| | White Teeth: A Novel
Brand: Rose & Rose Associates
One of the most talked about fictional debuts of recent years, "White Teeth" is a funny, generous, big-hearted novel, adored by critics and readers alike. Dealing - among many other things - with friendship, love, war, three cultures and three families over three generations, one brown mouse, and the tricky way the past has of coming back and biting you on the ankle, it is a life-affirming, riotous must-read of a book. | *$1.95 |
 | Whoopie Pies : Dozens of Mix 'em, Match 'em, Eat 'em Up Recipes
Brand: Chronicle Books
Is it a cake? Is it a cookie? With such deliciously soft and sweet cream-filled snacks, does it matter? The Internet is abuzz with recipes and stories of whoopie pie folklore, while customers everywhere are descending on bakeries in droves demanding these delectable treats. This adorable volume the only cookbook devoted entirely to whoopie pies features more than 40 mix-and-match recipes, including the classic chocolate with marshmallow cream and a range of bright flavor combinations such as red velvet, green tea, pumpkin with a tangy cream cheese filling, and oatmeal with, yes, maple-bacon buttercream. With a puffy cover as soft as cake, plenty of color photos and hand-drawn illustrations, dozens of DIY decorating instructions, fun facts and baking tips, <em>Whoopie Pies</em> will make a welcome addition to any baker's bookshelf. | *$11.53 |
 | Wild About Cupcakes: Over 130 Recipes
Brand: Barron's Educational Series
As a dessert or as a snack, cupcakes are one of America's favorite comfort foods--and there's virtually no end to the different kinds that cupcake lovers can make. The secret to imaginative cupcake creation is having a good cupcake cookbook, and Wild About Cupcakes is precisely that! Recipes galore include-- <BR> <BR> <LI> Chocolate cupcakes <LI> Party cupcakes <LI> Simple, healthy cupcakes that aren't too sweet and are good for breakfast <LI> Children's cupcakes <LI> Cupcakes for those special moments--Valentine's Day, bridal showers, and other happy occasions <BR> <BR> <br><br>Beautifully illustrated with full-page color photos accompanying each cupcake recipe, this book presents easy-to-follow, kitchen-tested recipes, each of them including directions for making the appropriate frosting. Here, for example are chocolate coconut cupcakes with a chocolate gananche frosting. . . children's party cupcakes each topped with a big rosette of pink butter frosting. . . vanilla cupcakes with figs topped with a honey frosting and fig quarters. . . and frosted nutty cupcakes with coarsely chopped nuts topped with milk chocolate frosting and a pecan. Even cupcake aficionados on restricted diets will find wonderful cupcakes to please them in Wild About Cupcakes. A special health needs section includes approximately 30 recipes that are gluten-free, egg-free, sugar-free, or dairy-free. Large color photos on every two-page spread.<br><br> | *$9.82 |
 | Wild Apples
Brand: Applewood Books
<DIV>Wild Apples begins with a short history of the apple tree, tracing its path from ancient Greece to America. Thoreau saw the apple as a perfect mirror of man and eloquently lamented where they both were heading.</div> | *$4.00 |
 | Wild Fermentation: The Flavor, Nutrition, and Craft of Live-Culture Foods
Brand: Chelsea Green Publishing
For thousands of years humans have enjoyed the taste and nutrition of fermented foods and drinks. We rely on the transformative, almost magical power of fermentation to preserve and improve all sorts of food, making them tastier, more digestible, and more appealing. Author Sandor Katz takes readers on a whirlwind trip through the wild world of fermentation. The book is divided into chapters that focus on particular types of food and Katz provides readers with delicious recipes-—some familiar, others exotic—-that are easy to make at home, including vegetable krauts and kimchis; sourdough breads and pancakes; miso and tempeh; beers, wines, and meads; yogurt and cheeses. <P>The recipes provide a veritable smorgasbord of tastes, like homemade tempeh, sauerkraut, and borscht, along with a basic description of yogurt and cheese-making, complete with vegan alternatives. Whether you prefer to wash down your meal with Elderberry wine or Nepalese rice beer, there's something here to satisfy any palate. <P>Katz, a leading expert on the history of these foods, has written a revolutionary and informative culinary guide he calls "a cultural manifesto." He has experimented with many forms of fermentation and has developed and collected a wide range of techniques and recipes from around the world. | *$15.45 |
 | Will Write for Food: The Complete Guide to Writing Cookbooks, Blogs, Reviews, Memoir, and More (Will Write for Food: The Complete Guide to Writing Blogs,)
Brand: Da Capo Lifelong Books
<DIV>The success of <I>Julie & Julia</I> highlights the newest trend in food writing: blogging. Noted journalist and food-writing instructor Dianne Jacob has revised her award-winning book to include a chapter covering all the how-to’s of food blogging as well as updated resources and new information on working in other wildly popular genres, namely cookbooks and food memoirs. Incredibly timely, this new edition of <I>Will Write for Food</I> is the must-have for every foodie who wants to put pen to page—or hands to keyboard.</DIV> | *$9.61 |
 | Williams-Sonoma Collection: Ice Cream (Williams-Sonoma Collection (New York, N.Y.).)
