Feng Shui Food or Total Quality Management for Hospital Nutrition Services

Feng Shui Food

Author: Steven Saunders

Here is great-looking, great-tasting food that will revolutionize your meals and revitalize your life.

Did you ever think you could cook food that not only tastes delicious but also promotes health and happiness? Two experts in their fields, Feng Shui practitioner Simon Brown and chef and restaurateur Steven Saunders, have combined their respective talents and energies to show you all you need to know.

According to the principles of Feng Shui, chi energy is present in all things, including the food you eat and the places in which you eat it. Here you will learn how to manipulate chi energy to bring about positive changes in your life and that of your family and guests by the choice of ingredients; the methods you use to prepare, cook, and serve them; and even the way you decorate your table.

This innovative cookbook provides over 100 delicious Feng Shui inspired dishes. Each of these healthy, nutritious recipes provides the perfect energy balance for your changing needs. And they taste wonderful too! Included herein are:

• Complete menu plans.
• Advice on how to plan and serve the right food for different occasions--from a romantic dinner or family gathering to a formal business lunch.
• Tips for celebratory meals for weddings, children's parties and summertime open-air feasts how to "read" a restaurant's dйcor, layout, and location to ensure you choose the right venue whenever you dine out.

This is a beautiful full-color book-and a great gift.

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Feng shui has until now been the domain of interior designers: now with Feng Shui Food it moves into the culinary scene with a master chef's insights on how feng shui principles can apply to the kitchen. From dishes which promote relaxation and peace of mind to those which establish formality and celebrator atmospheres, this packs in menus and tips.

Table of Contents:

1	The Principles	6
	Chi energy	8
	Yin and yang	10
	The five elements	16
	The eight directions	20
	The kitchen	22
	Feng shui food	26
2	Yin & Yang Recipes	28
	Soups and appetizers	30
	Entrees	42
	Side dishes	52
	Desserts	58
3	Menus for Success	64
	Dining area	66
	Formality	68
	Romance	74
	Relaxation	80
	Creativity	86
	Family harmony	92
	Passion	98
	Children	104
	Excitement	110
	Reconciliation	116
4	Special Occasions	122
	Children's party	124
	Picnic lunch	126
	Housewarming party	128
	Barbecue	130
	Celebration party	132
	Wedding celebration	134
	Christmas	136
5	Eating Out	138
	Choosing the right restaurant	140
	Restaurant menu	146
	Appendix	148
	Index	156
	Recipe index	159
	Acknowledgments	160

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Total Quality Management for Hospital Nutrition Services

Author: M Rosita Schiller

This manual provides the necessary information to build and sustain an effective total quality management program for nutrition services in hospitals, skilled nursing facilities, and nursing homes. Forms, charts, and guidelines are included in reproducible format. This manual provides numerous real—life examples.

Elizabeth Wall

This manual was written for the management staff of a nutrition department. The text is divided into four sections that thoroughly cover the information needed to develop, implement, sustain, and evaluate a quality management program. The purpose is to provide a comprehensive guide to facilitate a transition to and evaluation of quality improvement management for nutrition departments. The authors have targeted nutrition professionals and dietitians to use this text. In addition, this manual would be an excellent reference for an administrator who is charged with an institution's quality improvement program. This text is divided into sections that systematically review the background of quality management and essential components of a quality improvement program. A comparison of several quality management programs is provided. The text contains many figures, diagrams, and tables that are easy to interpret and are complementary to the topics discussed. In addition, there is an extensive appendix that contains multiple sample documents from actual nutrition practices. The text is published in looseleaf format that gives the reader easy access for copying or revising sample documents. This book is well referenced with recent publications. A portion of the text outlines the current nutritionally related guidelines and requirements that are mandated by the various accreditation organizations. This text is an excellent resource for anyone who is developing, updating, or evaluating a quality improvement program. The sample forms, program outlines, and summary of regulatory guidelines are attractive features of this text. This very practical text would be a useful reference for a nutritiondepartment or for any professional who is overseeing a nutrition quality improvement program.

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Reviewer: Elizabeth Wall, MS, RD (University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine)
Description: This manual was written for the management staff of a nutrition department. The text is divided into four sections that thoroughly cover the information needed to develop, implement, sustain, and evaluate a quality management program.
Purpose: The purpose is to provide a comprehensive guide to facilitate a transition to and evaluation of quality improvement management for nutrition departments.
Audience: The authors have targeted nutrition professionals and dietitians to use this text. In addition, this manual would be an excellent reference for an administrator who is charged with an institution's quality improvement program.
Features: This text is divided into sections that systematically review the background of quality management and essential components of a quality improvement program. A comparison of several quality management programs is provided. The text contains many figures, diagrams, and tables that are easy to interpret and are complementary to the topics discussed. In addition, there is an extensive appendix that contains multiple sample documents from actual nutrition practices. The text is published in looseleaf format that gives the reader easy access for copying or revising sample documents. This book is well referenced with recent publications. A portion of the text outlines the current nutritionally related guidelines and requirements that are mandated by the various accreditation organizations.
Assessment: This text is an excellent resource for anyone who is developing, updating, or evaluating a quality improvement program. The sample forms, program outlines, and summary of regulatory guidelines are attractive features of this text. This very practical text would be a useful reference for a nutrition department or for any professional who is overseeing a nutrition quality improvement program.

Rating

4 Stars! from Doody

Brandy Trade under the Ancien Regime or Dinners in a Dash

Brandy Trade under the Ancien Regime: Regional Specialisation in the Charente

Author: Louis M Cullen

This study of the brandy trade explores the origins, production and marketing of brandy from the Cognac region in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. Professor Cullen shows that the brandy trade was based on a sophisticated regional economy, which, by 1720, had become a key component of French involvement in the modern international trading system. Notwithstanding competition from a surplus in other cereals and from foreign markets, regional specialization in the Charente was an indispensable element in ensuring the quality of stable output, and was recognized in the region's success in attracting foreign houses, such as Martell and Hennessy.

Table of Contents:

	List of figures
	Preface
	List of abbreviations
	Glossary
1	The emergence of brandy spirits	1
2	Brandy and the French economy	47
3	Brandy: the distilling process, the product and the industry	63
4	Brandy production and internal trade in France	109
5	Competing markets: Parisian and foreign demand	145
6	The merchants of the brandy regions	166
7	The Cognac brandy trade: 1720s-1760s	187
8	External challenge in the 1760s: vicissitudes of old and new houses, 1762-1778	219
9	The brandy business in Bordeaux and Cognac in the 1780s	239
	Sources	260
	Bibliography	264
	Index	275

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Dinners in a Dash: Sensational Three-course Dinner Parties in Under 2 Hours

Author: Tessa Harvard Taylor

The aim of this book is to provide quick and simple, yet impressive recipes for those who love to entertain but don't have much time. The book demonstrates the art of mixing quality "instant" foods such as couscous, filo pastry and ingredients from jars, with fresh natural ingredients such as poultry and seafood. The recipes intend to provide a three-course meal which takes less than two hours to prepare.

Included are 50 complete dinner party menus, a variety of hints and tips, preparation order checklists, freezing and storing symbols and advice on which wine to serve with the meal. All of the menus are divided into spring, summer, autumn and winter meals, in order to make the best use of seasonal, fresh ingredients.

Great Big Book of Chili Volume 2 or Recipes and Reminiscences from 25 Years on the Rubber Chicken Circuit

Great Big Book of Chili, Volume 2

Author: Tom Baili

Chili was born in the Southwest and customized to meet the tastes of nearly all Americans. Here is a collection of nearly 1500 chili recipes. The recipes in this collection start with chili powders, then goes on to include historic recipes, championship recipes, Texas and Cincinnati recipes, recipes from a bunch of different places, recipes with fun and funny names, famous and not so famous people's recipes, from firehouses, jails and taverns, colors other than red, meats other than beef and, finally, vegetarian chilies.

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Recipes and Reminiscences from 25 Years on the Rubber Chicken Circuit

Author: Sandra S Hynson

About the Author:
Internationally acclaimed arranger and author, Sandra Hynson has traveled all over the United States and to Europe to give her workshops, seminars and master classes and has published two books on the techniques of working with flowers. She was named director of the Washington National Cathedral Altar Guild in 1973. Now retired she has prepared this unique cookbook of recipes and reminiscences from her many hosts over all these years.

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This would make a fabulous gift for someone you love, but in that case you had better order two. You wont be able to give away your only copy.

