Author Archive
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Lemonade
50 Cool Recipes for Classic, Flavored, and Hard Lemonades and Sparklers
Hardcover , $12.95
In Lemonade, Fred Thompson creates 50 diverse recipes that will take you far beyond the basic lemonade-stand fare of childhood. Ranging from simple to sophisticated, and accompanied by stunning photographs, Thompson’s recipes will show that there really is no substitute for a large glass of freshly homemade lemonade. Now with a new cover!
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Iced Tea
50 Recipes for Refreshing Tisanes, Infusions, Coolers, and Spiked Teas
Hardcover , $12.95
Iced Tea offers 50 recipes for a wide variety of flavorful and wholesome homemade teas—from classics to infusions, from spritzers to offbeat and cocktail teas—all accompanied by gorgeous full-color photographs. As Fred Thompson says (and we think you’ll agree once you sample the delicious results): “There really is no substitute for the real thing.” Now with a new cover!
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Deviled Eggs
50 Recipes from Simple to Sassy
By Debbie Moose
Hardcover , $12.95
Deviled eggs are not only the ultimate party food but also great side dishes, first courses to an elegant dinner, or additions to a salad to round out a light lunch. Everyone has the necessary ingredients right on hand and they are incredibly fast, economical, and easy to prepare. With delicious recipes ranging from light and simple Springtime Herb Delights to gutsy Blue Devils, tips for perfectly hard-cooked eggs, and ideas for creative presentation, this gorgeous four-color book is sure to be devilishly good. Now with a new cover!
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Food Blog South 2012
The 2012 food blog conference circuit is in full swing. Bloggers are sprawling out from state-to-state, blogging (and eating) their way across the country en masse. It’s quite a feat, and one that is shaping up to be even more robust than 2011. For our part at Harvard Common Press, our active involvement in that category of conference life began this past weekend at Food Blog South in Birmingham, AL.
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Birmingham Eats
I’ve often relished listening to the Lynard Skynard hit “Sweet Home Alabama.” Something about it always reminds me of the comforts of returning to a place you know, where good friends and great food are always assured. And while this past weekend presented me an opportunity to visit Birmingham, Alabama for the first time (and to check out Food Blog South 2012), it was indeed like returning to a place I had always known.
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The Best Quick Breads
150 Recipes for Muffins, Scones, Shortcakes, Gingerbreads, Cornbreads, Coffeecakes, and More
Paperback , $16.95
The pleasure of a perfectly high-domed muffin, the butter-tender crumb of a teatime scone, a sizzling skillet of golden-crusted cornbread, a piping-hot stack of fluffy pancakes—quick breads are an everyday luxury, an affordable indulgence, a reminder of how special simple foods can be.
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The Southwestern Grill
200 Terrific Recipes for Big and Bold Backyard Barbecue
Paperback , $16.95
Grilling and Southwestern food make a sizzlingly perfect match. Nothing brings to life the bold tastes of the Southwest better than the smoky accents and robust depths of flavor that come from grilling over an open flame. With brilliant barbecue wizardry and a surefire flair with food, Michael McLaughlin serves up two hundred dazzlingly tasty recipes perfect for casual weekday dinners and spectacular weekend feasts. Now with a new cover.
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Fish and Shellfish, Grilled and Smoked
300 Foolproof Recipes for Everything from Amberjack to Whitefish, Plus Really Good Rubs, Marvelous Marinades, Sassy Sauces, and Sumptuous Sides
By Karen Adler, Judith M. Fertig
Paperback , $18.95
In Fish & Shellfish, Grilled & Smoked, grill experts Karen Adler and Judith Fertig demonstrate just how easy it is to make delicious, perfectly grilled or smoked fish and shellfish at home. They include all the basics on equipment, techniques, and fish substitution guidelines, along with 300 tasty and easy-to-follow recipes so backyard cooks have everything they need to complete a perfect meal. Now with a new cover.
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Boston Brunchers
It’s not very often you get to share a meal with great people. Even more rare, great food bloggers.
And rarest of all, 40 great food bloggers.
In honor of the Boston Brunchers and their awesome weekend meal-sharing tradition, Harvard Common Press is hosting the #HCPbrunch this morning at 11:30a (unfortunately, we capped the event at 40 people, there’s only so much cooking HCPers can do). But, we have a lot of good stuff in store.
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The Art of Food & Wine Writing
As the world of cooking, food and blogs becomes inextricably linked online, perhaps paradoxically there’s also been an explosion in the number of in-the-flesh conferences available that help food professionals “improve their craft.” That can take any number of forms, whether around writing content, taking photography, or learning to build a food business online (whether blog or otherwise).
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Crowd-Sourced Cranberry Sauce
As the Thanksgiving holiday winds down, we can sit back and recount all of the meals with friends and family, all the memories from this year’s feast…and all the tweets and Facebook messages about the meal that we shared back and forth.