Best Ribs Ever: 100 Killer Recipes Including Baked Beans & Finger-Lickin' Sauces

by Steven Raichlen    (Find this book)
Say it loud, say it proud: the Best Ribs Ever. The perfect single-subject cookbook for every meat-loving griller, this book, formerly titled Ribs, Ribs, Outrageous Ribs, and updated with a menu chapter’s worth of new recipes, delivers a match made in BBQ heaven: 100 lip-smackingest, mouth-wateringest, crowd-pleasingest, fall-off-the-bone recipes for every kind of rib, from the diminutive, succulent baby back to that two-hands-needed Dinosaur beef rib.

Best Ribs Ever celebrates the ingredient that epitomizes barbecue and inspires passion, obsession, and almost primal lust in griller and eater alike. And there’s no one better than Steven Raichlen, America’s foremost and bestselling grilling author, to preside over the religion of the rib. Here’s a bone-by-bone guide to choosing, buying, and handling ribs. Eight essential techniques for prepping and cooking. The six great live-fire methods, beginning with direct grilling to spit-roasting. Plus rubbing, saucing, mopping, resting, serving. And then the recipes: Lone Star Barrel Staves. Tandoori Ribs. Buccaneer Baby Backs with Rumbullion Barbecue Sauce. Thai Sweet Chili Ribs. Maui-Style Short Ribs. Grilled Lamb Ribs with Garlic and Mint. Cousin Dave’s Chocolate Chipotle Ribs. Plus the sides—the beans, the slaws, the potatoes—and, new to this edition, menus, like: Grilled Corn Fritters with Maple Syrup followed by Oak-Grilled Country Style Ribs followed by Grilled Lemon Pie.

The Mitsitam Cafe Cookbook: Recipes from the Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian

by Richard Hetzler    (Find this book)

Since the 2004 opening of the National Museum of the American Indian in Washington, DC, the museum's Mitsitam Cafe (mitsitam means "let's eat" in the Piscataway and Delaware languages) has become a destination in its own right. Featured on Rachael Ray's television show and praised by reviewers nationwide, the Mitsitam Cafe continues to receive accolades from both critics and visitors.

Drawing upon tribal culinary traditions from five regions—Northern Woodlands, Great Plains, North Pacific Coast, Mesoamerica, and South America—the cafe's offerings feature staples that were once unknown in the rest of the world in dishes such as:

• Squash Blossom Soup
• Cedar-Planked, Fire-Roasted Salmon
• Pulled Buffalo Sandwich with Chayote Slaw
• Corn and Tomato Stew
• Cranberry Crumble

Replete with beautiful photographs of the finished dishes as well as objects and archival photographs from the museum's vast collections, The Mitsitam Cafe Cookbook showcases the Americas' truly indigenous foods in ninety easy-to-follow, home-tested recipes.

A 1995 graduate of the Baltimore International Culinary College, author Richard Hetzler worked at several fine-dining restaurants in the Washington, DC, and Baltimore area before joining the food-service firm Restaurant Associates at the Smithsonian. Hetzler was on the team that researched and developed the groundbreaking concept for the Mitsitam Cafe: serving indigenous foods that are the staples of five Native culture areas in North and South America. As the executive chef of the cafe, he continues to create and refine seasonal menus that showcase the Americas' native bounty.  --  Publisher Marketing

Thrive Foods: 200 Plant-Based Recipes for Peak Health

by Brendan Brazier    (Find this book)
Focusing on an environmentally friendly diet, Brendan Brazier's new book builds on the stress-reducing, health-boosting nutritional philosophy introduced in Thrive. Finding creative ways to use basic ingredients such as kale, blueberries, and wild rice, Thrive Foods recipes are plant-based and nutritionally complete. They utilize the power of superfoods such asmaca, chia, hemp, and chlorella and avoid ingredients like wheat, yeast, gluten, soy, dairy, and corn.

If you're looking for sustainable energy, high-quality sleep, physical strength, and mental sharpness to meet modern-day demands, Thrive Foods is your go-to recipe source.

Now Eat This! 100 Quick Calorie Cuts at Home / On-The-Go

by Rocco DiSpirito    (Find this book)

In this clever flip-format book from bestselling author and star of Rocco's Dinner Party on Bravo, Rocco DiSpirito shows you the simple changes you can make every day that will help you shed pounds— without sacrificing great-tasting meals. With 100 effective tips for cutting hundreds of calories from all your dishes, this indispensable guide is the key to successful weight loss. One side of this groundbreaking book shows you how to cut calories when cooking at home. Flip it over and the other side helps you stick to your weight-loss regimen when you're eating on-the-go.

Filled with simple cooking tricks, incredible calorie-reducing secrets, and new meal plans and shopping lists, this handy guide will help you enjoy all the dishes you thought you could never eat again— pizza, fried chicken, waffles, pasta, cookies, and much more!

Cooking Light Fresh Food Fast 24/7

by Oxmoor House    (Find this book)
Now anyone can live a healthy lifestyle 24/7! Making fresh, great-tasting meals in a hurry-at any time of day, any day of the week-has never been easier. Fresh Food Fast 24/7 offers recipes for breakfast, lunch, dinner, and the nibbles in between, so readers can eat healthy, delicious food 'round the clock, any day of the week-even when they're on the go. This all-new collection of more than 280 fast recipes includes weekday breakfasts and lunches created just for brown-bagging; midday snacks; fast, family friendly weekday dinners; weekend brunches, lunches, and suppers that are perfect for sharing with family and friends; desserts that satisfy any sweet tooth; and fun nibbles and drinks for cocktail hour. Just like the first three books in the Fresh Food Fast series, recipes in 24/7 can be made with either 5 ingredients or in 15 minutes or less. Simple, delicious, and good-for-you food is easy to enjoy all day long.

Fresh Food Fast 24/7 includes new features:

• The Pack It Up Gear Guide gives advice on keeping desk-side lunches fresh and tasty
• The Market to Meal Planners give easy-touse shopping lists for three days' worth of meals-and helps cooks make the most of fresh produce (no more wasted bagged spinach!)
• Our Budget-Friendly Meals icon points out affordable, delicious meals

Plus, ingredient and technique tips guide cooks so they will get perfect results every time they step into the kitchen. Every recipe is test-kitchen approved and rated, and comes with nutrition information. Fresh Food Fast 24/7 makes it easy to live an active life and still eat healthfully!