 | Cake Wrecks: When Professional Cakes Go Hilariously Wrong
Brand: Andrews McMeel Publishing
Have your cake and laugh at it, too, with the sweet treat known as <I>Cake Wrecks: When Professional Cakes Go Hilariously Wrong</i>. From the creator of the ultrapopular blog CakeWrecks.com, here are the worst cakes ever, including the ugly, the silly, the downright creepy, the unintentionally sad or suggestive, and the just plain funny. With witty commentary and behind-the-scenes tidbits, <I>Cake Wrecks</i> will ensure that you never look at a cake the same way again.<P>Since May 2008, Jen Yates has been blogging about such confectionery calamities at her popular Web site CakeWrecks.com, winner of the 2008 Blogger's Choice Award for Best Humor Blog, and three 2009 Weblog awards (Bloggies) for Best Writing on a Blog, Best New Blog, and Best Food Blog. Yates now offers up this inspired photo collection with over 150 Cake Wrecks, <b>including 75 percent never-before-seen content</b>.<P>"I haven't laughed so hard in ages." --Mary Alice, from the Food Network's Ace of Cakes | *$7.52 |
 | America's Best BBQ: 100 Recipes from America's Best Smokehouses, Pits, Shacks, Rib Joints, Roadhouses, and Restaurants
Brand: Andrews McMeel Publishing
Hungry for something different? Then try <I>America's Best BBQ</i>. Here, two of the world's top barbecue experts present their favorite barbecue recipes from across America.<P>Only Ardie and Paul, the go-to sources on barbecue, can earn the trust--and the secret recipes--from some of the nation's barbecue legends.<P>Tasty sides include tips, tricks, techniques, fun memorabilia, full-color photos, and firsthand recollections of tales from the pits culled from over a century of combined barbecue experience.<P>With more than 100 recipes for mouthwatering starters, moist and flavorful meats, classic side dishes, sauces and rubs, and decadent desserts, this book should come with its own wet-nap.<P>* Whether it's spicy or sweet, Texas or Memphis, this is the best collection of American barbecue recipes.<P>* Ardie's BBQ alter ego, Remus Powers, PhB, has earned profiles in many barbecue books, tons of magazines, and more than a few national newspapers. He's graced the Food Network and PBS, appearing in various documentaries on 'cue and great American cuisine.<P>* Paul has appeared on <I>The Today Show, Discovery Channel, CBS This Morning, Talk Soup</i>, and <I>Anthony Bourdain's A Cook's Tour: In Search of the Perfect Meal</i>. He was also featured in AARP's <I>Modern Maturity Magazine, Saveur</i>, and <I>The Calgary Herald</i>, and he has written articles for <I>Food ⧠Wine, Fine Cooking</i>, and <I>Chili Pepper</i> magazine. | *$9.59 |
 | The Barcelona Cookbook: A Celebration of Food, Wine, and Life
Brand: Andrews McMeel Publishing
It's tapas with a Mediterranean and Latin twist. This 224-page treat celebrates food, wine, and entertainment that is the heartbeat of the lively yet completely warm and inviting famous Barcelona Restaurant and Wine Bar in Connecticut.<P><I>The Barcelona Cookbook</i> is robust and gutsy, just like the establishment, and is oozing with good things. Alluring aromas, savory flavors, and good times are the main ingredients in this offering.<P>It brings the cosmopolitan soul of Barcelona Restaurant and Wine Bar home with 110 unbelievable recipes perfect for sharing with friends and family. Along with the interesting sidebars, recipes are nicely paired with wine suggestions, menu and party planning recommendations, and tips for applying restaurant tricks to the home kitchen.<P>A variety of both hot and cold tapas recipes are included. The outcome: a fabulous offering of mouthwatering dishes that are as rich and satisfying as the conversation around the table. The 175 beautiful photographs alone will convince you it's time for a party.<P>* Barcelona Restaurant and Wine Bar first opened in 1996 and now has six locations. This Connecticut favorite can be found in South Norwalk, Greenwich, Fairfield, West Hartford, Stamford, and New Haven.<P>* It is listed in Zagat's as one of "America's Top Restaurants."<P>* This is a celebration of the Mediterranean lifestyle with lively and joyful Latin flairs and influences. It's a book for people who love to cook, eat, learn, experiment, and share, and love to give their guests a truly unique experience. | *$17.00 |
 | The Oil Protein Diet Cookbook
Brand: Apple Pub Co Ltd | *$8.80 |
 | 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 |
 | Eat, Drink & Be Vegan: Everyday Vegan Recipes Worth Celebrating
Brand: Arsenal Pulp Press
In Dreena Burton's first two bestselling vegan cookbooks, The Everyday Vegan and Vive le Vegan!, she offered a dazzling array of healthy, animal-free recipes, many of which are based ont her experience as a mother of two young girls she and her husband are raising as vegans. Dreena also maintains an active blog (vivelevegan.blogspot.com) and website (everydayvegan.com) and and has cultivated an enthusiastic audience for her nutritious recipes. <P>In this, her third cookbook, Dreena turns her attention to celebratory food - imaginative, colorful, and delectable vegan fare perfect for all kinds of events, from romantic meals to dinner parties to casual potlucks. <P>Eat, Drink and Be Vegan is destined to join the bestselling ranks of her first two books (The Everyday Vegan is now in its fourth printing, and Vive le Vegan! is in its third). Come celebrate with Dreena and impress your guests (and yourself) with these sensational animal-free recipes. | *$15.21 |
 | How It All Vegan! 10th Anniversary Edition: Irresistible Recipes for an Animal-Free Diet
Brand: Arsenal Pulp Press
<DIV><p>Since it was first published in 1999, <I>How It All Vegan!</I> has become a bible for vegan cooks, both diehard and newly converted; its basic introduction to the tenets of vegan living and eating, combined with Sarah Kramer's and Tanya Barnard's winning charm, made it an essential cookbook for anyone considering eschewing animal products from their diet. It won <I>VegNews</I>' Veggie Award for Best Cookbook twice, has been reprinted fourteen times, and spawned several successful sequels (including <I>The Garden of Vegan</I>, <I>La Dolce Vegan!</I>, and last year's <I>Vegan </I> <I>Ã </I><I> Go-Go!</I>).</p> <p>In the ten years since <I>How It All Vegan!</I> was first published, however, veganism has "come out of the closet," and is now considered a legitimate diet and lifestyle not only for those wishing to improve their health, but also for those who care deeply about the welfare of animals. This tenth-anniversary edition includes a new color photo section and new recipes; it also includes a new introduction by co-author Sarah Kramer, who speaks personally and passionately about the impact of veganism on her life over the past decade.</p> <p><B>Tanya Barnard</B> is the mother of a newborn son and lives in Kelowna, BC, Canada.</p> <p><B>Sarah Kramer</B> was named "The World's Coolest Vegan" by <I>Herbivore</I> magazine. In addition to creating her vegan masterpieces and maintaining her popular website GoVegan.net, she also owns and operates Tattoo Zoo with her husband in Victoria, BC, Canada.</p> <p><B><br></B></p></DIV> | *$14.17 |
 | Ad Hoc at Home
Brand: Artisan
<strong>Thomas Keller shares family-style recipes that you can make any or every day.</strong><br><br>In the book every home cook has been waiting for, the revered Thomas Keller turns his imagination to the American comfort foods closest to his heartâflaky biscuits, chicken pot pies, New England clam bakes, and cherry pies so delicious and redolent of childhood that they give Proust's madeleines a run for their money. Keller, whose restaurants The French Laundry in Yountville, California, and Per Se in New York have revolutionized American haute cuisine, is equally adept at turning out simpler fare. <br><br>In <i>Ad Hoc at Home</i>âa cookbook inspired by the menu of his casual restaurant Ad Hoc in Yountvilleâhe showcases more than 200 recipes for family-style meals. This is Keller at his most playful, serving up such truck-stop classics as Potato Hash with Bacon and Melted Onions and grilled-cheese sandwiches, and heartier fare including beef Stroganoff and roasted spring leg of lamb. In fun, full-color photographs, the great chef gives step-by-step lessons in kitchen basicsâ here is Keller teaching how to perfectly shape a basic hamburger, truss a chicken, or dress a salad. Best of all, where Kellerâs previous best-selling cookbooks were for the ambitious advanced cook, <i>Ad Hoc at Home</i> is filled with quicker and easier recipes that will be embraced by both kitchen novices and more experienced cooks who want the ultimate recipes for American comfort-food classics.<br><br><br> | *$29.97 |
 | Seven Fires: Grilling the Argentine Way
Brand: Artisan
