Monday, November 30, 2009

At the South East Asian Table or Rush Hour Recipes

At the South-East Asian Table (Images of Asia Series)

Author: Alice Yen Ho

Food as a daily meal or as a religious offering is fundamental to the cultures of South-East Asia. This new volume in the popular Images of Asia series explores the multifaceted aspects of food in South-East Asia. Beginning with a historical and sociological survey of South-East Asian food and eating habits, it goes on to discuss the ingredients and spices used in the region, the character of the food markets, the changing styles of the kitchens, and the different styles of cooking and eating that have evolved over the years. A final chapter examines common South-East Asian sayings based on the food and culinary habits of the region.



Go to: How to Make Simple and Safe Home Herbal Remedies or Encylopedia of Hair Removal

Rush-Hour Recipes

Author: Jean Par

Starved for time? Now you can prepare a meal, eat, and run out the door in under an hour. Turn to Rush-Hour Recipes -- ready in no time!



Table of Contents:
The Company's Coming Story6
Foreword7
Breakfast8
Pizzas, Sandwiches & Wraps14
Breads & Quick Breads32
Salads40
Soups51
Side Dishes61
Main Dishes68
Desserts127
Plan-Ahead Dishes134
Measurement Tables150
Tip Index151
Recipe Index152
Mail Order Form158

Sunday, November 29, 2009

Cocina Vegetariana Saludable or Everyone Can Cook Appetizers

Cocina Vegetariana Saludable

Author: Janet Swarbrick

Healthful meals need not sacrifice tremendous flavor, as this series of substantial vegetarian meals makes clear. Recipes for appetizers, side dishes, soups, main courses, and desserts are included in each cookbook, and all keep nutrients and vitamins in mind when designing their delicious dishes. Full color photographs accompany recipe explanations throughout.
 

Sabor tremendo puede acompañar comidas sanas cuando recetas son creados tan atentamente como son en esta colección de libros de cocina vegetariana y sustancial. Entrantes, sopas, acompañamientos, platos principales, y postres deliciosos son todos ideados con nutrición, grasas, y vitaminas en mente. Por todos fotografía linda acompaña las recetas.



Books about: QBQ The Question Behind the Question or Made to Stick

Everyone Can Cook Appetizers: Over 100 Tasty Bites

Author: Eric Akis


No fuss food for the big fest.

Hosting a big party can be a lot of work, and having to prepare food for that party can drive you over the top. Now, Erik Akis, in his third book in the Everyone Can Cook series, has come to the aid of hosts everywhere with Everyone Can Cook Appetizers. With delicious recipes that are easy to follow, this book will make anyone more confident with their party platter.

By including drinks and recipes for all sorts of occasions, Akis has guaranteed a party menu for all your festive events complete with classy canapés, Asian appys, pate, dips, sports appys, cocktails, and of course, desserts. Recipes include:


  • Stilton Mousse Canapés with Walnuts

  • Mini Lemon Pepper Crab Cakes

  • Pork and Ginger Gyoza

  • Gazpacho Shooters

  • Black Currant Jelly-Filled Mini Shortbread.



Beautifully photographed with suggestions to create bold new flavors for each dish, Everyone Can Cook Appetizers gives us finger food with flair for cooks of all levels.



Saturday, November 28, 2009

Edible Ideologies or Gardeners Table

Edible Ideologies: Representing Food and Meaning

Author: Kathleen LeBesco

Edible Ideologies argues that representations of food-in literature and popular fiction, cookbooks and travel guides, war propaganda, women's magazines, television and print advertisements-are not just about nourishment or pleasure. Contributors explore how these various modes of representation, reflecting prevailing attitudes and assumptions about food and food practices, function instead to circulate and transgress dominant cultural ideologies. Addressing questions concerning whose interests are served by a particular food practice or habit and what political ends are fulfilled by the historical changes that lead from one practice to another in Western culture, the essays offer a rich historical narrative that moves from the construction of the nineteenth-century English gentleman to the creation of two of today's iconic figures in food culture, Julia Child and Martha Stewart. Along the way, readers will encounter World War I propaganda, Holocaust and Sephardic cookbooks, the Rosenbergs, German tour guides, fast food advertising, food packaging, and chocolate, and will find food for thought on the meanings of everything from camembert to Velveeta, from salads to burgers, and from tikka masala to Campbell's soup.



Interesting book: The Elements of Effort or Heinermans Encyclopedia of Anti Aging Remedies

Gardener's Table: A Guide to Natural Vegetable Growing and Cooking

Author: Richard Merrill

In an indispensable book that will be a godsend for any home gardener or fresh-food enthusiast, noted horticulturist Richard Merrill and award-winning cookbook author Joe Ortiz (of "Village Baker" fame) team up to deliver the ultimate, no-nonsense, down-to-earth, simple-to-use guidebook to cooking from a kitchen garden. 50 recipes.

Library Journal

The natural link between kitchen gardening and cooking is seamlessly conveyed by Merrill, who directs the horticultural department at Cabrillo College, and Ortiz, who wrote the award-winning The Village Baker: Classic Regional Breads from Europe and America. Assuming nothing, they start with basic instructions for designing a garden and outfitting a proper kitchen. Organic methods--for building the soil, starting and growing vegetables, and controlling pests--dominate the book, but the authors also include instructions for using fresh produce and recipes for condiments, stock, and vegetable dishes. Finally, a "Grow-It & Cook-It Compendium" conveniently lists vegetables by plant family, culinary uses, botanical name, detailed growing information, and harvesting and storage tips. This book isn't as extensive as Anna Pavord's classic, The New Kitchen Garden (DK, 1996), which includes fruit and herb information, but it's still a good general guide. Recommended for public libraries.--Bonnie Poquette, Shorewood P.L, WI Copyright 1999 Cahners Business Information.