Diet & Nutrition Books

After Work Cookbook or Country Cooking in Mendocino

noreply@blogger.com (Food Books) — Sun, 06 Dec 2009 22:09:00 +0000

After Work Cookbook

Author: Chrissie Taylor

This new book shows how you can turn 'convenience foods' into mouthwatering dishes quickly and easily, without any previous expertise. Each recipe has been specially designed and tested to transform everyday low-cost ingredients into good restaurant style cuisine. With well-chosen herbs and garnishes to add that pleasing touch so often lacking in hasty snacks.

New interesting book: Claudette Colvin or Santa Mouse

Country Cooking in Mendocino: Recipes from Mendocino County's Renowned Caterer Jeanette Stroh

Author: Debbie Reardan

Jeanette Stroh launched her cooking career at the age of three when she enhanced her brother's prized butterfly collection by mixing it into a jar of peanut butter. Her passion for food led her to baking for local retailers, and finally to Jeanette's Country Cooking, the catering business she ran for over 20 years. Jeanette's reputation for hearty country cooking reached from Mendocino County, 150 miles south to San Francisco. Her barbecued tri-tip roasts, homemade pies, and tasty appetizers never failed to satisfy her customers. This compilation of 206 of Jeanette's best country recipes was assembled and tested by Jeanette's daughter, Debbie Reardan.

Rhubarb or Superfeast

noreply@blogger.com (Food Books) — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 18:28:00 +0000

Rhubarb: More than Just Pies

Author: Sandi Vitt

Charming and surprisingly versatile, rhubarb is a vastly underappreciated delicacy. This welcome cookbook includes recipes that will transform the hearty garden staple into a myriad of culinary delights, from sumptuous main courses to delicious cobblers, crisps & puddings. Includes an informative introduction by expert gardener Lois Hole and a guide to further reading. All ingredients given in both imperial and metric measurements.

Book about: My Ear Hurts or The Atkins Essentials

Superfeast: Food and Juices for Health

Author: Michael Van Straten

The key to a long and healthy life is to understand exactly how to make the most of natural foods and to combine them in cunning and imaginative ways to achieve gorgeous flavours as well as maximum health and nutritional benefits. Superfeast is a one-stop shop of the hundred best super foods, super drinks and top recipes that allow you to create your own healthy feast. Armed with this knowledge, you can be good to yourself and feel much better while munching, crunching, sipping and slurping your way to food heaven. Eat, drink and enjoy...

Introduction     7
How to use this book     8
Shopping for good health     10
Organic food: is it worth it?     12
Taking the waters     14
Superfoods     21
Vitamins & minerals     108
Superfeasts     123
Vitality     124
Aphrodisiac     142
Protective     158
Pick-me-up     172
Calming     188
Low-carb     204
Cleansing     220
Supercures     237
Healthy heart     238
Healthy joints     244
Hypertension     246
Cancer prevention     250
Food allergies     258
Pregnancy     264
Children     270
Women     280
Healing foods     288
Index     299

Beef or Practical Cook Book

noreply@blogger.com (Food Books) — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 14:46:00 +0000

Beef (Quamut)

Author: Quamut

Quamut is the fastest, most convenient way to learn how to do almost anything. From tasting wine to managing your retirement accounts, Quamut gives you reliable information in a concise chart format that you can take anywhere. Quamut charts are:

Authoritative: Written by experts in their field so you have the most reliable information available.
Clear: Our explanations take you step-by-step through everything from performing CPR to threading a needle.
Concise: You’ll learn just what you need to know—no more, no less.
Precise: Quamut charts include detailed text, photos, and illustrations to show you exactly how to do just about anything.
Portable: Your know-how goes with you wherever your projects lead.

Beef, explained.

Everything you need to know in order to buy and prepare perfect beef every
time, including:

The different grades and nutritional value of beef
What to look for when buying beef, and how to store it after you buy
A breakdown of all the different cuts of beef, and how to cook each type

Interesting book: America or Venice

Practical Cook Book

Author: Suzanne Tracy

Based upon her practical experience as a cookery teacher, Suzanne Tracy's 1908 Practical Cook Book puts into print many of the lessons and recipes she taught her students.

Once Upon A Recipe or Managing Frozen Foods

noreply@blogger.com (Food Books) — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 11:05:00 +0000

Once Upon A Recipe: Favorite Recipes from Friends of the YMCA of Middle Tennessee

Author: YMCA of Middle Tennesse

Create magic in your kitchen, with balanced eating, while feeding the troops that surround you. Get the kids involved with the "Kids in the Kitchen" recipes. Send your favorite athletes on a winning streak with recipes from the Nashville Predators, the Tennessee Titans, the Nashville Kats, and Peyton Manning of the University of Tennessee and the Indianapolis Colts.

Go to: Hells Cartel or Legal Nurse Consulting

Managing Frozen Foods

Author: Chris Kennedy

Based on work with more than 30 industrial and academic organizations, including Nestle, Unilever, and Danone, this book provides a unique overview of the entire supply chain. Noting the key quality factors at each stage of production, distribution and retail sales of frozen food, this book will demonstrate why quality is a fundamental advantage in this multi-billion dollar industry. Frozen Foods are no longer the "step-child" of the food industry. Bland basic staples have given way to a new line of items containing high-quality ingredients that not only are tasty, but nutritious, too. Managing Frozen Foods traces the roots of frozen food from Clarence Birdseye to the present and explains what made tonight's dinner reality—and what will make tomorrow's even more safe and delicious. This book will serve as an invaluable resource for technicians and engineers within the frozen food industry, as well as a useful reference for students of food science and technology.

Cooking on Wheels or Delicious Heart Healthy Meals in No Time

noreply@blogger.com (Food Books) — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 07:24:00 +0000

Cooking on Wheels: Trailer Folks Favorite Recipes

Author: Rver Anni

Do trailer folks like to cook? Yes & no! Favorite recipes usually means fastest, easiest & tastiest. This cookbook brings you your favorite recipes & they wont take away from your RVing fun. Covers: appetizers & soups; salads; breads; vegetables; eggs; main dishes; desserts & sweets; & trailer kids favorite recipes. Illustrated.

Book about: How to Grill or 366 Low Fat Brand Name Recipes in Minutes

Delicious Heart Healthy Meals in No Time

Author: Charlene Bolstad

If you think "heart-healthy" means bland, dry food, think again. Delicious Heart Healthy Meals In No Time is the heart-conscious person's "food bible." Full of recipes you can make quickly and easily, you can awake your bored taste-buds to a new world of mouth-watering, low-fat, low-cholesterol meals. By using easy-to-find ingredients and giving you tips on food substitutions, dietary menu planning and ways to cook ahead for the week, you will be eating healtheir, tastier meals in no time!

