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All-American Desserts
400 Star-Spangled, Razzle-Dazzle Recipes for America’s Best Loved Desserts
All-American Desserts
By Judith M. Fertig
Paperback, $18.95
All-American Desserts is a treasure-trove of 400 desserts that tantalize Americans across this great country, whether traditional sweets, back-of-the-box classics, or newly inspired creations. Intrepid dessert enthusiast Judith Fertig includes every type of sweet satisfaction—cookies, cakes, pies, puddings, cobblers, slumps, turnovers, cupcakes, and candy—along with their fascinating histories.
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BBQ Bash
The Be-All, End-All Party Guide, from Barefoot to Black Tie
BBQ Bash
By Karen Adler, Judith M. Fertig
Paperback, $16.95
Hardcover, $29.95
No one throws a party like Karen Adler and Judith Fertig, and in BBQ Bash they prove that any special occasion is cause for firing up the grill. Recipes include Piquillo Pepper-Stuffed Chicken Breasts with Salsa Verde, Herb-Grilled Seafood Platter at a Tapas Party, and BBQ Glazed Baby Back Ribs with a Kiss of Smoke. Dishes range from casual to elegant and are always delicious. Also included are 12 themed barbecue parties that feature menu options, drink recommendations, and tips on how to create a festive atmosphere—from dishware and linens to flowers and music. Adler and Fertig take the guesswork out of entertaining so you can throw a memorable barbecue bash every time.
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California Home Cooking
American Cooking in the California Style
California Home Cooking
By Michele Anna Jordan
Paperback, $21.95
In California Home Cooking, the Golden State comes to life in tales and anecdotes and in 400 easy-to-make dishes. From a Gilroy Omelet to Bodega Bay Crabs, from a Ginger Beef Stir-Fry or a Spicy Ranch Chicken to an Avocado and Pear Salad, this is a book full of tasty recipes for any home cook—Californian or not—who loves delectable food that's bursting with freshness and flavor.
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Eula Mae’s Cajun Kitchen
Cooking Through the Seasons on Avery Island
Eula Mae’s Cajun Kitchen
By Eula Mae Doré, 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.
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Fan Fare
A Playbook of Great Recipes for Tailgating or Watching the Game at Home
Fan Fare
By Debbie Moose
Paper-over-boards , $14.95
Fan Fare is the only book you’ll need to throw a party for friends at home or tailgate at the big game. Author Debbie Moose features 100 classic and regional recipes—and the stories and traditions behind them—for every part of the game-day feast, from Jo Ann’s Campfire Onion Blossoms (a favorite at NASCAR races) to bratwurst prepared just the way Green Bay Packers fans like it to the Hibachi Seafood Mix essential at any University of Hawaii tailgate. Moose has also included all the important pointers for an impromptu party at home or a carefully planned trip to the big game, with tips on food transport and safety, outdoor cooking techniques, suggested menus, and a calendar of sporting events, so there’s a great excuse for a tailgate party every month of the year.
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Norman Van Aken’s Feast of Sunlight
200 Inspired Recipes from the Master of New World Cuisine
Norman Van Aken’s Feast of Sunlight
By Norman Van Aken
Paperback, $14.95
Norman Van Aken’s Feast of Sunlight was the first cookbook to address “New World Cuisine,” the regionally inspired marriage of the vibrant, sun-drenched flavors of the South, the Southwest, Latin America, and the Caribbean, informed by classic techniques of Europe and the Mediterranean.
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Prairie Home Breads
150 Splendid Recipes from America’s Breadbasket
Prairie Home Breads
By Judith M. Fertig
Hardcover, $18.95
To create these 150 recipes that celebrate the best of America’s bread baking tradition, Judith M. Fertig visited artisanal bakeries, working farmhouse kitchens, rural church suppers, urban bakeries, farmer's markets, and home kitchens. She found delicious loaves, buns and rolls, biscuits, popovers, crackers, muffins, coffeecakes, kuchens, strudels, and more, as well as rich stories of ethnic and regional culture, agriculture, Midwestern culinary traditions, and warm celebrations of Heartland food.
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Prairie Home Cooking
400 Recipes that Celebrate the Bountiful Harvests, Creative Cooks, and Comforting Foods of the American Heartland
Prairie Home Cooking
By Judith M. Fertig
Paperback, $16.95
The food of the Midwest is the food of America itself, a combination of tradition and innovation, comfort and creativity, abundance and thrift. In Prairie Home Cooking, Judith Fertig serves up a warm-hearted invitation to savor the best of the region’s bounty—garden-grown vegetables, orchard-picked fruits, wild nuts and berries, fresh fish and game, and prairie-raised beef, chicken, and pork—starring in hearty breakfasts, flavorful soups, big-plate main courses, and desserts that brim over with custards and fruit. In 400 recipes and extensive sidebars, Fertig celebrates this glorious American regional cuisine and culture.
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Sublime Smoke
Bold New Flavors Inspired by the Old Art of Barbecue
Sublime Smoke
By Cheryl and Bill Jamison
Paperback, $18.95
Building on the basics laid out in their award-winning Smoke & Spice, which offers traditional American styles of smoke-cooked barbecue, Cheryl and Bill Jamison now delve into a more contemporary approach to smoking, with an emphasis on leaner cuts of meat, chicken, fish, and vegetables. The result is 225 exciting dishes that incorporate an imaginative variety of ingredients and seasonings and that celebrate a world of ethnic and global influences.
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Texas Home Cooking
Texas Home Cooking
By Cheryl and Bill Jamison
Paperback, $24.95
Texas Home Cooking offers delicious dishes from one of America’s most distinctive and beloved culinary regions, home of Tex-Mex, barbecue, and down-home goodness.
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The Border Cookbook
Authentic Home Cooking of the American Southwest and Northern Mexico
The Border Cookbook
By Cheryl and Bill Jamison
Paperback, $21.95
In this James Beard Book Award-winning and IACP Award-nominated cookbook, authors Bill and Cheryl Jamison combine the best of Mexican and Southwest cooking, bringing together this large region's Native American, Spanish, Mexican, and Anglo culinary roots into one big, exuberant collection. The Border Cookbook is bursting with over 300 recipes for simple, delicious, and authentic dishes that are suitable for every meal, every day of the week.
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The Cape Cod Table
The Cape Cod Table
By Lora Brody
Paperback with flaps, $19.95
Fragrant fish chowder and pumpkin bisque, rich oyster stew and salt cod, sweet beach-plum jam and lobster rolls – these dishes are as evocative of Cape Cod as the salty tang of a sea breeze and the soft sand of the beach. Celebrated author and longtime Cape dweller Lora Brody presents these and many other beloved regional dishes in The Cape Cod Table, now available in paperback. Interspersed among the recipes are color photographs of luscious food and vivid scenery, transporting readers to this simple stretch of paradise with every turn of the page.
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The Hudson River Valley Cookbook
A Leading American Chef Savors the Region's Bounty
The Hudson River Valley Cookbook
By Waldy Malouf, Molly Finn
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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The Italian-American Cookbook
A Feast of Food from a Great American Cooking Tradition
The Italian-American Cookbook
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 New England Cookbook
350 Recipes from Town and Country, Land and Sea, Hearth and Home
The New England Cookbook
By Brooke Dojny
Paperback, $29.95
From homespun casseroles and skillet dinners to special-occasion hors d’oeuvres and roasts, these 350 recipes are rich in tradition but thoroughly contemporary in style. Brooke Dojny’s witty and authoritative celebration of New England cooking serves up delectably tasty dishes that home cooks anywhere in the country will be happy to share with family and friends.
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