 | The Kid-Friendly Food Allergy Cookbook: More Than 150 Recipes That Are Wheat-Free, Gluten-Free, Dairy-Free, Nut-Free, Egg-Free, and Low in Sugar
Brand: Fair Winds Press
Millions of children across the country have food sensitivities or allergies, and the number is on the rise. And most of these children don?t get to eat cookies, for fear of the reaction they might have from the wheat, or the peanuts. <P>This book?s recipe?s take into account all of the most common food sensitivities like wheat and gluten, peanuts, or dairy. Each recipe can be modified to fit the dietary needs of the child. <P>Divided into three sections-- snacks, main dishes, and treats--this book also provides information about how to find what you need in a regular grocery store, instead of requiring a separate trip to the natural foods store. <P>With the recipes in this book, even the most sensitive child will get a cookie too. | *$9.04 |
 | Mermaid Cookbook
Brand: Gibbs Smith
Dive into this new cookbook by bestselling children's book author Barbara Beery! Mermaid Cookbook offers themed recipes perfect for mermaid, ocean voyage, treasure island, and pirate parties for kids. The book brings magic and whimsy to the kitchen, teaching kids to create fun snacks and tasty treats while learning valuable cooking skills. Perfect for birthday parties, sleepovers, or afternoon playtime, Mermaid Cookbook offers an abundance of playful recipes including Paradise Pineapple Fruit Dip, Sea Foam Floats, Treasure Island Trail Mix, Goldfish Gorp, Mermaid Hair Salad, Sea Turtle Cookies, Little Luau Cakes, Water Fairy Ice Pops, Rainbow Fish Fudge, and more. Mermaid Cookbook is sure to make a big splash with your little ones! <br> | *$9.03 |
 | The Dream of the Earth
Brand: Sierra Club Books
<DIV>This landmark work, first published by Sierra Club Books in 1988, has established itself as a foundational volume in the ecological canon. In it, noted cultural historian Thomas Berry provides nothing less than a new intellectual-ethical framework for the human community by positing planetary well-being as the measure of all human activity. <BR>Drawing on the wisdom of Western philosophy, Asian thought, and Native American traditions, as well as contemporary physics and evolutionary biology, Berry offers a new perspective that recasts our understanding of science, technology, politics, religion, ecology, and education. He shows us why it is important for us to respond to the Earth’s need for planetary renewal, and what we must do to break free of the “technological trance” that drives a misguided dream of progress. Only then, he suggests, can we foster mutually enhancing human-Earth relationships that can heal our traumatized global biosystem.</div> | *$9.02 |
 | Cooking Outside the Pizza Box: Easy Recipes for Today's College Student
Brand: Barron's Educational Series
College kids living on their own for the first time are startled to realize that now they have to cook for themselves. This attractive spiral-bound book is exactly what they need, serving up easy recipes and basic cooking methods for beginners. The resulting meals are nutritious and appetizing, more healthful and less expensive than relying on the local pizza parlor or Burger King every time hunger pangs strike. Practical advice and helpful tips instruct busy college kids on everything from food and equipment shopping and sharing a kitchen to scrambling an egg and preparing a complete, well-balanced meal. Recipes are divided into these general categories: <BR><BR> Munchies * Breakfast * Main Courses * Pasta and Rice * Soups * Veggies and Salads * Desserts * <BR><BR> Munchies include a great array of snacks and finger foods, from garlicky humus to pizza-flavored popcorn. Breakfast recipes include egg dishes, French toast, pancakes, and others. Main courses range from simple grilled sandwiches to more ambitious entrees like roasted chicken with lemon and herbs. Vegetarian dishes include tasty Portobello mushrooms with garlic mayonnaise, pan-fried Asian dumplings with dipping sauce, couscous and veggie salad, and many others. Among the dessert recipes are instructions for making brownies, cookies, chocolate cake, apple crisp, and a remarkably easy pumpkin pie. Recipes come with a special trouble-shooting and mistake-avoiding feature called <i>Don't Let This Happen to You.</i> Attractive line illustrations and a handy index help make this book a godsend for hungry college kids. Makes a good high school graduation gift! | *$9.02 |
 | Food Drying with an Attitude: A Fun and Fabulous Guide to Creating Snacks, Meals, and Crafts
Brand: Skyhorse Publishing
<B>"What a glorious book! This is now essential reading for our entire culinary team at Charlie Trotter's restaurant."—Charlie Trotter</B><BR><BR>This ultimate food drying resource has something for everyone: vegetarians, natural and raw food enthusiasts, hunters, fishermen, gourmet cooks, gardeners, farmers, hikers, and even fast food junkies. With more than thirty years of food drying experience, Mary T. Bell offers straightforward and practical instructions for drying everything from yogurt to sauerkraut to blue cheese, without ignoring traditional favorites such as jerky, mushrooms, and bananas. Throughout, Bell offers nutritional tips and highlights the time-, space-, and money-saving benefits of food dehydrating. Also included are descriptions of how various food dehydrators work to give readers a better understanding of the tools of the craft. <I>Food Drying with Attitude</I> gives readers the recipes, instructions, and inspiration they need to get the most out of their home food dehydrators. 100 color photographs. | *$9.01 |
 | The Elements of Cooking: Translating the Chef's Craft for Every Kitchen
Brand: Scribner
Modeled on Strunk and White's The Elements of Style, The Element of Cooking is an opinionated reference work destined to stand alongside the shelf among the great works of the kitchen: On Food and Cooking by Harold McGee, Escoffier, The Joy of Cooking and the CIA's The Professsional Chef. Unlike those monoliths of the kitchen, this book is slim, clear and very to the point: here are the things you need to know how to do, here are the words you need to speak the langauage of food, and, most importanly, here are the ways you need to think about an approach food, the absolute essentials that every, not only good but great, cook knows.<br><br>Just as Strunk and White sits on the desk of every student and professional who has to write a sentence, The Elements of Cooking is destined to be the go-to book for any amatuer or professional cook. It defines terms, offers the basic ratios of important preparations (sauces, cakes, etc.) so that you will never need a recipe again and provides countless, simple chef's "secrets" that every home cook should know.<br><br>In eight introductory essays, Ruhlman has pared down the essentials of great cooking: understanding how to salt food; making stock; making sauces; using heat properly; working with eggs; having the right tools (there are only 5 essentials); what to read and use as a resource; and lastly, and most importantly, the use of finesse, that extra attention to detail that turns food glorious. <br><br>Simply written, this is a book that can be read in an afternoon and it's lessons be practiced for a lifetime. | *$9.00 |
 | Williams-Sonoma Collection: Ice Cream (Williams-Sonoma Collection (New York, N.Y.).)