Introduction.
1. What's on the Menu for Breakfast?
Warm Strawberry Pizzas with Powdered Sugar.
Fresh Berry & Pecan Breakfast Parfaits.
Chocolate Banana Breakfast Freeze.
Venetian Artichoke & Tomato Frittata.
English Grilled Tomatoes with Havarti Dill Cheese.
Rosemary Roasted Potatoes with Eggs & Chives.
High-Powered Almond Smoothie.
Ginger & Pineapple Soaked Fresh Oranges.
Spanish Cowboy Ranch Toast.
Sunny Lemon Muffins.
Breakfast Blueberry Applesauce Muffins.
Golden Breakfast Waffles with Blueberry Syrup.
Spinach & Ricotta Cheese Quiche.
Green Chile Breakfast Burritos.
Frozen Peanut Butter & Honey Crunch.
Buckwheat Pancakes.
Pear Ginger Sizzle.
Banana Lemon Nut Bread.
Breakfast Raspberry Banana Trifle.
Roasted Asparagus Omelet.
Mediterranean Scramble.
Greek Salsa.
Southwestern Breakfast Sausage.
Artichoke, Egg, & Tomato Ramekins.
2. What's on the Menu for Lunch?
Fresh Fruit and Cheese Pita Sandwiches.
Tomato, Avocado, & Sautéed Red Onion Sandwiches with Almond Spread.
Almond Spread.
Smoked Turkey & Cranberry Sauce Whole Wheat Wraps.
Hearty Lentil & Bacon Soup.
Honey Mustard Chicken Salad.
Lemon Pepper Chicken Wraps.
Feta Cheese & Pear Tomato Focaccia.
Summer Avocado & Cucumber Soup.
Spicy Italian Calzone.
Artichoke & Chickpea Pita Sandwiches.
Turkey Breast, Red Potato, & Jicama Salad.
Hearty Minestrone Soup.
Chicken & Mexican Cheese Tostaditas.
Roasted Mediterranean Vegetable Sandwiches.
Cream of Roasted Red Pepper Soup.
Cold Buster Chicken Noodle Soup.
Garden FreshGazpacho.
New York Reuben.
Lowfat Thousand Island Dressing.
Savory Roast Beef Focaccia.
Joe's Diner Portobello Burger.
San Francisco Cobb Salad.
Lowfat Ranch Dressing.
Ceviche.
Italian Strata.
3. Is It Snacktime Yet?
Mix with a Kick.
Crispy Crunchy Chicken Nuggets.
Fresh Vegetable Avocado Dip.
Spicy Asian Meatballs.
Orange-Sesame Sauce.
Super-Quick Pizza.
Hummus.
Baked Pita Triangles.
Jumbo Shrimp Platter with Zesty Cocktail Sauce.
Jumbo Shrimp Platter.
Curried Turkey Lettuce Roll-ups.
Mango Salsa Fresca.
Caliente Corn Chips.
Belgian Endive Canapés.
California Quesadillas.
Hot Pepper Shooters.
4. What's on the Menu for Dinner?
Garden Vegetable & Brown Rice Skillet.
Sliced Pork Tenderloin Salad with Raspberry Vinaigrette Dressing.
Grilled Swordfish with Garlic & Roasted Tomato Salsa.
Red Onion & Scalloped Potato Bake.
Ginger & White Wine Salmon Steaks.
Sour Cream Mashed Potatoes with Basil Herb Gravy.
Italian Stuffed Meatloaf.
Chicken Piccata.
Chicken Baked in Sherry with Root Vegetables.
Portobello Lasagna.
Greek Stuffed Eggplant.
Sesame Sake Tofu.
Hearty Southwestern Chile.
Sausage with Peppers and Onions.
Flounder En Papillote.
Tuscan Rolled Flank Steak.
Tilapia with Orange-Tarragon Sauce.
Shrimp Fra Diavolo.
Seared Ahi on Baby Greens with Shiitake Dressing.
Mediterranean White Beans.
Roasted Winter Vegetables.
Stir-fried Broccoli.
Stuffed Artichokes.
Wild Rice & Spinach Bake.
5. What's on the Menu for Dessert?
Yogurt Cheese.
Yogurt Pumpkin Dream.
Pear Crumble with Vanilla Yogurt Topping.
Latticed Apple Pie.
Chocolate Walnut Brownies.
New York-Style Cheese Cake.
Oatmeal Raisin Cookies.
Brandied Baked Apples.
Angel Food Cake.
Berry Orange Sorbet.
6. What's on the Menu for Special Occasions & Entertaining?
Summer Family Fiesta.
Menu:
Tex-Mex Beef Fajitas.
Black Bean and Corn Salad.
Mixed-Grill Summer Vegetables.
Summer Fruit Kebabs.
Strawberry Mango Margaritas.
Cozy Little Dinner Party.
Menu:
White Bean Spread with Herbed Pita.
Apple-Stuffed Pork Chops.
String Beans with Walnut Oil.
Risotto with Petite Peas and Parmesan.
Baby Spinach Salad with Champagne Vinaigrette.
Christmas Morning Brunch.
Menu:
Classic Eggs Benedict.
Lowfat Hollandaise Sauce.
North-South Praline Scones.
Cinnamon Honey "Butter".
Baked Pears with Currents and Cranberries.
Mock Cappuccino Chiaro.
New Year's Eve Celebration.
Menu:
Baked Egg Rolls.
Far-East Dipping Sauce.
Crudités Platter.
Smoked Salmon Dip.
Confetti-Herbed Potatoes.
Southwestern Artichoke Dip.
Stuffed Mushroom Bites.
Wine Spritzers.
7. Heart-Healthy Planning & Heart-Healthy Eating…Any Time of Day.
FDA Definitions.
Fat.
Saturated Fat.
Cholesterol.
Claims for Meat and Poultry.
Healthy.
Fiber.
Portion Sizes.
Alcohol Recommendations.
The Kitchen Collection.
Herbs, Spices, Seasonings, & Extracts to Stock.
Grains, Pasta, & Mixes to Stock.
Frozen Foods to Stock.
Miscellaneous Items to Stock.
Refrigerated Items.
Index.

Food or My Favorite Cookbook

noreply@blogger.com (Food Books) — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 03:42:00 +0000

Food: The Definitive Guide

Author: Jill Davies

Almost everyone has an opinion on the food they eat or don't eat. We acquire these opinions from a host of sources starting with what we ate as children. Later in life many other influences develop and change our point of view. The accuracy and nature of the information upon which our choices are based have become critical to the relationship between health and diet.

Booknews

Concentrates on food and diet from a scientific angle and focuses on choosing food, food components, and evaluation of food intake. Covers fats and oils, carbohydrates, proteins, minerals and vitamins, and non-nutrients such as preservatives and pesticide residues. Explains concepts such as rancidity and antioxidants, and water-soluble and fat-soluble vitamins. Discusses the relationship between religions and dietary issues. Scientific and readable. Lacks a bibliography. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

My Favorite Cookbook: A Collection of Recipes

Author: Theresa M Cross

Great cooking begins with a passion for great food! This cookbook is a "romance" novel for those who are passionate about the food they serve to those they love.

The meals are not complicated; however, the majority are somewhat exotic, flavorful, and delicious. The recipes are derived from the award-winning author's eclectic background in French, Moroccan, Italian, and Spanish cuisines.

Each of the 200 recipes is preceded by a short history or story of the recipe which entices the reader even further. Examples of recipes include: patй mousse with bacon, potato enchiladas with chipolte cream sauce, lamb tangine with prunes and almonds, pork tenderloin with rosemary cream sauce, cinnamon bread custard pudding, and three layer lemon pie, just to name a few. The book includes recipes for appetizers, beverages, soups, salads, meats, poultry, seafood, breads, rolls, pies, pastries, desserts, cakes and cookies. It also includes helpful hints, cooking tips, nutritional information, and much more.

My Favorite Cookbook is small and spiral bound, therefore, following recipes is convenient and simple. It is beautifully designed & illustrated and includes washable covers and section dividers.

Ensaladas y Alinos or Claytons Quaker Cook Book

noreply@blogger.com (Food Books) — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 00:01:00 +0000

Ensaladas y Alinos: Recetas Contemporaneas, Deliciosas Y Atractivas

Author: Jennifer Joyc

Elevating salads to their rightful place as stylish, healthy, satisfying dishes, this how-to book offers more than 80 recipes exploring exciting textures and zingy flavors. As well as putting a fresh spin on classic salads, it brings together unusual salad dishes from around the world. Accompanying each recipe is advice on advance preparation and possible variations. Written with wit and enthusiasm, the author's passion for salad shines through and will inspire everyone with a taste for healthy food.

