 | Chez Panisse Vegetables
Brand: William Morrow Cookbooks
For twenty-five years, Alice Waters and her friends at Chez Panisse in Berkeley, California have dedicated themselves to the ideal of serving the finest, freshest foods with simplicity and style. From tender baby asparagus in early spring, to the colorful spectrum of peppers at the height of summer; crisp, leafy chicories in autumn, to sweet butternut squash in the dark of winter, much of the inspiration about what to put on the menu comes from the high quality produce Waters and her chefs seek out year-round. <P>Using the treasures from the earth<B>, </B><I>Chez Panisse Vegetables</I> offers endless possibilities for any occasion. Try Grilled Radicchio Risotto with Balsamic Vinegar at your next dinner party, or Pizza with Red and Yellow Peppers for a summer evening at home. Why not forgo green-leaf lettuce, and opt for Artichoke and Grapefruit Salad drizzled with extra-virgin olive oil? Or serve Corn Cakes with fresh berries for breakfast instead of cereal? <P>Throughout <I>Vegetables</I>, Waters shares her energy and enthusiasm for what she describes as "living foods." When she first began in the restaurant business, the selection of good-quality vegetables was so limited that she found herself searching out farmers with whom she might do business. Luckily, today's explosion of markets and organic farms across the country ensures that any home cook can find freshly harvested produce to put on the table. And with the increased popularity of home gardening, more and more people are taking their vegetables straight from the earth and into the kitchen. <P>Cooks, gardeners, vegetarians and everyone who appreciates good food will find <I>Chez Panisse Vegetables</I> to be not only a cookbook, but a valuable resource for selecting and serving fine produce. From popular vegetables like corn, tomatoes and carrots, to more unusual selections like chard, amaranth greens and sorrel, <I>Vegetables</I> offers detailed information about the seasonal availability, proper look, flavor and preparation of each selection. Arranged alphabetically by vegetable, and filled with colorful linocut images, <I>Chez Panisse Vegetables</I> makes it easy for a cook to find a tempting recipe for whatever he or she has brought home from the market. | *$22.00 |
| | Children's Quick & Easy Cookbook
Brand: San Val
Over 100 simple recipes for everything from scrambled eggs to delicious pastries are presented with full-color step-by-step illustrations introducing children to the joys of cooking and eating good food. Prepare for parties; treat yourself to a home-made ice-cream; or make something special for your family with this mouthwatering introduction to cooking. | *$20.90 |
 | Chili Madness: Second Edition
Brand: Workman Publishing Company
Beloved chili. Passionate chili. Hot chili . . . and not just because of the chiles. Chili, the star of cook-offs, the obsession of societies, and the subject of endless debate over its proper preparation. Has there ever been a better time to be a chili head? A well-stocked supermarket today carries a variety of fresh and dried chiles, fresh cilantro, myriad dried and canned beans, chipotle powder, and all the makings for sides and salsas, from tortillas in the refrigerator case to organic avocados. Jane Butel's <i>Chili Madness</i> has been praised as "an elegant celebration" (<i>Travel + Leisure</i>) that "chile lovers will love" (<i>New York Post</i>), it's the spicy bestseller with over 330,000 copies in print.<br> <br> Extensively revised, updated, and expanded, the book will fire up a whole new generation of chili fanatics. Of the 160-plus recipes, more than 130 are brand-new. Here are classics, including Reno Red and Navajo Green and Buzzard’s Breath Chili, as well as newfangled bowls like Moroccan Chili and White Lobster Chili. To accompany the main event are savory breads (Bacon Crumble Cornbread); tempting sidekicks (Hot ’n’ Spicy Okra, Red Hot Sweet Potato Lace); fire-taming salads (Crispy Cilantro Coleslaw); and margaritas, of course. (Six kinds!) Luscious desserts such as Double Chocolate Farmer’s Cakes provide the perfect sweet ending, while chili leftovers are reinvented in crowd-pleasers like Texas-Style Burritos. | *$4.05 |
 | China Bayles' Book of Days
Brand: Berkley Trade
A companion treasury from the author of the national bestselling series. <br><br> Readers of the China Bayles mystery novels are familiar with the usefulness and wonder of the many herbs the amateur sleuth sells in her beloved Thyme and Seasons shop. Compiled by national bestselling author Susan Wittig Albert at the request of her fans, <i>China Bayles' Book of Days</i> gathers together tidbits and treasures about plants and reveals ways you can put more green into your daily life. <br><br> Featuring 365 days of recipes, crafts, gardening tips, remedies, and more, this special volume is a personal calendar of the legends and lore of herbs and also features brand-new essays from the author, clues from China's mysteries, and some special contributions by the irrepressible members of the Myra Merryweather Herb Guild, Pecan Springs's oldest civic organization. | *$8.42 |
 | Chinese Cooking Made Easy: With Simple Sauces and Dressings (Wei-chuans cookbook)
Brand: Wei-Chuan Publishing
Here is the cookbook for people who want to cook Chinese food but are afraid that it is too time-consuming and complicated. Most of these recipes can be prepared in about 30 minutes using the oven, microwave, and nonstick pans in place of the traditional wok. 250 color photographs. | *$9.54 |
 | Chinese Cuisine (Wei-Chuan's cookbook)
Brand: Wei-Chuan Publishing
The very first of Culinary Master Su-Huei Huang's cookbook successes, this collection boasts a wide range of popular Chinese dishes. Individual sections provide clear guidance for utensils, cooking method, seasonings, vegetables, and special ingredients used in Chinese Cooking. Many people are still discovering the wonders of Chinese cooking through this book and use it as a reference source. | *$14.99 |
 | Chinese Dim Sum
Brand: Wei-Chuan Publishing
Bilingual: English and Chinese. | *$14.06 |
 | Chinese Rice and Noodles: With Appetizers, Soups and Sweets (Wei-Chuan Cookbook) (Chinese Edition)
Brand: Wei-Chuan Publishing
