Salads books

Still Going Strong or Antipasto Table

2009-02-23T14:16:00.000-08:00

Still Going Strong: A History of Scotch Whisky Advertising

Author: John Hughes

Johnnie Walker Red Label, Black & White, Bells, J&B, Talisker, Lagavulin--all world famous brands, but what were their origins and what is their history? Whisky, perhaps Scotland's most famous export, has been produced for centuries, but in the nineteenth century, production moved away from small stills to the sorts of mass production we see today. With the growth in larger distilleries, there was a matching growth in whisky branding and advertising. Scotch, whether Malt or blended is now produced by large companies, and the brands are known the world over.

Author Biography: John Hughes was in the enviable position of being marketing director for the Famous Grouse and has been at the forefront of branding and marketing one of Scotland's most famous whiskies. This is his second book on whisky for Tempus Publishing.

Antipasto Table

Author: Michele Scicolon

Walk into any restaurant or trattoria in Italy and you'll be greeted by antipasto tables laden with platters of colorful salads, tender seafood dishes, regional salamis and cheeses, and fresh vegetables prepared in every way imaginable. With this inspiring collection of two hundred versatile, simple-to-prepare recipes, Michele Scicolone recreates these antipasto tables at home. The Antipasto Table includes many traditional favorites passed down by the author's family as well as new interpretations based on her own travels in Italy, and even some antipasti new to this country.

Imagine a table of hot antipasti -- fresh mozzarella rolled in bread crumbs and fried until crisp outside and melted within or grilled calamari with oregano and white wine. Or sample the cold dishes -- Sicilian eggplant salad or trout marinated in olive oil, vinegar, and sage. Bread-based antipasti include taralli, fennel-laced biscuits, perfect with a glass of red wine; and bruschetta, grilled country bread topped with fresh tomatoes and herbs or Gorgonzola and pine nuts.

This marvelous cookbook also features special sections on the art of preparing vegetables and selecting the proper wines to serve with antipasti. The Antipasto Table highlights the foods that make Italian cuisine so wonderfully appealing.

Publishers Weekly

Not to be confused with the ubiquitous Italian-American ``antipasto salad,'' genuine ``antipasti'' are delightful hot or cold hors de'oeuvres--the kind of delicacies perched on the ``antipasto table'' at restaurants and trattorie all over Italy. And although, according to Scicolone ( Fish Steaks and Fillets ) in Italian ``antipasto'' means ``before the meal,'' these ``are not mere appetizers.'' In some Italian restaurants, devouring antipasti is a course-after-course indulgence similar in concept to dining on Spanish tapassic . Recipes here, though admirably detailed with substitutions and well-organized methods, are particularly impressive for their simplicity and ease of preparation. Among them are sauteed peppers with balsamic vinegar, orange, parmesan and walnut salad, and mussels with caper mayonnaise--including a method for cleaning and preparing mussels and clams. Instructions for home-drying a bumper crop of ripened plum tomatoes are here, as well as recipes for such uniquely Italian specialties as crusty, chewy Tuscan bread, crispy semolina focaccia and crunchy Sardinian flat bread. An up-front ``antipasto pantry'' section and menus for combining antipasti make this volume doubly useful. Author tour; HomeStyle Book Club alternate. (June)

Library Journal

Scicolone, a cooking teacher and consultant, offers a large collection of simple but fresh and vibrant recipes, most of which can stand on their own as antipasti or be combined with other dishes as the centerpiece of a light meal. The Bread and Focaccia chapter is especially good; Fava Beans with Prosciutto and Parmesan, Wild Mushroom Corstini, and Smoked Salmon with Fennel are among the tempting dishes in other categories. A good companion to Christopher Styler's similar Primi Piatti ( LJ 3/15/89).

Disccookery or Vegetarian Cook Book

2009-02-22T10:34:00.000-08:00

Disccookery: The Discdrive 20th Anniversary Cookbook

Author: Jurgen Goth

"The most intelligent radio [program] in the country."

- The Globe and Mail

Since its launch in 1985 DiscDrive has become a Canadian institution, with hundreds of thousands of loyal listeners from coast to coast (and even more listening daily across the northern U.S.).

From early on, food became an important ingredient in the DiscDrive mix: after all, Jurgen Gothe was already an award-winning food and wine journalist. Whether improvised on the spot, or based on what Gothe cooked that weekend, his food preparation ideas -- from the ridiculously simple to the ridiculously elaborate -- formed part of the afternoon delights. Listeners clamored for his recipes and the program's website posted selected ones.

In honor of the radio show's upcoming 20th anniversary, Gothe's inventive recipes have been assembled into one delicious volume: DiscCookery.

DiscCookery has more than 120 recipes, most of them from Gothe's own kitchen and some solicited from DiscDrive listeners. Each recipe is not only paired with an appropriate wine but also a suitable music selection.

Selections focus on:

Soups and Salads

Drinks

Pasta, Fish and Seafood

Stews

Chicken and Duck

Meat

Snacks and Sides

Desserts

Extravaganzas (which includes Gothe's True North Chili made with musk ox, wild boar and caribou).

DiscCookery even includes Gothe's legendary Dinner and Ride Home for Cinderella: a stew of beef, peaches, corn, and vegetables, cooked and served in a pumpkin.

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Vegetarian Cook Book: Substitutes for Flesh Foods

Author: E G Fulton

Originally published in 1904, this cookbook provides a fascinating insight into the huge variety of wholesome vegetarian dishes that were available a century ago.

Fulton has treated the subject from the commonly accepted definition of the term vegetarianism, which means to abstain from flesh foods, but allows the use of eggs, milk, and its products. After studying the vegetarian restaurants and the food questions for many years, Fulton has placed before you a book containing instruction in the preparation of wholesome dishes that will build up in place of tearing down the body.

Culinary Taste or Low Carb Diet Book

2009-02-21T06:52:00.000-08:00

Culinary Taste: Consumer Behaviour in the International Restaurant Sector

Author: Donald Sloan

Culinary Taste: Consumer Behaviour in the International Restaurant Sector looks at the factors that influence our culinary tastes and dining behaviour, illustrating how they can translate into successful business in industry.

With a foreword from Prue Leith, restaurateur, author, teacher, and prolific cookery writer and novelist, and a list of well-known and respected international contributors from the UK, France, Australia and Hong Kong, this text discusses the issues involved from a multitude of angles.

• Provides wide-ranging insight into the nature of culinary taste as expressed in commercial restaurant settings
• Evaluates the influence on culinary taste of a variety of factors such as: social class, gender, health awareness, marketing and geography
• Considers the importance of understanding these issues for business management and for success in the hospitality industry today

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Low-Carb Diet Book

Author: Elaine Gardner

Explains what the low-carbohydrate diet is, why it works, the benefits and the things to look out for.

