Urban Picnic or Why Some Like It Hot

Urban Picnic: Being an Idiosyncratic and Lyrically Recollected Account of Menus, Recipes, History, Trivia, and Admonitions on the Subject of

Author: John Burns

"The latest fashion among young city-dwellers, providing a new advertising niche for manufacturers of luxury products, is the good old family picnic."-Le Monde

"An upper-class English ritual traditionally confined to rural French life, the picnic has been rebranded."-The Economist

"The great charm of this social device is undoubtedly the freedom it affords. . . . To eat cold chicken and drink iced claret under trees, amid the grass and the flowers."-Appleton's Journal of Literature, Science, and Art, 1869

Urban picnics are a hot foodie trend right now; from The Economist to Le Monde, food journalists and lovers the world around are jumping on the blanket. Like so many of us, they want to put their hectic city lives on hold and enjoy themselves-without having to head off into the hinterland. The Urban Picnic is designed for modern gourmands and kitchen newcomers alike to inspire them to introduce a little pleasure and picnickery into their lives. With an irreverent and highly opinionated history of the picnic, strange accounts from the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, original illustrations and over 200 recipes-many contributed from renowned chefs such as Nigella Lawson, Mark Bittman, Regan Daley and Bob Blumer-it's the essential how-to (and how-not-to) for anyone who was ever looking for a tasty little morsel to eat under that tree that grows in Brooklyn. Two-color throughout.

Recipes include:

Barbecued Lemon Chicken (Anne Lindsay)
Banana-Strawberry Layer Cake (Regan Daley)
Mint Julep Peaches (Nigella Lawson)
Chicken Liver Crostini (Umberto Menghi)
Ahi Tuna Salad with GreenPapaya (Rob Feenie)

Book about: Wine Aficionado or Low Carb Gourmet

Why Some Like It Hot: Food, Genes, and Cultural Diversity

Author: Gary Paul Nabhan

Do your ears burn whenever you eat hot chile peppers? Does your face immediately flush when you drink alcohol? Does your stomach groan if you are exposed to raw milk or green fava beans? If so, you are probably among the one-third of the world's human population that is sensitive to certain foods due to your genes' interactions with them.

Formerly misunderstood as "genetic disorders," many of these sensitivities are now considered to be adaptations that our ancestors evolved in response to the dietary choices and diseases they faced over millennia in particular landscapes. They are liabilities only when we are "out of place," on globalized diets depleted of certain chemicals that triggered adaptive responses in our ancestors.

In Why Some Like It Hot, an award-winning natural historian takes us on a culinary odyssey to solve the puzzles posed by "the ghosts of evolution" hidden within every culture and its traditional cuisine. As we travel with Nabhan from Java and Bali to Crete and Sardinia, to Hawaii and Mexico, we learn how various ethnic cuisines formerly protected their traditional consumers from both infectious and nutrition-related diseases. We also bear witness to the tragic consequences of the loss of traditional foods, from adult-onset diabetes running rampant among 100 million indigenous peoples to the historic rise in heart disease among individuals of northern European descent.

In this, the most insightful and far-reaching book of his career, Nabhan offers us a view of genes, diets, ethnicity, and place that will forever change the way we understand human health and cultural diversity. This book marks the dawning of evolutionary gastronomy in a way thatmay save and enrich millions of lives.

Publishers Weekly

With 21st-century science promising better living through genetic engineering, and myriad diet fads claiming to be the answer to obesity and disease, this exploration of the coevolution of communities and their native foods couldn't be more timely. Ethnobiologist Nabhan (Coming Home to Eat) investigates the intricate web of culture, food and environment to show that even though 99.9% of the genetic makeup of all humans is identical, "each traditional cuisine has evolved to fit the inhabitants of a particular landscape or seascape over the last several millennia." Sardinians are genetically sensitive to fava beans, which can give them anemia but can also protect them from the malaria once epidemic in the region. Navajos are similarly sensitive to sage. In both cases, traditional knowledge allows safe interactions with these powerful medicine/poisons through cooking methods or food combinations. Nabhan questions the wisdom of genetic therapy, which "normalizes" the "bad" genes that can cause sickness but also enhance immunity. Most inspiring in this bioethnic detective story are Cretans, maintaining their health for centuries through traditional living, and Native Americans and Hawaiians, whose communities, devastated by diabetes, find an antidote by returning to their traditional foods, customs and agriculture. Mixing hard science with personal anecdotes, Nabhan convincingly argues that health comes from a genetically appropriate diet inextricably entwined with a healthy land and culture. (Sept.) Copyright 2004 Reed Business Information.

Chile Chronicles or The Pat Conroy Cookbook

Chile Chronicles: Tales of a New Mexico Harvest

Author: Carmella Padilla

The Chile Chronicles is a colorful visual and cultural tour through the fields, homes, and markets of New Mexico, exploring the lives and livelihoods that depend on this famous food. It documents twelve farms and farm families and the trials and triumphs of those who both depend upon and preserve this unique way of life. Just as the grape is central to the Napa and Loire valleys, the chile is inseparable from the landscape of New Mexico. Long chile ristras, the smell of roasting chile, lush irrigated fields dotted with red, spicy hot posole, and green chile stew continue to attract newcomers and sustain a four-century tradition that is still going strong.

New Mexico chile is enjoyed and savoured nationally. It is a $300-million industry that involves science, economics, and enterprise. It is this fascinating tension between culture and commerce, history and progress that nurtures the chile phenomenon. With over 175 color photographs, The Chile Chronicles takes the reader on a splendid tour along the Rio Grande Valley, from the vast pepper fields of the south to the boutique chile farms of the north, all the while tying the present chile boom to the traditions that root it to New Mexico's past.

New interesting book: Destination Joy or Lean on Me

The Pat Conroy Cookbook: Recipes from My Life

Author: Pat Conroy

America's favorite storyteller is back—with a memoir of good food and good company from his beloved South and beyond.

"This audiobook is the story of my life as it relates to the subject of food. It is my autobiography in food and meals and restaurants and countries far and near. Let me take you to a restaurant on the left bank of Paris that I found when I was writing The Lords of Discipline. There are meals I ate in Rome while writing The Prince of Tides that ache in my memory when I resurrect them. There is a shrimp dish I ate in an elegant English restaurant, which passed out Cuban cigars to all the gentlemen in the room after dinner, that I can taste on my palate as I write this. There is barbecue and its variations in the South, and the subject is a holy one to me. I write of truffles in the Dordogne Valley in France, cilantro in Bangkok, catfish in Alabama, scuppernong in South Carolina, Chinese food from my years in San Francisco, and white asparagus from the first meal my agent to me to in New York City. Let me tell you about the fabulous things I have eaten in my life, the story of food I have encountered along the way." Stories about people, places, great meals, and a life lived large, by one of the most beloved literary figures of our time.

Includes 5 recipe cards and a q&a with the author!

Vegan Barbecues and Buffets or New Good Cake Book

Vegan Barbecues and Buffets

Author: Linda Majzlik

 This collection of recipes provides a variety of summer outdoor feasts suitable for vegetarians and vegans.

Having a barbecue on a hot summer's day? Laying on a buffet for a crowded event? The vegan choice is simply great!

From mushroom and pine kernel sausages and smoked tofu and mushroom medallions, a sunflower and soya loaf and aubergine and brazil nut pate to a tempting assortment of salads, spreads and dips, and an array of sumptuous desserts, Linda Majzlik takes you on a festive journey of vegan delights that will appeal to every palate, yet remains completely wholesome and cruelty-free from beginning to end.

A lot of the preparation can be done in advance: many of the recipes are suitable for freezing, while others can be kept in the fridge. So the cook can enjoy the day as much as the guests!

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New Good Cake Book: Over 125 Delicious Recipes That Can Be Prepared in 30 Minutes or Less

Author: Diana Dalsass

Cookbook Large Print Edition Home cooks should find these cakes as gratifying to make as they are to munch. Publishers Weekly Diana Dalsass s new guide to baking made easy contains more than 125 no-nonsense recipes for cakes that need no enhancement to make them delicious and appealing. She takes you from the basics to simple shortcuts and tricks of the trade. Throughout, Dalsass delivers innovation and simplicity with rich and hearty cakes as well as reduced fat cakes to please even the most reluctantly health-conscious.

Publishers Weekly

Dalsass claims that she has yet to receive a reader complaint about any of the recipes in The Good Cake Book, published 10 years ago. Simple recipes, highly flavored ingredients (e.g., real butter, buttermilk and Hawaiian Vintage Chocolate), notes on pan size and hints for the proper combining of ingredients for each kind of cake help to account for the author's successful record. Organized by cake type (e.g., butter, fruit, reduced fat, biscotti), the recipes include variations on classics (e.g., Bourbon Pound Cake, Spiced Carrot Cake, Butter Pecan Coffee Cake). Some old favorites are also reinvented: Greek Honey Cake, Linzer Cake, Brownie Macaroon "Pie." Crowd- and child-pleasers include a Pizza Cake, topped with Tootsie Rolls and melted white chocolate, and a Flowerpot cake, fashioned from a pot-shaped cake, crumbled Oreo cookies and store-bought chocolate roses. Sauces, frostings and glazes finish the cookbook, though many cakes stand alone without adornment. Home cooks should find these cakes as gratifying to make as they are to munch; if not, Dalsass promises to answer any reader who writes her about a problem with a recipe. (Nov.)

Library Journal

In addition to Orange Syrup Cake and Sour Cream-Fig Cake, Dalsass (The Good Cake Book, 1982) includes recipes for "bar cakes" such as Fudge-Filled Blondies and for biscotti. She likes plain, easy cakes, but many of these are rich and indulgent as well, and there is a separate chapter of luscious Special-Occasion Cakes (there's one of Reduced-Fat Cakes, too). With its simple but mouth-watering recipes, this book is recommended for most collections.

Technology Of Bottled Water 2e or World is a Kitchen

Technology Of Bottled Water 2e

Author: Senior

The bottled waters industry has become a vital and vigorous sector of the beverage world, in developed and developing countries worldwide. Since publication of the first edition in 1998, the industry has undergone a remarkable expansion, and this has served to underline the need for an accessible source of technical guidance.

This book is unique in providing an overview of the science and technology of the bottled waters industry. The second edition has been strengthened by bringing in a US co-Editor, and the coverage has been thoroughly revised and considerably extended. A new chapter is included on cleaning and disinfection.

The book provides a definitive source of reference for beverage technologists, packaging technologists, analytical chemists, microbiologists and health and safety personnel.

Book about: Organic Food or The Herbal Drugstore

World is a Kitchen: True Stories of Cooking Your Way Through Culture

Author: Michele Anna Jordan

Divided into five world regions, The World Is a Kitchen explores the gastronomic side of travel. These true tales by noted writers cover everything from learning how to make coconut bread in an outdoor kitchen in Polynesia, to teaching Japanese housewives how to make salsa, to training under one of the world's top chefs, to trying mightily to impress one's in-laws by preparing snails. A wealth of recipes and a resource and reference section for finding cooking schools, classes, and culinary vacations are included.

Claude Manns Dinner a Movie Cookbook or Beyond Chicken Soup

Claude Mann's Dinner & a Movie Cookbook

Author: Claude Mann

One of the most classic weekend recipes for surefire entertainment is dinner and a movie with some friends. And for eight years, TBS Superstation's Dinner & A Movie has served up fun-filled movies along with cleverly named foods to create and enjoy while watching.Claud Mann's Dinner & A Movie Cookbook captures the humor and irreverent spirit of the long-running show in its full-color pages. This new edition of the popular cookbook includes more than 100 recipes that have been featured on the show.' 'Deja vu Twice-Baked Potatoes"Groundhog Day' 'Retro Raviolis"Blast from the Past' 'Just the Facts Ham' 'Dragnet' 'What's Under Your Skirt Steak"'Tootsie' 'Nosferatuna Melts"Dracula: Dead and Loving ItThe recipes are not only tasty and easy to follow, but they're peppered with food facts, movie trivia, and funny remarks from hosts Paul Gilmartin and Lisa Kushell. The cookbook also features many behind-the-scenes photos from the set of the show as well as full-color shots of the delectable dishes. TBS Superstation will air weekly on-air promotions for the show Dinner & A Movie and will feature links on the show's oft-hit Web site to a page dedicated to the cookbook.

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Beyond Chicken Soup: A Collection of Contemporary and Traditional Food Favorites

Author: Jewish Home Auxiliary

The Kosher cookbook for the 21st century! The Jewish culinary heritage blossoms out with interesting new tastes and exotic flavors. Recipes for 50 traditional favorites. Alongside are taste-as-good variations that use healthier ingredients and easier preparation. Belongs in every kitchen, say homemakers; acclaimed by food editors nationwide. 2nd printing.

Refined To Real Food or Bordeaux

Refined To Real Food: Moving Your Family Toward Healthier, Wholesome Eating

Author: Allison Anneser

It's easy to give in to the convenience of processed foods, in spite of the negative health effects that result from eating foods low in nutrients and high in additives. Many families today want to re-connect with real food, but the prospect of "going organic" is overwhelming, especially when children are involved.
Refined to Real Food is a step-by-step program to make the transition to the right food for our families. the result is a natural (and appealing) daily diet and a healthier family. Included in the book are chapters on feeding health food to children, recipes, and an extensive resource section.
A certified teacher with thirteen years of experience, Allison Anneser has worked extensively with children, parents and the community. Her networks of health experts and like-minded colleagues have provided important collaboration and feedback for her book from people who know and care about real food. Dr. Sara Thyr is a naturopathic doctor who has helped hundreds of people to experience better health by altering their eating habits.

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Bordeaux: Mitchell Beazley Classic Wine Library

Author: David Peppercorn

Aimed at the wine trade, professionals, and serious consumers eager to delve deeper into the world’s classic wine regions, this is the benchmark guide to Bordeaux. It details everything they want to know: the growers, the châteaux, and the region’s world-famous reds and whites—as well as some of its lesser-known and up-and-coming names. 
 
 
 

Sensational Skillet or Yum

Sensational Skillet: Sautes and Stir Fries, Revised

Author: David DiResta

Sautéing-or stir-frying-simply means tossing food at high temperatures, with a very small amount of fat, in a good skillet or wok. It also means fast food that's delicious, quick to prepare and good for you. It's one of the fundamental ways of cooking food the world over, and The Sensational Skillet combines essential recipes, modern alternatives, and just plain good advice about this must-know cooking method.

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Yum!: Tasty Recipes from Culinary Greats

Author: Jeffrey Spear

Yum! Tasty Recipes from Culinary Greats is a collection of 100 wonderful recipes from more than sixty renowned chefs who share their personal favorites. Among the many contributors are Sara Moulton, Nick Malgeiri, Suvir Saran, and Jacques Torres in New York; Roy Yamaguchi, Elizabeth Falkner, Tom Douglas, Susan Feniger, Mary Sue Milliken, and Joanne Weir in the West; Charlie Trotter and Rick Bayless in the Midwest; Nathalie Dupree, Steven Raichlen, Michael Richard, and Jose Andres in the south; Susanna Foo in Philadelphia; Jodie Adams and Ana Sortun in Boston; and Susan Hermann-Loomis in France. The recipe are for appetizers, brunches, soups, salads, main courses, vegetables, deserts, and sauces.

Appetizers are Spicy Garlic & Lemon Crusted Shrimp, Oyster with Peas, Yogurt, Lemon and Altoids, and Braised Artichokes (in the Country/Roman Style).

Brunch recipes are Gruyere and Bacon Tart, Honey-Orange Pancakes, and Bread with Chocolate. Among the soups are Persian Pistachio Soup, West Indian Pumpkin Soup, and Ladies Thighs with Red Pepper Broth & Fresh Peas. Salads includes Cold-Poached Salmon with Hearts of Palm and Tamarind, Mango with Red Onion, and Watermelon and Green Tomato Salad.

Main Course recipes are Cranberry-Teriyaki Lamb Rack with Couscous Salad, Earl Grey Crusted Salmon, Roasted Balsamic-Glazed Chicken, Sugarcane Barbequed Duck, and Roast Pork Loin with Pomegranate, Orange, and Ginger.

Desserts include Margarita Cheesecake, Ginger Citrus Pumpkin Pie, and Apple Crostata with Walnuts and Tipsy Cream.

Yum! Tasty Recipes from Culinary Greats also includes a glossary of cooking terms andconversion tables for metric and imperial measures as well as temperatures. It is sponsored by Microplane, manufacturers of a wide range of culinary tools. All of the profits of the book have been assigned to the National Kidney Foundation.

Judith Sutton - Library Journal

Underwritten by Microplane, the company that manufactures a line of kitchen tools, including one of the best (if not the best) lemon zesters/graters available, this cookbook presents 100 recipes from chefs, cookbook authors, and other culinary stars. Contributors include Rick Bayless, Michel Richard, and Charlie Trotter, and the recipes (all of which use a zester/grater for at least one step) are accompanied by minibios and Q&As about their favorite foods and other such matters. With its wide-ranging recipes from an array of talented contributors, the book will appeal to ambitious home cooks-and it's for a worthy cause, too, as Microplane is donating all profits to the National Kidney Foundation. For most collections.

Talking with My Mouth Full or Short and Sweet Dessert Deck

Talking with My Mouth Full: Crab Cakes, Bundt Cakes, and Other Kitchen Stories

Author: Bonny Wolf

“I found myself moved and fascinated by Talking with My Mouth Full, thinking again and again how close food is to the heart of culture and how much it defines places, ethnicities, and, most of all, families.  For virtually all of us, the foods we eat reflect a heritage as distinctive as our DNA.  And this book is a funny, incisive –and, in every sense—delicious—exploration of those themes.”
 
                                                  --from the foreword by Scott Turow

Publishers Weekly

In this charming, lighthearted collection of essays, Wolf, a commentator on National Public Radio's Weekend Edition Sunday, explores the foods we eat and the ways they bind us to one another. Much of the book is devoted to regional foods: a Minnesota native of Eastern European Jewish descent, Wolf has an abiding love of kugel as well as wild rice and state fair food on sticks. More than two decades living in the Washington, D.C., area has brought other edible joys, like products from the Eastern Market and a ritual shad roe dinner with friends. While not breaking any new journalistic ground, Wolf reports on popovers and pickled antipasto with enthusiasm, melding personal and culinary history, narrative and instruction. Her how-to pieces delve the difficulties that many home cooks struggle with, such as how to make the perfect roast chicken or rescue a dinner party disaster. Interspersed throughout these ruminations are the recipes she's collected from friends and family. It's clear that Wolf's sophisticated, well-traveled palate coexists peacefully with a predilection for the fuss-free, traditional foods that have never gone out of favor ice cream with chocolate sauce and meatloaf. Readers will find both her writing and the cooking refreshingly accessible. (Nov.) Copyright 2006 Reed Business Information.