Elevando las ensaladas a su lugar apropiado en la mesa como platos saludables y sabrosos, este libro ilustrado contiene más de 80 recetas que exploran texturas interesantes y sabores robustos. Dándole una vuelta fresca a las ensaladas clásicas como la ensalada César, éste libro reune platos excepcionales de ensaladas de alrededor del mundo. Cada receta incluye consejos sobre la preparación y posibles variaciones. Escrito con agudeza y entusiasmo, la pasión de la autora es evidente e inspirará a todos con el gusto para el alimento sano.

New interesting textbook: AI for Game Developers or Ajax on Rails

Clayton's Quaker Cook-Book

Author: H Clayton

In his 1883 cookbook, H.J. Clayton shares the recipes and techniques he learned growing up in a farm kitchen.

The Wine Wars or Chocolate Companion

noreply@blogger.com (Food Books) — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 20:20:00 +0000

The Wine Wars: The Mondavi Affair, Globalization and Terror

Author: Olivier Torres

The Wine Wars describes Californian-based wine producer Robert Mondavi's failure to set up business in a small, world-renowned wine-producing village in the south of France. The business venture was bought to an abrupt halt by an anti-globalization rebellion composed of ecologists, communists, neo-rurals and wild boar hunters. The 'Mondavi affair' illustrates the importance of culture, history, geography and economic and political systems in conditioning our spirit of enterprise and the way in which we do business.

1	Robert Mondavi : the pioneer of the Napa Valley	13
2	Languedoc : the biggest vineyard in the world	46
3	Aime Guibert : the 'Furia Francese'	65
4	Mondavi in Aniane : a promising, but difficult, start	74
5	Things hot up	90
6	Things get political	100
7	After Mondavi, Gerard Depardieu comes to town	112
8	Cultural differences at the heart of the failure	121
	Conclusion : the Corporatisme of place, the French Exception Culturelle	138

Interesting book: Should I Be Tested for Cancer or La receta del gran medico para bajar de peso

Chocolate Companion

Author: Cynthia Shade Rogers

If you know anyone who likes chocolate or perhaps you care to try some yourself, this book has it all. Rogers begins her prose by telling us about the history of chocolate, or how this New World taste traveled around the globe. From its origins as an early colonial commodity to chocolate bars for US soldiers during Operation Desert Storm, Rogers takes you and your taste buds through an array of aromatic delights. From Old-Fashioned Steamed Chocolate Pudding to Chocolate Covered Peanut Butter Balls (they melt in your mouth), everyone who has ever appreciated chocolate must have this book.

Food Canning Technology or Charlemagnes Tablecloth

noreply@blogger.com (Food Books) — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 22:06:00 +0000

Food Canning Technology

Author: Jean Larouss

Food Canning Technology Edited By Jean Larousse Bruce E. Brown
* This book offers a comprehensive review of the various scientific, technological, and economic aspects of food product preservations.
* It examines the diverse problems which are associated with the stability of products such as meat, fish, vegetables, and fruit, and thoroughly covers the methods and processing steps necessary to maintain the quality of these foods.
* Food Canning Technology is aimed at food technologists, food scientists, and students in food chemistry and technology. It offers a better understanding of the nature of biochemical changes, and aids in the improvement of product quality and shelf-life.

Booknews

An English version of "La conserve appertis<'e>e, techniques et <'e>conomiques" published by Technique et Documentation - Lavoisier in Paris in 1991, condensed to reduce duplication among the contributors and remove the discussion of French economic factors. Essentially supplies the explanatory text for the Codex Alimentarius Recommended International Code of Hygienic Practice for Low-Acid and Acidified Low-Acid Canned Foods as revised in 1989. Discusses raw materials and their reception and preparation, thermal processing, and post-process handling and quality. For chemists and others in the food industry. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

Interesting textbook: Poor Eaters or Aromaterapia Libro Practico

Charlemagne's Tablecloth: A Piquant History of Feasting

Author: Nichola Fletcher

Feasts, banquets, and grand dinners have always played a vital role in our lives. They oil the wheels of diplomacy, smooth the paths of the ambitious, and spread joy at family celebrations. They lift the spirits, involve all our senses and, at times, transport us to other fantastical worlds. Some feasts have give rise to hilarious misunderstandings, at others competitive elements take over. Some are purely for pleasure, some connect uncomfortably with death, but all are interesting. Nichola Fletcher has written a captivating history of feasts throughout the ages that includes the dramatic failures along with the dazzling successes. From a humble meal of potatoes provided by an angel, to the extravagance of the high medieval and Renaissance tables groaning with red deer and wild boar, to the exquisite refinement of the Japanese tea ceremony, Charlemagne’s Tablecloth covers them all. In her gustatory exploration of history’s great feasting tables, Fletcher also answers more than a few riddles such as “Why did Charlemagne use an asbestos tablecloth at his feasts?” and “Where did the current craze for the elegant Japanese Kaiseki meal begin? Fletcher answers these questions and many more while inviting readers to a feasting table that extends all the way from Charlemagne’s castle to her own millennium feast in Scotland. This is an eclectic collection of feasts from the flamboyant to the eccentric, the delicious to the disgusting, and sometimes just the touchingly ordinary. For anyone who has ever sat down at a banquet table and wondered, “Why?” Nichola Fletcher provides the delicious answer in a book that is a feast all its own.

Publishers Weekly

We all eat, but how many of us know how to feast? If Fletcher, a food writer and occasional feast designer, has her way, we'll all be reconsidering our party habits. True, we're not likely to offer cannibalistic banquets (she discusses those of Fiji, New Guinea, the Aztecs and others), or platters of cats with rats (a dish from the 1870 siege of Paris), or Kwakiutl-style blubber-eating competitions. Even the complex Ruskin feast that Fletcher herself catered (seviche of wood pigeon, wild greens, Coniston char, and roast venison with wild bramble sauce, all served on pollen-inspired ceramic platters, with readings from Wordsworth and Ruskin) for a scholarly set of foodies in the middle of a British forest at sunset seems best left to its designated guests. But as Fletcher describes Roman, medieval, Renaissance, Persian, Japanese and Chinese feasting traditions, some universal elements emerge. Feasts often celebrate key life events and feature symbolic foods like eggs (for birth and fertility) or candied almonds (bitter and sweet, like life). Nature is either evoked or revoked, but rarely ignored. Fletcher serves her culinary history buffet-style; thematic chapters on meat or fish are followed by palate-cleansing pauses to examine oddities like 18th-century French food writer Grimod's funeral banquets or Mr. Billings's horseback dinner in 1903, followed by chapters on Victorian banquets and modern Day of the Dead rituals. This is a veritable cook's tour of a mesmerizing social custom. Photos. Agent, Susan Howe. (Aug. 16) Copyright 2005 Reed Business Information.

Library Journal

Fletcher, a food writer/demonstrator and artisan food producer, deftly handles her subject in this lively, witty, learned, and aptly titled book. Whether delving into the history of Japanese tea ceremonies, medieval feasting in Europe, Chinese banquets, or even Aztec cannibalism, she displays a skill in choosing her topics and incorporating her meticulous research. Many readers will likely wonder what was so special about Charlemagne's tablecloth-reportedly made of asbestos, it was tossed in the fire at the end of the meal, then retrieved unscorched to the amazement of guests. After conducting her own research, Fletcher discovered to her disappointment that the asbestos tablecloth is one of many fantastic myths swirling around the legend of Charlemagne; it is a wonderful story nonetheless. A veritable feast of storytelling, this won a Silver Trophy at the 2004 Gourmet Media World Festival in Cannes and is recommended for all academic and public libraries.-Courtney Greene, DePaul Univ. Lib., Chicago Copyright 2005 Reed Business Information.

