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As they have pursued their passions for travel and exploring culture through food, Jeffrey Alford and Naomi Duguid have found an internationally shared and nourishing element of culture and cuisine: flatbreads, humankind's simplest, oldest, and most remarkably varied form of bread. In their James Beard Award-winning cookbook Flatbreads and Flavors Alford and Duguid share more than sixty recipes for flatbreads of every origin and description: tortillas from Mexico, pita from the Middle East, naan from Afghanistan, chapatti from India, pizza from Italy, and French fougasse. In addition, they provide 150 recipes for traditional accompaniments to the flatbreads, from chutneys and curries, salsas and stews, to such delectable pairings as Chinese Spicy Cumin Kebabs wrapped in Uighur nan or Lentils with Garlic, Onion, and Tomato spooned onto chapatti. Redolent with the tastes and aromas of the world's hearths, Flatbreads and Flavors maps a course through cultures old and intriguing, and, with clear and patient recipes, makes accessible to the novice and experienced baker alike the simple and satisfying bread baker's art.

How To Bake is as necessary and essential as a good oven; it is the most comprehensive and accessible guide to baking available in English. In a single, illustrated volume, Nick Malgieri, one of America's preeminent bakers and baking teachers, leads cooks through the simple art of creating an international assortment of delicious sweet and savory baked goods. Here are the best recipes for breads, including such quick ones as Buttermilk Corn Bread, Irish Soda Bread, Classic Southern Biscuits, and Currant Tea Scones, as well as such delicious yeast-risen breads as Italian Bread Rings, Swiss Rye Bread, Challah, and English Muffins. Malgieri also offers recipes for savory treats like Old-Fashioned Chicken Pie, Pepper and Onion Frittata Tart, Cheese Quiche, and Rosemary Focaccia; and for sweet pastries ranging from puff pastries--Apple Turnovers, Banana Feuilletés with Caramel Sauce, Brioches, Strawberry Savarin, and Croissants--to pies and tarts, cobblers, and cookies of every stripe--drop, bar, rolled, and filled; brownies, macaroons, and rugelach. Cakes, too, are here, from layered to rolled, from angel to devil's food. The recipes in How to Bake are clear and methodical. Master recipes explain all the steps to making a classic dish. They are frequently followed by creative variations so that the baker's palate and skills will always be accommodated and challenged. Start out with a simple spice cake, for example, and transform it, under Malgieri's reassuring guidance, into a lavishly decorated celebration cake. In addition to an exhaustive and tempting selection of recipes, Malgieri offers clear, detailed instructions, interweaving techniques and helpful sidebars: how to make a pastry bag out of parchment paper; what baking pans to buy; mastering pie and cake toppings; learning to decorate a cake so it looks as if it came from the bakery; and scores of other helpful tips. All this is punctuated with precise explanatory illustrations and thirty-two pages of luscious color photographs to inspire and guide the baker. How to Bake is a one-volume "bible" for bakers.

From the well-known proprietor of La Varenne Cooking School comes a repertoire of delicious recipes for people who want to eat well, but have little time to spend in the kitchen. None of these 100 recipes takes longer than 15 minutes to prepare. Includes microwave tips and color photos.

Unearthing the secrets of 26 great cooks from across the country, Julia Child translates them for the home cook and provides 150 splendid recipes which take full advantage of the exciting new flavors of American cooking today. A companion to the popular PBS series. 110 color photos.