Library Journal

This collection of essays about the foods that mark special occasions in the average American's home is as reassuring as a big bowl of buttery mashed potatoes. A food commentator for NPR's Weekend Edition Sunday, Wolf explores the magic of why Maryland crab cakes are the best, why wild rice is a delicacy everywhere but Minnesota, and why birthday cake is an essential part of all birthday celebrations. Her essays include recipes, and the index will make locating them easy for readers dying to make Real Texas Chili or Queen of Sheba Cake. Home cooks will find themselves smiling, either with relief or commiseration, while reading the "Dinner Disasters" chapter, and comfort seekers will find solace from the familiar dishes present in "The Comforts of Food." Wolf's writing conjures up the magic of a day at the fair, with all the treats you can manage. Her belief in the power of food to bind families together and keep generations connected makes this collection of essays a delicious read. Shelley Brown, New Westminster P.L., B.C. Copyright 2006 Reed Business Information.

Go to: Globalization or Developing New Food Products for a Changing Marketplace

Short and Sweet Dessert Deck: 50 Mouthwatering Recipes with 8 Ingredients or Less!

Author: Gale Gand

Award-winning pastry chef and Food Network star Gale Gand proves just how easy it is to turn eight ingredients (or less) into irresistible no-fuss desserts. This deck includes classic treats such as Chewy Chocolate Chip Espresso Cookies and Towering Apple Tarts, in addition to innovative creations like Banana Bisque and Chai-Spiced Cheesecake. The recipes are printed on convenient tabbed cards that you can bring to the grocery store or prop up on the kitchen counter.
From the book Short & Sweet and Chocolate & Vanilla by Gale Gand.

Seafood Secrets Cookbook II or Food Alert

Seafood Secrets Cookbook II, Vol. 2

Author: Ainslie Turner

Back at it again... Just crawling for crab?... Longing for lobster?... Amorous over anchovies?... Swimming for scallops?... Overwhelmed by an oyster?... Simply craving a clam?... Cast your net wide for seafood and enjoy "surfing the net" from our recipe collection. When time is of the essense, keep fish in mind. A great number of these seafood secrets enable you to have dinner on the table in under a half hour (even the pizza wouldn't be delivered that quickly!) Pair up with one of our fabulous side dishes, work a little of Neptune's magic, and enjoy a memorable homemade dinner in a flash. Sally Fisher's whimsical illustrations are again throughout the book.

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Food Alert!

Author: Morton Satin

In Food Alert! food-safety expert Morton Satin explains the history and science of food contamination and preservation; the causes, dangers and types of food-borne diseases; and, most important, everything consumers need to know to understand the risk of food-borne illness and to protect themselves from it.

Table of Contents:

Food-borne Diseases 1

Historical Background 3

What Is Food Poisoning? 16

Antibiotic Resistance 22

Sources of Food-borne Disease 33

Food Sources of Disease 35

The 20 Most Common Causes of Food-Borne Illness in the Kitchen 40

Poultry 44

Meat and Meat Products 56

Fish and Seafood 62

Dairy and Egg Products 70

Fruits, Vegetables and Nuts 86

Grain and Flour Products 95

Other Foods 100

Restaurants and Food Service 107

Consumer Protection 115

Incidence and Costs of Food-Borne Diseases 117

Methods to Reduce Food-Borne Diseases 130

In the Consumer's Interest 140

Self-Help 146

Safe Eating While Traveling 167

Problems Coming Down the Road 179

Where Do We Go from Here? 189

Food-borne Pathogens 203

Bacterial Diseases-Infective Forms 205

Toxin-Producing Forms 236

Diseases of Toxic Substances 245

Fungal Diseases 254

Parasitic Diseases 260

Viral Diseases 273

App. I Diseases, Causes and Symptoms 280

App. II Sources of Information About Food-Borne Diseases 288

App. III Storage Conditions for Selected Foods 299

Glossary 303

References 311

Index 331

Look Good Feel Great Cookbook or Oz Clarkes Pocket Wine Guide 2007

Look Good, Feel Great Cookbook: How Eating Superfoods Can Help You Turn Back the Clock with Over 80 Comfort Food Recipes

Author: Jenny Jones

The hot topic in healthy cooking today is superfoods. Just look at the covers of women's magazines like Fitness or Shape and you'll see headlines about the healing, anti-aging properties of foods like blueberries, nuts, spinach, salmon, and more. Former talk-show host Jenny Jones has been eating superfoods for years, which might explain why she is 59 years old, she looks great, and she never gets sick. But Jones is no health food fanatic. She wouldn't touch tofu with a 10-foot pole. She uses superfoods in her everyday, homestyle cooking, and is sharing over 80 of her personal recipes in a cookbook to pass on her "fountain of youth" secrets for the first time. There are recipes like Fresh Blueberry Muffins, Caramelized Onion and Roasted Red Pepper Dip, Broccoli Bean Pasta, and Sweet Potato Chocolate Cake. Jones believes that if food doesn't taste great, no one is going to eat it. Every recipe includes a list of the health benefits, a shopping list, and a handy list of any special equipment you'll need. Making this book even more special, all of the photography in the book was shot by Jones herself, and she will be donating 100% of her profits to benefit breast cancer research, treatment, and education at City of Hope Cancer Center.

Publishers Weekly

Former talk-show host Jones explains "superfoods" to readers unfamiliar with famously antioxidant- and micronutrient-rich foods such as blueberries, fish, garlic, pumpkin and spinach. She offers her readers recipes for fairly healthful, if uninspired, American comfort foods, including Blueberry Pancakes, Chicken Soup, Bean Salad, and Mixed Berry Cobbler; and introduces some new dishes, like the ill-named Prostate Pasta. Elementary, obvious content is also evident in subsections like "My Terms and Techniques Explained," where Jones guides readers to "Read the recipes first"; in the list of "Ten Kitchen Tools I Can't Live Without, Okay... Twenty," she includes a food processor and cutting board. Jones did her own food photography and talks readers through that as well ("By turning the plate to the exact right spot, I got the nice reflections that you see"). Perhaps fans of Jones's talk show will appreciate the author's personal, chatty style. (Apr.) Copyright 2006 Reed Business Information.

Library Journal

Former talk-show host Jones loves to cook and at one point owned a small catering business. A healthy diet has always been important to her, and superfoods-those high in antioxidants, such as blueberries and peppers-are a big part of her diet today. Following an introductory section covering "Starting from Scratch To Cook from Scratch," among other topics, she presents 80 recipes organized into chapters such as "My Favorite Breakfasts," "Salads for Sure," and "Gotta Have Cookies." Each recipe includes a shopping list, prep time, and a list of health benefits. Jones's approach is a reasoned, unsensational one, and her conversational style should reassure novice cooks. Interestingly, she also took all the photographs for the book herself, and she includes notes on how she styled and "propped" each shot. Expect demand. Copyright 2006 Reed Business Information.

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Oz Clarke's Pocket Wine Guide 2007

Author: Oz Clark

Indispensable as ever, Oz Clarke's now-classic pocket wine guide has been thoroughly and meticulously revised and updated for 2007, with much-anticipated lists of favorite wines, top values, and producers and regions to watch, as well as with new vintage reports. For increased browsability, this year's guide will also include an all-new country-by-country index.  As user-friendly as it is complete, Oz Clarke's Pocket Wine Guide 2007 lists each wine, grape, winery, producer, and region alphabetically for easy reference. It is a perfect pocket reference for novices—and essential for the seasoned wine lover wanting the latest information.

Complete Guide to Gluten Free and Dairy Free Cooking or Georgia on My Menu

Complete Guide to Gluten-Free and Dairy-Free Cooking: Over 200 Delicious Recipes

Author: Glenis Lucas

More and more people are discovering that they’re allergic to wheat or dairy products. But finding interesting, affordable, and simple meals without those ingredients has been a challenge…until now.  With this appetizing collection of over 200 gluten-free and dairy-free recipes, it’s easy to enjoy a wide variety of delicious and healthy foods, from soup and salad to incredible entrees including a surprisingly large selection of breads, pastries, desserts, and drinks. No one will feel deprived with such fabulous-tasting dishes as Beef Stroganoff; Celery, Leek & Fennel Quiche; and Light Whisked Chocolate Sponge Cake to dig into. There’s also essential information on the differences between a classical allergy and intolerance, diagnosis and treatment of allergies, and special deficiencies and sensitivities to food and drink.

 

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Georgia on My Menu: A Medley of Southern Hits

Author: Junior Leagu

A celebration of Georgia's rich history and cultural backgrounds. Menu suggestions from backyard barbecues to holiday feasts serve up Southern hospitality at its finest.

Dr Bbqs Big Time Barbecue Road Trip or New Indian Home Cooking

Dr. Bbq's Big-Time Barbecue Road Trip!

Author: Ray Lamp

From pork butts to brisket, New Mexico to Tennessee, Ray Lampe, A.K.A. “Dr. BBQ,” has traveled the barbecue circuit and back again—and lived to tell his tale of a never-ending barbecue road trip that practically drips with tangy goodness! In “Dr. BBQ’s Big-Time Barbecue Road Trip!,” Lampe gives hungry readers throughout the U.S. the real deal on where to find barbecue to meet every craving, whether traveling the back roads or heading to the joint down the street. Filled with juicy regional recipes, crazy characters, and funny stories, this is one road trip not to be missed!

It's time to eat with your hands (don't forget the paper towels!) with such mouth-watering recipes as:

--Kansas City Style Brisket and Burnt Ends

--Smoked Cornish Hens Cozy Corner Style

--Barbecued Mutton ala Owensboro, Kentucky

--Beef Ribs in the Style of Powdrell's BBQ

--And much more!

Written with the robust DR. BBQ flare, "Dr. BBQ's Big-Time Barbecue Road Trip!" is part cookbook, part witty travelogue, and part guidebook adventure—but all barbecue, all the time!

Publishers Weekly

In this wildly uneven tome, veteran barbecue fiend Lampe, aka Dr. BBQ (Barbecue All Year Long, Big-Time Barbecue) crosses the country to explore local variations in low-and-slow cooking. Divided by region (Kansas City, Texas, the East, etc), Lampe offers reviews of and recipes for local specialties like Smoked Bologna and Barbecue Spaghetti, both from Memphis, as well as a Wisconsin cream soda-based barbecue sauce and Massachusetts Franken-Chicken. These culinary curiosities carry the book, along with anecdotes that provide tips and dispel myths (like common notions about sauceless 'que in Texas). Though more scrapbook than guide, there are enough recipes for dry rubs and sauces to get most barbecuers through a season. Other dishes, however, vary in their appeal; North Carolina Cheesy Cabbage is a gag-inducing smoked concoction of cheese, sausage, cabbage and half a squeeze bottle of Parkay margarine; Lampe's own Alamo Pie, a cross between a quesadilla and a s'more, makes one pause. Still, Lampe's method of smoking two pork butts simultaneously is a winner, and there is more than enough variation in these pages to stave off boredom. Though far from definitive, this book serves up regional quirks and curiosities will appeal to BBQ completists and culinary historians.
Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

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New Indian Home Cooking

Author: Madhu Gadia

New Indian Home Cooking features more than 100 quick and easy-to-prepare recipes--from appetizers to desserts--plus:
sample meal plans
time-saving tips
vegetarian meals
nutritional analysis for each recipe
a glossary of cooking terms and ingredients
and more...
Recipes include

Samosas and Naan
Subji Biriyani (vegetable-rice casserole)
Masoor Dal (lentil soup)
Tandoori Tari (barbecued chicken)
Machhi Kali Mirch (baked fish with black pepper)
Rogan Josh (lamb in yogurt sauce)
Pudina Chutney (mint chutney)
Kheer (rice pudding)
and more
"...all the appealing flavors with much less fat." --Bon Appetit
"Gadia brings quintessential Indian dishes like specialty breads and tandoori chicken within easy reach of the home cook." --Publishers Weekly
"Healthful Indian recipes aplenty...a welcome addition to any kitchen." --India Currents
"Gadia conveys both a love of her cultural heritage and down-to-earth, easily understood guidelines for healthy eating. A sound resource on Indian cooking from a dietary standpoint." --Booklist

Born in India, Madhu Gadia is a registered dietitian and a certified diabetes educator. She received her Master of Science in Foods and Nutrition from the University of Illinois. She works as a clinical dietitian at an outpatient clinic. Madhu also teaches the art of Indian cooking and has appeared on local television, as well as local and national radio.

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From the Tandoori Chicken and specialty breads Indian cuisine is known for to healthy revamps of Indian cooking, this provides a fine selection of dishes modified for busy, health-conscious lifestyles. Over a hundred traditional recipes are included, along with nutritional analysis and preparation steps which require only access to spices now commonly found in any supermarket.

Table of Contents:

	Preface	ix
	Acknowledgments	xi
	The Cuisine of India	1
	Introduction to Indian Cooking	25
	Spice Blends and Basic Recipes	47
	Beverages and Snacks	55
	Indian Breads	75
	Rice	87
	Dals	105
	Vegetables	127
	Chicken	155
	Fish and Shrimp	171
	Meat	181
	Yogurt, Salads and Chutneys	195
	Desserts	215
	Appendix	225
	Mail-Order Sources	245
	Index	247
	Indian Index	253
	About the Author	255

Frantic Family Cookbook or Cooking and Dining in Medieval England

Frantic Family Cookbook: (Mostly) Healthy Meals in Minutes

Author: Leanne Ely

Ward and June Cleaver don't live here anymore. "The Frantic Family Cookbook" is designed with today's family in mind. Sprinkled with tips and kitchen insight, all the recipes in this cookbook are quick to make and (mostly) healthful--with the added benefit of being cost-conscious.

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Cooking and Dining in Medieval England

Author: Peter Brears

"The history of medieval food and cookery has received a fair amount of attention from the point of view of recipes (of which many survive)and of the general context of feasts and feasting. It has never, as yet, been studied with an eye to the real mechanics of food production and service: the equipment used, the household organisation, the architectural arrangements for kitchens, store-rooms, pantries, larders, cellars, and domestic administration. This new work by Peter Brears, perhaps Britain's foremost expert on the historical kitchen, looks at these important elements of cooking and dining. He also subjects the many surviving documents relating to food service - household ordinances, regulations and commentaries - to critical study in an attempt to reconstruct the precise rituals and customs of dinner." A series of chapters looks at the cooking departments in large households:the counting house, dairy, brewhouse, pastry, boiling house and kitchen. These are illustrated by architectural perspectives of surviving examples in castles and manor houses throughout the land. Then there are chapters dealing with the various sorts of kitchen equipment: fires, fuel, pots and pans. Sections are then devoted to recipes and types of food cooked. The recipes are those which have been used and tested by Peter Brears in hundreds of demonstrations to the public and cooking for museum displays. Finally there are chapters on the service of dinner (the service departments including the buttery, pantry and ewery) and the rituals that grew up around these. Here, Peter Brears has drawn a wonderful strip cartoon of the serving of a great feast (the washing of hands, the delivery of napery,the tasting for poison, etc.) which will be of permanent utility to historical re-enactors who wish to get their details right.

Wolfgang Pucks Modern French Cooking for the American Kitchen or Coffee and Coffeehouses

Wolfgang Puck's Modern French Cooking for the American Kitchen: Recipes form the James Beard Award-Winning Chef-Owner of Spago

Author: Wolfgang Puck

Wolfgang Puck has become one of this country's most famous chefs, known for a cooking style in the tradition of such French masters as Paul Bocuse, Michel Guerard, and Roger Verge, but with one important difference: Puck's acclaimed recipes were developed in America, using American ingredients in accordance with American tastes.

In fifteen chapters, this new paperback edition of Puck's Modern French Cooking for the American Kitchen combines the best of classic French methods with the freshest ingredients to create imaginative, delicately flavored, attractive dishes. The recipes are simplified and clearly explained for ordinary home cooks. Culinary definitions and illustrated cooking techniques precede the recipes. Seasonal menus are also included.

Wolfgang Puck is more in the public eye than ever: the publication of this book coincides with the opening of three more of his restaurants, Spago Palo, Spago Chicago, and Chinois Las Vegas.

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Coffee and Coffeehouses: The Origins of a Social Beverage in the Medieval Near East

Author: Ralph S Hattox

The early history of coffee, from its use in Sufi rituals to its widespread consumption in medieval Muslim coffeehouses, makes fascinating reading. Drawing on original Arabic sources and the accounts of early European travelers, Hattox describes the colorful history of coffee and the birth of the unique institution of the coffeehouse in urban Muslim society.

500 Greatest Ever Chicken Recipes or Wine Wit and Wisdom

500 Greatest-Ever Chicken Recipes: The Ultimate Fully Illustrated Poultry and Game Cookbook

Author: Valerie Ferguson

A practical approach to cooking all kinds of poultry-chicken, turkey and game in both traditional and innovative ways.

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Wine Wit and Wisdom: Everything You'll Never Need to Know About the World of Wine

Author: Maggie Rosen

Would-be wine connoisseurs will not only learn how to recognize and enjoy a good vintage from this informative guide, they'll also gain a terrific repertoire of sparkling conversation. They'll understand the difference between aroma and bouquet, and organic and biodynamic. They'll master classic wine recipes, from Coq au Vin to Beef Bourguignon, and find out how to give a toast in 20 different languages. And they'll be able to dazzle their companions with apt wine quotations by famous authors from Omar Khayyam to Oscar Wilde. It's all charmingly illustrated with cartoons, wine labels, and other fascinating wine-related artwork.

15 Minute Cook or Carving the Easy Way

15-Minute Cook

Author: Anne Willan

Anne Willan, an international authority on cooking, knows how to make a good meal fast. In 15-Minute Cook, Anne delivers over 100 recipes that take only 15 minutes in the kitchen to prepare, and some from start to finish!

With everything from appetizers to desserts, this book has your quick and elegant cooking needs covered. Snapper with Green Olive Tapenade, Stir-fried Rice Noodles with Prawns, and Piquant Steak with Tomato are a few of the dishes that you can prepare in no time and still impress your guests. You'll find quick and easy salads such as Burgundian Greek Salad, and Scallop Salad with Cumin Dressing. Whip up sweet treats such as Breton Butter Cake in minutes. With step-by-step recipes, cooking has never been easier. 15-Minute Cook is the perfect guide for uncompromising cooks who want to make speedy meals without sacrificing taste.

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Carving the Easy Way: An Illustrated Handbook on the Carving and Serving of Meats, Poultry and Fish

Author: Lily Haxworth Wallac

Carving The Easy Way is a complete handbook and guide on the carving of meats, fish poultry and game, with instructions on the selection and care of carving tools and equipment and a great deal of helpful information on the preparation and serving of all meats. Women as well as men will find this book useful for Mrs. Wallace gives complete instructions on kitchen caving and the preparation of the platter. Includes clear diagrams and plentiful illustrations.

Cuisine Nicoise or Forget the Lenitls Just Spoil Yourself

Cuisine Nicoise: Recipes from a Mediterranean Kitchen

Author: Jaques Medecin

Nice has been part of France only since 1860 - so it is not surprising that its cuisine has no particular affinity with the traditions of the French cuisine. The Nicois cook believes in simplicity, not disguise, eschews rich sauces, nourishes a penchant for fish, fruit and vegetables and appreciates the importance of careful, subtle seasoning.

