Keys to Good Cooking: A Guide to Making the Best of Foods and Recipes

The answers to many kitchen conundrums in one easy-to-use volume, from the author of the acclaimed culinary bible "On Food and Cooking. "
From our foremost expert on the science of cooking, Harold McGee, "Keys to Good Cooking" is a concise and authoritative guide designed to help home cooks navigate the ever-expanding universe of ingredients, recipes, food safety, and appliances, and arrive at the promised land of a satisfying dish.
A work of astounding scholarship and originality, "Keys to Good Cooking" directly addresses the cook at work in the kitchen and in need of quick and reliable guidance. Cookbooks past and present frequently contradict one another about the best ways to prepare foods, and many contain erroneous information and advice.
"Keys to Good Cooking" distills the modern scientific understanding of cooking and translates it into immediately useful information. Looking at ingredients from the mundane to the exotic, McGee takes you from market to table, teaching, for example, how to spot the most delectable asparagus (choose thick spears); how to best prepare the vegetable (peel, don't snap, the fibrous ends; broiling is one effective cooking method for asparagus and other flat-lying vegetables); and how to present it (coat with butter or oil after cooking to avoid a wrinkled surface). This book will be a requisite countertop resource for all home chefs, as McGee's insights on kitchen safety in particular-"reboil refrigerated meat or fish stocks every few days. (They're so perishable that they can spoil even in the refrigerator.); Don't put ice cubes or frozen gel packs on a burn. (Extreme cold can cause additional skin damage")-will save even the most knowledgeable home chefs from culinary disaster.
A companion volume to recipe books, a touchstone that helps cooks spot flawed recipes and make the best of them, "Keys to Good Cooking" will be of use to cooks of all kinds: to beginners who want to learn the basics, to weekend cooks who want a quick refresher in the basics, and to accomplished cooks who want to rethink a dish from the bottom up. With "Keys to Good Cooking" McGee has created an essential guide for food lovers everywhere. (Check Catalog)

The Sunset Cookbook: Over 1,000 Fresh, Flavorful Recipes for the Way You Cook Today

The Sunset Cookbook is the first masterwork collection of recipes selected from the extensive archives of Sunset magazine. With over 1,000 recipes from the more than 110 years of the magazine's history, this book represents the best of American cooking, both its traditional cookery and its culinary inventiveness. Fueled by local ingredients, the creativity of its cooks, and diverse ethnic influences, from Native American to Mexican to Polynesian to Asian, American cooking has come into its own, and Sunset has been there from the beginning.The Sunset Cookbook covers everything from appetizers to preserves and pickles as well as Sunset's unique approach to fresh eating, which can be found in dishes like vegetarian main courses-such as stews, salads, pastas, stir-fries, and casseroles. Included are more than 100 recipes for the grill, like Grilled Oysters with Chipotle Glaze, Hoppin' Wine-Smoked Turkey, and classic Santa Maria Barbecue, made with beef tri-tip; recipes based on fresh local ingredients such as Pan-fried Trout with Smoked Salmon, Baby Artichoke Antipasto, Soy Mustard-Glazed Buffalo; and favorite dishes that found their start in the West such as Cedar-Planked Salmon, Baja Fish Tacos, and Baked Chiles Rellenos, just to name a few. Long-awaited by Sunset readers and packed with signature recipes, The Sunset Cookbook is sure to take its place among the classics and appeal to the new generation of home cooks across the country who have grown up on fresh flavors that are the hallmark of new American cooking. (Check Catalog)

Peter Reinhart's Artisan Breads Every Day: Fast and Easy Recipes for World-Class Breads

"Peter Reinhart's Artisan Breads Every Day" distills the renowned baking instructor' s professional techniques down to the basics, delivering artisan bread recipes that anyone with flour and a fridge can make and bake with ease.
Reinhart begins with the simplest French bread, then moves on to familiar classics such as ciabatta, pizza dough, and soft sandwich loaves, and concludes with fresh specialty items like pretzels, crackers, croissants, and bagels. Each recipe is broken into "Do Ahead" and "On Baking Day" sections, making every step--from preparation through pulling pans from the oven-a breeze, whether you bought your loaf pan yesterday or decades ago. These doughs are engineered to work flawlessly for busy home bakers: most require only a straightforward mixing and overnight fermentation. The result is reliably superior flavor and texture on par with loaves from world-class artisan bakeries-and all with little hands-on time.
America's favorite baking instructor and innovator Peter Reinhart offers new time-saving techniques accompanied by full-color, step-by-step photos throughout so that in no time you'll be producing fresh batches of: Sourdough Baguettes - 50% and 100% Whole Wheat Sandwich Loaves - Soft and Crusty Cheese Bread - English Muffins - Cinnamon Buns - Panettone - Hoagie Rolls - Chocolate Cinnamon Babka - Fruit-Filled Thumbprint Rolls - Danish - Best-Ever Biscuits
Best of all, these high-caliber doughs improve with a longer stay in the fridge, so you can mix once, then portion, proof, and bake whenever you feel like enjoying a piping hot treat. (Check Catalog)

Chewy Gooey Crispy Crunchy Melt-In-Your-Mouth Cookies

Medrich presents a compendium of exciting and enticing cookie recipes that reflects every aspect of our widening culinary landscape. Whole-grain flours as well as wheat-free alternatives are becoming more and more prevalent, and people are more often exposed and open to exotic spices and unique flavor combinations. Nibby buckwheat butter cookies, golden kamut shortbread, honey hemp bars, and whole wheat biscotti showcase whole-grain flours, while wheat-free versions of rugelach, toffee bars, butter cookies, and caramel cheesecake bars (just to scratch the surface) aim to please an increasing number of gluten-intolerant dessert lovers. There's a good chunk of dairy-free cookies as well as lower-fat versions (two Weight Watchers points, to be exact). Comfortingly, there are also homey recipes for classic peanut butter cookies, cakey brownies, and rocky road bars. Flavor combos are intriguing, as in the wheat-free grapefruit and basil butter cookies, aniseed and almond shortbread, and nutty cocoa cookie bark with Parmesan and sea salt. The recipes are organized by texture, hence the title, but there's also a section grouping cookies into categories like those containing whole grains, those that keep at least two weeks, ridiculously quick and easy cookies, and cookies to make with kids. This book has redesigned and reframed the often-overlooked cookie and is a boon to the modern, conscious baker. (Check Catalog)

Fannie's Last Supper: Re-Creating One Amazing Meal from Fannie Farmer's 1896 Cookbook