A trailblazing chef reinvents the art of cooking over fire.<br><br>Gloriously inspired recipes push the boundaries of live-fired cuisine in this primal yet sophisticated cookbook introducing the incendiary dishes of South America's biggest culinary star. Chef Francis Mallmannâborn in Patagonia and trained in France's top restaurantsâabandoned the fussy fine dining scene for the more elemental experience of cooking with fire. But his fans followed, including the world's top food journalists and celebrities, such as Francis Ford Coppola, Madonna, and Ralph Lauren, traveling to Argentina and Uruguay to experience the dashing chef's astonishingâand deliciousâwood-fired feats. <br><br>The seven fires of the title refer to a series of grilling techniques that have been singularly adapted for the home cook. So you can cook Signature Mallmann dishesâlike Whole Boneless Ribeye with Chimichuri; Salt-Crusted Striped Bass; Whole Roasted Andean Pumpkin with Mint and Goat Cheese Salad; and desserts such as Dulce de Leche Pancakesâindoors or out in any season. Evocative photographs showcase both the recipes and the exquisite beauty of Mallmann's home turf in Patagonia, Buenos Aires, and rural Uruguay. <i>Seven Fires </i>is a must for any griller ready to explore food's next frontier.<br> | *$19.39 |
 | The French Laundry Cookbook
Brand: Artisan
Thomas Keller, chef/proprieter of the French Laundry in the Napa Valleyâ"the most exciting place to eat in the United States," wrote Ruth Reichl in <em>The New York Times</em>âis a wizard, a purist, a man obsessed with getting it right. And this, his first cookbook, is every bit as satisfying as a French Laundry meal itself: a series of small, impeccable, highly refined, intensely focused courses.<br> <br> Most dazzling is how simple Keller's methods are: squeegeeing the moisture from the skin on fish so it sautées beautifully; poaching eggs in a deep pot of water for perfect shape; the initial steeping in the shell that makes cooking raw lobster out of the shell a cinch; using vinegar as a flavor enhancer; the repeated washing of bones for stock for the cleanest, clearest tastes. <br> <br> From innovative soup techniques, to the proper way to cook green vegetables, to secrets of great fish cookery, to the creation of breathtaking desserts; from beurre monté to foie gras au torchon, to a wild and thoroughly unexpected take on coffee and doughnuts, <em>The French Laundry Cookbook</em> captures, through recipes, essays, profiles, and extraordinary photography, one of America's great restaurants, its great chef, and the food that makes both unique. <br> <br> One hundred and fifty superlative recipes are exact recipes from the French Laundry kitchenâno shortcuts have been taken, no critical steps ignored, all have been thoroughly tested in home kitchens. If you can't get to the French Laundry, you can now re-create at home the very experience the Wine Spectator described as "as close to dining perfection as it gets." | *$26.88 |
 | Bouchon
Brand: Artisan
Thomas Keller, chef/proprieter of Napa Valley's French Laundry, is passionate about bistro cooking. He believes fervently that the real art of cooking lies in elevating to excellence the simplest ingredients; that bistro cooking embodies at once a culinary ethos of generosity, economy, and simplicity; that the techniques at its foundation are profound, and the recipes at its heart have a powerful ability to nourish and please.<br> <br> So enamored is he of this older, more casual type of cooking that he opened the restaurant Bouchon, right next door to the French Laundry, so he could satisfy a craving for a perfectly made quiche, or a gratinéed onion soup, or a simple but irresistible roasted chicken. Now <em>Bouchon</em>, the cookbook, embodies this cuisine in all its sublime simplicity. <br> <br> But let's begin at the real beginning. For Keller, great cooking is all about the virtue of process and attention to detail. Even in the humblest dish, the extra thought is evident, which is why this food tastes so amazing: The onions for the onion soup are caramelized for five hours; lamb cheeks are used for the navarin; basic but essential refinements every step of the way make for the cleanest flavors, the brightest vegetables, the perfect balanceâwhether of fat to acid for a vinaigrette, of egg to liquid for a custard, of salt to meat for a duck confit.<br> <br> Because versatility as a cook is achieved through learning foundations, Keller and Bouchon executive chef Jeff Cerciello illuminate all the key points of technique along the way: how a two-inch ring makes for a perfect quiche; how to recognize the right hazelnut brown for a brown butter sauce; how far to caramelize sugar for different uses.<br> <br> But learning and refinement asideâoh those recipes! Steamed mussels with saffron, bourride, trout grenobloise with its parsley, lemon, and croutons; steak frites, beef bourguignon, chicken in the potâall exquisitely crafted. And those immortal desserts: the tarte Tatin, the chocolate mousse, the lemon tart, the profiteroles with chocolate sauce. In <em>Bouchon</em>, you get to experience them in impeccably realized form.<br> <br> This is a book to cherish, with its alluring mix of recipes and the author's knowledge, warmth, and wit: "I find this a hopeful time for the pig," says Keller about our yearning for the flavor that has been bred out of pork. So let your imagination transport you back to the burnished warmth of an old-fashioned French bistro, pull up a stool to the zinc bar or slide into a banquette, and treat yourself to truly great preparations that have not just withstood the vagaries of fashion, but have improved with time. Welcome to <em>Bouchon. </em> | *$26.00 |
 | Under Pressure: Cooking Sous Vide
Brand: Artisan
A revolution in cooking<br><br> Sous vide is the culinary innovation that has everyone in the food world talking. In this revolutionary new cookbook, Thomas Keller, America's most respected chef, explains why this foolproof technique, which involves cooking at precise temperatures below simmering, yields results that other culinary methods cannot. For the first time, one can achieve short ribs that are meltingly tender even when cooked medium rare. Fish, which has a small window of doneness, is easier to finesse, and shellfish stays succulent no matter how long it's been on the stove. Fruit and vegetables benefit, too, retaining color and flavor while undergoing remarkable transformations in texture.<br> <br> The secret to sous vide is in discovering the precise amount of heat required to achieve the most sublime results. Through years of trial and error, Keller and his chefs de cuisine have blazed the trail to perfectionâand they show the way in this collection of never-before-published recipes from his landmark restaurantsâThe French Laundry in Napa Valley and per se in New York. With an introduction by the eminent food-science writer Harold McGee, and artful photography by Deborah Jones, who photographed Keller's best-selling <i>The French Laundry Cookbook</i>, this book will be a must for every culinary professional and anyone who wants to up the ante and experience food at the highest level. | *$38.25 |
 | On the Line
Brand: Artisan
Take one top New York restaurant, add danger, drama, and dialogue, toss in their best recipes, and you have a cooking classic.<br><br> How does a 4-star restaurant stay on top for more than two decades? In <i>On the Line</i>, chef Eric Ripert takes readers behind the scenes at Le Bernardin, one of just three New York City restaurants to earn three Michelin stars. Any fan of gourmet dining who ever stole a peek behind a restaurant kitchen's swinging doors will love this unique insider's account, with its interviews, inventory checklists, and fly-on-the-wall dialogue that bring the business of haute cuisine to life.<br> <br> From the sudden death of Le Bernardin's founding chef, Gilbert Le Coze, to Ripert's stressful but triumphant takeover of the kitchen at age 29, the story has plenty of drama. But as Chef Ripert and writer Christine Muhlke reveal, every day is an adventure in a perfectionistic restaurant kitchen. Foodies will love reading about the inner workings of a top restaurant, from how a kitchen is organized to the real cost of the food and the fierce discipline and organization it takes to achieve culinary perfection on the plate almost 150,000 times a year.<br> <br> Meanwhile, Le Bernardin's modern French cuisine, with its emphasis on seafood, comes to life in sophisticated recipes, including Striped Bass with Sweet Corn Puree, Grilled Shishito Peppers, Shaved Smoked Bonito, and Mole Sauce, and Pan-Roasted Cod with Chorizo, Snow Peas, Piquillo Peppers, and Soy-Lime Butter Sauce. | *$19.35 |
 | Mad Hungry: Feeding Men and Boys
Brand: Artisan
<strong>Civilize the wild beasts in your life, one meal at a time.</strong><br><br>Four hungry brothers. Three ravenous sons. A husband who loves to eat. Lucinda Scala Quinn has spent much of her life feeding the men and boys in her life and teaching them how to feed themselves. Now Scala Quinnâchef, television personality, and Martha Stewart Omnimedia's resident food guruâshares winning strategies for how to sate the seemingly insatiable, trade food for talk, and get men to manage in the kitchen. <br><br>She provides recipes for single-skillet meals and dinners that yield fabulous leftovers and that are a cinch to stretch for extra guests. Her grab-and-run breakfast will help kids start the day right, and her healthful drinks make it easier for guys to say no to soda. Scala Quinn's recipes are easy to prepare, affordable, and so good that even the most finicky eater will want to dig in.<br><br>Along with her cooking techniques and survival strategies ("Never be caught without bacon"), Quinn muses about life in a predominantly male household and provides empowering advice to feed guys' spirits as well as fill their bellies. With her help, homemade meals become second nature, nourishing both diner and cook.<br><br><br> | *$15.71 |