The author, and mayor of Nice, offers an enthusiastic guide to the cookery of his city. As well as explaining how to make genuine salad nicoise (the most betrayed of Nicois dishes), he lures the reader into the world of stockfish, tians, panisses, socca, rabbit with fruit in aspic, stewed pork with capers and gherkins, ganses and Christmas bread.

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Forget the Lenitls, Just Spoil Yourself

Author: Rose Elliot

Do you like to eat healthily but don’t have much time to shop or cook? Are you looking for lots of new ideas for quick, delicious after work suppers? If so, this book could be the answer to your prayers. All the recipes are quick and easy, and make the most of the vast array of international ingredients now available to us all year round in our local supermarkets.

The Little Book of Truffles or How to Win a Cowboys Heart

The Little Book of Truffles

Author: Sabine Bucquet Grenet

Flammarion presents its series of informative, richly illustrated guides, covering lifestyle and cultural topics. Find out everything you want to know about your favorite subject in one handy volume.

• Unique thematic treatment with extensive use of key words and cross-referencing
• Over 70 alphabetically organized bite-sized entries in every title
• Attractive slimline format
• 100 color illustrations
• Summaries of key facts and dates in easy-reference tables
• Exclusive buyer's guide or list of useful addresses to find out more

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How to Win a Cowboy's Heart

Author: Kathy Lynn Wills

Whether you're "Hand Holdin' in the Parlor" with Sugar Dumplings or "Waiting Together for the Thaw" over Cowboy Cottage Pie, this collection is the perfect way to celebrate America's love affair with the West.

Recipes include:

Morning Home Fries

Creamy Corn Bread

Picnic Potato Salad

Double Fruit Cobbler

Sour Cream Mashed Potatoes

Chicken-Fried Steak

Also contains cooking tips and advice and a shopping list for the well-stocked western pantry.

Table of Contents:

Contents

Ring the Dinner Bell 5

A Calico's Shopping Guide 6

Good Morning Dear: Starting Off Right

Breakfast in "A Canyon, Colorado Diner" 8

Waiting Together For The Thaw 13

He Feeds, I Cook 17

On The Job Before Daylight 22

Hungry By Noon: Western Dinners and Lunchtime Treats

A Saddlebag Secret 28

The Preacher Comes to Call 33

Hand Holding In The Parlour 39

Before The Barn Dance 44

Evening Shadows: Quiet Suppers at Home

Simple Supper 'Neath The Harvest Moon 50

He Loves Me, He Loves Me Not 55

Ward Off Winter's Chill 60

Home Fires 66

Thinking Of You 70

Balcony Scene 75

Home On The Range 80

Red Letter Days: Memories To Share

A First Supper For Two 86

Impressing Your In-Laws 90

The Double Heart Brand 97

Won't You Be Mine? 103

Index 110

The Authors and Artists 112

Cooking Art or Spanish Dishes from the Old Clay Pot

Cooking Art

Author: MaryAnn F Kohl

From Cantaloupe Canoes to "Me and My Shadow" Toast, children can explore 150 yummy art projects to make and eat. Transform the kitchen into an artist's studio with these easy edible art experiences. Organized by theme, "Cooking Art" combines the familiar area of art exploration with the fascinating world of cooking. Each recipe allows ample room for cooking artists to explore and create in their own special, unique ways.

Book about: Desperation Entertaining or Pig Perfect

Spanish Dishes from the Old Clay Pot

Author: Elinor Burt

An international tour of Spanish, Mexican, Latin American and Creole cooking with the best of each country represented here
Spanish Pot Pie
Tomatoes Louisiana
Corn Meal Cookies
Creole Chowder
Scalloped Lima Beans
Brazilian Salad
Spanish Eggs
Spanish Pastries
Sweet Potato Custard
Milan Squash
Mexican Fish
Over 650 recipes with an exhaustive index
The most extensive Latin cookbook available for the Spanish gourmet and crock pot enthusiast
Complete explanation of sauces, side dishes and settings for delicious family and gourmet dining.

Cooking for Comfort or Cooking Light Way To Lose Weight

Cooking for Comfort

Author: Marian Burros

"We want to go back to a time when life was not so complicated -- or, at least, when we look at it from a distance, it was one that seemed much simpler. One ofthe few ways most of us can get there together is through our food."

-- from the Introduction

In these turbulent times, bestselling author and acclaimed New York Times columnist Marian Burros felt the change in America's eating habits. More and more, Burros noticed that people were setting aside their salads and instead reaching for foods like meat loaf and mashed potatoes, while others longed for the cookies, cakes, and pies their moms used to bake. In Cooking for Comfort, Burros shares more than 100 recipes for comfort food. Some are classics, some are streamlined for modern tastes, some have a contemporary twist, and some are unabashedly indulgent. But all are stuff from which taste memories are made.

Known for her ability to create deeply flavorful food and foolproof recipes, Burros shares mouthwatering recipes for dishes like classic Maryland Crab Cakes, Cream of Tomato Soup, the ultimate Toasted Cheese Sandwich, the Perfect BLT, Picnic Fried Chicken, Meat Loaf and Buttermilk Mashed Potatoes, and Great Roast Chicken. They will soothe your mood and satisfy any craving. To calm that sweet tooth, Burros has included more than forty recipes for delectable sweets. Among them are rich and creamy Michael's Chocolate Pudding; no-fail Lemon Meringue Pie; luscious Coconut Cake; and Giant Peanut Butter Cookies with Chocolate Ganache, all of which will feed your soul as well as your stomach.

The recipes are as stress-free and enjoyable to prepare as they are to eat, and they will appeal to anylevel of home cook. Burros has also provided wine suggestions and special notes on ordering specific ingredients, as well as extensive cook's notes that offer helpful hints and variations on recipes. With Cooking for Comfort, Marian Burros has turned out yet another cookbook that is destined to become a classic.

Publishers Weekly

We live in "a time of enormous uncertainty," writes Burros (The New Elegant But Easy Cookbook; Eating Well Is the Best Revenge) in the introduction to her latest cookbook, but "[d]inner can help us forget about that." After September 11, Burros says, people reevaluated the pleasures of homey comforts, and they longed for old-time favorite foods like Sloppy Joes, Chicken Cacciatore, Twice-Baked Potatoes and Lemon Meringue Pie. The veteran chef and New York Times columnist polled family, friends and foodies to offer recipes for cozy carb-filled foods to remind us of simpler days. Even finicky cooks will delight in dishes long on the Grandma-factor with a dash of nouvelle cuisine for good measure-chives instead of onions in the Matzo Balls; portobellos or shiitake in Mushroom Barley Soup, phyllo crust for the Chicken Pot Pie. The slim volume is packed with stick-to-your-ribs dishes, and while Burros does take care to include ways to lighten some of the recipes ("streamlined versions," she calls them) this is not a book for dieters. It's too bad the book has no pictures, but blithe prose detailing each recipe largely makes up for the lack. (In addition to dishes for which she provides actual recipes, she also gives directions sans ingredients lists-for Toasted Cheese Sandwiches, Cheese Omelet, the Perfect BLT, etc.) A giddy collection of appetizers, entrees and desserts, this book includes dishes destined to cheer up chefs or armchair culinary enthusiasts, no matter how world-weary. Wine suggestions and a sources list round out the offerings.

Library Journal

Burros is a longtime New York Times columnist and author of numerous other books, including The Elegant But Easy Cookbook. Her new book grew out of a column that she wrote shortly after 9/11, when people all around the country were finding some comfort in cooking and baking homey dishes like meat loaf and apple pie. She has put together an appealing collection of recipes for the familiar, old-fashioned dishes that made her list of "comfortable" foods, from Blueberry Pancakes to Cream of Tomato Soup to Macaroni and Cheese, with, not surprisingly, lots of desserts. Most of the dishes are simple, but preparation has been streamlined where appropriate, and thoughtful "Help Notes" are included throughout. For most collections. Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information.

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Cooking Light Way To Lose Weight: Discover the Power of Positive Eating

Author: Cooking Light Magazine Staff

Forget the drudgery of dieting. This is definitely the new Way to Lose Weight. If shedding pounds is the goal, the experts at Cooking Light show how to take 'em off and keep 'em off using simple strategies to eat well, tame the hunger beast, and stay fit and trim-without yo-yo dieting. This book champions "the power of positive eating" with real-life reader success stories and practical advice from 75 weight-loss experts. Features over 250 "too-good-to-be-true" recipes, meals in minutes, plus tons of low-fat flavor secrets from the Cooking Light Test Kitchens. From a one-week weight-loss menu to a 12-week fitness plan, transforming oneself into a thinner, happier, and healthier person was never more delicious.

Simple Everyday Diabetic Meals or 100 Questions and Answers about Alchoholism

Simple Everyday Diabetic Meals

Author: Better Homes Gardens

Hundreds of no-fail, mouthwatering recipes bursting with flavor.

Recipes any family can enjoy, including main dishes, sides, salads, even desserts.

Daily diabetic meal plans that don't sacrifice taste.

The latest information for treatment and care of diabetes.

Tips on how to fix healthy foods and keep blood sugar levels in control.

Special section helps parents and kids cope with everyday diabetic issues.

All recipes include diabetic exchanges, prep and cook times, calorie counts, and ingredients lists.

Table of Contents:

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100 Questions and Answers about Alchoholism

Author: Charles Herrick

This text addresses these problems and answers the most common 100 questions asked by patients and their family about alcoholism/drug abuse and their treatment. Additionally, there are contributions from actual patients throughout.

How to Feed a Teenage Boy or Boy Eats World

How to Feed a Teenage Boy: Recipes And Strategies for Good Eating

Author: Georgia Orcutt

As parents of teenage boys know, providing our ravenous, junk food-loving sons with tasty and nutritious meals and snacks is a daily challenge. How to Feed a Teenage Boy comes to the rescue with solid information on growing boys' nutritional needs and savvy shopping and organizational strategies so we don't have to spend untold hours in the store and in the kitchen. This book presents more than 150 recipes for simple, satisfying fare the whole family can enjoy, including Greek Pizza, Slow-Cooker Vegetable Chili, Tuesday Night Pork Sandwiches, Sweet Potato Fries, and Turkey Lasagna.

Georgia Orcutt's food expertise and her understanding of boys and their quirks shine through in a cornucopia of road-tested parent-to-parent advice, including: how to get a green-phobic boy to eat salad, ideas for easy, junk-free snacks, the lowdown on protein powder supplements, ways to share kitchen chores and nutritional knowledge with teenagers. With a focus on healthy food choices, balanced nutrition, and flexible meal planning, How to Feed a Teenage Boy makes it easy for even the busiest parents to feed their hungry boys well every day-and to inspire them to eat well for life.

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Boy Eats World!: A Private Chef Cooks Simple Gourmet

Author: David Lawrenc

Personal chef David Lawrence offers a refreshing approach to gourmet cooking-keep it simple and delicious. He uses the freshest ingredients available, letting natural flavors speak for themselves. Readers will enjoy his casual, fun, often humorous style. Dave's signature style calls for the fusion of comfort food home-style cooking with a gourmet flare. Pairing classic fried calamari with an inventive orange ginger dipping sauce is typical in this intriguing collection. Dave offers over 150 tried-and-true recipes, noting which meals are the most requested among the upscale parties he caters in LA. Tempting dessert and cocktail recipes round out this promising debut.

Essential Book of Jewish Festival Cooking or 101 Low Cholesterol Recipes

Essential Book of Jewish Festival Cooking: 200 Seasonal Holiday Recipes and Their Traditions

Author: Phyllis Glazer

Deeply rooted in ancient rituals, the seasonal rhythms of the land of Israel, and biblical commandments, the Jewish holidays mark a time for Jews around the world to reconnect with their spiritual lives, celebrate their history, and enjoy tasty foods laden with symbolic meaning. With Phyllis and Miriyam Glazer's The Essential Book of Jewish Festival Cooking as your guide, you will gain a rich understanding of the Jewish calendar year and its profound link to the signs of nature and the produce of the earth in each season. This landmark volume addresses a central question often left unanswered: Why do we eat what we eat on these important days?

Organized by season, the ten chapters cover the major holidays and feast days of the Jewish year, providing more than two hundred tempting recipes, plus menus and tips for creative and meaningful holiday entertaining. In-depth essays opening each chapter illuminate the origins, traditions, and seasonal and biblical significance of each holiday and its foods, making the book a valuable resource for Jewish festival observance. Inspired recipes add a fresh, contemporary twist as they capture the flavors of the seasonal foods enjoyed by our ancestors. For Passover, prepare such springtime delights as Roasted Salmon with Marinated Fennel and Thyme, alongside Braised "Bitter Herbs" with Pistachios. On Shavuot, characterized by the season's traditional bounty of milk and the wheat harvest, try fresh homemade cheeses; creamy, comforting Blintzes; or luscious Hot and Bubbling Semolina and Sage Gnocchi. At Purim, create a Persian feast fit for a king and learn new ideas for mishloah manot, the traditional gifts of food.

The Essential Book of Jewish Festival Cooking offers accessible, healthful, and intensely flavorful recipes with a unique and tangible connection to the rhythms of the Jewish year. The Glazer sisters will deepen your understanding of time-honored traditions as they guide you toward more profound, and delicious, holiday experiences.

Publishers Weekly

Setting this volume apart from other seasonal cookbooks, sibling authors Phyllis (an American-born food writer living in Tel Aviv) and Miriyam (a professor of literature at the University of Judaism in L.A.) not only provide the recipes and dishes suitable for each festival but offer the historical and theological background of each festival as well as their modern day rituals. Jewish observance has always revolved around food, with traditional dishes and ingredients associated with each festival, and the authors include not just traditional dishes but modern interpretations as well. From the Glazer Family Haroset, traditionally served at the Passover seder table, to Mom's Classic Hamantaschen for the Purim celebration, the authors take readers through the Jewish calendar, branching out to include the international inspirations of local cuisine that the Jews picked up and incorporated throughout their wanderings, both East and West. New dishes are also included from the biblically inspired Fragrant Chicken with Figs and the autumnal Cranberry Apple Crumb Pie to the simple but flavorful "Drunken" Salmon in Sherry-Butter Sauce, so suitable for Purim. Inserted throughout are fascinating explanations of traditions, historical developments and ingredients that make the book a good read as well as a good cookbook. (Mar.) Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information.

Library Journal

Phyllis Glazer, who grew up in New York and now lives in Tel Aviv, is a food writer and author of several other cookbooks; her sister, Miriyam, is a professor at the University of Judaism in Los Angeles. Here they offer both traditional and more contemporary versions of holiday dishes, with an emphasis on their historical significance for Jews around the world. Besides the major religious festivals from Passover to Purim, they include some not found in most other books, such as Tu B'Av, "the fifteenth of Av's little-known festival of love." Well-written headnotes set the context for the individual recipes, and boxes provide additional religious and cultural history. A good companion to Joan Nathan's classic Jewish Holiday Kitchen and Gloria Kaufer Greene's The New Jewish Holiday Cookbook, this is recommended for all subject collections. Copyright 2004 Reed Business Information.

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101 Low Cholesterol Recipes

Author: Corinne T Netzer

Some things in life you can't afford to cheat on. Cutting out the high cholesterol in your diet is one of them. America's #1 leader on food and nutrition, Corinne T. Netzer, is determined to help you stay below the daily recommended intake of this artery-clogging enemy of good health. You'll savor every bite while you give yourself and your family all the health benefits of reduced cholesterol dishes.

The Tea Ceremony or Great American Beer

The Tea Ceremony: Explore the Ancient Art of Tea

Author: Kakuzo Okakura

With its emphasis on ritual and aesthetics, the ceremonial presentation of tea provides a fascinating introduction to many aspects of Japanese culture. In the popular classic The Book of Tea, Japanese scholar Okakura Kakuzo seeks to explain "the way of tea" to westerners, in the hope that they will understand this insightful ritual as far more than the offering of a mere brewed beverage. His profound, poetic work explores the history of tea as well as the subtler Zen spirituality behind the centuries-old ceremony. This beautifully designed kit contains Kakuzo's Book of Tea plus utensils to use in recreating the tea ceremony at home: a traditional bowl and split bamboo whisk. It's a wonderful way to get in touch with life's pure and simple pleasures and to learn to savor a bowl of tea in the most eloquent way.

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Great American Beer: 50 Brands That Shaped the 20th Century

Author: Christopher B OHara

Classic Beers of the Good Old Days

There was a time when one income could support a family, when American-made automobiles were the best on the market, when you could eat a steak without thinking of cholesterol, and when Milwaukee was the beer capital of the world. Back then, you drank beer—not lager, stout, or IPA—just plain old great American beer.

The ultimate guide to the classic brews and legendary brands of the past two centuries, Great American Beer is packed with full-color photos of beer memorabilia from the heyday of this country’s beer revolution and brief histories of fifty brands that left their mark on generations of beer drinkers. Infused with fact, lore, and an ample dose of tongue-in-cheek humor, Great American Beer lures you into the America where these legendary beers were born and rose to prominence as regional favorites. If you’re a beer drinker who knows that Schlitz offers “just the kiss of the hops” or who can recite the Budweiser Manifesto by heart, this book’s for you.


Test your knowledge of great American beers.

1. Which great American beer is considered “The Champagne of Beers”?

2. Which classic American brew is the “One beer to have when you’re having more than one”?

3. What was the favorite beer of Dennis Hopper’s homicidal Frank Booth character in the cult classic Blue Velvet?

The answers to these and other pressing questions about our country’s most timeless brands can only be found in . . . Great American Beer

Napa County Wineries California or Shags Around the World in 80 Drinks

Napa County Wineries, California (Images of America Series)

Author: Thomas Maxwell Long

Situated in one of the most beautiful valleys in the state, the Napa Valley Wine Country is home to many of California's premiere wineries. As the Native California population of the area declined, more and more of the land was transformed into an agricultural community, with viticulture quickly winning out. One of the unique features that has been defining California's wine history from the earliest days of its Spanish heritage has been both the variation of the vintages and the vintners. One need only to read the names of these visionaries and wineries to gain a sense of the diversity: Beringer, Far Niente, Beaulieu, Charles Krug, and Inglenook. The picturesque setting of the roaming vineyards, along with the attractive quality of the estates and tasting rooms, has made the Napa Valley wineries one of the most popular and fast-growing tourist destinations in the state of California.

In this new book, America's most celebrated wine-producing region is presented for visitors and wine connoisseurs alike, using over 200 vintage images to showcase the area's heritage, Golden Age, and incredible expansion. Alongside these photographs are collages of the famous wine labels and illustrated maps.

