Natural Gourmet or Saving Dinner for the Holidays

Natural Gourmet

Author: Annemarie Colbin

Annemarie Colbin learned early of the important relationship between food and health: having grown up in a vegetarian household, she spent many years integrating Eastern eating philosophies with Western habits, studying the works of everyone from J.I. Rodale and George Ohsawa to Julia Child and James Beard. With The Natural Gourmet, Colbin takes her ideas about healthful eating a step further with meals that nourish body and soul, and that are elegant enough to serve to company.

The recipes included in The Natural Gourmet are the result of a collaborative effort by Colbin and ten students from her Natural Gourmet Cookery School in Manhattan. Each recipe is classified according to the Chinese Theory of the Five Phases, making it easy to combine the various courses to create a balanced, harmonious meal. Among the delicious dishes you'll find are:
— Curried Apple-Squash Bisque
— Mushrooms Stuffed with Garlic and Rosemary
— San Franciscan Pizza
— Lissa's Homemade Black Pepper Pasta with Scallion-Butter Sauce
— Stuffed Cabbage Rolls
— Jalapeno Corn Bread
— Japanese Red Bean Soup
— Lentil Croquettes
— Potato-Cabbage Casserole with Dill
— Black Bean Salad with Corn and Red Pepper
— Pasta Salad with Zucchini and Chick-peas
— Poached Salmon Fillets with Mock Hollandaise
— Almond Flan with Raspberry Sauce
— Ginger Lace Cookies
— Orange Loaf with Walnuts
— and many more

All the recipes are in keeping with Colbin's belief that food should be whole, fresh, local, and seasonal — and, of course, delicious. Much more than simply a cookbook, The NaturalGourmet presents a combination of food preparation and philosophy that come together in a plan for healthful and graceful living.

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Saving Dinner for the Holidays: Menus, Recipes, Shopping Lists, and Timelines for Spectacular, Stress-Free Holidays and Family Celebrations

Author: Leanne Ely

Don't Just Celebrate -- Relax!

We all know that holidays are meant to be fun. But for the cook planning the feast, the holidays can inspire dread. Feeding the family on a daily basis is hard enough. Making the meal both special and delicious can raise the bar out of sight.

In Saving Dinner for the Holidays bona fide Dinner Diva Leanne Ely will show you that festive meals can be as easy and relaxing as they are tasty. She plans the menus, provides comprehensive, itemized shopping lists that are organized by supermarket section, includes heirloom recipes, and even includes the all-important timeline so that your party goes off without a hitch. She also gives you a big helping hand in the kitchen and offers tips on how to make your table sparkle with warmth and beauty.

There's a Valentine's Day Chocolate Feast not to be missed, a Mother's Day dinner that can actually be prepared by Dad and the kids, a Fourth of July picnic that lights up the palate, and many other red-letter feasts. There are even recipes that help turn leftovers into delectable dishes.