	Introduction	6
	The low-carb approach	8
	Different types of carbohydrate	10
	Good fats and bad fats	12
	Sources of protein	14
	Vitamins, minerals and fluids	16
	Assessing your weight	18
	Problems associated with excess weight	20
	How to start a diet	22
	Shopping	24
	The importance of exercise	26
	Getting support while losing weight	28
	Maintaining a diet plan	30
	Keeping the weight off	32
	Meal planners	34
	The low-carb kitchen	38
	Kitchen basics	40
	Cooking methods	41
	The store cupboard	42
	Fruit	43
	Vegetables	45
	Meat, poultry and game	47
	Fish and shellfish	49
	Vegetable protein	50
	Grains and cereals	52
	Dairy foods and eggs	53
	Fats and oils	54
	Sauces and dressings	55
	Breakfasts	56
	Soups	68
	Appetizers	76
	Main course salads	86
	Meat, poultry and game	96
	Fish and shellfish	110
	Vegetarian dishes	122
	Salads and side dishes	136
	Desserts	148
	Checking carbohydrate content	156
	Index	158

Not Your Mothers Cookbook or The Edible Tao

2009-02-20T03:11:00.000-08:00

Not Your Mother's Cookbook: Unusual Recipes for the Adventurous Cook

Author: John Bear

Tired of the same chicken-pasta-fish routine? Then leaf through these pages of kitchen-tested recipes for inspiration. Using recipes culled from newspaper food editors, invented in a recipe game, and adapted from published cookbooks and Internet sites, the authors offer out-of-the-ordinary dishes that are accessible to an average cook in an ordinary kitchen — dishes that actually work. Though the ingredients may be surprising, as in Green Chile Maple Brittle, or the preparation procedures unorthodox, as in Eggs Cooked for 12 Hours in Turkish Coffee, these dishes can be served — and enjoyed — with pride. Accompanied by illustrations throughout, these surprising recipes inspire cooks to push the boundaries of traditional cuisine.

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The Edible Tao: Munching My Way Toward Enlightenment

Author: Ruth Pennington Paget

My sister worked as a waitress at the Ho-Ho Inn, a Chinese restaurant, on Cass Street in Detroit. She sat a plate of Egg Foo Yung in front of five-year-old me. I had a way with words and quickly renamed this Egg Foo "Yuck." Tears ran down my cheeks as I thought about eating this worm-like mess of food. The Chinese waiter called George came in and looked at me. They took the Egg Foo "Yuck" and threw it in the garbage, then he went to the freezer and got me one of those ice cream treats that Chinese restaurants serve; a coconut flavored outer shell of ice cream surrounding a mango core.

My sister came in and glared at me. George said, "She ate everything, so I gave her an ice cream." I smiled sweetly at George. My love for the Chinese, if not their food, began at that instant.

--The Edible Tao

Flavors of the Mediterranean or Fitness Kitchen

2009-02-18T23:30:00.000-08:00

Flavors of the Mediterranean

Author: Oliver Baussan

Following his internationally best-selling book on olive oil with chef Jacques Chibois, author Olivier Baussan has teamed up with another talented chef, Jean-Marie Meulien, to give readers recipes full of the sunny tastes and aromas of the Mediterranean tradition. The authors first present the ingredients, condiments, and cooking methods common to the Mediterranean region, before laying out 90 recipes to suit every occasion. Through the different chapters--Seasonal Vegetables, Seafood, Market Produce, Meat and Game, and Garden and Orchard Produce--readers are treated to recipes ranging from olive soup with anchovies and three-pepper caviar to roast peaches with basil and lime-blossom juice. The table is set for unforgettable meals.

Publishers Weekly

In this beautifully photographed tour of Mediterranean cuisine, Baussan, author of Olive Oil and owner of l'Occitane, and French chef Meulien present fresh, unique recipes from the region. Their French-infused recipes, accompanied by informative introductions and wine recommendations, can be as simple as Confit of Rabbit Thighs with Fennel and Garlic, which is baked in a clay pot, or Socca with Dried Apricots and Pine Nuts (socca, from Nice, is a thin cake of chickpea flour). Arranged in four chapters-"The Sea," "The Market," "The Wild Harvest," and "The Garden and Orchard"-the book focuses on the freshest of ingredients. Among the 100 color illustrations, photos of fish just caught introduce such recipes as Baked Stuffed Calamari and Ricotta-Filled Sea Bream with Mimosa Sauce. Desserts include Figs in Orange Wine with Verbena Granita, and Blancmage with Baby Chestnuts. Although some ingredients and wines may be difficult to find, home cooks turning the pages of this volume will likely be inspired to make the effort to find them. (June) Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information.

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Fitness Kitchen

Author: Shelly Sinton

The Fitness Kitchen is a cookbook that debunks the hype of the usual weight-loss rhetoric and promotes a balanced and easy-to-maintain approach to cooking and living.

Library Journal

Moderation is key in this beginner's guide to healthy cooking by recipe tester/reviewer Sinton. Ten "Fitness Kitchen Principles" make up the chapters, covering everything from cooking methods and tools to exercise while cooking and maintaining a winning attitude toward food. Sinton's mantra is similar to Kathleen Daelemans's in Getting Thin and Loving Food: she feels that deprivation will lead only to bingeing and self-recrimination. With recipes for all times of day, including condiments and drinks, Sinton has collected easily modifiable dishes for everyone, including both vegetarians and carnivores. Many recipes (e.g., Chai Spiced Brown Rice Pudding) are easy to make or sound like they would be worth a little extra time and effort. Sources and inspirations, as well as nutritional information for each recipe, are provided. Recommended for public libraries. (Index not seen.) Deborah Shippy, Moline P.L., IL Copyright 2004 Reed Business Information.

Superfeast or 75 Easy To Make Muffin Recipes

2009-02-17T19:49:00.000-08:00

Superfeast: Foods & Juices for Health & Healing

Author: Michael Van Straten

The best juices, soups, and foods for health and healing, with 100 new recipes and special sections on low-carb dieting and pregnancy, aging and illness.

This companion to Michael van Straten's Superfood Pocketbook features more than 100 new recipes, including juice and smoothie concoctions, and special sections on superfoods and juices for pregnancy, health and healing, and low-carb dieting. Superfeast also contains an A-Z of the top foods for staying healthy, a list of ailments, and a section on "nature's pharmacy." Another outstanding guide from a leading practitioner of complementary medicine and author of What's Up Doc?, Stress and How to Avoid It, and the Superfood Pocketbook.

Each small but perfectly formed book in this series is unique. Designed and produced to please the eye, Little Books are perfect for giving--yet they are far more than gift books. Each compact volume offers expert information, sound advice, thought-provoking ideas, and inspiration-- always from a respected and trusted source. Happy reading from Little Books.

Library Journal

This part cookbook, part health-food bible by British osteopath and acupuncturist van Straten covers a lot of ground. It begins with an alphabetical list of 100 "superfoods" ranging from almonds to yogurt, complete with half- to one-page descriptions. Fun and informative, the list includes some surprises, e.g., beer, butter, duck, pasta, radishes, and prunes. Following this cataloging of individual foods is a brief section on vitamins and minerals and their benefits and sources. Next come 100 recipes arranged according to seven different characteristics: vitality, aphrodisiac, protective, pick-me-up, calming, low-carb, and cleansing. Finally, a section on "supercures" covers such broad health issues as healthy joints, allergies, and pregnancy. The recipes themselves have a distinct British ring to them, as befits their provenance; however, care is taken to provide all measurements and oven temperatures in U.S. terms as well as metric. Recommended for health food or organic cookery collections.-Susan Hurst, Miami Univ. of Ohio Libs., Oxford Copyright 2005 Reed Business Information.

75 Easy-To-Make Muffin Recipes

Author: Linda Fraser

There is nothing quite like the smell of home baking and few things are more delicious than muffins or tea breads served straight from the oven. Muffins are an increasingly popular tea-time treat, and are so simple to make - the mixture can be beaten tog

Artichoke or Skinny Dips

2009-02-16T16:07:00.000-08:00

Artichoke (Quamut)

Author: Quamut

Quamut is the fastest, most convenient way to learn how to do almost anything. From tasting wine to managing your retirement accounts, Quamut gives you reliable information in a concise chart format that you can take anywhere. Quamut charts are:

Authoritative: Written by experts in their field so you have the most reliable information available.
Clear: Our explanations take you step-by-step through everything from performing CPR to threading a needle.
Concise: You’ll learn just what you need to know—no more, no less.
Precise: Quamut charts include detailed text, photos, and illustrations to show you exactly how to do just about anything.
Portable: Your know-how goes with you wherever your projects lead.