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Shag's Around the World in 80 Drinks: Cocktails from Athens to Zanzibar

Author: Adam Rock

This irresistible blend of mixology and Shag-adelic art, in a handy gift book format, gives the reader a taste of the good life, 1950s-style. In this world tour of cocktail culture from famed retro artist Shag and his drinking buddy, Adam Rocke, Shag's yesteryear hipsters sip classic and contemporary drinks in Tokyo, Moscow, Luxor, Peking, Rio, Buenos Aires, Maui, Miami, Paris, Venice, San Francisco, New York, and even more exotic locales, including outer space. This bubbly book, a must for the modern bachelor pad or home tiki lounge, features 30 four-color spreads of Shag art, accompanied by 80 of Adam Rocke's most enticing cocktail creations. The introduction features a bar setup guide and mixing tips.

Welcome to the Table or Gourmet Herbs

Welcome to the Table: Simple Recipes for Gracious Dinners & Parties

Author: Barbara Scott Goodman

This is more than just a cookbook—it's House Beautiful's master recipe for turning every dinner into a celebration.

Dinnertime should be a special time—whether it's just family gathered together to share food and conversation or a full-scale formal party. And, with this lavishly illustrated House Beautiful salute to home cooking and gracious entertaining, every meal and every table will be extraordinary. The 130 mouthwatering recipes—shown on gorgeously designed spreads, with photos and serving ideas—include everything needed for a full supper: salads, soups, appetizers, main dishes, side dishes, and, of course, luscious desserts. Some make great weeknight dinners, including the Herb-Roasted Chicken—or dazzle guests with the fancier fare, such as Poached Filet of Beef with Watercress Sauce, on holidays and other important occasions. "Serving Style" features appear throughout the book, offering invaluable suggestions on tableware, flatware, linens, centerpieces, and other tabletop and serving accessories most appropriate for a recipe. They take into account the food's colors and textures, as well as the season, menu theme, and any other details that convey a welcoming spirit and generous sense of hospitality.

See also: Treinamento:Evocação de Excelência em Outros

Gourmet Herbs: Classic and Unusual Herbs for Your Garden and Your Table

Author: Beth Hanson

Written by acclaimed herb experts, this handsome and fact-packed compendium is a don't-miss for both gardeners and cooks. Not only does it feature the classic culinary herbs, but also the up-and-coming and hard-to-obtain varieties at the heart of the new international cuisine. From epazote (used in Mexican and Southwestern entrees), to fenugreek (an essential in Middle Eastern dishes), these plants go beyond the purely ornamental to bring you fresh, exciting tastes and aromas. Assure yourself of having a plentiful supply by following the tips on starting herbs from seed, growing them in containers, and preserving them for year-round use. Design a garden that looks beautiful, with contour and contrast, and that has an irresistible mixture of color and scent. A huge illustrated encyclopedia of gourmet herbs provides cultivating and cooking guidance, and recipes for scrumptious meals--like bruschetta, arroz verde, and Asian sate--will keep you harvesting and enlarging your herbal stock!

Taste of Tofu or Biscotti Other Low Fat Cookies

Taste of Tofu (Quick and Easy Series)

Author: Yukiko Moriyama

This book is the 7th in a series of Quick & Easy Cookbooks designed to introduce simple ways to make some of the worlds most interesting and delicious cuisines. Although tofu's popularity is steadily increasing in the West, many people still associate it with bland and uninspired dishes. Quick & Easy Taste of Tofu provides recipes from a variety of Japanese, Chinese, American and European styles that will show the reader how to turn this healthy ingredient into delicious meals. Hundreds of color photographs illustrate the step-by-step instructions and will surely enable everybody to cook tofu with ease and delight.

Yukiko Moriyama graduated from Japan Women's University in Tokyo with a degree in Home Economics and currently teaches cooking classes in Seattle, Washington, USA. As a member of the International Association of Culinary Professionals, Yukiko makes frequent trips to Japan and other parts of Asia to enrich her knowledge of the latest Asian cuisine.

Shirley Reis - KLIATT

Tofu is one of the healthiest food products available—it is easily digested and is extremely high in protein content. It also is low in saturated fat, carbohydrates, calories and entirely free of cholesterol. Tofu is sold in a variety of ways and can easily be used in both Asian and Western-style cooking. Full-color photographs accompany each step in the preparation of all the recipes here. All categories have been included, from appetizers to desserts. Some of the recipes are: Sauteed Shrimp with Hoisin Sauce, Pork and Tofu with Hot Chili Sauce, Tofu Cheese Balls, Natto Tempura, Stuffed Rolled Chicken, Tofu Cheese Cake, and Okara Cookies. Basic information on menu planning, preparation and cooking tips all provide additional advice that is extremely helpful. This is a great book that is sure to demystify tofu. (Quick & Easy). KLIATT Codes: JSA—Recommended for junior and senior high school students, advanced students, and adults. 2004, Kodansha, 104p. illus. index., Ages 12 to adult.

Look this: Alvin Ailey Dance Moves or Cholesterol Counter

Biscotti & Other Low Fat Cookies: 65 Tempting Recipes for Biscotti, Meringues, and Other Low-Fat Delights

Author: Maria Polushkin Robbins

Low in fat and calories, crunchy, satisfying biscotti are the perfect cookie for today's "light" way of eating. Whether you dunk them in a steaming cup of coffee in a crowded cafe, savor them with wine by firelight, or relax in the afternoon with a plateful and a mug of hot tea, you'll want this outstanding collection of tempting delights.

Biscotti are easy to make, and Maria Robbins has developed more than 50 biscotti recipes that feature only the most tantalizing flavor combinations. Besides biscotti, this book also features an array of addictive meringue cookies that have no fat and fewer calories (only 15 to 20 calories per cookie), and a handful of savory low-fat cookies that contain no sugar. These soft, chewy mouthfuls will complement any cookie tray full of biscotti.

Recipes include:

-Double chocolate almond biscotti
-Ginger raisin biscotti
-Oatmeal caraway biscotti
-Espresso biscotti
-Pignoli biscotti
-Spicy currant biscotti
-Orange poppy-seed biscotti
-Crispy gingersnaps
-Lime meringue kisses
-Citrus-glazed lebkuchen
-And more.

Diabetes Comfort Food or Delicious and Dependable Slow Cooker Recipes

Diabetes Comfort Food

Author: Johanna Burkhard

Managing diabetes can include soul-satisfying comfort foods.

Many who are committed to managing diabetes feel deprived of the comfort foods others enjoy regularly. Everyone needs a soul-satisfying dish once in a while.

Diabetes Comfort Food offers 250 recipes that bring to mind the warmth of home and family. Each recipe has been reviewed by a Certified Diabetes Educator and features a data-box of complete nutritional analysis per serving as well as an "Exchanges per Serving box."

Anyone with diabetes can enjoy such comforting dishes as:

• Creamy mushroom soup, honey-garlic chicken wings


• Sunday roast beef with wine gravy, zesty barbecued spareribs


• Best-ever macaroni and cheese, baked penne with Italian sausage and sweet peppers


• Classic scalloped potatoes, creamed spinach and mushroom bake


• Butter tarts, oven French toast, classic chocolate chip cookies.

Also included are recipe tips, meal suggestions and make-ahead ideas that will appeal to both novice and experienced home cooks.

Managing diabetes can include interesting as well as healthful dishes. This book includes a wonderful variety of comfort foods that follow a sensible meal plan.

Book review: Yoga with Weights For Dummies or Anorexia Nervosa

Delicious and Dependable Slow Cooker Recipes

Author: Judith Finlayson

Slow cookers have been rediscovered by a whole new generation of busy people. The reason is quite simple: imagine being able to throw some wholesome ingredients into a cooker, close the lid and come home to a hot, satisfying meal at the end of the day. A perfect mealtime solution! However, every memorable meal begins with innovative and creative recipes. In Delicious and Dependable Slow Cooker Recipes, you will discover mouthwatering recipes that allow you to create outstanding meals with a minimum of effort. This extensive collection of over 175 recipes contains a wide range of dishes from starters to soups, beef to seafood, and even desserts. Whether you're serving a weekday meal to your family or entertaining special guests, there's a recipe here to delight and satisfy everyone.

Here are just some of the delicious and dependable recipes you can enjoy: Spicy Artichoke Dip, Peppercorn Pâté, Creamy Corn Chowder, Mulligatawny Soup, Classic Beef Stew, Sauerbraten, Saucy Pork Chops with Cranberries, Chicken in Onion Buttermilk Gravy, Mussels in Lemongrass Tomato Broth, Turkey and Sausage Chili, Tomato Mushroom Lasagna, Cider Baked Beans, Hot Breakfast Cereals, Double Chocolate Raspberry Cheesecake, Apricot Almond Pudding.

• over 175 recipes for everything from appetizers to desserts
• more than 50 full color photographs
• helpful pantry notes
• vegetarian recipes
• extensive tips and techniques for foolproof results
• make ahead ideas
• recipes for every occasion

Publishers Weekly

Continuing on from her successful 150 Best Slow Cooker Recipes, Finlayson brings a new range of recipes to the same method of cooking. Starting with clear instructions for using the slow cooker as well as tips for success at doing so, she explains the different applications and benefits from this method of cooking. Despite adding the extra step of prebrowning meats and softening vegetables, she is quick to promote the ease of slow cookers. While many of the recipes have long ingredient lists, the methodology is straightforward, which makes this book perfect for any level of cooking expertise. Ranging from appetizers to desserts, the dishes are not limited to the traditional stews that formed most people's memories of slow cooker dishes when the equipment first hit the market in the 1970s. From the Creamy Beef Curry with its Indian spices to the Lamb Shanks Braised in Guinness with its mouthwatering sauce, several dishes have an international inspiration and flavor; others, as with Mom's Meat Loaf, show the best of America's home cooking. Helpfully, Finlayson includes sidebars and pantry notes as well as tips on how to vary many of the dishes. Clearly laid out and interspersed with mouthwatering color photos, the resulting volume is comprehensive in range and breadth and just may even encourage a new generation of slow cooker users. (Nov.)

Table of Contents:

Introduction
• Using Your Slow Cooker
• Slow Cooker Tips

Dips, Starters and Snacks
• Mushroom and Roasted Garlic Crostini
• Chili con Queso
• Black Bean and Salsa Dip
• Ball Park Bean Dip
• Spicy Artichoke Dip
• Nippy Oyster and Bacon Dip
• Cheese Loaves with Mushroom Tomato Sauce
• Peppercorn Pâté
• Country Terrine with Pistachios
• Crab Supreme
• Hot Roasted Nuts

Soups
• Red Lentil and Carrot Soup with Coconut
• Mediterranean Lentil Soup with Spinach
• Santa Fe Sweet Potato Soup
• Creamy Corn Chowder
• Cumin-Flavored Black Bean Soup with Tomato
• Tortilla Soup with Corn and Chillies
• Mixed Mushroom Soup with Creamy Goat Cheese
• Mulligatawny Soup
• Versatile Garlic Soup
• Kale with Smoked Sausage Soup
• Ribollita
• Mexican Chicken Soup
• Beef and Barley Soup with Mushrooms
• International Split Pea Soup

Beef and Veal
• Best-Ever Meatballs in Tomato Sauce
• Beef and Rigatoni Bake
• Italian-Style Pot Roast with Polenta
• Home-Style Pot Roast
• Sauerbraten
• Classic Beef Stew
• Brisket of Beef in Tomato Onion Gravy
• Brisket of Beef in Horseradish Gravy
• Tamale Pie with Chili Cornmeal Crust
• Creamy Beef Curry
• Cuban-Style Flank Steak
• Sussex-Style Steak with Mushrooms
• Beef and Sausage Chili
• Blue Plate Chili
• Chunky Black Bean Chili
• Polish Beef Stew with Sauerkraut and Sausage
•Mexican Meat Loaf
• Mom's Meat Loaf
• Short Ribs in Chili Sauce
• Short Ribs Braised in Spicy Black Bean Sauce
• Veal Shanks with Lemon Sauce
• Wine-Braised Veal with Rosemary
• Mexican-Style Veal Stew

Pork and Lamb
• Uptown Wieners and Beans
• Pork and Black Bean Chili
• Chili Verde
• Pasta with Sausage and Lentils
• Santa Fe-Style Ribs
• Italian-Style Ribs with Polenta
• Braised Pork with Mushrooms and Turnips
• Saucy Pork Chops with Cranberries
• Hot Pot Pork Chops
• Mom's Smothered Pork Chops
• Southwestern Shepherd's Pie
• Pozole
• Sausage and Barley Jambalaya
• Cassoulet
• Curried Lamb with Apricots
• Irish Stew
• Lamb Shanks Braised in Guinness
• Braised Lamb Shanks with Luscious Legumes

Poultry
• Chicken with 40 Cloves of Garlic
• Chicken and Barley
• Spanish-Style Chicken with Rice
• The Captain's Curry
• Chicken in Onion Buttermilk Gravy
• Chicken 'n' Dumplings
• Curried Chicken with Spinach
• Chicken and Chickpeas with Spinach
• African-Style Braised Chicken in Peanut Sauce
• Chicken Enchiladas in Tomatillo Sauce
• Cheesy Jalapeño Chicken Loaf
• Spicy Chicken Stew with Cornmeal Dumplings
• Balsamic Braised Chicken with Olives
• Pulled Turkey
• Turkey Sloppy Joes
• Turkey and Sausage Chili
• Turkey in Puff Pastry
• Best-Ever Turkey Breast

Fish and Seafood
• Mussels in Lemongrass Tomato Broth
• Savory Vegetable Stew with Chili-Crusted Halibut
• Portuguese Sausage and Shellfish Stew
• Florida Fish Chowder
• Manhattan Clam Chowder
• Snapper and Okra Curry
• Halibut in Indian-Spiced Tomato Sauce
• Poached Salmon
• Salt Cod Cassoulet

Meatless Mains
• Cannelloni with Tomato Eggplant Sauce
• Tomato Mushroom Lasagna
• Mushroom and Artichoke Lasagna
• Mushrooms and Eggplant Florentine
• Eggplant and Potato Curry
• Cheesy White Chili with Cauliflower
• Three-Bean Chili with Bulgar
• Cider Baked Beans
• Two-Bean Chili with Zucchini
• Rice and Bean Casserole with Cheese and Chilies
• Rigatoni and Cheese
• Meatless Moussaka
• Louisiana Ratatouille

Vegetables and Grains
• Collard Greens in Tomato Sauce
• Leek Loaf
• New Orleans Braised Onions
• Sweet Potato Barley Risotto
• Leek and Barley Risotto
• Hoppin' John
• Grits 'n' Cheddar Cheese
• Pot Likker Greens
• Steamed Brown Bread
• Carrots with Rice
• Slow-Cooked Polenta
• Hot Breakfast Cereals
• Basic Beans
• Red Beans and Rice

Desserts
• Rice Pudding with Cherries and Almonds
• Maple Orange Pudding with Coconut
• Bread Pudding in Caramel Sauce
• Gingery Bread Pudding with Orange
• Cranberry Pear Compote
• Raspberry Custard Cake
• Double Chocolate Raspberry Cheesecake
• Warm Orange Pudding Cake
• Sweet Potato Pecan Pie
• Pumpkin Chocolate Marble Cheesecake
• Cranberry Baked Apples
• Just Peachy Gingerbread Upside-Down Cake
• Cranberry Apricot Upside-Down Cake
• Blueberry Semolina Cake with Maple Syrup
• Meredith's Molten Blondies
• Italian-Style Cornmeal Cake with Orange
• Chocolate Flan with Toasted Almonds
• Rich Chocolate Cake
• Apricot Almond Pudding
• Cranberry-Red Currant Crumb Pudding
• Apple Cranberry Upside-Down Cobbler

Index

Early French Cookery or Inlet Isles

Early French Cookery: Sources, History, Original Recipes and Modern Adaptations

Author: D Eleanor Scully

Early French Cookery introduces the general features of the food prepared for wealthy French households at the end of the Middle Ages. The volume presents over 100 recipes, drawn from actual medieval manuscripts, together with preparation instructions. The authors help place these enticing recipes in context through a short survey of medieval dining behavior, and they give practical menu suggestions for preparing simple meals or banquets that incorporate these delightfully tasty dishes.

Chapters include an overview of early French culinary traditions, foodstuffs that were used, and methods of preparation. Early French Cookery also discusses the equipment of the kitchens and dining rooms that were used, and characterizes those who prepared the food and those who consumed it.

The recipes are set out in a modern format, with quantities given in both metric and standard U.S. measurements. Recipes are grouped by category: appetizers, vegetables, fish dishes, desserts, and so forth.

Early French Cookery concludes with a fascinating look at a day in the life of a contemporary master chef at a duke's court. We watch Master Chiquart organize the purchase, storage, preparation, and serving of the food consumed by a duke and his dozens of family members, courtiers, staff and servants--and all done without benefit of grocery stores, refrigeration, labor-saving electric appliances, or running water.

Early French Cookery will be of interest to a wide variety of people, from those who like to hold unusual parties to those who are interested in the economics of the middle ages.

D. Eleanor Scully is an occasional lecturer atthe Stratford Chef School and advisor to Wilfrid Laurier University on Medieval and Renaissance cooking and customs. Terence Scully is Professor of French Language and Literature, Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo, Ontario.

Look this: Market Microstructure or Career Focus

Inlet Isles: A Hospital Foodservice Case Study

Author: Amy Allen Chabot

"This overview provides a complex, real-life example of a hospital foodservice operation. The study provides a detailed analysis of the various subsystems, complete staffing information, financial information and menus. It is designed to provide readers with an opportunity to apply what they have learned, develop critical thinking and problem solving skills, and manipulate financial data using an Excel spreadsheet. Topics covered include foodservice menus, financial and staffing information, problem sets with answers, and spreadsheet exercises. For individuals interested in the food service industry."--BOOK JACKET.

Table of Contents:

	Introduction
	Case Narrative	1
	Foodservice Menus	10
	Financial Information	19
	Staffing Information	24
	Problems and Activities	30
	Group Activities	38
	Spreadsheet Exercises	41

Tea Chings or Wild Seasons

Tea Chings: The Tea and Herb Companion: Appreciating the Varietals and Virtues of Fine Tea and Herbs

Author: Ron Rubin

Novice sippers and tea aficionados alike can journey from the tea gardens of Asia to the tearooms of Europe and North America, sampling the finest teas in this beautifully designed, illustrated book about the benefits, flavors, cultural lore, and 5000-year-old history of the long-honored brew. Provided by the Ministers of the Republic of Tea, which, according to Conde Nast Traveler, "elevates tea to the status of wine," these fascinating and inspirational pages will serve as your guide to the leaves, plants, and manufacture of teas and other botanicals used in making wondrous infusions. They will inform you about the medicinal benefits of teas and herbs from all over the world.

They will give you answers to such questions as: What makes green tea different from black tea...and herbal "teas" different from all others? What do Orange Pekoe, English Breakfast, tannic acid, and "naturally flavored" really mean? How did tea bags, iced tea, "high tea," and the spiritual art of the Japanese tea ceremony come to be? What are the ingredients and health benefits of yerba mate, rooibos, chai, and Pu-erh? And you will discover much more TeaMinded knowledge, as well as delight in illustrations, maps, recipes, and inspired epigraphs.