Kimball, founder of Cook's Illustrated and host of the PBS series America's Test Kitchen, spent more than two years of "research, recipe testing, and intense planning" in order to host a Victorian dinner based on the recipes of Fannie Farmer, author of The Boston Cooking-School Cook Book, which was first published in 1896. Kimball is as exhaustive in his research as he is in one of his own test recipes for Cook's Illustrated, and fans of his work will appreciate his attention to even the smallest morsel of information. Kimball is off on a culinary and historical adventure as he literally traces Fannie Farmer's steps around Boston at the turn of the century, regaling the reader with a history of Boston, observations of the Victorian character, manner of dress, and cooking implements and appliances available. In the meantime, his own team has been assembled and they are methodically testing recipes and ingredients in Kimball's 1859 red-brick Boston bowfront. All this work culminates in a foodie's dream dinner party, complete with Victorian plate settings, an all-star guest list, and 12 courses you won't find in any restaurant today. A must-read for history buffs, home cooks, and professional chefs alike. (Check Catalog)

The Everything Diabetes Cookbook ( Everything (Cooking) ) (2ND ed.)

Scalpi, a registered dietitian and certified diabetes educator, revises her 2002 guide with 100 new recipes and updated medical information. She discusses types of diabetes, food labels, the Glycemic Index, and shopping. Recipes, which are written for beginners and offer nutritional information (with PCF Ratio), include Southwest Black Bean Burgers, Asian-Style Fish Cakes (which are made with catfish, banana pepper, ginger, lemon juice, and garlic cloves), and Key Lime Pie (using Splenda instead of sugar). Scalpi also lists recommended websites, online sources for ingredients and equipment, and exchange lists. Highly recommended for its variety of flavorful recipes and useful resources. (Check Catalog)

Cake Pops by Bakerella: Tips, Tricks, and Recipes for More Than 40 Irresistible Mini Treats

What's cuter than a cupcake? A cake pop, of course! Wildly popular blogger Bakerella (aka Angie Dudley) has turned cake pops into an international sensation! Cute little cakes on a stick from decorated balls to more ambitious shapes such as baby chicks, ice cream cones, and even cupcakes these adorable creations are the perfect alternative to cake at any party or get-together. Martha Stewart loved the cupcake pops so much she had Bakerella appear on her show to demonstrate making them. Now Angie makes it easy and fun to recreate these amazing treats right at home with clear step-by-step instructions and photos of more than 40 featured projects, as well as clever tips for presentation, decorating, dipping, coloring and melting chocolate, and much more. (Check Catalog)

Thai Street Food: Authentic Recipes, Vibrant Traditions

Thai Street Food transports readers straight into the bustling heart of Thailand's colorful street stalls and markets--from the predawn rounds of monks fanning out along the aisles to the made-to-order stalls ablaze in neon and jammed with hungry locals after dark. Featuring nearly 100 authentic dishes plus lavish photography accompanying every recipe, this stunning cookbook is the definitive guide to Thailand's culinary street culture. The recipes, such as Steamed Fish with Chilli and Lime Sauce, Pork Satay, Roast Duck and Egg Noodle Soup, and Sweet Banana Roti illuminate the beguiling world of food so integral to the Thais.
Scholar and chef  David Thompson lives with a singular passion for Thailand's customs, culture, and people. Although he claims "It's all about the food," this ambitious work shares his insights into the rhythms and nuances of Thai daily life along with a fascinating history of its richly diverse street cuisine. This cookbook is a tempting, inspiring, and authoritative account of Thai street food, the vibrant culinary mosaic rich with community. (Check Catalog)

Skinny Bitch: Ultimate Everyday Cookbook: Crazy Delicious Recipes That Are Good to the Earth and Great for Your Bod

After five years atop the "Skinny Bitch" phenomenon, author Kim Barnouin has grown as a cook, a nutritionist, and a mom. Now she delivers the "Ultimate" cookbook that will be for everyone looking for a healthier way to feed themselves, their families, and friends. Kim's emphasis is on "easy," and her kick-ass recipes feature seasonal produce (no fake meat or hard-to-find ingredients) and provide a versatility of tastes and cuisines, from Mediterranean to California-fresh. With almost 150 recipes, full-color photos, complete nutritional breakdowns, and simple "switch-outs" for quick variations, it will be the new "gotta have" on any healthy bitch's bookshelf. Whether readers are looking to gradually add more meatless dishes to their meals, or want to go "all-out" vegan, "Skinny Bitch: Ultimate Everyday Cookbook" will be their "go-to" source for getting their "bitch" on--in the kitchen. (Check Catalog)

The Everything Cast-Iron Cookbook

Every chef worth her skillet knows cast iron beats nonstick every time! In The Everything Cast-Iron Cookbook, you'll learn how easy it is to create healthy and delicious recipes with these versatile pans. Food writer and cast-iron enthusiast Cinnamon Cooper shows you how to make 300 mouth-watering recipes, including:

• Quinoa and Beef-Stuffed Acorn Squash
• Seared and Roasted Pork Belly
• Smoked Turkey Chili
• Roasted Tomatillo and Green Chili Sauce
• Icelandic Sugar-Glazed Potatoes
• Shrimp and Avocado Pasta with a Tequila Tomato Sauce
• Fresh Fig Muffins
• Upside-Down Apple Pie

From fried chicken as scrumptious as Grandma's to spicy exotic Palak Paneer, these recipes will satisfy all year long. And this cookbook guides you though purchasing, seasoning, and cleaning your cast-iron pans. Cooking with cast iron proves what once was old is new again! (Check Catalog)

Bobby Flay's Throwdown!: More Than 100 Recipes from Food Network's Ultimate Cooking Challenge

A famous chef walks into an eatery and says, "Hey, prepare your signature dish and let's see if I can make a variation worth televising." That, in essence, is the concept behind Throwdown! the Food Network reality show that premiered in 2006, the fifth of seven Flay vehicles to appear on the network. This companion volume is one part recap and one part cookbook. For true fans of the show, Flay recounts each episode in his trademark cocky prose ("I heat things up with Jamaican jerk jockey Nigel Spence") and in doing so provides a tasty travelogue of eateries, from Asian dumplings at the Good Fork in Brooklyn, N.Y., to chile cheeseburgers at the Buckhorn Tavern in San Antonio, Tex. Whether by accident or by design, his cook-off lineup is a treasure trove of comfort food. Meatloaf, mac 'n' cheese, wings, lasagna, cupcakes, and matzo ball soup are all in the battle: 51 items in total, with Flay and a competing chef each providing their own recipe, for a total of 102 recipes. The author has never met a dish that he didn't want to sauce, and this proclivity is much in evidence, including a black pepper vinegar sauce over pulled pork and a balsamic glaze over a roasted vegetable meatloaf. (Check Catalog)