 | The Complete Keller: The French Laundry Cookbook & Bouchon
Brand: Artisan
From two acclaimed, award-winning restaurants came two of the most acclaimed, award-winning cookbooks ever publishedânow packaged together in a luxurious slipcased boxed set, the ideal gift for any food lover.<br> <br> First there was French Laundry in Napa Valley, setting a new standard for American fine dining. Then there was <i>The French Laundry Cookbook</i>, setting a new standard for American cookbooks. In 1998, Chef Keller opened Bouchon, âso that Iâd have a place to eat after cooking all night at the French Laundry,â and that restaurant, too, gave birth to a groundbreaking cookbook. Now, fifteen years after Thomas Keller first set foot in what would become a landmark restaurant, these two extraordinary books are offered in a striking new slipcased edition. With this yearâs opening of the Bouchon Bakery in New York City, and last yearâs momentous Michelin guide that awarded Kellerâs Per Se the top honors, Keller is increasingly in the limelightâand his inventive, delicious food is increasingly in the consciousness of a national audience. <i>The Complete Keller</i> is the perfect gift for anyone who loves fine food. | *$61.24 |
 | A Platter of Figs and Other Recipes
Brand: Artisan
Forget about getting back to the land, David Tanis just wants you to get back to the kitchen<br><br> For six months a year, David Tanis is the head chef at Chez Panisse, the Berkeley, California, restaurant where he has worked alongside Alice Waters since the 1980s in creating a revolution in sustainable American cuisine. The other six months, Tanis lives in Paris in a seventeenth-century apartment, where he hosts intimate dinners for friends and paying guests, and prepares the food in a small kitchen equipped with nothing more than an old stove, a little counter space, and a handful of wellused pots and pans.<br><br> This is the book for anyone who wants to gather and feed friends around a table and nurture their conversation. Itâs not about showing off with complicated techniques and obscure ingredients. Worlds away from the showy Food Network personalities, Tanis believes that the most satisfying mealsâfor both the cook and the guestâare invariably the simplest.<br><br> Home cooks can easily re-create any of his 24 seasonal, market-driven menus, from springâs Supper of the Lamb (Warm Asparagus Vinaigrette; Shoulder of Spring Lamb with Flageolet Beans and Olive Relish; Rum Baba with Cardamom) to winterâs North African Comfort Food (Carrot and Coriander Salad; Chicken Tagine with Pumpkin and Chickpeas). Best of all, Tanis is an engaging guide with a genuine gift for words, whose soulful approach to food will make any kitchen, big or small, a warm and compelling place to spend time. | *$18.22 |
 | Artisan Baking
Brand: Artisan
Itâs a crunch and aroma you can savor in your mind before you even take a bite: that perfect crust and that perfect crumb you can get only in bread baked with craft and care. <em>Artisan Baking </em>puts that bread within reach of every home baker; even the beginner now deftly will be able to turn out sourdoughs, pizzas, corn breads, and baguettes that are truly out of this world. Step-by-step instructions explain the best professional methods, and mail-order sources for ingredients and equipment simplify the baking experience. This is a book to bake from, to learn from, to read from for the sheer pleasure of encountering the generosity of spirit of the countryâs finest bakers as they share their abundant expertise. <br> <br>First published five years ago to glowing praise and awards, <em>Artisan Baking</em> is âa rare combination of clear writing, meticulous recipes, and abundant expertiseâ (<em>Fine Cooking</em>) and the cookbook that âthose who live for and on bread have been waiting forâ (<em>The New York Times</em>). It was picked by the editor of <em>Cookbook Digest</em> as the one book she would choose if she could have only one bread-baking book in her life. Reprinted twice in hardcover, <em>Artisan Baking</em> is now, at last, in an affordable paperback format with a new, easier-to-handle trim size. | *$12.90 |
 | Brunetti's Cookbook
Brand: Atlantic Monthly Press
<DIV>Among their many pleasures, Donna Leonâs Commissario Guido Brunetti novels have long been celebrated for their mouth-watering descriptions of food. Multicourse lunches at home with Paola and the children, snacks grabbed at a bar with a glass of wine or two, a quick sandwich during a busy day, or a working lunch at a neighborhood trattoria in the course of an investigation have all delighted Brunetti, as well as Leonâs readers and reviewers. And then thereâs the coffee, the pastries, the wine, and the grappa. <BR>In <i>Brunettiâs Cookbook</i>, Donna Leonâs best friend and favorite cook brings to life these fabulous Venetian meals. Eggplant crostini, orrechiette with asparagus, pumpkin ravioli, roasted artichokes, baked branzino, pork ragu with porciniâthese are just a few of the over ninety recipes for antipasti, primi, secondi, and dolci. The recipes are joined by excerpts from the novels, four-color illustrations, and six original essays by Donna Leon on food and life in Venice. Charming, insightful, and full of personality, they are the perfect addition to this long awaited book. <BR></DIV> | *$16.47 |
| | The Restaurant Manager's Handbook: How to Set Up Operate and Manage a Financially Successful Food Service Operation
Brand: Atlantic Pub Co
This best selling book is now in it's third edition! This comprehensive manual will show you how to set up, operate, and manage a financially successful food service operation. Complete with comprehensive charts, forms, including wine food & labor analysis, daily sales reports,spread sheet examples, and much more. Includes an extensive food service resource guide. | *$184.01 |
 | The Professional Bartender's Handbook: A Recipe for Every Drink Known - Including Tricks and Games to Impress Your Guests
Brand: Atlantic Publishing Company (FL)
The Professional Bartender s Handbook is written for the professional bartender, but anyone can learn the simple tips and tricks this book provides. A copy belongs behind every bar, big or small. Whether running a stand-alone business or one incorporated into a restaurant, hotel, or food service operation, the successful bartender needs product and equipment knowledge and a strong grasp of mixology. The Professional Bartender s Handbook is more than a recipe guide. If you have ever wondered what ingredients were in your favorite drink, this book will teach you. With nearly 1,500 different cocktails, shooters, and even a non-alcoholic section, there is a drink (or two) for everyone. This new book is fun and easy to read. The recipes are in alphabetical order, along with suggested glassware, ingredients, and garnishes. You will learn tips and tricks, bar terminology, measurements, how to set up a bar, glassware, responsible serving issues, garnishes, bar games and tricks, famous toasts, and much more. You will learn the most popular brands of alcohol, as well as what wines complement your dinner selection. | *$10.98 |
 | Tastefully Small -- Finger Sandwiches: Easy Party Sandwiches for All Occasions
Brand: Atlantic Publishing Company (FL)
If you think finger sandwiches are just for frilly tea parties, think again. This contemporary take on a classic theme sets the stage for any occasion, from baby showers to Super Bowl parties. From tiny twists on familiar favorites like Tea-Smoked Egg Salad Diamonds to striking originals like Beef, Apple, and Watercress Spirals, over fifty flavorful fillings and sandwich styles make this handy volume an indispensable resource. From simple knife-cut sandwiches built to impress in ten minutes or less to fancy layering and inlay techniques, this book's clear, easy instructions and beautiful illustrations take the guesswork out of creative entertaining and reveal the artistic cook s secret: what s beautiful is not necessarily hard to make! Each mouthwatering recipe includes time-saving tips and useful variations. Dramatic yet easy garnish and plating ideas include a sandwich bouquet, condiment designs, and more. Whether you re planning a simple luncheon, an elaborate buffet, or just dressing up drinks with the neighbors, these new sandwich combinations and presentation ideas are sure to impress all you serve. | *$8.47 |
 | How to Open a Financially Successful Bakery : With a Companion CD-ROM
Brand: Atlantic Publishing Group Inc.
