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Gourmet's Five Ingredients, based on the "Five Ingredients" column in the magazine, fuses culinary imagination with an easy approach to cooking. Sample recipes include: Ricotta Gnocchi with Roasted Tomato, Fried Eggs and Asparagus with Parmesan, Tarragon Lobster Salad, Cucumber and Cumin Soup, Speedy Pizzas, and Strawberry Margarita Ice Pops -- all taking into account that after a long day at work or play, it's best to keep things simple, but still unique and delicious.

This user-friendly book contains 32 menus and more than 200 recipes -- 100 never before published -- and 80 full-color photographs. Informational boxes are included throughout, and an index lists quick recipes and one-dish dinners.

Illustrated throughout with more than 40 full-color photographs, this invaluable, no-sweat guide to good eating offers ten time-saving menus with 250 succulent recipes for today's increasingly busy lifestyles.

The coauthor of The Silver Palate Cookbooks presents a classic collection of fresh, healthful food for home cooks everywhere. A feast of fabulous fare for the seasons and holidays that applies inspiration and joyfulness to calorie counting. Two-color illustrations throughout.

Single-subject cookbooks with 80 beautifully photographed recipes, plus low-fat cooking tips and techniques. Concealed spiral binding allows book to lie flat for hands-free use.

From a vast array of appetizers -- including fila-wrapped savories -- to hearty main courses like moussaka and pastitsio, to justly famous pastries like baklava, Greek Cooking presents recipes for casual pastries, everyday family meals and gala party spreads.

A look at the development of methods for cooking food as well as storing and preserving it. The recipes included in each chapter are adapted to modern times, but are authentic. Notes show how colonial women would have gone about the project differently. There are chapters on regional cooking, soups, corn, soul cooking, beverages, and desserts.

From breakfast to dinner, dips to dessert, readers will learn how to make their favorite dishes leaner and lighter without sacrificing flavor. Easy-to-follow instructions guarantee cooking success, while headnotes for each recipe explain how dishes were "made over" for more healthful eating.

Great beers to make at home, including more than 175 original beer recipes ranging from magnificent pale ales to ambers, stouts, lagers, and seasonal brews, plus tips from master brewers.

If you're into homebrewing, then you know that you can never have enough recipes. The Homebrewer's Recipe Guide will slake your thirst for more than 175 different beers in a variety of styles, whether you prefer a classic lager, a brown ale, a fruity brew, or a flavored stout. Among the original recipes are:

-Any Pub in London Bitter, a classic ale with a strong hop flavor
-Viennese Spiced Porter, a rich creamy porter with a hint of vanilla
-Golden Pils, a beer less dry than the classic pilsner
-Holiday and seasonal beers like Firecracker Red (with its cinnamon kick), the Great Pumpkin Ale, and Holiday Prowler Beer--the perfect gift
-Brewery Copycats--re-create your favorite tastes
-Foods featuring homebrew as an ingredient, like Red-Hot Rack of Ribs, Frijoles Borrachos, and classic Oatmeal Beer Bread

Rich quotations from Hemingway, Shakespeare, Joyce, and others celebrate memorable libations, special drinking spots, and other bits of beer and tavern lore and legend. Created by experienced homebrewers and filled with helpful tips, The Homebrewer's Recipe Guide is a must-have reference for both novice and expert alike.

A beautifully designed and practical introduction to creative cooking!

"How to Cook gives" teens the know-how and confidence to cook their own meals, whether for themselves or to impress friends and family. The 100 easy-to-follow recipes offer plenty of ideas to get them started. From ginger-chicken stir-fry to scrumptious mini cheesecakes, there's a great balance of healthy meals and treats from different countries around the world. Fascinating information on ingredients, origins, seasonality, healthy eating, and insights into food culture are spread throughout the text so young adults are kept informed about what they're eating.

With this great selection of adaptable recipes, food facts, and fail-safe techniques, "How to Cook" will get teens creative in the kitchen, and enthusiastic about food for life.

Twenty-five years and three million copies ago, The I Hate to Cook Book first came to the rescue of those who find the kitchen a snare, a confusion and a pain in the neck. Two more books spiced with humor and topped with practical advice followed. Together with drawings by the incomparable Hilary Knight are the best-tasting and funniest of Peg Bracken: 443 of those fast, delicious I-hate-to-cook recipes in one book. Includes Hurry Curry, Stayabed Stew, Sole Survivor and hundreds more, plus the easiest, best desserts this side of kahlua-over-ice cream.

