Wednesday, February 24, 2010

Good Eats: The Early Years

A Food Network host known for his interest in food chemistry chronicles the early episodes of his long-running series, in a book that covers every hilarious episode and includes 140 recipes; 1,000 photos and illustrations, including behind-the-scenes photos; explanations of techniques; jokes and trivia; food-science info; and more.
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Allergy Cooking With Ease: The No Wheat, Milk, Eggs, Corn, Soy, Yeast, Sugar, Grain and Gluten Cookbook

Allergy Cooking With Ease (Revised Edition). This classic all-purpose allergy cookbook was out of print and now is making a comeback in a revised edition. It includes all the old favorite recipes of the first edition plus many new recipes and new foods. It contains over 300 recipes for baked goods, main dishes, soups, salads, vegetables, ethnic dishes, desserts, and more.
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1,000 Vegan Recipes

The one cookbook you need for delicious vegan recipes, from snacks to main dishes to desserts
Robin Robertson, a celebrated 25-year veteran food writer, cooking teacher, and chef specializing in vegan and vegetarian cooking, brings you 1,000 vegan recipes and valuable cooking guidance. This indispensable cookbook is the most comprehensive, creative, and authoritative guide available for making satisfying vegan meals time after time.
Whether you're a beginner vegan, long-time vegan, or someone who is just trying to eat meatless meals a few times a week, this is the book for you. You will have a lifetime of recipes and inspiration.
These delicious recipes for breakfast, lunch, dinner and everything in between, are cholesterol-free, low in saturated fat, and high in fiber and complex carbohydrates. You'll get crowd-pleasing appetizers and snacks like Mango-Avocado Spring Rolls and Savory Artichoke Squares and family favorites like Vegan Margarita Pizza and Baked Mac and Cheeze. Best of all, Robertson gives you an endless variety of recipes from a diverse range of cultures. There is something in this book for everyone's taste!
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The Lee Bros. Simple, Fresh, Southern: Knockout Dishes With Down-Home Flavor

From two South Carolina-bred brothers comes the ground-breaking cookbook for new Southern cooking: The Lee Bros. Simple, Fresh, Southern. Matt and Ted Lee were raised on long-simmered greens, slow-smoked meats, and deep-fried everything. But after years of traveling as journalists and with farm fresh foods more available than ever, Matt and Ted have combined the old with the new, infusing family recipes with bright flavors. Using crisp produce, lighter cooking methods, and surprising combinations, these are recipes to make any night of the week.
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The Italian Slow Cooker

Finally a book that combines the fresh, exuberant flavors of great Italian food with the ease and comfort of a slow cooker. Michele Scicolone, a best-selling author and an authority on Italian cooking, shows how good ingredients and simple techniques can lift the usual “crockpot” fare into the dimension of fine food. Pasta with Meat and Mushroom Ragu, Osso Buco with Red Wine, Chicken with Peppers and Mushrooms: These are dishes that even the most discriminating cook can proudly serve to company, yet all are so carefree that anyone with just five or ten minutes of prep time can make them on a weekday and return to perfection.
 
Simmered in the slow cooker, soups, stews, beans, grains, pasta sauces, and fish are as healthy as they are delicious. Polenta and risotto, “stir-crazy” dishes that ordinarily need careful timing, are effortless. Meat loaves come out perfectly moist, tough cuts of meat turn succulent, and cheesecakes emerge flawless.

Get Cooking: 150 Simple Recipes To Get You Started In The Kitchen

"- Do you want to eat really well - not just once in a while, but all the time - yet you don't know where to begin? - Are you tired of pizza, as much as you like it, and broke from buying take-out? - Do you love good food - the straightforward homemade kind - but feel challenged to set up a kitchen, shop for decent groceries, and tap into a few basic skills that can put a simple roast chicken or vegetarian casserole on your dinner table? If your answers to these questions are "yes," then GET COOKING is for you. GET COOKING is the first in a series of cookbooks for beginners of all ages from Mollie Katzen, the bestselling author of The Moosewood Cookbook and The Enchanted Broccoli Forest. Here are 150 foolproof , basic recipes for soups, homemade pasta, roast chicken, burgers, vegan specialities, chocolate chip cookies-and more-that anyone can enjoy making, no matter how inexperienced in the kitchen. GET COOKING will be accompanied by the launch of a companion website that will offer cooking lessons via aseries of state-of-the-art cooking videos. These videos will be instructive and entertaining, illustrating everything from knife-sharpening to tofu-grilling (and many, many chocolate pudding variations)".
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Healthy Bread in Five Minutes a Day: 100 New Recipes Featuring Whole Grains, Fruits,Vegetables, and Gluten-Free Ingredients