Brand: Free Press
<P> Vanilla, strawberry, chocolate, coffee: Everyone has a favorite flavor of ice cream. As a simple treat on a hot summer afternoon or an elegant finish to a special meal, ice cream is a versatile dessert that is delightfully easy to make at home. <P> Williams-Sonoma Collection <I>Ice Cream</I> offers more than 40 recipes for rich ice creams, tangy sorbets, and flavorful granitas. When delicious combinations of ingredients -- fresh cream, fruit at its peak of ripeness, fine-quality chocolate -- are combined and frozen in an ice-cream maker, the results are always sublime. From the crunch of ice creams made with candy, cookies, or nuts to those as smooth as caramel, there are plenty of irresistible choices inside these pages. In addition, an entire chapter devoted to more elaborate ice cream dishes will inspire you to use your favorite flavors to make impressive frozen desserts. <P> Tempting, full-color photographs of each ice cream make it easy to decide which one to prepare, and photographic side notes highlight essential ingredients and techniques, making <I>Ice Cream</I> more than just a fine collection of recipes. A comprehensive basics section and a detailed glossary will also provide you with everything you need to know to make delicious homemade ice cream your new favorite dessert. <P> From a scoop of creamy, old-fashioned ice cream to a dish of sweet sorbet or a spoonful of rich gelato -- iced desserts are a refreshing way to enjoy an infinite array of wonderful, sweet flavors. <P> Williams-Sonoma Collection <I>Ice Cream</I> offers more than 40 easy-to-follow recipes that allow you to make all-time favorites as well as delicious new flavors. Whether you crave an irresistibly rich chocolate-hazelnut gelato, a light and tangy lemon sorbet, or the best vanilla ice cream you have ever tasted, the recipes inside will inspire you to serve ice cream for any occasion. This vividly photographed, full-color recipe collection promises to become an essential addition to your kitchen bookshelf. <P> <I>"Once you have sampled the flavors inside, you will realize that homemade ice cream is simply the best there is!"</I> | *$8.93 |
 | Williams-Sonoma Cooking from the Farmers' Market
Brand: Williams Sonoma
This essential guide to produce illuminates how to identify, select, and prepare over 100 types of fruits and vegetables fresh from the market, with more than 245 recipes, including one for each ingredient. | *$21.70 |
 | Williams-Sonoma The Art of Preserving
Brand: Williams Sonoma
Sweet & savory recipes to enjoy seasonal produce year-round. | *$14.00 |
 | Windows on the World Complete Wine Course: 2009 Edition
Brand: Sterling
<DIV><DIV><DIV><I>Windows on the World Complete Wine Course</I> is simply the bestselling wine book in North America—it’s a classic. In addition to retaining the expanded 60-page section on “101 Wines You Should Know,” from last year, the 2009 revision will include 16 pages of quizzes (two at the end of every chapter) to test readers on how much they’ve learned—just as if they were in Kevin’s class. Those who use the book as an actual course will find this enormously helpful, and a great challenge for testing their knowledge of wine fundamentals. Of course, all wine lists and labels, vintage charts, and trend reports will receive a complete update, too. <BR>As always, Zraly organizes his wines by region, from simple to complex, beginning with white wines from France, the U.S., and Germany; he moves on to the red wines of Burgundy and the Rhône, Bordeaux, the U.S., Italy, Australia, Argentina, and Chile; and concludes with champagnes and ports. By following Kevin’s order, readers will experience the best wines and the wide diversity of taste, style, region, and country. It’s not only a comprehensive and bargain-priced hands-on wine education, but a superb catalog from which to start a wine cellar or find a bottle appropriate for any occasion at any price.<BR>This unequaled volume retains all the invaluable information, fabulous illustration, and gorgeous styling of the previous editions—presented in Zraly’s inimitable, irreverent style. It’s clearly the wine guide against which all others are judged.</DIV></DIV></DIV> | *$8.63 |
 | Windows on the World Complete Wine Course: 25th Anniversary Edition