Brand: Free Press
<P> Vanilla, strawberry, chocolate, coffee: Everyone has a favorite flavor of ice cream. As a simple treat on a hot summer afternoon or an elegant finish to a special meal, ice cream is a versatile dessert that is delightfully easy to make at home. <P> Williams-Sonoma Collection <I>Ice Cream</I> offers more than 40 recipes for rich ice creams, tangy sorbets, and flavorful granitas. When delicious combinations of ingredients -- fresh cream, fruit at its peak of ripeness, fine-quality chocolate -- are combined and frozen in an ice-cream maker, the results are always sublime. From the crunch of ice creams made with candy, cookies, or nuts to those as smooth as caramel, there are plenty of irresistible choices inside these pages. In addition, an entire chapter devoted to more elaborate ice cream dishes will inspire you to use your favorite flavors to make impressive frozen desserts. <P> Tempting, full-color photographs of each ice cream make it easy to decide which one to prepare, and photographic side notes highlight essential ingredients and techniques, making <I>Ice Cream</I> more than just a fine collection of recipes. A comprehensive basics section and a detailed glossary will also provide you with everything you need to know to make delicious homemade ice cream your new favorite dessert. <P> From a scoop of creamy, old-fashioned ice cream to a dish of sweet sorbet or a spoonful of rich gelato -- iced desserts are a refreshing way to enjoy an infinite array of wonderful, sweet flavors. <P> Williams-Sonoma Collection <I>Ice Cream</I> offers more than 40 easy-to-follow recipes that allow you to make all-time favorites as well as delicious new flavors. Whether you crave an irresistibly rich chocolate-hazelnut gelato, a light and tangy lemon sorbet, or the best vanilla ice cream you have ever tasted, the recipes inside will inspire you to serve ice cream for any occasion. This vividly photographed, full-color recipe collection promises to become an essential addition to your kitchen bookshelf. <P> <I>"Once you have sampled the flavors inside, you will realize that homemade ice cream is simply the best there is!"</I> | *$9.00 |
 | Taste of Home: Cake Mix Creations: 216 Easy Desserts that Start with a Mix
Brand: Readers Digest
Save time, money, and your sanity with the 216 easy-to-make recipes that taste as good as baked goods made from scratch—just ask the folks who submitted the recipes and the home economists at <I>Taste of Home</I> magazine. Each recipe includes a full-color photo so your dessert selection will be easy-as-pie as you see just how impressive a no-fuss dessert can be. <B>In addition to effortless cakes, there are incredible cookies, easy scones, simple biscotti, and yummy coffee cakes</B>— each starting with a store-bought mix, but end up with a professional bakery look with a homemade taste.<BR><BR> Try this sweet-tooth-pleasing baking book and amaze your family with:<BR> A Cookies-and-Cream Cake made with everyone’s favorite Oreo cookies<BR> A fruity Apricot Layer Cake that will surprise everyone when they learn that it starts with a white cake mix<BR> Butterscotch Pecan Cookies that will be ready in just 30 minutes<BR> Sweet Jack-o’-Lanterns cupcakes for Halloween<BR> Plus, Lighter than air Angle Food Cakes, classic Bundt Cakes, old-fashioned Rhubarb Custard Cake, Raspberry Lemon Torte, trifles, cobblers, and ice specialties, and more.<BR><BR> Whipping up a luscious dessert will be snap for anyone with little or no baking skills when you start with a boxed cake mix. This creative cookbook will add a wealth of ideas for even the most experienced baker, and will turn your kitchen into a first class bakery.<BR><BR> | *$9.00 |
 | The Comfort Table
Brand: Simon Spotlight Entertainment
Nothing is more comforting than a home-cooked meal. And the best home cooking starts with fresh ingredients found close to home with foods that are local, seasonal, and organic. Raised in her grandmother's Southern kitchen, Katie Lee Joel comes from a "family of great cooks and big eaters." And she knows exactly what appeals to the home cook: recipes that are delicious, easy to follow, quick to prepare, and made with readily available seasonal ingredients.<P>In <I>The Comfort Table</i>, Katie dips into her archive of family recipes and updates all the classics from her childhood growing up in West Virginia, and also creates some inventive new favorites. This mouthwatering assortment of more than 125 recipes includes Southern staples like Fried Green Tomatoes, Chicken and Dumplings, Peach Cobbler, Meatloaf, and the quintessential Pulled Pork BBQ, which stand alongside contemporary classics like Roasted Carrot and Ginger Soup, Citrus-Tarragon Mahi-Mahi, and Dijon and Pistachio-Crusted Rack of Lamb.<P>But <I>The Comfort Table</i> is about more than just good old-fashioned home cooking. It's about sharing delicious, healthful meals -- made with love -- for friends and family. Katie's rich assortment of recipes for starters, salads, soups, entrees, side dishes, breads, breakfast, desserts, and drinks, is accompanied by entertaining tips and anecdotes to delight the modern foodie. <I>The Comfort Table</i> is a comprehensive, unpretentious, refreshingly accessible guide to creating unforgettable meals for occasions big and small. | *$9.00 |
 | Better Than Peanut Butter & Jelly: Quick Vegetarian Meals Your Kids Will Love! Revised Edition
Brand: McBooks Press
<div>This new revised edition of the trusted guide to vegetarian family cooking is better than ever with recipes for quick, healthy, tasty, kid-tested meals—many of them totally new for this edition. The vegan information has been expanded, too, with plenty of helpful tips on incorporating vegan choices into a diet. This is one recipe book that belongs in every earth-friendly kitchen.</div> | *$9.00 |
 | Small Bites
Brand: DK Publishing Part Number: 13477
Celebrating the delights of tapas, sushi, dim sum, antipasti, and many other finger foods from around the world, this no-fuss cookbook is packed with ideas for small, healthy, and delectable dishes that are perfect for chic but informal meals, snacks, picnics, or eating on the go. | *$9.00 |
 | California Wine For Dummies (For Dummies (Cooking))