Wine Labels 1730 2003 or California Practical Cook Book

Wine Labels, 1730-2003: A Worldwide History

Author: John Salter

Silver wine labels first made their appearance in the 1730s to identify the contents of unmarked opaque glass wine bottles. Later they adorned clear glass decanters. This book reflects the lively interest of a group of members of the Wine Label Circle who have contributed to the text in accordance with their own specialist expertise. It explores the history of the development of the labels themselves and also of the great collections. It examines in detail makers, places of manufacture and styles. Most of the authors have already written for the journal of the Wine Label Circle on specialist subjects.

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California Practical Cook Book

Author: Belle De Graf

Originally published in Oakland, California in 1882, The California Practical Cook Book is a collection of recipes, both culinary and household, gathered from Oakland women and published by a local Oakland printer, Pacific Press. The recipes are basic both in scope and in ambition, but they are a valuable source of information about the recipes being made in the average household in California in the late 19th century.

On Uncle Sams Water Wagon or Poached

On Uncle Sam's Water Wagon

Author: Helen Moor

Written in response to the worldwide Prohibition movement, Helen Moore's 1919 work provides readers with recipes for 500 drinks that can be made without the use of alcohol.

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Poached: Deliciously Light and Healthy Easting with a Difference

Author: Bridget Jones

Make tasty meals using a quick, easy and healthy cooking technique.

Kosher for Everybody or Medicinal and Aromatic Plants

Kosher for Everybody: The Complete Guide to Understanding, Shopping, Cooking, and Eating the Kosher Way

Author: Trudy Garfunkel

You don’t have to be Jewish to enjoy the benefits of kosher food. In fact, of the millions of people who buy kosher products, only 8 0o so for religious reasons. In Kosher for Everybody, the ultimate guide to the ever growing world of kosher foods and services, you’ll find detailed information on

• The meaning of kosher and how to interpret the symbols used to identify kosher products
• Kosher meats and poultry
• Cooking kosher, including  more than fifty tasty, easy-to-prepare recipes, from appetizers and soups to main courses and desserts
• How to buy and prepare food that is healthy and kosher
• Kosher wines
• Buying Kosher products by mail
• Kosher foods for vegetarians and those who suffer from lactose intolerance or an allergy to milk products
• Where to find kosher hotels, resorts, camps, restaurants, supermarkets, and caterers in  the United States,  Canada, and worldwide
• Traveling kosher, including kosher cruises, kosher tours, and travel agents
• Kosher cooking classes
• Online resources for the kosher consumer
• And much more

Publishers Weekly

This is certainly one of most up-to-date and user-friendly English guides to keeping kosher. One fascinating chapter surveys the history of kosher-keeping in America (did you know that Revolutionary-era Jews in Rhode Island "subsist[ed] on chocolate and coffee" for want of kosher meat?). The rest of the book is decidedly practical: Garfunkel (The Kosher Companion) rehearses the origins of the Jewish dietary laws and reviews the basic rules-e.g., meat products and dairy must be eaten separately, while some foods, like shellfish and pork, are flat-out forbidden. She explains how to decode the symbols that indicate a packaged food is certifiably kosher, and lists many (though by no means all) national products, from Celestial Seasonings tea to Planter's peanut butter, that have obtained kosher certification. Readers are also treated to delicious-sounding recipes, and a lengthy list of kosher eateries all over the country. The glossary is right up front, so readers can easily double- and triple-check the meanings of unfamiliar Hebrew and Yiddish terms. Garfunkel's efforts to make kosher-eating relevant and interesting to a diverse readership are a bit of a stretch, and it is likely that, title notwithstanding, Jews will be the primary audience for this book. But anyone who does delve into it will find a wealth of clear information. (Aug.) Copyright 2004 Reed Business Information.

Library Journal

Interest in kosher food among the general public is growing rapidly only eight percent of the American people buy kosher products for religious reasons. Aiming her guide at readers new to keeping kosher and those interested only in obtaining kosher products, Garfunkel (The Kosher Companion) begins with a history of kosher foods in America, an explanation of the various kosher symbols, and a brief summary of the dietary laws. She also explains how kosher products may benefit those with food allergies and lactose intolerance and includes a selection of recipes and brief nutritional information. However, the bulk of Garfunkel's guide consists of directories listing manufacturers of kosher-certified foods and household products, kosher hotels, cruises, summer camps, restaurants, and mail-order food merchants. Unfortunately, this reviewer found errors in the Berkeley/Oakland listings. Garfunkel's title complements Lis Stern's How To Keep Kosher, which offers more extensive information on religious law and the practical aspects of setting up a kosher kitchen. For synagogue libraries and public libraries where there is interest. Barbara M. Bibel, Oakland P.L. Copyright 2004 Reed Business Information.

Table of Contents:

	Author to Reader	1
	Glossary	5
1.	What Is Kosher?	7
2.	A Brief History of Kosher Foods in America	19
3.	Understanding the Kosher Symbols	25
4.	The Growth of Kosher Certification	33
5.	Meats and Poultry	47
6.	Wine and Spirits	57
7.	Kosher and Healthy	67
8.	Kosher for Vegetarians	83
9.	Kosher for the Lactose-Intolerant	93
10.	Cooking Kosher	101
	Frittatas and Eggs
	Soups
	Appetizers and Salads
	Pasta and Noodles
	Potatoes
	Rice
	Vegetables
	Meat
	Fish
	Chicken
	Cookies and Pastry
11.	Kosher Sources	155
	Hotels, Resorts, Travel Agents, and Tour Guides
	Kosher Camps
	Kosher by Mail
	Restaurants and Caterers
	Bakeries, Butchers, Candy, Chocolates, and Markets Other Resources for the Kosher Consumer
	Notes	255
	Bibliography	263
	The Author	265

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Medicinal and Aromatic Plants: Agricultural, Commercial, Ecological, Legal, Pharmacological and Social Aspects

Author: Robert J Bogers

This book presents the opinions of an international panel of specialists that explored the agricultural, commercial, ecological, legal, pharmacological and social future of medicinal and aromatic plants. It represents a wide collection of views, reflecting the diversity of disciplines and interests of the panel members. It highlights the necessity of continued and integrated research on plant sources, conservation, bioactivity, analysis and marketing in examining future scenarios for application and sale of medicinal and aromatic plants. It shows the need for proof of efficacy and safety in drug development and the need to recognize societies contributing plant materials.

The development of safe and effective medicinal and aromatic plant products depends upon the collaborative efforts of growers, collectors, conservationists, processors and businesses along with those of educators, sociologists, researchers and investors in developed and developing societies. This book shows the progress that can be made by further developing this collaboration to enhance the discovery, production and use of medicinal and aromatic plants.

Hallelujah The Welcome Table or Cocina Picante

Hallelujah! The Welcome Table: A Lifetime of Memories with Recipes

Author: Maya Angelou

Throughout Maya Angelou’s life, from her childhood in Stamps, Arkansas, to her world travels as a bestselling writer, good food has played a central role. Preparing and enjoying homemade meals provides a sense of purpose and calm, accomplishment and connection. Now in Hallelujah! The Welcome Table, Angelou shares memories pithy and poignant–and the recipes that helped to make them both indelible and irreplaceable.

Angelou tells us about the time she was expelled from school for being afraid to speak–and her mother baked a delicious maple cake to brighten her spirits. She gives us her recipe for short ribs along with a story about a job she had as a cook at a Creole restaurant (never mind that she didn’t know how to cook and had no idea what Creole food might entail). There was the time in London when she attended a wretched dinner party full of wretched people; but all wasn’t lost–she did experience her initial taste of a savory onion tart. She recounts her very first night in her new home in Sonoma, California, when she invited M. F. K. Fisher over for cassoulet, and the evening Deca Mitford roasted a chicken when she was beyond tipsy–and created Chicken Drunkard Style. And then there was the hearty brunch Angelou made for a homesick Southerner, a meal that earned her both a job offer and a prophetic compliment: “If you can write half as good as you can cook, you are going to be famous.”

Maya Angelou is renowned in her wide and generous circle of friends as a marvelous chef. Her kitchen is a social center. From fried meat pies, chicken livers, and beef Wellington to caramel cake, bread pudding, andchocolate éclairs, the one hundred-plus recipes included here are all tried and true, and come from Angelou’s heart and her home. Hallelujah! The Welcome Table is a stunning collaboration between the two things Angelou loves best: writing and cooking.