The small bakeries that are popping up every where in this country can be started with a low investment compared to other food business, and can be highly profitable! This is the A-to-Z guide to making it in your own small bakery! Learn the expert tips, tricks, and a vast gold mine of crucial how-to information you just can't find anywhere else. This is a perfect book for entrepreneurs, schools, colleges and technical training centers. This detailed text contains all the information you will ever need to needed to start, operate, and manage a highly profitable bakery. <P>While providing detailed instruction and examples, the author leads you through finding a location that will bring success, learn how to draw up a winning business plan (The Companion CD-ROM has the actual business plan you can use in MS Word TM), how to buy and sell a bakery, basic cost control systems, profitable product planning, sample floor plans & diagrams, successful kitchen management, equipment layout and planning, food safety & HACCP, successful food & beverage management, legal concerns, sales and marketing techniques, pricing formulas, learn how to set up computer systems to save time and money, learn how to hire & keep a qualified professional staff, brand new IRS tip reporting requirements, managing and training employees, generate high profile public relations and publicity, learn low cost internal marketing ideas, low and no cost ways to satisfy customers and build sales, learn how to keep bringing customers back, accounting & bookkeeping procedures, auditing, successful budgeting and profit planning development, as well as thousands of great tips and useful guidelines. Never before has so much practical information about the bakery business been offered in one book. <P>This is an ideal guide new for comers to the business as well as experienced operators. In addition to basic operational practices this book will demonstrate show how to: increase impulse sales and improve presentation, utilize merchandising fixtures and techniques, cross merchandising, point of purchase materials, how to develop a product sampling program. | *$19.97 |
| | Superfoods: For Babies and Children
Brand: Atria
Bestselling author Annabel Karmel shows creative and delicious meals to make your child's first five years as healthy as possible. | *$17.99 |
 | Top 100 Baby Purees: 100 Quick and Easy Meals for a Healthy and Happy Baby
Brand: Atria
Babies grow more rapidly in their first year than at any other time in their lives, so how you feed your newborn will be one of the most important decisions you make for your new baby.<P>Making your own baby food is not only more economical than buying commercial brands, it also assures that your child consumes only the freshest, top-quality ingredients. British television personality and children's nutrition expert Annabel Karmel's essential collection of best-ever purees grants new parents their wish: one hundred quick and easy recipes that will make for a healthy and happy baby. From first tastes and weaning, right through to meals for older babies, all the recipes are suitable for children aged six months and older. And with all these fruit and vegetable favorites, and innovative fish, meat, and chicken purees, the dishes are so tasty you will want to eat them yourself! <P>In addition to easy and delicious recipes, <I>Top 100 Baby Purees</i> also includes information on:<P><ul> <li>Weaning your baby and transitioning to solid foods </li> <li>Food allergies </li> <li>Time-saving food preparation tips</li> <li>Freezing and reheating your homemade baby food </li> <li>Tricks on finding the hidden nutrition in everyday foods</li></ul><P>Featuring a preface by Dr. Michel Cohen, New York pediatrician and author of <I>The New Basics: A-to-Z Baby & Child Care for the Modern Parent</i> | *$8.42 |
 | America's Most Wanted Recipes: Delicious Recipes from Your Family's Favorite Restaurants
Brand: Atria
<b><big><center>Discover the recipes from America's most popular family restaurants and cook them at home for a fraction of the price!</center></big></b><P>Wouldn't it be nice if you could treat yourself to dishes from your favorite restaurants anytime? Now you can -- at home! In <I>America's Most Wanted Recipes</i>, Ron Douglas reveals copycat versions of carefully guarded secret restaurant recipes and shows family chefs how to prepare them at home, saving time and money. With these easy and mouth-watering recipes, families can enjoy a night out in their very own kitchens.<P><blockquote>- <b>Great selection:</b> With more than 200 recipes from 57 of America's most popular restaurants -- including The Cheesecake Factory, KFC, Olive Garden, P.F. Chang's, Red Lobster, Outback Steakhouse, and many more -- no taste or craving will be left unsatisfied.</blockquote><P><blockquote> - <b>Cut the cost:</b> Watch your wallet without giving up restaurantquality food! You can save your family thousands of dollars each year by preparing these recipes just once a week.</blockquote><P><blockquote>- <b>Skip the lines:</b> Forget about waiting to be seated. You can have your favorite meals "on demand" from the comfort of your own kitchen. Time-saving tips and shortcuts will have dinner on the table in no time.</blockquote><P><blockquote>- <b>Eat healthy:</b> Low-fat alternatives and waist-slimming suggestions make these dishes delicious -- and nutritious.</blockquote><P><blockquote>- <b>Impress your family and friends:</b> These recipes are all fast, simple, and virtually indistinguishable from the originals. We bet your family and friends won't be able to tell the difference!</blockquote> | *$8.00 |
 | Top 100 Finger Foods: 100 Recipes for a Healthy, Happy Child
Brand: Atria
Following up on her hit bestseller <I>Top 100 Baby Purees,</i> Annabel Karmel presents <I>Top 100 Finger Foods,</i> a scrumptious guide to creating tasty tidbits that young children can really sink their teeth (or gums!) into. By the age of nine months, many babies are ready and eager to start feeding themselves. Although they might not be able to handle a spoon, children of this age can master the art of eating on their own -- as long as the food they're served is right-sized! Finger foods are the perfect solution.<P>This essential collection is packed with tempting, nourishing recipes for babies and older children -- from French Toast Fingers and Mini Chicken Sliders to Tuna Muffin Melts and Salad Lollipops -- helping you safely introduce new tastes and textures to your baby and ensuring that your child is healthy, happy, and content.<br /><P>In <I>Top 100 Finger Foods</i> you will find:<blockquote><b>â¢</b> Delicious options for breakfast, lunch, dinner, and dessert<br /><b>â¢</b> Creative ideas for making hearty meals finger-friendly<br /><b>â¢</b> Important information on choking prevention and soothing suggestions for your teething little one<br /><b>â¢</b> Quick and easy recipes, using basic ingredients, that your child can prepare with you</blockquote><br /><P>Packed with wholesome fruits and vegetables, and innovative fish, meat, and chicken creations, <I>Top 100 Finger Foods</i> will satisfy the appetites of growing children -- and with dishes so tasty, parents will want to join in the fun, too. Eating with your hands has never been so delicious and nutritious! | *$11.14 |
 | Lunch Boxes and Snacks: Over 120 healthy recipes from delicious sandwiches and salads to hot soups and sweet treats
Brand: Atria