Brand: For Dummies
<p>Discover the nuances of California wines and increase your drinking pleasure</p> <p>Want to be a California wine connoisseur? This friendly guide gives you the knowledge you need to appreciate these fine wines, showing you how to taste them, select a good bottle, pair wine with food, and much more. You'll see why certain wine regions are renowned and how to further enrich your wine-drinking experience. <p><ul> <li>California wine 101 — understand the range of California wines, what makes them unique, and what a varietal wine is</li> <li><p>Review the regions — explore the major wine regions of California and what makes each one special, from the soil to the climate </li> <li><p>Open the bottle — become fluent in the Big Six: Chardonnay, Sauvignon Blanc, Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Pinot Noir, and Zinfandel</li> <li><p>Go beyond the basics — appreciate Pinot Grigio, Viognier, Syrah, sparkling wines, and more</li> <li><p>Round out your wine experience — pair and share wines, learn about the proper glassware and serving temperatures, and prepare for a winery visit</li> </ul> <p>Open the book and find: <p><ul> <li>An overview of California wine today</li> <li><p>Wine recommendations for all budgets </li> <li><p>Explanations of wine label language</li> <li><p>A map of wine regions</li> <li><p>Tips for aging and collecting California wines </li> <li><p>Winery tasting etiquette</li> <li><p>The ins and outs of recent vintages</li> <li><p>Top wine country travel destinations</li> </ul> | *$9.00 |
 | Food Made Fast: Weeknight (Williams-Sonoma)
Brand: Oxmoor House
Designed for the busy home cook, Food Made Fast is the latest collectible series from Williams-Sonoma. Using a straightforward approach to everyday cooking, Food Made Fast is about delicious food, simply prepared, with easy-to-follow recipes and tips. Each book emphasizes keeping a well-stocked pantry, planning ahead, and using fresh ingredients as the keys to cooking delicious meals with a minimum of time and effort. Dedicated to a single subject - from Soup to Pasta to Weeknight - each volume makes it simple to plan, cook, and enjoy great-tasting food throughout the week. The recipes are both simple and inspired, making quick cooking a truly satisfying experience. | *$9.00 |
 | Pillsbury Fast & Healthy Cookbook: Delicious family meals in 30 minutes or less
Brand: Wiley
<p>140 fast, tasty ways to feed your family right!</p> <p>Serving healthy, satisfying meals can be a challenge—especially when there's so little time to cook. Let Pillsbury come to the rescue! The flavorful recipes inside are higher in fiber and other nutrients than most recipes, yet lower in fat and calories. They're also fast—all can be prepared in 30 minutes or less, with a whole chapter of recipes ready in just 20 minutes. <p>So take your pick—whether you want a satisfying casserole, a quick snack, burgers hot off the grill or a luscious dessert, you're sure to find a dish that meets your needs. Complete with 50 beautiful color photographs and lots of healthy living tips, Pillsbury Fast & Healthy Cookbook is just what you need to serve your family delicious, nutritious meals—without spending hours in the kitchen. <p>Fix quick and healthy dishes like these! <ul> <li><p>Crispy Shrimp Tarts</li> <li><p>Barbecued Pork Fajitas</li> <li><p>Lemon-Basil Skillet Chicken with Rice</li> <li><p>Rush-Hour Chili</li> <li><p>Vermicelli with Fresh Herb-Tomato Sauce</li> <li><p>Spicy Chinese Chicken Tacos</li> <li><p>Foot-Long Pizza</li> <li><p>Layered Piña Colada Chicken Salad</li> <li><p>Grilled Blue Cheese Steak</li> <li><p>Halibut with Chipotle Butter</li> <li><p>Orzo-Barley Pilaf</li> <li><p>Lemon Mini Tarts</li> <li><p>Chocolate Espresso Mousse</li> </ul> | *$9.00 |
 | Hoppin' John's Lowcountry Cooking
Brand: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
At rural oyster roasts and barbecues, in fancy Charleston restaurants and renovated townhouses, and on the pages of national magazines, the luxuriant cooking of the Carolina coast, known as the Lowcountry, has made a dramatic reappearance. This is the book that launched the culinary revival. John Martin Taylor, who grew up casting shrimp nets off Hilton Head Island, has collected a wealth of traditional and contemporary recipes that represent the region's best, from She-Crab Soup and Sweet Potato Pie to Shrimp and Grits and Sweet Watermelon Pickles. The result is a lyrical American cookbook and a travelogue to a unique way of life. | *$9.00 |
 | Eating Alive: Prevention Thru Good Digestion
Brand: Vision Press (Canada)
Provides practical information on how to improve health and prevent diseases through good digestion. | *$9.00 |
 | The Big Book of Juices and Smoothies: 365 Natural Blends for Health and Vitality Every Day
Brand: Thorsons
A collection of 365 juice and smoothie blends, this book gives readers all the nutrients they need for health. | *$89.99 |
 | San Francisco A La Carte
Brand: Broadway
From the city generally considered to be on the cutting edge of California's universally recognized culinary inventiveness, here is an overstuffed recipe collection offering a gastronomical tour of the Golden Gate City's picturesque neighborhoods. More than 500 recipes reflect the city's ethnic and social diversity. | *$80.20 |
 | The Complete Vegan Kitchen: An Introduction to Vegan Cooking with More than 300 Delicious Recipes-from Easy to Elegant
Brand: Thomas Nelson
<p>A vegan diet-one without any animal products-is unusually healthy because it is high in fiber, low in saturated fat, and very nutritious. Nine-time Olympic gold medal winner Carl Lewis says, "My best year of track competition was the first year I ate a vegan diet. . . . My weight is under control, I like the way I look, I enjoy eating more, and I feel great."</p> <p><i>The Complete Vegan Kitchen</i> is "one of the best vegan cookbooks I have read," said famousveggie.com. For the person just beginning to chose meatless meals, it provides information on choosing a vegan diet, nutritional information, and recipes with familiar foods and techniques. "The powerful nutrition information in the first forty pages is worth the price of the book!" says Dr. Neal D. Barnard. However, for the person more experienced with a plant-based, diet, it provides recipes that will broaden their culinary horizon.</p> | *$8.99 |