Kirkus Reviews

A smorgasbord of informative and entertaining essays on feasts through the ages, from the sweet and spicy indulgences of ancient Persia to the Scottish celebration of Hogmanay at the turn of the second millennium. Scottish food writer Fletcher describes not just the dishes offered in feasts, but the rituals of preparing and presenting them and the ambience surrounding them. She also explores the myriad reasons for feasting and the occasionally dubious motives of the hosts. Many feasts-after the coronation of a monarch or the celebration of a wedding, for example-are held to mark rites of passage. Others give thanks for a good harvest or mark the end of a fast. Still others are staged in an effort to grasp or hold onto power. (The author's account of an aggressive feast held by a 19th-century chief of British Columbia's Kwakiutl people includes a stomach-churning description of competitive blubber swallowing.) The measures taken to impress guests can be astonishing: Fletcher cites a 16th-century Hungarian feast in which a quail was placed inside a capon inside a lamb inside a calf inside an ox. By way of contrast, she details a spiritual feast called cha-kaiseki, a frugal vegetarian meal served as part of a Japanese tea ceremony. One of the most interesting feasts described here is one prepared by the author herself for an international congress of deer experts; every dish contained some deer product, the finishing touches being an ice cream made of reindeer milk and a fiery liqueur containing extract of velvet antler. Fletcher's scope is broad. Her selections include an 1870 Christmas dinner during the siege of Paris at which the Restaurant Voisin served up creatures from the zoo, theAztecs' ritual cannibal feasts and the meager but memorable meal of bread and potatoes enjoyed by Primo Levi and his fellow prisoners at Auschwitz after the Germans abandoned it in 1945. This pleasurable treat can be consumed as presented or sampled in any order. (Three 8-page b&w photo inserts, not seen)

The Singular Beast or Coffee

noreply@blogger.com (Food Books) — Sun, 22 Feb 2009 18:24:00 +0000

The Singular Beast: Jews, Christians, and the Pig (European Perspectives: A Series in Social Thought and Cultural Criticism)

Author: Claudine Fabre Vassas

Throughout history, the breeding, slaughter, and consumption of the pig has been the inspiration for both religious and secular rituals and taboos. In The Singular Beast, a daring and original account of the role of the pig and its relationship to Jews in European Christian culture, Claudine Fabre-Vassas argues that these practices defined the very boundaries between Christians and Jews. Chronicling the cultural and religious significance of a creature that occupies an ambiguous place in the families of those who raise it - as a member of the family and a potential meal - The Singular Beast reveals the continuing power of symbols to sustain or create ethnic identities. Fabre-Vassas details the folkloric beliefs and rituals that have been associated with the slaughter and consumption of pigs from the Middle Ages until today by both provincial and urban Europeans - such as the myth that Jews do not eat pork because their children had been transformed into pigs and the story that they crave the flesh of Christian children because they are deprived of pork. Ranging from early Christianity to the present, from Spain to Scandinavia, The Singular Beast is both a broad study of the extraordinary, complex role of the animal central to the diets and rituals of most European populations and a close historical analysis of anti-Semitism and the creation of real-life myths.

New Republic

[A] wide-ranging and stimulating book.

Times Literary Supplement

A stunning compendium of porcine and theological folklore. . . . With remarkable acuity, The Singular Beast shows how the pig, the Jew and the Christian have been locked in a fatal and macabre pas de trois for the past two millenniums.

David Gordon White

[A] masterful demonstration of the role of the pig as that animal which, because of its own natural and cultural anomalousness, came so powerfully to symbolize the dialectic of identity and difference obtaining between Christians and Jews.

New York Times

Fabre-Vassas argues that the cultural tension between those who did and those who did not eat pork helps set the stage for a murderous anti-Semitism. . . . Taking her cue from Claude Levi-Strauss, [she] studied the culinary habits of southern France, and the way in which the pig began to be associated with the Jew in the anti-Semitic imaginings of peasant culture, and by implication the rest of Europe.

Janet Liebman Jacobs

Fabre-Vassas's work in particular illuminates the fear of otherness that, as a dimension of human consciousness, underlies the relationship between those who are persecuted and those who persecute . . . The extensive and detailed research in The Singular Beast provides ample evidence of how Jewishness became imbued with all manner of hateful traits. . . . Through ethnography and text, Fabre-Vassas offers a rich and nuanced protrait of anti-Semitic beliefs and practices that remained deeply embedded in twentieth-century European society.

Booknews

From the author's introduction: "We know that the world's cultures readily designate others by what they eat; in Europe we call one another frogs, roast beefs, or macaroni eaters...a very rare exception should have aroused suspicion: Jews are called `pigs,' imagined to be bloodthirsty, identified precisely as what they forbid themselves." This study details the folkloric beliefs and rituals associated with the slaughter and consumption of pigs from the Middle Ages until today, and explores what they reveal about the cultural boundaries between Christians and Jews. Translated from the French (1994, <'E>ditions Gallimard). Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

One. An Anological Being
One. The Red Men
Two. Children's Stories
Three. The Circle of Metamorphoses
Two. From One Blood To the Next
Four. The Jew's Sow
Five. Red Easter
Six. Old Jews, Young Christians
Seven. The Little Jew
Three. Christian Flesh
Eight. The Return of the Pig
Nine. Blood and Soul
Ten. The Bone That Sings. The Time of Sacrifice

Books about: Thin for Good or Pr cticas hol sticas para la salud

Coffee: A Dark History

Author: Antony Wild

Reveals the shocking exploitation that has always lurked at the heart of the industry.

The Washington Post - Jonathan Yardley

Antony Wild isn't kidding. The history of coffee is indeed as "dark," as his subtitle puts it, as the cup of Colombian that sits on my desk as these words are written. Himself a coffee lover and an expert on the subject -- he worked for more than a decade as the buyer for a prestigious British specialty-coffee company -- Wild is nonetheless no sentimentalist when it comes to the human and natural toll the bean has extracted -- "poverty, violence, exploitation, environmental devastation, political oppression, and corruption" -- nor to the threats that caffeine poses to the health of those who consume it. As he writes, with the wry touch that makes his book a pleasure:

Publishers Weekly

While coffee historian Wild brings enthusiasm to this tome on the 500-year history of the caffeinated bean, it doesn't match the simple passion with which coffee lovers enjoy their morning java. (In fairness to the author, how could it?) Wild (The East India Company) traces the bean as it makes its way from Africa to the Middle East (it was once known as the "wine of Araby") to the West, and the rise in cafe culture across Europe and eventually the New World, where, thanks to the Boston Tea Party, coffee surpassed tea as the patriotic drink of choice for a fledging nation. But Wild repeatedly reminds readers that for all the pleasure a cup of coffee brings to its drinker, the history of this beguiling brew is indeed dark. As long as there has been coffee, Wild asserts, there have been colonial powers-and now corporations-to exploit the workers that grow it. While this is a fascinating story that combines history with anthropology, too often the writing is buried under the heartless statistics of economic formulations. However, the work does provide caffeine junkies with intriguing reading material next time they find themselves waiting in line to order their grande vanilla latte. Illus. (June) Copyright 2005 Reed Business Information.

Library Journal

Wild (The East India Company) has been widely recognized for introducing specialty coffees to Great Britain. Here, he presents a 500-year history of the much-loved drink, drawing on science, politics, anthropology, and alchemy before concluding that today's large companies, with their demand for lower prices, have put coffee farmers out of business and thousands of workers out of jobs in Africa and Central America. Wild's explanation of how major corporations have taken over the coffee industry, supported by public information direct from the coffee distributors themselves, will inspire readers to comtemplate their contribution to this global situation. The only comparison would be Stewart Lee Allen's The Devil's Cup, which describes similar facts but from the first person. With its political and historical perspectives, this book reads more like a textbook. Recommended for academic libraries; an optional purchase for others.-Jennifer A. Wickes, Suite101.com, Pine Beach, NJ Copyright 2005 Reed Business Information.