In the words of the Minister of Travel, "Throughout these pages, an auspicious journey awaits. For sage or novice, this pilgrimage beckons all to celebrate what has been revered for thousands of years as the drink of humanity." In keeping with its whimsical identity as an independent republic, people working for The Republic of Tea are not managers or vice presidents; the company designates its employees as Ministers and Ambassadors, its customers Citizens, and its sales outlets Embassies. Ron Rubin and Stuart Avery Gold, are "Ministers" of The Republic of Tea, one of the most successful and fastest-growing cachet brands in America today. Headquartered in Novato, California

Go to: Good Housekeeping Smart Carb Suppers or Quick Low Carb

Wild Seasons: Gathering and Cooking Wild Plants of the Great Plains

Author: Kay Young

For nature lovers as well as cooks, there's plenty to whet the appetite in this unique field guide-cum-cookbook. Starting with the first plants ready for eating in the early spring (watercress and nettles) and following the sequence of harvest through the late fall (persim-mons and Jerusalem artichokes), Kay Young offers full, easy-to-follow directions for identifying, gathering, and preparing some four dozen edible wild plants of the Great Plains. And since most of the plants occur elsewhere as well, residents of other regions will find much of interest here. 'This is not a survival book," writes the author; "only those plants whose flavor and availability warrant the time and effort to collect or grow them are included." The nearly 250 recipes range from old-time favorites (poke sallet; catnip tea; horehound lozenges; hickory nut cake; a cupboardful of jams, jellies, and pies) to enticing new creations (wild violet salad, milkweed sandwiches, cattail pollen pancakes, day-lily hors d'oeuvres, prickly-pear cactus relish). Reflecting the author's conviction that just as we can never go back to subsisting wholly on wild things, neither should we exclude them from our lives, this book serves up generous portions of botanical information and ecological wisdom along with good food.

Publishers Weekly

Focusing on the Great Plains, Young, a naturalist at the Chet Ager Nature Center in Lincoln, Nebr., tells us where to find and how to use various plants. ``When I was growing up in Nebraska, many families still used wild plants on a regular basis, and as a child, I helped my mother gather greens in spring and make wild fruit jams and jellies in autumn. When I had my own family, I carried on these traditions,'' she explains. And why? ``Not only are certain wild plants nutritious and tasty,'' she notes, but ``the gathering of them involves the important processes of exploration, discovery and learning. . . . Certainly, garnering part of one's living from wild things creates a keen awareness and appreciation of the natural world and its cycles.'' And so, we learn what to do with stinging nettles: dry them, pulverize them into powder, make noodles from them, or freeze them for future use. With mulberries: bake pies, stew jams, bake cookies; and more of the same for nuts, fruits, vegetables and various plants. Young's book awakens curiosity about the uses of nature, and it also rouses respect--she doesn't want to tamper with wild things, but merely to borrow some of their bounty. Illustrated. (Sept.)

Table of Contents:

	Acknowledgments	ix
	Introduction	xi
	Glossary of Botanical Terms	xvii
	Glossary of Cooking Terms	xxiii
	Watercress	1
	Stinging Nettles	6
	Wood Nettles	13
	Dandelions	16
	Dock	23
	Wild Violets	30
	Asparagus	36
	Catnip	41
	Pokeweed	44
	Lambs-quarters	49
	Milkweed Shoots	53
	Yellow Wood Sorrel	58
	Pineapple-weed	60
	Wild Roses	63
	Wild Strawberries	68
	Missouri Gooseberries	75
	Prickly-pear Cactus Pads	81
	Cattails	86
	Mint	95
	Day-lilies	100
	Elderberry Flowers	104
	Horehound	109
	Milkweed Buds and Flowers	113
	Wild Onions	117
	Mulberries	121
	Purslane	133
	Buffalo Currants	137
	Sandcherries	142
	Juneberries	150
	Milkweed Pods	157
	Raspberries	161
	Blackberries	168
	Chokecherries and Wild Blackcherries	175
	May-apple	186
	Leadplant	190
	Wild Plums	194
	Wild Grapes	201
	Rose Hips	207
	Prickly-pear Cactus Fruits	211
	Smooth Sumac	215
	Highbush Cranberries	219
	Elderberry Fruit	223
	Groundcherries	229
	Hazelnuts	237
	Hickory Nuts	242
	Black Walnuts	248
	Pecans	258
	Pawpaws	269
	Buffaloberries	273
	Wild Persimmons	277
	Jerusalem Artichokes	282
Appendix A	Canning, Freezing, and Drying	289
Appendix B	Basic Recipes	299
	Additional Sources of Information	303
	List of Contributors	305
	Index of Plants	307
	Index of Recipes by Plant	310
	Index of Recipes by Food Category	315

Totally Cheese or Holy Smoke

Totally Cheese

Author: Helene Siegel

It is a fact that milk was one of the earliest foods ever to be preserved, and despite the passage of a millennium or two, it seems we've never lost our taste for this versatile dairy derivative. Sometimes a shy visitor, sometimes the guest of honor, cheese appears in so many cuisines, including: Italian for traditional zestiness; French for smooth sophistication; Greek for rustic delicacy; Dutch and German for wry heartiness; and American for patriotic tangyness. In Totally Cheese, it adds richness, texture, and taste to everything it touches: scrambled eggs become an omelette, flatbread becomes a pizza, noodles become pasta. And as always, Helene brings a new twist to old standards like cheeseburgers and cheesecake. So put the fun back in you fondue, forgive the fat, and just say, "Cheese!"

Books about: Macroeconomia

Holy Smoke

Author: Guillermo Cabrera Infant

At once hilarious, informative and outrageous, this is a marvelously readable homage to the cigar. Sprinkled with a treasure trove of fascinating anecdotes taken from film, history, literature, science, art and folklore, Cabrera Infante lovingly unleashes a veritable arsenal of delicious details about cigars and those who smoke them. Groucho Marx, Sigmund Freud, Mark Twain, Oscar Wilde, Colette, Orson Welles, Marilyn Monroe, and Humphrey Bogart are among the supporting players making guest appearances in this star vehicle for the cigar. This classic cigar chronicle also explores how cigars are made, the importance of the brand (and the band), why a cigarette is not a cigar, the history of tobacco itself, and the manners and mores of cigar smoking - including how to cut and how to smoke.

Miami Herald

This is a dazzling....tour de force: equal parts history book, cigar guide and personal paeon to the culture and pleasures of smoking...you don't need to enjoy cigars to savor it. You only need to enjoy reading.

Library Journal

With just about every actor and actress in Hollywood discovering cigars and the emergence of such places as cigar bars, a book about the wonderful world of cigars is to be expected. Fortunately, Cuban novelist Cabrera Infante (Mea Cuba, LJ 11/1/94) has written that book. It is a rollicking look at the history, production, use, and glories of the cigar, with a consideration of its role in society and Hollywood. Cabrera Infante uses a lot of word play and humor to sing the praises of his subject. There will likely be only a limited audience for this book, given the subject, so it may be considered on optional purchase, but the writing is first-rate.Robert A. Curtis, Taylor Memorial P.L., Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio

Kirkus Reviews

An engaging classic about a "burning passion"—cigar smoking—is available here more than a decade after its original UK issue. It is passionate, indeed.

This rich and juicy book by Cabrera Infante (Infante's Inferno, 1984; Mea Cuba, 1994; etc.) makes the current crop of coffee table books on the subject seem like mere ephemera. The author was born in Cuba, where Columbus first witnessed the ur- cigar being enjoyed by the locals. The brave admiral (in a fit of early political correctness) didn't partake, but a colleague did, and the stink of the stogey soon spread 'round the world. Cabrera Infante is quick on the draw, tracing the history of the habit in a playful, relaxed narrative. He discursively discourses on the growing of the leaf and the manufacture and various forms of what was first described as a "horizontal chimney." Fillers, binders, and wrappers, shapes and shops, mores and manners, true Havanas, cigarettes, pipes, snuff, and ash are all covered in the pun- encrusted, addictive text. Smoked out, too, is every movie reference to the tobacco habit, with fulsome, funny references to performers from W.C. Fields to Wallace Ford, Groucho Marx (of course) to Percy Kilbride. The movie allusions give way to literary allusions with a miscellany that includes Hammett's Continental Op, the great Myles na gCopaleen, Baron Corvo, Sherlock Holmes (of course) and (of course) Kipling. Written in the days when Castro still smoked and Orson Welles still walked among us, this text refers to a Davidoff as "the most expensive cigar in the world . . . around ten dollars each." Alas, even that awful price has been far surpassed in recent years.

But no matter. Cabrera Infante's pyrotechnics have not yet been equaled. Take a leaf from this book and have some robusto fun.

What People Are Saying

Susan Sontag
It now seems utterly extraordinary that anyone can write brilliant prose in more than one language; we marvel at a Nabokov, a Beckett, a Cabrera Infante.

A Life by the Sea or From Storebought to Homemade

A Life by the Sea: Cookng with Chef Dean James Max

Author: James Dean Max

A Life by the Sea seafood cookbook will help even the most beginner cook understand how to approach such an intimidating subject. The recipes are simplistic but impressive in nature, and most of the preparations are kept to less than 30 minutes. Beautiful photography of prepared dishes makes this the ultimate tool for creating a memorable seafood experience.

Interesting book: Obsessive Complusive Disorder for Dummies or Healthy Eating during Pregnancy

From Storebought to Homemade: Secrets for Cooking Easy, Fabulous Food in Minutes

Author: Emyl Jenkins

Southern hostess extraordinaire, Emyl Jenkins shares her top secret collection of 200 fast, foolproof recipes--most can be prepared in 30 minutes or less.

Pleasures of Slow Food or For the Love of Coffee

Pleasures of Slow Food: Celebrating Authentic Traditions,Flavors,and Recipes

Author: Corby Kummer

In a world increasingly dominated by fast food, The Pleasures of Slow Food celebrates heritage recipes, artisan traditions, and the rapid evolution of a movement to make good food a part of everyday life. Slow Food is defined by how it s made: if it s allowed to ripen before it s harvested, prepared by hand and enjoyed among friends, it s Slow Food. It s a philosophy, a way to farm, a way to cook...a way to live. It s also the name of a 65,000-strong international movement, numbering among its members some of the most distinguished names in the food world. The Pleasures of Slow Food showcases over 60 recipes from the world s most innovative chefs for dishes that feature local handmade ingredients and traditional cooking methods. Premier food writer Corby Kummer also profiles Slow Food s luminaries, such as Italian cheese maker Roberto Rubino and Canadian Karl Kaiser, who makes sweet ice-wine. Pairing fantastic recipes with engaging stories, The Pleasures of Slow Food brings the best of the food world to the kitchen table.

Publishers Weekly

The organization Slow Food-meant to stand as the antithesis to "fast food"-dedicates itself to artisanal and traditional foods. Italian journalist Carlo Petrini, president of Slow Food, and Eric Schlosser, author of Fast Food Nation, contribute a brief preface and foreword, respectively. Kummer's history of the organization ably chronicles its growth from a protest against installation of a McDonald's in Rome in 1985 to its current focus on the Ark, "a directory of endangered foods around the world that members rescue by enjoying them." There is a section on 10 of the artisanal products included in the Ark, some coupled together for comparison (for example, there is a short essay on cheese made in the Basilicata region of Italy and another on cheese made in Vermont): these stories provide glimpses into the psyches of people like Jim Gerritsen, who has dedicated his life to growing heirloom potatoes in Maine. Kummer then offers simple, homespun recipes, and proposes that through each one, the homecook can learn "how to imprint that taste on your own dishes." Recipes are arranged from "Old World to New," so there are a few selections from Italy, such as Pesto alla Genovese from the Garibaldi family, who run a farmhouse restaurant in Liguria, and from Ireland-Baked Cheese with Winter Herbs from Tom and Giana Ferguson of County Cork. The vast majority of these 44 recipes, however, come from American restaurateurs such as Ana Sortun (Lamb Steak with Turkish Spices and Fava Bean Moussaka) from Oleana Restaurant in Cambridge, Mass., as well as from Alice Waters and Daniel Boulud. And while the recipes from America don't always focus on local ingredients, they do embrace the spirit of Slow Food. This is a noble and handsome effort. (Nov.) Forecast: This book looks wonderful, and the organization Slow Food is highly popular with foodies these days, but lack of a distinct tie-in to the group on the cover (such as the easily recognized Slow Food snail) may confuse followers.

Look this: The Vermont Cheese Book or Winenotes

For the Love of Coffee

Author: Tara Reed

This energetic little gift book is the next best thing to a cup of java itself!

For the Love of Coffee offers 61 simple, fun coffee-isms beautifully designed with Tara Reed's water color illustrations. For example:
• Given enough coffee, I could rule the world!
• The best things in life are caffeinated!
• Business before pleasure, but coffee before business.

Life is too short to drink bad coffee.

and many, many more...

Christmas Memories Cookbook or Joy of Cranberries

Christmas Memories Cookbook

Author: Lois Kle

A cookbook to accompany many years of holiday celebrations. Mystic Seaport's Christmas Memories Cookbook contains 350 recipes contributed by more than 300 members and friends of the museum. Pen-and-ink drawings along with histories of Victorian holiday dishes and recipes suitable for gift-giving are scattered throughout the book. Block Island Turkey and Captain Cooke's Plum Pudding are only a sampling of the imaginative variations on classic New England dishes in this collection. Ample pages are provided for recording your favorite holiday menus and recipes as well. The book has comb binding to make it lie flat on kitchen surfaces.

Interesting textbook: Microsoft Windows PowerShell Step by Step or WordPerfect 12 for Dummies

Joy of Cranberries: The Tangy Red Treat

Author: Theresa Millang

If cranberries grace your table only once or twice a year, you're missing out! With more than 200 recipes for soups and sauces to creamy cheesecakes and crunches, you'll never go back to the jellied-in-a-can variety! This tangy, versatile berry will add zip and flavor to your meals and treats.

Coyote Cafe or Wisdom of the Chinese Kitchen

Coyote Cafe

Author: Mark Miller

When Mark Miller opened the doors of Santa Fe's Coyote Cafe in 1987, the face of American cuisine changed forever. Blending centuries-old culinary traditions with modern techniques, Miller pioneered the emerging Southwestern cuisine, earning praise and thrilling diners at the Coyote with his robust, inspired cooking. Nearly fifteen years later, with Southwestern influences entrenched in kitchens across the country, Coyote Cafe continues to impress diners and home chefs alike with its unique approach to Southwestern cooking. Featuring over 150 recipes, Coyote Cafe presents the bold, sumptuous creations from Miller's restaurant that have become classics of the Southwestern repertoire. Mexican, Hispanic, and Native American influences inflect such imaginative dishes as Wild Morel Tamales, Lobster Enchiladas, and Yucatan Lamb. Also included is detailed information on choosing and preparing over thirty-five fresh and dried varieties of chiles, as well as an in-depth glossary of ingredients. When you try the vibrant cuisine of Mark Miller's Coyote Cafe, you're experiencing one of America's most dynamic regional cuisines. If you can't be in Santa Fe every day for dinner, cooking from Mark Miller's book is the next best thing.

Book review: The Real Wealth of Nations or George Washingtons Leadership Lessons

Wisdom of the Chinese Kitchen: Classic Family Recipes for Celebration and Healing

Author: Grace Young

The Wisdom of the Chinese Kitchen, with its 150 recipes culled from a lifetime of family meals and culinary instruction, is much more than a cookbook. It is a daughter's tribute -- a collection of personal memories of the philosophy and superstitions behind culinary traditions that have been passed down through her Cantonese family, in which each ingredient has its own singular importance, the preparation of a meal is part of the joy of life, and the proper creation of a dish can have a favorable influence on health and good fortune. Each chapter begins with its own engaging story, offering insight into the Chinese beliefs that surround life-enhancing and spiritually calming meals. In addition, personal family photographs illustrate these stories and capture the spirit of China before the Revolution, when Young's family lived in Canton, Shanghai, and Hong Kong.

The first part, "Mastering the Fundamentals," provides instruction on the arts of steaming and stir-frying; the preparation of rice, panfried, and braised dishes; the proper selection of produce; and the fine arts of chopping and slicing. Part Two, "The Art of Celebration," concentrates on the more elaborate, complex, and meaningful dishes -- such as Shark's Fin Soup and West Lake Duck -- that are usually made with rare ingredients, and sweets such as Water Chestnut Cake and Sesame Balls. The final part, "Achieving Yin-Yang Harmony," explores the many Chinese beliefs about the healing properties of ginseng, gingko nuts, soybeans, dong quai, and the many vegetable and fruit soup preparations that balance and nourish the body. The stories and recipes combine to demonstrate the range of Cantonese cooking, fromrich flavors and honored combinations to an overall appreciation of health, well-being, and prosperity.

In addition to the recipes, Young provides a complete glossary of dried herbs, spices, and fresh produce, accompanied by identifying photos and tips on where to purchase them. Unique traditional dishes, such as Savory Rice Tamales and Shrimp Dumplings, are also illustrated step by step, making the book easy to use. The central full-color photo section captures details of New Year's dishes and the Chinese home decorated in celebration, reminding one that these time-honored traditions live on, and the meals and their creation are connections to the past.

Library Journal

Although Young, a food writer, grew up in a traditional Chinese American home in San Francisco, until quite recently, she says, she took her culinary heritage for granted. She realized she knew more about other cuisines than the Cantonese cooking of her own background, and so she decided to set down her family's recipes. In the process, she learned much more about her parents, her ancestors, and her extended family than she'd expected, and the result is this lovely, very personal book. The first part includes recipes for the everyday dishes prepared for the family by both her mother and father, introduced by reminiscences such as "Going to Market with Mama" or mini-essays on topics like "The Meaning of Rice." The next section focuses on celebration, specifically the traditions and dishes of the Chinese New Year. The final part is devoted to "Cooking as a Healing Art," with recipes for tonics and soups. (This is the shortest section; Nina Simond's recent A Spoonful of Ginger, LJ 4/15/99, has more on Chinese holistic healing.) Some of Young's recipes are elaborate or require unsual ingredients, but she was interested in the authentic versions, not Americanized Cantonese food, and her instructions are clear and thorough. Well written and absorbing, Young's cookbook/memoir is highly recommended. Copyright 1999 Cahners Business Information.