This is a collection of rice and noodle recipes from Canton, Szechwan, Shanghai, Beijing and Taiwan. In addition, dozens of recipes for appetisers, soups and sweets enrich the collection. Readers may create multiple-course meals for social gatherings or simple meals for one from the array of traditional favourites. The recipes are easy-to-follow, and the ingredients are readily available, the recipes retain much of their traditional origins. Whether alone, with family, or with friends, rice and noodle aficionados may easily create simple yet diverse dishes to enjoy. | *$16.47 |
 | Chinese Snacks (Wei quan shi pu)
Brand: Wei-Chuan Publishing
This beautiful collage of Chinese Snacks has become a "must have". Clear instructions on utensils, ingredients, and preparation steps make recipes easy to follow. Photos of steamed dim sum, dumplings, egg rolls and more, invite cooks to try their eager hands at mouthwatering creations. | *$9.70 |
 | Chips, Dips, & Salsas
Brand: Northland
Looking for salsa with spunk, dip with zing, or chips with lots of pizzazz? Look no further! Chips, Dips, & Salsas offers easy ways to make scrumptious variations of American's number-one selling condiment. Learn how to bake or fry chips like a restaurant chef and create the ultimate nachos for family, friends, and unexpected guests. Filled with seventy-five recipes, this cookbook is a must-have for salsa lovers and anyone who entertains. | *$5.25 |
 | Chocolate and Zucchini: Daily Adventures in a Parisian Kitchen
Brand: Broadway
<p>Clotilde Dusoulier is a twenty-seven-year-old Parisian who adores sharing her love of all things food-related—recipes, inspirations, restaurant experiences, and above all the pleasure of cooking with the fresh ingredients found in her local Montmartre shops. But her infatuation with food was born not in her mother’s Parisian kitchen, but in San Francisco, where she moved after college and discovered a new world of tastes. When she returned to her beloved France, her culinary exploits inspired her popular and critically acclaimed blog, <i>ChocolateandZucchini.com</i>.<br><br> In her first book, Dusoulier provides a glimpse into the life of a young Parisian as she savors all that the city has to offer and shares her cooking philosophy in the form of more than 75 recipes that call for healthy ingredients (such as zucchini) and more indulgent tastes (such as chocolate). The <i>Los Angeles Times</i> calls her recipes "simple, charming, and fun." <br><br>Appetizers such as Cumin Cheese Puffs, sandwiches and tarts like Tomato Tatin, soups like Chestnut and Mushroom, main dishes including Mustard Chicken Stew, and desserts like Chocolate and Caramel Tart can all be found alongside menus for entertaining, as well as tips for throwing cocktail or dinner parties with French flair.<i> Chocolate & Zucchini</i> is the book for anyone who has journeyed to Paris and can still recall the delicious flavors and aromas—or for those of us who only dream about them.</p> | *$9.90 |
 | Chocolate Decorations
Brand: Lannoo International
Few people know the name Jean-Pierre Wybauw. He is nevertheless world-famous as 'Mr Chocolate', the top teacher from Barry-Callebaut, who travels the world giving courses to chocolate makers. Contains dozens of tips and tricks, showing professionals and amateurs what can be done with chocolate, besides making wonderful pralines. | *$54.29 |
 | Chocolate Desserts by Pierre Herme
Brand: Little, Brown and Company
In their second collaboration, the award-winning duo of Pierre Hermé and Dorie Greenspan unveil the secrets of sumptuous chocolate desserts. In these pages you will Þnd a dazzlingly delicious collection of recipes, all featuring the world's most intoxicating ingredient: chocolate. <P>If there is a secret to the sensuality of Pierre Hermé's desserts, it just may be his intricate reÞnement of taste, texture, and temperature. Surely, this is what makes all of his desserts such a pleasure to eat. <P>Here you will Þnd the simplest chocolate truffle-Black-on-Black Truffles, bite-size balls of bittersweet ganache tossed in dark cocoa-as well as the luxuriously soft and rich Suzy's Cake, which is spectacularly delicious yet quite simple to make. Chic desserts, such as the Triple Crème-individual ramekins layered with espresso crème brûlée, rich chocolate cream, and pure unsweetened whipped cream-or a cup of French-style hot chocolate, or a gâteau de résistance, such as Plaisir Sucré, will be the triumphant end to any meal or the centerpiece for any celebration. Through these more than seventy-five recipes, you will have the many pleasures of tasting chocolate in all its states-hot and cold, creamy and crunchy, smooth and custardy, thick and chewy, bittersweet and sweet, dark, milk, and white. <P>Whether you are an expert in the dessert kitchen or a beginner with a desire for the delicious, this collection will introduce you to the myriad delights of Pierre Hermé's desserts, his unusual juxtapositions of ingredients, his conjurer's touch with textures, and his always perfect pitch when it comes to sweetness, tartness, and chocolatey-ness. <P>Finally, there are the indispensable Base Recipes and a Dictionary of Terms, Techniques, Equipment, and Ingredients. Together they form a complete course in chocolate dessert artistry. Each recipe has been written with the American kitchen in mind, so that everyone with a passion for the richness of chocolate desserts can now enjoy Pierre Hermé's sublime creations at home. | *$14.90 |
 | Chocolate Epiphany: Exceptional Cookies, Cakes, and Confections for Everyone
Brand: Clarkson Potter
Celebrated French pastry chef and owner of one of New York City’s favorite bakeries presents an impressive and comprehensive dessert cookbook with recipes for everything chocolate, from easy cookies to showstopping cakes.<br><br>On any given weekend at the esteemed New York City institution Payard Pâtisserie & Bistro, locals and tourists swoon over sweet delicacies like creamy chocolate truffles, fruit tarts, and delicate, decadent cookies, while brides take note of the stylish wedding cakes in the window.<br><br>For the first time, its owner, famed pastry chef François Payard, devotes his creative powers solely to chocolate, sharing 100 recipes for home cooks of every level in <i>Chocolate Epiphany</i>. From easy to challenging, white to bittersweet, a stunning and sumptuous dessert awaits on every page. Thanks to the clear and thorough recipes, treats such as Bittersweet Chocolate Sorbet, Chocolate Sticky Toffee Pudding, and Milk Chocolate Truffles à l’Ancienne are not only delicious but also accessible. And for the ambitious, Chocolate Coconut Caramel Cake, Cranberry-Chestnut Tart, or Milk Chocolate and Candied Kumquat Napoleans could be the perfect end to an extravagant dinner party. <br><br>Inside you’ll find chapters devoted to:<br><br>•Breads and Brunch Dishes<br>•Cookies and Petits Fours<br>•Candies and Chocolates<br>•Custards, Mousses, and Meringues<br>•Plated Desserts<br>•Tarts<br>•Cakes<br><br> With a rich, full-color design and stunning photography throughout, <i>Chocolate Epiphany</i> is the perfect gift for chocoholics and everyone looking to enlarge his or her dessert repertoire. | *$19.21 |