Brand: HomeAndWine.com
<DIV><P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">Let’s pop a cork and drink a toast to America’s very best, most popular wine course! Windows on the World Complete Wine Course is celebrating its silver anniversary, and this classic volume now has new, updated material that wine lovers will savor. </P><P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">For this new edition, Kevin traveled to eighty wine regions in twenty countries, tasting more than 4,000 wines and meeting 500 winemaking professionals. To assure that he had all the latest wine-producing news, he recently visited vineyards in Austria, Hungary, Greece, New Zealand, South Africa, Chile, and Argentina. Plus, he has updated Wine-Buying Strategies, best vintages, wine lists, and labels. As always, the book includes Wine Basics, Tasting Wine, Matching Wine and Food, Frequently Asked Questions About Wine, and a Selected Glossary. Zraly goes region-by-region, with the wines organized from simple to complex. By following Kevin’s order, readers will experience the best wines and a wide diversity of tastes, styles, regions, and countries. </P><P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">It’s not only a comprehensive and bargain-priced hands-on wine education, and a superb catalog from which to start a wine cellar or find the right bottle, it’s also an inexpensive way to get the knowledge Kevin imparts in his outstanding course. This is clearly the wine guide against which all others are judged.</P></DIV><P> </P> | *$9.99 |
 | Wine All-in-One For Dummies
Brand: For Dummies
<p>An all-inclusive, easy-to-use primer to all things wine</p> <p>Want to learn about wine, but don't know where to start? <i>Wine All-In-One For Dummies</i> provides comprehensive information about the basics of wine in one easy-to-understand volume. Combining the bestselling <i>Wine For Dummies</i> with our regional and specific wine titles, this book gives you the guidance you need to understand, purchase, drink and enjoy wine. <p>You'll start at the beginning as you discover how wine is made. From there you'll explore grape varieties and vineyards, read labels and wine lists, and discover all the nuances of tasting wine. You'll see how to successfully store wine and serve it to your guests-and even build up an impressive collection of wine. Plus, you'll find suggestions for perfect food pairings and complete coverage on wines from around the world. <ul> <li>Features wine tasting, serving, storing, collecting, and buying tips, all in a single authoritative volume</li> <li>Includes information on California wines, as well as other domestic and foreign locations including the US, Canada, France, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Germany, Austria, Hungary, Greece, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Chile, and Argentina.</li> <li>Helps you choose the best vintage for your needs</li> <li>Also covers champagne, sherry, and port wine</li> <li>Ed McCarthy and Mary Ewing-Mulligan are the authors of seven Dummies books on wine including the bestselling <i>Wine For Dummies, 4th Edition</i>, other contributing authors are recognized wine experts and journalists in Australia, New Zealand, and Canada</li> </ul> <p>Whether you're a wine novice or a budding sommelier, <i>Wine All-In-One For Dummies</i> is the one guide you need on your shelf to make your wine experience complete. | *$17.26 |
 | Wine and War: The French, the Nazis, and the Battle for France's Greatest Treasure
Brand: Broadway
<b>The remarkable untold story of France’s courageous, clever vinters who protected and rescued the country’s most treasured commodity from German plunder during World War II.<br><br></b>"To be a Frenchman means to fight for your country <i>and</i> its wine."<br> –Claude Terrail, owner, Restaurant La Tour d’Argent<br><br>In 1940, France fell to the Nazis and almost immediately the German army began a campaign of pillaging one of the assets the French hold most dear: their wine. Like others in the French Resistance, winemakers mobilized to oppose their occupiers, but the tale of their extraordinary efforts has remained largely unknown–until now. This is the thrilling and harrowing story of the French wine producers who undertook ingenious, daring measures to save their cherished crops and bottles as the Germans closed in on them. <i>Wine and War</i> illuminates a compelling, little-known chapter of history, and stands as a tribute to extraordinary individuals who waged a battle that, in a very real way, saved the spirit of France. | *$8.53 |