Artichokes, explained.

Everything you need to know in order to buy and prepare perfect artichokes every time, including:

The history, different types, and nutritional value of artichokes
What to look for when buying artichokes, and how to store them after you buy
How to cook artichokes in the most popular and tastiest ways

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Skinny Dips: Great Party Dips and Dippers That Are (Secretly) Healthy

Author: Lisa Gronholm

With dips this delicious, you'll never know you're avoiding the perils of party food. Now you can "party hearty" with dozens of exciting new recipes for dips and dippers. Here you'll find fascinating new dip flavors and your old favorites stealthily redesigned to remove unnecessary fat and calories without sacrificing taste.

Cheats Cuisine or Nutrition and Cancer Prevention

2009-02-13T08:36:00.000-08:00

Cheat's Cuisine

Author: Aoileann Garavaglia

Based on her regular column in Saturday's Irish Independent, cookery writer Aoileann Garavaglia has created forty-eight easy-to-follow timed menus that will amaze and delight your dinner guests.

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Nutrition and Cancer Prevention: New Insights into the Role of Phytochemicals

Author: American Institute for Cancer Research

Recent advances have contributed to our understanding of how a plant-based diet confers many health advantages and how substances from plants may be effective in the prevention of specific cancers. The Ninth Annual Research Conference of the American Institute for Cancer Research has focused on the latest developments in several categories of nutrients of wide contemporary interests. The conference sessions included such topics as the effects of soy, green tea, selenium, wine, grapes, and spices in cancer prevention. This conference was held in Washington, D.C. on September 2nd and 3rd, 1999, and was entitled Nutrition and Cancer Prevention: New Insights Into the Roles of Phytochemicals.
The discussion program included a session that was devoted to the current status of herbal products in relation to cancer prevention, in recognition of the increasing attention that complementary and alternative medicine has been receiving from the scientific community as well as the general public. A separate presentation addressed the issue of nutritional supplements and cancer prevention.

Booknews

The theme of the conference was chosen in light of recent findings on how a plant-based diet confers many health advantages and how substances from plants may be effective in preventing specific cancers. The 19 papers explore the impact of soy, tomatoes, tea, garlic and allyl sulfur compounds, selenium, resveratrol (from wine), herbals, dietary supplements, and beta-carotene. They also discuss dietary intervention strategies, new insights into the role of phytochemicals in cancer prevention, and chemoprevention. Abstracts are also provided for 66 poster papers. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Im on a Budget Not a Diet or Meals in Minutes

2009-02-12T04:55:00.000-08:00

I'm on a Budget - Not a Diet!: Cater It Yourself and Save $$$ Recipes, Tips and Ideas to Make Anyone the Ultimate Hostess... on a Budget

Author: Kelly McClain Roberts

Simply put, this is the best real world catering cookbook around. There are no hard-to-find ingredients or impossible-to-create recipes. You will only find budget-conscious, delicious foods that when combined with the helpful suggestions make the presentation look as great as the food tastes. This is a cookbook devoted to helping people cater any event, on their own, regardless of budget. I'm on a Budget...NOT A DIET! came from years of hosting everything from small get-togethers to dessert for 200. It was born out of necessity due to the high cost of professional catering. This book empowers even someone who has never prepared a full party menu to take charge, save money, and have a first-rate event that looks as though they have catered events for years. The book is full of terrific money- and time-saving ideas, and no one would ever know how little of either you have involved, unless you tell them.

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Meals in Minutes

Author: Robert Ros

With Robert Rose's Favorite Meals in Minutes you can choose from more than 50 great-tasting recipes that you can cook in 30 minutes or less. Experience a wealth of different flavors from savory snacks like Greek Chicken Pita Sandwiches to main courses like Indian-Style Grilled Chicken Breasts or Crab and Corn Pancakes with Sweet-and-Sour Sauce to down-home-and-delicious desserts such as Lemon Fool with Fresh Berries.

Shirleys Daisies A Haven Of Recipes or The Great Vegetarian Cookbook

2009-02-09T14:23:00.000-08:00

Shirley's Daisies/A Haven Of Recipes: An Easy-To-Cook Book For Families

Author: Shirley Bragg Farley

This cookbook is full of fast, yet nutritious meals, some handed down through our family and some from friends over the years. Western, or American, Oriental, Cajun and Vegetarian Recipes. The meals are delightful to eat. I also use some low-fat recipes and give some advice on substitutes to make the foods healthier. Measurements, Seasonings, and Spices are explained. Beverages, Desserts, Salads and more for lunch and dinner meals.

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The Great Vegetarian Cookbook: More than 200 Irresistible Vegetarian Recipes From Around the World

Author: Rosamond Richardson

Drawing from cuisines around the world, The Great Vegetarian Cookbook presents 200 healthy and delicious dishes using a rich variety of vegetables, herbs, and spices. From soups and starters to main courses and desserts, Rosamond Richardson’s recipes are especially suited to inexperienced cooks or those who want to make quick and easy dishes. Whether cooking a simple supper or an elegant dinner, The Great Vegetarian Cookbook provides recipes for the kind of food that will entice you back to the kitchen for more. Among Rosamond Richardson’s many books are The Natural Garden, The Natural Home, The Great Green Cookbook, the best–selling Natural Superwoman, and Alfresco, winner of a coveted James Beard Award.

	Introduction	6
	Vegetables through the seasons	8
	Shopping & stocking the cupboard	28
	Essential equipment	29
	Some useful techniques	30
	Starters	33
	Soups	47
	Eggs & cheese	59
	Snacks, dips & bread	69
	Tortillas, pancakes & frittas	83
	Vegetables
	Side Dishes	93
	Main Courses	98
	The versatile potato	111
	Purely pasta	121
	Pulses, rice & polenta	137
	Savoury pies & pastries	153
	Entertaining
	Starters	163
	Main courses	175
	Sparkling salads	187
	Delectable desserts	209
	Basic recipes	218
	Nutrition chart	219
	Index	221

Choice Cookery or Healthy Asian Vegetarian Dishes

2009-02-08T10:41:00.000-08:00

Choice Cookery

Author: Catherine Owen

Published in 1889 by prolific cookbook author Catherine Owen, this work was designed to appeal to women looking for the "newest and best in modern cookery." Originally written for Harper's Bazar, Owen's work was aimed at the upper class household seeking culinary elegance, rather than household economy.

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Healthy Asian Vegetarian Dishes: Nutritious and Delicious

Author: Periplus Editions

Highly nutritious, easytodigest, and

Food Gifts for All Seasons or The Great Wine Pyramid

2009-02-07T06:59:00.000-08:00

Food Gifts for All Seasons

Author: Anne Byrn

Create unforgettable gifts of food for loved ones year-round with celebrated food writer Anne Byrn's compilation of seasonal recipes. Food Gifts for All Seasons offers 52 recipe ideas, many of which are make-ahead gifts that can be stored until needed. Organized by season, Byrn's book offers gift-giving suggestions and presentation tips for every occasion.

Each section opens with an introduction to the season, including information about decorative greenery and flowers that are at their peaks. Noted artist Anne Hathaway's savory illustration complement recipes such as Black Pepper Cheese Bread Boules, Orange Pecan Biscotti, Mary's Cranberry Chutney, Caramel-Glazed Apple Cake, West End's Vegetarian Lasagna, and Valentine's Truffles.