Tyler Florence Family Meal: Bringing People Together Never Tasted Bette

The star of the popular Food Network series Tyler's Ultimate, Tyler Florence is famous for championing simplicity, freshness, and culinary honesty in cooking. Now, after more than a decade spent tracking down some of the world's most flavorful recipes (and debunking a generation of novice chefs' culinary fears), Tyler brings it all back home to celebrate the pleasures of cooking with wholesome, local ingredients.His easy yet toothsome recipes exemplify the message that restaurant chefs from coast to coast have embraced: Local foods, cooked in season and prepared simply but with care and thought, are the best meals you can eat anywhere.
In Tyler Florence Family Meals Tyler recounts the journey that brought him from the home cooking he grew up loving to the "haute-homey" restaurant cuisine that first won him culinary acclaim, to the pleasures of the world's great cuisine as showcased on his Food Network shows, and ultimately back to his roots as he prepares to open a restaurant while raising a family of young children. He speaks with his signature casual charm about how they can improve their cooking and eating habits to bring about real changes in their health and in their attitude toward food.
Better than any other chef at work today, Tyler knows what people want to eat and how to help them achieve spectacular results without stress or strife. With this all-new collection of bold and exciting recipes, any cook can rid herself of her culinary fears and discover why, when it comes to fine dining, there is no place like home. (Check Catalog)

The Get Healthy, Go Vegan Cookbook: 125 Easy & Delicious Recipes to Jump-Start Weight Loss and Help You Feel Great!

In "Dr. Neal Barnard's Get Healthy, Go Vegan Cookbook," the country's leading diabetes team weighs in on America's hottest dietary trend. The cookbook is based on a landmark two-year study conducted by Dr. Barnard, which showed that a vegan diet more effectively controls type 2 diabetes. In fact, it's also beneficial for weight loss, the reversal of heart disease, and the improvement of many other conditions. Dr. Barnard and nutritionist Robyn Webb now offer easy, delicious meals to improve your health.
Featuring 125 flavorful recipes, readers will find all-occasion dishes that use familiar ingredients and require minimal effort. All recipes are free of animal products, low in fat, and contain a low-to-moderate glycemic index.
Barnard and Webb explain how diet changes can have such dramatic health effects and provide simple ways to get started. With convenient menus, scientifically proven advice, and inspiring stories from real people who have used Barnard's recommendations to turn their health around, there's no better cookbook to help you eat well and feel great. (Check Catalog)

The Everything Healthy Slow Cooker Cookbook

Slow-cooker meals may save you time and energy, but they can also help you pack on the pounds. Thanks to this clever collection of deliciously good-for-you recipes, you can please your palate without sacrificing nutrition--or your waistline! This cookbook serves up hundreds of mouth-watering recipes, including:

• Sun-Dried Tomato and Pesto Dip
• Greek-Style Orzo and Spinach Soup
• Red Wine Pot Roast
• Ginger Caramelized Chicken
• Curried Lentils
• Italian Meatloaf
• Chocolate Cr?me Br?l?e
• Stewed Cinnamon Apples

Popular food blogger and cooking instructor Rachel Rappaport provides full nutritional analyses so you can choose recipes based on calories, fat content, fiber, and more. When you save time "and" produce healthy meals, you?ll find you can have your pot roast--and eat it too! (Check Catalog)

The New American Heart Association Cookbook, 8th Edition

In print for more than thirty-five years and with three million copies sold, "The New American Heart Association Cookbook" remains "the" ultimate resource on achieving a healthy diet. With 612 mouthwatering recipes and the latest heart-health information,
this newly revised and updated edition is more valuable than ever.
There's just no denying that nutritious, wholesome eating combined with an active lifestyle helps prevent heart disease and increases vitality. The American Heart Association knows that maintaining good heart health throughout your life is possible, and this cookbook shows you how to get started right in your own kitchen.
"The New American Heart Association Cookbook, 8th Edition," includes not only 600-plus everyday recipes for the whole family but also the most current dietary, exercise, and lifestyle recommendations. This latest edition features more than 150 brand-new recipes, all of which meet the American Heart Association's good-health and high-flavor standards. With globally inspired tastes, trendy ingredients, and popular time-saving cooking methods, here are just some of the new recipes this edition has to offer:
- Curried Pumpkin Soup
- Spinach Salad with Roasted Beets and
- Pomegranate Vinaigrette
- Ginger-Infused Watermelon and Mixed Berries
- Slow-Cooker Cioppino
- Salmon Cakes with Creole Aioli
- Chicken Gyros with Tzatziki Sauce
- Couscous Paella
- Slow-Cooker Chile Verde Pork Chops
- Black Bean Polenta with Avocado Salsa
- Cumin and Ginger Lentils on Quinoa
- Edamame with Walnuts
- Sweet Potato Bread
- Pistachio-Cardamom Meringues
- Delicate Lemon Ricotta Cheesecake with
- Blackberries
In this revised edition of "The New American Heart Association Cookbook," you'll find updated information on trans fats and sodium, all-new nutritional analyses, and important good health tips. Also included are grocery-shopping strategies, healthy cooking methods, more than a dozen new menu plans for special occasions and holidays, a recipe index of Planned-Overs and Plan-Aheads for easy reference, and more.
With so many recipes and so much information packed between its pages, "The New American Heart Association Cookbook" will be the cookbook you return to again and again. (Check Catalog)

Everyday Easy: Freeze-Ahead Meals: Casseroles, Hearty Soups, Pizzas, One-Pots, Oven Bakes

Given the pressures of other aspects of fast family life, help in the kitchen is essential. And "Everyday Easy"-a series of cookbooks that each include a collection of around 90 recipes-provides an inexhaustible collection of favorite family recipes to be dipped into on a daily basis for any home cook.
"Everyday Easy: Freezer Ahead Meals" is packed with 90 great recipes that can be made ahead of time and will keep well in the freezer. So, for delicious family meals on hectic weeknights, all you have to do is defrost and serve. (Check Catalog)