Packing your child's lunch box doesn't have to mean another peanut butter and jelly sandwich and a bag of chips. Renowned children's cooking and nutrition expert Annabel Karmel shares more than 120 healthy, creative recipe ideas as well as time-saving hints and tips that will help you make a complete and nutritious lunch without increasing the chaos of your morning routine.<P><I>Lunch Boxes and Snacks</i> is packed with mouthwatering recipes that can boost your child's brainpower, increase energy, and strengthen the immune system. You'll find a wide range of delicious and easy lunch ideas, from Oriental Turkey Wraps, Individual Focaccia Pizzas, and Chicken Superfood Salad to Trail Mix Bars and Fruit on a Stick, that guarantee that your child will be the envy of the cafeteria.<P>In <I>Lunch Boxes and Snacks</i> you will find:<ul> <li>Inspirations for hot meals that can be packed in a thermos for winter days </li> <li>Quick recipes that can be prepared in advance and kept in the fridge or freezer </li> <li>Tips to get your child involved in the lunch-making process </li> <li>Helpful hints on packing your child's lunch box so that food stays safe to eat</li></ul><P>With Annabel's help, even the busiest parents can easily pack a healthy and tasty lunch that their child will look forward to eating. | *$3.99 |
 | Daisy: Morning, Noon and Night: Bringing Your Family Together with Everyday Latin Dishes
Brand: Atria
Enjoy empanadas filled with creamed corn, a crispy-edged, juicy skirt steak doused in tangy chimichurri, or the divine layers of moist angel food cake, strawberries, and whipped cream of the Strawberry Delicia, all of which Daisy Martinez brings to life in this vibrant collection of recipes.<P>Growing up in her mother's and grandmother's kitchens, Daisy became an expert in traditional Latin-American cuisine. Here she "Daisifies" those classics and includes a hearty sampling of dishes from her travels across Spain, Puerto Rico, the Dominican Republic, Peru, and Argentina.<P>To Daisy, food is about bringing family together, and so she peppers her collection with anecdotes and family vacation photos. Each recipe is as much about the memory the flavors recall as the love that goes into preparing the dish; for her, the succulent grilled meats of a <I>parrillada</i> bring back memories of a Christmas spent floating in a pool in Argentina, while the flaky, gooey vegetable potpie recalls an extravagant dinner party in the Dominican Republic. As a busy mother of four, Daisy lives the time crunch every day and has crafted her recipes to be quick, adaptable, and easy to understand. She deftly demystifies the ingredients of the Latin-American kitchen, explaining everything from the spectrum of color in plantains to the degrees of heat in chiles.<P>With this range of mouthwatering recipes, you can plan your day with Daisy: rise and shine with the rich aromas of chile-spiked hot chocolate; power up with a midday empanada with your pick of five savory fillings; and start a tradition with a night of tantalizing tapas. Why eat dull when you can eat <I>delicioso</i>? | *$16.02 |
 | Cookin' with Coolio: 5 Star Meals at a 1 Star Price
Brand: Atria
<b><center>THERE'S ONLY ONE THING THAT COOLIO'S BEEN DOING LONGER THAN RAPPING: COOKING</center></b><P>Coolio started making thirty-minute meals when he was ten years old and has since developed a whole new cuisine: Ghetto Gourmet. His recipes are built around solid comfort foods with a <I>healthy twist</i> that don't break the bank. Start your Ghetto Gourmet adventure with some "Soul Rolls," follow-up with "Finger-Lickin', Rib-Stickin', Fall-Off-the-Bone-and-into-Your-Mouth Chicken," and fi nish off with "Banana Ba-ba-ba-bread" sweetened with golden honey. Chapters such as "How to Become a Kitchen Pimp," "Chillin' and Grillin'," and "Pasta Like a Rasta" will guide you through creating 5 star meals at a 1 star price. You can't fi nd fusions like Blasian (black Asian) or Ghettalian (ghetto Italian) in restaurants, but you can have them cooking away in your kitchen faster and easier than ordering takeout. As Coolio says, "All you need is a little bit of food, and a little bit of know-how." | *$7.85 |
 | Juicing for Life: A Guide to the Benefits of Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Juicing
Brand: Avery
Details the nutritional, preventive, and immune-strengthening powers of fresh fruit and vegetable juices and explains how to use them to cure the symptoms of PMS, arthritis, migraine headaches, motion sickness, and more. Original. 85,000 first printing. Major ad/promo. | *$6.25 |
 | Prevent and Reverse Heart Disease
Brand: Avery
<i>Prevent and Reverse Heart Disease</i> challenges conventional cardiology by posing a compelling, revolutionary idea-that we can, in fact, abolish the heart disease epidemic in this country by changing our diets. Drawing on the groundbreaking results of his twenty-year nutritional study, Dr. Caldwell B. Esselstyn, Jr., a former surgeon, researcher, and clinician at the Cleveland Clinic, convincingly argues that a plant-based, oil-free diet can not only prevent and stop the progression of heart disease, but also reverse its effects. Furthermore, it can eliminate the need for expensive and invasive surgical interventions, such as bypass and stents, no matter how far the disease has progressed. Dr. Esselstyn began his research with a group of patients who joined his study after traditional medical procedures to treat their advanced heart disease had failed. Within months of following a plant-based, oil-free diet, their angina symptoms eased, their cholesterol levels dropped significantly, and they experienced a marked improvement in blood flow to the heart. Twenty years later, the majority of Dr. Esselstyn's patients continue to follow his program and remain heart-attack proof. <P><i>Prevent and Reverse Heart Disease</i> explains the science behind these dramatic results, and offers readers the same simple, nutrition-based plan that has changed the lives of his patients forever. In addition, Dr. Esselstyn provides more than 150 delicious recipes that he and his wife, Ann Crile Esselstyn, have enjoyed for years and used with their patients. Clearly written and backed by irrefutable scientific evidence, startling photos of angiograms, and inspiring personal stories, <i>Prevent and Reverse Heart Disease</i> will empower readers to take charge of their heart health. It is a powerful call for a paradigm shift in heart-disease therapy. | *$15.21 |
 | The Sprouting Book: How to Grow and Use Sprouts to Maximize Your Health and Vitality (Avery Health Guides)
Brand: Avery Trade
Written for everyone who is interested in good nutrition at a low cost and with great taste, this highly practical and fully illustrated book provides readers with all the information necessary to start and maintain an indoor sprout garden. The book discusses a wide variety of sprouts and sprouting methods, explains the sprouts importance in a healthy diet and presents a wealth of simple and delicious recipes. | *$6.90 |
 | Gluten-Free Quick & Easy: From Prep to Plate Without the Fuss - 200+ Recipes for People with Food Sensitivities
Brand: Avery Trade
Wheat-free-cooking expert Carol Fenster reveals her time-saving tips and techniques to help cooks put homemade meals on the table in a flash. <P>In Carol Fenster's gluten-free cooking classes, the most frequently asked question is "How can I get a meal on the table in the least amount of time?" So often, cooking gluten-free means spending hours in the kitchen-making everything from scratch. But now, Fenster reveals all her shortcuts, tips, and timesaving techniques from nearly twenty years as the gluten-free cooking authority. The Quick & Easy principles in this book will get cooks in and out of the kitchen with less fuss than ever before. <P>In <i>Gluten-Free Quick & Easy</i>, a hot meal makes it to the table without a complicated ingredient list or a lengthy wait. Fenster emphasizes the necessity of "planned-overs"-not "left-overs"- that creatively use elements of one meal in the preparation of another, whether it becomes an ingredient the next day, the next week, or the next month. Recipes for make-ahead baking mixes and techniques to shorten baking times means cooks stay on track. And her comprehensive menu plans and ideas help pull together a week's worth of meals with ease. Fenster's simple but delicious recipes include favorites like hearty breads, pizzas, and pasta. In less time than ever before, gluten-free cooks can whip up homestyle entrŽes and side dishes, tasty breakfasts, and elegant desserts for every meal of the day, every day of the week. | *$10.84 |
