Quick and Easy Ayurvedic Cookbook or Out of the Kitchen

Quick and Easy Ayurvedic Cookbook

Author: Eileen Keavy Smith

Ayurveda is an ancient Indian system of health and healing based in the principle that each human being is unique, and has a distinct individual constitution, genetic inheritance, and predisposition to certain ailments. This is the first Ayurvedic Cooking book that allows you to easily implement Ayurvedic principles in your cooking and improve your health without devoting long hours of study to the subject or breaking your budget. Learn how to cure insomnia and indigestion, even out mood swings, and much more, just by making food choices based on your Ayurvedic constitution. The recipes include familiar favorites - such as baked apples, chicken burgers, and potato salad - making it a practical, easy-to-use addition to your kitchen and home.

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Out of the Kitchen: Adventures of a Food Writer

Author: Jeannette Ferrary

In Out of the Kitchen, food writer Jeannette Ferrary recounts her journey of transition from a young girl ambivalent about food ("women's work") to a career woman immersed in cuisine. Here are the memories, told with humor and warmth, of a childhood in Brooklyn, where her favorite haunts were the candy store and her grandmother's kitchen. Here are the changes she went through as she grew and dealt with feminism, career, marriage, divorce, and childraising. At every step of the way, food played a defining role in her life. Out of the Kitchen contains portraits of America's most famous food-world celebrities--Julia Child, Alice Waters, Craig Claiborne, Jacques Pepin, Marcella Hazan, and Robert Mondavi, to name a few. It also has two dozen recipes, from Tea for Two for a five-year-old to Gazpacho Andaluz to Apple Pie for Joseph Heller.

Library Journal

Though to read her recounting, you might just believe that Ferrary accidentally stumbled into food writing and acquaintance with such culinary greats as M.F.K. Fisher, Craig Claiborne, Julia Child, and Alice Waters, her deft touch proves that this was no mere coincidence. Enthusiastically and frankly written, yet with a knowing wink and wry smile, this memoir is delightfully executed, presenting course by course the recollections of a onetime precocious child, "home maker of tomorrow," faculty wife, poet, entrepreneur, activist, and gourmand-as well as the accomplished author of numerous articles appearing in such publications as the New York Times, six cookbooks with Louise Fizer (e.g., Sweet Onions and Sour Cherries), and the memoir M.F.K. Fisher and Me. Recipes follow many of the vignettes, the pairs by turns humorous ("Pummeled Bread") and delicious ("Risotto Californien"). Suitable for all public libraries.-Courtney Greene, DePaul Univ. Lib., Chicago Copyright 2004 Reed Business Information.

Kirkus Reviews

The author of M.F.K. Fisher and Me (1991) traces her life from its Brooklyn beginnings, when she couldn't cook and couldn't care less, to writing for the New York Times food section and rubbing shoulders with culinary heroes Julia Child and Alice Waters. Ferrary wasn't always fond of food. Growing up in the 1950s, she watched her mother slave over bland, no-frills Irish meals and, later, Swanson's frozen TV dinners, fearing that "some day, if I wasn't careful, I'd have to do the same damn thing." Her Grandma DeeTee's cooked calamari frightened her. As a newlywed, she relied on Peg Bracken's I Hate to Cook Book for inspiration and, on Thanksgiving, when it came time to roast the turkey and she saw that her oven had only two settings (Broil and Bake), she panicked and phoned Information for advice. (The operator dismissed her as a crank call.) It was only later, when Ferrary went to Guadalajara to study Spanish and was entranced by the fruit, fish, and meat at the local market, that food began to intrigue her. Cooking classes with culinary icon Simone Beck in France led to her first freelance assignment for the San Francisco Examiner's food pages. After reading Ferrary's impassioned review of The Chez Panisse Menu Cookbook, Alice Waters invited her to the landmark Berkeley restaurant and then to a birthday party for longtime New York Times food editor Craig Claiborne, where she found herself hobnobbing in stunned awe with food celebrities like Diana Kennedy, Penelope Casas, and Paul Prudhomme. The author shows great comic timing; her subtle, skillful, yet straightforward prose is funny when you least expect it. Her story about an event with Julia Child-who chastised her for the way she wasmincing garlic by intoning, "Jeannette? What are you doing?"-is only one of many hilarious moments. Inspiring fun for foodies.

Table of Contents:

	Introduction : the turkey
I	Once upon a time, in Brooklyn
II	Betty Crocker homemaker of tomorrow?
III	Higher education
IV	Getting the message
	Epilogue : the Times

Illustrated History of the Herbals or Sparks in the Kitchen

Illustrated History of the Herbals

Author: Frank J Anderson

This book is a fascinating and beautifully illustrated history of herbal texts throughout the world from ancient cultures through the seventeenth century.

