponent, whose motto is "The bigger and juicier, the better!" At first Billy's problem is whether or not he can swallow the worm placed before him, even with a choice of condiments from peanut butter to horseradish. But later it looks as if Billy will win, and the challenge becomes getting to the worm to eat it. Billy's family, after checking with the doctor, takes everything in stride. They even help Billy through his gastronomic ordeal, which twists and turns with each new day, leaving the outcome of the bet continually in doubt. | *$11.40 |
 | Garlic and Sapphires: The Secret Life of a Critic in Disguise
Brand: Penguin Press HC, The
Ruth Reichl, world-renowned food critic and editor in chief of <I>Gourmet</I> magazine, knows a thing or two about food. She also knows that as the most important food critic in the country, you need to be anonymous when reviewing some of the most high-profile establishments in the biggest restaurant town in the world—a charge she took very seriously, taking on the guise of a series of eccentric personalities. In <I>Garlic and Sapphires</I>, Reichl reveals the comic absurdity, artifice, and excellence to be found in the sumptuously appointed stages of the epicurean world and gives us—along with some of her favorite recipes and reviews—her remarkable reflections on how one’s outer appearance can influence one’s inner character, expectations, and appetites, not to mention the quality of service one receives. | *$10.99 |
 | The Laurel's Kitchen Bread Book: A Guide to Whole-Grain Breadmaking
Brand: Random House
The original, classic cookbook devoted to baking honest, delectable and nutritious whole grain breads. In a special section, the author has compiled a comprehensive and meticulous breadmaking "handbook". | *$8.79 |
 | Weight Watchers All-Time Favorites: Over 200 Best-Ever Recipes from the Weight Watchers Test Kitchens
Brand: Wiley
This full-color cookbook is an exciting collection of the best recipes ever developed by the experts at Weight Watchers—225 tempting dishes never before presented in book form. If you’re a fan of the <i>Weight Watchers New Complete Cookbook</i> but are looking even more recipe choices, this new Weight Watchers collection will be an irresistible new kitchen companion. It’s packed with recipes that you’ll love, whether you’re cooking for a weeknight family supper, a casual backyard get-together with neighbors, or a festive gathering with friends. | *$430.61 |
| | The South Beach Diet Cookbook
Brand: Rodale International Ltd
A key factor in the The South Beach Diet Cookbook success is the great-tasting, well-balanced meals Dr. Arthur Agatston promotes, offering more than 200 recipes that adhere to the diet's nutritional principles without compromising on taste. Beginning with a brief overview of the science-based eating philosophy and why it produces such dramatic results, the book also includes success stories, troubleshooting tips, and frequently asked questions, plus the recipes, from Whole Grain Pancakes with Berry Cream Syrup to Filet Mignon with Tomatoes and Rosemary to Chocolate-Hazelnut Flourless Cake. Also included are new recipes contributed by prominent South Beach chefs and by readers themselves. | *$12.50 |
 | American Heart Association Low-Fat, Low-Cholesterol Cookbook, Second Edition: Heart-Healthy, Easy-To-Make Recipes That Taste Great
Brand: Clarkson Potter
Millions of Americans want to reduce the fat and cholesterol in their diets, yet don’t want to sacrifice the flavors and textures they love. The American Heart Association comes to the rescue with scrumptious recipes—from Cheese-Herb Chicken Medallions to Chocolate Soufflé with Vanilla Sauce—that prove just how attainable a goal that is! This book is particularly useful for doctors whose patients need some great suggestions for putting sound medical advice into daily practice. | *$3.83 |
 | The Big Book of Juices and Smoothies: 365 Natural Blends for Health and Vitality Every Day
Brand: Thorsons
A collection of 365 juice and smoothie blends, this book gives readers all the nutrients they need for health. | *$81.61 |
 | The G.I. Diet: The Easy, Healthy Way to Permanent Weight Loss
Brand: Workman Publishing Company