Publishers Weekly

Readers familiar with Angelou's I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings will find what may be the secret ingredient of her success in this collection of tear- and laughter-provoking vignettes with 73 savory recipes. Here's Angelou's grandmother's Chicken and Dumplings, Crackling Corn Bread and Caramel Cake. Big brother Bailey makes a mean batch of Smothered Pork Chops and knows how to stretch them for a week's worth of meals. Mother, who "cooked wonderful meals and was very poignant about how to present them," can make a Roasted Capon play second fiddle to Red Rice. As the wider world beckons, Angelou dines. Sometimes she's the worker; having passed herself off as an experienced Creole cook, she becomes one with her Braised Short Ribs. Other times, she's the hostess serving what M.F.K. Fisher pronounces "the first honest cassoulet I have eaten in years." A batch of spoon bread nets Angelou a job and compliment: "If you can write half as good as you can cook, you are going to be famous." She does, and the food world widens (tamales, pat , minestrone, chachouka), and the fellow diners often have famous names (Oprah, Jessica Mitford, Rosa Guy). The food remains delectable and comfortable, and Angelou's directions are minimal but clear enough for experienced cooks. Color photos not seen by PW. Simultaneous audio release. Agent, Helen Brann. (On sale Sept. 21) Copyright 2004 Reed Business Information.

Library Journal

In each chapter of this engaging book, renowned autobiographer and poet Angelou deftly couples brief anecdotes from her life with more than 60 recipes for food enjoyed at that time. These recipes reflect Angelou's experience and growth and become more diverse as the book progresses without becoming complex or difficult. Readers will be torn between losing themselves in the evocative text and rushing to the kitchen to whip up such delights as her grandmother's caramel cake or the white bean cassoulet that Angelou prepared for food writer M.F.K. Fisher. Order as many copies as possible--both foodies and Angelou's traditional audience will seek out and enjoy this gem. For all public libraries, plus literature and cookery collections. (Color photographs not seen.) [See Prepub Alert, LJ 5/1/04.]--Andrea R. Dietze, Orange Cty. P.L., Santa Ana, CA Copyright 2004 Reed Business Information.

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Cocina Picante: Llene de intenso sabor su cocina con esta colecciуn de sabrosas recetas (Cocina paso a paso)

Author: Edimat Libros Staff

For chefs and novices alike, this handy series makes cooking a delight and eating a pleasure. Featuring cuisines from around the world, each recipe is depicted with clear instructions and illustrated sequences. The versatility and use of everyday ingredients to enhance and enrich meals is explored in each book.
 

Si comer es un placer, cocinar puede ser un deleite con esta colección de recetas mundiales, está pensado para cocineros y para los novatos. Todas las recetas incluyen claras instrucciones que se completan con ilustraciones. Estos libros revelan la versatilidad de los ingredientes más cotidianos así como estos trucos que enriquecen la comida.

The Great Ranch Cookbook or More of Americas Best Bread Machine Baking Recipes

The Great Ranch Cookbook

Author: Gwen Ashley Walters

A spirited collection of recipes and rhetoric from 30 premier guest ranches in the west. In addition to complete travel information, the book explores the culinary personality of each ranch; features complete menus; tested recipes.

Jackson Hole Guide

Even without the detailed travel advice, the book is worthwhile as a cookbook. It includes a surprisingly diverse array of recipes for breakfast, lunch and dinner that goes way beyond steak and potatoes.

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More of America's Best Bread Machine Baking Recipes

Author: Donna Washburn

Bread machines are more popular than ever, ranking as one of the top three kitchen appliances purchased during the Christmas season. In More of America's Best Bread Machine Baking Recipes, you will find a wide range of mouth watering recipes that have been adapted to meet the requirements of today's bread machines, including 2 lb versions and advanced baking techniques. Just as with Donna Washburn's and Heather Butt's previous book, "America's Best Bread Machine Baking Recipes," these are recipes that have been tested to work every time.

In this second collection, you will find more than 125 sensational bread, bagel, roll and sweetloaf recipes. Lifestyle breads like 'Wild Rice and Cranberry' and the healthy/hearty 'Maple Banana Flax Loaf' are all waiting to be made quickly and easily. Discover delicious international bread recipes from Ireland, Germany and the Ukraine. Irish 'Soda Bread' and 'Yulekage' are just some examples of breads from around the world featured in this new collection. Your lunchtime sandwich can get a huge boost by including a 'Red Onion Focaccia' or 'Taco-Stuffed Calzone.' Learn how to bake an authentic Sourdough or an appetizing 'Cheddar Cheese and Onion' bagel. And did you know that you can use your bread machine for making so much more beyond bread? 'Chocolate Danish,' 'Banana Cake,' 'Chocolate Chip Cookies' and even 'Spinach Fettuccini' can be made in a bread machine!

We even have breads and rolls for special occasions such as holidays and birthdays. For your next Halloween party add some spooky fun with Halloween spiders. Easter brunch or dinner will take on a decidedly festive air with rolls fashioned into bunny shapes.A bevy of ideas for fashioning bread and rolls into creative shapes is presented in this section.

There are millions of bread machine owners who are eager and excited to bake yet another new delicious recipe. More of America's Best Bread Machine Baking Recipes will make every bread making endeavor a great one!

Gift of Hospitality or Choice Cookery

Gift of Hospitality: In Church, in the Home, in All of Life

Author: Delia Touchton Halverson

In this book, Halverson how we can practice hospitality in every part of our lives. Going beyond the usual definition of Christian hospitality, she calls us to recognize that hospitality is a gift from God and shows how Jesus modeled the development of that gift.

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Choice Cookery

Author: Catherine Owen

Published in 1889 by prolific cookbook author Catherine Owen, this work was designed to appeal to women looking for the "newest and best in modern cookery." Originally written for Harper's Bazar, Owen's work was aimed at the upper class household seeking culinary elegance, rather than household economy.

Herbal Teas for Lifelong Health or Italian Cook Book

Herbal Teas for Lifelong Health: Storey Country Wisdom Bulletin A-220

Author:

Since 1973, Storey's Country Wisdom Bulletins have offered practical, hands-on instructions designed to help readers master dozens of country living skills quickly and easily. There are now more than 170 titles in this series, and their remarkable popularity reflects the common desire of country and city dwellers alike to cultivate personal independence in everyday life.

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Italian Cook Book

Author: Maria Gentil

Maria Gentile's 1919 cookbook is a practical guide for creating economical, nourishing, and delicious Italian meals.

Southern Cooking to Remember or Innocent Smoothie Recipe Book

Southern Cooking to Remember

Author: Kathryn Tucker Windham

Commercialized "Southern Cooking," the kind advertised by gaudy signs along highways in the South, has almost spoiled the reputation of real southern food.

The tasty dishes offered here in this delightful cookbook, despite what crass promoters and bigoted detractors say, prove that not all "Real Southern Food" is fried. Nor is it typically greasy or heavy and monotonous.

According to Kathryn Tucker Windham, the fine cook and deep-dyed Alabaman who compiled these recipes throughout the South, the notion that southern cookery must have its taste disguished by heavy slatherings of catsup is blasphemous.

Southern food is as delightful and as varied as the region from which it comes -- shrimp gumbo simmered in kitchens along the Gulf Coast, roast venison from Alabama's piney woods, wild ducks from Georgia's marshland, tall stacks of Tennessee in-fare cakes, charlotte piled high in crystal bowls, dewberry cobbler, scuppernong wine, tender turnip greens with wedges of hot cornbread, peas cooked with ham hocks. Brunswick stew made by an old family recipe, fresh fish with hush puppies, chess pie, squash souffle, spoon bread, smothered quail with baked grits, chicken fried to a crisp, thick slices of country ham with red-eye gravy. The list goes on and on, as good Deep South cooks and discriminating diners know.

Here is a collection of real southern recipes, a sampling of the foods that make even the simplest southern meal a memorable experience.

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Innocent Smoothie Recipe Book: 57 1/2 Recipes from Our Kitchen to Yours

Author: Innocent

Innocent smoothies and juices are sold in cafes and shops throughout the British Isles, with the company's insistence on all-natural ingredients proving a winning policy in these health-conscious times. At Innocent, taste is paramount, and their new book focuses on drinks that are not only healthy but delicious. Honeyed Pear and Ginger, Cantaloupe and Peach, and Strawberry and Rhubarb are just a few of the smoothies on offer, and there are also tasty fruit and vegetable juice concoctions and drinks created especially for kids. A joy for anyone who's serious about good health and great taste.

Nantuckets Bounty or Cookin with Honey

Nantucket's Bounty: Cooking with Regional Favorites

Author: Katie Moos

Nantucket's rich heritage with the sea brings a wealth of good dishes that mingle the flavors of a variety of cultures and the fresh vegetables and fruits now so abundant on the island. Recipes from the earliest Native Americans to the modern day offer the individual plenty of reasons to cook and enjoy Nantucket's bounty.

Who can resist succulent scallops just out of the bay, with only a dash of lime juice, or clams so fresh they too melt in your mouth. The recipes are easy, yet elegant and for all occasions. Menus assist in planning meals and marketing.

The book includes a history of the island, its inns and restaurants, and insights into some of the dishes. The author, descended from Nantucket's oldest families, on both sides, also shares some of her family secrets. Nantucket's Bounty will appeal to the determined cook, and the armchair reader as well.

