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)