 | Chocolate from the Cake Mix Doctor
Brand: Workman Publishing Company
The Cake Mix Doctor goes chocolate! Anne Byrn brings her proven prescription for doctoring cake mix to an ingredient that inspires love bordering on obsession. <P>It's a marriage made in baker's heaven-150 all-new, all-easy recipes for cakes, starring the ingredient that surpasses all other flavors, including vanilla, by a 3-to-1 margin, and that Americans consume to the tune of 2.8 billion pounds a year. Starting with versatile supermarket cake mixes and adding just the right extras-including melted semisweet chocolate bars, chocolate chips, or cocoa powder, plus fresh eggs or a bit of buttermilk, dried coconut, mashed bananas, or instant coffee powder-a baker at any level of experience can turn out dark, rich, moist, delicious chocolate layer cakes, time and again. Not to mention sheet cakes, pound cakes, cupcakes and muffins, cheesecakes, cookies, brownies, and bars. Rounding out the book are 38 all-new homemade frostings and fillings, and a full-color insert showing every cake in the book. | *$5.68 |
 | Chocolates and Confections: Formula, Theory, and Technique for the Artisan Confectioner
Brand: Wiley
Chocolate and candy making today is undergoing a renaissance in public awareness and status. This comprehensive book combines artisan confectionery techniques with accessible explanations of the theory and science as well as formulas for use in production. Fundamental information for the confectioner includes ingredient function and use, chocolate processing, and artisan production techniques. The book contains 140 formulas and variations for beautiful confections, including dairy-based centers, crystalline and noncrystalline sugar confectionery, jellies, and nut center and aerated confections. | *$36.17 |
 | Choice Cuts: A Savory Selection of Food Writing from Around the World and Throughout History
Brand: Penguin (Non-Classics)
Mark Kurlansky is one of our most erudite and entertaining food writers: the bestselling author of <I>Salt</I> and <I>Cod</I>, winner of the prestigious James Beard Award for Excellence in Food Writing. Now in this delightful collection he serves up a true smorgasbord of "choice cuts" by the world’s most discerning gourmets and gourmands through the ages—from Plato on the art of cooking to Louis Prima at the pizzeria. <P> <I>Choice Cuts</I> offers more than two hundred mouth-watering selections, including Brillat-Savarin on chocolate; Waverley Root on truffles; M. F. K. Fish on gingerbread; Pablo Neruda on French fries; Alexandre Dumas on coffee; and a vast variety by Escoffier, Elizabeth David, A. J. Liebling, Ernest Hemingway, Virginia Woolf, Dickens, Balzac, Chekhov, Orwell, and Alice B. Toklas, among others. Filled throughout with recipes, menus, classic photographs, and Kurlansky’s own original drawings, <I>Choice Cuts</I> is a must-have for any serious lover of food. | *$1.48 |
 | Cholesterol Down: Ten Simple Steps to Lower Your Cholesterol in Four Weeks--Without Prescription Drugs
Brand: Three Rivers Press
Take Control of Your Cholesterol— Without Drugs<br><br>If you are one of the nearly 100 million Americans struggling with high cholesterol, then Dr. Janet Brill offers you a revolutionary new plan for taking control of your health—without the risks of statin drugs. With Dr. Brill’s breakthrough Cholesterol Down Plan, you simply add nine “miracle foods” to your regular diet and thirty minutes of walking to your daily routine. That’s all. This straightforward and easy-to-follow program can lower your LDL (“bad”) cholesterol by as much as 47 percent in just four weeks. <br><br><b>Cholesterol Down</b> explains Dr. Brill’s ten-point plan as well as the science behind it. You’ll learn how each miracle food affects LDL cholesterol and how the foods work together for maximum effect, as well as:<br><br>• How eating whole grains helps reduce LDL cholesterol in your bloodstream<br>• Why antioxidants keep plaque from building up in your arteries <br>• How certain steps change the structure of LDL cholesterol particles (and why it’s best for them to be large and fluffy)<br>• Why walking just thirty minutes a day lowers “bad” cholesterol and cuts dangerous belly fat<br><br>With everything you need to stay focused on the plan, including a daily checklist, a six-month chart for racking LDL cholesterol changes, tools for assessing your risk level for cardiovascular disease, sample weekly menus, and even heart-healthy recipes, <b>Cholesterol Down</b> is the safe and effective alternative or complement to statin drugs. | *$7.92 |
 | Chop Suey: A Cultural History of Chinese Food in the United States
Brand: Oxford University Press, USA
In 1784, passengers on the ship Empress of China became the first Americans to land in China, and the first to eat Chinese food. Today there are over 40,000 Chinese restaurants across the United States--by far the most plentiful among all our ethnic eateries. Now, in Chop Suey Andrew Coe provides the authoritative history of the American infatuation with Chinese food, telling its fascinating story for the first time.<br> It's a tale that moves from curiosity to disgust and then desire. From China, Coe's story travels to the American West, where Chinese immigrants drawn by the 1848 Gold Rush struggled against racism and culinary prejudice but still established restaurants and farms and imported an array of Asian ingredients. He traces the Chinese migration to the East Coast, highlighting that crucial moment when New York "Bohemians" discovered Chinese cuisine--and for better or worse, chop suey. Along the way, Coe shows how the peasant food of an obscure part of China came to dominate Chinese-American restaurants; unravels the truth of chop suey's origins; reveals why American Jews fell in love with egg rolls and chow mein; shows how President Nixon's 1972 trip to China opened our palates to a new range of cuisine; and explains why we still can't get dishes like those served in Beijing or Shanghai. The book also explores how American tastes have been shaped by our relationship with the outside world, and how we've relentlessly changed foreign foods to adapt to them our own deep-down conservative culinary preferences.<br> Andrew Coe's Chop Suey: A Cultural History of Chinese Food in the United States is a fascinating tour of America's centuries-long appetite for Chinese food. Always illuminating, often exploding long-held culinary myths, this book opens a new window into defining what is American cuisine. | *$15.74 |