Why was this a #1 bestseller in Canada in 2002? Because it is an easy-to-follow, easy-to-stick-to, truly healthy approach to eating that is based on the Glycemic Index, the original science behind The Zone Diet, but eliminates that diet's complexity and tendency to leave dieters wanting more. If you can understand a traffic light, you can understand this diet--and lose weight permanently without feeling hungry, counting calories, or jeopardizing your health. If a food is in the green column, eat it. If it's in the red column, avoid it. And if it's in the yellow column, proceed with caution. Take bread, for example. White bread, with its high G.I. number, is red-because it's so highly processed the body digests it quickly, resulting in a spike in blood sugar, a release of insulin, potential storage as fat, and a quick return of the hungry feeling. Low-G.I. 100% stone-ground whole-wheat bread is green-the body takes a while to digest it, with no spike in blood sugar and a much longer feeling of satiety. Green, yellow, red: It's all here, with a full explanation of how the diet works, plus ratings for breakfast, lunch, dinner, snacks, eating out or eating in. Includes some recipes, snack ideas, a shopping list, and tips on dining out. | *$6.75 |
 | Taste of Home: Guilt Free Cooking: 356 Home Style Recipes for Healthier Living
Brand: Readers Digest
Cheesy lasagna, hearty chowders, and chocolate cake…now you can indulge in these family favorites and still eat healthily! The 325 mouthwatering classics found in this beautiful collection of great-tasting recipes are true comfort foods and homespun staples prepared in light and healthy way. Shared by health-conscious family cooks, each dish features everyday ingredients which come together in a breeze. Over 230 full-color photos of the finished dishes make it easy to select the perfect family- pleasing dish and the final results a tasty success. This is the perfect kitchen tool for family-healthy diets. <BR><BR> Best of all, each recipe has an icon to make choosing every meal a cinch. A clock icon indicates that the recipe takes less than 30 minutes to make, another icon represents recipes that have fewer than 5 grams of fat, and a third icon indicates that the recipe has less than 500 mg of sodium. These healthy recipes are packed with flavor and include a wide range of ideas—from appetizers and soups to desserts and sweet treats plus entrees—and all include Nutrition Facts and Diabetic Exchanges to make it easier than ever to serve heart-smart sensations.<BR><BR> | *$15.23 |
| | Tops Restaurant Recipes 2 (Top Secret Recipe Cookbooks, 2)
Brand: Plume
More Amazing Clones of Famous Dishes from AMerica's Favorite Restaurant Chains. | *$65.98 |
 | Betty Crocker Cookbook: Everything You Need to Know to Cook Today
Brand: John Wiley & Sons Inc
The latest edition of this immensely popular cookbook contains more that one thousand recipes and addresses the concerns of today's health-conscious consumer with recipes low in sugar, salt, and fat. Reprint. | *$19.25 |
 | Baking Soda: Over 500 Fabulous, Fun and Frugal Uses You'Ve Probably Never Thought of
Brand: Book Peddlers
Noting a frequently overlooked product's many uses and environmental friendliness, a well-recognized parenting expert reveals the benefits of baking soda for cooking, gardening, cleaning, health care, and hobbies. Original. 20,000 first printing. <i>IP. </i> | *$3.49 |
 | Baking: From My Home to Yours
Brand: Houghton Mifflin
Dorie Greenspan has written recipes for the most eminent chefs in<BR>the world: Pierre Hermé, Daniel Boulud, and arguably the greatest<BR>of them all, Julia Child, who once told Dorie, "You write recipes<BR>just the way I do." Her recipe writing has won widespread praise for its<BR>literate curiosity and "patient but exuberant style." (One hard-boiled<BR>critic called it "a joy forever.") In Baking: From My Home to Yours, her<BR>masterwork, Dorie applies the lessons from three decades of experience<BR>to her first and real love: home baking. The 300 recipes will<BR>seduce a new generation of bakers, whether their favorite kitchen tools<BR>are a bowl and a whisk or a stand mixer and a baker's torch.<BR><BR>Even the most homey of the recipes are very special. Dorie's<BR>favorite raisin swirl bread. Big spicy muffins from her stint as a baker in<BR>a famous New York City restaurant. French chocolate brownies (a<BR>Parisian pastry chef begged for the recipe). A dramatic black and white<BR>cake for a "wow" occasion. Pierre Hermé's extraordinary lemon tart.<BR>The generous helpings of background information, abundant stories,<BR>and hundreds of professional hints set Baking apart as a one-of-a-kind<BR>cookbook. And as if all of this weren't more than enough, Dorie has<BR>appended a fascinating minibook, A Dessertmaker's Glossary, with<BR>more than 100 entries, from why using one's fingers is often best, to<BR>how to buy the finest butter, to how the bundt pan got its name. | *$30.99 |