15-Minute Diabetic Meals

Great taste happens fast, even for diabetes-friendly meals!
What can you cook in 15 minutes? A lot! "15-Minute Diabetic Meals" provides time-saving recipes that can be prepared in 15 minutes or less. Using convenience items--such as pre-cooked meats, poultry, and pre-cut produce--and taking advantage of the tremendous choices in the grocer's freezer section, healthy meals can be made in a fraction of the time.
For people with diabetes, meal times can become a chore. All the measuring and recording doesn't leave much time for actual cooking. Survey after survey has shown that people with diabetes want recipes that are not only delicious but fast. "15-Minute Diabetic Meals" contains 200 recipes that cover everything from breakfast, lunch, and dinner to between-meal snacks! 200 recipes that take less than 15 minutes to cook Written by Nancy Hughes, author of nine published cookbooks and a recipe developer. Backed by the American Diabetes Association. (Check Catalog)

Everyday Easy: Cakes & Cupcakes: Cheesecakes, Muffins, Brownies, Sponge Cakes ( Everyday Easy )

Given the pressures of other aspects of fast family life, help in the kitchen is essential. And "Everyday Easy"-a series of cookbooks that each include a collection of around 90 recipes-provides an inexhaustible collection of favorite family recipes to be dipped into on a daily basis for any home cook.
What's not to love about cakes and cupcakes? In the latest title in the successful "Everyday Easy" series, " Cakes and Cupcakes," you can wow your friends and loved-ones with decadent desserts, or get your own sugar fix with minimal fuss. (
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The Essential New York Times Cookbook: Classic Recipes for a New Century

Hesser, a food columnist for the New York Times, offers a superb compilation of the most noteworthy recipes published by the paper since it started covering food in the 1850s. What she has produced is no less a chronicle of American culinary history--an evolutionary progression that marks the notable and sometimes regrettable changes in our approach to food--than a cookbook. Recipe originators are a hodgepodge of talent, including noted chefs and the kitchens of famed restaurants such as Le Bernardin as well as Times writers, most notably Craig Claiborne, whose culinary mastery is evidenced throughout. Every category of food is covered, and each recipe is accompanied by serving suggestions for complementary dishes within the book. From 1877's tomato soup and 1907's roast quail with sage dressing to Eisenhower's steak in the fire and 1968's sour cream coffee cake, Hesser showcases the best of the best. Each recipe is dated, and many include cooking notes. Hesser, whose witty bent permeates every page, does a more than admirable job with this stellar collection of more than 1,400 recipes, which should grace the shelves of every food-lover. (Check Catalog)

Cake Boss: Stories and Recipes from Mia Famiglia

Best known on TLC cable as the Cake Boss, Valastro shares recipes and a sometimes treacly tale of family, tradition, and ambition. A fourth-generation baker born in Hoboken, N.J., Buddy honors his Sicilian father, who taught him his craft, while marking his own rise from apprentice to master baker. His is the American dream told in flashbacks; like his show, the book plays on charm and the idea that to know Buddy is to like his work. Still, the book offers hard-won baking know-how. It conveys the dramatic sweep of Buddy's accomplishments as bolstered by his traditional values and family. For drama, it depicts, as mini-crises, the elaborate challenges and difficult designs that proliferate as Buddy's clientele expands to include Modern Bride and Britney Spears. However, despite great technical descriptions, including his bakery's cannoli recipe and photos of his spectacular cakes, Buddy's tale of immigrant success proves too familiar. (Oct.) Copyright 2010 Reed Business Information. (Check Catalog)

The Everything Vegan Cookbook ( Everything (Cooking) )

Hackett, who writes about vegetarian food on About.com, teams up with registered dietitian Bull to present reasons for a vegan diet as well as nutrition and shopping tips. Writing for those just beginning to explore vegan cooking, they include recipes for Mushroom and Rosemary Wild Rice, Quinoa and Hummus Sandwich Wrap, and Chocolate Mocha Ice Cream (no ice cream machine needed!). Highly recommended for its brief health discussion and beginner recipes, this book provides just enough information for the new vegan. For more detailed vegan health coverage, consider also Brenda Davis and Vesanto Melina's "Becoming Vegan" (Check Catalog)

The Family Dinner: Great Ways to Connect with Your Kids, One Meal at a Time

Film and TV producer David (An Inconvenient Truth) enlists more than 50 child-care experts, writers, celebrities, activists, musicians, and chefs--including Nora Ephron, Maya Angelou, Judge Judy, Michael Pollan, Sheryl Crow, and Alice Waters--in support of family mealtime rituals. Mother of two girls, David presents a grab bag of child-friendly ideas from her trial-and-error experiments before and after divorcing actor Larry David: creative table settings; quick weekday meals and leftovers; cooking with kids; table games; reading selections and discussion topics; and ways for divorced parents to establish food traditions. For the recipes, Uhrenholdt draws on her Danish heritage and global flavors. It may take effort to entice young children with artichokes and edamame, most will likely enjoy composting and gardening; while teens may balk at table games, David knows how to snag an audience with viable alternatives to enemies of health and togetherness (TV, computers, cellphones, factory farmproduced foods, soda, plastics, etc.). She tempers her earnest tone with whimsical flourishes (poetry, quotes) and nostalgic reminiscences from contributors. Parents willing to adjust busy schedules to raise healthy, conscious, and confident children will find David's ideas practical and enjoyable, her passion irresistible.(Check Catalog)

Semi-Homemade: The Complete Cookbook

A massive collection of the best of the best recipes from Sandra's "Semi-Homemade Cooking"
This new compilation is filled to the brim with 1,001 of her most popular recipes including 200 brand new recipes from Sandra's personal recipe box and never-before-seen full-color photos taken at Sandra's new home, Lilly Pond, in Bedford Falls, NY.
Sandra Lee's "Semi-Homemade The Complete Cookbook" serves up delicious recipes from 20 in depth, unique chapters like Sandra's Cooking Basics, Poultry & Beef, 20 Minute Meals, International Fare, Slow Cooker & One Pot Wonders and provides an insiders' view of Sandra's new kitchen, pantry and three at home eating areas-formal, family and kitchen dining. Sandra, who can often be seen on the "Today" show and "Good Morning America," is thrilled to share with her readers, an excusive chapter featuring cherished recipes from her sister, muse and frequent guest on "Semi-Homemade Cooking with Sandra Lee," Kimber Lee.
These quick and easy recipes, straight from Sandra Lee's dining room table to yours, are based on Sandra's Semi-Homemade philosophy and use roughly 70 percent readymade products and 30 percent fresh ingredients, so you can take 100% of the credit.Includes 1,001 semi-homemade recipes-800 fan favorites from the show and 200 brand-new for this collection-the biggest Sandra Lee collection everThese family-friendly recipes featuring food for every dining occasion are quick to make and easy to put togetherAn insider's look into the personal home of Sandra Lee and the re-launch of a brand-new, modernized "Semi-Homemade Cooking with Sandra Lee" show on Food NetworkThe first book Sandra has published in partnership with Food Network with extensive on-air promotion
For Sandra Lee fans, this is the ultimate Semi-Homemade collection, packed with all-time favorites, fresh fares and fun new recipes. Between the stresses and duties of family and work, it's tough to put a delicious meal that saves time and money on the table every night of the week. Thankfully, there's Sandra Lee! (Check Catalog)