Cooked to Perfection or Wolf in Chefs Clothing

noreply@blogger.com (Food Books) — Sat, 21 Feb 2009 14:42:00 +0000

Cooked to Perfection

Author: Phyllis P Corella

Andrew and Phyllis Corella were born in New York City in East Harlem and raised at a time when food was kept cold in an icebox. Their parents and grandparents shopped daily for items such as fresh fruits, vegetables and meats. The authors have attempted to present a variety of foods. They offer new twists on old family recipes. There are dishes that you may prepare once a year and dishes that will be part of your weekly menu. All of the dishes are easy to prepare.

The authors have attempted to present a variety of foods. They offer new twists on old family recipes. There are dishes that you may prepare once a year and dishes that will be part of your weekly menu.

All of the dishes are easy to prepare.

Wolf in Chef's Clothing: The Picture Cook and Drink Book for Men

Author: Richard H Loeb

Interest in lounge culture is nearly as high as during the golden age of the '50s and '60s. And even lounge lizards have to eat - and drink. This humorous guide to entertaining, first published in 1950, is a retro period piece that will satisfy the most discriminating tastes, no matter how pickled. Recipes are presented entirely in pictures, step by step, from conception to perfection - and all with deliciously dry wit. Easy-to-make breakfasts-for-two, canapes, barbecue suppers, picnic food, midnight repasts, and, of course, drinks - before-dinner drinks, drinks with dinner, after-dinner drinks, and drinks having nothing to do with meals - are ideal for men with kitchen "no"-how! "When a crowd descends upon you for an evening of bridge or poker, or just for conviviality at your expense, do you know what to serve? Or on a long, hot summer's afternoon, what to quaff? Or on a bleak, black winter's day, what to snift? Read on." - from the book

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First published in 1950, Robert H. Loeb, Jr.'s Wolf In Chef's Clothing is a unique "picturebook" approach for educating men on how to prepare basic recipes for breakfast, lunch, dinner, midnight snacks, and barbecues. From omelets to Shrimps Cobra, from canapes to Martini's, the step-by-step picture-based instructions are fool proof and will instruct even the most basic male novice to the mysteries of food and drink preparation. Whether a married man seeking to give his spouse a break in the kitchen, or a bachelor seeking to impress friends and family, Wolf In Chef's Clothing is sure to enhance any meal time or special celebration event.

Mastering Wine or Carving and Serving

noreply@blogger.com (Food Books) — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 11:01:00 +0000

Mastering Wine: A Learner's Manual

Author: Tom Maresca

This completely new and updated edition of the 1985 classic Mastering Wine, winner of the Cliquot Prize for best wine book of the year, provides a complete course in tasting and understanding the virtues and flaws of wine of all kinds -- in your home and without bankrupting you. Tom Maresca's ingenious do-it-yourself guide to mastering wine is based on comparing two wines at a time; his one unyielding rule is that there is no wrong answer to the question 'Which wine did you like better?' Each pair leads you to the next, and your own taste charts the course. You may proceed through the carefully planned sequence of over 40 different pairs of reds, whites, roses, and sparkling wines, or follow the directions to the wines of a particular region or a particular class, such as Cabernets.

Whichever route you opt for, Mastering Wine can provide you with an acquaintance with the major kinds and classes of dry dinner wines, a painless introduction to wine terms, and practice in the art of tasting and analyzing wine -- of any kind. Anyone who would like an introduction to wine or a wider appreciation of the infinite variety of wines will find Mastering Wine the only practical, enjoyable, and affordable choice.

Edward Guiliano

The best choice for a broad and basic wine text. -- The Wine Spectator

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Carving and Serving

Author: Mary Johnson Lincoln

Published in 1891 by Mrs. D. A. Lincoln, author of "The Boston Cook Book," this volume concentrates on meat, providinig recipes and instructions for the proper prepartion, carving, and serving of all types of meat and meat products.

High Plains or Mrs Hills New Cook Book

noreply@blogger.com (Food Books) — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 07:20:00 +0000

High Plains: The Joy of Alberta Cuisine

Author: Cinda Chavich

When Alberta cuisine is mentioned, beef is often the first and only thing to come to mind. In fact, however, Alberta has a wealth of local food products and its producers have won recognition and awards for cheeses, chocolate, corn, grains, oils, game birds and animals, and much more. From mountain to prairie, forest to river, this fertile province overflows with options for the creative cook

Journalist and food specialist Cinda Chavich has visited farms, dairies, bakeries, and delis looking for the very best Alberta has to offer. The result is a breathtaking book that combines delicious recipes, beautiful colour photographs, food sources, cooking and shopping tips, and local history.

Celebrate the taste and variety of regional cuisine with High Plains: The Joy of Alberta Cuisine. There is a world of flavour waiting for you in your own backyard.

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Mrs. Hill's New Cook Book, Vol. 1

Author: Annabella P Hill

Annabella P. Hill (1810-1878) was a socially prominent Georgia native whose encyclopedic treasury of 19th century recipes, cooking advice, and household hints was first published in 1867. This classic receipt book is considered one of the most influential books of the post-Civil War South A facsimile of the 1867 edition.

Nutrition and Food Services for Integrated Health Care or The Livebait Cookbook

noreply@blogger.com (Food Books) — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 03:38:00 +0000

Nutrition and Food Services for Integrated Health Care: A Handbook for Leaders

Author: Rita Jackson

"Dietetics educators and practitioners will find much in these pages to challenge them. As integrated health care systems evolve, for better or for worse, dietitians need to develop the skills and attitudes that will facilitate not just survival but also expansion of the profession".——Journal of the American Dietetic Association

A "must have" resource for nutrition and food service administrators, providing vital information about trends in the industry, how others are meeting current demands with innovative programs that contain costs without compromising quality, the standards of care in more progressive settings and how innovative techniques and technological advancements can be implemented to control resources while upholding these standards. Optional methods for the delivery of food service and nutrition care are presented along with actual case studies illustrating innovative solutions to the common dilemmas confronting dietetic professionals today. Includes an Instructor's manual.

Marilyn R. Lawler

This book presents an overview of market forces influencing healthcare delivery in the U.S. today, and emphasizes the leadership and management skills food and nutrition professionals need to succeed as a restructured healthcare delivery system evolves. The book is designed as a guide for experienced food and nutrition professionals in preparing for expanded roles as they make the transition from traditional models to integrated healthcare delivery systems of the future. The target audience is managers and leaders in nutrition care and food service in the U.S., most of whom currently practice in institutional settings. Sixteen authors -- all well known in their respective topic areas -- have contributed chapters. The book has four parts. Part 1 describes the shift toward integrated healthcare, with chapters on industry trends, leadership, and management strategies. Part 2 focuses on nutrition care - management, outcome-based patient education, patients' rights and professional responsibility, and cost containment. Part 3, "Management of Food Service," presents trends in purchasing, alternative food production systems, and options in meal assembly, delivery, and service, current food safety issues, and revenue generating opportunities. Part 4 discusses a systems approach to productivity, quality improvement, the future and skills that will be needed. Each chapter has ample illustrations with useful tables, charts, and diagrams. References are current and pertinent. This book would be an excellent addition to the library of any nutrition care or food service director or manager. The information is timely, accurate, and practical. Users will find themselves referring to the bookover and over again. The book is written from the perspectives of leaders practicing in institutional or educational settings, and consultants. A useful addition would have been a chapter written by an expert from an ambulatory setting or community based organization where the majority of clients will be served in the future.