Portobello, Cremini, Shiitake, and Enoki mushrooms--and even morels and chanterelles--are commonly showing up in supermarkets and specialty stores these days. Advances in mushroom cultivation have made varieties that were once available only to experienced mushroom hunters now easy for all to find, and a number of mail-order sources provide more exotic kinds. But what should a cook do with all these mushroom varieties? How do you bring out their most distinctive characteristics in the kitchen? In "A Cook's Book of Mushrooms, " Jack Czarnecki, chief proprietor of Joe's Restaurant in Reading, Pennsylvania, provides the answers. Czarnecki gives an account of his life-long fascination with mushrooms--hunting them, cooking them, and eating them. He describes the characteristics of the principle edible mushrooms and provides 100 tasty recipes for both the widely available "wild" mushrooms as well as the more exotic varieties. Seven chapters cover the major mushroom families--Buttons and Saucers: The Genus "Agaricus;" Aristocrats of the Forest: Morels and Truffles; The King and Lesser Nobility: Cepes and Their Cousins; Flowers or Fungus?: Chanterelles; Mushrooms from Wood; From the East; and The Best of the Rest. The recipes include appetizers, main courses, salads, and even breakfast dishes that use mushrooms in starring and supporting roles, such as Morels with Ruffled Pasta, Wild Mushroom and Onion Soup, Barbecued Oysters and Shiitake Mushrooms, and Salmon with Chanterelles and Red Pepper Puree. The author--whose knowledge of wine rivals his knowledge of mushrooms--includes wine or beer suggestions for most dishes.

Jim Fobel's Big Flavors is the big (more than 500 recipes and variations), exuberant result of award-winning author Jim Fobel's lifelong search for flavors that are bold, complex, aromatic, assertive, and always tantalizing. Every recipe is clearly presented and simple for the novice cook, and sidebars convey lots of information about buying, storing, and using all the essential big flavor ingredients.

Remarkably reinterpreted soups, luscious pastas, hearty stews and comforting desserts have been trimmed of richness and fat, but not of vibrant flavor. Lighter Quicker Better delivers a delicious repertoire of recipes that are lighter in fat, quicker to prepare, and better tasting than readers ever thought possible.

Susanna Foo has been consistently acclaimed for her stunning interpretations of Chinese food and hailed as one of America’s best chefs by publications as diverse as Esquire, Food & Wine, and USA Today. In this book, she shares the revolutionary recipes that established her reputation, from Crab Sui Mei with Red Bell Pepper Sauce to Soy-Braised Cornish Hens. Each one relies on straightforward preparation and easily available ingredients, illustrating Foo’s belief that good Chinese food is every bit as easy to prepare as Italian food and relies on the same principles of simplicity and freshness.

Gathers recipes for salsas, tacos, tortillas, rice, beans, soups, stews, seafood, game, and desserts.

Almost all cultures treasure chicken soup as a truly source of fragrant comfort and homey warmth. This wonderful cookbook presents over 100 delectable international recipes gathered during famed restaurant critic Mimi Sheraton's years of travel and conversations with chefs. Grouped geographically, the dishes range from the classic golden Jewish Soup of Eastern Europe to Arabian Red Lentil Soup with Chicken; from hearty New England Chicken and Corn Chowder to fiery Caribbean Pepper Pot Soup, and Italian Green Minestrone with Chicken and Pesto. In addition to the delicious recipes, the author offers: -- Instructions for making dumplings, wontons, noodles, and other appetizing garnishes -- Charming anecdotes from such personalities as Ed Koch, Geoffrey Beene, and Paul Newman's daughter, Nell -- Handy tips on cooking basics and more.

The 1996 James Beard Award winner for Best Vegetarian Cookbook is an intoxicating collection of flavorful meals, featuring ingredients from a variety of ethnic cuisines. Containing a complete nutritional analysis of each recipe, this book offers an exciting introduction to the world's healthiest foods. Full-color photos.

The second edition of the most extensive book of California wine reviews ever published. Wine Spectator's California Wine is a definitive guide featuring descriptions and ratings for 5,000 individual California wines -- from widely available bargains to collectible rarities. Includes new tasting notes and in-depth profiles for more than 700 California wineries, along with starred ratings and details on history, vineyards, and specialties. Written by noted California wine expert and Wine Spectator senior editor James Laube.

Dornenburg and 60 leading chefs take you on a trip - to first jobs, mentors,successes and setbacks. Includes what you need to know about education in formal cooking schools and apprenticeships- also options for chefs both in and out of the kitchen.