 | Chow Maine: The Best Restaurants, Cafes, Lobster Shacks & Markets on the Coast
Brand: Countryman Press
<B>Follow the winding roads of the Maine coast and discover the best restaurants, clam shacks, lobster pounds, diners, and farmer's markets.</B> <P>Ranging from Kittery Point to the Canadian border, this savvy all-new guide to the diverse food finds along the Maine coast covers everything from high-end restaurants to small cafés and clam shacks with an ocean view. Sit and enjoy a microbrew at an outdoor café in Portland's vibrant and diverse Old Port; relish a hot cup of New England clam chowder with authentic Pilot Crackers—just like the natives do; dig into a bowl of steamed mussels as you watch the boats come into dock. <P>The author also reveals the many interesting and delicious food sources that the rocky coast has to offer, from lobster pounds to farmer's markets and greengrocers, so that even those looking to cook for themselves—from a traditional lobster bake cooked under fresh seaweed to a delightful vegetarian spread for friends—will be able to find the best of the best along the many miles of winding shores and hidden coves. Find the freshest blueberries, apples, and greens. Discover the most lively and cost-saving fish markets right on the docks and piers. Learn when to find fiddleheads and softshell lobsters (known as "shedders" to locals) in season. 50 black & white photographs, index. | *$12.70 |
 | Christina Cooks: Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Whole Foods But Were Afraid to Ask
Brand: HP Trade
TV's Christina cooks more than 200 recipes. <br><br> Public television cooking show host Christina Pirello is the woman who put the fun back into healthy cooking. In <i>Christina Cooks</i> she's responded to the hundreds of questions that her viewers and readers have put to her over the years-with lots of sound, sane advice, hints, tips and techniques-plus loads of great recipes for scrumptious, healthy meals with a Mediterranean flair. <br><br> A whole foods cookbook, <i>Christina Cooks</i> offers inventive ideas for breakfast, special occasions, and what to feed the kids. Chapters include Soups, Breakfast, Kids' Favorites, Beans, Grains, Vegetables, Beverages, and Desserts-Christina addresses popular myths about dairy and protein amongst other often misunderstood ideas about healthful eating. | *$10.81 |
 | Christmas from the Heart of the Home
Brand: Little, Brown and Company
Branch captures the very best of the holiday season with the same warmth and charm that have made her Heart of the Home and Vineyard Seasons so popular. Each page of her new book is filled with the joy of the season, featuring enchanting paintings, mouth-watering recipes, handy decorating tips, and more. | *$7.83 |
 | Christmas Traditions Bk 1(Leisure Arts #15956)
Brand: Leisure Arts, Inc.
This beautifully photographed holiday guidebook promises to help today's busy families discover fast and easy ways to restore the spirit of Christmas to their celebrations. With ideas for slowing down the hectic holidays, Leisure Arts editors and readers share their family traditions that make Christmas a time of creativity, camaraderie, and joy. Every page features meaningful ways to enrich your holiday experience. You'll create gifts destined to become treasured keepsakes. Your decorations will evoke tender memories. And your kitchen will turn out irresistible treats! Even party planning is de-mystified, inspiring you to host an open house with confidence or relax with family for brunch or dinner. | *$14.75 |
 | Christmas with Paula Deen: Recipes and Stories from My Favorite Holiday
Brand: Simon & Schuster
"I've gone through all my books and put together this collection of my most treasured recipes and memories for the holiday season to share with you...You'll find a few new dishes, a sprinkling of new holiday stories, and some family pictures you might not have seen before." <br><br>There's no holiday Paula Deen loves better than Christmas, when she opens her home to family and friends, and traditions old and new make the days merry and bright. Filled with Paula's trademark Southern charm and happy reminiscences of Yuletide seasons past, Christmas with Paula Deen is a collection of beloved holiday recipes and stories interspersed with cherished family photographs. Included are Paula's most requested homemade gifts of food; a collection of cookies sure to become your family's favorites; easy dishes for a Christmas breakfast or brunch that will let you enjoy the food and your guests; impressive fare for Christmas dinner and holiday entertaining and, of course, spectacular cakes, puddings, pies, and other sweet things. <br><br>"So Merry Christmas, y'all, and best dishes and best wishes from me and my family to yours." | *$3.58 |
 | Christmas With Southern Living 2005
Brand: Oxmoor House
From the most treasured authority on gracious holiday entertaining comes a special 25th anniversary edition of Christmas with Southern Living. As always, CWSL takes readers on a photographic tour of the South’s most spectacular residences, decorated to the hilt in a variety of Christmas styles. This commemorative volume also features 25 all-time favorite Christmas recipes; 25 years of top decorating and gift ideas; and a lavish Christmas dinner menu with a step-by-step photographic "Countdown-to-Christmas" calendar and style guide. New "5 Ingredient, 15 Minute Holiday Recipes" help preserve your sanity during the hectic Christmas season. <P>Key Features: <P>* Complete guide to the holidays, containing new ideas for decorating, holiday cooking and entertaining, food gifts, and wrappings <BR>* Nearly 100 kitchen-tested recipes with shortcut options <BR>* Over 100 ideas for decorating the entire house—simple centerpieces, place cards, party favors, table setting ideas—many of which are made from things you have on hand <BR>* Over 50 Christmas Tips & Pointers | *$0.80 |
