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The Foster's Market Cookbook: Favorite Recipes for Morning, Noon, and Night

Sara Foster, Sarah Belk King

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Total reviews: 35 Average rating: 4.5 of 5

Editorial Review:

Since 1990, Sara Foster has been delighting the patrons of her two North Carolina gourmet takeout food stores with refined yet unpretentious fare that reflects her Southern upbringing and years as a professional cook on the East Coast. The Foster's Market Cookbook, penned with food writer Sarah Belk King, collects dozens of Foster's most popular recipes, beloved for their use of high-quality seasonal ingredients and rich, imaginative flavor combinations. As with Ina Garten's Barefoot Contessa Cookbook and myriad tomes by Martha Stewart (for whom Foster worked in the 1980s), Foster's debut provides both advanced and fledgling home cooks with impeccably tasteful dinner-party menu ideas and creative weekday meals.

Starting the book as you might your morning, Foster offers tantalizing breakfast possibilities such as Sticky Orange-Coconut Pinwheels and traditional-with-a-twist brunch dishes such as Mushroom-Risotto Hash with Fried Eggs and Grilled Ham. Next come more than 15 soul-warming soups, stews, and chilies (Corn and Roasted Red Pepper Chowder is just one of many must-make entries); sandwiches and snacks; salads and sides; entrées; and desserts. Main-dish highlights include Chicken Breasts Stuffed with Prosciutto and Sun-Dried Tomatoes (they're so good and so easy to make!), Grilled Eggplant Parmesan with Fresh Mozzarella and Zesty Tomato Sauce, and Pan-Seared Sea Scallops with Tom Thumb Tomatoes and Foster's Pesto (a perfect quick spring meal). The desserts are divine, including chic confections such as Four-Layer Blueberry Gingerbread Cake with Mocha Cream, a collaboration with Durham pastry chef Kathy Edwards, as well as old-fashioned treats like strawberry shortcake and pecan pie (nicely jazzed with bourbon). Throughout, sidebars and tips on techniques give cooks additional opportunity to learn from Foster's fine food sensibility. For connoisseurs of simple yet sophisticated cuisine, The Foster's Market Cookbook truly titillates. --Rebecca Robinson

A Cookbook for All Seasons: A Healthy Eating Plan for Life

Elson M. Haas, Eleaonora Manzolini

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Total reviews: 2 Average rating: 4.5 of 5

Great Recipes 5 out of 5 stars.
1 of 4 people found this review helpful.

I love this book. Great recipes. Remember you can always substitute if a recipe contains something you just hate, but I suggest you try it the way it was written and see before making changes. You might just find that you like it.

A Cookbook for all Seasons 4 out of 5 stars.
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This book is a companion to "Staying Healthy with the Seasons". It has some great recipes for people interested in eating healthy. Some ingredients, like Miso, may not be readily available but can be found in the Oriental section of many larger food stores or in Asian markets.

At Home with Carolyne Roehm

Carolyne Roehm

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Total reviews: 22 Average rating: 4.0 of 5

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Former fashion designer Carolyne Roehm is renowned for combining a keen appreciation of beauty with practical know-how. Now, with this gorgeously illustrated guide, readers can go behind the scenes of her memorable parties, learn her entertaining secrets, and visit the glamorous homes where she has dazzled her prominent guests.

Imparting fresh ideas and inspiration for knockout events on any budget, At Home with Carolyne Roehm follows the calendar’s seasons to provide year-round suggestions for place settings, floral arrangements, and menus. Emphasizing creativity and natural elements, Carolyne Roehm’s tips are not exclusively geared toward elegant functions: Picnics, cozy fireside meals for two, afternoon teas, and formal dinner parties are treated with equal verve. Drawing on ingredients and imagery appropriate for spring, summer, winter, and fall and all the major holidays, this handsome collection yields a trove of simple but sophisticated recipes along with perfect tabletop and decorative accents to accompany them. Biscuit sandwiches of Mustard-Glazed and Smoked Cheddar; Shrimp and White Bean Salad; Zucchini and Watercress Soup; and Fudgy Rum Chocolate Cake are just a few of the delicious and easy-to-prepare dishes. For successful festive occasions that friends and family will remember for years, from a grand New Year’s Eve gala to a spring brunch with a floral theme, At Home with Carolyne Roehm is itself glorious cause for celebration.