 | The Hip Chick's Guide to Macrobiotics: A Philosophy for Achieving a Radiant Mind and a Fabulous Body
Brand: Avery Trade
Heralded by <i>New York</i> magazine as one of the city's most popular diets, macrobiotics has become the latest trend in dieting, thanks to high-profile supporters like Madonna and Gwyneth Paltrow. <br><br> Speaking to the generation of young women looking to extend their healthy lifestyles beyond yoga and Pilates, macrobiotic chef and instructor Jessica Porter offers fresh, contemporary, and accessible insight into one of the world's oldest, yet most popular, diets. She explains that by eating good quality whole foods, any woman can experience physical, sensory, emotional, and intellectual freedom. <br><br> The effects of eating a macrobiotic diet can extend beyond basic health to weight loss, beauty, better sex, and peace of mind. Cooking tips and recipes are combined with Jessica's no-nonsense philosophy and witty anecdotes to create a lifestyle book that will inspire women to hit the kitchen with an understanding of how to strengthen their minds and bodies through food. | *$8.90 |
 | The Good Carb Cookbook: Secrets of Eating Low on the Glycemic Index
Brand: Avery Trade
A complete guide and cookbook to selecting and using the best carbohydrates to lose weight, maintain blood sugar levels, and improve overall health.<br><br>Not all carbs are created equal. In fact, the latest dietary research shows that different carbohydrates have varying effects on the body, depending on the rate at which they raise blood sugar levels-also known as a food's glycemic index (GI). Choosing a balance of foods that are low on the GI will speed weight loss and control diabetes, insulin resistance, and cardiovascular disease.<br><br>In <i>The Good Carb Cookbook</i>, Sandra Woodruff demystifies the carbohydrate confusion by explaining the real differences among carbohydrates (baked potatoes are high on the index, while sweet potatoes are low), and shares her secrets for eating low on the index. The book includes an invaluable table with hundreds of common foods and their glycemic index rating; more than two hundred recipes to get people cooking and eating low on the index; and tips to modify high-glycemic family favorites with low-glycemic ingredients, lose weight, maintain blood sugar, and achieve optimal health. | *$6.45 |
 | The Wheatgrass Book: How to Grow and Use Wheatgrass to Maximize Your Health and Vitality (Avery Health Guides)
Brand: Avery Trade | *$5.79 |
 | The MS Recovery Diet
Brand: Avery Trade
More than half a million people live with multiple sclerosis, yet conventional medicine still has little to offer patients. There is no known cure-and even recent breakthroughs in drug therapy do not work to control many of the symptoms or promise any degree of recovery. <P>But there is an alternative to drugs that can stop and reverse the ravaging symptoms of MS-the MS Recovery Diet. As this book explains, there are five common food triggers that can set off the symptoms of MS-dairy, grains containing glutens, legumes, eggs, and yeast. Yet because MS is such a complex disease, other foods play a role, as culprits or aides. <i>The MS Recovery Diet</i> explains the background, science, and development of this treatment in one source for the first time, and shows readers how to pinpoint their specific problem foods and sensitivities. It also offers more than one hundred simple recipes, as well as strategies to improve digestion, balance the immune system, and repair the body's myelin-crucial steps toward healing the body. <P>Both of the authors, Ann D. Sawyer and Judith E. Bachrach, who had been diagnosed and disabled by multiple sclerosis, have experienced incredible recovery on the diet. Within the first three months on this program, Sawyer was able to stop the disease progression and begin to walk short distances with an even gait. Bachrach, whose health has been declining because of MS for thirty-eight years, regained feeling in her toes in one week and after one year on the diet, has stopped taking all medication. This book shares the treatment plan that has dramatically changed their lives, and the lives of others who have discovered it. With inspiring personal stories throughout, it offers real help-and hope-for sufferers of MS. | *$9.77 |
 | The Juice Lady's Guide To Juicing for Health: Unleashing the Healing Power of Whole Fruits and VegetablesRevised Edition
Brand: Avery Trade
<B>A practical A-to-Z guide to the prevention and treatment of the most common health disorders</B>.<BR><BR> Written by nutritionist and juicing expert Cherie Calbom, <I>The Juice Ladyâs Guide to Juicing for Health, Revised Edition</I>, shows you how to use fresh juice to lose weight, boost energy, and achieve the glow of health. With helpful guidelines for buying and using a juice machine, Cherie also explains how to put that machine to work with delicious recipes and easy-to-understand nutritional programs for more than fifty health conditions. These research-backed programs include the best combinations of fruits and vegetables for each disorder, along with a diet plan and other health tips that can help you fight off disease.<BR><BR> This revised edition provides updated health and nutritional information on many conditions, including ADHD, cancer, chronic fatigue syndrome, diabetes, fibromyalgia, multiple sclerosis, and much more. Supporting the nutritional programs with a unique diet plan, special cleansing regimens, and detailed appendices packed with useful information, <I>The Juice Ladyâs Guide to Juicing for Health</I> gives you a total approach to healthânow, and for the rest of your life. | *$5.53 |
 | Living Cuisine: The Art and Spirit of Raw Foods (Avery Health Guides)
Brand: Avery Trade
Eating raw isn't just for naturalists anymore. Today, health-conscious eaters are filling their plates with the foods nature has already prepared. And these foods go well beyond the sprouts, carrots, and celery typically associated with this type of diet. <br><br> In <i>Living Cuisine</i>, celebrated raw chef Renée Underkoffler shows how varied, exciting, and healthy raw-foods cuisine can be. She introduces the many benefits of eating raw and offers guidelines for incorporating this healthier regimen into one's lifestyle. She provides clear, step-by-step instructions for raw-foods processing techniques-juicing, sprouting, culturing and fermenting, dehydrating, and even blanching. <br><br> At the heart of <i>Living Cuisine</i> are the more than 300 tantalizing recipes inspired by a wide range of ethnic and regional foods. These beverages, soups, salads, appetizers, side dishes, sushi, entrees, and desserts are all delicious and simple to prepare. This unique resource includes thorough information necessary for a foray into raw-foods living | *$10.50 |
 | Omega Rx Zone: The Miracle of the New High-Dose Fish Oil
Brand: Avon
<p>The Next Generation of the Zone!</p> <p>Dr. Barry Sears is one of the world's most trusted voices on health, diet, and nutrition. Over the past decade, millions of people worldwide have followed his prescriptions for healthy living through his bestselling books. He introduced the world to the Zone, a state of improved hormonal control that has helped a generation of people lose excess body fat, reverse the aging process, and fight heart disease and diabetes.</p> <p>In <i>The Omega Rx Zone</i>, Dr. Sears reveals a revolutionary new technological advance that helps treat chronic disease, improves athletic performance, and more. Never before available to the public, pharmaceutical-grade fish oil has the potential to make you a more emotionally stable, healthier person by allowing your brain to work at peak efficiency and controlling the hormonal responses that ultimately govern your body and mind. Drawing upon his own research as well as recently published studies, Dr. Sears shares new understanding of heart disease, cancer, depression, Alzheimer's, attention deficit disorder, chronic pain, Type 2 diabetes, infertility, and multiple sclerosis. Used in conjunction with the Zone program, these findings can help you to:</p> <UL> <LI>Increase brain vitality and longevity <li>Maximize physical performance <li>Lose weightâand keep it off <li>Reverse chronic disease </ul> | *$4.09 |