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Reviewer: Marilyn R. Lawler, PhD, RD (University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine)
Description: This book presents an overview of market forces influencing healthcare delivery in the U.S. today, and emphasizes the leadership and management skills food and nutrition professionals need to succeed as a restructured healthcare delivery system evolves.
Purpose: The book is designed as a guide for experienced food and nutrition professionals in preparing for expanded roles as they make the transition from traditional models to integrated healthcare delivery systems of the future.
Audience: The target audience is managers and leaders in nutrition care and food service in the U.S., most of whom currently practice in institutional settings.
Features: Sixteen authors:all well known in their respective topic areas:have contributed chapters. The book has four parts. Part 1 describes the shift toward integrated healthcare, with chapters on industry trends, leadership, and management strategies. Part 2 focuses on nutrition care - management, outcome-based patient education, patients' rights and professional responsibility, and cost containment. Part 3, "Management of Food Service," presents trends in purchasing, alternative food production systems, and options in meal assembly, delivery, and service, current food safety issues, and revenue generating opportunities. Part 4 discusses a systems approach to productivity, quality improvement, the future and skills that will be needed. Each chapter has ample illustrations with useful tables, charts, and diagrams. References are current and pertinent.
Assessment: This book would be an excellent addition to the library of any nutrition care or food service director or manager. The information is timely, accurate, and practical. Users will find themselves referring to the book over and over again. The book is written from the perspectives of leaders practicing in institutional or educational settings, and consultants. A useful addition would have been a chapter written by an expert from an ambulatory setting or community based organization where the majority of clients will be served in the future.

Booknews

Examines the trends and challenges for the role of dietetics in the dramatically changing U.S. health care system. Contributors in 15 chapters analyze a gamut of crucial hospital food service and nutrition issues including: leadership theories, quality management, patients' rights, continuing education, food production/safety, revenue- generating, and opportunities for new partnerships. Complementing the text are case studies; graphic models; statistics; and sample standards, employee lesson plans, menu tracking, and evaluation forms. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

Rating

3 Stars from Doody

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The Livebait Cookbook: Rambunctious Seafood Cooking

Author: Theodore Kyriakou

With the current variety of fresh seafood available, every restaurant has several options on its menu. The challenge for home cooks is replicating these exciting recipes in their own kitchens. This book shows how, with easy-to-follow tips for successful dishes, plus 175 great recipes. 70 color photos.

Great Chefs of Virginia Cookbook or Chocolate Strawberry and Vanilla

noreply@blogger.com (Food Books) — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 23:57:00 +0000

Great Chefs of Virginia Cookbook

Author: Marcel Desaulniers

As demonstrated herein, Virginians throughout their history have a special knack for things culinary. The recipes in this book, all from contemporary Virginia chefs, reflect a similar eclecticism. As before, the chefs are characterized by a notable diversity of backgrounds, both cultural and professional. The chefs are bound by a passion for cooking. The Virginia Chefs Association felt compelled by the continually increasing interest of Virginians in the chefs' work to produce a volume of recipes embodying that passion. Included in this text is the most exciting fare from their restaurants' kitchens as well as some of the chefs' favoritesÑhome cooking in a truly Virginian sense. A technologically advanced world allows greater access to a plethora of possible ingredients. The essential tastes of Virginia and her rich culinary heritage, however, are still of primary importance.

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Chocolate, Strawberry, and Vanilla: A History of American Ice Cream

Author: Anne Cooper Funderburg

Chocolate, Strawberry, and Vanilla traces the evolution of ice cream from a rarity to an everyday indulgence. It covers the genesis of ice cream in America, the invention of the hand-cranked ice cream freezer, the natural ice industry, the beginnings of wholesale ice cream manufacturing, and the origins of the ice cream soda, sundae, cone, sandwich, and bar. It also recounts the histories of many brands, including Dairy Queen, Good Humor, Eskimo Pie, Ben and Jerry's, Baskin-Robbins, and Haagen-Dazs. In short, this history of ice cream describes how a borrowed European elite consumable evolved through entrepreneurialism and demand in America into a democratized treat for all classes. It simultaneously reflects and reveals changes in social customs, diet and nutrition, class distinctions, leisure activities, and everyday life.

Booknews

Perhaps the history of ice cream isn't crucial to the advancement of civilization, but it's one of humanity's sweeter inventions and that may make its study more significant than one would think at first glance. This is the "elite treat" of Europe that underwent an American transformation as stunning as Norma Jean to Marilyn Monroe. From hand cranked machines to Baked Alaska, Dairy Queen to Ben and Jerry's, the history of ice cream also becomes a history of American culture and tastes. Paper edition (unseen), $18.95. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Robert Rose Book of Classic Pasta or Fabulous Cookies

noreply@blogger.com (Food Books) — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 16:26:00 +0000

Robert Rose Book of Classic Pasta

Author: Robert Ros

The ultimate book for pasta lovers.

The Robert Rose Book of Classic Pasta brings you over 100 exquisite pasta recipes, specially selected from the menus of top North American restaurants. Adapted for home cooking, they're as simple to make as they are delicious -- all ingredients are readily available and quick to prepare. This book will be a classic in your kitchen.

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Fabulous Cookies: Classic Recipes for Delicious Home Baking

Author: Hilaire Walden

Infinitely varied and simple to make, homemade cookies fresh from the oven are always a delicious treat, and this superb volume brings together a wonderful and eclectic range of mouthwatering confections.

Anti Ageing Cookbook or Seventy Five Recipes for Pastry Cakes and Sweetmeats

noreply@blogger.com (Food Books) — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 12:45:00 +0000

Anti-Ageing Cookbook: With over 70 Recipes

Author: Robyn Martin

This book gives us over 70 mouth-watering recipes, using ingredients that offer a multitude of anti-ageing benefits. From salmon puffs with chopped egg and avocado, and Indian chicken and mango stir fry to pear and apple nut crumble and berry smoothies, recipes are grouped so that you can see at a glance which ones are suitable for the brain, joints and mobility, skin, the heart, cholesterol, menopause and prostate health. No single food is the elixir of a long and healthy life. But, taken together, it is possible for foods to combine to give your body the maximum possible health and anti-ageing benefits.

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Seventy-Five Recipes, for Pastry, Cakes, and Sweetmeats

Author: Eliza Lesli

An 1828 cookbook featuring recipes for delicious desserts, written so that a modern cook may follow them.

Betty Crocker Baking for Today or Introducing Chinese Casserole Cookery

noreply@blogger.com (Food Books) — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 22:13:00 +0000

Betty Crocker Baking for Today: Always in Style, Always Gold Medal

Author: Betty Crocker Editors

Bake with the best!

Come celebrate the 125th anniversary of one of America's favorite kitchen ingredients—Gold Medal Flour, the award-winning flour that's been a kitchen staple for generations. In Baking for Today, Gold Medal Flour and Betty Crocker come together to create an irresistible collection of classic and contemporary recipes that are perfect for you and your family's busy schedule.

From easy cookies and pies to bread recipes that are the perfect way to de-stress after a hectic week, Baking for Today makes baking delicious and fun. It's the cookbook you'll turn to for years to come!

• 150 delectable recipes, from Apple Crisp, Gingerbread and other classics to fresh ideas
like Blue Cornmeal Muffins, Pear-Nut Scones and Garlic and Asiago Loaves

• Wide assortment of sweets and treats, including main courses, cookies, cakes and pies, breads and biscuits, regional favorites and more

• Kid-friendly dishes everyone will love, like Cheesy Pretzels, Pepperoni Spinners and Chocolate Teddy Bear Pops

• Award-winning desserts like White Chocolate Mousse–Raspberry Pie and Cinnamon Shortcakes with Warm Blueberry Sauce

• Tips and advice on equipment, ingredients, serving and storage, plus information on baking traditions and Gold Medal Flour's rich history and heritage

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Introducing Chinese Casserole Cookery

Author: Lilah Kan

Relaxed cooking.

Chinese Casserole Cookery is a book that has easy-to-follow recipes that can enable the aficionados of Chinese food to cook a dinner with less anxiety that a feast of several last-minute stir-fired dishes can bring on. Incorporating a few casserole dishes, which can be prepared in advance, will enable the cook to have a dinner party without a nervous breakdown.