Food Gifts for All Seasons is a beautiful and delicious gift to give—or to keep for yourself.

The Great Wine Pyramid: Get Your Daily Servings While Enjoying Wine

Author: John Rudy

Do you get enough wine in your diet? The Great Wine Pyramid features more than 150 fabulous recipes that include wine as a key ingredient. Discover wine's remarkable ability to enhance the taste of food, reducing the need for salt, and transforming an ordinary meal into an extraordinary one. Thirty-five wineries have joined with the authors to share some of their favorite recipes. Presented in a simple and easy-to-understand manner, this book will build your confidence and enjoyment when cooking with wine.

If I cook with equal amounts of red wine and white wine, is that a balanced diet? A balanced diet includes food from various food groups including Grains, Vegetables, Fruits, Milk and Meats, Beans & Nuts. Inside this book you will find unique recipes arranged by food group with, of course, wine. Ever tried Champagne Lavender Cake or Blackberry-Cabernet Chocolate Truffles? How about Spicy Zinfandel Stew, Sherried Camembert with Grapes or Scallops in Wine Cheese Sauce?

"I cook with wine, sometimes I even add it to my food", W.C. Fields once quipped. Wine enlivens the heart, just as wine enlivens food. Discover the joys of cooking with wine as you laugh at cartoons and quotes, enjoy fascinating trivia and wine quizzes, and learn clever ways to exercise while preparing your wine menu. Cheers!

Americas Collectible Cookbooks or Festive Food of Ireland

2009-02-06T03:16:00.000-08:00

America's Collectible Cookbooks: The History, the Politics, the Recipes

Author: Mary Anna DuSablon

In Mary Anna DuSablon's look at the two hundred-year evolution of American cookbooks, these authors receive their due--not simply as recipe peddlers, but as shapers of American culture. This book describes how government and industry joined forces to woo women back into the kitchen after the world wars. And it hails the role of the cookbook as a fund-raiser during the many years of social reform.

Booknews

A compendium of recipes, historical narrative, publishing anecdotes, and rambling reflection about cookbooks and cookbook authors in America. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

	List of Illustrations
	Preface
	Acknowledgments
1	A Genuine American Cookbook	1
2	Manuscript Cookbooks	9
3	Early New England Classics	15
4	The Great Western Expansion	38
5	Teaching the American Tradition	59
6	Little Cookbooks with Motives, Ulterior and Avowed	93
7	The Joy and the Myth	106
8	Imported Influences: Great Chefs	120
9	How to Compile a Best-Selling Homemade Cookbook	139
10	Celebrity Cooks	162
11	The Big, Beautiful Cookbook	170
12	Guru versus Gourmet: A Media Battleground	176
	Glossary of Old and Unusual North American Cooking Terms	186
	Selected Bibliography	197
	Index	203

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Festive Food of Ireland

Author: Darina Allen

Ireland's advocate of fresh, simple cooking presents recipes for the full range of traditional Irish holiday fare.

Cooking without Sugar or 500 Best Ever Recipes

2009-02-04T23:34:00.000-08:00

Cooking without Sugar: Recipes for Diabetics and Dieters

Author: Carol L Ston

Written by a diabetic's wife who understands the problems of controlling blood sugar, Cooking without Sugar contains a variety of no-sugar recipes. In this little book for diabetics and dieters, you will find recipes that: are easy to follow, and suitable for novice or experienced cooks; contain no sugar; contain no esoteric, hard-to-find ingredients; and can be used in any sensible diet program. [Note: I used bullets, but they show up here as Gk. sigma letters.]

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500 Best-Ever Recipes

Author: Martha Day

A superb collection of 500 all-time favourite recipes, with step-by-step instructions and 550 colour photographs.

Classroom Cupboard or Terrific Pacific Cookbook

2009-02-03T19:52:00.000-08:00

Classroom Cupboard: Lessons, Activities and Culinary Concoctions for Kids

Author: Lisa Solis

This resource provides the elementary teacher or parent with an alternative approach to teaching while engaging students in taste-tempting, hands-on experiences through a multiple array of easy to use, integrated lessons, imaginative projects, and attractive reproducible worksheets and activities utilizing a food theme.

Terrific Pacific Cookbook

Author: Anya Von Bremzen

The Pacific is the Mediterranean of the 1990s. Its where the new ideas in food are coming from. Its hot, light, fresh, exotic, and energetic. Its Thai, Vietnamese, Australian, Malaysian and Indonesian. Its Chinese-influenced, Indian-influenced, Japanese-influenced. Now Anya von Bremzen and John Welchman, award-winning authors of Please to the Table, present the terrific pacific in over over 260 glorious recipes and dozens of essays on spices, markets, pantries, techniques, and cultural traditions. Terrific Pacific is for people who've come to love the citrusy flavors of lemon grass and kaffir limes; who want to use more chilies, ginger, cilantro, spice rubs, and pastes; who are curious about curries. Visiting four-star chefs in Australia and roadside vendors in Penang, tea houses in Singapores old Chinatown and home cooks in Vietnam--wherever the culinary melting pot bubbles--the authors offer a spectacular marriage of flavors. And in an age of great treats, terrific pacific desserts stand out for being both simple and exotic. Selection of the Book-of-the-Month Club's HomeStyle Books, and the Better Homes & Gardens Family Book Service.
52,000 copies in print.

Publishers Weekly

The intricately spiced, multilayered flavors of the Pacific seduce the palate in the 300-plus recipes here. The authors (Please to the Table), who investigated ingredients and techniques on travels to Australia, Thailand, Malasia, Japan, Singapore and other outposts now culinarily ``in,'' deliver the goods on this newly popular cuisine in meticulously adapted recipes. However, three caveats for the home cook: considerable time and patience are required to capture such taste complexities as Griddle Breads with Curried Lamb; many dishes include fat-loading deep-frying; and, although substitutions are frequently suggested, such aromatics as lemongrass, kaffir lime leaves and galangal are essential to many dishes. Those issues aside, this compendium, with many recipes that are not beyond the novice, offers an intensive course in this bold fusion fare and should prove to be a definitive volume. Broiled Bluefish with Caramelized Lemons blends seafood, citrus and herbs irresistibly; Pork Chops with a Mushroom Saute and Arugula Pesto is a rich, three-way marriage of flavors. HomeStyle main selection. (Nov.)

Library Journal

Coming from the authors of Please to the Table (LJ 12/90), a widely praised Russian cookbook, this ambitious book on the foods of the Pacific Rim is somewhat of a surprise. Von Bremzen describes how a trip to Australia first piqued their interest in fusion, or East-West, cuisine and led to this latest collaboration. Many of the cookbooks on Pacific Rim cooking present only one viewpoint, that of a creative and/or trend-conscious chef experimenting with Asian and Western flavor combinations. Terrific Pacific instead provides dozens of recipes from home cooks and chefs, street-food vendors, food writers, and others the authors encountered in their travels throughout Australia and New Zealand, Southeast Asia and Japan, and, finally, California. The text is always readable, and the recipes, though some are more authentic than others, amazingly diverse. For most collections.

Pork and lamb stand up to the heady perfumes of star anise, dried tangerine peel, and sherry in dishes like Red-Braised Lamb Shanks and Spare Ribs with Mango Barbecue Sauce. But in a lighter dish, such as Stir-Fried Pork Ribbons, these meats won't overpower delicate aromatics like lemongrass and kaffir lime.