 | Christmas with Southern Living 2006
Brand: Oxmoor House
Readers flock to this gorgeous book year after year because it’s always filled with fresh ideas for fun-filled Christmas celebrations—in that special Southern Living way. Decorating, crafting, gift giving, cooking, party planning—they’re all here, with tips and tricks that will have family and friends thinking you’ve been preparing for months. | *$5.59 |
 | Christmas with Southern Living 2008: Great Recipes - Easy Entertaining - Festive Decorations - Gift Ideas
Brand: Oxmoor House
<DIV>The Christmas experts at <I>Southern Living</I> magazine continue the holiday tradition with this all-new 28th edition of <I>Christmas with Southern Living,</I> the cooking, entertaining, and decorating classic that's steeped in gracious Southern style.<BR><BR>One-hundred forty brand-new recipes—the most ever in this book series—include ultimate show-stopping desserts, innovative chocolate and vanilla treats, incredibly easy side dishes, and a Quick & Easy Christmas Dinner that features a freezer-to-oven turkey recipe with a two-ingredient glaze.<BR><BR>Entertaining friends and family is a breeze with the "Simple Christmas" chapter, featuring a collection of two dozen quick recipe options that require little effort yet yield luscious results.<BR><BR>In addition, you'll also discover fresh decorating ideas that begin at the front door and take you all through the house. Whether you fancy a traditional look, whimsical style, or casual elegance, dozens of festive wreaths, garlands, and door and mantel decorations will stir your creativity.<BR><BR>Big, colorful photographs inspire your holiday table settings with designs that are "see and do" simple. From a centerpiece that holds individual take-home bouquets to twig balls stuffed with glittery tinsel garland, you'll be amazed at how quickly your table transforms from everyday to holiday.<BR><BR>Whether you need help planning the perfect holiday menu, baking special treats for giving, or trimming your home with welcoming, seasonal flair, this filled-to-overflowing book from the Christmas cooking and entertaining editors at <I>Southern Living</I> magazine has everything on your wish list for the most wonderful time of the year. <P></P></DIV> | *$7.22 |
 | Christmas with Southern Living 2009
Brand: Oxmoor House | *$19.77 |
 | Chronic Heartburn: Managing Acid Reflux and GERD Through Understanding, Diet and Lifestyle -- Includes More than 100 Recipes
Brand: Robert Rose
44% of Americans experience heartburn and acid reflux on a regular basis. <P>Acid reflux disease, or gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), is a serious affliction affecting millions of Americans. With GERD's severe symptoms not always responsive to treatment, the result is often a poor quality of life. This welcome book is a comprehensive resource to crucial medical facts and coping mechanisms for those who suffer from this condition. <P>Information from the most recent scientific studies is included on such key topics as: - Understanding the condition and its medical considerations - Signs and symptoms - Healthy eating habits - Conventional medical treatments, including drug therapy, endoscopy, and surgery - Effects on personal and family lifestyle <P>Since healthy eating is key to the management of acid reflux and GERD, the authors include 100 specially tailored recipes. These creative and tempting dishes are satisfying and delicious, and all will be well tolerated by those with acid reflux problems. They include: - Vegetable Spring Rolls - Chunky Tzadziki Spread - Super Soothing Vegetable Stock - Nonna Vertolli's Minestrone - Baked Spinach and Rice Casserole - Smoked Salmon Stuffed with Light Cream Cheese <P>Chronic hearthburn is a recurring problem affecting millions. For them, this encouraging book will be useful on a daily basis. | *$15.73 |
 | Church Suppers Cookbook (Gooseberry Patch)
Brand: Gooseberry Patch
Tried and true recipes (often closely-guarded secrets!) that have been handed down from generation to generation...those are the recipes you'll find in Gooseberry Patch's cookbook <I>Church Suppers</i>. <I>Church Suppers</i> features the best-loved recipes from pancake breakfasts to election day dinners to food for a crowd. | *$8.39 |
 | Church Suppers: 722 Favorite Recipes From Our Church Communities
Brand: Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers
<em>Church Suppers</em> celebrates gatherings of neighbors, family, and friends with delicious, down-home recipes from all over the United States and Canada. These are the dishes we remember and cherish, that bring us back to a simpler time: Fiesta Dip, Red Flannel Hash, Sloppy Joe Turnovers, Green Bean Casserole, Earthquake Cake, Blueberry Buckle...plus many regional and ethnic foods: Moussaka, Jambalaya, Chiles Relleños, Babka, Cannoli, and more. And because the recipes come from real people with bustling families, busy work schedules, imperfect kitchens, and realistic budgets, they are easy to prepare and focus as much on simplicity as they do on taste. <br> <br>Full of local flavor and rounded out with line drawings and anecdotes about the contributing churches, <em>Church Suppers </em>is a delightful addition to any home kitchen. | *$3.03 |
 | Ciao Italia Slow and Easy: Casseroles, Braises, Lasagne, and Stews from an Italian Kitchen
Brand: St. Martin's Press
<DIV>What could be welcoming in your kitchen than a big warm pan full of lasagna, a pot of braised short ribs or a casserole dish holding fragrant mussels, tomatoes and herbs? When you think of comfort food, the first cuisines that comes to mind is Italian.and nobody knows that better than Mary Ann Esposito, host of the longest-running television cooking show in the U.S., Ciao Italia. In <I>Ciao Italia Slow and Easy</I>, Mary Ann tells us how to slow down, take it easy and fill the kitchen with Italian slow-cooked goodness.  By braising, baking, roasting and simmering, she gives readers a treasure trove of wonderful dishes like -stove top lasagna with artichokes-prosciutto-wrapped chicken baked in parchment-tomato braised short ribs with rigatoni-pasta shells stuffed with a ragu of pork and cream-one-skillet chicken supper with tomatoes and green beans-layered polenta pie with mushrooms and sausage-mussel, potato and tomato casserole <I>Ciao Italia Slow and Easy</I> is filled with Mary Ann's sensible advice, knowledgeable asides about the history of Italian cuisine and, most of all, a sure sense of what tastes good. </DIV> | *$9.59 |