The Gourmet Cookie Book: The Single Best Recipe from Each Year 1941-2009

Gourmet"magazine, from its first issue in 1941 until its last in 2009, reflected changes in American tastes, such as the reign of coconut (1960s), pistachios (1980s), and espresso (1990s). The introduction includes tips for ingredients, measuring, equipment, and techniques. The concise recipe instructions are written for the experienced baker. This amazing collection features such cookies as Brandy Snaps, Fig Cookies, Mocha Cookies, Scandinavian Rosettes, and Mini Black and White Cookies. It represents a snapshot of American cookery—an incredible seven decades' worth of cookies complete with mouthwatering photographs. (Check Catalog)

Once-A-Month Cooking Family Favorites: More Great Recipes That Save You Time and Money from the Inventors of the Ultimate Do-Ahead Dinnertime Method

Mimi Wilson and Mary Beth Lagerborg are back with a brand new book that features their Once-A-Month Cooking ™ technique guaranteed to save time and money.  Filled with all-new cycles - two one-month cycles, two two-week cycles, and three specialty cycles: gourmet, summer, and gluten-free – their trademark method remains the same: You shop for an entire cycle all at once, buying in bulk and saving money. You do all the food prep for the cycle the next day, freezing and refrigerating what needs to be kept cold, stocking the pantry when appropriate. Then, as the family assembles for mealtime, you do some quick finishing and it’s ready - fast and delicious!  "Once-a-Month Cooking™ Family Favorites" has something for every kind of eater and includes such soon-to-be favorites as:
-Adobe Chicken
-Baked Mediterranean Cod
-Chicken Wild Rice Soup
-County-Style Ribs
-Texas-Style Lasagna
With the perfect plan in hand and bulk shopping at economically-friendly prices, the Once-A-Month Cooking ™ technique is a surefire way to get a delicious dinner on the table fast so that you can spend more time with your family! (Check Catalog)

The Best of Clean Eating: Improving Your Life One Meal at a Tim

Clean Eating magazine helps improve readers' lives one meal at a time by providing a wholesome variety or delicious, low-fat, seasonal, local, budget-friendly, quick and easily made recipes that can be shared with family and friends. The editors of Clean Eating have chosen their top 200 recipes to be included in their first-ever cookbook. Bonus! 20 new recipes! (Check Catalog)

Rachael Ray's Look + Cook Rachael Ray's Look + Cook

Just when you thought Rachael Ray couldn't make preparing dinner any easier, she offers a book of 100 simple main courses, all illustrated with step-by-step photos. Cooks who aren't quite sure what dishes are supposed to look like along the way will gain confidence from the six images that accompany each entry, highlighting ingredients, techniques, and in-progress recipes. As You Like It citrus soy stir-fry calls for shelled edamame and a seeded and thinly sliced bell pepper; photos show just how these should appear when they're ready to go into the skillet. One photo supporting the individual Florentine frying-pan pizza depicts dough pressed into a skillet and being filled before baking--so there's no question about whether the reader is doing it correctly. All recipes include a photo of the finished product, too. Chapters are quintessential Ray: "Cozy Food" (cherry tomato and ravioli soup with store-bought ravioli; shepherd's pie stuffed potatoes), "Make Your Own Takeout" (Real-Deal rellenos), "Fancy Fake-Outs" (Moroccan Lemon-Olive Chicken), " Yes, The Kids Will Eat It' " (chicken & broccolini with orange sauce), and, of course, "30-Minute Meals." Ray fans should find more of what they love in this book: easy meals that will please most crowds. (Check Catalog)

Barefoot Contessa How Easy Is That?: Fabulous Recipes & Easy Tips

The focus is on creating simpler yet appetizing dishes that save time and minimize stress in the kitchen in bestselling author (Barefoot Contessa Cookbook) and Food Network guru Gartens latest. She showcases recipes that utilize fewer ingredients, limited to those easily found in supermarkets or specialty food stores. She also stays away from time-consuming cooking techniques, instead making unusually good use of her oven for everything from easy parmesan risotto and French toast bread pudding to spicy turkey meatballs. Despite the relative simplicity of these dishes, they are still elegant enough to be served at dinner parties, especially the roasted figs and prosciutto, fresh salmon tartare, and the mouthwatering, easy Provençal lamb. Gartens vegetable dishes are particularly appealing and varied, including scalloped tomatoes, garlic-roasted cauliflower, and potato basil purée, and her desserts are equally strong, with easy cranberry and apple cake and fleur de sel caramels. Full-color photos accompany each recipe and are enough to send any hungry soul immediately into the kitchen. True to her trademark style, Garten once again shows that delicious food can be prepared with a minimum of fuss, even with guests on the way. (Check Catalog)

The Ultrametabolism Cookbook: 200 Delicious Recipes That Will Turn on Your Fat-Burning DNA

From the Three-Time "New York Times" Bestselling Author of "Ultraprevention, Ultrametabolism, " and "The Ultrasimple Diet"
In "UltraMetabolism," Dr. Mark Hyman brought the new science of weight loss to the general public. By learning to work with the body instead of against it, you can ignite your natural fat-burning furnace and reprogram your body to burn fat and keep it off for good.
Simply put, eat the right foods and send instructions of weight loss and health; eat the wrong foods and send messages of weight gain and disease.
"The UltraMetabolism Cookbook" puts Ultra-Metabolism into overdrive with 200 convenient, easy-to-prepare, and, of course, delicious recipes for the right foods that will bring on a lifetime of good health and healthy weight.
The first part of the book reacquaints the reader with the UltraMetabolism plan and then offers a wide variety of delicious, easily prepared dishes for both Phase I -- the three-week detoxification of your system -- and Phase II, which rebalances your metabolism in four weeks and offers the way to a healthy metabolism for life!
Look your best, feel your best, perform at your best, and eat such fantastic meals as Roasted Shrimp, Turkey and Red Bean Chili, and Ratatouille. And that's just Phase I!
As you progress through the UltraMetabolism plan and enter Phase II, you'll add satisfying, flavor-packed appetizers -- Curried Deviled Eggs with Cashews, anyone? -- as well as many more new salads, meats, fish, shellfish, soups, poultry, grains, vegetables, breakfast foods, and snacks. And there are lots of plant-based options and bean dishes for vegetarians.
In addition to the clear, cutting-edge science and great recipes in "The UltraMetabolism Cookbook," you'll find countless ideas of how to integrate the UltraMetabolism way of eating into your lifestyle, from quick weeknight suppers to entertaining and holiday meals.(Check Catalog)