From the authors of the groundbreaking, hugely popular Artisan Bread in Five Minutes a Day comes a new cookbook filled with quick and easy recipes for healthy bread  
Their first book was called “stupendous,” “genius,” and “the holy grail of bread making.”  Now, in their much-anticipated second book, Jeff Hertzberg, M.D., and Zoë François have taken their super-fast method and adapted it for the health-conscious baker, focusing on whole grains and other healthier ingredients.
The method is still quick and simple, producing professional-quality results with each warm, fragrant, hearty loaf.  In just five minutes a day of active preparation time, you can create delectable, healthy treats such as 100% Whole Wheat Bread, Whole Grain Garlic Knots with Olive Oil and Parsley, Black-and-White Braided Pumpernickel and Rye Loaf, Black Pepper Focaccia, Pumpkin Pie Brioche, Chocolate Tangerine Bars, and a variety of gluten-free breads.  About a dozen of the recipes are 100% whole grain. 
Healthy Bread in Five Minutes a Day will show you that there is time enough for home-baked bread, and that it can be part of a healthy diet.  Calling all bread lovers: Whether you are looking for more whole grains, watching your weight, trying to reduce your cholesterol, or just care about what goes into your body, this book is a must-have.
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Thursday, February 18, 2010

Artisan Breads

An illustrated guide for anyone who wants to master the art of baking delicious artisan breads at home
This addition to The Culinary Institute of America's "At Home" series is perfect for home bakers who want to go beyond the basics to create delicious artisan breads. Backed by the CIA's expertise, Eric Kastel leads readers through simple and challenging recipes from Baguettes, Peasant Bread, and Ciabatta to Cheddar Onion Rye Rolls, Coffee, Cake, and even Sourdough.
In addition, Artisan Breads at Home provides thorough explanations of ingredients-including flour breakdowns and chemical reactions-easy-to-understand terminology and definitions, and a detailed equipment guide.
  • Includes tips, troubleshooting answers, and nearly170 full-color photos of techniques and finished breads
  • Covers the basics of bread making as well as advanced techniques-from lean dough breads and rolls to flat breads and enriched doughs
  • Author Eric Kastel, CMB, CHE is an associate professor of baking and pastry arts at The CIA and a former head baker for Whole Foods and Bread Alone
Artisan Breads at Home is the ideal resource for home bakers who want to take their baking to the next level of complexity and taste.
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Vegan Cookies Invade Your Cookie Jar: 100 Dairy-Free Recipes for Everyone's Favorite Treats

Don’t run. Don’t hide. Vegan cookies are going to invade your cookie jar, one delicious bite at a time. Join award-winning bakers Isa Chandra Moskowitz and Terry Hope Romero (authors of the hit cookbook Vegan Cupcakes Take Over the World) as they continue their world-domination mission—with dairy- and egg-free batches of everyone’s favorite treats.

Vegan Cookies Invade Your Cookie Jar includes more than 100 irresistible recipes for cookies, bars, biscotti, brownies, and more. Discover festive desserts that are sure to impress family and friends at any occasion, from birthdays to bake sales. Or simply tempt yourself with:

· Magical Coconut Cookie Bars
· Chocolate Chip Cream Cheese Brownies
· Peanut Butter Crisscrosses
· NYC Black & Whites
· Key Lime Shortbread Rounds
· Call Me Blondies
· Macadamia Lace Cookies

Throughout the book, Isa and Terry share their best mixing, baking, and decorating techniques and tackle age-old cookie conundrums. Learn the secrets of vegan-izing name-brand favorites (Nutter Betters, anyone?), whipping up gluten-free batches, and even making cookies you can eat for breakfast. When vegan cookies invade your cookie jar, it’s yummy to give in!
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My Rustic Sandwiches: Great Recipes to Savor Artisan Bread

Providing inspiring ideas, from simple hot and cold sandwiches to the gourmet variety, this cookbook is all about savoring hearty artisan bread. Featuring more than 50 mouth-watering sandwiches, it brings into the home a wide range of flavors from around the world. Recipes and information on how to make artisan bread are also included.
Sam Sidawi is a baker who has been researching and learning artisan bread making for more than a decade. He lives in Montreal.
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Good Housekeeping Blend It!: 150 Sensational Recipes to Make in Your Blender

A new look for a popular Good Housekeeping cookbook!
What could be better than a delicious, fast, and easy treat that’s simple to make and requires little cleanup? From frappes and smoothies to savory soups and delectable dips, here are 150 sensational recipes to make in your blender—all triple-tested for success in the famed Good Housekeeping Test Kitchen. There’s even a section on frozen cocktails.
Enjoy a Blueberry Blast, curl up with a cup of Butternut-Apple Soup, and delight family and guests with Roasted Red Pepper and Walnut Dip or Roasted Eggplant Dip with Herbs. Or try salad dressings, sauces, even batters for pancakes, crepes, and popovers.
If there’s a blender sitting on your countertop, these recipes will keep it whirring!