 | Cider: Making, Using & Enjoying Sweet & Hard Cider, Third Edition
Brand: Storey Publishing, LLC
The Pilgrims drank cider as they sailed to America aboard the Mayflower. John Adams had a tankard of cider every morning at breakfast. After a long day on safari, Ernest Hemingway liked to kick back beside the campfire with a glass of cider. And Robert Frost saluted his favorite beverage with a poem titled ?In A Glass of Cider.? Neck and neck with brewing beer at home is the resurgence of making cider. Whether sweet, hard, blended, or sparkling, trend watchers say cider, once the preferred beverage of early America, could very well become the drink of the future. (Hard cider is the fastest growing segment of the beverage industry.) Keeping pace with the commercial cider producers are small-scale and individual cider makers who have discovered how easy it is to make their own. After all, the only ingredient you need is an apple. In this updated edition of Cider, Annie Proulx and Lew Nichols take you step-by-step through the process that renders fruit into a refreshing drink. In addition to learning about the equipment you?ll need to make a glorious cider, Proulx and Nichols also discuss the pros and cons of various types of apple presses ? from traditional heavy grinders to sleek hydraulic presses. You?ll also learn about the glass bottles vs. wooden barrels debate; how to filter, fine, and rack your cider; and where and how to store it. Proulx and Nichols provide detailed recipes for making six types of cider: still, sparkling, champagne, barrel, French, and flavored, with advice on which apples to use to achieve a tart, aromatic, astringent, or neutral quality in your cider. In fact, this book is brimming with expert advice on cidermaking. If you want to plant your own apple orchard, this book has an entire chapter that lists which cultivars of apples thrive in which parts of the United States and Canada, along with each cultivar?s characteristics and when it is ready for harvesting. Another chapter explains how to care for an orchard, from improving the soil to pruning and thinning the trees to fighting off pests and wildlife. Once a cidermaker has learned how to make excellent cider, he or she is likely to look for further fields t o explore. With that in mind, the authors include a chapter on making cider vinegars and brandy and using cider in cooking. <P>Finally, Proulx and Nichols walk you through the latest federal regulations covering the production and sale of homemade cider in the United States and Canada, and they familiarize you with the kind of impact state and provincial laws can make.The clear, simple language, numerous illustrations, and detailed step-by-step directions make it easy for even novices to become skilled cidermakers. This revised edition of the classic handbook is a complete guide for anyone who wants to discover the pleasure of making ? and drinking ? fresh cider. | *$6.39 |
 | Cigar Companion (Connoisseur's Guides)
Brand: Running Press
<I>Cigar Aficionado</I> magazine, known worldwide for its celebration of the good things in life, revolutionized the art and enjoyment of cigar smoking. More than one million readers turn to the magazine to learn about the world's most enjoyable cigars, spirits, wines, beers, restaurants, resorts, collectibles, and more. In each issue, the editors evaluate a wide variety of cigars in a blind tasting format and rate them on a 100-point scale. Our previous <I>Cigar Aficionado</I> titles have sold a combined total of nearly half a million copies. Now <I>Cigar Aficionado</I> presents the ultimate resource, an easy-to-use, full-color guide with ratings and tasting notes for more than 200 fine cigars, organized by brand. For less than the price of 3 good cigars, it also explores the history and production of cigars, with expert advice on buying, storage, preparation, and smoking etiquette. With a wealth of useful information, this is an essential reference for both connoisseurs and those just beginning to appreciate the pleasures of cigars. | *$6.66 |
 | Classic 30-Minute Meals: The All-Occasion Cookbook
Brand: Lake Isle Press
An outstanding collection of Rachael Ray's best 30-Minute Meals, now in one volume. Features over 150 meals selected from 8 of Rachael's best-selling titles. | *$3.49 |
 | Classic Cooking With Coca-Cola
Brand: Everywhere Press
The great-great-granddaughter of the founder of the Coca-Cola company shares insider history and family recipes featuring the world's favorite beverage. | *$7.49 |
 | Classic Indian Cooking
Brand: William Morrow Cookbooks
This extraordinary cookbook, <i>Classic Indian Cooking</i>, amounts to a complete course in Indian cuisine. Elucidated by over 100 line drawings, it systematically introduces the properties of all the basic spices and special ingredients of Indian food, then explains the techniques employed in using them, always with the help of comparisons to familiar Western methods.</p>It is immediately obvious that Indian food is rich and varied, yet not difficult to prepare. The cooking principles are basic and wellknown. The utensils needed are few and simple. As Julie Sahni says, "If you know how to fry, there are few tricks to Indian food." Every recipe has been especially designed for the American kitchen -- practically all the ingredients can be found in any American supermarket and there are scores of time-saving shortcuts with the food processor and handy directions for ahead-of-time preparation.</p>Following a lively and absorbing introduction to the history of India's classic Moghul cuisine, Julie guides the cook through the individual components that make up an Indian meal. She begins with delicious appetizers like Crab Malabar and Hyderabad lime soup; continues through main courses, both nonvegetarian and vegetarian (this book is a treasure trove for the non-meat eater); goes on to all the side dishes and traditional accompaniments, from spinach <i>raita</i> and lentils with garlic butter to saffron pilaf and whole wheat flaky bread; and ends with the glorious desserts, like <i>Ras Malai</i>, sweetmeats, and beverages. Clear, illustrated, step-by-step instructions accompany the cook through every stage, even for making the many wondrous Indian breads, both by hand and with the food processor. And at the end of each recipe are balanced serving suggestions for every kind of meal, Among the many special features are ideas for appropriate wines, a useful spice chart, a complete glossary (which might also come in handy when ordering in Indian restaurants), and a mailorder shopping guide that will make Indian spices accessible anywhere.</p>Most important, Julie Sahni imparts the secrets to mastering the art of Indian cooking. Even the beginner will quickly learn to move within the classic tradition and improvise with sureness and ease.</p>Julie Sahni has written a masterpiece of culinary instruction, as readable as it is usable, a joy to cook from, a fascination to read.</p> | *$16.67 |