 | Bacon: A Love Story: A Salty Survey of Everybody's Favorite Meat
Brand: William Morrow
<p> It's salty, smoky, and sweet. It's experiencing a culinary renaissance. It can make almost any dish better. It's bacon, and it's the best meat ever. And now, here's the book that celebrates that deliciously sinful strip of cured pork belly. </p> <p> In Bacon: A Love Story, popular bacon blogger Heather Lauer serves up a piping hot dish of fun and facts with this definitive love letter to what she calls meat candy. Heather explores the ins and outs of how bacon finds its way to your skillet and what to do with it when it gets there. </p> <p> <i>Bacon: A Love Story</i> features: </p> <ul> <p> <li>Makin' Bacon: a tour of country-style bacon outfits and their time-honored methods and traditions. Hankering for some pepper, cinnamon, honey, jalapeño, or vanilla bourbon-flavored bacon? They've got it! There are also tips for making your own signature cure.</li> </p> <p> <li>"Bacon Nation": profiles of bacon-loving chefs across the country who incorporate the meat into their menus in increasingly innovative ways.</li> </p> <p> <li>There's Bacon in This?: Heather dishes out more than twenty delicious recipes for tons of bacon goodies like Bacon-Wrapped Tator Tots, BLT with caramelized bacon, Jalapeño-Bacon Pizza, and a few surprises like Bacon Bloody Marys and Bacon Brownies.</li> </p> <p> <li>Bacon 411: an extensive resource section on all things bacon.</li> </p> </ul> <p> Written in a witty, engaging style and brimming with Lauer's infectious passion for the Best Meat Ever, <i>Bacon: A Love Story</i> is a must-read for anyone who loves bacon or is passionate about food. </p> | *$8.99 |
 | Wheat-Free, Gluten-Free Cookbook for Kids and Busy Adults
Brand: McGraw-Hill
One out of every 133 people in the United States has celiac disease. And countless others are giving up wheat for general health concerns. These books provide taste-tested recipes for delicious meals and desserts that are all wheat-and gluten-free. | *$8.99 |
 | Just Jerky : The Complete Guide to Making It
Brand: Dry Store Publishing Company, the
Here's the do-it-yourself guide to making your own jerky in an oven, smoker, or food dehydrator with strips or ground beef, venison, poultry, fish and even soy protein. | *$8.99 |
 | Lick It! Creamy Dreamy Vegan Ice Creams Your Mouth Will Love
Brand: Book Publishing Company
Ice cream is universally loved and is at its very best fresh out of the ice cream machine. Homemade ice cream is actually easy to make, and can be made with a variety of nondairy milks perfect for those with dairy or soy allergies. Whether you avoid dairy products for health or ethical reasons, or to protect the environment, these frozen treats will rival any store bought gourmet ice cream. <P>Lick It! elevates vegan ice cream to its creamy, dreamy best. Readers will find well-loved, traditional flavors plus a tempting variety of exotic and gourmet tastes made with herbs, spices, and liqueurs. And you can adjust the flavors and sweetness to your liking, using the choicest natural ingredients. From scooped ice cream, sundaes, sherbets, and sorbets to ice cream sandwiches, shakes and floats, you'll find all your ice cream parlor favorites complete with toppings and sauces! So swirl it, savor it, lick it! It s never been yummier. | *$8.99 |
 | More Great Good Dairy-Free Desserts Naturally
Brand: Book Publishing Company
Desserts are celebratory and provide an emotional as well as physical satisfaction. This collection of recipes for sin- sational sweets can be enjoyed without the guilt. They're all rich in wholesome, minimally processed ingredients and free of chemical additives and superflous fat. <P>Even if you're a novice baker, you'll be able to make rich, moist cakes, delightful cookies, and flaky pie crust--all cholesterol free. Designed as a complete course in dairy- and egg-free baking, readers can still go directly to any recipe; each one is detailed and complete. You'll learn all the tricks of the trade for making and baking : gels, creams, mousses, puddings, and sauces, cookies, bars, little bites, cobblers, crisps, biscuits, muffins, cakes (basic to elaborate), pies and tarts as well as fillings, frostings, glazes, and frozen desserts. <P>Dessert lovers everywhere will be delighted with these sumptuous treats and now those who are lactose intolerant, watching their cholesterol, or simply health conscious can have their cake and eat it too. | *$8.99 |
 | Tassajara Cookbook
Brand: Gibbs Smith
Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, the legendary Buddhist monastery set deep in California's Ventana Wilderness, is famous for its healthy gourmet vegetarian cuisine. Guests are known to rave about one particular Tassajara tradition: the bag lunch. Tassajara Cookbook shares these never-before-published recipes for savory sandwich spreads, pâtés and loaves, egg and tofu sandwich fillings, salads, chutneys, sauces, marinades, and butters, as well as recipes for baked goods and sweet treats. <br> | *$8.99 |
 | Nancy Silverton's Breads from the La Brea Bakery: Recipes for the Connoisseur
Brand: Villard
The owner and chef of L.A.'s famous and successful La Brea Bakery reveals her magical recipes, adapted for home bakers. Before the baking even begins, Silverton takes the reader through the wonder of bread alchemy, then introduces readers to a wide range of recipes which range from the whimsical to the sublime. 25 photos. | *$8.99 |
 | Get Smokin': 190 Award-Winning Smoker Oven Recipes
Brand: Running Press | *$8.99 |
 | Nancy Silverton's Sandwich Book: The Best Sandwiches Ever--from Thursday Nights at Campanile
Brand: Knopf