Market-Fresh Mixology: Cocktails for Every Season

Bridget Albert, Mary Barranco

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Total reviews: 11 Average rating: 5.0 of 5

Fresh, Inspired Ideas 5 out of 5 stars.
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This book is filled with great ideas (and great photos - talk about cocktail porn!). The instructions are easy to follow, with very consistent results. Every drink I've tried has been fantastic (and popular with my guests), and I can't say that about most cocktail recipe books in my collection!

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Today’s diners and drinkers are seeing a bold new integration of culinary art and cocktail culture. Market-Fresh Mixology shows how fabulous additions from the farmer’s market, garden, or pantry can elevate classic cocktails to the next level. It introduces an entirely new dimension to the ideal of seasonal cocktails, with a clean, contemporary approach that uses fine spirits and fresh ingredients to create cocktails for every occasion. Hot day? Blustery night? Snowbound? No matter what the weather, season, or event, Market-Fresh Mixology offers a recipe, from the refreshing summer mojito to the cozy hot buttered rum, that’s as easy to follow as it is delicious. With its gorgeous full color photos, the book is a treat for the eyes, but it’s also eminently practical, with tips on cocktail mixing techniques, garnishes, enhancements, glassware, and bar tools, as well as amusing lore surrounding classic cocktails.

The Ski House Cookbook: Warm Winter Dishes for Cold Weather Fun

Tina Anderson, Sarah Pinneo

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What could be better than standing on top of a mountain, snow sparkling, the slopes calling? Not much, except perhaps skiing down to a warm, home-cooked meal that comes together effortlessly.

The Ski House Cookbook makes it all possible with 125 recipes that will keep you on the slopes or winding down with friends afterward, not stuck at the stove. Here are easy and delicious meals designed with minimum prep times for often limited home-away-from-home kitchens, from quick-cooking roasts, sautés, and other fast meals to slow-cooker dishes and recipes that can be made in advance and frozen. And, to get you in the right frame of mind, each recipe is coded with a difficulty rating that corresponds to the familiar green dots, blue squares, and black diamonds of the slopes.

Start the day with ’Twas the Night Before French Toast (assembled in advance and baked in the morning) to keep you going until lunchtime, when a Colorado Cubano (made in a flash from readily available deli meats) will refuel you for the afternoon. An entire chapter of après-ski snacks, including Green Mountain Fondue and Spicy Roasted Chickpeas, helps tide you over until dinner, which includes tempting options such as Roasted Pork Loin with Cherry Balsamic Pan Sauce, Mogul Beef Chili, and Roasted Brussels Sprouts with Bacon. Hearty soups and pastas and indulgent desserts round out this collection of recipes that will warm you up from the inside out.

In addition to the irresistible recipes, The Ski House Cookbook offers practical information on cooking at high altitudes, a section on getting the most out of your slow cooker, and 50 beautiful full-color photographs of the great dishes and snowy landscapes that skiers love. So whether you’re hitting the slopes or just dreaming of days in the lodge, a double diamond pro or struggling down the bunny hill for the first time, here is your go-to guide to making easy, satisfying, and comforting winter meals.