ESSAY

A Touch of Kuching

CURRIES

There are as many curries as there are cooks, but each one starts the same way: pounded aromatics are slowly cooked in oil, then augmented with freshly ground spices. Not until the entire house is redolent with curry paste do any more ingredients join in. Some tempting curries are Lamb Korma, Eggplant and Raisin Tamarind Curry, and Fragrant Ceylonese Fish Curry.

ESSAY

A Tiffin at Raffles

VEGETABLES

Radiant Chinese Greens, tender asparagus, luscious eggplants, earthy mushrooms, pungent turnips-vegetables are flash-fried and spiked with soy and garlic or slowly simmered in a complex curry. From the great vegetarian traditions of China, India-and California.

ESSAY

Borneo Fare

RICE AND NOODLES

Rice is revered throughout Asia, but in China, noodles are also a national treasure. And, yes, it is bad manners not to slurp loudly as you enjoy Broad Rice Noodles with Chinese Sausage and Shrimp. Also, Salmon Biriyani from San Francisco and Steamed Sticky Rice with Swordfish and Shiitakes.

ESSAY

Breakfast in Singapore's Chinatown

DESSERTS

The lush textures, bright flavors, and vivid colors of native Pacific fruits turn ordinary cakes, creams, puddings, and pastries into tantalizing tropical jewels-like Seduction Pineapple Upside-Down Cake, Mango Gratin with Champagne Sabayon, and Banana and Kiwi Spring Rolls.

ESSAY

The Tea Chapter in Singapore

BASICS

Basic steamed rice, chicken stock, toasted nuts, and homemade spice mixes, sweet soy sauce, and hot chile sauce.

NOTES ON INGREDIENTS

INDEX

Pocket Guide to Ontario Wineries Wines Vineyards and Vines or 125 Best Entertaining Recipes

2009-02-02T16:10:00.000-08:00

Pocket Guide to Ontario Wineries, Wines, Vineyards, and Vines

Author: Konrad Ejbich

The must-have publication for anyone who buys Ontario wines.

Interest in Ontario wines has exploded. No one apologizes any more for serving them; wine snobs compete instead to find the next great producer. The Liquor Control Board of Ontario reports that Ontario wine now accounts for more than 20 per cent of its wine sales.

The market is clearly ready for A Pocket Guide to Ontario Wines, Wineries, Vineyards, & Vines. This is the only comprehensive and fully authoritative reference on Ontario wines. In addition to providing up-to-date listings for wineries and vineyards -- from the Niagara Peninsula, the North Shore of Lake Erie, Pelee Island, Toronto, and Prince Edward County -- it reviews practically every Ontario wine currently available and includes many older vintages. Thousands of wines are graded from "undrinkable" to "extraordinary," and Ejbich's appraisals, based on scrupulously careful
tastings, are completely independent and free of bias. Entries also include tasting notes, notes on when a wine is ready to drink, grape varieties and soil types, and the winemaker's approach to his art.

This pocket-sized book, modelled on Hugh Johnson's celebrated international wine guide, will be the must-have publication for anyone who buys Ontario wines, from the average consumer to the serious aficionado.

Interesting book: Fast Food Fast Talk or 50 Fabulous Parties for Kids

125 Best Entertaining Recipes

Author: Julia Aitken

Recipes for entertaining that deliver maximum flavor with minimum effort.

Hosting the perfect dinner party can mean days of planning, hours of shopping, and then a frenzy of last-minute preparation in the kitchen. After cleanup, the exhausted home chef often wonders how everything went.

In 125 Best Entertaining Recipes, there are 125 easy and delicious recipes that are sure to please guests. Here is just a sampling:

• Thai-roasted shrimp as a starter, followed by a bowl of visually stunning neon beet soup
• Main dishes like braised chicken and apples with grainy mustard sauce, or pot roast beef with wild mushrooms
• The best-ever Caesar salad—everyone will want seconds
• Chocolate terrine with drunken pineapple or blackberry-peach ruffle pie—the perfect finish to a great meal.

Dozens of helpful tips and examples of kitchen wisdom are sprinkled throughout the book, along with refreshingly frank advice on how to ensure a successful dinner party. (Rule #1: Invite only people you like.)

These flavorful dishes require only common, everyday ingredients. The result? A relaxed, satisfied home chef after every entertaining event.

Pre-dinner nibbles
• 9 recipes Sit-down appetizers
• 11 recipes Soups
• 9 recipes Pastas and breads
• 12 recipes Fish, seafood and vegetarian
• 15 recipes Poultry
• 8 recipes Meat
• 14 recipes Side dishes
• 17 recipes Salads
• 13 recipes Desserts
• 26 recipes

Index

The Menopause Cookbook or Gennaros Italian Year

2009-02-01T12:28:00.000-08:00

The Menopause Cookbook: How to Eat Now and for the Rest of Your Life

Author: Hope Ricciotti

The perfect team--a gynecologist and her chef husband--have put together a book full of great advice and over 125 wonderful recipes to add estrogen naturally to your diet. As a gynecologist, Dr. Hope Ricciotti has been counseling women about the best way to stay healthy and lower the impact of menopausal side effects for years. She has found that some women either cannot tolerate hormone replacement therapy or do not feel it is right for them. What she suggests is adding phytoestrogens--natural estrogens found in food--as well as calcium and antioxidants to one's diet for all the benefits of estrogen without any of its worries. Even women on hormone replacement therapy will find that these delicious recipes will add to their health. Vincent Connelly, a trained chef, worked with Dr. Ricciotti to give each recipe the best in nutrition and in taste. It would be hard to resist pan-seared salmon with goat cheese, leeks, and basil or gratin of potatoes, chard, and roasted peppers. Even even the busiest women can make many of the recipes. Besides main entrees, sections on breakfast foods, sandwich spreads, pastas, desserts, and even smoothies are included.

Publishers Weekly

Ricciotti, a gynecologist, has teamed up again with her husband, chef Vincent Connelly (The Pregnancy Cookbook), this time on a nutritional guidebook for menopause. Ricciotti explains hormonal changes in layperson's terms and includes crucial information, such as the relationship between heart disease and decreased estrogen, and recommends "a low-fat, high-fiber, antioxidant-rich diet, and regular exercise." Particularly thorough are the chapter on osteoporosis; lists of calcium, phytoestrogen and antioxidant food sources; a pragmatic shopping list; and workable suggestions for foods to eat when going out or eating on the run. However, many of the recipes include soy products (soy is a source of phytoestrogens), be it tofu (used as a texturizing agent for sauces such as Spaghetti with a Tomato-Tofu Sauce), soy mozzarella (Pizza), soy nuts (Broccoli with Oyster Sauce and Soy Nuts) or firm tofu (Salad of Grilled Tomatoes, Tofu, Portobello Mushrooms and Radicchio). For the already converted, this will be a boon, but for many women, it may be difficult to accept soy as the primary ingredient. The original ideas in the section on Spreads and Sandwiches are appealing (White Bean, Dried Tomato, and Balsamic Spread and Arugula and Cilantro Pesto). Apple and Rhubarb Crisp (rhubarb is high in calcium), a simple and delightfully healthy recipe, is an example of the book's philosophy at its best. (Jan.) Copyright 1999 Cahners Business Information.

What People Are Saying

Susan M.D. Love
Susan Love, M.D., author of Susan Love's Hormone Book and Dr. Susan Love's Breast Book

This is a wonderful guide to cooking with phytoestrogens. Although [the book is] titled The Menopause Cookbook, the whole family will enjoy these recipes which answer the oft-repeated question: How do you cook with tofu and flaxseed?

