Author Archive
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The Ultimate Rotisserie Cookbook
300 Mouthwatering Recipes for Making the Most of Your Rotisserie Oven
Paperback , 17.95
Cooking food on a spinning spit dates all the way back to the discovery of fire. Nowadays, a small rotisserie oven on the kitchen counter will conveniently transform a chicken into a gloriously crispy, moist, and delicious family dinner in an hour (while you are busy doing other things, or even finding time to relax). But once you’ve rotisseried a couple of chickens, where do you go from there?
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The Italian-American Cookbook
A Feast of Food from a Great American Cooking Tradition
By John Mariani, Galina Mariani
Paperback , $19.95
At last, here is the place to look for the tastiest and most definitive renderings of Shrimp Fra Diavolo, Steak Florentine, Pasta alla Primavera, Linguine with Clam Sauce, Spinach with Pignolis, Tiramisu, and all the other treasures of the Italian-American table. In these pages, America’s premier restaurant critic, John Mariani, and his wizard-in-the-kitchen wife, Galina Mariani, update and perfect all the classics, while accompanying sidebars and archival photographs bring to life the family restaurants and home kitchens where these magnificent ethnic dishes are prepared and enjoyed.
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The Soup Mix Gourmet
375 Short-Cut Recipes Using Dry and Canned Soups to Cook Up Everything from Delicious Dips and Sumptuous Salads to Hearty Pot Roasts and Homey Casseroles
Paperback , 19.95
Diane Phillips presents The Soup Mix Gourmet, mainstream short-cut cooking at its best, with more than 375 recipes that use dry soup mix or canned condensed soup as a key flavor ingredient. Simply put, these are easy-to-follow recipes for delicious meals that beat the clock.
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The Hudson River Valley Cookbook
A Leading American Chef Savors the Region's Bounty
Paperback , $17.95
In a book nominated for a prestigious IACP Cookbook Award, esteemed chef Waldy Malouf gently reveals his culinary secrets to home cooks, who will share his pleasure in cooking with the many fresh ingredients, from delicate baby salad greens and earthy root vegetables to free-range chickens and hand-crafted cheeses, celebrated in these 200 recipes.
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Perfect Party Food
All the Recipes and Tips You’ll Ever Need for Stress-Free Entertaining from the Diva of Do-Ahead
Paperback , $27.95
This doable, do-ahead, stress-free entertaining guide will help get you out of the kitchen in time to enjoy your party. Diva of Do-Ahead Diane Phillips gives you nearly 500 recipes, from appetizers to desserts, and loads of advice so you can pull it all together ahead of time so most of the work is done before the party begins, allowing hosts to relax and enjoy the party along with their guests. Perfect Party Food is the ultimate resource for throwing every kind of party imaginable, from casual, last-minute get-togethers with friends to intimate and elegant holiday soirees to overflowing, festive bashes.
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Perfect Basket
How to Make a Fabulous Gift Basket for Any Occasion
Paperback , $17.95
Here’s the perfect solution for everyone who strives to give the perfect gift! This stylish and user-friendly guide offers baskets for every occasion and at every price level, and is filled with gorgeous four-color photographs for inspiration. The book is also chock full of helpful tips and suggestions for how to choose the proper basket or other creative container, how to select properly sized items and assemble them in the basket, and how to wrap and decorate the basket. This revised and expanded edition now features more than 30 food baskets such as Chocoholic’s Basket, Weekend Breakfast Basket, and Wok on the Wild Side Basket, and 60 themed baskets such as Baby’s Here Basket, Off to College Basket, and Sports Fan Basket —a gift basket idea for nearly every occasion and holiday. Suggestions for creating most baskets cover several budget levels of $25, $50, and $100 or more.
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Eula Mae’s Cajun Kitchen
Cooking Through the Seasons on Avery Island
By Eula Mae Dore, Marcelle R. Bienvenu
Paperback , $16.95
Eula Mae Doré has been cooking Cajun food on Avery Island, home of the McIlhenny family and their Tabasco pepper sauce, for more than half a century. Her intuition, patience, and love of food have served her better than any professional training could have. Food writer Marcelle Bienvenu spent hundreds of hours in the kitchen by Eula Mae’s side capturing nearly 100 traditional Cajun dishes as well as Eula Mae’s reminiscences of her family and her years on Avery Island.