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With its vibrant color, its delicate and luscious flavor and its excellent nutritional value, it's no wonder that lobster is such a favorite. Yet for all its specialness, lobster is actually an affordable luxury when made at home. And as a food, the meat in a one-pound lobster has only 98 calories, 13 milligrams of cholesterol (less than the same amount of skinless chicken) and is high in the Omega-3 acids known to help reduce cholesterol levels.

More than five years in preparation, "Lobster at Home" will teach anyone, from the most inexperienced novice to the seasoned professional, to master the art of cooking lobster. Written clearly and with care for important detail, "Lobster at Home" goes far beyond any other seafood cookbook. It explains everything from how to choose just the right lobster for a delectable dinner to how to extract every last morsel of meat from a cooked lobster. A treasure trove of information, it also contains completely reliable chapters on lobster anatomy, the basic cooking techniques and the essential equipment. Recipes cover the full range of dishes: soups, chowders, stews, salads and sandwiches, as well as pot-pies, pastas, risottos and classic main courses, along with a special chapter on chefs' creations. Now you can easily turn out restaurant favorites such as Lobster Bisque, Baked Stuffed Lobster and Lobster Fra Diavolo right at home, and at a fraction of the cost.

Among this book's unique features:

a beautiful illustration showing how and when to select lobster, helping the cook know at a glance when hardshells and soft-shells are available, as well as the best prices

a handy chart giving cooking times for each size of lobster

a list of recommended sources for mail-ordering live lobsters

many recipes that call for the use of already-cooked lobster

From cover to cover, this is a book that welcomes all kinds of lobster lovers who have always wanted to cook lobster at home for family and friends.

Who says lollipops are just for kids?

Inside this fun, little gift book, you'll find twenty easy recipes for cocktail inspired lollipops. Kristina Maury, founder of Luxe Lollies, shares beautifully presented lollipops in an array of boozy flavors. Inside you'll discover tips and techniques to help you make your own delicious lollipops!

Enjoy amazing flavor combinations, such as:

-Jalapeno Margarita
-Mint Julep
-Chocolate Peppermint Martini
-Birthday Cake Shot
-Mojito

These candies are perfect for wine lovers, bridal showers, birthdays, and holiday parties.

For this companion volume to the award-winning Hot Sour Salty Sweet, Jeffrey Alford and Naomi Duguid travel west from Southeast Asia to that vast landmass the colonial British called the Indian Subcontinent. It includes not just India, but extends north to Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Nepal and as far south as Sri Lanka, the island nation so devastated by the recent tsunami. For people who love food and cooking, this vast region is a source of infinite variety and eye-opening flavors.

Home cooks discover the Tibetan-influenced food of Nepal, the Southeast Asian tastes of Sri Lanka, the central Asian grilled meats and clay-oven breads of the northwest frontier, the vegetarian cooking of the Hindus of southern India and of the Jain people of Gujarat. It was just twenty years ago that cooks began to understand the relationships between the multifaceted cuisines of the Mediterranean; now we can begin to do the same with the foods of the Subcontinent.

Take a guided tour through the locavore's delight that is the Land of 10,000 Lakes through travel stories, recipes, and menu ideas.

The Minnesota Table is a culinary travelogue that takes you through the seasons, around the state, and back to your table with menus, recipes, and pointers for preparing local foods. Travel along in spring, summer, fall, and winter as we hunt morels, pick blueberries, winnow wild rice, and come nose-to-nose with yaks, elk, and bison. Meet gardening nuns and artisan farmers who breathe color and warmth into the argument for sustainable agriculture. Try new twists on classic and regional recipes that take the pure flavors of fresh, local ingredients to new heights. Recipes include Grilled Rainbow Trout with Chive-lemon Pepper Butter, Wild Rice Dried Cranberry Salad with Clementine Vinaigrette, and Kale and Walnut Saute. Charming watercolors and lush color photographs illustrate the recipes and profiles and bring the culinary adventure to life!

Meat has always been a center-of-the-plate favorite, and who knows how to cook up sure-fire, no-fuss beef, lamb, pork and veal winners than Mr. Food. With over 125 recipes for chopped meat dishes, great soups and salads to round out any meal, this cookbook is sure to satisfy.

For the first time, #1 New York Times bestselling author Rachael Ray offers fans a glimpse into her own kitchen diary. From everyday meals to complicated culinary feats, Rachael reveals what she herself cooks for her family and friends for one whole year.