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Cookin' with Honey: What Literary Lesbians Eat

Author: Amy Scholder

As much a book about the personal lives of these lesbian writers as it is a collection of well-loved recipes and opinions on matters of food.

Table of Contents:

	Don't Try This at Home...	9
	Spirit in the Dark	13
	My Favorite Sunday Meal	20
	Crisp and Caramelized	28
	A Slave's Sacred Supper	34
	Making Whoopi	40
	Secret Family Recipes	45
	Thanksgiving Feast, Chinatown Style	49
	Two Transylvanian Dishes	56
	You Are What You Eat	62
	Veg Out	64
	Why, She Cooks!	69
	Crumbs	78
	Fayetteville, N.C., Heat-Wave Southern Fried Chicken	85
	Food for Thought	91
	Pseudo-Vegetarian Chili	98
	Play-Cards-All-Night Chili	103
	Greasy	106
	Pan Sexual Gorgonzola Cream Sauce and Friends	109
	A Recipe for Lesbian Brain	112
	Kate's Plate	117
	Blanche's Gumbo	119
	Modern Food, Modern Love	121
	Stokley's Shepherd's Pie for 150	123
	My Personal History of Pesto	128
	Pasta Don Juana	136
	Wild Rooms	140
	My Aunt Carolyn's Recipes	142
	Cornbread Muffins	146
	My Mom's Bavarian Bread Dumplings	148
	Two Cauldrons & A Recipe	151
	Harry Dodge's Popcorn	154
	Nacho from the Edge	159
	Chocolate Silk Pie, A Fish Story, and a Floating Island	164
	Love in an English Dessert, or Fabulous Fruit Flan	167
	Date Rape Brownies	173
	About the Contributors	179
	Illustration Credits	185

Cookbook for Grampa or Home for the Holidays

Cookbook for Grampa

Author: William J Gillard

There is a tremendously important social phenomenon unfolding in the United States, and there are few books dealing with the subject in creative, interesting, and helpful ways. It has to do with the huge and growing numbers of grandparents who are caring for their grandchildren for many hours of every week or even around the clock every single day.

Grampa's in particular need good guidance in order to give good guidance. This book is aimed specifically at them and it relates to one of the most important functions of caregivers: buying and preparing nutritious but kid-friendly meals, and having fun, too, with lots of participation by everyone.

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Home for the Holidays

Author: Great Tast

Home for the Holidays is a unique collection of 53 easy-to-make recipes from master chefs Jacques Pepin, Lee Bailey, Sheila Lukins, Joyce Goldstein and others. The cookbook's attractive yet practical design includes a covered spiral binding that allows the book to lie flat on the countertop for the cook's convenience. Gorgeous full-color photographs illustrate recipes like Salmon-Caviar Toasts, Cauliflower-Oyster Stew, Pork Loin with Wild-Mushroom Sage Stuffing and Christmas Bread Pudding with Amaretto Sauce. A special section on "Gifts from the Kitchen" offers such imaginative suggestions as Strawberry Vinegar and Cranberry Tea Bread.

Accompanying the cookbook is the "original soundtrack," a swinging and sophisticated CD of seasonal favorites from pianist Gregg Karukas and vocalist Shelby Flint. The original keyboardist for contemporary-jazz supergroup The Rippingtons, Karukas has recorded several chart-topping smooth jazz albums with guest stars Boney James, Dave Koz and others. His warm blend of melodic R&B/soul-jazz marries perfectly with Shelby Flint's soulful, airy vocals, which you may recall from her 1960s hits "Angel on my Shoulder" and "Cast Your Fate to the Wind." The 12-track, 49-minute disc is packaged in its own jewelbox so that it can be stored separately from the book. For 29.95 (list price) this is one of the finest holiday-gift values of 1999. Try it!

British Breweries or The Lighthouse Cookbook

British Breweries: An Architectural History

Author: Lynn F Pearson

"I have no pain now, mother dear, But, oh, I am so dry! Connect me to a brewery and leave me there to die."

Breweries were large and striking buildings whose towering presence was often reinforced by their occupation of sites in the middle of towns. They were the flagships of a major industry and generators of some of the great business fortunes. Designing their breweries for architectural grandeur as well as for their function, brewers were well aware of the marketing value of their buildings and used them as advertisements. What is surprising is that so little attention has been paid to breweries, in contrast to other great industrial buildings such as mills and warehouses. Lavishly illustrated, British Breweries covers the whole of their history, from the country house brewhouses of the eighteenth century to the great breweries of Georgian and Victorian England, and to widespread disappearance in the twentieth century.

Table of Contents:

	Illustrations	vii
	Acknowledgments	xi
Part 1
1	Towers of Strength	1
2	Brewing and Building	13
3	A Magnificence Unspeakable	27
4	Function and Style	41
5	Breweries of the 1870s	61
6	The Rise of the Brewers' Architect	77
7	The Ornamental Brewery	101
8	Decline and Fall	121
9	The Brewery in the Twenty-First Century	141
Part 2
	A Directory of Brewers' Architects, 1780-1939	150
	Brewery Construction by Town, 1865-1906	199
	Notes	216
	Glossary	230
	Bibliography	237
	Index	247

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The Lighthouse Cookbook

Author: Anita Stewart

Bestselling cookbook author Anita Stewart presents a delicious selection of recipes from the keepers of British Columbia's lighthouses. From the traditional Clam Chowder and Apple Pie, to such gourmet creations as Mussels in Wild Mushrooms and Jalapeno Jelly, the dishes contradict the myth of rough living and near starvation on the isolated light stations. They are, however, uniformly simple; when food supplies are only available occasionally by helicopter, lighthouse chefs must be inventive about using materials at hand. This produces an emphasis on garden vegetables, wild edible plants and berries, and, of course, BC's prodigious variety of seafood! The recipes are interspersed with fascinating anecdotes of life on the lights.

Breads or Joanne Weirs More Cooking in the Wine Country

Breads: The Best of Favorite Recipes from Quilters

Author: Louise Stoltzfus

One in a six-volume set of little cookbooks--each one a treasured collection of recipes from the best-selling cookbook, Favorite Recipes from Quilters.

Each book in the series presents a particular category of food. The six books are: Breads, Soups, Salads, Main Dishes (Pasta, Vegetables, and Meats), Pies, and Desserts. Each book offers 24-36 recipes--all proven favorites from the original collection. Each volume also includes several stories from the lives and experiences of quilters. The charming design of these books makes them an irresistible impulse item. Their colorful dustjackets and readable spines make them equally eye-catching on a bookshelf or beside a cash register.

Each volume contains warm and strikingly rich watercolors throughout its pages. Each painting was created exclusively for this series.

These books have about them the special vibrancy that comes from cooking and quilting. All who own them will share in that!

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Joanne Weir's More Cooking in the Wine Country: 100 New Recipes for Living and Entertaining

Author: Joanne Weir

"Somehow, we all must eat. we can make indifferent meals, with little connection to where the food comes from. Or we can make meals that are cooked in harmony with the earth and with the seasons, and which are a recurring source of renewal, satisfaction, and celebration. The wine country just seems to require this kind of cooking, and that is part of why I love it." -- From the Foreword Northern California is on the same latitude as many of the countries of the Mediterranean, and award-winning chef Joanne Weir's cooking embodies the vivid flavors of that region. In this book, Weir shares 150 new recipes from the second season of her acclaimed public television series, Weir Cooking in the Wine Country, presented with all the warmth, enthusiasm, skill, and flair that has made her a household name.

Weir's style of cooking and serving changes throughout the year, celebrating the bounty of the field, the orchard, the pasture, the river, and the sea with simple, boldly flavored dishes inspired by the freshest ingredients of the season. Enhanced by more than 45 color and black-and- white photographs, this spectacular volume explores the vivid and varied tastes of California with a feast of Mediterranean dishes that are certain to delight you with their exceptional flavors.

From starters to desserts, Weir has created a bounty of delectable recipes, expertly explained. A first course of Grilled Bread with Fava Beans and Escarole or Endive with Gorgonzola, Caramelized Onions, and Fig Jam brings friends and family to the table. Creamy Fennel Soup chases the autumn chill, while Roasted Yellow Pepper, Corn, and Tomato Soup is the essence of late summer. Try the Stone Fruit Summer Salad whenpeaches and plums are at their juicy best, and the True Blue Salad on a cool evening. Main courses are deeply flavored: Chicken Rolled with Fontina, Prosciutto, and Sage; Braised Leg of Lamb with Artichokes, with Lemon and Garlic-Roasted Potatoes; Moroccan Spice-Dusted Salmon with Lemon Mint Yogurt. Tempting options for dessert include Double Chocolate Custard, Summer Cherry and Apricot Galette with Kirsch Cream, Upside-Down Pear Gingerbread, Polenta Shortbread, and Ginger Ice Cream with Chocolate-Covered Almonds. There are also suggestions for the right wine to pair with each dish.