Top Chef: The Quickfire Cookbook

The much-anticipated follow-up to the New York Times best-selling Top Chef: The Cookbook is here! Drawing from all 5 seasons of the show, Top Chef: The Quickfire Cookbook features 75 of the best recipes from Spike's Pizza alla Greek to Stephanie's Bittersweet Chocolate Cake culled from the Top Chef Quickfire Challenges. Everything the home chef needs to assemble an impressive meal and channel the energy of the Quickfire kitchen is collected here, including advice on hosting a Quickfire Cocktail Party and staging Quickfire Challenges at home. Best of all, this book is spilling over with sidebar material, including tips for home chefs, interviews with contestants, fabulous photos, and fun trivia related to the chefs, dishes, and ingredients that make Top Chef a favorite. 
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Sugar-Free Gluten-Free Baking and Desserts: Recipes for Healthy and Delicious Cookies, Cakes, Muffins, Scones, Pies, Puddings, Breads and Pizzas

Citing the myriad health drawbacks of wheat flour and refined sugars, a volume of sugar-free and gluten-free recipes features the uses of a range of natural substitute ingredients from quinoa and arrow root to agave and yacon.
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Soup

A book with 150 recipes organized by ingredient--including vegetables, meats, fish and pasta and noodles--provides step-by-step instructions, full-color illustrations, preparation and cooking times, freezing advice, health ratings and much more.
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The Allergen-Free Baker's Handbook: How to Bake Without Gluten, Wheat, Dairy, Eggs, Soy, Peanuts, Tree Nuts, and Sesame

Free to Eat Sweets!
The number of people with food allergies is skyrocketing, leaving puzzled cooks and anxious parents eager to find recipes for “normal” foods that are both safe and delicious. The Allergen-Free Baker’s Handbook features 100 tried-and-true recipes that are completely free of all ingredients responsible for 90 percent of food allergies, sparing bakers the all-too-common frustration of having to make unsatisfactory substitutions or rework recipes entirely. To make things even easier, energized and empathetic mom Cybele Pascal demystifies alternative foodstuffs and offers an insider’s advice about choosing safe products and sources for buying them.

As the head baker for a food-allergic family, food writer Pascal shares her most in-demand treats and how to make them work without allergenic ingredients. Her collection includes a delightfully familiar array of sweets and savory goodies that are no longer off-limits, from Glazed Vanilla Scones, Cinnamon Rolls, and Lemon-Lime Squares to Chocolate Fudge Brownies, Red Velvet Cake, and every kid’s favorite: Pizza.

In addition to being a lifeline for people with food allergies, sensitivities, and intolerances, these entirely vegan recipes are perfect for anyone looking to avoid artificial and refined ingredients, and those interested in baking with healthful new gluten-free flours such as quinoa, sorghum, and amaranth. Best of all, Pascal has fine-tuned each recipe to please the palates of the most exacting critics: her young sons. Lennon and Monte like these tasty treats even better than their traditional counterparts, and you will too!
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The Gluten-Free Almond Flour Cookbook: Breakfasts, Entrees, and More

A collection of no-gluten, lightly sweetened, quick-and-healthy recipes made with almond flour offers delicious, nutritious, and whole-foods recipes that will benefit anyone, with or without dietary restrictions.
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Sunday, February 14, 2010

Vegan Lunch Box Around the World: 125 Easy International Lunches Kids and Grown-Ups Will Love!

Vegan Lunch Box Around the World offers a delicious array of meat-free, egg-free, and dairy-free lunches that will take you on an adventure across the globe. The book includes balanced international and regional American menus with 100 recipes from Ratatouille to Moroccan Tagine, New England Chowder to a Japanese Bento Box. With quick and easy recipes, fruit and veggie ideas for even the pickiest eaters, and an allergen-free index, Vegan Lunch Box Around the World is essential for every family raising healthy kids—and for anyone who packs a lunch.
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Top Secret Recipes Unlocked: All New Home Clones of America's Favorite Brand-Name Foods

The author of the best-selling Top Secret Restaurant Recipes 2 reveals key ingredients in favorite brand-name foods while providing dozens of new and previously unpublished recipes, including Panera Bread French Onion Soup, Stouffer's Macaroni & Cheese and McDonald's Cinnamon Melts.
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Make It Fast, Cook It Slow: The big Book of Everyday Slow Cooking

A popular cooking blogger offers over 300 affordable, tasty, nutritious and gluten-free recipes for the slow cooker, including Breakfast Risotto, Vietnamese Roast Chicken, Fruit Leather, 5-Layer Brownies, Blue Cheese Potato Soup with Olive Tapenade, Philly Cheesesteaks and many more.
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Wednesday, February 10, 2010

Chocolates and Confections at Home With the Culinary Institute of America

Richly illustrated with more than 150 full-color photos that show key techniques and finished chocolates and confections, a home candy-maker's guide covers chocolates, truffles, toffees and taffies, fudge and pralines, marshmallows, jellies, nuts and much more.
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The Complete Idiot's Guide to Glycemic Index Weight Loss

This updated and expanded guide explains how a glycemic index diet works; offers advice on eating the right foods; provides easy recipes, food lists and sample meal plans; and features an appendix with glycemic index counts.
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Eating Well 500 Calorie Dinners: Easy, Delicious Recipes & Menus

Offers hands-on advice on how to create satisfying meals--such as Grilled Salmon & Summer Squash with Romesco Sauce and Hawaiian Chicken-Ginger Stew with brown rice--that won't leave one hungry, proper portion sizes and menu-planning tips, all augmented by full-color photos.
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