When Nancy Silverton began serving sandwiches one night a week at Campanile, her and husband Mark Peel’s award-winning restaurant, she envisioned a laid-back and intimate evening when she’d be able to relax, chat with customers, and have some fun devising new and creative recipes. Well, she hasn’t had much time to relax: Sandwich Night became one of Campanile’s busiest nights, a vastly popular weekly tradition in Los Angeles and the place to be on Thursdays. And since then, sandwiches have become the latest craze to hit the American food scene.<br><br>The reason for Sandwich Night’s success is easy to understand: the sandwiches are incredible. They’re gourmet meals that happen to sit on bread, the furthest thing away from the boring old sandwiches that we usually content ourselves with. Instead of PB&J or tuna salad, how about Braised Artichokes, Ricotta, and Mint Pesto with Pine-Nut Currant Relish? Or Eggplant, Seared Tuna, and Anchoïade? Or even Bacon, Avocado, and Watercress? These open-faced sandwiches are innovative dishes that taste wonderful, look beautiful, and are perfect for entertaining.<br><br>The closed-faced sandwiches are delicious new takes on well-loved standards like the Croque Monsieur, the Monte Cristo, the Reuben, and, of course, everyone’s favorite, the Classic Grilled Cheese. Also included are Nancy’s creative sort-of sandwiches—Fondue the Swiss Way, Snackbreads, and Skewered Mozzarella—and tea sandwiches, wonderful creations that will banish memories of limp watercress and insipid egg salad forever. As if this isn’t enough, there are the mouthwatering sandwich cakes and cookies, like the Open-Faced Berry Brioche Sandwich, Chocolate Cake Club Sandwich, and Almost Oreos.<br><br>There are recipes for some truly addictive bar snacks, like Cheese Fritters and Candied Spicy Walnuts, to serve before the meal. And there are also recipes for tantalizing spreads and condiments that go well beyond the ordinary. Finally, for the cook who wants to make everything from scratch, Nancy has included recipes for different breads, from Brioche to Hot Dog Buns, based on those from her world-famous La Brea Bakery.<br><br>Written in Nancy’s charming, down-to-earth style, these recipes are versatile and easy to follow. As good to look at as they are to eat, these sandwiches offer a new, creative solution to entertaining and will be a valuable addition to the home cook’s repertoire. The result: Sandwich Night is sure to be a hit in your home, too.<br><br><br><i>From the Hardcover edition.</i> | *$8.99 |
 | The Low-Carb Barbecue Book: Over 200 Recipes for the Grill and Picnic Table
Brand: Fair Winds Press
Everyone is eating low-carb these days, and grilling is an easy way to make your protein-focused meals delicious. The problem is that most marinades and sauces are full of sugar. <P>Dana Carpender comes to the rescue with over 200 low-carb recipes perfect for backyard picnics and barbecues, from meats and side dishes to cocktails and desserts. <P>This book also features all-new recipes for condiments, sauces, and marinades that can replace the sugar-laden store-bought varieties and allow the low-carber to enjoy previously forbidden foods. | *$8.99 |
 | Alkaline Foods Cookbook
Brand: Jazzy Kitty Greetings Marketing & Publis
If God didn't make it, don't take it. Don't take it, if God didn't make it! Dr. Sebi Keith Exum explains in detail in this book why it is important to Stay Alkaline. Keith explains in his preface he was like most people when finding out about alkalinity, he wanted to know, what could he eat and how do he prepare it? Well that is one of the reasons for this amazing book. Alkaline Foods Cookbook. Keith has been a herbalist and chef for over twenty-five years and in this book he gives you the best in vegetarian cuisines, soups, salads, desserts and more using only non-hybrid and alkaline foods. Finally a book that gives you the alkaline food list, how to prepare and cook them, so you can remain healthy, energized and vitalized. | *$8.99 |
 | The Border Cookbook : Authentic Home Cooking of the American Southwest and Northern Mexico
Brand: Harvard Common Press
Over 300 recipes explore the common elements and regional differences of border cooking. | *$8.99 |
 | Breakfast (Williams-Sonoma Collection N.Y.)
Brand: Free Press
<P> Buttermilk waffles drizzled with melted butter and maple syrup, a warm omelet filled with melted cheese and seasonal vegetables, or a helping of perfectly crisp hash browns. These classic breakfast dishes are always delicious and provide plenty of energy for the day ahead. <P> <I>Williams-Sonoma Collection Breakfast</I> offers more than 40 recipes, ranging from old favorites to fresh new ideas. Whether you are looking for a dish to prepare in advance and eat on a busy weekday, such as almond-currant scones or homemade granola, or a special treat to enjoy on a more leisurely weekend morning, such as blueberry pancakes or a savory frittata, this book has recipes to suit all tastes. And for special brunch gatherings, an entire chapter of original recipes -- including sweet cherry and cheese blintzes as well as a hearty wild mushroom quiche -- will help you plan an irresistible menu to share with family and friends. <P> Vivid, full-color photos make it simple to choose which dishes to prepare, and photographic side notes give insight into the many ingredients and techniques used throughout the book, making <I>Breakfast</I> much more than just a fine collection of recipes. In addition, an informative basics section and glossary provide you with all you need to know to prepare the first -- and most important -- meal of the day. <P> Eating a satisfying, well-balanced breakfast is undoubtedly the best way to begin any morning. Classic dishes such as omelets, buttermilk waffles, or old-fashioned oatmeal not only are delicious, but also give us the energy we need to make the most of the day. <P> <I>Williams-Sonoma Collection Breakfast</I> offers more than 40 easy-to-follow recipes, including enduring favorites and inspiring new ideas. In these pages, you will find simple breakfasts ideal for busy weekday mornings as well as more elaborate dishes perfect for brunch entertaining. This beautifully photographed recipe collection is sure to become an essential addition to your kitchen bookshelf. | *$8.99 |
 | Fish Grilled & Smoked: 150 Recipes for Cooking Rich, Flavorful Fish on the Backyard Grill, Streamside, or in a Home Smoker
Brand: Storey Publishing, LLC