The Diabetic Chef's Year-Round Cookbook

Chris Smith

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A solid compendium of easy-to-prepare quality dishes 5 out of 5 stars.
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Just because diabetics must be careful of their diet doesn't mean they have to forego gourmet level qualities of taste, presentation, and elegance when dining at home. Chef Chris Smith has compiled a volume of outstanding recipes to grace any diabetic's meal plan in "The Diabetic Chef's Year-Round Cookbook", published by the American Diabetes Association. For the novice kitchen cook seeking to prepare 'diabetic friendly' dishes there are pragmatic tips and techniques that can accentuate the inherent tastes of healthy ingredients, advice on stocking one's kitchen to prepare such meals, tips on selecting the right kinds of ingredients or cooking foods at correct temperatures, and even how to use template cooking to make changes to one's favorite recipes. Broken down monthly throughout the spectrum of one year, each recipe showcased in "The Diabetic Chef's Year-Round Cookbook" is adjusted to the ingredients of that particular season. Enhanced with the inclusion of a sidebar identifying Exchanges/Choices and Basic Nutritional Values, the recipes include Turkey Gravy; Zucchini and Mushroom Frittatas; Baked Salmon with Mango Vinaigrette; Extra-Thick Lemon Yogurt; Roasted Corn and Red Pepper Salsa; Sweet Vadalia Onion Tart, Grilled Skirt Steak; and Tossed Mixed Greens with Grilled Chicken and Goat Cheese. A solid compendium of easy-to-prepare quality dishes that will please any palate and satisfy any appetite.

Editorial Review:

Who knows more about cooking for people with diabetes than a chef who actually has diabetes himself?

The Diabetic Chef™, Chris Smith, is at it again with a second cookbook that uses a seasonal approach to great tasting, easy-to-prepare meals. Drawing on his own experience as both a chef and a person with diabetes, Chris has concocted 125 mouth-watering recipes that emphasize fresh-ingredients for flavor— and overall diabetes health.

A Man, A Can, A Tailgate Plan: 50 Easy Game Time Recipes That Are Sure to Please

Zachary Schisgal

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Total reviews: 4 Average rating: 5.0 of 5

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With more than a million copies of the A Man, A Can series sold, the newest addition breaks out from the kitchen and heads to sporting events nationwide

"Dude, this cookbook is for you," cheered the Detroit News when A Man, A Can, A Plan first appeared. Next came A Man, A Can, A Grill, and Andrew Schloss, author of Dinner's Ready, welcomed the flavorful barbecue fare as "real food - so good that no one will ever guess your secret is in the can." Sports-minded, culinarily challenged dudes, especially those who were among the 30 million Americans who tailgated this year, will find terrific game-day recipes in this latest book. And it's perfect as a Father's Day and graduation gift!

A Man, A Can, A Tailgate Plan presents 50 simple, tailgate-friendly recipes for munchies and soups, plus chicken, beef, and port entrees perfect for any pregame party. While many of the dishes can be fired up on the grill, tailgaters can prepare dips and desserts at home that are easily transported, or they can opt for tailgating's Holy Grail - the deep-fried turkey. With these step-by-step instructions and full-color photographs, tailgaters can create a spread of appetizers and entrees that will be the envy of the parking lot.

The Summer House Cookbook: Easy Recipes for When You Have Better Things to Do with Your Time

Debra Ponzek, Geralyn Delaney Graham

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Whether your summer house is a beachside bungalow, a lakeside cottage, or a year-round retreat, cooking for family and friends while on vacation can be a delight—if you know how to keep it simple. The Summer House Cookbook has all of the tips, tricks, and recipes guaranteed to make summertime cooking a breeze.

Rather than stocking a vacation home with a full array of spices, whip up a couple “make-to-take” infused oils, marinades, and spice blends to bring along—they’ll give instant, effortless flavor to meats and fish. Save time in the kitchen by cleverly dressing up leftovers—turn extra roast chicken into Tarragon Tree Chicken Salad, and grilled flank steak into a great sandwich with some Balsamic-Marinated Red Onions. From crowd-pleasing recipes such as Picnic Basket Fried Chicken, Memorial Day Coleslaw, and Bar Harbor Lobster Cakes to sophisticated offerings like Charred Pesto Shrimp and Grilled Lamb Chops with Olive Butter, these dishes require nothing more than the basic equipment available in even a bare-bones kitchen.

The Summer House Cookbook is filled with great ways to enjoy the pleasures of the season. Share a big pitcher of margaritas and a bowl of Best-Ever Guacamole with friends, or celebrate summer produce with Fourth of July Strawberry Shortcakes and Perfect Peach Pie.

Filled with evocative photographs and the stove-side advice of two friends who love to cook together, The Summer House Cookbook is all you need to create delicious food in any kitchen.