 | Mindless Eating: Why We Eat More Than We Think
Brand: Random House Audio
In this illuminating and groundbreaking new book, food psychologist Brian Wansink shows why you may not realize how much you’re eating, what you’re eating–or why you’re even eating at all.<br><br>• Does food with a brand name really taste better?<br>• Do you hate brussels sprouts because your mother did?<br>• Does the size of your plate determine how hungry <br>you feel?<br>• How much would you eat if your soup bowl secretly <br>refilled itself?<br>• What does your favorite comfort food really say <br>about you?<br>• Why do you overeat so much at healthy restaurants?<br><br>Brian Wansink is a Stanford Ph.D. and the director of the Cornell University Food and Brand Lab. He’s spent a lifetime studying what we don’t notice: the hidden clues that determine how much and why people eat. Using ingenious, fun, and sometimes downright fiendishly clever experiments like the “bottomless soup bowl,” Wansink takes us on a fascinating tour of the secret dynamics behind our dietary habits. How does packaging influence how much we eat? Which movies make us eat faster? How does music or the color of the room influence how much we eat? How can we recognize the “hidden persuaders” used by restaurants and supermarkets to get us to mindlessly eat? What are the real reasons most diets are doomed to fail? And how can we use the “mindless margin” to lose–instead of gain–ten to twenty pounds in the coming year?<br> <br>Mindless Eating will change the way you look at food, and it will give you the facts you need to easily make smarter, healthier, more mindful and enjoyable choices at the dinner table, in the supermarket, in restaurants, at the office–even at a vending machine–wherever you decide to satisfy your appetite. | *$18.83 |
 | Barbecue! Bible : Sauces, Rubs, and Marinades, Bastes, Butters, and Glazes
Brand: Workman Publishing Company
The New Yorker said it best: "For aspiring gourmets of the grill, there is only one book: The Barbecue! Bible." An IACP/Julia Child Cookbook Award-winner with over 210,000 copies in print, The Barbecue! Bible is Steven Raichlen's highly successful, far-reaching version of Grilling 101. <P>Well, now comes Grilling 201-the grilling guru's seminar in the flavor boosters, dry and wet, that give grilled food its character, personality, and soul. Echoing the master book in its energetic design and in-depth perspective, Barbecue Sauces, Rubs, and Marinades presents over 200 recipes for global flavoring techniques. There are rubs and spice mixes: Memphis Rub, Chesapeake Fish Powder, Santa Fe Spice Mix, Bombay Blast, Powdered Hellfire. Marinades and spice pastes: Moroccan Charmoula, Gaucho Beef Marinade, Thai Lemon Chili Marinade, Yucatan Black Recado. Plus sauces and salsas, mops, bastes, and butters, ketchups, mustards, chutneys, and relishes. The author gives a quick overview of barbecue essentials, explains what each flavoring technique does and how it works with different recipes and ingredients, and offers dozens of grilling and cooking tips-including how to build your own signature barbecue sauce. You'll graduate to a new level of grilling expertise. | *$68.00 |
| | The Restaurant Manager's Handbook: How to Set Up Operate and Manage a Financially Successful Food Service Operation
Brand: Atlantic Pub Co
This best selling book is now in it's third edition! This comprehensive manual will show you how to set up, operate, and manage a financially successful food service operation. Complete with comprehensive charts, forms, including wine food & labor analysis, daily sales reports,spread sheet examples, and much more. Includes an extensive food service resource guide. | *$184.01 |
 | The Christians Secret of a Happy Life
Brand: Revell
This modern Christian classic finds in God's promises the certainty, serenity, and confidence that can take a Christian through the toughest challenge with joy. | *$1.27 |
 | Grace Before Meals: Recipes for Family Life
Brand: Leo Watkins Films | *$15.95 |
 | The Bartender's Black Book
Brand: Diversified International