Every two and one-half minutes, a woman in the United States is diagnosed with breast cancer. The incidence of breast cancer in women has increased from one in twenty in 1960 to one in seven today. Fortunately, there are many doctors and organizations actively searching for a cure. And the top organization is The Breast Cancer Research Foundation (BCRF), founded in 1993 by Evelyn H. Lauder, Senior Corporate Vice President of The Estée Lauder Companies Inc.

Now, Evelyn H. Lauder turns her energy to this gorgeous, full-color cookbook. Drawing on her years of experience working with doctors and nutritionists at leading hospitals, as well as her own personal eating philosophy, Mrs. Lauder has created a testament to living well and being well.

All of her royalties will be donated to The Breast Cancer Research Foundation. A great gift for a mother, a sister, a husband, or a friend, this cookbook is a must-have for anyone interested in a healthy lifestyle.

From America's favorite momager comes a new cookbook and entertainment guide filled with Kris Jenner's very own insightful tips and favorite recipes.

Kris Jenner has done everything under the sun from starring as the matriarch in Keeping Up With the Kardashians to writing a New York Times bestselling memoir entitled Kris Jenner... And All Things Kardashian. Inside this incredible cookbook, you'll find nearly 70 favorite recipes that have become the centerpiece of Kardashian-Jenner family traditions. This book is another way to bring fans into Kris's home with recipes and entertaining tips that can be used by anyone and everyone.

Join Kris as she rolls up her sleeves to dish out tips on how to do it all and have it all in her new cookbook/entertainment guide.

Balsamic vinegar, olive oil, mozzarella, Parmigiano-Reggiano, prosciutto, fresh pasta - these are the cornerstone ingredients of great Italian cooking. "Italian Food Artisans" celebrates the art and origins of these wonderful foods and many others. Profiling some of the finest food artisans working today, this beautifully photographed book takes readers on a journey through the countryside and villages of Italy - where tubs of purple and green olives await a cold pressing, capers are picked by hand, and paddled water wheels power millstones that grind the grain for bread. The featured food artisans reveal age-old secrets of their trades and offer up stories of a place where good food, lovingly prepared, is still a way of life. With over 50 simple and robust recipes that evoke the Italian countryside, "Italian Food Artisans" will entice and delight Italian food lovers everywhere.

In Jacques Pépin Fast Food My Way, the man who taught millions of Americans how to cook shares the techniques he honed in the most famous kitchens of the world to show you how to create simple, special meals in minutes.

In this companion volume to his new series on public television, Jacques shows you how to create great-tasting dishes ranging from stunning salads such as Tomato and Mozzarella Fans to Supreme of Chicken with Balsamic Vinegar and Shallot Sauce to his breathtaking Almond Cake with Berries, all special enough for company, yet easy enough for those weekday evenings when you have no time.

Fast food Jacques's way involves no compromises in taste but saves you hours in the kitchen. His Instant Beef Tenderloin Stew, for instance, not only is far faster to make than traditional versions, but tastes brighter and fresher. With concise, clear directions, Jacques shares the secrets of his kitchen. He teaches you how to season a salmon fillet perfectly and cook it in a low oven, right on the serving platter. You'll learn how to make a satisfying homemade vegetable soup in seconds, a baked potato in half the usual time, and a succulent roast that takes minutes, not hours, to prepare. He also shows you how to create elegant meals from convenience foods: a bean dip that will keep guests coming back for more, silky soups, and caramelized peaches made from canned peaches.

With Jacques Pépin Fast Food My Way at your side, the best food is always the simplest.

A new book that explains how to pair wine with modern Japanese food.

Much has been written about the pairing of food and wine but almost nothing that focuses on Japanese food. It could be because Japanese food is not commonly associated with wine but actually many of its flavors may be perfectly paired with red and white, dry and even sweet wines. Reflecting the increasing popularity of Japanese food in the West and the new interest in wine as an accompaniment to food in Japan, Japanese Dishes for Wine Lovers seeks to explain some simple ways to enjoy this non-traditional combination.

Pairing wine goes beyond matching red wine with meat and white wine with chicken. The right match depends on personal tastes and adherence to some general guidelines intended to enhance the aromas of both the wine and the food and to prevent a clashing of flavors. In Japanese Dishes for Wine Lovers, leading wine expert John Whelehan explains the elements of typical Japanese flavorings-soy sauce, ginger, sake, mirin, and sesame-as well as some of the more delicate flavors like raw fish and exotic mushrooms, and describes the best wine selections for each. He also gives descriptive recommendations for the best wines to savor with the 58 contemporary Japanese dishes created and presented in this book by best-selling cookbook author Machiko Chiba.