 | Classic Indian Vegetarian and Grain Cooking
Brand: William Morrow Cookbooks
<p> Julie Sahni's remarkable ability to make authentic Indian cooking accessible to American cooks continues to make her first book, Classic Indian Cooking, the definitive work of its kind.<P>This is her long-awaited second book. To prepare it, Julie Sahni traveled extensively throughout the regions of her native India, to assemble a splendid second volume of Indian culinary delights. Whereas her first book explored the riches of Moghul cuisine, this totally new collection systematically reveals the never-before-described treasures of India's vegetarian and grain cooking.</p><P>The book begins with a simple explanation of the ingredients and techniques characteristic of this cuisine. For the first time anywhere, Julie describes every classical blend of curry in the Indian tradition, with accompanying recipes on how to use them. From this book alone you will become master both of India's wonderful curries and of the many new varieties you will now know how to create for yourself.</p><P>In addition to a thorough going mastery of cooking with curry, this book provides a complete experience of India's incredibly varied vegetarian and grain dishes. Try the heavenly spread of yogurt cheese flavored, with fresh herbs, a favorite of the Gujarati Jains. Be adventurous: make Steamed Rice and Bean Dumplings in Spicy Lentil and Radish Sauce, traditionally served as tiffin one of the great classics of Indian vegetarian cooking.Vegetarians, the super health-conscious, and meat eaters who want to vary their menu with exciting new dishes, all will want to sample the vegetarian masterpiecesvirtual one-dish feasts-that are the very heart of this book: Malabar Coconut and Yogurt-Braised Vegetables; Hearty Blue Mountain Cabbage and Tomato Stew; Baked Zucchini Stuffed with Vegetarian Keema and BuIgur; Madras Fiery Eggplant, Lentil, and Chili Stew; and so many many others. To accompany these dishes, Julie provides an abundance of chutneys, pickles, breads, rice dishes, dals, vegetable side dishes, yogurt salads, and volcanically hot condiments.</p><P>Any time of the day you can snack or nibble on tasty foods that will contribute to your health but not your waistline: refreshing chats (salads without oil), a succulent array of fritters, kaftas, and kababs all ingeniously created from fresh vegetables, and a wide selection of crunchy savories from plantain chips to the irresistible giant papad (lentil wafer).</p><P>Your sweet tooth is not neglected by India's vegetarian and grain cooking. Lotus Seed Pudding, kulfi (India's delicious ice cream), coconut dumplings, and Quick Glazed Carrot Halwa are only the beginning of the unbelievable assortment of desserts and sweets Julie Sahni's Classic Indian Vegetarian and Grain Cooking makes available to you. Plus divine recipes for lassi (yogurt drink), refreshing teas, and classic South Indian coffee.This invaluable and instructive book places India's ancient tradition of delicious vegetarian and grain dishes directly into your hands.</p> | *$17.14 |
 | Classic Liqueurs: The Art of Making & Cooking with Liqueurs (Creative Cooking (Sibyl Publications))
Brand: Sibyl Publications, Inc. | *$6.02 |
 | Classic Pasta Cookbook (Classic cookbook)
Brand: Dorling Kindersley Publishers Ltd
A guide to choosing, making and cooking Italian pasta with over 100 authentic recipes drawn from all the regions and illustrating the variety of ways in which pasta is used. Giuliano introduces the whole range of types and shapes, explains their differences and suitability for various sauces. | *$29.95 |
 | Classic Sourdoughs: A Home Baker's Handbook
Brand: Ten Speed Press
Bread lovers and baking enthusiasts who covet the mouthwatering aroma and tantalizing taste of the most esteemed of breads, sourdough, will delight in CLASSIC SOURDOUGHS, an updated version of our essential baker’s companion, World Sourdoughs from Antiquity. Author and sourdough aficionado Ed Wood describes the basics of preparing a sourdough culture, and then moves on to building, shaping, and baking these storied loaves from the ground up. En route, Wood mixes hard science with a profound respect for baking traditions, emphasizing the importance of ingredient selection and paying homage to the baking techniques practiced by the ancient Egyptians. Baking, history, chemistry, cultural anthropology—this is truly a sourdough magnum opus, an engaging, authoritative volume that, most importantly, will show you how to prepare these scrumptious breads in your own kitchen. | *$12.31 |
 | Classic Vegetarian Cooking from the Middle East & North Africa
Brand: Interlink Publishing Group | *$12.81 |
 | Classical Turkish Cooking: Traditional Turkish Food for the American Kitchen
Brand: William Morrow Cookbooks
<P>Turkish food is one of the world's great cuisines.Its taste and depth place it with French and Chinese; its simplicity and healthfulness rank it number one. Turkish-born Ayla Algar offers 175 recipes for this vibrant and tasty food, presented against the rich and fascinating backdrop of Turkish history and culture. Tempting recipes for kebabs, pilafs, <I>meze</I> (appetizers), dolmas (those delicious stuffed vegetables or vine leaves), soups, fish, <I>manti</I> and other pasta dishes, lamb, poultry, yogurt, bread, and traditional sweets such as baklava are introduced here to American cooks in accessible form. With its emphasis on grains, vegetables, fruits, olive oil, and other healthful foods, Turkish cooking puts a new spin on familiar ingredients and offers culinary adventure coupled with satisfying and delicious meals. | *$10.46 |
 | Clean House Clean Planet
Brand: Pocket
Explains how to make and use environmentally friendly and inexpensive household cleaners out of everyday ingredients, offering advice on how to do everything from cleaning the oven to unclogging the sink. | *$8.51 |