The best bartender's guide turns eight with this new edition, bringing its total recipe count to 2,800, more than doubling any other drink recipe book. Everything classic and obscure are here (martinis, frozen and coffee drinks, shooters, punches, flavored vodkas, gins, rums, cognac, wine, novelty drinks, etc.) with 150 brand new additions. Also new to eighth edition are: * More advice for the professional bartender * A newly expanded wine section with:<P>Robert M. Parker, Jr.'s Wine Vintage Guide; <P>"Parker Speaks on Wine";<P>A glossary of wine terms; <P>Parker's World's Greatest Wine Values * Expanded Glossary and Beer Section * Cognac Guide And of course all the features that's made it the best selling drink recipe book on the market today are still there: index by ingredients; spiral bound for simultaneous pouring and reading; a complete list of martinis; detailed mixing instructions; sections on hot drinks, frozen drinks, beers, ales, lagers, and "malternatives;" and a list of all drink-specific garnishes. | *$13.99 |
 | French Women Don't Get Fat: The Secret of Eating for Pleasure
Brand: Random House Audio
Stylish, convincing, wise, funny–and just in time: the ultimate <i>non</i>-diet book, which could radically change the way you think and live.<br><br>French women don’t get fat, but they do eat bread and pastry, drink wine, and regularly enjoy three-course meals. In her delightful tale, Mireille Guiliano unlocks the simple secrets of this “French paradox”–how to enjoy food and stay slim and healthy. Hers is a charming, sensible, and powerfully life-affirming view of health and eating for our times.<br><br>As a typically slender French girl, Mireille (Meer-<i>ray</i>) went to America as an exchange student and came back fat. That shock sent her into an adolescent tailspin, until her kindly family physician, “Dr. Miracle,” came to the rescue. Reintroducing her to classic principles of French gastronomy plus time-honored secrets of the local women, he helped her restore her shape and gave her a whole new understanding of food, drink, and life. The key? Not guilt or deprivation but learning to get the most from the things you most enjoy. Following her own version of this traditional wisdom, she has ever since relished a life of indulgence without bulge, satisfying yen without yo-yo on three meals a day. <br><br>Now in simple but potent strategies and dozens of recipes you’d swear were fattening, Mireille reveals the ingredients for a lifetime of weight control–from the emergency weekend remedy of Magical Leek Soup to everyday tricks like fooling yourself into contentment and painless new physical exertions to save you from the StairMaster. Emphasizing the virtues of freshness, variety, balance, and <i>always</i> pleasure, Mireille shows how virtually anyone can learn to eat, drink, and move like a French woman. <br><br>A natural raconteur, Mireille illustrates her philosophy through the experiences that have shaped her life–a six-year-old’s first taste of Champagne, treks in search of tiny blueberries (called <i>myrtilles</i>) in the woods near her grandmother’s house, a near-spiritual rendezvous with oysters at a seaside restaurant in Brittany, to name but a few. She also shows us other women discovering the wonders of “French in action,” drawing examples from dozens of friends and associates she has advised over the years to eat and drink smarter and more joyfully. <br><br>Here are a culture’s most cherished and time-honored secrets recast for the twenty-first century. For anyone who has slipped out of her zone, missed the flight to South Beach, or accidentally let a carb pass her lips, here is a buoyant, positive way to stay trim. A life of wine, bread–even chocolate–without girth or guilt? <i>Pourquoi pas?</i><br><br><br><i>From the Hardcover edition.</i> | *$4.91 |
| | The Complete Book of Juicing
Brand: Prima Lifestyles
A guide to juicing reveals the potential of the health properties found in fresh fruit and vegetable juices and includes more than fifty recipes, information on weight loss, and more. Original. 100,000 first printing. | *$2.50 |
 | Bartending For Dummies (Miniature Editions for Dummies (Running Press))
Brand: Running Press Miniature Editions
Recipes for classic and cutting-edge cocktails, plus tips on tools, glassware, and home bar essentials, are contained in this Running Press Miniature Edition guide to becoming he perfect home mixologist. Includes popular drink recipes from A to Z, and a list of the top ten hangover cures every bartender should know. | *$0.39 |
| | The Fannie Farmer Cookbook
Brand: Knopf