 | The Atkins Essentials: A Two-Week Program to Jump-start Your Low Carb Lifestyle
Brand: Avon
<p>Atkins Made Easier!</p><p>Millions of people around the world have already discovered the Atkins Nutritional Approach? and the remarkable benefits of controlling carbohydrates. Now it's even easier to join the revolution, lose weight, and get healthy the proven Atkins way!</p><p>With less of the underlying science and more practical information, <i>The Atkins Essentials</i> gets to the meat of the most popular and effective weight control program ever, providing the basic skills necessary to enable you to lose and keep losing unwanted body fat -- and to keep it off forever!</p><p>Providing clear, concise answers to your questions and concerns, <i>The Atkins Essentials</i> is ideal for anyone seeking a healthier lifestyle. For those new to Atkins, it is a quick and effective way to get started -- and for those already on the program, it offers indispensable tips on eating out, stocking your pantry, and more.</p><p>Simply put, it is Atkins made easy, with:</p><uL><li>The ABCs of doing Atkins<br><br><li>An effective two-week launch into weight-losing mode<br><br><li>Personal modifications to slow or speed weight loss<br><br><li>Helpful listings of acceptable and unacceptable foods and<br><br><li>Fourteen days' worth of delicious, controlled carb eating ...</uL><p>And Much More!</p><p>So get ready to look great and feel greatthe Atkins way -- it's easier than ever before!</p> | *$0.67 |
 | The Live Food Factor: The Comprehensive Guide to the Ultimate Diet for Body, Mind, Spirit & Planet
Brand: Awakenings Publications
The Live Food Factor is the first comprehensive guide to not only the raw food diet, but also the raw food movement itself. This diet is sweeping America as people discover its power to not only make a body lean, but also keep disease at bay and bolster the immune system to heal from what are typically considered "incurable" diseases. Everyone who eats should read this book! The first edition won the IPPY award as "most progressive health book of the year." The second edition of the Live Food Factor is an updated, expanded and revised comprehensive guide to the raw food diet, with a section on inspiration, a section on science, a section on the history of raw foodism, a complete how-to section, including frequently asked questions & answers, and recipes. It contains 66 scientific studies to support the superiority of eating raw. This second edition brings a summary of all the benefits of Natural Hygiene as well. It includes several chapters written mainly by Victoria BidWell, including the true cause of illness, how to detox and an entire chapter on fasting. It also includes a new chapter written mainly by Dr. Vetrano and Dr. Tosca Haag on how to get children to eat raw. There are new testimonials, many new recipes, updated science studies, and even 3 new appendices. It is packed with new and updated information. In fact, this edition has about 37% more information! (The font had to be slightly smaller to squeeze everything in!) It also contains forewords by Dr. V.Vetrano, DC, hMD, PhD, DSci (who worked extensively with Dr. Shelton of the Natural Hygiene movement) and Victoria Boutenko (one of the most noted leaders of the raw food movement). It was carefully edited for accuracy by Bob Avery, expert on the raw food diet and former editor of the M2M magazine, as well as Victoria Bidwell and Dr. Vetrano for accuracy in the Natural Hygiene components. | *$21.25 |
 | Betty Crocker's Cooky Book
Brand: Back to Basics Toys Part Number: 7542
The cookie book thousands of us grew up withâback by popular demand! <P>At last, the most requested out-of-print book in Betty Crocker history is available once againâin this authentic reproduction of the beloved 1963 edition of Betty Crockerâs® Cooky Book. An entire generation grew up learning to bake from this book. Now they can share it with their own kids and grandkids. Packed with more than 450 all-time favorite cookie recipes, it includes everything from the most basic drop, bar, and rolled cookies to more elaborate cookies and confections suitable for holidays and entertaining. A separate "Cooky Primer" chapter shares handy tips on baking utensils, measuring ingredients, cookie storage, and more. Complete with dozens of nostalgic color photographs, charming how-to illustrations, and decorative sketches, this timeless book is sure to please existing fans while gaining the loyalty of a brand new audience. Brimming with recipes that are as oven-fresh today as they were nearly forty years ago, itâs a wonderful and winning encore from Betty Crocker. | *$13.20 |
 | Now Eat This!: 150 of America's Favorite Comfort Foods, All Under 350 Calories
Brand: Ballantine Books
FRIED CHICKEN, MACARONI AND CHEESE, BROWNIES, AND 147 OTHER FAVORITE RECIPES UNDER 350 CALORIES<br>Â <br>In this delectable cookbook, award-winning chef Rocco DiSpirito transforms Americaâs favorite comfort foods into deliciously healthy dishesâall with zero bad carbs, zero bad fats, zero sugar, and maximum flavor. Whatâs more, Rocco provides time-saving shortcuts, helpful personal advice, and nutritional breakdowns for each recipe from a board-certified nutritionist. So prepare your favorite foods without the guilt. Finally, a world-class chef has made healthy food taste great! | *$12.87 |
 | The Mediterranean Prescription: Meal Plans and Recipes to Help You Stay Slim and Healthy for the Rest of Your Life
Brand: Ballantine Books
LOSE WEIGHT, STAY FIT, AND FEEL GREAT WHILE EATING SOME OF THE MOST DELICIOUS AND HEALTHIEST FOOD ON EARTH.<br><br>Renowned for its dazzling beauty and delectable cuisine, the Mediterranean island of Sicily has historically one of the healthiest diets in the world. Now all the succulent flavors and myriad benefits of Sicilian cooking are yours to savor in the very first weight-loss program that will not only help you effortlessly shed unwanted pounds but will become a prescription for a lifetime of nourishing, palate-pleasing fare.<br><br>Created by respected physician Dr. Angelo Acquista, who has successful counseled his patients on weight management for years, The Mediterranean Prescription starts with a two-week weight-loss stage that includes simple, delectable recipes to help you lose eight to ten pounds right away. Still convinced that all diets leave you feeling deprived? Imagine eating Baked Zucchini with Eggplant and Tomatoes, Sweet-and-Sour Red Snapper, Chicken Cacciatore, Pasta Fagioli, and Baked Onions. Dr. Acquista culled his Sicilian motherâs recipe box for the most mouthwatering recipesâplus he includes meals from famous chefs at top Italian restaurants, such as Cipriani and Serafina. If you follow these lifestyle-changing suggestions, you will enjoy<br><br>⢠long-term success: Eat the foods you love and enjoyâbread, pasta, and all your favorite Italian dishesâwhile adopting healthier eating habits.<br>⢠no more addictions: A two-week âtough loveâ stage helps you kick the habit of sugar, junk food, and preservatives.<br>⢠zero deprivation: The Sicilian way of cooking and combining foods means less snacking in between meals, and less temptation to fill up on desserts.<br>⢠family-friendly recipes: Children will love and benefit from the dishes as well, so you can share the good eating and the good health. <br><br>Plus youâll find vital information on how being overweight affects each part of your body, including the skin, brain, heart, liver, joints, back, and breasts.<br><br>Most people donât realize that many of their health problems derive from unhealthful weight. Discover the Sicilian secret to a happy life. Capture a pleasurable way of eating that will bring all the blessings and bounty of the Mediterranean to your table, to your life, and to your health! | *$13.99 |
