Sunday, December 21, 2008

Simple French Food or Bread Machines For Dummies

Simple French Food

Author: James Beard

Simple French Food
"For twenty years Richard Olney's Simple French Food has been one of my greatest sources of inspiration for cooking at Chez Panisse." —Alice Waters

"I know this book almost by heart. It is a classic of honest French cooking and good writing. Buy it, read it, eat it." —Lydie Marshall

"I need this new edition badly because Simple French Food is the most dog-eared, falling-apart book in my library. Here it is newly bound to enrich one's life." —Kermit Lynch, author of Adventures on the Wine Route

"Simple French Food has the most marvelous French food to appear in print since Elisabeth David's French Provincial Cooking.... The book's greatest virtue is that the author...really teaches you to cook French in a way I've never seen before. Here you acquire the methods, the tour de main, the tricks that are the heart and essence of French food, unforgettable once acquired in this book because of their logical, well-explained presentation." —Nika Hazelton, The New York Times

"I am unable to find an ad equate adjective to express my enthusiasm.... I find Simple French Food marvelous. I have never read a book on French cuisine that has so excited and absorbed me." —Simone Beck



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Bread Machines For Dummies

Author: Glenna Vanc

The easy way to create tasty homemade bread. It's easy to enjoy the pleasure of freshly baked bread-every day if you want-with just the touch of a button. With this friendly guide to bread machine baking, Glenna Vance and Tom Lacalamita detail the special features of various machines and share foolproof techniques for making delicious bread. Inside this fun and easy guide are 75 multiple-machine-tested recipes for a wide variety of breads beyond white, including whole wheat, sourdough nut breads, holiday breads-even gluten-free breads.

About the Authors:

Glenna Vance (Franklin, Wisconsin) works at Red Star Yeast developing and implementing consumer assistance programs. She is also a food writer, cooking instructor, and recipe developer.

Tom Lacalamita (New York, New York) is the author of five cookbooks based on appliance cookery. Vice President of the Bread Machine Industry Association, he has been featured on Good Morning America, CNBC, and NPR.



Table of Contents:
Recipes at a Glance.

Introduction.

PART I: HOMEMADE BREAD FROM THE BREAD MACHINE.

Chapter 1. Why an Automatic Bread Machine?

Chapter 2. Breads for a Healthy Diet.

PART II: GETTING THE BEST RESULTS FROM YOUR BREAD MACHINE.

Chapter 3. Flours for Breads.

Chapter 4. The Miracle of Yeast.

Chapter 5. Liquids: The Ingredients That Make It All Come Together.

Chapter 6. Sugar 'n' Spice and All Things Nice.

Chapter 7. Measuring 101.

Chapter 8. Working with Dough.

Chapter 9. The Rest of the Story.

PART III: BREAD AUTOMATICALLY WITH THE PUSH OF A BUTTON.

Chapter 10. Basic Breads.

Chapter 11. Hearty and Whole-Grain Breads.

Chapter 12. Super Fast Cycles.

Chapter 13. Celebrate the Seasons.

Chapter 14. Breads Extraordinaire.

Chapter 15. Bread Bowls, Bread Sticks, Pizzas, and Other Special Treats.

Chapter 16. Quick Breads.

chapter 17. Betty's Quick Breads.

Chapter 18. Breads for Alternative Diets.

PART IV: THE PART OF TENS.

Chapter 19. Ten Tips for Troubleshooting a Bread Machine.

Chapter 20. Ten Ways to Solve Bread Problems.

Index.

Book Registration Information.

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