Monday, January 12, 2009

Short and Sweet or Cooks Companion

Short and Sweet: Sophisticated Desserts in 30 Minutes or Less

Author: Melanie Barnard

Short & Sweet is all about instant gratification. Using ordinary ingredients (seven ingredients or less) and radically streamlined techniques, James Beard Award–winner Melanie Barnard shows how to make elegant desserts in less than thirty minutes. From fruit desserts to mousses and puddings, to cakes and cookies, to frozen desserts, and even to candies for gift giving, all your favorites are here: Baked Fudge Cake, Strawberry Cream Shortcakes, Chocolate Thin Mint Triangles, Country Apple Tart, Scotch Butterscotch Sauce, Broiled Peach Crunch, plus 150 more.



Book about: Heal Your Heart or Thirsty Work

Cook's Companion

Author: Jo Swinnerton

Whether your tastes run to foie gras or french fries, this tasty compilation of the wise, the weird, and the faintly absurd will soon have you asking for more. An essential ingredient in any kitchen, The Cook’s Companion is stuffed with food facts, fiction, science, history, and trivia. With a measure of browsing, you will learn who invented the tin can, what an arachibutyrophobiac might be afraid of, why cannibals consider the French to be more delicious than Spaniards, what to do when your soufflé won’t rise, and why rhubarb can be dangerous. It is a well-stocked refrigerator for the mind, ready for leisurely feasting or a quick midnight snack.



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