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Patricia Wells' Trattoria: Simple and Robust Fare Inspired by the Small Family Restaurants of Italy

Patricia Wells, Steven Rothfeld

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Total reviews: 22 Average rating: 4.5 of 5

All you need is this book and a lace curtain in the window 5 out of 5 stars.
11 of 11 people found this review helpful.

I have been cooking with 'Bistro', Patricia Wells' book of simple French recipes, for several decades now. I have recently been converted to her 'Paris Cookbook'. So what stopped me from buying her book of Italian trattoria cooking?

Two words: Marcella Hazan.

I am addicted to Hazan's 'Essentials of Classic Italian Cooking'. It's clear. It produces restaurant-quality meals that take only modest effort. And "fancy" is the last thing it is.

I thought I just didn't need another Italian cookbook.

But now, fourteen years after it was first published, "Trattoria" --- a bargain at $13 --- is finally in the house. And, more to the point, in the kitchen. And I am chastened.

You want simple? This is it. Easy? Forget about it. Organized? Buying the book could be the last time you'll ever need to think about an Italian menu.

Why? Because the fact is, you really don't want rich and fancy. You want a trattoria --- an uncomplicated, modestly decorated, family-run establishment featuring traditional regional fare. You drink the house wine. You tend to order whatever special is being pushed. And you are likely to leave satisfied though not sated.

Patricia Wells recreates that experience here.

Editorial Review:

Whether it's a bustling eatery in the heart of Florence or a tiny alcove tucked away on a side street in Venice, the trattoria is where Italians go for robust flavors, great friendship, and good times. Patricia Wells' Trattoria now feeds America's passion for Italian food with 150 authentic recipes. Savor a Fresh Artichoke Omelet, succulent Lamb Braised in White Wine, Garlic, and Hot Peppers, a hearty portion of Lasagne with Basil, Garlic, and Tomato Sauce, or a luscious Fragrant Orange and Lemon Cake, and much more. This essential cookbook of Italian trattorias presents a full range of homemade recipes for antipasti, soups, dried and fresh pastas, polenta, seafood, poultry, and meat, with special chapters on breads, pizzas, and desserts. Come explore the heart and soul of Italian cooking in Patricia Wells' Trattoria.

The Summer Book

Susan Branch

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Total reviews: 19 Average rating: 5.0 of 5

Captures the feeling of summer perfectly 4 out of 5 stars.
6 of 6 people found this review helpful.

Susan Branch is a talented woman. Her cookbooks are beautifully illustrated with her drawings throughout. Her stories convey a warm sense of family and fun and will make you daydream about summer even in August.

Her recipes are simple and fairly easy to make and she leans heavily towards family friendly comfort foods with a little bit of pizazz. In fact, it is her ideas for presentation that make some of the recipes so special (the Bowl of Vegetables comes to mind...a simple twist on crudite that is elegant and delicious).

Those with picky children may find this book to be a surprising source of ideas (Lemon Linguini, Corn Salad, Lemon Chicken, Sweet Potato Fries, Kiwi Cups and Tortilla Roll-ups to name a few).

Her recipe for Crab Cakes is very good as is the one for Fish Tacos. Her recipes for vegetables are among her best; very simple and often quick ways to make vegetables special without drowning them in anything.

The Profiteroles recipe is my husbands favorite; the shells are simple to make and freeze very well. I love to make the Crostini for parties, the recipe is very flexible and all of the variations are a treat.

I love that she is not afraid to mix ideas and food and drawings and inspirational sayings all together in one book. You might not think that a quote from Gandi and a recipe for Jell-o shots could co-exist, but they do, and it works.

Editorial Review:

A hand-lettered, hand-painted book of everything related to summer has a hundred summer recipes--including Blueberry Bread Pudding and Barbecued Bourbon Chicken--and features picnics, parties, gardening advice, herbal cooking, home remedies, and anecdotes. 100,000 first printing. Tour.

The Thanksgiving Ceremony: New Traditions for America's Family Feast

Edward Bleier

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Total reviews: 14 Average rating: 4.5 of 5

Editorial Review:

When we think about Thanksgiving we contemplate history, the autumn harvest, and, of course, eating turkey and watching football. But most of all, we think about family, friends, and the bounty of our country. Edward Bleier’s The Thanksgiving Ceremony introduces a brand-new tradition for the Thanksgiving table, offering a wonderful way for all Americans to give thanks and rejoice in the sense of togetherness and community this special holiday brings.

The heart of the book is a participatory ceremony designed to be read aloud around the table. It recounts the story of the early settlers and the challenges they, and all subsequent immigrant generations, faced. The ceremony provides roles for guests of all ages and takes about twenty minutes.

There is also a brief history of Thanksgiving, as well as a wide array of poems, hymns, songs, prayers, and readings that enable families to create and customize their own ceremony, including pieces by Maya Angelou, Irving Berlin, Woodie Guthrie, and Emily Dickinson.

As William Safire writes in his foreword, “Getting together for a grand dinner party may be glorious fun, but a holiday should have a focus”—one that reminds us why we celebrate it. This long-overdue book offers that focus in a short, elegant format that any gathering of family and friends can participate in, and enjoy, for many years to come.