 | Cleveland Clinic Healthy Heart Lifestyle Guide and Cookbook: Featuring more than 150 tempting recipes
Brand: Broadway
<p>Ranked as the #1 heart hospital in America eleven years running by <i>U.S. News & World Report</i>, Cleveland Clinic is also world-renowned for its life-saving medical breakthroughs, including bypass surgery. The hospital performs more open-heart surgeries and transplants than any other hospital in America. Now, emphasizing prevention, it has teamed with cookbook authors Bonnie Sanders Polin and Frances Towner Giedt to create the most complete and easy-to-follow plan yet for preventing heart disease: <i>Cleveland Clinic Healthy Heart Lifestyle Guide and Cookbook.<br><br></i>Polin and Giedt have developed outstanding recipes that taste too good to be good for you (but are), ranging from Cajun Grilled Shrimp with Fresh Pineapple Salsa to Chipotle Chicken and Corn Tamale Pies, All-American Meatloaf, and even New York-Style Cheesecake. The authors also provide a week's worth of menus for each of three caloric plans to take the guesswork out of eating from morning to night. <br><br>With this guide handy, there’s no irksome hunt for answers to heart-related diet and fitness questions. Just turn the pages to find:<br><br>• How many eggs can be safely consumed per week<br><br>• Lists of foods rich in omega-3 oils and tips on avoiding mercury in fish<br><br>• Ideas for healthy snacks under 200 calories<br><br>• Strategies for eating out<br><br>• Why fiber is the key to good nutrition<br><br>• How to choose the healthiest protein–and the facts on soy<br><br>• The latest findings on alcohol<br><br>• How using a pedometer can keep you out of a gym<br><br>• How to calculate a healthy body weight<br><br>• How to keep kids fit and cope with finicky eating habits<br><br><br>Backed by the reputation of Cleveland Clinic, this all-in-one guide is the easy, enjoyable way for Americans to care for their hearts and live longer, healthier lives.</p> | *$15.00 |
 | Climbing the Mango Trees: A Memoir of a Childhood in India (Vintage)
Brand: Vintage
Whether acclaimed food writer Madhur Jaffrey was climbing the mango trees in her grandparents' orchard in Delhi or picnicking in the Himalayan foothills on meatballs stuffed with raisins and mint, tucked into freshly baked spiced pooris, today these childhood pleasures evoke for her the tastes and textures of growing up. <br><br>This memoir is both an enormously appealing account of an unusual childhood and a testament to the power of food to prompt memory, vividly bringing to life a lost time and place. Included here are recipes for more than thirty delicious dishes that are recovered from Jaffrey’s childhood. | *$7.97 |
 | Clone Brews: Homebrew Recipes for 150 Commercial Beers
Brand: Storey Publishing, LLC
Re-creations of brands such as Sam Adams, Sierra Nevada, Guinness, Foster's, and more.<P> | *$7.98 |
 | Club Cuisine: Cooking with a Master Chef
Brand: Wiley
Recipes and cooking tips from the kitchen of one of the country's most exclusive clubs<br> <br> <br> Club Cuisine is the new, stunningly visual cookbook featuring Certified Master Chef Edward Leonard's dynamic club fare. It presents more than 150 recipes that, until now, have typically only been enjoyed by privileged members of private clubs. Inside, you'll find helpful hints and insights to create these scrumptious dishes, as well as inspiring photographs by renowned photographer Ron Manville, who has worked extensively with the ACF Culinary Team USA and other top chefs.<br> <br> For serious chefs, Club Cuisine is a dream come true. Featured recipes include amuse-bouches, seafood, beef, and pasta dishes as well as delectable soups, salads, and sandwiches. Also included is a guest chef chapter featuring recipes from some of the top club chefs around the country that add to this impressive collection. Caterers and restaurant owners will also find complete seasonal menu items that have pleased distinguished diners at top private clubs.<br> <br> For everything from a simple nosh to a hearty but elegant meal, Club Cuisine is the cookbook to keep at your fingertips. | *$26.34 |
 | Clueless in the Kitchen: A Cookbook for Teens and other Beginners (The Clueless series)
Brand: Firefly Books
You're young, you're hungry, you're clueless <P>The kitchen looms before you like something from a bad horror film. There's food in there, but then what? It'll have to be cooked... or at least peeled. Probably both. It's enough to scare even the foolhardy, but then so is a diet of macaroni and cheese. And you can't afford to keep ordering pizza. Aaarghh! <P>Relax! You're not alone. Author Evelyn Raab (mom to two teenage sons) understands that the kitchen is alien territory, and she is going to teach you everything you need to know to produce something deliciously edible out of actual ingredients -- in other words, cook -- and live to tell the tale. <P>Incredibly thorough, never condescending, and with a dash of humor, Clueless in the Kitchen leads culinary neophytes through the entire range of kitchen experience -- from cleaning a stove and outfitting a first kitchen (cheaply), to unplugging a drain and identifying that stuff in the bulk-food bins. Two hundred easy-to-follow recipes show how to make all kinds of simple and scrumptious dishes for every meal and occasion, beginning with "Breakfast: A Cruel Joke" and ending with Snacks and Munchies." There's even a chapter devoted exclusively to the "Vehemently Vegetarian." <P>And there's more! Each recipe is coded with an icon symbolizing vegetarian meals, cheap eats, couch potato, mom, or family food, food to impress, and snacks and munchies. And useful menu planners will help you tailor the perfect meal to every guest, whether that guest is your shallow but fun boy/girlfriend, your aunt Gladys, or (gasp!) your entire family. <P>Whether you're living on your own for the very first time or you're just on your own for dinner, Clueless in the Kitchen will be the first and -- hopefully -- only guide you will ever need. You may never eat macaroni and cheese again! | *$8.54 |
 | Clutter Control: Putting Your Home on a Diet
Brand: Dell
A guide to organizing the home offers tips on keeping countertops free of debris, getting dirty dishes out of the way quickly, daily touch-up cleaning, and how to eliminate clutter entirely. | *$4.69 |
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