Ever wonder what Rachael Ray cooks when the cameras aren't rolling? Here she gives you an inside look into her kitchen for one full year. My Year in Meals offers intimate access to tasty dishes that will take you from breakfast to dinner. From the meals she whips up at a moment's notice to family feasts, and dishes inspired by her travels around the world, you can now enjoy twelve incredible months of Rachael's homemade favorites.

Need something to get you out of bed in the morning? Try the Almond Custard Brioche Toast or Eastern Egg Sandwiches with Bacon. Looking to fire up that backyard barbecue? Try the Baby Back Ribs with Bourbon BBQ sauce. For something simple that will knock your guests' socks off, try Rachael's Egg Tagliatelle with Truffle Butter and Butternut Squash Risotto. Rachael even shares her husband John Cusimano's amazing cocktail recipes, guaranteeing that you'll never reach for store-bought Margarita mix again. To top it off, Rachael includes personal stories behind many of the dishes and her own never-before-seen photos of these culinary creations. In no time at all, you'll feel like you've stepped into her home for a change!

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A year of delicious food is only enhanced by a selection of equally tasty cocktails, and Rachael's husband, John Cusimano, is no stranger to the cocktail shaker. Now he's sharing his secrets with you. Whether shaken or stirred, straight up or on the rocks, with a cherry or a twist, John's creations--like his Strawberry Velvet featuring honey liqueur, strawberries, and lime--are always fresh, fun, and certain to make any gathering more memorable. With plenty of options for every occasion and season, such as the Pomegranate Margarita, the Halloween Fizz, and the Nod to Nog, these fabulous concoctions are the perfect complement to Rachael's year of great eating.

Powerfood highlights a variety of innovative, healthy eating topics, emphasizing fitness, a slim physique, and general well-being. It is directed towards a young target group and takes an upbeat look at the latest trends in eating healthfully.Each title provides a quick introduction to the subject matter, then offers a wide range of recipes. A clearly defined goal, which can be achieved with minimal effort, gives these books their unique appeal.A short theory section in each book consists of a clear, concise presentation of the subject. For example, which nutritional substances are contained in our food and how do they work with our bodies? What exactly do the nutrients do for one's body? How can the nutrients found in food help one stay fit and healthy? The topics are based on the latest scientific findings, but are presented in a casual, easy-to-understand manner. The recipes are simple and highly effective, appealing to the palate as well as to the body, mind, and soul. In line with its young target group, the language used is easy-going, lively, and highly motivating.The books' design features color highlights, photographs, and tables to promote understanding. The photographs are modern, in line with the subject matter, and are selected for their fresh, strong colors.In a healthy body, alkaline and acid are properly balanced. Unhealthy eating, stress, and other factors can disturb this balance to make you feel weak and generally unwell. The New Balanced Diet provides simple, tasty recipes to counteract excessive acid in your body and help you to feel great."

With each new book, Nick Stellino reveals his love of good food and infuses each with the kind of zest for living that have become the hallmark of his television shows, personal appearances, and cookbooks. And this all-new collection is no exception. More than one hundred recipes celebrate the quintessential comfort foods that have enjoyed enduring and universal appeal.

But this is more than just a sampling of Italian classics. Nick's recipes for pizza, pasta and panini are imaginative and contemporary interpretations. Traditional pizzas are enlivened with unusual ingredients. Nick makes pasta-from-scratch as simple as 1-2-3. And the breads, for which Italy is famous, become works of art in Nick's hands -- but are often as easy as paint-by-number. And throughout the book Nick shares his own cooking secrets and those of the great chefs and cooks he has encountered in his journeys through Italy and America.

Nick Stellino's Passione speaks as much to the heart as it does to the taste buds. Nick draws on the rich culinary history of his native Italian and adds his own unique touches to create an entertaining and engaging book that is a joy to read as well as pleasure to use.

Fall in love with your slow cooker all over again.

You probably own a slow cooker - 80 percent of American households do. For more than thirty years, its unbeatable convenience and practicality have made it a staple of busy families, enabling anyone to return to a home-cooked meal at the end of a hectic day.

Beth Hensperger and Julie Kaufmann turned slow cooker recipes on their head with Not Your Mother's(R) Slow Cooker Cookbook, making it one of the best-selling slow cooker cookbooks of all time. Now, they're going global with this revised and updated edition that includes 50 new recipes from a variety of cuisines (Greek, Spanish, Thai, Chinese, Indian, Mexican, Middle Eastern, and more) plus an exciting new collection of ways to use any slow cooker to make pulled pork and other bbq-flavored dishes.