Making Ice Cream or Pasta

noreply@blogger.com (Food Books) — Sun, 08 Feb 2009 18:31:00 +0000

Making Ice Cream (Quamut)

Author: Quamut

Authoritative: Written by experts in their field so you have the most reliable information available.
Clear: Our explanations take you step-by-step through everything from performing CPR to threading a needle.
Concise: You’ll learn just what you need to know—no more, no less.
Precise: Quamut charts include detailed text, photos, and illustrations to show you exactly how to do just about anything.
Portable: Your know-how goes with you wherever your projects lead.

Churn, chill, enjoy.

Craving something cold and tasty? Break up with the ice cream man for good—homemade ice cream, gelato, sorbet, frozen yogurt, and other frozen desserts are fun to conjure up in your own kitchen. Get the scoop on:

Ice cream makers and the other tools and equipment you need
The best ingredients and mix-ins to use, from nuts to fruit to chocolate
Recipes for classic favorites—vanilla ice cream, raspberry sherbet, and more

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Pasta (Quamut)

Author: Quamut

Authoritative: Written by experts in their field so you have the most reliable information available.
Clear: Our explanations take you step-by-step through everything from performing CPR to threading a needle.
Concise: You’ll learn just what you need to know—no more, no less.
Precise: Quamut charts include detailed text, photos, and illustrations to show you exactly how to do just about anything.
Portable: Your know-how goes with you wherever your projects lead.

Pasta, explained.

Everything you need to know in order to buy and prepare perfect pasta every
time, including:

The history, different types, and nutritional value of pasta
A visual directory of the most popular types of pasta
Step-by-step instructions for making fresh fettucine from scratch

Postres bajos en calorias or Cooking with Trout

noreply@blogger.com (Food Books) — Sat, 07 Feb 2009 14:49:00 +0000

Postres bajos en calorias

Author: Ediciones Nort

For chefs and novices alike, this handy series makes cooking a delight and eating a pleasure. Featuring cuisines from around the world, each recipe is depicted with clear instructions and illustrated sequences. The versatility and use of everyday ingredients to enhance and enrich meals is explored in each book.

Si comer es un placer, cocinar puede ser un deleite con esta colección de recetas mundiales, está pensado para cocineros y para los novatos. Todas las recetas incluyen claras instrucciones que se completan con ilustraciones. Estos libros revelan la versatilidad de los ingredientes más cotidianos así como estos trucos que enriquecen la comida.

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Cooking with Trout

Author: Jane Bamforth

Trout is one of the world's best-loved fish. What's more, it is low in fat and high in protein, minerals and vitamins. Opening with a practical look at the freshwater and sea varieties of trout available, this book presents valuable advice on how to choose the best fish, how to store, prepare and cook it, and the kitchen equipment that will help you achieve perfect results.

In 60 Ways or Real Food Cookbook

noreply@blogger.com (Food Books) — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 11:06:00 +0000

In 60 Ways

Author: Marshall Cavendish Cuisin

Fix rice in 60 different ways with exciting & varied recipes from all over the world. Warm hearty meals such as Italian Braised Rice with Courgettes & Chinese Fish Soup with Rice, or tasty snacks like Rice Croquettes & Italian Stuffed Rice Balls (Suppli). Part of an exciting new cookbook series!

Real Food Cookbook: Buying and Using Ingredients from around the world

Author: Roz Denny

As we move toward the millenium most cooks are now emphasizing that it is not complexity and elaboration that make for great cuisine but quality of ingredients - sourcing the best produce at the right time of year, getting the best cut of meat and the freshest seafood, the finest oils, vinegars and spices. The difference between one variety of rice and another or one kind of olive oil and another can be making or breaking the dish. Also with the revolution in fusion cuisine and people's familiarity with foods and ingredients from around the world, supported by an increasingly broad range of our supermarkets, the modern everyday cook wants to know more about new ingredients and how to use them.
This title guides the reader through this area offering an A-Z of every staple ingredient you will find in the modern cook's pantry, where to buy, what to select and how to look after it and incorporate it into your cooking. And a guide to the many varieties of rice, chillies, flour, herbs, exotic and everyday vegatables, diary products, oils and vinegars, meat, fish, deli goods, Far Eastern condiments which together forms a valuable reference book for cooks. The book also offers recipes to get the reader started with new ingredients.

How to Do It or the Lively Art of Entertaining or Rose Reismans Permanent Weight Loss Solutions

noreply@blogger.com (Food Books) — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 07:24:00 +0000

How to Do It or the Lively Art of Entertaining

Author: Elsa Maxwell

Whether it's time for high camp or high tea, celebrated dishes or celebrity dish, Miss Maxwell delivers tips on entertaining that are entertainment enough in this classic, camp period piece, as relevant today to hosts and hostesses as it was when it was originally published in 1956. The ultimate book on entertaining, How to Do It dishes on what to do about bachelors as guests, not inviting the family, uncomfortable greetings, "inebriates," and countless other factors that could potentially prevent your party from being This Year's Important Affair.

Want to give a party? Darling, the cocktail party is so over. Miss Maxwell shares her secrets to livening up your soiree, from scavenger hunts to tea parties in the afternoon. The party bible for hostesses who can't stand another humdrum fete: How to Do It includes recipes (among others, dishes such as "Andalusian Gazpacho à la Joan Fontaine" and "Cole Porter's Cherry Compote"), advice (Steer clear of bores. Really.), and trouble-shooting potential disasters (your guest is dominating the conversation—you'll need to stop him now!). Don't even contemplate entertaining without Miss Maxwell's help.

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Rose Reisman's Permanent Weight Loss Solutions: Delicious and Healthy Recipes for Success

Author: Rose Reisman

For the journey toward healthier living.

Losing weight can be a constant and frustrating struggle. Rose Reisman's Permanent Weight Loss Solutions creates a blueprint for lifelong weight control that doesn't exclude any foods.

Rose Reisman outlines nine successful weight loss strategies -- each easy to follow and maintain -- that will guide you to healthy eating. Important features of the book include:

an examination of current fad diets

exposés of diet myths, and why quick fix plans cannot provide permanent weight loss

background medical information

interviews with people who practice Reisman's nine habits for healthy eating

a simple and effective two-week start-up plan for initiating healthy long-term weight loss.

More than 150 delicious recipes are included, from appetizers, soups, salads, and main courses to desserts, all incorporating Reisman's weight loss strategies. Each has a nutritional analysis, including calories, fat, protein and carbohydrates.

As a mother of four, Reisman is aware of the need for recipes that are family-focused in content and quantity. Recipes include:

Frittata with Crab, Red Pepper and Coriander

Carrot Apple Cinnamon Loaf

Mushroom and Sundried Tomato Bruschetta

Shrimp, Avocado and Feta Salad Cooking/Health

Red and White Caramelized Onion Soup with Melted Cheese

Boneless Chicken Breast with Roasted Bell Peppers and Two Tomatoes

Mocha Cream Cheesecake.

Kentucky Housewife or Mennonite Recipes from the Shenandoah Valley

noreply@blogger.com (Food Books) — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 03:42:00 +0000

Kentucky Housewife: Containing Nearly Thirteen Hundred Full Receipts

Author: Lettice Bryan

Originally published in 1839, this long-lost classic of Southern cooking includes more than 1,300 recipes, all cooked and seasoned in a hot climate. The foods and recipes featured in this kitchen classic are derived from American Indian, European, and African sources and reflect a merging of the three distinct cultures in the American South.

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Mennonite Recipes from the Shenandoah Valley

Author: Phyllis Pellman Good

Known for its piercing mountain ranges, its soft hilly pastures, and its Civil War secrets, Virginia's Shenandoah Valley is also home to thousands of Mennonites. Their foods are as lush and as whole as the land on which it is grown and prepared. Here are hundreds of those uncommonly tasty recipes, gathered from a comforting food tradition, rooted in the old South. Included are color photographs of the community and its people, and historic sketches of many of the Valley's small towns.