A "herbal" by definition is a book that is descriptive of plants and the term did not come into use until the sixteenth century. The production of herbals is closely connected to the history of early printing and offers the finest examples of this art and craft. However, the earliest records of ancient Egypt, Sumer and China all reflect a tradition of works of botanicals and their medicinal properties long before printing. The author's survey begins with a work called "De materia medica" written in the first century which is still extant and as the final authority on pharmacy for 1500 years is the most important herbal ever written.

The study of herbals offers a rich history of the culture and beliefs from the folklore and science of medieval and classical worlds.

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Sparks in the Kitchen

Author: Katy Sparks

From Katy Sparks, who dazzled a devoted clientele at her restaurant Quilty’s in New York City, here is a wonderfully creative collection of recipes and culinary wisdom. It is a book for people who love to cook, enabling you to put to work in your own kitchen the secrets and inspirations a gifted chef can offer, particularly one who now cooks at home for her own family.

From snacks, small plates, and cocktails to relishes and desserts, Sparks makes it clear that good ingredients are all-important. So she offers guidelines on what to buy seasonally, how best to judge freshness, and how to store foods effectively. She loves to combine flavors in unexpected ways, utilizing a wide range of spices and coaxing the essence from fresh herbs and zests.

Whether she is detailing a dramatic dish to start off a special dinner, such as her Oysters in Gewürztraminer Cream (crowned with a nest of crispy fried leeks) or the playful Middle Eastern–inspired creation Spiced Lamb Meatballs in Eggplant “Leaves,” or a simple, satisfying family meal like Grilled Chicken in Marjoram Marinade or Pork Chops Smothered in Lentils, she encourages the home cook to be creative. As she guides you through a recipe, you will learn invaluable lessons: what makes a good soup, ways to keep meat tender and juicy, foolproof methods of grilling a whole fish and roasting a chicken, keys to successful deep-frying. And sidebars like “Leftover Alert” and “Weighing Your Options” encourage you to improvise with leftovers, experiment with interesting substitutes, and create delicious accompaniments.

A pat of one of her compound butters, a splash of herhomemade flavored vinegar, or a dollop of her Papaya-Ginger Salsa or Onion-Sage Confit might contribute to the sparkle that makes each finished dish so delicious. Try her Sesame-Roasted Green Beans, Coconut-Simmered Fingerling Potatoes, or Beet Pickled Eggs dipped in Spice-Seasoned Salt for revelations in flavor.

And, if there’s still room, a Sparks dessert is not to be missed. Three different pots de crème, chocolate bread pudding, apple tarts, raspberry tarts, maple tuile cookies, and Mohr im Hemd (individual souffléd cakes drenched in dark chocolate) are among the family favorites gathered here.

Above all, Katy Sparks shares the fun and drama of cooking, interweaving stories from her childhood on a Vermont farm and her odyssey from college dropout to star chef. The kitchen is where she feels most happily at home, and with this book to inspire you, so will you.

Publishers Weekly

Sparks's food looks comfortably rustic, corresponding to her childhood on a Vermont farm, occasional visits to Germany and a move to New York, where she opened Quilty's, a SoHo restaurant that felt like a country inn (it closed after 9/11). The chef's hallmark is combining flavors and textures in unexpected ways; hence, there's papaya in her Gazpacho, ground star anise and coriander in a Seasonal Country Salad, and chilled cucumbers against hot scallops in Seared Sea Scallops on a Cool Cucumber, Sesame, and Dill Sauce. Sparks is no fusspot, advising readers "have fun and don't sweat the details." For example, in the recipe for Simple Roast Chicken, she notes, "Chicken is a perfect vehicle for experimentation," so try stuffing the bird with a half a lemon, a sprig of herbs, a few mushroom stems-anything that'll release flavor and aroma. Most of the 160 dishes featured can go fancy or casual; a perfect example is Smoked Trout Tartare with Cucumber, Feta, and Dill, which can be "dressed down with a beer or gussied up with a glass of sparking wine." Sparks's family features prominently in the essays and recipe introductions, adding to the homey, casual feel of this handsome volume. Photos. (Jan. 6) Copyright 2005 Reed Business Information.

Library Journal

Sparks has cooked at a number of well-known New York City restaurants and was chef at Quilty's in Soho for five years, where she gained a loyal following; she is now culinary director of Balducci's gourmet retail markets. In this very personal cookbook, she presents the food she likes to cook at home for family and friends, recipes that do not require a brigade of sous-chefs but that do reflect her perspective and experience as a chef; among these recipes are Roasted Black Mussels with Almond-Garlic-Thyme Butter, Kabocha Squash Soup with Lemongrass and Ginger, and Venison with Fox Grape Poivrade. Her recipe instructions are very reader-friendly, and she provides a lot of information in an unintimidating way. Her cookbook will appeal to ambitious home cooks and, of course, fans of her restaurants. For area libraries and other larger collections. Copyright 2005 Reed Business Information.