There are at least 20,000 species of fish in the oceans, rivers, and streams of the world. In Fish Grilled & Smoked, master fisherman and chef John Manikowski teaches seafood lovers 150 succulent ways to cook just about anything that swims.<br><br> If this book were only a cookbook, it would be a valuable addition to any kitchen library. But Manikowski has nudged Fish Grilled & Smoked into the realm of the truly unique by providing step-by-step instructions for rigging a smoker streamside, operating a smoker at home, and even building a full-size backyard smokehouse. Manikowski then lists which species of fish are best for smoking: bluefish, yellowtail, whitefish, chub, herring, and lake trout.<br><br> As an avid outdoorsman and seafood aficionado, Manikowski is always inventing new and flavorful ways to prepare fish. This cookbook includes his innovative "soft smoke" method, suitable for any outdoor grill, which uses dried corn to give the fish a sweet flavor. Seafood lovers will also savor the wild cuisine recipes Manikowski developed in the woods: Striped Bass with Cattail Shoots and Morels, Grilled Butterflied Trout, and Grilled Small-mouth Bass Wrapped in Corn Husks. Plus, Manikowski supplies recipes for fish-friendly condiments, sauces, salsas, side dishes, and desserts--he even suggests which type of wine and beer goes best with his dishes.<br><br> Not only does fish make a delicious meal, it makes a healthy meal. The American Heart Association says two servings of seafood per week can help reduce the risk of heart disease. Healthy food has never been richer or more flavorful than this! | *$8.99 |
 | The Tagine Deck: 25 Recipes for Slow-Cooked Meals (Recipe Card)
Brand: Chronicle Books
Get ready to experience a tantalizing side of slow cooking with this one-stop guide to the delicious world of tagines. Named for the traditional Moroccan cooking vessel these mouthwatering meals are simmered to perfection ensuring every bite is infused with the maximum amount of flavor. Including traditional recipes such as Chicken with Pomegranate and Walnuts and Fish with Chickpeas and Peppers this deck also features modern classics that show the versatility of the tagine—such as Catalan Beef Ragout and Ossobuco alla Milanese. And with professional tips and tricks throughout this deck makes it easy for anyone to master the fine art of tagine cooking. | *$8.99 |
 | Jacques Pepin's Simple and Healthy Cooking
Brand: Rodale Books
America's master of delicious cooking brings you over 200 of the tastiest, healthiest recipes ever created.<br> | *$8.99 |
 | Eat This Book: Cooking with Global Fresh Flavors
Brand: Clarkson Potter
While traveling the globe as the host of Food Network’s hit TV shows <i>Tyler’s Ultimate</i> and <i>Food 911</i>, Tyler Florence developed a unique perspective on how Americans like to eat and cook today—and on how to help them with their daily cooking challenges. In<i> Eat This Book</i>, Tyler draws inspiration from kitchens around the world to enliven America’s favorite foods in more than 150 new real kitchen recipes for everyday occasions. <br><br>Now you can wake up tired weeknight chicken with the zing of North African spices. Turn Sunday’s same old spaghetti dinner into an authentic Italian abbondanza with Pappardelle Bolognese and Veal Saltimbocca alla Romana. Hit a home run on game day with Fresh Tortilla Chips, Guacamole, and Farmstand Salsa. Each recipe zeroes in on the bright notes of fresh, global fare and a handful of readily available ingredients that engage the senses and spark the palate, and all are as easy to prepare as they are flavorful.<br><br>From the simple pleasures of midnight fridge raids to the exotic and sophisticated, <i>Eat This Book</i> satisfies an array of hunger pangs in chapters that truly speak to the way we eat today: <br><br><i>Eating</i> introduces pantry basics with a twist, like Lemon-Caper Mayonnaise and Ginger-Soy Vinaigrette; <br><br><i>Devouring</i> presents snacks and cocktail bites such as Toasted Almonds in Chile Oil and Sautéed Feta Cheese;<br><br><i>Noshing</i> offers crowd-pleasing fare for impromptu gatherings like Cold Sesame Noodles and Grilled Pizza with Mozzarella di Bufala; <br><br><i>Consuming</i> lays out easy dishes for weeknight suppers, including Roasted Chicken Stuffed with Lemon and Herbs and Pan-Seared Tuna with Avocado; <br><br><i>Tasting</i> harvests ideas from the summer garden such as Spanish Gazpacho and Roasted Corn with Parmesan and Cayenne; <br><br><i>Savoring</i> serves up hot pots for cold nights, like Braised Brisket and Buttery Turnips; and <br><br><i>Licking</i> the plate clean showcases irresistible desserts, including Peach and Blueberry Crostata and Chocolate Tart.<br><br>Packed with the excitement of a culinary wanderlust fulfilled and all the comforts of coming home again,<i> Eat This Book</i> proves there’s really no reason to eat out when the food from your own kitchen can be so delicious. | *$8.99 |
 | The Oil Protein Diet Cookbook
Brand: Apple Pub Co Ltd | *$8.98 |
 | Hungry Girl: The Official Survival Guides
Brand: Macmillan Audio
<DIV><DIV><DIV><DIV><P>Based on one of the most wildly popular, fastest-growing free daily e-mail subscription services, this Hungry Girl original audiobook is filled with survival strategies for anyone who wants to make guilt-free eating choices, anywhere, anytime. Learn how to “chew the right thing” from any and every restaurant menu, on airplanes and even from the hotel mini bar. Get the 411 on guilt-free cocktails and hors d’oeuvres, successful snacking at the office, and how to survive salad bars and brunch buffets. HUNGRY GIRL: THE OFFICIAL SURVIVAL GUIDES is brimming with tips and tricks for making smarter food choices no matter where you are. Told with Hungry Girl’s inimitable wit and sassy style, HUNGRY GIRL: THE OFFICIAL SURVIVAL GUIDES will help you tackle any and every food challenge. No problem.</P></DIV> | *$8.98 |
 | Preggatinis: Mixology for the Mom-to-be
Brand: GPP Life
Within these pages are 75 original Preggatini recipes highlighting fresh juices, herbs, and garnishes as well as ideas for Preggatini Parties - a modern spin on the humdrum baby shower. Organized by pregnancy stages and symptoms, this lavishly illustrated, pocket-sized, virtually intoxicating guide also offers quotes from famous mums about pregnancy and health and such options as 'De-virginize for Dad' - making these drinks applicable to all. This includes a recipe exclusively provided by Celebrity Chef Michel Richard, recipient of the 2007 Outstanding Chef James Beard award, author of "Happy in the Kitchen", and owner of the legendary Citronelle restaurant in Washington, DC. | *$8.98 |