This American classic is newly revised and redesigned--with 325 new recipes and three new chapters on microwaving, vegetarian cooking, and outdoor cooking. Features nearly 2,000 recipes in all. Illustrated. | *$100.88 |
 | Raichlen on Ribs, Ribs, Outrageous Ribs
Brand: Workman Publishing Company
It’s a marriage made in BBQ heaven: America’s foremost grilling guru takes on ribs. Baby backs and spare ribs, short ribs and long ribs, pork ribs, beef ribs, lamb ribs, and more—a passionate, single-subject celebration of meaty, smoky, sweet ’n’ spicy, crowd-pleasing, fall-off-the-bone-tender ribs.<br><br> A perfect rib is the culmination of the griller’s art, and nobody’s better at showing how to put it all together—the tastes, techniques, ingredients, recipes, tips—than Steven Raichlen, award-winning author of <i>Barbecue! Bible</i>, <i>How to Grill</i>, <i>Beer-Can Chicken</i>, and other BARBECUE! BIBLE® books with 3 million copies in print. Here are 75 mouth-watering, repertoire-expanding, rib-rocking recipes: Buccaneer Baby Backs with Rumbullion Barbecue Sauce. Lone Star Barrel Staves. Tandoori Ribs. Maui-Style Short Ribs. Jamaican Jerk Ribs. Thai Sweet Chili Ribs. The Original Dinosaur Ribs. Cousin Dave’s Chipotle Chocolate Ribs. But the book is also a rib clinic: It covers the nine methods for cooking ribs, from direct grilling to spit-roasting. The essential techniques for handling ribs. Key ingredients in making homemade sauces, mops, and rubs. And boxes throughout to help take your rib cookery to the next level—even to the competition level, with tips on how to enter and how to win. | *$8.28 |
 | Dr. Atkins' New Diet Revolution: The No-hunger, Luxurious Weight Loss Plan That Really Works!
Brand: Vermilion
Follow the Dr Atkins' Diet and forget counting calories. Watch the fat melt away as a healthier and firmer body emerges. Enjoy more energy as well as freedom from a range of ailments from diabetes to heart disease. Essentially a low carbohydrate plan, the Atkins' Diet boosts your metabolic rate and once your metabolism is changed, your body adjusts to a new way of burning fat. Dieting can work, and with this medically proven regime you can lose weight without reducing - or counting - calories. On the Atkins' Diet you can: -Eat luxuriously and feel completely satisfied -Experience the metabolic boost the Atkins' Diet provides -Use a maintenance diet that will ensure you never become fat again -Enjoy mouth-watering, gourmet recipes. In this new edition the world's number one diet expert has updated his proven program for a new century to include; new controlled carbohydrate recipes for breakfast, lunch and dinner; brand new case studies and the very latest scientific research. | *$9.21 |
 | The Pasta Bible
Brand: Whitecap Books
A history of noodles, noodle making, and noodle varieties is followed by more than eighty recipes for international dishes from such diverse locales as Italy, Eastern Europe, and Japan--including soups, pasta salads, a variety of entrees, and some desserts. 35,000 first printing. $30,000 ad/promo. | *$27.97 |
 | The Vegetarian Low-carb Diet: The Fast, No-hunger Weightloss Diet for Vegetarians
Brand: Piatkus Books
Finally, the diet vegetarians have been waiting for; Many is the vegetarian or vegan who has watched their meat-eating friends with envy as they followed the Atkins diet and the pounds dropped off. There's no doubt about it, a high-protein, low-carbohydrate diet really does work. But what about vegetarians and vegans? Is it possible to follow a high-protein diet without the fry-ups or the meat? And can it really be a healthy way of life? The answer is yes. Top cookery writer Rose Elliot has devised an easy, meat-free answer to the Atkins diet. Scientifically formulated to make the metabolism stop burning carbs and start burning fat, not only will you lose weight but you'll find your carb cravings, mood swings and energy lows are a thing of the past. Packed with over 75 delicious, mouth-watering recipes, top tips for staying slim, carbohydrate counters and menu plans, this book is a one-stop shop for any vegetarian or vegan hoping to lose weight. | *$83.19 |
 | The Mood Cure: Take Charge of Your Emotions in 24 Hours Using Food and Supplements
Brand: Thorsons