The America's Test Kitchen Family Cookbook: Cookware Rating Edition

This bestselling ringbound cookbook, now revised and updated with an all-new 50-page cookware buying guide, delivers more than 1,200 foolproof recipes for classic American family fare in a clear, accessible style. Beautiful step-by-step photos illuminate every conceivable technique from chopping shallots and skinning salmon to cutting up a chicken and tying a roast. With the addition of our Guide to Kitchen Equipment and the America's Test Kitchen Buying Guide, this cookbook is even more timely and valuable--a kitchen essential you cannot live without. (Check Catalog)

Tartine Bread

Chad Robertson (co-owner, with his wife, Elisabeth Prueitt, of San Francisco's Tartine, Bar Tartine) brings his master Tartine Bread technique to those who may not have the chance to try the famed Bay Area loaves hot out of the oven. This "baker's guidebook" is divided into four parts: Basic Country Bread; Semolina and Whole-Wheat Breads; Baguettes and Enriched Breads; and Day-Old Bread. Robertson's basic recipe is explained in depth with numbered steps, and consists of making a natural leaven and baking in a cast-iron cooker. The author's passionate tone and tales of baking apprenticeships, along with top-notch step-by-step photos, elevate the title from mere manual to enjoyable read. The later sections include variations on the basic recipe; bread-to-use recipes for sandwiches; bruschetta; and salads and entrees made with croutons and breadcrumbs. The sophisticated and clean design, exceptional photos, and padded cover give the book a luxurious feel. (Check Catalog)

Good Eats: The Middle Years

"Good Eats 2: The Middle Years" picks up where the bestselling "Good Eats: The Early Years" left off. Showcasing everything Alton Brown fans (and they are legion!) have ever wanted to know about his award-winning television show, "The Middle Years "is chock-full of behind-the-scenes photographs and trivia, science-of-food information, cooking tips, and--of course--recipes. "Brown's particular genius lies in teaching the chemistry of cooking with levity and exuberance. In episodes such as "Fit to Be Tied" (meat roulades), "Crustacean Nation" (crab), and "Ill-Gotten Grains" (wheat products), Brown explains everything from how to make the perfect omelet to how to stuff your own sausages. With hundreds of entertaining photographs, along with Brown's inimitable line drawings and signature witty writing, this comprehensive companion book conveys the same wildly creative spirit as the show itself. (Check Catalog)

Nigella Kitchen: Recipes from the Heart of the Home

The many fans of Lawsons television shows will welcome this newest entry in the ever-growing series of cookbooks the ingenious and pneumatic kitchen diva has produced. Lawson is at home with any number of different cuisines, including Japanese, Italian, South African, Mexican, Australian, Thai, Korean, and her own native British cookery. In the last category she presents a spatchcocked Cornish game hen and intense gingerbread enriched with Guinness stout. She favors hearty meats such as lamb shanks and ham hocks. And she has special affection for dishes that one can easily serve at parties, ennobling even humble pigs in blankets with some decidedly sophisticated puff pastry. Recipes emphasize meticulous preparation and freshness of ingredients. The book includes a series of useful kitchen tips that Lawson has collected over the years. They range from tea-stain removal to easy pasta measuring. Occasional Briticisms may puzzle American readers, but they are far from insurmountable. (Check Catalog)

Fat Witch Brownies: Brownies, Blondies, and Bars from New York's Legendary Fat Witch Bakery

At long last, the owner of New York City's legendary Fat Witch Bakery shares her top-secret recipes for decadent and delicious brownies, blondies, and bars
Patricia Helding's rich, intensely chocolatey Fat Witch brownie is a New York obsession, an internet sensation, and arguably the very best brownie to be found on the planet. Unlike other bakeries that feature a range of desserts, Fat Witch, launched by Helding in 1998, specializes only in brownies--baking and selling over 2,000 each day. In Fat Witch Brownies, Helding showcases for the first time her favorite spins on the classic chocolate brownie with creations like the Banana Bread Brownie and the Breakfast Brownie, and she expands her repertoire even further with recipes for other scrumptious bar-shaped confections.
With over 50 recipes that can be baked in the same 9 x 9-inch pan and require fewer than 10 ingredients, Helding shows that baking from scratch is neither expensive nor time-consuming. All of her recipes include ingredients from local grocery stores, and are ready to serve in one hour or less. Beginning with tips on the proper tools, timing, and techniques, continuing with five chapters of recipes, and finishing with fabulous frostings, Fat Witch Brownies allows you to explore the versatility and richness of brownies and bars and create the incredible desserts in your very own kitchen that have made Helding's bakery famous. (Check Catalog)

The Book of Tapas

The huge popularity of Spanish food has grown even more following the publication of the iconic "1080 Recipes," and the best-loved type of Spanish food is tapas. Tapas consists of appetizing little dishes of bite-sized food, usually eaten before or after dinner, and it has become a Spanish way of life. Served in bars all over Spain, good tapas is all about the perfect marriage of food, drink and conversation.
Now, for the first time, the "1080 Book of Tapas" presents a complete guide to this convivial way of eating with over 200 easy-to-follow recipes that can be served with drinks in typical Spanish style, or combined to create a feast to share with friends. The recipes are fully updated and easy to follow, and include the most popular tapas dishes from "1080 Recipes," along with many brand new recipes from the Ortegas' definitive collection. They are simple to prepare in any kitchen and yet utterly authentic, enabling any aspiring cook to make their first attempt at cooking Spanish food, or helping more experienced cooks to expand their repertoire.
Also included in this book are modern tapas recipes from some of the world's best-known tapas chefs, including Jose Andres, Albert Adria, Albert Raurich, Jose Manuel Pizarro, and Sam and Eddie Hart. The book's authors, Simone and Ines Ortega, are the ultimate authorities on traditional cooking in Spain and have written about food for many years. "1080 Recipes" has sold over two million copies and has been the ultimate Spanish cooking bible since its first publication. Jose Andres, the chef widely credited with bringing tapas to America, has selected the recipes and written a new introduction about the tapas culture that has spread worldwide. (Check Catalog)