Matters of Taste or Great Old Fashioned American Desserts

Matters of Taste: Food and Drink in Seventeenth-Century Dutch Art and Life

Author: Donna R Barnes

"Donna R. Barnes and Peter G. Rose provide a narrative to accompany this collection of Dutch art as it relates to images of food and drink. The sixty paintings presented in this volume are discussed individually from both an art history and a culinary history perspective, including authentic period recipes. An accompanying cookbook adapts these recipes for the modern kitchen." Drawn exclusively from American museums, art galleries, and private collections, the works of art portray still lifes, Dutch tavern and market scenes, and festive occasions by forty-five Dutch artists such as well-known painters Jan Steen, Adriaen van Ostade, and Pieter Claesz, and their less famous contemporaries such as Quiringh Gerritsz. van Brekelenkam and Harmen van Steenwijck.

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Great Old-Fashioned American Desserts

Author: Beatrice A Ojakangas

Desserts have always been a fixture at the American table, inspiring pleasant lingering over a cup of coffee and just one more scrumptious bite. From colonial specialties to old-time country favorites, this book presents a complete collection of more than two hundred mouthwatering delights.Cooking expert Beatrice Ojakangas has researched original sources from across the country to recapture the delicious tastes of Lemon Icebox Cake, Applesauce Crisp, and Rhubarb-Strawberry Pie. Along with each recipe, Ojakangas shares fascinating stories and little-known facts about the history of the dessert. The recipes have been tested and updated for easy preparation with today's ingredients and techniques, and this book also offers practical advice on buying fresh fruits and cooking pudding. From Yankee Apple Snow to Creole Sweet Potato Pie, Great Old-Fashioned American Desserts provides an enticing tour of the desserts of America's rich food heritage. Beatrice Ojakangas is the author of more than twenty cookbooks, including The Great Scandinavian Baking Book (1999), The Great Holiday Baking Book (2001), Scandinavian Cooking (2003), Quick Breads (2003), Pot Pies (2003), and Scandinavian Cooking (2003)-all available in paperback from the University of Minnesota Press.

Publishers Weekly

Cooking teacher and author (Gourmet Cooking for Two, etc.t Ojakangas offers a diversity of desserts that span the various periods and regions of American cooking. Some dishes are accompanied by chatty notes, explaining, for example, that waffles were introduced by the Dutch in the 1800s. But these are mere embellishments, and the business side of this book is the generous assortment of enticing, lucid recipes meant to be used by modern-day bakers. Creole sweet-potato and old Arkansas vinegar pies are examples of ``America's favorite dessert.'' The chocolate Kentucky bourbon-pecan cake and ``Lazy-Daisy'' cake (first baked, then topped with a brown sugar-and-butter topping) are among the more unusual cake contributions. Pastry and dough-based items include cream puffs and New Orleans beignets, while cooked fruit comes to the fore in baked pears with mint cream, plum duff and fresh berry tumble. Puddings and ice creams round out a collection that will nudge dessert lovers into the kitchen to recapture old favorites and discover new ones. (June 29)

From Warehouse to Your House or Slow Cooker Cookbook

From Warehouse to Your House: More Than 250 Simple, Spectacular Recipes to Cook, Store, and Share When You Buy in Quantity

Author: Sally Sampson

Warehouse club shopping is thrilling. Walking down aisle after fluorescent-lit aisle of impossible-to-pass-up bargains, you fill your cart and tally the money you're going to save. Unloading the boxes and jugs, however, it becomes obvious that, while the way you shop for food may have changed, the scale of your refrigerator (and your stomach!) has not.

So what do you do with the sixteen chicken breasts, the five pounds of oatmeal and the gallon of olive oil that you couldn't afford not to buy? You turn to From Warehouse to Your House: More Than 250 Simple, Spectacular Recipes to Cook, Store and Share When You Buy in Quantity by Sally Sampson, veteran cookbook author, working mom and accomplished warehouse shopper.

Utilizing the fresh and packaged products available at the warehouse clubs and superstores, Sampson's flavorful recipes are simple enough for a weeknight dinner and special enough for entertaining and, if you're cooking for a couple or a small family, portioned so you can eat some, store some and even share some.