The dishes in this book are simple to make and represent the new wave of cookery in Japan today. Amond the 58 mouthwatering recipes are White Fish Simmered in Spicy Miso, Thin-Sliced Octopus with Citron-Flavored Sesame, Tuna Tataki with Wasabi, Beef with White Sesame and Sweet Sake, Grated Mountain Yam and Carrot, Daikon Radish Gyoza Dumplings, and Tiny Dried Fish and Pine Kernel Onigiri Rice Balls.

Beautifully illustrated and packed with innovative recipes, Japanese Dishes for Wine Lovers fills a much needed place in our understanding of how to enjoy wine with today's dynamic Japanese inspired menus.

The queen of the weight-loss business shares the secrets of her super-successful weight management program--a unique combination of diet, exercise, attitude adjustment, and recipes.

One of America's favorite doyennes of domesticity reveals her quick, easy, and affordable secrets to casual entertaining.

The host of A&E's All Year Round with Katie Brown invites you to 16 of her favorite parties and occasions. From a Texan Fourth of July to a homespun family Christmas, from a book club dinner to a beach party, Katie Brown shares delicious recipes, inventive craft projects, and other secrets for successful get-togethers and parties.

With step-by-step instructions and color photographs throughout, Katie Brown Entertains covers every element of the event, including more than 125 party-pleasing recipes and 125 projects that add a hip yet homey touch to invitations, tabletops, place cards, and party favors.

Combing innovative tips and practical how-tos with Katie's personal anecdotes, Katie Brown Entertains takes the stress out of party planning and makes the formal art of celebration a relaxing and fun occasion.

With more than 100 step-by-step recipes shown in full-color photographic detail, Kids' Fun and Healthy Cookbook will prove that healthy food can be fun! This cookbook is a lively collection of recipes for kids that encourages healthy eating and asks kids to consider what they eat and how it affects their bodies.

Featuring everything from pizzas and burgers to tofu kebabs and seafood salads, each dish in Kids' Fun and Healthy Cookbook has been developed by an award-winning food writer to both nourish the body and tempt the taste buds. Step-by-step photographs help junior chefs through each recipe, and food fact sections highlight specific ingredients and detail what makes them nutritious.

The recipes in this book will take kids through their day from start to finish. Make nourishing breakfasts like breakfast tortillas, fruit smoothies, and banana pancakes; create light meals like turkey burgers and minestrone; move on to main courses like chicken drumsticks and pesto pasta; and top it all off with desserts like tropical yogurt ice, apple muffins, cherry pies, and sunflower seed rolls. A fact-filled introductory section introduces concepts like fruits and veggies, starches, proteins, and fats and sugars, while a handy glossary at the end clarifies all the terms and phrases kids need to know.

Get ready, get healthy, get cooking!

As Paula Deen will tell y'all, there's just no satisfying way to finish a delicious meal without a scrumptious, mouthwatering dessert!

In this beautiful hardcover edition of The Lady & Sons Just Desserts, Paula--author, restaurateur, and Food Network star--devotes her trademark southern charm to a tempting collection of more than 120 delightful recipes, guaranteed to indulge any sweet tooth. Whether you're baking for the holidays or an after-dinner treat, there are crowd-pleasers here for any occasion.

These are the classic down-home recipes that have made Paula beloved to her fans everywhere, from her signature Gooey Butter Cake and Key Lime Grits Pie to Pecan Shortbread Bars, Hidden Mint Cookies, and Iron Skillet Brownies. Whether you're whipping up an Old South Jelly Roll Cake for a weekday treat or baking the Apple Butter Pumpkin Pie or Christmas Nut Pie for a holiday celebration, these treats are as easy to create as they are to enjoy. The Basic 1-2-3-4 Cake--in coconut (Jamie's favorite), caramel (Bobby's favorite), or chocolate--makes a wonderful birthday surprise, and the Tennessee Banana-Black Walnut Cake with Caramel Frosting is a southern favorite sure to become one of yours as well. There is also a wide array of cookies, bars, and candy, including Savannah Cheesecake Cookies, Orange Brownies, Chocolate Brickle, and Creamy Caramels. Even the most time-pressed cook will find it a snap to create these from-scratch recipes, using Paula's tips for reliable convenience ingredients and time-tested shortcuts that will impress and delight family and friends.

Filled with warm baking memories and family stories, The Lady & Sons Just Desserts is already a kitchen classic. There are also helpful baking tips for measuring ingredients, storing leftovers, and even cutting a few calories, as well as tasty flavor variations and unique serving suggestions throughout. So bring the folks together to create your own memorable meals and occasions and remember to save room for dessert!