Quick Cart Controls: Fat Witch Brownies: Brownies, Blondies, and Bars from New York's Legendary Fat Witch Bakery

At long last, the owner of New York City’s legendary Fat Witch Bakery shares her top-secret recipes for decadent and delicious brownies, blondies, and bars

Patricia Helding’s rich, intensely chocolatey Fat Witch brownie is a New York obsession, an internet sensation, and arguably the very best brownie to be found on the planet. Unlike other bakeries that feature a range of desserts, Fat Witch, launched by Helding in 1998, specializes only in brownies—baking and selling over 2,000 each day. In Fat Witch Brownies, Helding showcases for the first time her favorite spins on the classic chocolate brownie with creations like the Banana Bread Brownie and the Breakfast Brownie, and she expands her repertoire even further with recipes for other scrumptious bar-shaped confections.

With over 50 recipes that can be baked in the same 9 x 9-inch pan and require fewer than 10 ingredients, Helding shows that baking from scratch is neither expensive nor time-consuming. All of her recipes include ingredients from local grocery stores, and are ready to serve in one hour or less. Beginning with tips on the proper tools, timing, and techniques, continuing with five chapters of recipes, and finishing with fabulous frostings, Fat Witch Brownies allows you to explore the versatility and richness of brownies and bars and create the incredible desserts in your very own kitchen that have made Helding’s bakery famous. (Check Catalog)

Around My French Table: More Than 300 Recipes from My Home to Yours

In a book with more than 100 full-color photos, a James Beard Award winner offers personable recipes for French home cooking, including a simple roast chicken, a Basque potato tortilla, a glorious cheese-domed onion soup, a cheese and olive quick bread, a "top secret" chocolate mousse and many more. (Check Catalog)

Southern Plate: Classic Comfort Food That Makes Everyone Feel Like Family

My name is Christy Jordan and I like to feed people.

I come from a long line of Southern cooks who taught me home cooking is best, life is good, and there is always something to be grateful for. I created Southern Plate so that I could share the recipes and stories that have been passed down through my family for more than nine generations.
You won't find fancy food or new-fangled recipes in this cookbook—just easy, no-fuss Southern favorites such as Chicken and Dumplings, Homemade Banana Pudding, Aunt Looney's Macaroni Salad, Fried Green Tomatoes, and Daddy's Rise-and-Shine Biscuits. (I want to make one thing as clear as possible: How your mama made it is the right way! I'm going to bring it to you how my mama made it, which is the only right way for me.)
These stories and recipes come from my heart. They are a gift from my ancestors, but the ability to have them heard is a gift from you. Take a seat at the Southern Plate table; you're with family now.
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The Indian Slow Cooker: 50 Healthy, Easy, Authentic Recipes

This unique guide to preparing Indian food using classic slow-cooker techniques features more than 50 recipes, beautifully illustrated with full-color photography throughout. These great recipes take advantage of the slow cooker's ability to keep food moist through its long cooking cycle, letting readers create dishes with far less oil and saturated fat than in traditional recipes. Anupy Singla shows the busy, harried family that cooking healthy is simple and that cooking Indian is just a matter of understanding a few key spices. Her "Indian Spices 101" chapter introduces readers to the mainstay spices of an Indian kitchen, as well as how to store, prepare, and combine them in different ways. Among her 50 recipes are all the classics — specialties like dal, palak paneer, and gobi aloo — and also dishes like butter chicken, keema, and much more. The result is a terrific introduction to making healthful, flavorful Indian food using the simplicity and convenience of the slow cooker. (Check Catalog)

The Food Matters Cookbook: 500 Revolutionary Recipes for Better Living

In a cookbook that builds on the conscious-eating philosophy laid out in his best-selling Food Matters, the author offers more than 500 recipes that will save your health--and the planet. By the author of How to Cook Everything. 250,000 first printing. (Check Catalog)

Fix-It and Forget-It Christmas Cookbook: 600 Slow Cooker Holiday Recipes

The popular slow-cooker recipe-book series takes on Christmas, with 500 tasty recipes--including Seafood Cheese Fondue, Fruited Turkey and Yams and Holiday Spinach and Artichoke Dip--as well as such special sections as "Ideas for Meaningful Holidays" and "Happy Hosting Tips." Simultaneous. (Check Catalog)

Pot It, Grow It, Eat It: Home-Grown Produce from Pot to Pan

What could be more satisfying than growing your own fruit and vegetables and then eating them, freshly picked? There’s no need to have lots of land: it can be done anywhere—in windowsill containers, balconies, and small backyards. This combination growing guide and cookbook explains how anyone, anywhere can go straight from pot to pan. It offers:

- A how-to of cultivation: tools and materials, containers, and siting

- An illustrated A–Z vegetable, herb and fruit directory, with each entry listing planting, siting, maintenance and harvesting details, plus storing and freezing instructions

- A cookbook chapter, with 25 fresh, simple recipes for appetizers, entrees, and desserts

This is the perfect book for a holistic, healthy lifestyle! (Check Catalog)

Hungry Girl Happy Hour: 75 Recipes for Amazingly Fantastic Guilt-free Cocktails and Party Foods

The best-selling author and nutritionist creator of the Hungry Girl brand presents a treasury of low-calorie, low-fat cocktail recipes complemented by finger-food and appetizer recommendations, providing such options as Blendy Bananas Foster and Buff Chick Hot Wing Dip. Original. (Check Catalog)

Barbecue: The History of an American Institution

Americans enjoy reading about barbecue almost as much as they love eating it. Books on the subject cover almost every aspect of the topic: recipes, grilling tips, restaurant guides, pit-building instructions, and catalogs of exotic variants such as Mongolian barbecue and Indian tandoor cooking. Despite this coverage, the history of barbecue in the United States has until now remained virtually untold.   Barbecue: The History of an American Institution draws on hundreds of sources to document the evolution of barbecue from its origins among Native Americans to its present status as an icon of American culture. This is the story not just of a dish but of a social institution that helped shape the many regional cultures of the United States. The history begins with British colonists' adoption of barbecuing techniques from Native Americans in the 16th and 17th centuries, moves to barbecue's establishment as the preeminent form of public celebration in the 19th century, and is carried through to barbecue’s iconic status today.   From the very beginning, barbecues were powerful social magnets, drawing together people from a wide range of classes and geographic backgrounds. Barbecue played a key role in three centuries of American history, both reflecting and influencing the direction of an evolving society. By tracing the story of barbecue from its origins to today, Barbecue: The History of an American Institution traces the very thread of American social history. (Check Catalog)