Table of Contents:

	Introduction	xii
	Notes to the Reader	xvi
	Remember China, Nan Chung	xix
	Mastering the Fundamentals
	The Meaning of Rice	3
	Steamed Rice	7
	Flavored Sweet Rice	8
	Fried Rice	9
	Tender Chicken on Rice	10
	Tender Beef on Rice	12
	Chicken Porridge	13
	Stir-Fried Frog on Rice	14
	Savory Rice Dumplings	16
	Peanut Rice Dumplings	18
	The Breath of a Wok	20
	Chicken with Cashews	24
	Tomato Beef	25
	Stir-Fried Chicken with Baby Corn and Straw Mushrooms	26
	Stir-Fried Eggs with Barbecued Pork	27
	Baba's Stir-Fried Butterfly Fish and Bean Sprouts	28
	Stir-Fried Asparagus with Shrimp	29
	Stir-Fried Squid	30
	Beef Chow Fun	31
	Singapore Rice Noodles	32
	The Art of Steaming	33
	Steamed Oyster and Water Chestnut Pork Cake	37
	Steamed Pork Cake with Salted Duck Egg	38
	Steamed Egg Custard	39
	Steamed Tangerine Beef	40
	Steamed Spareribs with Black Bean Sauce	41
	Steamed Spareribs with Plum Sauce	42
	Steamed Sole with Black Bean Sauce	43
	Steamed Chicken with Lily Buds, Cloud Ears, and Mushrooms	44
	Steamed Rock Cod	45
	Steamed Sponge Cake	46
	Shreds of Ginger Like Blades of Grass	47
	Fried White Fish	51
	Drunken Chicken	52
	Braised Beef	54
	Braised Sweet and Sour Spareribs	55
	Nom Yu Spareribs	56
	Lemongrass Pork Chops	57
	Rock Sugar Ginger Chicken	58
	Lemon Chicken	59
	Seafood Sandpot	60
	Sandpot Braised Lamb	62
	Chestnuts and Mushrooms Braised with Chicken	64
	Chicken and Corn Soup	65
	Seafood Noodle Soup	66
	Clear Soup Noodles	67
	Fuzzy Melon Soup	68
	Cabbage Noodle Soup	69
	Family-Style Winter Melon Soup	70
	Hot-and-Sour Soup	71
	Sweetened Tofu Soup	72
	Going to Market with Mama	73
	Shrimp with Spinach and Tofu	77
	Braised Mushrooms	78
	Braised Cabbage and Mushrooms	79
	Sprouting Soybeans	80
	Grandfather's Stir-Fried Soybean Sprouts	82
	Stir-Fried Bean Sprouts and Yellow Chives	83
	Lotus Root Stir-Fry	84
	Stir-Fried Egg and Chinese Chives	85
	Stir-Fried Five Spice Tofu and Vegetables	86
	Stir-Fried Chinese Broccoli	87
	Stir-Fried Chinese Broccoli and Bacon	88
	Braised Taro and Chinese Bacon	89
	Stir-Fried Long Beans with Red Bell Peppers	90
	Long Bean Stir-Fry	91
	Stir-Fried Amaranth	92
	Stir-Fried Water Spinach	93
	Stir-Fried Cloud Ears and Luffa	94
	Eggplant in Garlic Sauce	95
	Stir-Fried Bitter Melon and Beef	96
	Vegetable Lo Mein	97
	Stuffed Fuzzy Melon	98
	Braised Fuzzy Melon with Scallops	99
	Cooking as a Meditation	100
	The Art of Celebration
	The Good Omen of a Fighting Fish	103
	Poached Steelhead Fish	108
	Stir-Fried Bok Choy	109
	White-Cut Chicken	110
	Stir-Fried Clams in Black Bean Sauce	111
	Stir-Fried Snow Pea Shoots	112
	Glazed Roast Squab	113
	Shark's Fin Soup	114
	Oyster-Vegetable Lettuce Wraps	116
	Stir-Fried Garlic Lettuce	117
	Pepper and Salt Shrimp	118
	Sweet and Sour Pork	119
	Eight Precious Sweet Rice	120
	Stir-Fried Scallops with Snow Peas and Peppers	122
	New Year's Foods and Traditions	123
	Buddha's Delight	126
	Turnip Cake	128
	Taro Root Cake	130
	New Year's Cake	132
	Water Chestnut Cake	134
	Nom Yu Peanuts	136
	Candied Walnuts	137
	Sesame Balls	138
	Sweetened Red Bean Paste	139
	A Day Lived as if in China	140
	Fancy Winter Melon Soup	143
	West Lake Duck	146
	Braised Nom Yu and Taro Duck	148
	Stuffed Chicken Wings	150
	Savory Rice Tamales	152
	Sweet Rice Tamales	154
	Pork Dumplings	156
	Won Ton	158
	Pot Stickers	160
	Shrimp Dumplings	162
	Stuffed Noodle Rolls	164
	Spring Rolls	166
	Scallion Cakes	168
	Dutiful Daughter Returns Home	170
	Salt-Roasted Chicken	173
	Soy Sauce Chicken	174
	Chinese Barbecued Pork	176
	Barbecued Spareribs	178
	Roast Duck	180
	Chinese Bacon	182
	Uncle Tommy's Roast Turkey	184
	Mama's Rice Stuffing	186
	Turkey Porridge	188
	Achieving Yin-Yang Harmony
	Cooking as a Healing Art	191
	Walnut Soup	196
	Green Mung Bean Soup	197
	Foxnut Soup	198
	Sesame Tong Shui	199
	Lotus Seed "Tea"	200
	Sweetened Red Bean Soup	201
	Peanut Soup	202
	Almond Soup	203
	Dried Sweet Potato Soup	204
	Sweet Potato and Lotus Seed Soup	205
	Dragon Eye and Lotus Seed "Tea"	206
	Double-Steamed Papaya and Snow Fungus Soup	207
	Double-Steamed Asian Pears	208
	Homemade Soy Milk	209
	Savory Soy Milk	210
	Fresh Fig and Honey Date Soup	211
	Soybean and Sparerib Soup	212
	Dried Fig Apple, and Almond Soup	213
	Ching Bo Leung Soup	214
	Green Turnip Soup	215
	Four Flavors Soup	216
	Chayote Carrot Soup	217
	Watercress Soup	218
	Yen Yen's Winter Melon Soup	219
	Herbal Winter Melon Soup	220
	Mustard Green Soup	221
	Gingko Nut Porridge	222
	Snow Fungus Soup	224
	American Ginseng Chicken Soup	225
	Baba's Mama's Dong Quai and Restorative Foods	226
	Dong Quai Soup	230
	Lotus Root Soup	231
	Korean Ginseng Soup	232
	Homemade Chicken Broth	234
	Double-Steamed Black Chicken Soup	235
	Chicken Wine Soup	236
	Pickled Pig's Feet	238
	Beef and White Turnip Soup	240
	Shopping like a Sleuth	241
	Glossary	246
	Index	269

2500 Recipes or Extreme Barbecue

2500 Recipes: Everyday to Extraordinary

Author: Andrew Schloss

How to escape the cooking routine of the same old dishes, meal after meal.

Many home cooks are stuck in a food routine that includes preparing the same 10 or 15 recipes over and over again, week after month after year.

2500 Recipes, the ideal guide to escaping that routine, offers 50 recipes each for foods ranging from snacks and sandwiches, to chicken and ground meat; from shellfish to grains; from winter vegetables to summer fruit. There's also a special section of dishes for special occasions.

Consider this common scenario. There is a chicken waiting to be roasted for dinner. Stop. Go the chapter that has 50 recipes for roast chicken. Each one is different. Most important, there are sure to be a few that are more interesting than that old reliable one prepared out of habit—too often a bad habit. Without doubt, there will be dozens of recipes based on ingredients commonly on hand to please cook, family and guests. There's even a chapter with 50 scrumptious recipes for burgers and hot dogs. Each one is sure to delight.

All the recipes are quick, and most use just a small number of ingredients. But each recipe includes a "power flavor" that's easy to obtain and easy to incorporate into cooking routines. Examples include oils, herbs, olives and sun-dried tomatoes.

There is also an entire section on basic cooking techniques and preparations, featuring seasonings, marinades, sauces, dressings and machines.

Table of Contents:

Introduction
About These Recipes

Part 1: The Toolbox

Basic Techniques for Cooking Anything
Basic Preparations Every Cook Should Know

Part 2: Cooking Basics

• Marinades: Infinite Variations on Basic Ingredients
• Seasoning: Because Flavoring Is Easy
• Sauces: To Turn Anything into a Meal
• Dressings: to Help You Kick the Bottle
• Machines That Make Cooking Easier

Part 3: Everyday Cooking

• Snacks and Little Plates: To Help Spoil Dinner (or Any Meal)
• Sandwiches: The Ultimate One-Dish Meal
• Kid Food: Taste-Tested by Discriminating Third-Graders
• Leftovers: Homemade Convenience Ingredients
• Cooking on a Budget: Good Food Doesn't Have to Cost a Lot
• Burgers and Dogs: For the Whole Family
• Grilling: For the Flavor of Fire
• Frying-Pan Cuisine: For Dinner Right Now
• Stir-Frying: Quick, Healthful and Infinitely Variable
• Heatless Cooking: When It's Too Hot to Turn on the Stove
• Salads: For Any Meal
• Soups: For Starters, Suppers, and Snacks
• Chili: Easy, Filling and Sophisticated
• Pizza: No Need to Order Out
• Pasta: It's All in the Sauce
• Casseroles: Comfort Food at Its Best
• GroundMeat: The Old Standby Reinvigorated
• Stews: Chase Away the Chill
• Roast Chickens: The Whole Bird
• Chicken Parts: White and Dark Meats Cooked to Perfection
• Turkey: The Other Bird
• Fish: Cooking Your Favorites
• Understanding Fish: The Lean and Fat of Cooking
• Shellfish: Easy and Sophisticated
• Meatless Dishes: For Devoted and Occasional Vegetarians
• Grains: From Rice to Quinoa
• Greens: Spinach, Kale, Endives and Cabbages
• Harvest Vegetables: Broccoli, Cauliflower, Beans and Squash
• Winter Vegetables: Beets, Carrots, Parsnips and Potatoes
• Summer Bounty: Corn, Zucchini, Tomatoes and Other Garden Excesses
• Fall Fruit: Apples, Pears and Tropical Treats
• Summer Fruit: Berries, Peaches and Plums
• Breakfast: For Any Time of Day (or Night)
• Cookies: For Every Day, Every Way
• Dessert Sauces: For Better Mental Health
• Drinks: Because Everyone Gets Thirsty

Part 4: Cooking for Special Occasions

• Entertaining: Recipes That Let You Go to Your Own Party
• Roasts: For Celebration or Just to Show Off
• Romantic Recipes: Because Some Foods Are Meant for Seduction
• Low-Calorie Recipes: For Keeping Slim
• Health Food: For You and Your Planet
• Chocolate Recipes: For Happiness
• Homemade Pie: A Natural Extravagance
• Homemade Muffins: To Warm the Hearth
• Homemade Gifts: To Warm the Heart

Acknowledgments
Index

New interesting book: The Great Physicians Rx for Health and Wellness or Mother Massage

Extreme Barbecue: Smokin' Rigs and 100 Real-Good Recipes

Author: Dan Huntley

Twenty whole chickens bathed in garlic on a rig that resembles a cast-iron satellite dish . . . this is Extreme Barbecue, a tribute to the derring-do behind the craziest grilling contraptions in the country. Through in-depth profiles, outrageous photographs, and nearly 100 personal recipes, this unique cookbook exalts in unprecedented cooking techniques and junkyard serendipity from the Zen-like simplicity of a tin can on two heated fl at stones to the awesome two-story mobile smoker complete with winding staircase. Whether it's a front-end loader serving as a grilling rig in Kansas City or a 4,500-pound mobile bread baker in Portland, Oregon, this is BBQ like you've never seen or tasted before.

Minutemeals Quick and Healthy Menus or Flavorful India

Minutemeals, Quick and Healthy Menus

Author: minutemeals Chefs

Enjoy healthy meals in minutes!

Each complete menu has 300r fewer calories from fat, and 750 or fewer calories. minutemeals has crunched the numbers so you don’t have to. Dig in! You’ll find:

• 80 enticing gourmet menus–complete with dessert

• tips from minutemeals chefs with each menu

• complete nutrition information for the entire menu

• healthy cholesterol and sodium counts

Plus, great tips from Bill Boggs, Michel Nischan, and David Poran

Use the minutemeals system to have dinner ready in just 20 minutes:

• Step 1: The menugameplan organizes the meal effortlessly; just follow the simple step-by-step plan and create a gourmet meal.

• Step 2: Each menu also has a handy at-a-glance shopping list for a quick in-and-out at the store.

• Step 3: Find a list of ingredients from your pantry–things you most likely have on hand–no shopping needed.

• Step 4: luckyforyou and headsup tips round out the menu with helpful advice to make the recipes even easier.

Book about: New Curry Bible or Everyday Hospitality

Flavorful India: Treasured Recipes from a Gujarati Family

Author: Priti Chitnis Gress

Located in northwestern India, Gujarat is known as the country's "Garden State" and is renowned for its vegetarian specialties. Flavorful India showcases the cuisine of Gujarat-from street foods like crunchy snack mix and vegetable fritters, to traditional home-cooked dishes that feature an abundance of locally available vegetables like okra, eggplant, bottle gourd, and many varieties of beans. Spicy dals, delicate flatbreads, and traditional sweets and beverages bring the Gujarati dining experience full circle. A chapter on the meat, poultry and fish specialties that are enjoyed in the region is also included.

These hearty, home-style recipes will introduce many to a new dimension in Indian cuisine that is rarely found in Indian restaurants or cookbooks. Most of the recipes are simple and easy to prepare, with ingredients that are readily found in typical supermarkets. A few feature vegetables and ingredients from Gujarat that most Indian grocery stores can supply. Step-by-step instructions, along with a comprehensive guide to spices and ingredients, will help readers navigate the Indian grocery store and prepare authentic Gujarati meals with ease.

Table of Contents:

	Acknowledgments	3
	Introduction	5
	Guide to Spieces and Ingredients	11
	Guide to Utensils and Equipment	23
	Snacks and Appetizers	27
	Breads	47
	Rice Dishes	55
	Vegetables	61
	Dals and Kadhis	89
	Meat, Poultry, and Fish	95
	Chutneys, Pickles, and Condiments	115
	Sweets and Beverages	123
	Suggested Menus	139
	Index	141

Taste of Excellence Cookbook or Last Minute Party Girl

Taste of Excellence Cookbook: Holland America Line, Vol. 1

Author: Rudi Sodamin

Every year, more than 600,000 passengers climb aboard Holland America's luxury ships and travel the seas in search of new and extravagant adventures. Promising an unforgettable and world-class culinary experience, Holland America has written a cookbook that makes it possible to re-create its magical meals at home. Holland America's Master Chef Rudi Sodamin has compiled more than 100 favorite recipes from each of the line's 14 vessels, offering a comprehensive menu for all times of the day along with elaborate yet easy-to-follow recipes for refreshing drinks and cocktails. From savory Dungeness Crab Cakes with Lime Ginger Sauce to velvety Roasted Shallot and Butternut Squash Soup with Beet Crisps to mouthwatering Wild Mushroom, Spinach, and Feta Cheese Strudel, Sodamin will keep you eating and dining in high style while landlocked. Including a timeline and history of Holland America, A Taste of Excellence Cookbook is the perfect cookbook for the lovers of the sea.

Book review: Quick and Easy Low Carb Cooking for People with Diabetes or Country Living Eating Outdoors

Last-Minute Party Girl: Fashionable, Fearless, and Foolishly Simple Entertaining

Author: Erika Lenkert

Hip tips for fabulous fetes on little money and even less time

When the budget is tight and the schedule even tighter, what's a party girl to do? How can she whip up a swanky soiree they'll be dishing about at the watercooler for weeks to come? With The Last-Minute Party Girl, how can she not? A quick dip into this savvy, sassy entertainment guide will inspire any harried, just-got-home-from-the-office hostess to new heights of fabulousness.

Whether an elegant sit-down dinner or a finger food feast, everything required for a party with panache is covered, including innovative invites, cool cocktail creations, and must-have munchies.

This ultimate guide to sensational, spontaneous entertaining includes:

• More than 100 recipes for impressive but easily doable dishes
• Decorating tricks
• Emergency supplies for the party-girl pantry
• Quick refreshers on hostess etiquette
• Industry insiders' favorite cost- and time- cutting tips

Erika Lenkert has spent the last decade sharing her lively perspective on food, wine, travel, and lifestyle trends in publications such as In Style, Bon Appétit, Travel & Leisure, Los Angeles magazine, San Francisco magazine, and Frommer's. A native San Franciscan, Erika now resides in Napa Valley.

Favorite Recipes with Herbs or Sweet Gratitude

Favorite Recipes with Herbs

Author: Dawn J Ranck

This basic cookbook presents savory recipes which utilize herbs in day-to-day cooking.

Hundreds of easy-to-use recipes, gathered and tested by the top herb shops in the country!

These are practical but absolutely scrumptious recipes which offer herb dishes for lunch, dinner, and even breakfast.

Includes the 14 most commonly grown herbs, as well as tips for gardening and storing. Exquisite line drawings.

Look this: The Modern Middle East or Faith Reason and the War Against Jihadism

Sweet Gratitude: Bake a Thank-You for the Really Important People in Your Life

Author: Judith C Sutton

More than seventy delectable and foolproof recipes for home-baked sweets meant for giving—to anyone for any occasion.

Nothing says thank you more simply—or more generously—than the gift of something freshly baked from the oven. With Sweet Gratitude, Judith Sutton inspires readers to head to the kitchen instead of the mall anytime they are moved to acknowledge the important people or events in their lives or to express feelings of gratitude and caring.

So whether it’s the postman who gets a fistful of Brown Sugar Shortbreads (easily made in minutes) as thanks for delivering bundles of vacation mail or the plumber who gets a Two-Ginger Gingerbread for making a New Year’s Eve house call, there’s something here for anyone and any occasion. Take the billowy white Coconut Layer Cake to a favorite godchild’s wedding shower or bring over a batch of decorated cupcakes to a busy mom when it’s her turn to provide the classroom treats. At exam cram time, a box of caramel-topped cookies or fudgy brownies can encourage a late-night studier, while Really Chocolate Chocolate Pudding is just the thing when only comfort food will do.

Featured alongside scores of cookies, brownies and bars, cakes, creamy tarts, mousses, and a candy or two are notes about ingredients and techniques; tips for keeping, storing, and even packing and shipping treats; as well as creative suggestions for variations, garnishing and serving, and freezing and making ahead. Fifty colorful and whimsical watercolors make the book itself a beautiful and practical gift—even to oneself.

Publishers Weekly

One day, Sutton (Champagne & Caviar & Other Delicacies; Truffles: Ultimate Luxury) made a gift to the veterinary staff who always took such good care of her elderly cat. Her Caramel-Topped Turtle Brownies caused such "pandemonium" that she was compelled to write this book. Sutton's message is likable: "sweeten your bonds with the important people in your life." She delivers classic comfort-sweets like Chunky Chocolate Chip Cookies, Coconut Layer Cake, Two-Ginger Gingerbread (which uses ground and crystallized ginger) and the Best Hot Fudge Sauce. More sophisticated dessert lovers can try Chocolate Espresso Sandwich Cookies, Sweet Baby Lemon Scones, Ganache-Filled Brown Sugar Bars or Mocha Silk Pie. All the recipes are on the easy side, and Sutton claims, "Many of these recipes, such as the five-minute Brown Sugar Shortbread or the Spicy English Gingersnaps, are simple enough for even the most inexperienced baker." All the treats can be made at least partially in advance, and Sutton adds helpful notes on preparation, storage and shipping. Adorable, candy-colored illustrations are frosting on the cake. (June) Copyright 2005 Reed Business Information.