All your favorite, classic slow cooker recipes are still here, plus many more from international cuisines that bring flavor and adventure to any meal. There is also practical information on the different types of slow cookers, their latest accessories, and what sizes are best for what purposes. With over 350 recipes, this is the go-to guide for every home.

Su casa estara llena de deliciosos olores y sabores gracias a estas recetas faciles de seguir. --Art Smith, chef de Oprah Winfrey y autor best-seller

Una de las chefs preferidas de Estados Unidos da un giro saludable y emocionante a la mejor comida callejera de America Latina

El TACO. La AREPA. La EMPANADA. El TAMAL.
De las calles de Mexico y Venezuela a Ecuador, Puerto Rico y Cuba, estos platos vernaculos representan una caracteristica compartida por nuestras culturas latinas: el concepto de comida en un recipiente, de alimentos abrazados!
Deconstruyendo cada nuevo estilo de tacos en sus elementos, Lorena le muestra como crear cada una de las deliciosas capas que lo componen: desde la envoltura, pasando por el relleno y llegando a las coberturas, entre las que se cuentan ensaladas y salsas. Asi, dara usted un nuevo nombre y un acento latino al sureno Hoppin' John, cubrira los platanos mas dulces con las cebollas encurtidas mas acidas y aprendera como hacer acompanamientos extraordinarios como el cremoso maiz peruano gratinado, un sabroso succotash de tres tipos de frijoles y unas frituras de aguacate.
Estas recetas llenas de sabor estan pensadas para acompanarse unas a otras y para compartir, dependiendo de sus antojos o de la ocasion. Una vez que domine los elementos, las posibilidades de combinaciones seran infinitas y estara cocinando facilmente, comiendo y navegando sin esfuerzo a traves de un mundo nuevo y vertiginoso hecho de platillos latinos que encantaran a todo el mundo.

A breakthrough nutrition strategy for optimum athletic performance, weight loss and peak health based on the Stone Age diet humans were designed to eat.

Paleo-style diets are all the rage as fitness enthusiasts, including the booming nation of CrossFitters, have adopted high protein, low-processed-food diets to fuel their exercise. It all began with the publication of the book The Paleo Diet by renowned scientist Loren Cordain, Ph.D., who presented a breakthrough plan for weight loss and disease prevention without dieting or exercising. In 2005, Dr. Cordain joined with endurance coach Joe Friel to write The Paleo Diet for Athletes.

Now, the authors offer an updated and revised edition of The Paleo Diet for Athletes specifically targeting runners, triathletes, and other serious amateur athletes. Cordain and Friel show that by using the foods our bodies were designed to eat--protein, fruits and vegetables, healthy fats and even some saturated fats--anyone can achieve total-body fitness and dramatically improve the strength and cardiovascular efficiency. The Paleo Diet for Athletes gives specific guidelines for what to eat before, during and after a workout or competition along with simple, tasty recipes packed with power and wholesome ingredients.

Thoroughly revised and updated, this fifth edition of the "Parker's Wine Buyer's Guide" has been eagerly awaited by seasoned collectors and occasional drinkers alike. No one wants to waste his or her precious dollars on an unenjoyable bottle, and with Parker's advice in hand, no one ever will. Employing his famous 100-point rating system, Parker rates more than 8,000 wines from all the major wine-producing regions in the world -- including Austria for the first time ever. Each wine producer is evaluated separately, and Parker's independence allows him to be completely honest in his opinions. In addition, the book includes other essential information such as how to buy and store wine, how to spot a badly stored and abused bottle, and how to find the best wine values for under $10.

With liberty and pizza for all. There is no doubt that pizza is one of the most popular foods in the United States, cherished by everyone from your average family guy to the Leader of the free world. Americans reportedly eat a combined 350 slices every second! Although pizza has its origins overseas, it has come into full (ahem) flour here in the States. Pizza: A Slice of American History tells the story of how this beloved food became the apple of our collective eye--or, perhaps more precisely, the pepperoni of our pie. Pizza journalist Liz Barrett explores how it is that pizza came to and conquered North America and how it evolved into different forms across the continent. Each chapter investigates a different pie: Chicago's famous deep-dish, New Haven's white clam pie, California's health-conscious varieties, New York's Sicilian and Neapolitan, the various styles that have emerged in the Midwest, and many others. The components of each pie - crust, sauce, spices, and much more - are dissected and celebrated, and recipes from top pizzerias provide readers with the opportunity to make and sample the pies themselves. Illustrated throughout with modern and historical photographs, postcards, and memorabilia, Pizza: A Slice of American History is the most comprehensive and fun cultural history of pizza in the USA ever written.