 | Wine For Dummies
Brand: HomeAndWine.com
Wine enthusiasts and novices, raise your glasses! The #1 wine book has been extensively updated! If you’re a connoisseur, <i>Wine For Dummies, Fourth Edition</i> will get you up to speed on what’s in and show you how to take your hobby to the next level. If you’re new to the world of wine, it will clue you in on what you’ve been missing and show you how to get started. It begins with the basic types of wine, how wines are made, and more. Then it gets down to specifics: <ul type="disc"> <li>How to handle snooty wine clerks, navigate restaurant wine lists, decipher cryptic wine labels, and dislodge stubborn corks <li>How to sniff and taste wine <li>How to store and pour wine and pair it with food <li>Four white wine styles: fresh, unoaked; earthy; aromatic; rich, oaky <li>Four red wine styles: soft, fruity, and relatively light-bodied; mild-mannered, medium-bodied; spicy; powerful, full-bodied, and tannic <li>What’s happening in the “Old World” of wine, including France, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Germany, Switzerland, Austria, Hungary, and Greece <li>What’s how (and what’s not) in the New World of Wine, including Australia, New Zealand, Chile, Argentina, and South Africa <li>U.S. wines from California, Oregon, Washington, and New York <li>Bubbling beauties and medieval sweets: champagne, sparkling wines, sherry, port, and other exotic dessert wines </ul> <p> Authors <b>Ed McCarthy</b>, CWE, who is a regular contributor to <i>Wine</i> Enthusiast and <i>The Wine Journal</i> and <b>Mary Ewing-Mulligan</b>, MW, who owns the International Wine Center in New York, have co-authored six wine books in the <i>For Dummies</i> series. In an easy-to-understand, unpretentious style that’s as refreshing as a glass of Chardonnay on a summer day, they provide practical information to help you <i>enjoy</i> wine, including: <ul type="disc"> <li>Real Deal symbols that alert you to good wines that are low in price compared to other wines of similar type, style, or quality <li>A Vintage Wine Chart with specifics on numerous wines <li>Info on ordering wine from out of state, collecting wine, and more </ul> <p> <i>Wine For Dummies, Fourth Edition</i> is not just a great resource and reference, it’s a good read. It’s full-bodied, yet light…rich, yet crisp…robust, yet refreshing…. | *$11.98 |
 | Wine Tasting Notebook
Brand: De Long Company
<i>De Long's WINE TASTING NOTEBOOK</i> is a simple, inexpensive yet elegant way to "hit the ground running" and learn about wine. It also makes a thoughtful gift for all wine lovers. <BR> A CONCISE LEARNING TOOL IN THREE PARTS: <BR>1. The <i>Wine Tasting Notebook</i> puts the repetitive parts of a note in convenient multiple choice for pros as well as acting as training wheels for beginners <BR>2. <i>Wine Tasting Terms</i> helps build your wine tasting vocabulary with 216 popular terms explained in brief. Includes practical details on identifying wine faults. <BR>3. <i>How to Take a Wine Tasting Note</i> walks you through the fundamentals of wine tasting. Wine is a complicated subject but the basic principles of wine tasting are not. <BR>* Elegant black cover with gold embossing slips easily into a coat pocket or purse. <BR>* Sewn binding lays flat for comfortable writing. <BR>* Water resistant wine tasting guide including WINE TASTING TERMS and HOW TO TAKE A WINE NOTE stores inside back cover. <BR><BR> <b>The Smart Way to Learn About Wine Tasting</b> | *$8.74 |
 | Wok Cooking Made Easy: Delicious Meals in Minutes (Learn to Cook Series)
Brand: Periplus Editions
Wok cooking is a simple, quick, nutritionally balanced way toward consistently great tasting food. <i>Wok Cooking Made Easy</i> is a terrific guide to spontaneous improvisation and creative innovation in your cooking, and leaves plenty of leeway for substituting ingredients and easily preparing a tasty, nutritional meal in a single dish. | *$7.82 |
 | Woman's Institute Library of Cookery Volume 1; Essentials of Cookery; Cereals; Bread; Hot Breads