No matter where you make your home, you can bring the pleasures of the wine country to your table.

Publishers Weekly

In this companion volume to her first wine-country cuisine book, Weir Cooking: Recipes from the Wine Country, Weir, a San Francisco chef who hosts a PBS cooking show, invites readers to sample the flavors of northern California through Mediterranean cooking. Weir's recipes are lusty and unpretentious, emphasizing fresh, seasonal ingredients, and her lucid writing makes seamlessly accessible the few that are more complex. With relaxed, reassuring confidence, Weir guides the reader through such challenges as making "the perfect risotto" and peeling fava beans, and she pays special attention to the blending of sweet, salty, sour and bitter and the result is magical. Endive with Gorgonzola, Caramelized Onions and Fig Jam; Heirloom Tomato Bisque; Hazelnut-crusted Salmon with Fennel Salad; and Summer Bread Pudding with Berries are luscious, startling in their contrasts. Weir's wine recommendations for each dish Shiraz with risotto, pinot noir with Turkish Pizza are as well considered as the recipes themselves: "We must make small celebrations of whatever catches our fancy." For those who love to live and eat well, Mediterranean or Californian-style, this book is reason enough to celebrate. Agent, Doe Coover. (Apr. 18) Forecast: Weir releases this delightful, artistic and accessible cookbook in anticipation of the April 26 airing of Weir Cooking in the Wine Country II on PBS. The mediagenic Weir is fast becoming a household name, particularly because her style is both instructive and inspiring; like her first volume, this companion work should be a popular seller. Copyright 2001 Cahners Business Information.

Library Journal

This follow-up to Weir Cooking: Recipes from the Wine Country and companion volume to her latest PBS series offers more of the fresh, vibrant recipes Weir is known for. Weir is also author of From Tapas to Meze: First Courses from the Mediterranean Shores, and her love of Mediterranean cuisines is evident in many of the recipes here, from Greek Summer Vegetable Salad to Spicy North African Mussels to Grilled Lamb with Aromatic Moroccan Salts. Most of the recipes are uncomplicated Weir also worked at Alice Waters's Chez Panisse, where using the best ingredients and highlighting their flavors is the style, and her culinary training there shows. Recommended for most collections. Copyright 2001 Cahners Business Information.

Everyday Cooking for the Jewish Home or Vegetables

Everyday Cooking for the Jewish Home: More than 350 Delectable Recipes

Author: Ethel Hofman

From the former president of the International Association of Culinary Professionals comes a beautifully designed, accessible and uniquely comprehensive guide to Jewish home cooking. Unlike many Jewish cookbooks that are limited to the traditional dishes of Eastern Europe, Everyday Cooking for the Jewish Home gives readers a truly international sample of what the world of Jewish cooking has to offer. Structured from soup to nuts, and including a special Passover section, it presents a spectacular array of dishes such as Peppered Chickpeas (Arbit), Sweet and Sour Meatballs, Beef and Barley Soup with Kale, Homestyle Gefilte Fish, Potato Chicken Cutlets, Shabbat Beef and Eggs, Cholent, Steamed Beef Greens, Israeli Salad, Poppyseed Noodles, Kasha and Bow Ties, Glick's Colossal Butternut Latkas, Shabbat Wine Mold with Cherries and Walnuts, Springtime Kugel with White and Sweet Potatoes and Matzoh Brie.

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Vegetables (Quamut)

Author: Quamut

Quamut is the fastest, most convenient way to learn how to do almost anything. From tasting wine to managing your retirement accounts, Quamut gives you reliable information in a concise chart format that you can take anywhere. Quamut charts are:

• Authoritative: Written by experts in their field so you have the most reliable information available.
• Clear: Our explanations take you step-by-step through everything from performing CPR to threading a needle.
• Concise: You’ll learn just what you need to know—no more, no less.
• Precise: Quamut charts include detailed text, photos, and illustrations to show you exactly how to do just about anything.
• Portable: Your know-how goes with you wherever your projects lead.

Vegetables, explained.

Everything you need to know in order to buy and prepare perfect vegetables every time, including:

• The history, different types, and nutritional value of vegetables
• Tips on how to buy, store, blanch, and prepare vegetables for cooking
• Step-by-step instructions for cooking vegetables in a variety of ways

Stuart Cookery or Taste of Montreal

Stuart Cookery: Recipes and History

Author: Peter Brears

One of a series of books which look at the art of cookery in Britain at different periods in history. The recipes, which have been adapted for the modern kitchen, provide a taste of the times and the book also includes information on food, cooking equipment, kitchen designs, serving of meals and the development of etiquette.

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Taste of Montreal: Tracking Down the Foods of the World

Author: Barry Lazar

Garam masala, lemongrass, sausage subs, spruce beer, epazote, and truffles are among the foods served up in the ethnic neighborhood restaurants and strip malls featured in this culinary sampling of the food and cultures of Montreal. Information on spices and flavorings, descriptions of savory tastes, and historical background on the meaning and tradition of certain dishes accompany directions for the traveler or city resident on where to find these restaurants.

An invaluable addition to any food lover's library.

Table of Contents:

	Acknowledgements	8
	Introduction	9
	How to Use this Book	10
	Ten of the Best	11
	The Tastes of Montreal	13
	Montreal's Public Markets	215
	Guide to Shops and Restaurants	221
	Indexes
	Shops and Restaurants Index	271
	The Tastes of Montreal Index	275
	Recipes Index	277

Aperitifs or The Sensible Cook

Aperitifs (Quamut)

Author: Quamut

Quamut is the fastest, most convenient way to learn how to do almost anything. From tasting wine to managing your retirement accounts, Quamut gives you reliable information in a concise chart format that you can take anywhere. Quamut charts are:

• Authoritative: Written by experts in their field so you have the most reliable information available.
• Clear: Our explanations take you step-by-step through everything from performing CPR to threading a needle.
• Concise: You’ll learn just what you need to know—no more, no less.
• Precise: Quamut charts include detailed text, photos, and illustrations to show you exactly how to do just about anything.
• Portable: Your know-how goes with you wherever your projects lead.

A sophisticated start.

A pre-dinner apéritif always gets things off on the right foot—not just in terms of good taste, but because alcohol actually helps stimulate the appetite. Learn the basics of apéritifs, including:

• A brief history of apéritifs and the basics of how apéritifs are made
• A breakdown of the main types of apéritifs
• Apéritif recipes from the Four Seasons restaurant

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The Sensible Cook: Dutch Foodways in the Old and the New World

Author: Peter G Ros

'In this beautifully illustrated book on the Dutch culinary tradition, Peter Rose has captured one important dimension of the proud legacy of Dutch contributions to American culture.' --Nancy Harmon Jenkins, Food Writer 'New York Times' and Editor, 'Journal of Gastronomy'

Booknews

A translation of the most favored Dutch cookbook of the 17th century (the period of the Dutch claim to New Netherlands, the territory between New England and Virginia). Presented here are the foodways of middle-class households in the Netherlands and their American colonies, the implements and ingredients employed, cooking methods, and typical dishes. Rose has also included introductory material and a section of recipes adapted for modern kitchens. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

The Imus Ranch or The Thing About Calories

The Imus Ranch: Cooking for Kids and Cowboys

Author: Deirdre Imus

The Imus Ranch ransports the reader to a unique place that the author and her husband, talk-show host Don Imus, created: a 4,000-acre working cattle ranch set in rolling hills and mesa country 50 miles east of Santa Fe. The children--who have cancer--visit the Imus Ranch and work alongside authentic western ranch hands, learning to ride horses and rope calves. The experience refuels their bodies and their spirits, and they leave stronger than when they came.

As Deirdre Imus explains:"We welcome kids who have known too much sickness and too much death, and we give them something they urgently need: a sense of independence and purpose through healthy, vigorous living."

Not only do the kids enjoy adventure at the ranch, but they learn from the Imuses that nutritious foods are fundamental to a happy, healthy life. Illustrated with full-color photographs that reflect the ranch's warmth and vitality, the book presents more than 125 vegetarian recipes that meet the true taste test: kids and cowboys love them! Readers will come away with a new appreciation of how important and how easy it is to incorporate healthier living into their everyday lives.