Gennaro's Italian Year

Author: Gennaro Contaldo

As much a celebration of Italy as its food, Gennaro's Italian Year brings this beautiful country vibrantly to life. From feast days to festivals, Christmas delicacies to summertime delights, chef Gennaro Contaldo expertly guides us through the Italian culinary year. Combining 120 seasonal recipes with stories from his childhood, he reveals which Italian fare is best and when. Told with irresistible passion and charm, Gennaro shows us how each season brings a tantalizing array of deliciously different dishes, like Chestnut Gnocchi with Sausage and Rosemary, Parsnip and Apple Soup, Fresh Fava Bean and Pecorino Cheese Salad, and Mixed Berry Sorbet. Sumptuously illustrated with 100 color photographs, this is a classic Italian lifestyle cookbook.

The Seduction Cookbook or This Is Delicious What Is It

2009-01-31T08:46:00.000-08:00

The Seduction Cookbook: Culinary Creations for Lovers

Author: Diane Brown

At INNOVA we pride ourselves on publishing books that meet the highest standards. We concentrate on lifestyle topics such as cooking, health, nutrition, and self-improvement, recognizing that when changes in lifestyle occur, people turn to books for answers. Whether you're looking for that special gift or a new way to share a meal with someone special, INNOVA publishes intriguing books that inform and inspire at incomparable value.

Innova ... quality hardcovers, softcover prices!

Books about: Implementation of Total Quality Management or Plazas and Barrios

This Is Delicious! What Is It?: An Eclectic Collection Of International Comfort Foods

Author: Robert Meyers Lussier

From Europe to the Far East, Robert Meyers-Lussier's travels have tantalized his taste buds with delectable delights. With over 250 recipes and 75 photographs, he has captured the cozy essence of the most comforting dishes uncovered from cuisines around the world. From France there is a soothing Vichyssoise and Germany a gratifying Neu Sauerbraten. Along the Mediterranean is a relaxing dish called Pastitsa, from Greece. Crossing the sea to the Middle East is an Apple Baklava that strengthens the after-dinner spirit. Traveling through Russia, Borscht satisfies the beet lover. Across the Asian continent, Sunomono refreshes from Japan. Down the coast, the Thai offer their palatial dish, Pad Thai. Sailing the Pacific, a luscious Tropical Cheesecake beckons.

While many of the dishes are inspired from their native counterparts, Meyers-Lussier has developed versions that are easy to recreate and within the comfort zone of most American's palates. His background in teaching has aided him in designing recipes that make it easy to prepare the most delicious meals possible!

Robert Meyers-Lussier ultimately offers these recipes with hope it empowers one and all to transcend the meals themselves and discover what's true in each other.

Invitation to Italian Cooking or Cooking Around the World

2009-01-30T05:04:00.000-08:00

Invitation to Italian Cooking

Author: Antonio Carluccio

The essence of Italian cooking is its reliance on superb ingredients and on simple cooking methods, both of which are the basis of An Invitation to Italian Cooking. Each recipe is overlaid with the personal touches that make Antonio Carluccio's cookbooks so popular and instructive: his memories of growing up in the Italian countryside, and of traveling his native land, cooking and learning about authentic local dishes and ingredients. From Risotto con Porcini, a famed specialty of Piedmont, to the Roman favorite, Carciofi alla Giudea (Jewish Artichokes), and Cannoli alla Siciliana--Antonio demonstrates his mastery of the complete Italian eating experience. Award-winning restaurateur Antonio Carluccio is a well-known authority on wild food and Italian cooking; he is the author of numerous cookbooks, including The Complete Mushroom Book and Passion for Pasta.

Cooking Around the World: Mexican

Author: Elisabeth Lambert Ortiz

Contains over 300 full-color photographs with step-by-step instructions. Professional cook's hints and tips enable the reader to create familiar restaurant dishes at home.

Colorado or The Big Book of Barbecuing and Grilling

2009-01-28T13:05:00.000-08:00

Colorado: A Liquid History and Tavern Guide to the Highest State

Author: Noel

Colorado historian Thomas J. Noel gathers the history of the Centennial state as reflected in the stories and legends of Colorado's historic drinking establishments. More than a guidebook, this spirited introduction to the liquid history of many Colorado communities, from Alamosa to Yampa, will sharpen your appetite for Colorado's most remarkable drinking, eating, and socializing hubs. Cheers!

Interesting book: Alchemical Healing or Getting Back in Shape

The Big Book of Barbecuing and Grilling: 365 Healthy and Delicious Recipes

Author: Hilaire Walden

Mouthwatering dishes - from exotic to deliciously simple - perfect for a sunny afternoon or balmy evening

Drawing its culinary inspiration from around the world, this book brings you 365 delicious and diverse barbecue recipes. Offering new twists on traditional favourites, such as Thai-style lamb burgers and exotic seafood dishes, or oysters with prosciutto and red peppers, there is a dish to suit everyone and every occasion. All the recipes are easy to follow and quick to make, and they are divided into eight chapters: starters and snacks; fish and shellfish; poultry; meat; vegetables and vegetarian dishes; accompaniments and salads; desserts; and salsas, marinades and butters. The Big Book of Barbecueing and Grilling is the ultimate guide, using fresh ingredients and innovative ideas from a wide range of cuisines for a perfect accompaniment to the sunshine!

Cooking with Oats or How to Cook for People with Diabetes

2009-01-27T09:24:00.000-08:00

Cooking with Oats: Oat Bran, Oatmeal, and More

Author: Cornelia M Parkinson

Since 1973, Storey's Country Wisdom Bulletins have offered practical, hands-on instructions designed to help readers master dozens of country living skills quickly and easily. There are now more than 170 titles in this series, and their remarkable popularity reflects the common desire of country and city dwellers alike to cultivate personal independence in everyday life.

Book about: Younger by the Day or AARP Living with Heart Disease

How to Cook for People with Diabetes

Author: American Diabetes Association

Proper cooking techniques to help people with diabetes and those who cook for them spend less time in the kitchen and more time enjoying their meals.

Complete Idiots Guide to Good Food from the Good Book or Smart Baking Cookbook

2009-01-26T05:42:00.000-08:00

Complete Idiot's Guide to Good Food from the Good Book

Author: Leslie Bilderback

Holy is healthy!

Learn to transform the natural, simple, tasty foods mentioned in the Bible into superb, easy-to- make dishes—everything from appetizers to main courses, side dishes, and desserts. Each meal features only those ingredients mentioned in scripture or the closest modern equivalent. Including explanations about the "Kosher" rules found in Leviticus and Deuteronomy, this guide will help you to eat healthily and deliciously—the Biblical way.

•Written by an expert master chef and baker

•Over 100 delicious recipes, including nutritional components

•Dozens of scripture quotes and interesting historical food facts

Look this: Libations of Life or Black Tie and Boots Optional

Smart Baking Cookbook: Muffins,Cookies,Biscuits and Breads

Author: Jane Kinderlehrer

Former Prevention senior editor and nutrition expert Jane Kinderlehrer reveals the secrets to delicious yet healthy baking in these 180 high fiber, lowfat, no sugar recipes. Ideal for today's healthy choice lifestyle—The Smart Baking Cookbook provides readers with over 180 easy recipes for baked goods that are high-fiber and high-flavor, yet sugar-free and low-fat. These delectable vitamin-enriched recipes also contain no white flour, hydrogenated fats, or chemical additives—just natural ingredients like fruit, nuts, honey, and carob. Charmingly illustrated, the book includes an extensive guide to flours, grains, and seeds; helpful nutrient analysis of ingredients; a metric conversion chart; and special chapters for the allergic. Recipes include family and kitchen-tested gems Banana Maple Walnut Muffins, Pizza Muffins, Dark Rye and Cornmeal Bread, Butterfly Ginger Cookies, Cinnamon Twist Coffee Cake, Crunchy Fudgy Brownies, and much more.