 | Sugar Busters! Quick & Easy Cookbook
Brand: Ballantine Books
Which other diet allows you to drink a glass of red wine in the evening? The SUGAR BUSTERS! lifestyle is revolutionizing the way America eats, offering a safe, scientifically sound program for improving health and losing weight.<br><br>Now the #1 New York Times bestselling team who forever changed the face of dieting has created the SUGAR BUSTERS! Quick & Easy Cookbook, a delicious new collection of more than 150 simple-to-make recipes and menu ideas. With this wonderful cookbook, the SUGAR BUSTERS! eating program can easily become part of your daily routine. Forget counting calories, weighing your food, and trying to figure out those confusing charts and graphs. The SUGAR BUSTERS! Quick & Easy Cookbook makes preparing tasty, low-sugar or sugar-free fare a snap.<br><br>Inside you'll discover<br><br>- APPETIZERS and HORS D'OEUVRES<br>- SOUPS and SALADS<br>- MAIN COURSES<br>- VEGETABLES<br>- SAUCES and DRESSINGS<br>- DESSERTS<br>- COMPREHENSIVE PANTRY SECTION<br><br>Whether you're hosting an elaborate holiday bash or a spur-of-the-moment intimate evening for two, or you just need a quick dinner for you and your family, the SUGAR BUSTERS! Quick & Easy Cookbook will help you create the perfect meal. | *$8.39 |
 | The Macrobiotic Path to Total Health: A Complete Guide to Naturally Preventing and Relieving More Than 200 Chronic Conditions and Disorders
Brand: Ballantine Books
<i><br></i><b>âFood is the chief of all things, the universal medicine. . . . Food transmutes directly into body, mind, and spirit . . . creates our day-to-day health and happiness.â<br>âfrom <i>The Macrobiotic Path to Total Health<br><br></i></b>Even in medical schools, alternative medicine is blossoming. Two thirds of them now offer courses in complementary healing practices, including nutrition. At the heart of this revolution is macrobiotics, a simple, elegant, and delicious way of eating whose health benefits are being confirmed at an impressive rate by researchers around the world.<br><br>Macrobiotics is based on the laws of yin and yangâthe complementary energies that flow throughout the universe and quicken every cell of our bodies and every morsel of the food we eat. Michio Kushi and Alex Jack, distinguished educators of the macrobiotic way, believe that almost every human ailment from the common cold to cancer can be helped, and often cured, by balancing the flow of energy (the <i>ki</i>) inside us. The most effective way to do this is to eat the right foods, according to our individual day-to-day needs. Now in this marvelous guide, they give us the basics of macrobiotic eating and living, and explain how to use this powerful source of healing to become healthier and happier, to prevent or relieve more than two hundred ailments, conditions, or disordersâboth physical and psychological.<br> <br>This encyclopedic compendium of macrobiotic fundamentals, remedies, menus, and recipes takes into account the newest thinking and evolving practices within the macrobiotic community. The authors integrate all the information into a remarkable A to Z guide to macrobiotic healingâfrom AIDS, allergies, and arthritis, to cancer, diabetes, and heart disease. They also clearly explain what we need to know to start eating a true macrobiotic diet that will provide us with a complete balance of energy and nutrients. <br><br>Living as we all do in environmental and climactic circumstances that are largely outside our personal control, it is vital that we follow a healthy lifestyle, including a flexible diet that we can adjust to meet our own individual needs. <i>The Macrobiotic Path to Total Health</i> gives us precisely the tools and the understanding we need to achieve this goal. Use it to build a strong, active body and a cheerful, resourceful mind.<br><br><br><i><br></i><br><br><br> <i>From the Hardcover edition.</i> | *$12.85 |
 | The 5-Factor World Diet
Brand: Ballantine Books
Following on the heels of his hugely popular blockbuster, <i>The</i> 5-Factor Diet, celebrity trainer and nutritionist Harley Pasternak has searched the world to add a little variety and spice to your weight loss plan. <b>The 5-Factor World Diet </b>takes the 5-Factor principleâfive meals a day, five core ingredients, five-minute prep timeâand incorporates the best foods and nutritional habits from ten of the world's healthiest countries.<br><br>While jetting to exotic locales with some of Hollywood's biggest stars as their personal health and fitness expert, Pasternak has sampled local cuisine from many corners of the world. Consequently he has made a fascinating discovery: the farther he journeyed from the United States, the easier it was to seek out foods that were both nourishing and slimming. Now he reveals the international diet secrets of the world's healthiest people, including<br><br>⢠the self-control technique used by the Japanese that prevents them from overeating.<br>⢠the trick to combating heart disease in France (it's not just the wine).<br>⢠the reason Swedes stay slim and trim year round and have among the highest average life expectancies (80.74 years).<br>⢠the key to Singapore' s low obesity rate (less than 2%).<br>⢠an explanation why notorious food-loving Italians are among the healthiest people in the world<br><br>Pasternak also shares helpful advice about ordering in restaurants, as well as pantry-stocking and cooking tips. With suggested menus and more than 120 delicious recipesâfrom Japanese Chicken Yakatori and French Ratatouille to Chapchae Korean Stirfry and Oven Baked Swedish Meatballsâ <b>The 5-Factor World Diet</b> will keep you healthy, fit, and looking your absolute best. | *$11.09 |
 | Diet for a Small Planet
Brand: Ballantine Books
With the new emphasis on environmentalism in teh 1990's, Lappe stresses how her philosophy remains valid, and how food remains the central issue through which to understand world politics.<br> | *$7.39 |
 | Saving Dinner: The Menus, Recipes, and Shopping Lists to Bring Your Family Back to the Table
Brand: Ballantine Books
From Big Basil Burgers and Salmon Carbonara to Crockpot Chili and Spicy Apricot Chicken, Saving Dinner will have your family coming back to the tableâand back again for seconds!<br><br>Thanks to Leanne Elyâs handy cookbook and meal planning guide, tens of thousands of people have already discovered that making dinner (and shopping for food!) can be a stress-free endeavor. Say goodbye to take-out and microwave fare and hello to tasty, nutritious dishes. This newly expanded edition of Elyâs classic <b>Saving Dinner</b> includes even quicker âdinner kitsââElyâs foolproof method of assembling and freezing delicious meals, from hearty beef and chicken entrees to fresh seafood and vegetable dishes. Imagine preparing a monthâs worth of weeknight dinners in a snap.<br><br>Full of practical tips on simple, healthy, and inexpensive meal planning, Saving Dinner is the ideal solution for todayâs busy parents who would love to have their family sitting around the dinner table once again. Each of the bookâs efficient seasonal sections features <br><br>⢠six weeks of menus with delicious recipes <br>⢠side-dish suggestions, like Roasted Red Potatoes and So-Easy, You-Don't-Need-a-Recipe Coleslaw<br>⢠an itemized grocery list organized by product (dairy, meat, produce) to make one-stop shopping a breeze<br>⢠helpful hints and kitchen shortcuts that make cooking easier and more fun<br><br>Healthy, home-cooked dinners shouldnât be a thing of the past. With Leanne Elyâs easy-to-follow recipes and advice, you can save dinner from extinction and return it to its rightful placeâyour familyâs kitchen table. | *$9.21 |
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