Publishers Weekly

Imus founded the Deirdre Imus Environmental Center for Pediatric Oncology, a program that aims to identify, control and ultimately prevent environmental factors that cause adult and, especially, pediatric cancer. She rounds out this collection of basic vegetarian fare with a lengthy essay about life on the Santa Fe, N.Mex. ranch where she and her husband, radio personality Don Imus, practice "healthy living and healthy cooking" and teach self-reliance and horsemanship to kids who have "known too much sickness and too much death." Imus's diet is "organic, whole-food, ovo vegetarian, meaning that we don't eat dairy or animal products, but we do eat eggs," and she explains it with a rundown of the ranch's organic "vegan pantry." The informal recipes focus on basics like Orange Poppy Seed Muffins and Cowboy Potato Chowder, and fast sandwiches like I-Man Chimichangas. Dinner selections feature nostalgic favorites such as Spanish Rice updated with brown rice and olive oil, and Imus cleans up desserts (including Carrot Cake and Jeannie's All Out Brownies) by substituting unbleached flour and unrefined sugar. In addition to healthy lifestyle prescriptives and thank-you notes from some of the camp's young alumni, Imus includes sidebars on topics ranging from non-toxic head lice remedies to green cleaning agents to the dangers of PVC in children's toys. She ends this informative book with a complete nine-day menu, spanning the average duration of Imus Ranch guests. (May) Forecast: While serving more to promote the worthy mission of the Imus Ranch than to provide unique recipes, this consciousness-raising cookbook may appeal to novice vegetarians or to those interested in supporting holistic education and children's health. Copyright 2004 Reed Business Information.

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The Thing About Calories

Author: Liz Babbs

This light-hearted book combines commentary, quotes from Nigella Lawson, Delia Smith, Dawn French and Rosemary Conley, lively cartoons and practical tips to deliver a read is both entertaining and helpful.

Noodle Know how or Pocket Guide to Good Food

Noodle Know-how: The Great Little Book of Noodle Dishes

Author: Emma Summer

Recipes includes traditional dishes such as Fried Singapore Noodles and Seafood Chow Mien, and delectable new combinations such as Seame Noodle Salad with Hot Peanuts.

Table of Contents:

	Introduction	6
	Snacks & Light Suppers	12
	Main Course Dishes	28
	Vegetables & Salads	44
	Easy Entertaining	54
	Index	64

Books about: Eat Our Words or Toasters Handbook

Pocket Guide to Good Food: A Shopper's Resource

Author: Margaret M Wittenberg

Illuminating ... concise ... instructive ... The Crossing Press Pocket Series are little books packed with lots of valuable information. This comprehensive series explores today's vast universe of natural health, personal growth and spirituality in a clear, easy-to-use format. Pocket Guides are ideal introductions for the expanding consumer interest in improving health, quieting the mind, and healing the spirit. Pocket Guides also make the perfect gift. Attractive, space-efficient displays are available, free with low minimum orders.

Scots and Their Fish or Favorite Family Recipes

Scots and Their Fish

Author: G W Lockhart

Fish and fisher-folk have long been part of the lore of Scotland, and this lively journey captures its history and culture. Lockhart charts the growth of the fishing communities, and the pressures placed upon them and the dangers they had to face. Containing many delicious recipes, this is an informative and entertaining collection of tales and legends, verse and song.

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Favorite Family Recipes: From Our Kitchen to Yours

Author: Teri Pingley

Favorite Family Recipes is friendly for all cooks new and experienced to accommodate every size family. We offer time and money saving solutions for families and teach how you can have a fancy taste for flair while maintaining or improving the budget for the savviest cook. In addition to great recipes, we offer helpful hints and tips and tricks for the cook(s) in the kitchen. We provide easy-to-follow instructions and even more important for the busy cook, most meals and/or dishes can be prepared in minimal time; some dishes only take 15 minutes to have on the table-ready to eat!

2009 How to Cook Everything Box Calendar or 2009 Wine Country Wall Calendar

2009 How to Cook Everything Box Calendar

Author: Mark Bittman

Mark Bittman's How to Cook Everything cookbook is considered the bible for a new generation of home cooks. This one-of-a-kind calendar includes hundreds of simple yet healthy recipes from the now classic book, along with lots of tips, techniques, and terms that every cook—aspiring or seasoned—will devour.

• The calendar pages are removable 4" x 6" recipe cards

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2009 Wine Country Wall Calendar

Author: Susan Winget

Rolling country scenes of everyday life in the vineyards.

Are You Really Going to Eat That or The Taste of Conquest

Are You Really Going to Eat That?: Reflections of a Culinary Thrill Seeker

Author: Robb Walsh

From the top of the Blue Mountains of Jamaica for the perfect cup of coffee to the jungles of Thailand for an encounter with the abominably smelly "stinkfruit," Robb Wals has traveled the globe, immersing himself in some of the world's most interesting culinary phenomena. In Are You Really Going to Eat That? Walsh offers a collection of his best essays over the past ten years, along with some of his favorite recipes.

For Walsh, food is a window on culture, and his essays brim with insights into our society and those around us. Whether he's discussing halal organic farming with Muslims, traversing the steep hills of Trinidad in search of hot-sauce makers, or savoring the disappearing art of black Southern cooking with a inmate-chef in a Texas penitentiary, Walsh has a unique talent for taking our understanding of food to a deeper level.

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The Taste of Conquest: The Rise and Fall of the Three Great Cities of Spice

Author: Michael Krondl

The smell of sweet cinnamon on your morning oatmeal, the gentle heat of gingerbread, the sharp piquant bite from your everyday peppermill. The tales these spices could tell: of lavish Renaissance banquets perfumed with cloves, and flimsy sailing ships sent around the world to secure a scented prize; of cinnamon-dusted custard tarts and nutmeg-induced genocide; of pungent elixirs and the quest for the pepper groves of paradise.

The Taste of Conquest offers up a riveting, globe-trotting tale of unquenchable desire, fanatical religion, raw greed, fickle fashion, and mouthwatering cuisine-in short, the very stuff of which our world is made. In this engaging, enlightening, and anecdote-filled history, Michael Krondl, a noted chef turned writer and food historian, tells the story of three legendary cities-Venice, Lisbon, and Amsterdam-and how their single-minded pursuit of spice helped to make (and remake) the Western diet and set in motion the first great wave of globalization.

In the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, the world's peoples were irrevocably brought together as a result of the spice trade. Before the great voyages of discovery, Venice controlled the business in Eastern seasonings and thereby became medieval Europe's most cosmopolitan urban center. Driven to dominate this trade, Portugal's mariners pioneered sea routes to the New World and around the Cape of Good Hope to India to unseat Venice as Europe's chief pepper dealer. Then, in the 1600s, the savvy businessmen of Amsterdam "invented" the modern corporation-the Dutch East India Company-and took over as spice merchants to the world.

Sharing meals and stories with Indian pepper planters, Portuguesesailors, and Venetian foodies, Krondl takes every opportunity to explore the world of long ago and sample its many flavors. The spice trade and its cultural exchanges didn't merely lend kick to the traditional Venetian cookies called peverini, or add flavor to Portuguese sausages of every description, or even make the Indonesian rice table more popular than Chinese takeout in trendy Amsterdam. No, the taste for spice of a few wealthy Europeans led to great crusades, astonishing feats of bravery, and even wholesale slaughter.

As stimulating as it is pleasurable, and filled with surprising insights, The Taste of Conquest offers a fascinating perspective on how, in search of a tastier dish, the world has been transformed.

Kirkus Reviews

A muddy walk through the history of Venice, Lisbon and Amsterdam, whose heydays were all linked to the lucrative spice trade. Food writer Krondl (Around the American Table: Treasured Recipes and Food Traditions from the American Cookery Collections of the New York Public Library, 1995, etc.) debunks the myth that spices were used over the centuries to mask rancid food. He attempts to understand the demand that prompted Europeans to explore and conquer the world. Spices were a luxury, often used as payment and literally worth their weight in gold. Coming from exotic places few could reach, they represented the aroma and taste of paradise. Fantastic profits could be made in the spice trade. With its strong links to the Byzantine Empire, Venice muscled in on the Mediterranean route, and soon "pepper was the lubricant of trade." The Crusades spread the taste for spices, but the fall of Constantinople to the Turks in 1453 effectively sealed the Venetians' routes. Soon the Portuguese made incursions. King Joao I sent out looting caravels for West African gold and melegueta pepper; Portuguese explorers braved the seas around the Cape of Good Hope in search of Prester John and Indian black pepper. Vasco da Gama made a momentous advance for the Portuguese by establishing a route from Lisbon to the Spice Islands in the South Pacific. When the Portuguese crown fell to Philip II of Spain in 1580, the prosperous Dutch, inspired by Jan Huyghen van Linschoten's how-to on the spice trade, took up the slack through the corporate arms of the East India Company. Krondl scrambles and dodges to cover an enormous amount of ground, from spice wars and slavery to disease and the use of spices for medicinalpurposes. Trying to do too much, he produces a loose, unscholarly text that many will find difficult to digest. Many separate strands of this compelling story deserve to be pursued further by more focused historians.