 | Passionate Vegetarian
Brand: Workman Publishing Company
Introducing a new voice in vegetarian cooking. Packed with 1,000 recipes that are seductive, sexy, and utterly delicious, CRESCENT DRAGONWAGON'S PASSIONATE VEGETARIAN covers all the bases of meatless cooking, from east (Stir Fry of Asparagus with Black Bean-Ginger Sauce), west (Talk of the Town Barbecued Tofu), from the Mediterranean (Swiss Chard with Raisins, Onions & Olives) to the American South (Black-Eyed Pea Ragoût). You'll find lush lasagnas; plump pierogies; bountiful burgers, beans, and breads; pleasing pasta and pies. You'll spoon up soups and stews, and delight in desserts from simple to swoonworthy. <P>Written by longtime vegetarian Crescent Dragonwagon, author of Dairy Hollow House Soup & Bread Cookbook, PASSIONATE VEGETARIAN employs innovative methods (try "Ri-sort-ofs," in which risotto technique is used to create splendid, richly flavored grain dishes built around not just rice but also barley, buckwheat, spelt, and even toasted oats with an array of seasonings) and introduces lesser-known ingredients (get to know and love not just tofu and tempeh but a whole new generation of soyfoods, as well as "Quick Fixes" like instant bean flakes). Opinionated, passionate, and deeply personal, Ms. Dragonwagon's tantalizing headnotes will have readers rushing to the kitchen to start cooking. (Can her over-the-top Garlic Spaghetti really be that good? It is.) <P>Whether you're a committed vegetarian, a dedicated vegan (most recipes offer low-fat and vegan options), or a food-loving omnivore in search of something new and wonderful, this is not just vegetarian cooking-but cooking, period-at its most creative, inspiring, and exuberant. | *$8.98 |
 | Magic Beans: 150 Delicious Recipes Featuring Nature's Low-Fat Nutrient-Rich, Disease-Fighting Powerhouse
Brand: Wiley
This collection of 150 recipes using more than 20 types of beans and lentils maximizes the health benefits while offering creative and sumptuous dishes even the toughest bean skeptics will enjoy. | *$8.98 |
 | At Your Service: A Hands-On Guide to the Professional Dining Room
Brand: Wiley
"The nation's most influential training school for professional cooks."<br> –<i>Time</i> magazine <p> <b>The essential guide to the exemplary service and hospitality that build customer loyalty...and restaurant reputations</b> <p> In today's competitive restaurant environment, culinary excellence is not enough. Dining establishments must offer the kind of service that sets them apart. From the renowned Culinary Institute of America, <i>At Your Service</i> is the comprehensive, contemporary guide to help professionals learn the ins and outs of running a successful front-of-the-house operation: taking reservations and greeting guests, basic service, table-side service, beverage service, and money handling. <p> The book includes: <ul> <li>Guidelines to enhance service in a variety of settings, from formal French establishments to casual American restaurants <li>Sidebars and real-life anecdotes from industry professionals to reinforce the principles of good service <li>Effective ways to address staffing challenges Ideas to enhance the relationship between the front and back of the house <li>Sixty-four photographs of dining room service and techniques </ul> Founded in 1946, THE CULINARY INSTITUTE OF AMERICA is an independent, not-for-profit college offering bachelor's and associate degrees in culinary arts and baking and pastry arts. Courses for foodservice professionals are offered at the college's main campus in Hyde Park, New York, and at its additional campus for continuing education, The Culinary Institute of America at Greystone, in St. Helena, California. | *$8.98 |
 | Olive Oil: From Tree to Table
Brand: Chronicle Books
In this photographic journey through the world's olive groves, acclaimed food writer Peggy Knickerbocker and photographer Laurie Smith trace the origins of the oil of the gods. Traveling to the orchards of Greece, Spain, Italy, North Africa, and California, they explore the process of harvesting the fruit and extracting its essence. Readers will savor the exquisite results through recipes that range from toast with tapenade to a lavish feast fit for kings. A culinary adventure complete with photographs and dozens of spectacular recipes, this new edition of the best-selling <i>Olive Oil: From Tree to Table</i> is a graceful and inspirational homage to a divine elixir. | *$8.98 |
 | Vegetables
Brand: Lebhar-Friedman Books
Vegetables is complete with over 150 recipes for soups, appetizers, salads, entrees, side dishes, and a chapter devoted to sauces and relishes made from vegetables or perfect to serve with vegetables. Accompanied by 75 full-color photos, you'll be eager to try vegetables that are new to you, or try a familiar vegetable in a new way. | *$8.98 |
 | Original Thai Cookbook
Brand: Perigee Trade | *$8.98 |
 | A Man, a Can, a Plan: 50 Tasty Meals You Can Nuke in No Time
Brand: Rodale Books
A Man, A Can, A Plan, inspired by an article in the most popular mens magazine, Mens Health, is a cookbook that presents 60 simple, inexpensive recipes featuring ingredients guys have right in their cupboardscanned food. Great and healthy food can be had for a low price and minimum effort, and A Man, A Can, A Plan lays it all out, in pictorial, easy-to-follow steps, for the culinary-challenged. It features special sections on cooking for her and cooking for the morning after for dudes with a lady on their minds, and its special lay-flat design makes it incredibly practical for countertop use. Author David Joachim received the 1999 James Beard Award for Steven Raichlens Healthy Latin Cooking, so he knows his stuff and makes it accessible to beginners and experienced guys as well. Get your can openers ready to rumble! | *$8.97 |
 | The Moms' Guide to Meal Makeovers: Improving the Way Your Family Eats, One Meal at a Time!