Library Journal

Sometimes the perfect thank-you gift can come from the kitchen-at least that is what Sutton (Champagne & Caviar & Other Delicacies) discovered. The delighted responses to her home baked gifts inspired her to compile this collection of 70-plus sweet treats, including cookies, bars, cakes, pies, and tarts. With recipes ranging from the simple (Peanut Butter Cookies with Crunch) to the sublime (Chocolate Raspberry Squares), bakers are certain to find plenty of delectable gift-giving ideas; owing to the author's own expert advice on ingredients, techniques, and wrapping finished products, even novice cooks will be inspired to give baking a try. While there are many other baking books on the market, e.g., Marion Cunningham's The Fannie Farmer Baking Book and The King Arthur Flour Baker's Companion, public libraries will still want to make room for Sutton's impeccably crafted little cookbook. [See the Q&A with Sutton on p. 114; Sutton is LJ's longtime Cookery columnist.]-John Charles, Scottsdale P.L., AZ Copyright 2005 Reed Business Information.

Matzoh Ball Gumbo or How to Cook Everything

Matzoh Ball Gumbo: Culinary Tales of the Jewish South

Author: Marcie Cohen Ferris

From the colonial era to the present, Ferris examines the expressive power of food throughout Southern Jewish history. She demonstrates how Southern Jews reinvented culinary traditions as they adjusted to living in a largely Christian region where forbidden foods such as pork, shrimp, oysters, and crab are intensely popular. Richly illustrated, this culinary tour of the Jewish South includes anecdotes, oral histories, and more than thirty recipes to try at home.

Publishers Weekly

Many traditional Southern foods-pulled-pork barbecue, crab cakes, fried oyster po' boys, to name a few-violate traditional Jewish dietary laws, which forbid the consumption of pork and shellfish. What's a Southern Jew to do? Anthropological historian Ferris (UNC-Chapel Hill) answers that question in a gustatory tour of the Jewish South. She uncovers many dishes that blend Jewish and Southern foodways (recipes included for such tasties as Temple Israel Brisket and Cornmeal-Fried Fish Fillets with Sephardic Vinagre Sauce). Ferris sees food as a symbol that encompasses the problem of how Jews live in a region dominated by Christians: "The most tangible way to understand Jewish history and culture in the South is at the dinner table." Cynics will wonder if a Jewish kugel (noodle casserole) prepared in the South is really any different from kugel in Chicago. Ferris's answer is an emphatic yes-because Jews in the South face different challenges than those in Chicago. Southern Jews must be more intentional about cooking that kugel and passing the recipe down from generation to generation. If this book were a restaurant, Michelin would award it two out of three stars: not absolutely first-rate, but "excellent cooking, worth a detour." (Oct.) Copyright 2005 Reed Business Information.

Library Journal

This new work from Ferris (associate director, Carolina Ctr. for Jewish Studies) successfully merges humor, Southern Jewish history, and-best of all-recipes. Crispy Baked Chicken and Simmered Black-Eyed Peas with Tomatoes share space with family photographs and chapter discussions of various regions: Arkansas, where Ferris grew up; Savannah and Charleston; New Orleans and Natchez; Atlanta; the Mississippi Delta; and Memphis. Throughout, Ferris includes amusing childhood anecdotes like eating at the Dixie Pig and how her mother refused to allow ham in the house. Many of the recipes that she features (more than 30 in all) belonged to her grandmothers, whom she credits with inspiring her to study the Jewish South. With recipes like Sabbath Marble Cake and Mimah's Cheesecake, this book is sure to be a hit with anyone interested in cookery, Jewish history, or Southern history. Recommended for all libraries.-Nicole Mitchell, Birmingham, AL Copyright 2005 Reed Business Information.

Go to: Commanders Palace New Orleans Cookbook or Sake Handbook

How to Cook Everything: Bittman Takes on America's Chefs

Author: Mark Bittman

Join Mark Bittman as he takes on the nation's top chefs in a culinary battle of home-style vs. restaurant style!

"Mark knows food. Mark knows chefs. Chefs know Mark.You know this has gotta be a great cookbook!"
—Al Roker, Host, NBC's Today show

The Chefs Who Took the Challenge

• JOSÉ ANDRÉS, Zaytinya/Washington, D.C.

• DANIEL BOULUD, Daniel/New York

• JAMES BOYCE, Studio/Laguna Beach

• GARY DANKO, Restaurant Gary Danko/San Francisco

• SUZANNE GOIN, Lucques and A.O.C./Los Angeles

• GABRIELLE HAMILTON, Prune/New York

• ANNA KLINGER, Al di Là/New York

• CHARLES PHAN, The Slanted Door/San Francisco

• MICHEL RICHARD, Citronelle/Washington, D.C.

• SUVIR SARAN, Devi/New York

• CHRIS SCHLESINGER, East Coast Grill & Raw Bar/Boston-Cambridge

• KERRY SIMON, Simon Kitchen & Bar/Las Vegas

• JEAN-GEORGES VONGERICHTEN, Jean-Georges/New York

Publishers Weekly

The cheeky title on the latest from high-profile Bittman explains it all. Thirteen chefs from four-starred Jean-Georges Vongerichten and Daniel Boulud to the lesser known Kerry Simon of Las Vegas and James Boyce of Laguna Beach present their recipes and then Bittman concocts simpler versions that use fewer ingredients and take less effort and time. The results vary. Michel Richard (of Citronelle in Washington, D.C.) offers a complex Layered Vitello Tonnato, and Bittman comes up with inspired Turkey (Tonnato) Sandwiches, which call for a tonnato-type sauce on turkey slices from the local deli. On the other hand, Anna Klinger (of Al Di La in New York City) presents Beet Ravioli with Butter and Poppy Seeds, and Bittman counters with Pasta with Savoy Cabbage, which has nothing in common with Klinger's dish except that it includes pasta. Thus the concept is a gimmick that at times compares apples and oranges. Nevertheless, with the continuing public adoration of trendy chefs and the more practical wish to prepare chef-worthy meals at home, this book will attract Bittman's legion of fans, who will be tuning in to this spring's PBS series upon which the book is based. (Apr.) Copyright 2005 Reed Business Information.

Table of Contents:

Introduction.

The Chefs and the Dishes.

Starters.

Fish.

Poultry and Eggs.

Meat.

Pasta, Rice, and Vegetables.

Desserts.

Sauces, Condiments, and Other Basics.

Index.

American Heart Association Low Calorie Cookbook or Green Tea

American Heart Association Low-Calorie Cookbook

Author: American Heart Association

Losing excess weight is one of the best ways to reduce your risk of heart disease, stroke, diabetes, and a number of other health problems. And while fad diets may come in and go out of fashion, the best and healthiest way to lose weight and keep it off is to eat fewer calories and increase your physical activity. With the American Heart Association Low-Calorie Cookbook, cutting those calories is simpler than you may think—and with such delectable recipes to savor, you won't even feel deprived!

You'll find more than 200 fabulous recipes, none with more than 500 calories. These recipes along with user-friendly cooking and shopping tips, health and diet information, and nutrient analyses, will be the keys to your success. Whether you want to maintain your already healthful weight, follow a weight-loss program, or lose weight on your own, the American Heart Association Low-Calorie Cookbook will help you reach your goal—without losing out on the excitement of great-tasting food.

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Green Tea

Author: Nadine Taylor

In this completely accessible and understandable guide, readers learn how green tea acts as a stronger antioxidant than vitamin C or E and inhibits blood clots as effectively as aspirin. They discover how its wonderful health-giving properties guard against cancer, protect against heart disease, slow the aging process, and even help reduce weight, safely and effectively.

Fast Food Diet or Caribbean Rum

Fast Food Diet: Lose Weight and Feel Great Even If You're Too Busy to Eat Right

Author: Sinatra

Lose weight eating at McDonald's, Burger King, KFC, and Wendy's?


Yes, it's possible—and this book shows you how!

"Dr. Steve Sinatra is one of the top preventive cardiologists in America. . . . In The Fast Food Diet, he shows readers how to eat smarter and more nutritiously at any fast food establishment in America so they will actually become healthier as they lose weight. What a brilliant strategy and practical approach!"
—BARRY SEARS, bestselling author of The Zone

We're a nation on the go—and we're gaining weight at alarming levels. Chances are you realize you should lose weight and eat healthier foods, but when you're hungry and hurried, all too often you choose the drive-through over a healthy home-cooked meal. This breakthrough guide presents a practical, real-world solution that teaches you how to make healthier fast-food choices and save hundreds of calories per meal—without giving up the delicious taste and convenience of fast foods.

In addition to tips for dining guilt-free at all types of fast-food restaurants, The Fast Food Diet includes:

• A Six-Week Fast-Food Diet Eating Plan that lets you choose among 150 meal selections for breakfast, lunch, dinner, and snacks from more than fifty of the most popular fast-food chains

• Valuable tips for business travelers, holiday revelers, and kids who are fast-food junkies

• Advice on eating well at food courts, sit-down restaurants, airports, and convenience stores

• Recipes for nutritious, home-cooked meals you can prepare in 15 minutes or less

Ifyou cut just 500 calories from your meals every day, you'll lose a pound a week. That's 50 pounds a year—and The Fast Food Diet makes it easy.

Library Journal

Eat super-sized fries, lose weight, and prevent disease? Not exactly. As cardiologist and nutritionist Sinatra (former chief of cardiology & director of medical education, Manchester Memorial Hosp.; Optimum Health: A Natural Lifesaving Prescription for Your Body and Mind) and Punkre (chief copywriter, Rodale Press) explain, their approach to weight loss is actually quite sensible: greatly decrease caloric intake by making healthier, more nutritious choices at fast food restaurants (fast food consumption should be limited to 20 percent of the daily diet) and increase activity with a 10,000-steps-a-day exercise regimen. The book includes an invaluable chapter listing the calorie and fat content of the offerings at the most popular food chains as well as a suggested meal plan for weight loss that incorporates fast food. Also useful is the chapter on vitamin and mineral supplementation. Michael F. Jacobson and Sarah Fritschner's The Fast-Food Guide covered similar ground but is now outdated. Recommended purchase for public libraries and for academic libraries serving colleges with courses in nutrition. Florence Scarinci, Nassau Community Coll. Lib., Garden City, NY Copyright 2006 Reed Business Information.

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Caribbean Rum: A Social and Economic History

Author: Frederick H Smith

Christopher Columbus brought sugarcane to the New World on his second voyage. By 1520 commercial sugar production was underway in the Caribbean, along with the perfection of methods to ferment and distill alcohol from sugarcane to produce a new beverage that would have dramatic impact on the region. Caribbean Rum presents the fascinating cultural, economic, and ethnographic history of rum in the Caribbean from the colonial period to the present.

Drawing on data from historical archaeology and the economic history of the Caribbean, Frederick Smith explains why this industry arose in the islands, how attitudes toward alcohol consumption have impacted the people of the region, and how rum production evolved over 400 years from a small colonial activity to a multi-billion-dollar industry controlled by multinational corporations. He investigates the economic impact of Caribbean rum on many scales, including rum's contribution to sugarcane plantation revenues, its role in bolstering colonial and postcolonial economies, and its impact on Atlantic trade. Smith discusses the political and economic trends that determined the value of rum, especially war, competition from other alcohol industries, slavery and emancipation, temperance movements, and globalization.

The book also examines the social and sacred uses of rum and identifies the forces that shaped alcohol use in the Caribbean. It shows how levels of drinking and drunken deportment reflected underlying social tensions, which were driven by the coercive exploitation of labor and set within a highly contentious hierarchy based on class, race, gender, religion, and ethnic identity, and how these tensions were magnified by epidemic disease, poor living conditions, natural disasters, international conflicts, and unstable food supplies.

Foreign Affairs

In his autobiography, Colin Powell recalls that his Jamaican-born parents exclusively served Appleton Estate rum produced on their native island: "To serve anything else was considered an affront." In Caribbean Rum, anthropologist Smith adds knowledgeably to the growing body of commodity-based histories, using rum to elucidate, in this case, the history of the Caribbean. He takes us on a journey beginning with the use of alcohol in indigenous Carib religious rituals, continuing through the impact of the American Revolution on British Caribbean rum makers (very negative), and moving on to more contemporary temperance movements. Depending on the sociohistorical context and the quantities consumed, rum can be enslaving or empowering, a symbol of colonialism or nationalism, commonplace or exotic, killer or elixir, sacred or profane. No single thesis unites Smith's entertaining narratives, although it is abundantly clear that the sugar and rum industries have repeatedly used political leverage and trade preferences — and claims of medicinal virtues — to win market shares from brandy, whisky, and gin.

The Great Latke Hamantash Debate or Keeping Good Company

The Great Latke-Hamantash Debate

Author: Ruth Fredman Cernea

Creation versus evolution. Nature versus nurture. Free will versus determinism. Every November at the University of Chicago, the best minds in the world consider the question that ranks with these as one of the most enduring of human history: latke or hamantash? This great latke-hamantash debate, occurring every year for the past six decades, brings Nobel laureates, university presidents, and notable scholars together to debate whether the potato pancake or the triangular Purim pastry is in fact the worthier food.

What began as an informal gathering is now an institution that has been replicated on campuses nationwide. Highly absurd yet deeply serious, the annual debate is an
opportunity for both ethnic celebration and academic farce. In poetry, essays, jokes, and revisionist histories, members of elite American academies attack the latke-versus-hamantash question with intellectual panache and an unerring sense of humor, if not chutzpah. The Great Latke-Hamantash Debate is the first collection of the best of these performances, from Martha Nussbaum's paean to both foods—in the style of Hecuba's Lament—to Nobel laureate Leon Lederman's proclamation on the union of the celebrated dyad. The latke and the hamantash are here revealed as playing a critical role in everything from Chinese history to the Renaissance, the works of Jane Austen to constitutional law.

Philosopher and humorist Ted Cohen supplies a wry foreword, while anthropologist Ruth Fredman Cernea provides historical and social context as well as an overview of the Jewish holidays, latke and hamantash recipes, and a glossary of Yiddish and Hebrew terms, making the book accessible evento the uninitiated. The University of Chicago may have split the atom in 1942, but it's still working on the equally significant issue of the latke versus the hamantash.

“As if we didn’t have enough on our plates, here’s something new to argue about. . . . To have to pick between sweet and savory, round and triangular, latke and hamantash. How to choose? . . . Thank goodness one of our great universities—Chicago, no less—is on the case. For more than 60 years, it has staged an annual latke-hamantash debate. . . . So, is this book funny? Of course it’s funny, even laugh-out-loud funny. It’s Mickey Katz in academic drag, Borscht Belt with a PhD.”—David Kaufmann, Forward

Table of Contents:

Foreword, by Ted Cohen
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Food for Academic and Gastric Digestion

Round One - Metahamantashen; or, Shooting Off the Can(n)on
Freedom, Latkes, and American Letters: An Original Contribution to Knowledge
Bernard A. Weisberger

Restoring the Jewish Canon
Allan Bloom

Consolations of the Latke
Ted Cohen

The Hamantash in Shakespeare
Lawrence Sherman

Jane Austen’s Love and Latkes
Stuart Tave

The Latke’s Role in the Renaissance
Hanna Holborn Gray

The Approach through Bibliography
Leon Carnovsky

L’éternel retour: The Dichotomy of Latke-Hamantash in Old and New French
Peter F. Dembowski

The Apotheosis of the Latke: A Philosophical Analysis
Alan Gewirth

Noshes
le="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"David Malament, Marvin Mirsky, Steven Watter, Harold Wechsler

Round Two - POTatoes, Rockin’ Latkes, and Another Essence-ial Soul Food

The Latke vs. the Hamantash in an Age of (M)oral Crisis
Herbert C. Kelman

Influences of Latkes, Hamantashen, and Jewish Cooking in General on the Roots of Rock 'n’
Roll
William Meadow

The Fundamental Jewish Cuisine
Paul Root Wolpe

Noshes
Steven Watter, Godfrey S. Getz, Israel N. Herstein, Murray H. Loew

Round Three - Accentuate the Positivists

The Voyage on the Bagel: In Honor of the Darwin Centennial
Elihu Katz and Jacob J. Feldman

The Latke and the Hamantash at the Fifty-Yard Line
Milton Friedman

Hamantash, Bagel, or Latke: Who Has the Power?
Shalom Schwartz

The Latke, the Hamantash, the Common Market, and Creativity
Jacob Getzels

Noshes
Stephen Z. Cohen, Elihu Katz, Nancy L. Stein, Jacob Getzels, John Laster

Round Four - Luminous, Luscious Latkes; Bewitching, Beguiling Hamantashen Ode to the Latke
Edward Stankiewicz

The Ineffable Allure of Hamantashen
Barbara Maria Stafford

Bull's Homage to a Latke: An Acrostic
Simon Hellerstein

Noshes
Ralph Marcus, Roger Weiss

Round Five - Combine and Deconstruct All Ingredients

Madeleine, Oh, Madeleine; or, Meditation on Short, Plump Pastries
Françoise Meltzer

The Hermeneutics of the Hamantash
Emilie S. Passow

Noshes
Marianne H. Whatley, Hasia Diner

Round Six - Semiotics and Anti-Semiotics

Heartburn as a Cultural System
Michael Silverstein

Latke vs. Hamantash: A Feminist Critique
Judith Shapiro

Latke vs. Hamantash: A Materialist-Feminist Analysis; A Reply to Judith Shapiro
Robin Leidner

Latkes and Hamantashen as Dominant Symbols in Jewish Critical Thought
Marvin Mirsky

The Hamantash vs. the Latke: An Archetypal Study
Eugene Goodheart

Noshes
Zalman Usiskin, Harry Harootunian, Howard Aronson, Bernard S. Cohn, Ralph W. Nicholas

Round Seven - Shrouded in Mystery: Spinning Latkes and Neutrinos

From Cain to Quincy: Jewish Foods as Weapons of Violence
Robert Kirschner

A New Page in the History of Atomic Physics
Jerrold M. Sadock

The Scientific Method and the Latke-Hamantash Issue
Edward W. Kolb

Paired Matter, Edible and Inedible
Leon M. Lederman

Noshes
Josef Stern, Morrel H. Cohen, Isaac Abella

Round Eight - Appealing to a Higher Authority

The Rights and Wrongs of Latkes
Geoffrey R. Stone

The Bioethical Implications of the Latke-Hamantash Debate; or, Small Fry, Deep Fry, in Your Eye, Northrop Frye
John D. Lantos

Noshes
Harry Kalven, Jr., Philip Gossett

Round Nine - Mythdefying Origins

Euripides' The Cooks of Troy: Hecuba's Lament
Martha C. Nussbaum

The Secret History of the Hamantash in China
Judith Zeitlin

The Hamantash and the Foundation of Civilization; or, The Edible Triangle, the Oedipal Triangle, and the Interpretation of History
Harold T. Shapiro

The Archetypal Hamantash: A Feminist Mythology; An Exercise in the History of Religious Methodology
Wendy Doniger

Noshes

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Keeping Good Company: A Season-by-Season Collection of Recipes, with Entertaining and Homemade Ideas

Author: Roxie kelley and friends

Roxie Kelley and Shelly Reeves Smith nourish the body and soul by combining simple yet satisfying recipes with tips on gracious living and friendly entertaining, all presented alongside warm and inviting hand-drawn illustrations. Destined to become a treasured family keepsake, each this features flavorful recipes along with distinctive touches:

This beautifully illustrated book is organized around the changing seasons to make the most of incorporating fresh ingredients into everyday family meals and special holiday gatherings, featuring recipes such as Ranch Avocado Dip (Spring), Midnight Moon Potato Salad (Summer), Roasted Vegetable Bisque (Autumn), and Chicken Strudel (Winter). A chapter titled "Morning, Noon, and Night," has crave-worthy recipes for anytime, such as Cream Cheese Twists, Meat Loaf, and Almost Fat-Free Chocolate Cake.