Seafood Meals in Minutes or Successful Catering

Seafood Meals in Minutes!: 150 Simple Recipes to Make Low-Fat Seafood Dishes

Author: M J Smith

The latest in the bestselling Meals in Minutes series includes 150 delicious and easy seafood recipes. The book includes tips on buying fish, seasonal information, preparation hints, and serving ideas.

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Successful Catering

Author: Bernard Splaver

With coverage of the management of a catering business and 201 expert recipes from The Culinary Institute of America, the new edition of this well-established book is an ideal basic text for students of catering.

Table of Contents:

Getting Started.
On-Premises Catering.
Off-Premises Catering.
Catering Personnel.
Writing a Contract.
Sanitation.
Setting Up a Kitchen.
Service Equipment.
Special Events.
Kosher Catering.
Wine and Bar Service.
Menu Making and Food Presentation.
RECIPES.
Hors d'Oeuvres.
Appetizers.
Soups.
Entrees.
Vegetables.
Potatoes, Pasta, Grains.
Salads.
Desserts.
Culinary Terminology.
Recipe Yield Conversion Chart.
Index.

Fast Food Fast Talk or 50 Fabulous Parties for Kids

Fast Food, Fast Talk: Service Work and the Routinization of Everyday Life

Author: Robin Leinder

Attending Hamburger University, Robin Leidner observes how McDonald's trains the managers of its fast-food restaurants to standardize every aspect of service and product. Learning how to sell life insurance at a large midwestern firm, she is coached on exactly what to say, how to stand, when to make eye contact, and how to build up Positive Mental Attitude by chanting "I feel happy! I feel terrific!"
Leidner's fascinating report from the frontlines of two major American corporations uncovers the methods and consequences of regulating workers' language, looks, attitudes, ideas, and demeanor. Her study reveals the complex and often unexpected results that come with the routinization of service work.
Some McDonald's workers resent the constraints of prescribed uniforms and rigid scripts, while others appreciate how routines simplify their jobs and give them psychological protection against unpleasant customers. Combined Insurance goes further than McDonald's in attempting to standardize the workers' very selves, instilling in them adroit maneuvers to overcome customer resistance.
The routinization of service work has both poignant and preposterous consequences. It tends to undermine shared understandings about individuality and social obligations, sharpening the tension between the belief in personal autonomy and the domination of a powerful corporate culture.
Richly anecdotal and accessibly written, Leidner's book charts new territory in the sociology of work. With service sector work becoming increasingly important in American business, her timely study is particularly welcome.

Library Journal

Leidner (sociology, Univ. of Pennsylvania) uses participant observation to explore aspects of service-industry efforts to insure sameness of effort and routinization of work. The author chooses for examples the ubiquitous McDonald's and the Combined Insurance Company, whose founder, W. Clement Stone, formulated the Positive Mental Attitude (PMA). Both companies achieve service provider-service recipient relationships that are routinized yet acceptable both to the customer and employee. The much-touted ``worker rebellions'' are largely nonexistent; many if not most employees prefer a well-choreographed approach to the point of sale. Leidner's book includes much of interest to students of business and human behavior, but her turgid prose does not lend itself to easy reading. For academic libraries.-- Norman Lederer, Thad deus Stevens State Sch. of Technology, Lancaster, Pa.

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50 Fabulous Parties for Kids

Author: Linda Hetzer

If your child loves parties, but you don't always love planning them here's a collection of 50 ideas for new, unusual, and easy-to-create celebrations for every occasion — birthdays, national and religious holidays, special family days like a new home or a new baby — that will not only thrill children but adults as well. 50 Fabulous Parties for Kids will show you how to choose a theme, make an invitation, select party crafts or games, and decorate a fun-shaped cake to go with the theme.

Parties are age appropriate, from three to twelve, have themes popular with all children and will not require expensive materials or excessive amounts of time.

50 Fabulous Parties for Kids is an invaluable sourcebook for any special event involving children.

Library Journal

This fun-filled book will get the entire family working together to prepare for special celebrations. Hetzer organizes the book into four categories of parties: for small children, for older children, for preteens, and family events. Each party receives several pages of carefully written directions, presented so that young children can do the reading. Line drawings illustrate the text. Topics include theme parties, such as a fairy-tale party for baby's first birthday. Directions are included for making all kinds of clever decorations, noise makers, invitations, and refreshments. Teachers as well as parents who do volunteer work with children will find this book a treasury of quick and easy ways to create perfectly fabulous parties. For most public libraries.-- Nancy E. Zuwiyya, Binghamton City Sch. Dist., N.Y.

Cooking with Riesling or Kosher Kettle

Cooking with Riesling: 75 Remarkable Riesling Recipes

Author: Barbara Ray

75 remarkable easy-to-prepare recipes, each flavored with Riesling -- soups, pastas & grains, meats, poultry, seafood & desserts. Glossary and pronunciation guide for wine cooking terms. Introduction to Riesling. How to cook with wine, decipher wine labels, and serve wine.

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Kosher Kettle: International Adventures in Jewish Cooking

Author: Sybil Ruth Kaplan

This cookbook brings together more than 350 kosher recipes from 27 countries, including Russia, Thailand, Israel, and Greece. From appetizers and desserts to special Shabbat and holiday meals, this cookbook teems with ideas to make kosher cookery an extraordinary international affair.

Cooking for Life or Best of Bloodroot

Cooking for Life: Recipes for Healthy Living (Volume 1)

Author: Avera McKennan Foundation

For those who have experienced cancer or want to take preventative steps, understanding healthy eating habits are vital. With the guidance of Cooking For Life, Volume 1, creating or maintaining a healthy diet can be easy. This cookbook focuses on preparing healthy meals for you and your family.

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Best of Bloodroot: Vegetarian Recipes, Vol. 1

Author: Selma Miriam

The New York Times calls Bloodroot "legendary" and Vegetarian Times has listed it as one of the ten best vegetarian restaurants in the nation. Bloodroot is a wonderfully unique restaurant/bookstore tucked away on the same residential street since 1977, in a Bridgeport Connecticut neighborhood with great views of the Long Island Sound. The Best of Bloodroot—two juicy cookbooks filled with time-tested recipes, gorgeous photographs, and fiery essays detailing their cooking and living philosophies. A thorough glossary includes discussion of the ethnic ingredients on which Bloodroot relies. Personal essays describe the owners' experiences with feminism in a changing world as well as discussions of work ethics, community, economic success, and of course, an examination of the political and moral aspects of vegetarianism and vegan ism.

Volume One opens up a world of exquisite tastes available from well-polished vegetarian recipes. The introduction includes notes from a cooking class which demonstrate the basics of how to cook and eat as a vegetarian, offering a guide to authentic and authoritative vegetarian cooking. Get ready to feed your body and soul on over 300 recipes, including Mushrooms Madeira, Sweet Dumpling Squash with Chestnut Stuffing, Collard Greens with Black-eyed Peas and Rice, and Chocolate Devastation.

Celebrating Our Equality Cookbook or Southern Grace

Celebrating Our Equality Cookbook: A Cookbook with Recipes and Remembrances from Howard University

Author: Carolyn Quick Tillery

In this enticing sequel to her bestselling book A Taste of Freedom, Carolyn Quick Tillery celebrates the most mouthwatering African-American recipes ever invented while also paying homage to Howard University, the nation's historic first black university. Where A Taste of Freedom explored the heroic black struggle for freedom and education, Celebrating Our Equality chronicles a newly freed people's continuing battle for equality and justice. Established in 1867 to educate African-Americans freed by the Civil War, Howard University is credited with being at the forefront of the civil rights struggle. Nine of the ten attorneys who argued Brown v. Board of Education, which ended public school segregation, were either Howard University professors or Law School graduates. Most noted among the latter group was Thurgood Marshall, the first African-American to sit on the United States Supreme Court. Howard University's list of notable graduates includes Ralph Bunche, Andrew Young, Vernon Jordan, Stokely Carmichael, James Farmer, and Anna Pauli Murray, along with Zora Neale Hurston, Debbie Allen, and Nobel Laureate Toni Morrison. Among its faculty members are blood bank founder Dr. Charles Drew and Alaine Locke, the first African-American Rhodes Scholar.

Howard University has always provided a forum for black Americans to celebrate their culture -- including the unique cooking traditions they have preserved for countless generations. The tantalizing recipes in this book illustrate those proud traditions: dishes such as Black Olive, Jalapeno, and Tomato Mojo; Black-Eyed Pea Salad; Spicy Fried Chicken; Rosemary and Thyme-Scented Green Beans; and Buttermilk Pie, to name just a few. Filled with intriguing anecdotes, and accompanied by over fifty vintage photographs and illustrations, Celebrating Our Equality is at once a powerful tribute to a venerable American institution and a salute to the accomplishments made by a people who turned their hardwon freedom into a chance to change the course of history.