Brand: Broadway
<P>For busy moms, getting dinner on the table night after night can be a challenge. So it’s no surprise that they often rely on fast food, takeout, and convenience meals like macaroni and cheese, chicken nuggets, and fries. The kids love it, but the drawback is that little twinge of guilt moms feel every time they feed their family another marginally healthy meal. At the end of the day, many children end up with a poor diet high in sugar, saturated fat, and calories. . . a major factor in the rising rates of obesity.<br><br>High-profile dietitians Janice Bissex and Liz Weiss show fellow moms a better way. In their book, they offer realistic guidelines designed to give families a healthy meal makeover. The duo’s 5-Step Meal Makeover Plan begins with new advice on how to market good nutrition to kids, establish food rules, and make life easier in the kitchen. Their Best of the Bunch Chapter reveals which brands of kid convenience foods—hot dogs, frozen pizza, and more—are the best- tasting and most nutritious ones out there. They follow up with tips for stocking a healthy pantry, and then serve up 120 recipes for family favorites such as Fast-As-Boxed Macaroni and Cheese, Squishy Squash Lasagna, Cheesy Broccoli Soup, Sweet Potato Fries, and Chocolate Pudding with Toppers. All come complete with nutrition information and have been made over to be faster and more nutritious than the originals. <br><br><i>The Moms’ Guide to Meal Makeovers </i>tackles what’s wrong with today’s all-American diet and offers realistic and delicious ways to improve it.</p> | *$8.97 |
 | Lebanese Cuisine: More than 200 Simple, Delicious, Authentic Recipes
Brand: Running Press
As a young girl, Madelain Farah spent hours watching her mother cook. Capturing her mother's "a pinch of this" technique, she has re-created recipes for everything from Arabic Bread, Lentil Soup, and Eggplant Salad, to Baked Fish with Tahini Sauce, Supreme Lamb Stew with Kibbi, and the classic Cucumber Yogurt Salad. | *$8.97 |
 | Dishing Up Maine: 165 Recipes That Capture Authentic Down East Flavors
Brand: Storey Publishing, LLC
From the Atlantic Ocean to well-tended organic farms, Maine’s landscape offers some of the country’s best raw materials for rustic, hearty cuisine. To the natural bounty, add the independent spirit and quiet humor of the people, and it’s apparent why chefs, farmers, fishermen, and artisans are drawn to the state. Their fierce pride, respect for the land, and lack of pretension are recognizable ingredients in all the food they produce.<br><br> Food writer Brooke Dojny counts herself among those who love the cooking of Maine — the flavors, the oddities, the quirks, the people, the lore, and the language. Join her on a delicious journey through the foodways of one of our most diverse culinary regions, where tried and-true flavors and innovative creations live comfortably together on home dinner plates and restaurant menus.<br><br> In Maine, where the craggy coastline is so much a part of the state’s image, there’s no getting away from seafood. Both shellfish and fin-fish are enjoyed year-round. Lobster stews, salads, and pies; steamed mussels and fried clams; oven-roasted cod and seared halibut are just a few of the traditional fish dishes, so simple to make at home, that are represented here.<br><br> Dojny’s love for the local produce finds its way into warming soups, bright side dishes, and entrées that pair native produce with fish and meats. And yes, Maine’s growing season is short, but the people are resourceful. Pickled and preserved vegetables, along with salted and smoked fish and dried beans nourish throughout the winter months.<br><br> Dojny’s tribute to the food of her adopted home boasts 165 recipes in all, including a few dozen from some of Maine’s most accomplished chefs, and a sweet nod to those famous wild blueberries, in pancakes, muffins, pies, scones, and other baked goods. Local stories and food lore, historical facts and literary quotes, and a traveler’s guide to hidden road food gems make this the ultimate food-lover’s guide to the salty personality of Maine cuisine. | *$8.97 |
 | Cooking for Two: 120 Recipes for Every Day and Those Special Nights
Brand: William Morrow Cookbooks
<p>Tea for two. That's what it's all about, right? So how come every recipe you pick up says "serves 4 to 6"? Or more! What do you do when you want macaroni and cheese, but don't want to be reheating it for three nights? Or a couple of cookies, but don't want to be tempted by two dozen sitting on the counter all week?</p><p>Creative cookbook authors and cooks Bruce Weinstein and Mark Scarbrough have all the answers in Cooking for Two.</p><p>Brimming with 120 smaller-serving, big-taste recipes,Cooking for Two offers cooks familiar favorites such as PastaBolognese, Chicken Pot Pie, and Mushroom Barley Soup, as well as new dishes for today's tastes like Pork Satay Salad and Snapper Fillets Sautéed with Orange and Pecans. </p><p> Simply cutting down larger recipes leads to wasted ingredients. But Bruce and Mark have developed each recipe so you buy only what you need, and use all of what you buy. Instead of opening a can of vegetable stock only to use three tablespoons, use the liquid the dried mushrooms have soaked in. If an onion is too large for a recipe, chop a shallot instead. </p><p>The dessert chapters are filled with cookies, puddings, and cakes, all designed for two servings. Small-batch baking requires strict attention to detail. A regular egg can be too big for a small batch of six cookies, so they suggest quail eggs or the easy-to-find pasteurized egg substitutes, which you can measure out in tablespoons.</p><p>Truly a cookbook for everyday use, each recipe is labeled as quick (ready in minutes with minimal cooking), moderate (requires a bit more preparation or cooking), or leisurely (perfect for quiet celebrations or weekend meals) to help you decide which dish best fits into your day. </p><p>With ingredient and equipment guides, as well as tips on how to stock your pantry to avoid those there's-nothing-in-the-house-so-let's-go -out moments, Cooking for Two will surely become the cookbook you reach for every night of the week.</p><p>It's just two perfect.</p> | *$8.97 |
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