Praise for The Thanksgiving Ceremony:

"The Thanksgiving Ceremony is a small gem—a book that brings to life the history, songs, and traditions, old and new, of the most widely celebrated holiday of the year. This is a buoyant book, full of hope and praise of all that makes us Americans."—Julie Nixon Eisenhower

"There are times, like these, when it's important to count our blessings. Ed Bleier's delightful book lets us do the math."—Alan Alda and Arlene Alda

"This great country has provided the 'music' and this book provides the eloquent 'lyrics' for the Thanksgiving tables of all Americans, regardless of race or religion. It's a joyous tribute to who we are, and can be, as Americans."—Quincy Jones

"Over the years, I've had so many Thanksgiving dinners with Ed and Magda that when Ed Bleier talks turkey, all of us listen."—Steven Spielberg

"The Thanksgiving Ceremony is a wonderful and moving idea. It is central to what we celebrate and a happy reminder of why America's principles endure as they do."—Peter Jennings and Kayce Freed

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.
5 of 5 people found this review helpful.

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?

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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.

A Year of Wine: Perfect Pairings, Great Buys, and What to Sip for Each Season

Tyler Colman

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Total reviews: 3 Average rating: 4.5 of 5

Editorial Review:

A lively and informative guide to a year of wine enjoyment and appreciation from acclaimed wine expert and blogger Tyler Colman, aka "Dr. Vino"

In A Year of Wine, award-winning educator Tyler "Dr. Vino" Colman, whose wine blog was hailed by Food & Wine magazine as "one of the seven best," views winter, spring, summer, and fall through the glass of his favorite impact-resistant stemware, pairing each month with its perfect ports, Pinots, and bubblies -- and offering good value recommendations for them all. Throughout, Colman reminds readers to try to pair their pours with context, which is wildly underrated when it comes to enjoying your favorite bottle. And while people tend naturally to drink lighter, more refreshing wines during the warm months and heavier, more serious wines during the winter months, Colman takes the seasonal approach a step further by offering innovative recommendations and enlightening facts that will allow readers to impress their friends for twelve months straight.

Is there a perfect wine to serve with chips and salsa on Super Bowl Sunday? Which bottles will help you drown away your tax- day blues without blowing your new budget? Colman answers these questions and much more as he pairs wines with each season, occasion, and moment. Recommending thoughtful and affordable wines for special celebrations and everyday enjoyment, offering tips on beginning a wine collection or spring cleaning the one you have, exploring how to drink with the smallest possible carbon footprint, and explaining how to maximize your wine experience when you dine out, Colman makes wine easy to understand and, most important, to savor.

Colman also shares the secret gems of his favorite wine tourism destinations -- where to find the best wine shops in Paris, which Portuguese vintners still crush grapes with their bare feet, and how you can take a ten-tasting-room tour with one stop in a tiny Oregon town -- and turns to some of the country's top sommeliers for their take on wine appreciation as well.

Perfect for both seasoned wine enthusiasts and oenophobes, A Year of Wine is an innovative approach that will encourage readers to drink outside the bottle.

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.
11 of 12 people found this review helpful.

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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Looking for a way to make your holidays more elegant? 5 out of 5 stars.
28 of 28 people found this review helpful.

This offering from Martha Stewart provides a new, more elegant way to celebrate the holidays. The menus she presents are a refreshing departure from the traditional "turkey and dressing". Her decorating ideas are absolutely exquisite (a fact that did not go unnoticed by our guests). My friends and I enjoyed making the decorations and preparing the meal as much as our guests enjoyed looking at the decorations and eating! I only wish she had provided more decorating ideas.

Cookie Recipes are Perfect 5 out of 5 stars.
10 of 12 people found this review helpful.

My wife and I use the recipes in this magazine every Christmas. They come out perfect every time.

Editorial Review:

Here are hundreds of the best ideas for the holiday season, from Thanksgiving to New Year's, collected from the pages of Martha Stewart Living, one of America's hottest and fastest growing magazines. Includes party recipes, entertainment ideas, table settings, decorations, gifts, wrappings, and much more.

Swedish Christmas

Catarina Lundgren Astrom

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Total reviews: 6 Average rating: 4.0 of 5

A delightful Christmas album 4 out of 5 stars.
11 of 15 people found this review helpful.