This is the food and nutritional answer to mood disorders -- Patrick Holford, the founder of the Institute of Optimum Nutrition, praised it as 'working better than any anti-depressant'. Written by one of the most successful names in nutrient therapy, The Mood Cure shows you how you can permanently lift dark moods and emotions in less than 24 hours. Most mood problems are caused by biochemical imbalances, many of which don't need Prozac or other drugs to cure them. Such drugs are often liberally prescribed despite the risk of side effects. Julia Ross has been working with natural nutritional solutions at her clinic in California for over 15 years -- and with dramatic results. She has developed an extremely successful nutritional plan using specific foods and supplements that can lift dark moods and emotions in less than 24 hours. It works by restoring the body's natural chemical balance, thereby relieving mood-related symptoms, such as depression, PMS, stress, low self-esteem, irritability or SAD. Assess your mood profile with a four-part questionnaire / Identify and understand your underlying chemical imbalance / Devise a targeted plan of supplements, good mood foods and menus according to what your body needs / Address hormone imbalances, food intolerances, allergies, insomnia and addiction / Lift the dark clouds of depression and anxiety in as little as 24 hours Now, with The Mood Cure, you can blast the blues forever. | *$39.99 |
 | Eat Fresh Food: Awesome Recipes for Teen Chefs
Brand: Bloomsbury USA Children's Books
<DIV><DIV><P>Make It Fresh. Make It Fast. Make It Awesome.</P><P>Renowned chef Rozanne Gold has assembled an All-Star Team of teen chefs—kids who love to cook and love to eat good food—to create more than eighty mouth-watering recipes, attuned to the seasons, refined for the kinds of food teens want to eat. With plenty of snacks, smoothies, school lunches, burgers, fabulous pizza, desserts, and more, each delicious bite is made with the freshest, best-for-you ingredients you can find. Fully illustrated with photos of this cooking team in action, here is a cookbook no aspiring chef will want to miss. </P></DIV></DIV> | *$21.99 |
 | The Thyroid Diet: Manage Your Metabolism for Lasting Weight Loss
Brand: Harper Thorsons
Do you have, or suspect you have thyroid problems? If you are still overweight even though you've tried diet after diet, and you feel tired and sluggish all the time, then this book could be your saviour. This international bestseller is a mine of information for both hypothyroid and hyperthyroid sufferers. If you have discovered, or suspect, that a low-functioning thyroid gland is causing you to pack on the pounds then this internationally bestselling book will be a godsend. It explains that even with medication from your doctor you are still likely to pile on the pounds. To elevate this Mary Shomon has helpfully outlined a number of approaches to help as she recognises that there simply isn't a one-cap-fits-all programme. For example some sufferers are carbohydrate sensitive, others find they actually gain weight on an Atkins-type diet, or they might find they only lose weight if they lower their calorie levels. The book is also packed with other information: when to eat; thyroid-damaging foods to avoid; metabolism-supporting herbs and supplements; and information on prescription weight-loss drugs. Her case histories make this a friendly and illuminating read too. | *$15.01 |
 | Favorite Dishes: A Columbian Autograph Souvenir Cookery Book (The Food Series)
Brand: University of Illinois Press
"Favorite Dishes" is a celebrity cookbook of autographed recipes, accented by portraits of the distinguished contributors, that was compiled on the occasion of the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago. It is a handsome sourcebook on nineteenth-century cookery as well as a testament to the desire of well-educated, well-placed women to use their position for social good. It is also a prime example of the genre of charitable cookbooks that began after the Civil War and extends to today's Junior League community cookbooks. The world's fair in Chicago was the first event of its kind that offered women a conspicuous and responsible role. A Woman's Building was designed by a woman architect, decorated with the statues and paintings of prominent women artists, and overseen by a Board of Lady Managers, comprised of 115 wives and daughters of prominent political and business leaders from every state and territory.Carrie Shuman approached the president of this unprecedented body, Bertha Honor Palmer, with the idea of producing a charitable cookbook, endorsed and autographed by the Lady Managers, of their prize recipes. The books would be offered to women of limited means - women who dreamed "longingly and hopelessly of the Exposition" - who could sell them to raise money to cover the expense of a visit to the fair. This reissue of "Favorite Dishes" is set off by a pair of new introductions. Reid Badger discusses the phenomenon of world's fairs and the particular success and significance of the 1893 Exposition in Chicago. Bruce Kraig examines the culinary significance of the book and sets it in the context of the era's food standardization, changing cooking technology, recipe book conventions, and social practices. | *$36.00 |