Brand: General Books LLC
The book has no illustrations or index. Purchasers are entitled to a free trial membership in the General Books Club where they can select from more than a million books without charge. Subjects: History / General; Cooking / General; Cooking / Regional | *$22.20 |
 | Woman's Institute Library of Cookery Volume 2; Milk, Butter and Cheese; Eggs; Vegetables
Brand: General Books LLC
The book has no illustrations or index. Purchasers are entitled to a free trial membership in the General Books Club where they can select from more than a million books without charge. Subjects: Cooking / General; | *$24.11 |
 | Woman's Institute Library of Cookery Volume 3; Soup; Meat; Poultry and Game; Fish and Shell Fish
Brand: General Books LLC
The book has no illustrations or index. Purchasers are entitled to a free trial membership in the General Books Club where they can select from more than a million books without charge. Subjects: History / General; Cooking / General; Cooking / Regional | *$24.30 |
 | Woman's Institute Library of Cookery Volume 4; Salads and Sandwiches; Cold and Frozen Desserts; Cakes, Cookies and Puddings; Pastries and Pies
Brand: General Books LLC
The book has no illustrations or index. Purchasers are entitled to a free trial membership in the General Books Club where they can select from more than a million books without charge. Subjects: Cooking / General; | *$23.95 |
| | Woman's Institute Library of Cookery Volume 5: Fruit and Fruit Desserts; Canning and Drying; Jelly Making, Preserving and Pickling; Confections; Beverages; the Planning of Meals
Brand: Public Domain Books
This book was converted from its physical edition to the digital format by a community of volunteers. You may find it for free on the web. Purchase of the Kindle edition includes wireless delivery. | *$1.99 |
 | Wookiee Cookies: A Star Wars Cookbook
Brand: Chronicle Books
Boba Fett-Uccine and Princess Leia Danish Dos are just the beginning when the Force is with you in the kitchen. <I>Wookiee Cookies</I> is your invitation to fine culinary experiences in the <I>Star Wars</I> frame of mind. From C-3PO Pancakes to Jedi Juice Bars, this intergalactic <I>Star Wars</I> cookbook features healthy snacks, delicious dishes, sweet treats, and easy main courses no Rebel can resist. With hilarious photos and safety tips for cooking on Earth as well as in most space stations, Wookiee Cookies even includes a sheet of shiny <I>Star Wars</I> stickers. Age is no issue when it comes to <I>Star Wars</I> cuisine-kids as well as adults will have a great time with this book. Whether you drove to your first <I>Star Wars</I> flick or just had your fifth birthday, there's no reason you can't whip up some Crazy Cantina Chili at near light speed. | *$12.95 |
 | World Atlas of Wine
Brand: HomeAndWine.com Part Number: 1172
<DIV>Hailed by critics worldwide as “extraordinary” and “irreplaceable,” there are few volumes that have had as monumental an impact in their field as Hugh Johnson’s <I>The World Atlas of Wine</I>: sales have exceeded four million copies, and it is now published in thirteen languages.<BR>World-renowned authors Hugh Johnson and Jancis Robinson once again combine their unrivalled talents to enhance this masterpiece of wine knowledge. There are now 48 extra pages, including 17 new color illustrations, 20 new maps, and—for the first time ever—double page spreads and full-page photos in the atlas section for maximum visual impact. New World coverage has been extended for both Australia and South America; some New World regions even have their own entries for the first time, including Rutherford, Oakville, and Stag’s Leap from California; Mendoza (Argentina); Limestone Coast (Australia); Central Otago and Martinborough (New Zealand); and Constantia (South Africa). And Old World coverage has grown too, with the addition of Toro (Spain), the Peleponnese (Greece), and Georgia. It’s a truly incomparable book, and an essential addition to every wine lover’s or professional’s library.</DIV> | *$31.50 |
 | You Can Can!: A Visual Step-by-Step Guide to Canning, Preserving, and Pickling, with 100 Recipes (Better Homes & Gardens)
Brand: Wiley