Since both authors are professional photographers, it is to be expected that the photographs in this book are all excellent and many are artistic. I was in a dilemma as to how many stars I should give to rate this book. As a Christmas album it deserves at least five stars. However, as a book about Christmas customs I would only give it three (therefore on average I give it four).
Firstly, I would like to say that the content of the book is often written in a very warm and readable way and it is full of childhood reminiscences and vivid description. For other readers I must admit, this style might well be preferable. Personally, I had hoped that the book would have had a much greater folklore content (something analogous with Kathleen Stokker's "Keeping Christmas: Yuletide Traditions in Norway and the New Land", 2000). There is a minimal amount of interesting allusions to folk customs. However, they are not described in detail. Moreover, another problem comes from the actual translation into English. A translator should never translate certain words. For instance, on p. 32 there is a reference to the St.Lucia day (Dec. 13th) custom of boys "wearing tall, funnel-shaped hats (like dunce caps)". It would have been nice to have included the actual Swedish name for this cap (some Swedish friends of mine call it a 'strut' or 'cone' but I am not sure if there is a 'proper' name as well?). Swedish is one of the languages I speak and I believe that more Swedish terms would have improved the work and given more local flavour. Similarly, on p.12 there is a reference to the "Advent candelabra" with four candles (one for each week of Advent). Here it should have been explained that this is called an 'adventjusstarka'. Again the ubiquitous "Christmas goat" should also have been given its proper name (julbock). Such a detail is important since the word 'julbock' is very different from the related cognate terms of the Finnish 'joulupukki' (who is Santa himself) and the Norwegian 'julebukking' (which refers to Christmas mumming). Likewise, "Santa's rice pudding" on p. 69 in which there is a hidden almond is called 'risgryngrot' (with an umlaut on the 'o'). This reminds me of the lucky coin hidden in the Greek 'vasilopita' or St. Basil's new year pie). Moreover, the "sheaf of straw" mentioned on p. 44 which is a bundle of oats left outside for the birds is called a 'julkarve'( with an accent on the 'a' and which corresponds to the Norwegian 'julenek'). There are indeed some fascinating references to traditions such as the fortune-telling with lead (molybdomancy) on New Year's day. I also enjoyed the superstitions mentioned in connection with the early church service on Christmas day (on p.121). This service is actually called the 'julottan' - again a word that the authors had neglected to share. There are also several basic details and customs which have not been included. For instance, no mention is made of the lucia buns being called 'lussekatter'(i.e. Lucy cats) and neither is there any mention of the custom of 'kasta julskomme' or throwing a type of braided straw figure (the 'julbock' is just one such type). This custom was performed as a joke on a neighbour's door or as a courting ritual. Another weakness is that the photographs (though beautifully taken) are not labelled. Captions would have been most useful. For instance, I wanted to know the significance (and word for) the oranges that are studded with cloves in photographs on pages 57 and 132. I have met this custom in the Ionian islands where it was called a 'prokado portokali' and it was given to solicit gifts on New Year's day. It is also reminiscent of the Welsh 'calennig'. It should also be mentioned that the book provide many enjoyable recipes (even if the names for these recipes are not supplied) as well as some practical tips about making Christmas crackers and a gingerbread house. The authors have done a great deal of work and, despite my comments (coloured by my own personal taste and preferences), I am sure that this would be the ideal Christmas book for many readers. If you are looking for a beautiful Christmas souvenir from Sweden then it is the perfect gift. For this reason I would actually buy another copy of it for certain friends - however, I could not buy it for any of my colleagues. Dr. M. Sfaellou.

Editorial Review:

Swedish Christmas is not just a cookbook but an inspiring book full of Christmas memories, recipes and tips of how to make Christmas enchanting. With its atmospheric photographs and engaging stories, it can be used as the ultimate handbook to a magical Christmas or simply be enjoyed as an armchair book. All the recipes have been adapted to the American kitchen.

JUST COOKIES COOKBOOK (Christmas at Home)

CATHY MARIE HAKE, DEBORAH BOONE

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Sweet Stocking Stuffer 4 out of 5 stars.
11 of 12 people found this review helpful.

Reviewed by Olivera Baumgartner-Jackson for Reader Views (10/07)

If you are looking for a last-minute stocking stuffer or a small gift, the books in the "Christmas at Home" series are a sure bet. The "Just Cookies Cookbook" features an amazing array of cookie recipes that would be extremely suitable for holiday baking, but will definitely taste good during other seasons as well.

The book is divided into eight chapters, each of them more tempting than the next: Holiday Festives, Chocolate Decadence, Delicious Drop Cookies, Pretty to Decorate - Roll and Press Cookies, Bountiful Bars, Marvelous Meringues and Macaroons, Oh-So-Quick and Easy and Mason-Jar Cookie Mixes for Gift-Giving. With the recipes as diverse as Little White Mice, Secret Kiss Cookies, Aggression Cookies, Amnesia Cookies and Polka Dot Oatmeal cookies, you can bet you will find one for anybody on your Christmas list. The recipes come from a number of countries, among them Germany, Norway, Sweden, Italy, Scotland, Mexico and more. At least one of them dates back to 1880s.

All of the recipes that I've tried turned out well and they were easy-to-follow. As with any cookbook, I would have preferred to have photos of the finished cookies included to have as a reference and guide. I also would have liked to have an Index of the contents.

The recipes in this charming little book, "Just Cookies Cookbook," are interspersed with quotes about holidays and joy; and together with the cute, tiny format would truly make this a gift to bring joy to anybody who will receive it.

Editorial Review:

This festive, ""wintry"" collection of cookie recipes features ideas for everything from traditional Christmas cutouts to unique meringues and jar mixes-all perfect for gift giving.