 | Growing Gourmet and Medicinal Mushrooms
Brand: Ten Speed Press
In this manual for utilizing mushrooms through the 21st century, Paul Stamets provides a detailed growth parameters for 25 mushrooms species, mycological landscaping, state-of-the-art production techniques for home and commercial cultivation, plus more. | *$28.97 |
| | The Sackett Brand
Brand: Bantam
In The Sackett Brand, Louis L’Amour spins the story of a courageous man who must face overwhelming odds to track down a killer.<br><br>Tell Sackett and his bride Ange came to Arizona to build a home and start a family. But on Black Mesa something goes terribly wrong. Tell is ambushed and badly injured. When he finally manages to drag himself back to where he left Ange, she is gone. Desperate, cold, hungry, and with nothing to defend himself, Tell is stalked like a wounded animal. Hiding from his attackers, his rage and frustration mount as he tries to figure out who the men are, why they are trying to kill him, and what has happened to his wife. Discovering the truth will be risky. And when he finally does, it will be their turn to run. | *$5.99 |
 | Be Expert With Map & Compass: The Complete "Orienteering" Handbook (Emblem Editions)
Brand: Scribner Book Company
"Required reading for the beginner in map and compass work, as well as for those interested in serious Orienteering. In simple, clear, concise terms the basics of map and compass work are described and illustrated." —George T. Hamilton, Appalachia This new, enlarged edition of Be Expert with Map & Compass includes everything the beginner needs to know about the increasingly popular sport of Orienteering: understanding map symbols; traveling by map alone, by compass alone, or by map and compass together; finding bearings; sketching maps; and traveling in the wilderness. Other updated sections cover competitive Orienteering, how to join an Orienteering event or organize your own, and useful hints for competitive and wilderness Orienteering. In addition to the revisions throughout, the author has interspersed the text with reminiscences of his more than fifty years of experience with map and compass. Drawing crowds of 25,000 participants at international events, the sport of Orienteering is more popular than ever. The Orienteering world championships were held in the United States for the first time in 1993. For Orienteers and scouts, avid outdoorspeople, and anyone who wants to feel more comfortable in the wilderness, this updated guide is an indispensable reference. | *$4.98 |
 | Tender Bar, The
Brand: Hyperion
"Long before it legally served me, the bar saved me," asserts J.R. Moehringer, and his compelling memoir The Tender Bar is the story of how and why. A Pulitzer-Prize winning writer for the Los Angeles Times, Moehringer grew up fatherless in pub-heavy Manhasset, New York, in a ramshackle house crammed with cousins and ruled by an eccentric, unkind grandfather.Desperate for a paternal figure, he turns first to his father, a DJ whom he can only access via the radio (Moehringer calls him The Voice and pictures him as "talking smoke"). When The Voice suddenly disappears from the airwaves, Moehringer turns to his hairless Uncle Charlie, and subsequently, Uncle Charlie's place of employment--a bar called Dickens that soon takes center stage. While Moehringer may occasionally resort to an overwrought metaphor (the footsteps of his family sound like "storm troopers on stilts"), his writing moves at a quick clip and his tale of a dysfunctional but tightly knit community is warmly told. "While I fear that we're drawn to what abandons us, and to what seems most likely to abandon us, in the end I believe we're defined by what embraces us," Moehringer says, and his story makes us believe it. --Brangien Davis | *$2.55 |
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