Those boneless chicken breasts turn into New-Fangled Classic Chicken Noodle Soup, Curried Chicken Salad for lunch and Moroccan Chicken for the freezer. Three pounds of butter becomes Chipotle Butter to dress up a grilled steak or chicken breast, Cinnamon Butter for your morning toast and Chocolate Chip Cookies: a batch baked right away, a batch of dough for the fridge and a batch for the freezer. And that big box of oatmeal? When you're tired of hot cereal (maybe with some of the Cinnamon Butter?), try the Fruit Crisp or Oatmeal Lace Cookies. From breakfast coffee cakes to soups, appetizers, salads and dressings, sandwiches and entrÉes,Sampson gives the home cook who buys big a wide variety of classic American recipes, as well as international dishes like Mexican Chicken Fajitas, Asian Ribs, Italian pastas and Jamaican Jerk Chicken.

Sampson includes an essential pantry list, and amusing and informative tips and techniques that will help you make the most of your time, your money and your groceries, whether you're cooking for a small family or a small army.

Publishers Weekly

Anyone who's shopped at a price club has wondered: what am I going to do with all of this? The lure of the deal often results in the lament of the overstuffed pantry, but Sampson's got solutions. She provides commonsense advice and easy-to-prepare recipes for interesting, flavorful meals. Tips for storing and freezing food ensure easier entertaining or quick family meals on nights when nobody feels like cooking-just defrost and serve. She notes that, in facing down large quantities of food, she "was becoming more and more creative" in the kitchen. Recipes for salad dressings, breakfast butters and various sauces will add kick to meats and vegetables; creative entrees include Lemon-Tarragon Chicken Salad, Chili-Coated Pork Chops, plus variations on steaks, turkey burgers and fish dishes. Desserts range from Citrus Shortbread to classics like Rice Pudding and Baked Apples. The author's humorous asides, pithy food-centric quotes and anecdotes about her family and friends add warmth to an already friendly volume. (Dec.) Copyright 2006 Reed Business Information.

Library Journal

Although this book's title might lead readers to expect recipes that make a large number of portions or that can be prepared ahead and refrigerated or frozen for later meals, there is, in fact, very little about quantity cooking here. Sampson (The $50 Dinner Party) does provide a two-page introduction on her experiences at price clubs and warehouse stores, followed by a short list of rules on freezing food, along with lists of essential ingredients and equipment. Although her recipes are certainly appealing and most are quick, several make only four servings, and many of them must be served as soon as they are made; some of the soups make large quantities, but few of them can be frozen. Sampson does indicate which dishes can be refrigerated overnight or frozen, but she only occasionally refers to preparing multiple batches. Buy this for the recipes, not for the limited information on shopping and cooking in quantity. Copyright 2006 Reed Business Information.

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Slow Cooker Cookbook

Author: Catherine Atkinson

The collection brings together over 150 recipes that are cooked in a slow cooker over a gentle heat to deepen and enrich the flavors.

The Dont Sweat Guide to Entertaining or 101 Money Saving Meals

The Don't Sweat Guide to Entertaining (The Don't Sweat Guides Series)

Author: Editors of Dont Sweat Press

Foreword by Richard Carlson, Ph.D.

A new Don't Sweat guidebook, based on the bestselling Don't Sweat series by Richard Carlson, Ph.D.

Entertaining friends should be fun. However, the preparation is often stressful. With the help of this entertaining guide, readers will focus on enjoying their friends instead of being overwhelmed by details.

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101 Money-Saving Meals

Author: Good Homes Magazin

Fun food for families, couples, singles and parties!

Each book contains recipes for 101 tasty and imaginative dishes. For eating well without breaking the bank, try Money Saving Meals. If you like good food, but want to stay healthy, try 101 Low-Fat Feasts. Or for family meals in a flash, try Simple Suppers. Each of these volumes is divided into Soups and Salads; Snacks; Pasta, Rice and Noodles; Meat; One-pot Dishes; Fish and Desserts, you're guaranteed to find a delicious recipe for every occasion. The fourth, Vegetarian Dishes, where you'll find exciting vegetarian inspiration, is divided into Soups and Salads, Light Lunches, Pasta, Main Courses, Food for Friends and Desserts. The 101 recipes in each volume are all short and simple with easy-to-follow steps, using readily available ingredients and are accompanied by a full-color photograph of the finished dish. Whether you choose Sausage and Potato Bake, Pork and Tarragon Meatloaf or Canadian Pecan Tart, every recipe has been tried and tested by the Good Food team to ensure fantastic results, every time you cook. Now you can find everything you need in one book, and a book small enough to put in your purse or pocket when shopping, so there's no need to write out any more shopping lists. In fact with the titles in this series, you can find ideas for every culinary occasion! The recipes in these are quick, easy, affordable and delicious-as well as being a fantastic value!

Table of Contents:

	Introduction	6
	Salads, Snacks & Light Meals	10
	Pasta & Noodles	56
	Meat	88
	Fish	128
	One-pot Dishes	150
	Desserts	186
	Index	212