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Southern Grace: Recipes and Remembrances from the W

Author: Miississippi University for Women Alumnae Association Staff

Southern Grace will nourish your Southern soul and charm your heart. From Mississippi University for Women, the country's first state-supported college for women, this cookbook offers time-honored Southern recipes, contemporary cuisine, delightful sidebars, and beautiful photography. This promises to be a treasured keepsake for all who love to cook and entertain.

Pleasure of Your Company or Vegetarian Magic

Pleasure of Your Company: Entertaining in High Style

Author: Kimberly Schlegel

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The Pleasure of Your Company Entertaining in High Style

From a luncheon fit for a princess to new-fashion celebrations and holiday soirees, The Pleasure of Your Company lets us look inside the venues and check out the menus at some high-society bashes.

Every city's social season is filled with parties of all sorts, and in this book, some highly seasoned hosts and hostesses step forward to give their vital secrets for successful party giving. We see the invitations, decorations and table settings, and even sample some elegant recipes from parties designed to leave the partygoers with memories that last.

Protocol is in order at some of these dinners and business events, while raucous good fun reigns supreme at others. Take a peek at the celebrity bra auction benefit, the wild west shindig complete with old-town saloon and outhouses, the harvest party with costumed performers, and Lola Chihuahua's fancy dog party for all her tail-wagging friends and their owners.

An expert in the field of entertaining, Kimberly Schlegel has created a book brimming with ideas, inspirations, how-tos, invaluable tips, and creative ideas for parties of all kinds. She also teaches how to confidently organize and host a fabulous event of your own. Her thorough time table takes you from the first glimmer of an idea right down to the last thirty minutes before your guests arrive, when you'll be relaxing with your feet up, without a worry on your mind.

This is a personal invitation to events like those highlighted in the society section of the newspaper. It's a chance to vicariously attend these extravaganzas and learn how to throw them yourself!

Kimberly Schlegel is agraduate of Southern Methodist University with an honors degree in Art History. In 1999, she started a company, RSVP-Soiree Party Rentals, a Dallas Debutante and Social Service company that advises others when planning the most important events in their young adult lives. Kimberly and her business have been featured in Elle, Vogue, D Home & Garden, D Magazine, PaperCity, Four Season's Magazine, Animal Fair, The New York Times Magazine and Businessweek. Kimberly is also featured in the recently released book, Texas Women, by Martana Hansen. Her reputation as an "arbiter of taste and style" for both her personal flair for fashion, as well as her eye for entertaining, has secured Kimberly the title of "style expert" on such shows as WB in the Morning, Designing Texas on Fox, and Good Day Dallas. She can be seen on the Style Network in thirteen episodes of the new series Whose Wedding is it Anyway and as the host of Designing America's Lagniappe segments. Kimberly is also a monthly columnist in Southern Vanity Magazine.

She currently lives in Dallas, Texas.

Table of Contents:

Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction

1. Lola's Fancy Dog Party

2. A Night in Seville

3. A Luncheon Fit for a Princess

4. Diplomatic Dinner

5. Engagement Celebration

6. A Book Bash, Hamptons-style

7. Wild West Shindig

8. Fashion Fantasy

9. Summer Showers

10. Zac Posen Wonderland

11. Fashion Ambassadors

12. Barnstable Brown Kentucky Derby

13. Sentimental Journeys

14. The Power of Peppermint

15. It's a Small World After All

16. Covert Operation

17. New Year's Eve at the Maritime

18. Hostess for all Seasons

19. Presidential Protocol

20. What Lies Beneath

21. New York's Yellow Rose of Texas

22. Pretty in Pastels

23. Harvest Party

24. Hillsboro Hound Hunt Club

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Vegetarian Magic: At the Regency House Spa

Author: John B Nowakowski

The Regency House Spa located north of Miami Beach is a natural vegetarian resort dedicated to the principles of holistic health. In addition to fitness activities and therapeutic treatments, guests are treated to the delicious and innovative vegan cuisine of chef John B. Nowakowski. Now you can enjoy the same dishes that have delighted spa guests, elegant cuisine including many Caribbean specialties, four weeks of menus, and the Regency juice fasting schedule and recipes.

Best of Amish Cooking or Essential Olive Oil Companion

Best of Amish Cooking: Traditional and Contemporary Recipes Adapted from the Kitchens and Pantries of Old Order Amish Cooks

Author: Phyllis Pellman Good

This beautiful book by a New York Times bestselling author who is also a leading expert on Amish cooking highlights traditional and contemporary recipes adapted from the kitchens and pantries of Amish cooks.

Phyllis Pellman Good has spent years researching these foods. She has interviewed Amish grandmothers and dipped into old books, diaries, and recipe boxes.

The dishes she selected are ones that were and continue to be popular in eastern Pennsylvania, usually in the Lancaster area. According to Good, they reflect the fruitfulness of Amish fields and gardens, as well as the group's emphasis on family and community.

Color photos set the mood. Wonderful descriptions and introductions prepare the setting. And delicious, savory recipes fill this book with some of the best food you'll find anywhere.

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Essential Olive Oil Companion

Author: Anne Dolamor

The healthy benefits of olive oil have been enjoyed for centuries throughout the Mediterranean but only recently are they being appreciated worldwide. This fascinating and unique book, both a history and a practical compendium, includes 100 traditional and regional olive oil recipes.

Muffins and More or If You Cant Stand the Heat Get Out of the Kitchen

Muffins and More

Author: Jean Par

Jean Pare has compiled yet another winning collection of recipes in her third cookbook Muffins & More. Recipes for biscuits, coffee cakes, muffins, loaves and quick breads will tempt even the most inexperienced baker. Mrs. Pare credits the popularity of her cookbooks to the fact that all recipes used in her Company's Coming series are quick and easy and use everyday ingredients. Her extensive experience as a professional caterer and her busy home life as a mother of four have provided her with firsthand knowledge of peoples' favorite foods. Mrs. Pare continues to share these recipes with family and friends from coast to coast and around the world.

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If You Can't Stand the Heat, Get Out of the Kitchen

Author: Junior Service League of Independenc

A time-honored compilation of recipe celebrating the rich history and memories of the Kansas City area's most famous couple, Harry and Bess Truman. In the spirit of their generosity, the proceeds of this collectors items fund various charitable needs within the hometown community.

Sushi or Sunrise Inn Missouri

Sushi

Author: Maite Rodriguez Fischer

A new concept in cookbooks, this series is designed for those who want to replicate at home the trendy international cuisine they typically enjoy at restaurants. Simple and nutritious sushi, fish, salad, and wok recipes put elegant appetizers and entrees within reach of the novice cook. Each book in the series contains 50 recipes.

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Sunrise Inn Missouri: A Collection of Signature Dishes from Missouri's Finest

Author: Bed Breakfast Inns of Missouri

Sunrise Inn Missouri invites you to tour Missouri and taste the fabulous recipes of the Bed & Breakfast Inns of Missouri (BBIM). This collection of recipes will certainly transport you back to fond memories spent at our many beautiful and relaxing Inns where dreams are fulfilled. Imagine your breakfast being served in an elegant dining room, perhaps by a roaring fireplace, or on a cool, inviting screened porch or sunlit patio during summer. Innkeepers from all over Missouri have shared their signature dishes in this collection. You'll find everything from elegant fruit courses to succulent breakfast entrees and even a few appetizers. Dinner and desserts included will please even the most discriminating of guests and family members. Sunrise Inn Missouri is also a guide to planning your next Bed & Breakfast excursion across the state. A map pinpoints all towns and locations of BBIM. There's an artist's rendition of each Inn and a quaint description telling you of the special aspects of our state association inspected inns. Websites are at your fingertips to allow you to further explore information pertaining to surrounding areas and rate information. Many websites will take you on an entire interior tour of the many different styles of Inns. Choose a riverboat captain's mansion overlooking a great river, a geodesic dome in the country, a baron of industry's mansion in Kansas City or St. Louis, or a country contemporary on one of our sparkling lakes. Many of Missouri's wonderful small towns are full of antique stores and restaurants but also hold some of the real Bed & Breakfast treasures. So take a culinary journey through a great state full of undiscovered treasures!

Table of Contents:

	Participating Inns	2
	State Map of Participating Cities	4
	Guide by City of Participating Inns	5
	Bed & Breakfast Recipes and Travel Information	8
	Directory of Missouri Bed & Breakfast Association Membership	150
	Index of Recipes	152