Seasons & Celebrations: A Market-Fresh Cookbook for All Occasions: Recipes & Menus from Relish, America's Most Popular Food Magazine

From the editors and chefs at, America's largest-circulation food magazine, comes a collection of complete menus and recipes for get-togethers and holidays from New Year's Eve to Earth Day, Halloween to Christmas, and everything in between

Count on to come up with delicious, easy, and impressive dishes and to take the stress out of entertaining so all that's left is the fun! In this delectable cookbook you'll find great new recipes, like:

Plus You'll also find helpful simple solutions to perennial entertaining challenges; kitchen tips to make your parties even better; and great information on which wines go well with each menu and why. Seasons & Celebrations will help you update your favorite holiday and party traditions and create new ones to make your gatherings memorable

We enjoy getting together with friends and family to celebrate holidays, special occasions, or just glorious summer weather. Wouldn't it be great, though, if Thanksgiving didn't always have to mean turkey or ham, or if a Super Bowl party could include something a little tastier than cold cuts and beer?

Open Seasons & Celebrations and prepare to be inspired! You'll find complete menus and ideas for celebrations large and small, for very special meals with family and friends. From a new approach to the old chili chow-down to a chic country cookout to a luscious dessert buffet to a magical Halloween dinner that kids and adults alike will enjoy. When an occasion calls for pizzazz, you can choose from recipes for a complete New Year's Eve lobster dinner, an Easter brunch, Thanksgiving dinners---with and without meat---for 4 guests or 12, and a Christmas dinner that pulls out all the stops

Party menus include a perfectly paired beverage pick as well as other refreshing and unexpected suggestions

Seasons & Celebrations is organized by season, and each menu is organized around fresh ingredients available at that time. Recipes are presented in step-by-step detail with beautiful color photography to let you sample what lies ahead of your efforts in the kitchen. Recipes are also complimented by many useful tips and how-to information for new cooks, experienced cooks, and everyone in between

If you love food and get-togethers and want some great ideas to bring new life to the old holiday and party themes, you'll love Seasons & Celebrations! (Check Catalog)

The 4-Ingredient Vegan: Easy, Quick, and Delicious

Maribeth Abrams' years of experience teaching natural foods cooking to both mainstream and vegetarian audiences has demonstrated that a collection of recipes with very few ingredients is a perennial favorite. Maribeth is also the author of Tofu 1-2-3: 125 Easy-to-Prepare Cholesterol-Free Recipes, and the cooking DVD, Tofu 1-2-3. She has also written extensively for Vegetarian Voice magazine. (Check Catalog)

Melissa's Everyday Cooking With Organic Produce

Presents recipes chosen to showcase organic fruits and vegetables, with information on seasonal availability, nutritional content, ripeness, storage, and preparation.(Check Catalog)

The Sono Baking Company Cookbook: The Best Sweet and Savory Recipes for Every Occasion

Warm pecan-studded sticky buns; banana streusel muffins; passion fruit mousse served atop a thin layer of sponge cake and garnished with fresh raspberries; decadent chocolate cake layered and iced with smooth, elegant chocolate ganache; red velvet cupcakes; and foccaccia flavored with fresh herbs and topped with tomato, mozzarella, and pesto—these are some of the mouth-watering recipes that John Barricelli shares in The SoNo Baking Company Cookbook.

A regular on The Martha Stewart Show and host of Everyday Baking, John Barricelli is a familiar face to home bakers. When he opened the SoNo Baking Company & Café in South Norwalk, Connecticut in 2005, the New York Times gushed, “This new bakery is superb and proves it daily,” and since then it has become a hot spot for discerning pastry aficionados across the Northeast.

The SoNo Baking Company Cookbook is for both first-time and experienced home bakers who can find everything they need here. With these foolproof recipes for breads, specialty cakes, delicate pastries, and much more, you can now create your baking repertoire including new variations on old favorites.  With John’s simple-yet-elegant recipes and his easy-to-follow directions and techniques—including how to make the best brownies and the lightest meringues—The SoNo Baking Company Cookbook will be used in your home kitchen for years to come.  John will teach you what dough should feel like, what batter should look like, and what bread should smell like when it's baking in the oven so that you become a confident intuitive baker.

A third-generation baker, JOHN BARRICELLI graduated from the Culinary Institute of America and worked at River Café, Le Bernardin, and the Four Seasons Restaurant. He then owned and ran Cousin John's Café and Bakery in Brooklyn for ten years. John worked at Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia, becoming a featured chef on Everyday Food, and in 2008 he became host of the spin-off Everyday Baking. In 2005, John opened the SoNo Baking Company and Cafe in South Norwalk, Connecticut.  (Check Catalog)

The Frankies Spuntino Kitchen Companion & Cooking Manual: An Illustrated Guide to "Simply the Finest"

We use white pepper for cooking just about everything. It's a hang-up we picked up working in French kitchens.

"Here is an address you won't want to miss: a place where the food rivals the best and is prepared with great spirit and creative energy....Frankies Spuntino is a tribute to our profession."

The Chefs Behind New York City's Popular Frankies Spuntino restaurants share their recipes, tips, and stories in this entertaining guide to good cooking and good times. Their cookbook is destined to become your go-to, tomato-sauce-stained kitchen companion.

"If any two chefs can be said to have captured the spirit of our times---big flavor, unfussy yet inspired ideas, perfect technique, and an insanely cool family vibe---it is the Franks. I have cooked my way through these recipes. They taste great and they work." ---Peter Kaminsky, food writer, fly fisherman

"I like Frankies' French toast and I love their sausage cavatelli. But when I met them, I realized the Franks love their food even more than I do. There is a simplicity about their recipes---the kind of food that was made a hundred years ago. And the Franks have big hundred-year-old beards too."---Spike Jonze, good eater, great filmmaker

"The Franks' tasty hybrid of art, technique, and crazy personal style is what we need to hide from all those new reality TV chefs... yammering at each other, hands filled with test tubes of curry, cooking nothing. Bring on the Franks! The new benchmark of reality and cooking." ---Mario Batali

"All the little old Sicilian ladies in the neighborhood must be seething with jealousy and plotting revenge. Frank Castronovo and Frank Falcinelli make the best meatballs, braciola, and eggplant marinara around." ---New York Magazine  (Check Catalog)