Author Biography: Jane Kinderlehrer has more than forty years of experience in cooking and nutrition. Former senior editor and food editor of Prevention magazine, and, for six years, a New York Times Magazine columnist, she is also the author of Confessions of a Sneaky Organic Cook, Cooking Kosher the New Way, and six "Smart Food" Newmarket cookbooks. She lives in Allentown, Pennsylvania.

250 Best Cookie Recipes or Skuses Complete Confectioner

2009-01-25T02:00:00.000-08:00

250 Best Cookie Recipes

Author: Esther Brody

Everyone loves homemade cookies. They're the perfect portable snack or dessert. And nothing else tastes quite as good with a cold glass of milk. Best of all, they're as easy to make as they are delicious.

And delicious they are -- especially when the recipes come from bestselling author Esther "Muffin Lady" Brody.

In The 250 Best Cookie Recipes, you'll find an extraordinary range of cookies that include classic Chocolate Chip Cookies, as well as variations on traditional favorites such as Lemon Shortbread.

Looking for the perfect accompaniment to your next cappuccino? You can't go wrong with Chocolate Walnut and Chocolate Nut Coffee Biscotti.

And for the kids' next birthday party, try Ice Cream Sandwiches -- they're easy and fun to make, and taste great!

As her many fans have discovered, Esther can always be relied upon to find new and unusual approaches to conventional baking. And here you'll find plenty of examples, ranging from the confectionery Cinnamon Pecan Snickerdoodles to savory creations such as Wholesome Cheddar Bran Cookies. You simply won't find recipes like these anywhere else.

If you love to bake (and eat!) cookies, The 250 Best Cookie Recipes is a must-have for your kitchen.

The Wichita Eagle - Joe Stumpe

No-frill paperback offers just what it promises ... all the recipes would fit into the easy category.

KLIATT

Who doesn't love cookies? This fabulous and inclusive book is sure to contain cookies that will please absolutely everyone. Brody has developed thousands of recipes over the years and has a well-deserved reputation for baking. She is also the author of other cookbooks: 250 Best Muffin Recipes and Another 250 Best Muffin Recipes, and The 250 Best Brownies, Bars and Squares. Several beautiful, mouthwatering, color photographs are included. A special section includes information about ingredients, preparation, storing and troubleshooting. All recipes are grouped by category—drop, hand-shaped, cut, sliced, biscotti, specialty, sandwich, no-bake, etc. A detailed index allows for easy access to the recipes. These delectable recipes, ranging from the standard to the exotic, are irresistible: Tricolor Neapolitan Cookies, Chocolate Cream Puff Cookies, Cherry Nut Biscotti, Cinnamon Nut Rugelah, Raspberry Chocolate Chip Crackles, and Diced Rhubarb Cookies are just a few of the delights included in this collection. This is sure to be one of the most popular cookie books in your collection. Category: Cookbooks, Useful Arts & Crafts. KLIATT Codes: JSA—Recommended for junior and senior high school students, advanced students, and adults. 2001, Firefly, Robert Rose, 192p. illus. index., $18.95. Ages 13 to adult. Reviewer: Shirley Reis; IMC Dir., Lake Shore M.S., Mequon, WI SOURCE: KLIATT, March 2002 (Vol. 36, No. 2)

Interesting textbook: Empires Of The Crab or Creating Comfort

Skuse's Complete Confectioner ( The Kegan Paul Library of Culinary Arts Series)

Author: SKUS

This is the classic text on the art of sugar boiling and all its branches, covering the manufacture of fondants, creams, chocolates, pastilles, jujubes (jelly babies) comfits, lozanges (plain and medicated), caramels, noyeaus, nougats, jap nuggets and pralines. There are also discussions on the practicalities of ice creams, ices, jams, jellies and marmalades, table jellies, preserved and crystallized fruits, candied peel, English and Scotch pastry.

Angels in the Kitchen or When Friends Gather for Tea

2009-01-23T22:18:00.000-08:00

Angels in the Kitchen: Cajun Hospice-tality

Author: Hospice Foundation of Acadiana Staff

Angels in the Kitchen is a savory offering of recipes representative of the warm-hearted hospitality and love of zesty food found in the French-speaking region of Louisiana known as Acadiana. Recipes are tastefully seasoned with a sampling of stories and inspirational sayings and colorfully illustrated with original angelic paintings by local artists.

Interesting book: Asthma or Back to Protein

When Friends Gather for Tea: Pouring out Love with Tea and Kindness

Author: Sandy Lynam Clough

The second book in the Sandy's Tea Society series is here!

When Friends Gather for Tea centers around the "Tea Society"—sentimental Claudette, country girl Suzette, playful Gloria, literary Laura, artistic Ruby, and romantic Lillian— who believe "a work of the heart is always a work of art." With this in mind, the ladies host unique tea parties that comfort and bless friends and neighbors, including...

a "welcome new neighbors" party with a garden theme
a "heart of a mother" party with a baby doll theme
a "wishing you blue skies" party with a sunny day theme

Sandy's charming, full-color artwork, inspirational stories, and mouthwatering recipes encourage women to reach out to others in a delightful atmosphere of friendship.

Gastronaut or Sustenance and Desire

2009-01-22T18:36:00.000-08:00

Gastronaut: Adventures in Food for the Romantic, the Foolhardy, and the Brave

Author: Stefan Gates

An irreverent journey through the culinary world of the exotic, the bizarre, and the truly extraordinary, Gastronaut is equal parts cookbook and quest book. For your bedside or your stoveside, this hilarious and captivating journey through some of the strangest food experiences, past and present, is divided into three levels of escalating difficulty. Whether you're ready to gild your breakfast sausages with gold, re-create the Last Supper, or cook a whole pig in an underground fire pit, this book takes it all on with gusto and little regard for what one might call decency.

Gastronaut answers questions like:
• what foods make us fart?
• how do you make your own moonshine?
• is it possible to teach grandmas to suck eggs?
• how would you stage a bacchanalian orgy in the comfort of your own home?
Here is the perfect book for people who are fascinated by the wilder side of food and who, every now and then, want to show off their penchant for the extreme.

THE GASTRONAUT'S CREED
Food will consume 16 percent of my life. That life is too precious to waste; therefore:
• I resolve, whenever possible, to transform food from fuel into love, power, adventure, poetry, sex, or drama.
• I will never turn down the opportunity to taste or cook something new.
• I will never forget: canapés are evil.
• I will remember that culinary disaster does not necessarily equal failure.
• I will always keep a jar of pesto to hand in case of the latter.

Publishers Weekly

Comedian Gates is an "epicurean desperado," willing to cook and eat anything-at least once. After all, he argues, if we eat 22 tons of food over our lifetimes and use 16% of our waking lives preparing food, shouldn't we try for the occasional "culinary epiphany" by maximizing our "excitement-to-mastication ratio"? A "culinary disaster" is not necessarily a "culinary failure," he reminds readers as he explains how to prepare fish sperm, sweetbreads, head cheese and cow heel. He admits he hasn't (yet) tried some dishes-such as those for Roasted Placenta Loaf, and Quick 'n' Easy Termites-but most have the user-friendly directions that signify a well-tested recipe. The book has no rigid structure, so a chapter on gold-plating food leads to a section on how to recreate a bacchanalian orgy or even the Last Supper, followed by an exploration of cannibalism and a look at cooking with aftershave. By the time readers reach the 11 pages of directions for producing an imu (a Polynesian pitbake requiring, among other things, a huge yard, a couple of truckloads of scrap iron and a small lamb or goat), they'll be with Gates in spirit, even if they're not ready to bring in the backhoe. (Apr.) Copyright 2006 Reed Business Information.