Two Hour Party Cakes or Steak and Chop

Two-Hour Party Cakes: 30 Cakes To Decorate in Two Hours or Less

Author: Carol Deacon

Nothing beats one of these 30 great cakes for making a birthday party, anniversary celebration, or festive gathering extra-special. And, they’re easy, too, all designed to take no more than 2 hours from start to finish. So, if you’re hoping to deliver a delicious dessert without spending ages mixing and measuring, try a fairy tale castle with marshmallows and ice-cream cones; an iced sponge cake topped with wild animals; a Birthday Fairy pudding cake; a Christmas Santas fruitcake; or a Lovebirds cake with a chocolate nest. There’s a recipe for almost any occasion—even a Football Fan cake for the Super Bowl.

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Steak and Chop

Author: Williams Sonoma

STEAK & CHOP

Juicy New York strip steak grilled to perfection and topped with blue cheese butter. Pan-roasted pork chops glazed with a zesty citrus sauce. Veal cutlets sautéeed with wild mushrooms and sherry. The most comforting of comfort food, steaks and chops are easy to prepare and quick to cook -- and their versatile nature allows them to be paired with a wonderful range of flavors.

William-Sonoma Steak & Chop offers more than 40 easy-to-follow recipes, including classic preparations and fresh new ideas. In these pages, you'll discover tempting options for every occasion, from cozy weeknight suppers and casual summer barbecues to festive dinner parties. This vivid, full-color recipe collection, appealing to both novice and expert cooks, will become an essential addition to your kitchen bookshelf.

"Enjoying a tender grilled steak or delicious panfried chop is one of life's simple pleasures."

Raw Food Primer or Spirituality of Wine

Raw Food Primer

Author: Suzanne Ferrara

Eating is more than just taking nutrients in. It's also pleasure, communion, and the taste of life. With the blossoming of raw food as an artistic cuisine, eating is also about discovering intense natural flavors and enticing high palate food lovers to explore new/old ways to eat. As the raw food movement enters the culinary mainstream, Chef Alex is right here to help with The Raw Food Primer as a starter kit. Those who try these succulent recipes will enjoy deep comfort, great nutrition, and fresh paths to glowing health.

For many, raw food is already a way of life. But when we try to explain it to friends, family or students who don't yet know the pleasures and the benefits of eating "raw", they may say, "You can't keep up your energy with raw carrots" or "Yuck! That sounds really boring" or "I can't give up my pasta!" To answer such remarks, Chef Alex has written The Raw Food Primer. She gently introduces "first timers" to the concept of raw foods and a vegetarian diet. Encouraging them to add raw food slowly to their diet, she avoids a zealous approach that may frighten off people curious about "uncooking" but not quite ready to give raw cuisine a full embrace. With her charming, low-pressure style, Ferrara eases the reader into true eagerness to try tasty raw dishes and reap the health benefits like more energy. Many people who have gone raw report that they have a leaner structure, clearer skin and eyes, and they no longer experience problems with allergies or fatigue.

The Raw Food Primer is perfect for curious students of this revolutionary food experience or the more experienced raw foodist — or anyone who merely appreciates delicious food. And priced $19.95 (a full $10 off similar-seeming books) they can afford Chef Alex's guidance to begin a raw or modified raw diet.


About the Author

Suzanne Alexander Ferrara is a raw food chef, specializing in training restaurant owners and "private citizens" in the preparation and joys of raw food and is a food columnist. Before becoming a raw food chef she owned and operated a restaurant, a snack bar, and health food store. A talented painter and a sculptor, she has had sixteen solo art exhibitions and illustrated The Raw Food Cookbook with 25 original paintings. She recently developed recipes for Roxanne's Restaurant in Larkspur, California. Originally from the San Francisco Bay Area, Chef Alex now resides chiefly in Little Rock, Arkansas.

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Spirituality of Wine

Author: Tom Harpur

Few things in life can compare with the experience of sitting at a table, enjoying fine food, and taking the time to share a glass of wine. Such moments make us rich beyond compare. They transform our souls and help us vibrate with the sheer joy of being alive. Here is a sweeping look at the deep connection between wine and spirituality from ancient times to today. A feast for the senses, this book overflows with apt quotations, spiritual wisdom, and lavish images. The Spirituality of Wine is a book to be treasured by wine lovers of every persuasion.

Table of Contents:

	Acknowledgments
	Prologue
1	The First Sip
2	The Universal Connection
3	The Story of Wine
4	The Vine's Appeal
5	The Healthful Blessings of the Grape
6	The Bible Is Filled with Wine
7	Celebrating Life
	Epilogue
	Bibliography
	Photographic credits

Betty Crocker Delicious Desserts or Everything Fondue Party Book

Betty Crocker Delicious Desserts: 100 Recipes for the Way You Really Cook

Author: Betty Crocker

Treat Yourself to Something Sweet!

If you have a sweet tooth, then this book is for you. It's filled with 100 of the tastiest, most satisfying desserts ever—tantalizing treats that you can prepare with ease and are guaranteed to please. Whether you love to bake for your family, enjoy serving delectable desserts to friends or just crave something sweet for tonight, you'll find lots of terrific choices. So prepare to indulge. With recipes this delicious, everyone will be coming back for seconds—and thirds!

Open the book for:

• 100 easy, delicious dessert recipes, including crowd-pleasing cookies and bars, luscious cakes and cupcakes and mouthwatering pies and tarts
  
• Special chapters featuring homey "desserts in a dish" and tempting frozen desserts
  
• Simple instructions to help you master the basics of cookies, cakes and pies
  
• 30 tempting color photographs
  

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Everything Fondue Party Book: Cooking Tips, Decorating Ideas, and Over 300 Crowd-Pleasing Recipes

Author: Belinda Hulin

Do you remember fondue? It's back, and sweeping the nation with its tasty dishes and easy display! Recapturing the glam from fondue's 1970's heyday, The Everything Fondue Party Book is ideal for your entertaining needs!

Written by food expert Belinda Hulin, The Everything Fondue Party Book takes you from planning what kind of party you want to what you should serve and even how you should decorate. Fun fondue facts include:

• Broth fondues for dinner
• Dessert fondues (and yes, this means chocolate!)
• Cheese fondues for appetizers
• Cocktail suggestions to match your theme
• Planning your perfect fondue party décor

Impress your guests with a fabulous fondue party! Let The Everything Fondue Party Book help you dip into an evening's worth of delicious food, friends, and fondue!

Author Biography: Belinda Hulin has contributed articles on food, dining, and entertainment to a wide range of newspapers, magazines, and online venues. In addition to Philadelphia Magazine articles and reviews, she also wrote a monthly food column for Applause, a publication of Philadelphia's public broadcast station. Hulin served as food editor of The Florida Times-Union, a 200,000-circulation daily in Jacksonville, Florida, for five years. During that time, she delved into North Florida's evolving fusion of southern and tropical cooking, winning several Association of Food Journalist awards in the process. She contributes pieces on cooking and food-based entertaining to Boca Raton Magazine, Water's Edge Magazine, and Mizner's Dream. She also updated Gayot's online restaurant guide for Jacksonville, Gainesville, Tallahassee, and the Florida Panhandle. When she's not writing, she's testing recipes. She lives in Atlantic Beach, Florida.

Oxford Encyclopedia of Food and Drink in America or Its All American Food

Oxford Encyclopedia of Food and Drink in America

Author: Andrew F Smith

The history of food and drink in America is an exciting tale of unexpected twists and turns that are even more amusing than the oft-repeated myths. It is a story filled with hot-shot inventors, high-flying promoters, risk-taking growers, efficiency-conscious processors, hard-hitting advertisers, and lip-smacking consumers--all of whom have contributed to transforming lowly American food into a worldwide culinary delight.

In 800 intriguing articles (from over 200 contributors), the Oxford Encyclopedia of Food and Drink in America covers the significant events, inventions, and social movements in American history that have affected the way Americans view, prepare, and consume food and drink. In an A-Z format, this two-volume set details the regions, people, ingredients, foods, drinks, publications, advertising, companies, historical periods, and political and economic aspects pertinent to American cuisine. With contributions from academia, industry, and the culinary world, the Encyclopedia provides a far-ranging yet cohesive account of American history and culture from a gastronomic perspective.

From the extravagant feasts of Diamond Jim Brady in the Gilded Age to the fad diets and the health consciousness of today, the status and cultural significance of American food and rink has transformed throughout the years. With interesting anecdotes, informative sidebars, and generous bibliographies, the Encyclopedia of Food and Drink in America will captivate readers--from scholars and food lovers everywhere--in this journey through American culinary history.

Publishers Weekly

Whether readers make a living studying culinary traditions or just enjoy eating, they'll find this book a marvel. A trove of in-depth information on every aspect of American food and drink-such as holiday food traditions, the Slow Food movement and vegetarianism-the book strives to place its subject in historical and cultural context and succeeds brilliantly. Smith, who teaches culinary history at the New School University, compiles 800 articles and 400 illustrations in a colossal package, resembling Schott's Food & Drink Miscellany in the same way that the kitchen at the Four Seasons resembles the galley of a Manhattan apartment. Under "C," we find "Chickpeas," "Child, Julia," "Clambake," "Cola Wars," "Community-Supported Agriculture" and "Cooperatives"; while "T" offers entries on "Taco Bell," "Tea," "Thanksgiving," "Transportation of Food" and "Tupperware." Readers will be hooked upon opening either of the work's two volumes and flipping to any page. Among the offerings are a Nation article from 1879 that delights in fathers who'd mortify their daughters in social situations by joking about the "frivolousness of napkins"; an entry on the french dip sandwich crediting a Los Angeles sandwich shop owner with inventing the item in 1918 (he accidentally dropped a roll into the roast drippings as he prepared a beef sandwich for a customer); a piece on Rastus, the fictional chef whose image has appeared on Cream of Wheat packages since 1896; and a fascinating exploration of Southern regional cookery. For food lovers of all stripes, this work inspires, enlightens and entertains. B&w illus. (Nov.) Forecast: With the right media coverage, this could see booming bookstore, library and cooking school sales. Oxford kicked things off with a symposium and reception at the Institute of Culinary Education in October. Copyright 2004 Reed Business Information.

School Library Journal

Gr 9 Up-An authoritative resource that brings together "the best scholarship on the history of American food." Considering the subject from varied perspectives, the 770 articles discuss food and drink within the context of politics; geography; commerce; technology; medicine; class structure; agriculture; and symbolic, spiritual, and ethical values. The alphabetically arranged entries include chronological overviews of events and trends ("Cooking Schools," "Myths and Folklore"); specific foods and drinks ("Po'boy Sandwich," "Coca-Cola"); ethnic, religious, cultural, and racial contributions ("Native American Foods," "Thanksgiving"); biographies ("Lagasse, Emeril," "Pullman, George"); and political and social movements ("Temperance," "Pure Food and Drug Act"). Each entry includes a briefly annotated bibliography and cross references to related articles. Black-and-white illustrations add interest; most of them are historical reproductions with brief identifying captions. The writing is clear, the coverage is thorough, and the index is comprehensive. With entries ranging from "Bialy" to "Borden" (complete with a sidebar on "Elsie the Cow"), and "Vegetarianism" to "Vienna Sausage," this is an encyclopedic smorgasbord where readers can either casually graze multiple offerings or choose a single topic and dig in.-Joyce Adams Burner, Hillcrest Library, Prairie Village, KS Copyright 2005 Reed Business Information.

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It's All American Food: The Best Recipes for More than 400 New American Classics

Author: David Rosengarten

American food is no longer just steak, potatoes, and apple pie. Over the past 50 years, dishes that were once exotic have become essential parts of the American menu. Here, for the first time, David Rosengarten has created a definitive cookbook of truly American favorites, ranging from coast to coast, back into the past, and into the cuisines that have merged with the American mainstream in recent decades. Rosengarten places authentic Cajun recipes alongside the sizzling Cuban specialties of Miami. He unveils the mystery behind Philly cheesesteak sandwiches and Maryland crab cakes. He retrieves American classics like chicken pot pie and tuna melt from Junior League cookbooks and restores them to their glory. From breakfast, where he gives the secrets for perfect scrambled eggs, bacon, and hash browns, to an array of indulgent late night desserts, David Rosengarten has written an unpretentious and accessible adoration of the American kitchen. This celebration of our nation's wonderfully varied cuisine belongs on every home cook's bookshelf.

Author Biography: David Rosengarten was the host of Taste on the Food Network from 1994-2000. His articles have appeared in Gourmet, the New York Times, Newsday, Food & Wine, and Bon Appetit. He is the author of three previous cookbooks based on his cooking show. He lives in New York.

Publishers Weekly

Rosengarten may have begun his career in gourmet fashion on the Food Network, but here he revels in the recidivist pleasures of "American" food: everything from All-Purpose Bright Red Tomato Sauce to Chinese-Restaurant Spareribs and Philly Cheesesteak. This titanic homage to our nation's wildly varied culinary roots values comfort over refinement, but fortunately comforts are in plentiful supply. Rosengarten can find something to love even in an unreconstructed Shrimp Egg Foo Yung, and harkens back fondly to the 1950s, that much-maligned golden era when immigrant cooking found its way to the American palate. Flavor comes first here-garlic by the half cup; the ringing phrase: "2 pounds lard." There are deep-fry favorites (Calamari, Falafel, Scrapple), long-cooked ones (Boston Baked Beans, Flanken) and classics like Shrimp Cocktail, The Ultimate BLT and, of course, Apple Pie. Every major hyphenated-American cuisine-Italian, Chinese, Thai, Indian, Mexican-has a place, as well as several less-established ones (e.g., Argentinean, Russian). Because of his respect for all traditions, no matter how strangely altered or distanced from their roots, Rosengarten manages to avoid snobbery-both traditional and reverse-altogether. His slightly goofy prose ("Call me Ishmael, but I'm convinced that the great informing influence of New England cuisine is the sea") is a perfect match for this gut-rumbling, mouth-watering, heartfelt tribute. (Oct.) Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information.

Library Journal

Rosengarten (Taste; The Dean & DeLuca Cookbook) turns his attention to everyday American cooking, including the humblest dishes, i.e., "what Americans really like to eat, which isn't often celebrated." He divides his book into three main sections: "Ethnic America," "Regional America," and "Classic America." Rosengarten decries "the denigration of adapted ethnic foods," and many of the recipes in Part 1 are Americanized rather than truly authentic: Brooklyn-Italian Meat Sauce, for example, or Crowded Paella, a sort of kitchen-sink version. The regions featured in Part 2 are something of a mix of locales and styles, from New England to Pennsylvania Dutch to Dixie. And "Classic America" includes recipes for what Rosengarten calls "core American food," dishes enjoyed across the country, not just in ethnic neighborhoods or individual regions. The author's task was a rather daunting one, and certain ethnic cuisines are sadly underrepresented here-just five recipes for Jewish food and only three dishes from Scandinavia. Nevertheless, this is a fascinating guide to the diverse cuisines that make up American food. For most collections. [Good Cook Book Club main selection.] Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information.

What People Are Saying

Daniel Boulud
David Rosengarten has done this job exceedingly well...fascinating, well researched, and full of delicious recipes is an added plus.
—author of Letters to a Young Chef

Jacques Pйpin
David gives us the best possible versions of regional, classic, and ethnic specialties...
— PBS-TV personality, cookbook author, and cooking teacher

Yquem or White Logic

Yquem

Author: Richard Olney

The mere mention of Château d’Yquem and its signature sweet white wine evokes an image of unparalleled luxury, distinction, and enduring excellence. It embodies the luminous golden essence of the finest and rarest of wines. This legendary appellation is the result of centuries of painstaking cultivation of the vines, a unique vinification process, and the exceptional site, soil, and micro-climate, combined with the notorious "noble rot" to create this peerless nectar. The wine’s long history of distinction dates back to the 1700s when Thomas Jefferson brought home more than 250 bottles to share with George Washington. Yquem has recently undergone a renaissance: the château and its gardens have been restored, and its status as the world’s greatest white wine has never been stronger. The rare nature of this fine wine, and its exceptional characteristic flavor, are honored in this fully updated volume.

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White Logic: Alcoholism and Gender in American Modernist Fiction

Author: John William Crowley

"There are no second acts in American lives." F. Scott Fitzgerald's famous pronouncement, an epitaph for his own foreshortened career, points out a pattern of imaginative blight common to writers of the Lost Generation. As John W. Crowley shows in this engaging study, excessive drinking had a crucial effect on the frequently diminished fortunes of these writers. Indeed, the modernists - especially the men - were a decidedly drunken lot. The first extended literary analysis to take account of recent work by social historians on the temperance movement, this book examines the relationship between intoxication and addiction in American life and letters during the first half of the twentieth century. In explaining the transition from Victorian to modern paradigms of heavy drinking, Crowley focuses on representative fictions. He considers the historical formation of "alcoholism" and earlier concepts of habitual drunkenness and their bearing on the social construction of gender roles. He also defines the "drunk narrative," a mode of fiction that expresses the conjunction of modernism and alcoholism in a pervasive ideology of despair - the White Logic of John Barleycorn, London's nihilistic lord of the spirits.

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Crowley (English, Syracuse U.) examines the relationship between intoxication and addiction in American life and letters during the first half of the 20th century. He focuses on representative fictions by authors such as W.D. Howells, Jack London, Ernest Hemingway, and F. Scott Fitzgerald, defines the "drunk narrative," and considers the historical formation of alcoholism and earlier concepts of habitual drunkenness and their bearing on the social construction of gender roles. Paper edition (unseen), $14.95. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Table of Contents:

	Preface
1	From Intemperance to Alcoholism in the Fiction of W. D. Howells	1
2	Memoirs of an Alcoholic: John Barleycorn	19
3	Bulls, Balls, and Booze: The Sun Also Rises	43
4	The Drunkard's Holiday: Tender Is the Night	65
5	The Infernal Grove: Appointment in Samarra	91
6	Transcendence Downward: Nightwood	115
7	After the Lost Generation: The Lost Weekend	135
	Notes	159
	Index	195