Perfect Pasta and Pizza or the Sourdough Bread Bowl Cookbook

noreply@blogger.com (Food Books) — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 00:00:00 +0000

Perfect Pasta and Pizza

Author: Carla Capalso

This book contains over 60 authentic Italian recipes for pizzas, breads, and pasta dishes, providing an irresistible collection for all lovers of Italian food.

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the Sourdough Bread Bowl Cookbook: For Parties, Holiday Celebrations, Family Gatherings, and Everyday Meals

Author: John Vrattos

For decades, tens of thousands of visitors to San Francisco's famed Fisherman's Wharf have enjoyed the sublime taste of crusty sourdough bread bowls filled with piping hot chowder. As the popularity of this culinary treat grew, so did the many creative uses of Sourdough Bread Bowls—from beautiful party centerpieces filled with luscious dips to chic edible settings for salads, appetizers, entrЋes, desserts, and so much more. To answer the question, "How do I get started?" gourmet chef John Vrattos and best-selling food writer Lisa Messinger have created an easy-to-follow, fun-to-use cookbook that provides all the answers.

John and Lisa first guide the reader through the process of carving out a bread bowl. Whether you're using sourdough or pumpernickel, and whether your loaf is out-of-the-oven fresh or store-bought, you'll learn the secret of making a bowl that is both beautiful and functional. From there, John and Lisa offer dozens and dozens of sumptuous kitchen-tested recipes, ranging from well-loved traditional dishes such as San Francisco's famed Clam Chowder to the innovative Warm 12-Layer Baja Shrimp Taco Dip. Included in each recipe chapter is a dish specially developed by one of San Francisco's top restaurant chefs. You'll enjoy the creations of Steven Scarabosio, executive chef of Fisherman's Wharf's legendary Scoma's; Jay Veregee of the prestigious Tadich Grill, San Francisco's oldest eatery; and many more talented individuals who have been inspired by Sourdough Bread Bowl cookery.

Whether you're hosting a Superbowl party, having the family over for dinner, or simply cooking up an intimate supper for two, make your event a little more special with The Sourdough Bread Bowl Cookbook.

About the Author:
John Vrattos is a gourmet cook who has been in the sourdough bread business for over twenty-five years, working for the world's top producers of sourdough breads. John is a recipient of the exclusive Antonin Careme culinary medal awarded by the San Francisco's Chef Association of the Pacific Coast. John and his family reside in San Francisco's Bay area.

Lisa Messenger is a popular syndicated cookbook columnist, longtime newspaper editor, and the best-selling author of four books on cooking and nutrition. Her writing has been honored for excellence by the Association of Food Journalists. Lisa and her husband live in the greater Los Angeles area.

Dinners with Famous Women or I Remember Mama

noreply@blogger.com (Food Books) — Sun, 01 Feb 2009 20:18:00 +0000

Dinners with Famous Women: From Cleopatra to Indira Gandhi

Author: Eugenia R Van Vliet

Culinary history made fun. Let each famous woman describe the food of her generation. Make a dinner with Cleopatra, Annie Oakley, and Mata Hari.

This is a culinary history cookbook with a different twist—women from different centuries tell you about the meals of their time. You are provided with a menu and recipes for a succulent dinner inspired by the women featured in each chapter. You can learn about a meal that Anne Boleyn enjoyed at Hampton Court with Henry VIII, eat a meal with Emily Dickinson, and celebrate Passover with Emma Goldman.

Dinners With Famous Women was written in the hopes that culinary history will become an exciting part of your cooking experience.

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I Remember Mama: A Collection of Recipes and Memories

Author: Elinor Geller

I Remember Mama is a collection of the recipes of three generations of "good eaters". It is about our family…brought together in the kitchen and around the holiday table. It is about tradition and celebrations…about abundance and love. It is about our past, our present and our optimism for the future. Most important of all, it is about the women who have shaped our palate and our lives. Their zest for living flavors every day and is why I Remember Mama.

1	Introduction	1
2	What are people eating?	4
3	The quality diet	15
4	Choosing food	24
5	Fats (and oils)	33
6	Carbohydrates	50
7	Proteins	69
8	Minerals and vitamins	82
9	The non-nutrients	105
10	Not just nutrients	127
11	Evaluating your diet	142
	Index	163

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After Work Cookbook or Country Cooking in Mendocino

After Work Cookbook

Country Cooking in Mendocino: Recipes from Mendocino County's Renowned Caterer Jeanette Stroh

Rhubarb or Superfeast

Rhubarb: More than Just Pies

Superfeast: Food and Juices for Health

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Beef (Quamut)

Practical Cook Book

Once Upon A Recipe or Managing Frozen Foods

Once Upon A Recipe: Favorite Recipes from Friends of the YMCA of Middle Tennessee

Managing Frozen Foods

Cooking on Wheels or Delicious Heart Healthy Meals in No Time

Cooking on Wheels: Trailer Folks Favorite Recipes

Delicious Heart Healthy Meals in No Time

Table of Contents:

Food or My Favorite Cookbook

Food: The Definitive Guide

Booknews

Table of Contents:

My Favorite Cookbook: A Collection of Recipes

Ensaladas y Alinos or Claytons Quaker Cook Book

Ensaladas y Alinos: Recetas Contemporaneas, Deliciosas Y Atractivas

Clayton's Quaker Cook-Book

The Wine Wars or Chocolate Companion

The Wine Wars: The Mondavi Affair, Globalization and Terror

Table of Contents:

Chocolate Companion

Food Canning Technology or Charlemagnes Tablecloth

Food Canning Technology

Booknews

Charlemagne's Tablecloth: A Piquant History of Feasting

Publishers Weekly

Library Journal

Kirkus Reviews

The Singular Beast or Coffee

The Singular Beast: Jews, Christians, and the Pig (European Perspectives: A Series in Social Thought and Cultural Criticism)

New Republic

Times Literary Supplement

David Gordon White

New York Times

Janet Liebman Jacobs

Booknews

Table of Contents:

Coffee: A Dark History

The Washington Post - Jonathan Yardley

Publishers Weekly

Library Journal

Cooked to Perfection or Wolf in Chefs Clothing

Cooked to Perfection

Wolf in Chef's Clothing: The Picture Cook and Drink Book for Men

Internet Book Watch

Mastering Wine or Carving and Serving

Mastering Wine: A Learner's Manual

Edward Guiliano

Carving and Serving

High Plains or Mrs Hills New Cook Book

High Plains: The Joy of Alberta Cuisine

Mrs. Hill's New Cook Book, Vol. 1

Nutrition and Food Services for Integrated Health Care or The Livebait Cookbook

Nutrition and Food Services for Integrated Health Care: A Handbook for Leaders

Marilyn R. Lawler

Doody Review Services

Booknews

Rating

The Livebait Cookbook: Rambunctious Seafood Cooking

Great Chefs of Virginia Cookbook or Chocolate Strawberry and Vanilla

Great Chefs of Virginia Cookbook

Chocolate, Strawberry, and Vanilla: A History of American Ice Cream

Booknews

Robert Rose Book of Classic Pasta or Fabulous Cookies

Robert Rose Book of Classic Pasta

Fabulous Cookies: Classic Recipes for Delicious Home Baking

Anti Ageing Cookbook or Seventy Five Recipes for Pastry Cakes and Sweetmeats

Anti-Ageing Cookbook: With over 70 Recipes

Seventy-Five Recipes, for Pastry, Cakes, and Sweetmeats

Betty Crocker Baking for Today or Introducing Chinese Casserole Cookery

Betty Crocker Baking for Today: Always in Style, Always Gold Medal