<b>A comprehensive beginner's guide to home canning and preserving, complete with tasty recipes!</b> <p> Preserving your own fruits and vegetables is an affordable and sustainable way to sweeten your pantry with delicious seasonal bounty to last all year. With <i>Better Homes and Gardens You Can Can!</i>, you'll learn everything you ever needed to know about canning and preserving your farmer's market finds and the fresh produce from your garden. Whether you're canning for the first time or just want to refresh your skills, this is the perfect guide. <p> All the basics are covered, from hot water baths and freezing techniques to food safety information and clever ideas for making gifts from your preserves. With a wide variety of recipes and step-by-step instruction, this book is clear and straightforward enough for any inspired do-it-yourselfer. <ul> <li>Includes 100 recipes for classic flavors as well as bold new delights <li>Features more than 50 beautiful color photos, including step-by-step photos to guide the novice canner through the most critical procedures <li>Covers all the basics of equipment and ingredients and provides handy charts and go-to lists, as well as tips on produce seasonality </ul> <p> With recipes for jams, jellies, preserves, and chutneys, as well as pickles, relishes, and veggies, this book proves that you really can can! | *$10.43 |
 | You Won't Believe It's Gluten-Free!: 500 Delicious, Foolproof Recipes for Healthy Living
Brand: Da Capo Press
The only gluten-free cookbook you'll ever need--simple, delicious recipes that taste just like the real thing, with variations for multiple food sensitivities. <P> A pioneer in gluten-free cooking, Roben Ryberg has worked with gluten-free flours for over 15 years. Now, in <I>You Won't Believe It's Gluten-Free!</I>, she vastly simplifies the challenges of this special diet--while perfecting the flavor of everyone's favorite foods. <P> Completely comprehensive, <I>You Won't Believe It's Gluten-Free!</I> offers 500 recipes for all kinds of breads and baked goods, plus easy appetizers, soups, entrees, and salads to win over any crowd. It also features desserts for special occasions--even wedding cakes! Unlike the standard use of three or more flour blends, these recipes often call for just one flour, and many recipes include corn, potato, rice, and oat flour variations. This is an essential cooking bible for anyone with celiac disease, wheat allergy, IBS, or other gluten sensitivities. | *$10.99 |
| You Won't Believe It's Gluten-Free!: 500 Delicious, Foolproof Recipes for Healthy Living
Brand: Da Capo Press
The only gluten-free cookbook you'll ever need--simple, delicious recipes that taste just like the real thing, with variations for multiple food sensitivities. <P> A pioneer in gluten-free cooking, Roben Ryberg has worked with gluten-free flours for over 15 years. Now, in <I>You Won't Believe It's Gluten-Free!</I>, she vastly simplifies the challenges of this special diet--while perfecting the flavor of everyone's favorite foods. <P> Completely comprehensive, <I>You Won't Believe It's Gluten-Free!</I> offers 500 recipes for all kinds of breads and baked goods, plus easy appetizers, soups, entrees, and salads to win over any crowd. It also features desserts for special occasions--even wedding cakes! Unlike the standard use of three or more flour blends, these recipes often call for just one flour, and many recipes include corn, potato, rice, and oat flour variations. This is an essential cooking bible for anyone with celiac disease, wheat allergy, IBS, or other gluten sensitivities. | *$29.39 |
 | You: On A Diet: The Owner's Manual for Waist Management
Brand: Free Press
For the first time in our history, scientists are uncovering astounding medical evidence about dieting -- and why so many of us struggle with our weight and the size of our waists. Now researchers are unraveling biological secrets about such things as why you crave chocolate or gorge at buffets or store so much fat. <P><P>Michael Roizen and Mehmet Oz, America's most trusted doctor team and authors of the bestselling <i>YOU</i> series, are now translating this cutting-edge information to help you shave inches off your waist. They're going to do it by giving you the best weapon against fat: knowledge. By understanding how your body's fat-storing and fat-burning systems work, you're going