Library Journal

First published in Britain, this "gastronautical questbook" is an irreverent and unexpected journey through several culinary oddities. Gates, a comedy producer, director, scriptwriter, and self-described "epicurean desperado," assures readers, however, that each of the featured bizarre recipes is "real and practical." With more than 50 black-and-white photographs and several charts, the book begins with a chapter on gilding Cheetos and sausage with gold leaf, then moves on to famous last meals, cannibalism, aphrodisiacs, and more. Recipes are given for such interesting dishes as Chicken-foot Stew, Nettle Haggis, Lumpydick, Butt Sandwich, Cow-Heel Soup, and Buckinghamshire Bacon Badger. A list of useful web sites is also included. Overall, this is a fascinating collection, but it's not for the weak of stomach. Recommended for all libraries with strong food history and cookery collections.-Lisa A. Ennis, Univ. of Alabama at Birmingham Lib., Lister Hill Copyright 2006 Reed Business Information.

New interesting textbook: Legendary Illinois Cookbook or Real Fast Indian Food

Sustenance and Desire: A Food Lover's Anthology of Sensuality and Humor

Author: Bascov

This is a book-lover's book about food - about taste, smell, touch, appetite - and all the pleasures of the table. It features 77 poems and prose pieces by some of the world's finest writers.

Publishers Weekly

In her 2002 anthology Where Books Fall Open, Bascove (a single-name Manhattan painter) juxtaposed writings about reading with her sensual artwork. Now she turns her eye to food, presenting works of prose and poetry, humor and history, along with her own paintings, divided into four sections: nourishment, desire, hunger and sustenance (each introduced by several quotations on comestibles). The artwork and writing are vibrant, witty, thoughtful and often a bit saucy. M.F.K. Fisher's musings on why she writes about food ("our basic needs, for food and security and love, are so mixed and mingled... we cannot think of one without the others") rub shoulders with a pithy poem by Les Murray ("vegetarians eat sex, carnivores eat violence"), while Jhumpa Lahiri's lyrical and lovely essay "Indian Takeout" is a curious contrast to Margaret Visser's discourse on the history of cannibalism. Donald Hall's "O Cheese," a paean to cheddar, Gorgonzola and Roquefort, is fabulous fun. The book offers fulsome praise of the experience of eating: an appreciation of its sybaritic nature, gratitude for its plenty, consideration of its place in society. Sustenance is thought provoking as well; for example, Primo Levi's "Last Christmas of the War," set in Auschwitz, reminds us that hunger is also closely linked with survival. (Dec.) Copyright 2004 Reed Business Information.

	Bakery and Breakfast Dishes	196
	Beverages	173
	Cake	235
	Cereals	180
	Eggs	163
	Entrees	67
	Hygiene of Cooking	9
	Nut Butter	241
	Pies	225
	Puddings	205
	Salads	17
	Salad Dressings	31
	Soups	40
	Sauces	149
	Toasts	188
	Vegetables	115

	Let's Skinny Dip! - Introduction	5
	Creamy Bases, Nutritional Counts	7
	Pepper Chart	10
	Measurements & Abbreviations	11
	Metric Equivalents	12
	Seafood Dips	13
	Creamy Dips	21
	Salsas and Guacamoles	39
	Bean Dips	53
	More Great Dips	63
	Dippers Galore	75
	Index	91

	Introduction	4
	Italian meals	6
	Ingredients	8
	Equipment	18
	Antipasti: starters	20
	Il Primo: the first course	38
	Il Secondo: the main course	96
	Vegetali e Insalate: vegetables and salads	148
	I Formaggi: cheeses	190
	La Frutta e i Dolci: fruit and desserts	200
	Le Bevande: wines and drinks	218
	Index	222

	On Sandy's Front Porch	5
	A "Welcome, New Neighbor" Tea	11
	A "Thank You, Teacher" Tea	19
	A "Wishing You Well" Tea	27
	A "Heart of A Mother" Tea	35
	A "Wishing You Blue Skies" Tea	43
	A "Loving Hands" Tea	51
	Teatime at Sandy's	60
	Postscript	64

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Still Going Strong or Antipasto Table

Still Going Strong: A History of Scotch Whisky Advertising

Antipasto Table

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Disccookery: The Discdrive 20th Anniversary Cookbook

Vegetarian Cook Book: Substitutes for Flesh Foods

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Culinary Taste or Low Carb Diet Book

Culinary Taste: Consumer Behaviour in the International Restaurant Sector

Low-Carb Diet Book

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Not Your Mothers Cookbook or The Edible Tao

Not Your Mother's Cookbook: Unusual Recipes for the Adventurous Cook

The Edible Tao: Munching My Way Toward Enlightenment

Flavors of the Mediterranean or Fitness Kitchen

Flavors of the Mediterranean

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Fitness Kitchen

Library Journal

Superfeast or 75 Easy To Make Muffin Recipes

Superfeast: Foods & Juices for Health & Healing

Library Journal

75 Easy-To-Make Muffin Recipes

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Artichoke or Skinny Dips

Artichoke (Quamut)

Skinny Dips: Great Party Dips and Dippers That Are (Secretly) Healthy

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Cheats Cuisine or Nutrition and Cancer Prevention

Cheat's Cuisine

Nutrition and Cancer Prevention: New Insights into the Role of Phytochemicals

Booknews

Im on a Budget Not a Diet or Meals in Minutes

I'm on a Budget - Not a Diet!: Cater It Yourself and Save $$$ Recipes, Tips and Ideas to Make Anyone the Ultimate Hostess... on a Budget

Meals in Minutes

Shirleys Daisies A Haven Of Recipes or The Great Vegetarian Cookbook

Shirley's Daisies/A Haven Of Recipes: An Easy-To-Cook Book For Families

The Great Vegetarian Cookbook: More than 200 Irresistible Vegetarian Recipes From Around the World

Table of Contents:

Choice Cookery or Healthy Asian Vegetarian Dishes

Choice Cookery

Healthy Asian Vegetarian Dishes: Nutritious and Delicious

Food Gifts for All Seasons or The Great Wine Pyramid

Food Gifts for All Seasons

The Great Wine Pyramid: Get Your Daily Servings While Enjoying Wine

Americas Collectible Cookbooks or Festive Food of Ireland

America's Collectible Cookbooks: The History, the Politics, the Recipes

Booknews

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Festive Food of Ireland

Cooking without Sugar or 500 Best Ever Recipes

Cooking without Sugar: Recipes for Diabetics and Dieters

500 Best-Ever Recipes

Classroom Cupboard or Terrific Pacific Cookbook

Classroom Cupboard: Lessons, Activities and Culinary Concoctions for Kids

Terrific Pacific Cookbook

Publishers Weekly

Library Journal

Table of Contents:

Pocket Guide to Ontario Wineries Wines Vineyards and Vines or 125 Best Entertaining Recipes

Pocket Guide to Ontario Wineries, Wines, Vineyards, and Vines

125 Best Entertaining Recipes

Table of Contents:

The Menopause Cookbook or Gennaros Italian Year

The Menopause Cookbook: How to Eat Now and for the Rest of Your Life

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The Seduction Cookbook or This Is Delicious What Is It

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This Is Delicious! What Is It?: An Eclectic Collection Of International Comfort Foods

Invitation to Italian Cooking or Cooking Around the World

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Colorado or The Big Book of Barbecuing and Grilling

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