Keeping Good Company: A Season-by-Season Collection of Recipes, with Entertaining and Homemaking Ideas

Roxie kelley and friends

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Total reviews: 9 Average rating: 4.5 of 5

A great girly gift 5 out of 5 stars.
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This is a prettified cookbook set in a memory book style. It makes a great gift for the woman who likes fru-fru. (Fru-fru: pretty, lovely things as opposed to practical, nonsensical things)

The book is divided into the four seasons with decorated pages apropos of the season. Spring: A cream cheese spread filled with grated carrots, green onions, celery, and seasoned salt to use on onion bagels. Cool. Strawberry and Romaine salad with Raspberry Poppy Seed dressing. A page illustrated at the top with rubber boots and a small crate of freshly dug new red potatoes, the recipe for New Potatoes in Sour Cream in the middle, and a casually set buffet with the finished recipe at the bottom. Lovely! My favorite recipe of Spring is Cream of Anything Soup.

Summer is lovely with Perfect Harmony Fruit Salad, homemade Barbecue Sauce (like my grandmother used to make), Lemon Vinegar, and a fabulous Easy Manicotti recipe, and Mexicali Quiche. My favorite is the Pasta with Chicken and Squash (both yellow and green), and Pear Zucchini Bread.

"Autumn is a second spring when every leaf is a flower"--Camus. Cindy's Corn Casserole, Orange-Banana Bread, Harvest Muffins (filled with grated carrots, apples, and pecans), Hearty Vegetable-Beef Soup, and Apple Pie Pockets fill the autumn air with delightful aromas.

Winter brings Hot Spiced Cider, Chicken Strudel (that flames the imagination), Peppercorn Chicken Breasts, Ginger Snaps, and Holiday Place Cards. The last section is a miscellany of delights: comfort foods like Meat Loaf, Grandma's Hot Rolls, Cinnamon Strips, and Simple Pleasure Pound Cake.

"Keeping Good Company" is a dream book as much as a cookbook, a delight for eye and nose. Put on some Chopin, sit with a cup of tea, and take in the soft beauty of this book while discovering new culinary treasures.

Editorial Review:

Roxie Kelley and Shelly Reeves Smith nourish the body and soul by combining simple yet satisfying recipes with tips on gracious living and friendly entertaining, all presented alongside warm and inviting hand-drawn illustrations. Destined to become a treasured family keepsake, each this features flavorful recipes along with distinctive touches:

This beautifully illustrated book is organized around the changing seasons to make the most of incorporating fresh ingredients into everyday family meals and special holiday gatherings, featuring recipes such as Ranch Avocado Dip (Spring), Midnight Moon Potato Salad (Summer), Roasted Vegetable Bisque (Autumn), and Chicken Strudel (Winter). A chapter titled "Morning, Noon, and Night," has crave-worthy recipes for anytime, such as Cream Cheese Twists, Meat Loaf, and Almost Fat-Free Chocolate Cake.

Holidays: The Best of Martha Stewart Living

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Nobody knows the holidays like Martha Stewart, and here she gives you all the information you need to have a spectacular Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Year's Eve. Martha and her crew provide you with a hearty Thanksgiving feast featuring Quail with Brussels Sprouts and Shallots, Garlic Roast Potatoes, and Roast Fennel. Later she offers up a tasty but simple family breakfast for Christmas morning and a sumptuous Christmas dinner centered around a Loin of Venison with Red-Currant Bordelaise and Roast Capon with Wild Rice Sourdough Stuffing. The lower-key New Year's Eve dinner of five dishes may be more appealing to kitchen novices.

Even if you're not planning a huge party, you'll still find the book useful for more simple ideas--chapters on homemade gifts, gift-wrapping, and wreaths and garlands provide easy-to-follow directions and lots of advice. The chapter on cookies features 23 different classics, and another chapter offers recipes for six pies plus tips on their assembly and even a list of "our favorite baking apples." Throughout the book you'll find interesting sidebars and beautiful photographs to tempt and inspire you. Maybe you're a new convert, maybe you missed one of the fabled Martha Stewart Living holiday issues, or maybe your copies are too dog-eared to read anymore--Holidays: The Best of Martha Stewart Living will help you make your holidays spectacular. --C.B. Delaney