to learn how to crack the code on true and lifelong waist management. <P><P>Roizen and Oz will invigorate you with equal parts information, motivation, and change-your-life action to show you how your brain, stomach, hormones, muscles, heart, genetics, and stress levels all interact biologically to determine if your body is the size of a baseball bat or of a baseball stadium. In , Roizen and Oz will redefine what a healthy figure is, then take you through an under-the skin tour of the organs that influence your body's size and its health. You'll even be convinced that the key number to fixate on is not your weight, but your waist size, which best indicates the medical risks of storing too much fat. <P><P>Because the world has almost as many diet plans as it has e-mail spammers, you'd think that just about all of us would know everything there is to know about dieting, about fat, and about the reasons why our bellies have grown so large. <i>YOU: On a Diet</i> is much more than a diet plan or a series of instructions and guidelines or a faddish berries-only eating plan. It's a complete manual for waist management. It will show you how to achieve and maintain an ideal and healthy body size by providing a lexicon according to which any weight-loss system can be explained. <i>YOU: On a Diet</i> will serve as the operating system that facilitates future evolution in our dieting software. After you learn about the biology of your body and the biology and psychology of fat, you'll be given the YOU Diet and YOU Workout. Both are easy to learn, follow, and maintain. Following a two-week rebooting program will help you lose up to two inches from your waist right from the start. <P><P>With Roizen and Oz's signature accessibility, wit, and humor, <i>YOU: On a Diet -- The Owner's Manual for Waist Management</i> will revolutionize the way you think about yourself and the food you consume, so that you'll diet smart, not hard. Welcome to your body on a diet. | *$4.95 |
 | Yum-Yum Bento Box: Fresh Recipes for Adorable Lunches
Brand: Quirk Books
Oh, boy <em>obento</em>! These cute, yummy, healthy lunches are all the rage in Japan, where mothers think of them as an expression of love for their children. <em>Yum-Yum Bento Box</em> is one of the first cookbooks in English devoted to these healthy and adorable meals they're fresh, they're tasty, and they're almost too cute to eat! <br /><br /> Each step-by-step recipe in <em>Yum-Yum Bento Box</em> is simple and adaptable. Readers will learn how to form their favorite foods into a variety of shapes from zebras, panda bears, and monkeys to kitties, piggies, and puppy dogs. Chapters include instructions for classic bento boxes and character-driven bentos (called <em>Kyaraben</em>), plus shopping advice, general tips and tricks, and much more. Stop wasting money on prepackaged lunches and start making beautiful, healthy bentos! | *$10.50 |
 | Zone Meals in Seconds: 150 Fast and Delicious Recipes for Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner (Zone (Regan))
Brand: Harper Paperbacks
<P><B>A quick, easy, family-friendly cookbook for the millions of Zone households around the world</B>.</P> <P>Millions of people worldwide have discovered the incredible weight-loss and health benefits of living in the Zone. For almost 10 years, Lynn and Barry Sears have maintained a completely Zone-friendly kitchen. With two daughters - one a finicky first-grader and one a vegetarian teenager - Lynn has had to use all of her creative and culinary skills to keep her family healthy and happy.<I> Zone Meals in Seconds</I> combines Lynn's hard-won wisdom and valuable experience with Barry's Zone expertise and medical knowledge in the first-ever family-friendly Zone book. From quick and easy family dinner recipes and snack tips, to advice on packing school lunches and surviving backyard barbecues, this book is a must-have for people who want to experience the incredible benefits of the Zone but need help answering the all-important question, 'What do I eat?'Written with the help of an experienced chef and recipe developer, <I>Zone Meals in Seconds</I> offers more than 200 fast and family-tested recipes for Zone-approved breakfasts, lunches, and dinners. </P> | *$8.31 |
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