BakeWise: The Hows and Whys of Successful Baking with Over 200 Magnificent Recipes

Great day in the morning,IBakeWise/iis out! You are holding the book that everyone has been waiting for. Sure enough, Shirley did not hold back -- it's all here. Lively and fascinating,IBakeWise/ireads like a mystery novel as we follow sleuth Shirley while she solves everything from why cakes and muffins can be dry to génoise deflation and why the cookie crumbles.PWith her years of experience from big-pot cooking for 140 teenage boys and her classic French culinary training to her work as a research biochemist at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Shirley manages to put two and two together in unique and exciting ways. Some information is straight out of Shirley's wildly connecting brain cells. She describes useful techniques, such as brushing puff pastry with ice water -- not just brushing off the flour -- making the puff pastry easier to roll. The result? Higher, lighter, and flakier pastry. And you won't find these recipes anywhere else, not even on the Internet. She can help you make moist cakes; flaky pie crusts; shrink-proof perfect meringues that won't leak but still cut like a dream; big, crisp cream puffs; amazing French pastries; light génoise; and crusty, incredibly flavorful, open-textured French breads, such as baguettes and fougasses.PThere is simply no one like Shirley Corriher. People everywhere recognize her from her TV appearances on the Food Network andIABC's Jimmy Kimmel Live!/i, with Snoop Dogg as her fry chef.PRestaurant chefs and culinary students know her from their grease-splattered copies ofICookWise/i, an encyclopedic work that has saved them from many a cooking disaster. With numerous At-a-Glance charts,IBakeWise/igives busy people information for quick problem solving.IBakeWise/ialso includes Shirley's What This Recipe Shows in every recipe. This section is science and culinary information that can apply to hundreds of recipes, not just the one in which it appears.PFor years, food edi

Recipes and Music for the Cocktail Hour

This nifty recipe-card and CD collection shows you how to mix all the ingredients of a magical cocktail hour—food, music, conversation and drinks—in exactly the right proportions.

Tea with Jane Austen

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The National Trust Complete Traditional Recipe Book

This sumptuous collection of more than 300 recipes makes it easy to prepare and enjoy delicious dishes that have stood the test of time throughout the British Isles.

The National Trust Good Old-Fashioned Puddings

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The National Trust Good Old-Fashioned Jams, Preserves and Chutneys

Discover easy and enjoyable ways to make preserves that taste much better than anything you can buy.

The National Trust Traditional Teatime Recipes

This scrumptious collection of recipes for a traditional British tea gathers 146 delicious teatime treats-many dating from the 17th and 18th centuries, and all served today in National Trust tearooms.

Artisan Bread in Five Minutes a Day

There’s nothing like the smell of freshly baked bread to fill a kitchen with warmth, eager appetites, and endless praise for the baker who took on such a time-consuming task. Now, you can fill your kitchen with the irresistible aromas of a French bakery every day with just five minutes of active preparation time, and Artisan Bread in Five Minutes a Day will show you how.Coauthors Jeff Hertzberg and Zoë François prove that bread baking can be easier than a trip to the bakery. Their method is quick and simple, bringing forth scrumptious perfection in each loaf. Delectable creations will emerge straight from your own oven as warm, indulgent masterpieces that you can finally make for yourself. In exchange for a mere five minutes of your time, your breads will rival those of the finest bakers in the world.With nearly 100 recipes to put this ingenious technique to use, Artisan Bread in Five Minutes a Day will open the eyes of any potential baker who has sworn off homemade bread as simply too much work. Crusty baguettes, mouth-watering pizzas, hearty sandwich loaves, and even buttery pastries can easily become part of your own personal menu, and this innovative book will teach you everything you need to know.

How To Cook Everything

Great Food Made Simple Here's the breakthrough one-stop cooking reference for today's generation of cooks! Nationally known cooking authority Mark Bittman shows you how to prepare great food for all occasions using simple techniques, fresh ingredients, and basic kitchen equipment. Just as important, How to Cook Everything takes a relaxed, straightforward approach to cooking, so you can enjoy yourself in the kitchen and still achieve outstanding results. Praise for How to Cook Everything by Mark Bittman: "In his introduction to How to Cook Everything, Mark Bittman says, 'Anyone can cook, and most everyone should.' Now, hopefully everyone will -- this work is a rare achievement. Mark is in that pantheon of a few gifted cook/writers who make very, very good food simple and accessible. I read his recipes and my mouth waters. I read his directions and head for the kitchen. Bravo, Mark, for taking us away from take-out and back to the fun of food." -- Lynne Rossetto Kasper, host of the international public radio show "The Splendid Table with Lynne Rossetto Kasper" "Mark Bittman is the best home cook I know, and How to Cook Everything is the best basic cookbook I've seen." -- Jean-Georges Vongerichten, award-winning chef/owner of Jean-Georges "Useful to the novice cook or the professional chef, How to Cook Everything is a tour de force cookbook by Mark Bittman. Mark lends his considerable knowledge and clear, concise writing style to explanations of techniques and quick, classic recipes. This is a complete, reliable cookbook." -- Jacques Pepin, chef, cookbook author, and host of his own PBS television series "Sometimes all the things that a particular person does best come together in a burst of synergy, and the result is truly marvelous. This book is just such an instance. Mark Bittman is not only the best home cook we know, he is also a born teacher, a gifted writer, and a canny kitchen tactician who combines great taste with eminent practicality. Put it all together and you have How to Cook Everything, a cookbook that will inspire American home cooks not only today but for years to come." -- John Willoughby and Chris Schlesinger, coauthors of License to Grill

The South Beach Diet Quick and Easy Cookbook

The bestselling phenomenon continues with the newest South Beach Diet cookbook.The amazing success of the first three South Beach Diet books has made publishing history with 14 million copies combined - and is still going strong. Millions of people have been turned on to this healthy lifestyle. Followers of the diet have been asking Dr. Agatston for more recipes that are delicious, healthy, and fast, so he's created The South Beach Diet Quick and Easy Cookbook.Our time-strapped culture needs an effective plan for eating healthy meals at home again. Dr. Agatston delivers with 200 brand-new recipes that use 10 or fewer ingredients and require 30 minutes or less of cooking time. The cookbook offers a diverse range of healthy, easy dishes in all categories, including 25 all-new chef recipes from Miami-ara restaurants. There are no more excuses for not joining the many others that have made the South Beach Diet work for them.The sound advice readers count on from the South Beach Diet name will still be featured. The book will provide practical timesaving tips, advice for how to eat well while staying on the plan. Also, phase designations and nutritional information are listed along with each recipe, so you're in control of what you're eating. Illustrated throughout with full-color photography, The South Beach Diet Quick and Easy Cookbook will be tempting to both believers and newcomers alike.

Nourishing Traditions

A full-spectrum nutritional cookbook with a startling message--animal fats and cholesterol are vital factors in the human diet, necessary for reproduction and normal growth, proper function of the brain and nervous system, protection from disease and optimum energy levels. Includes information on how to prepare grains, health benefits of bone broths and enzyme-rich lacto-fermented foods.

The Flavor Bible

Great cooking goes beyond following a recipe--it's knowing how to season ingredients to coax the greatest possible flavor from them. Drawing on dozens of leading chefs' combined experience in top restaurants across the country, Karen Page and Andrew Dornenburg present the definitive guide to creating "deliciousness" in any dish. Thousands of ingredient entries, organized alphabetically and cross-referenced, provide a treasure trove of spectacular flavor combinations. Readers will learn to work more intuitively and effectively with ingredients; experiment with temperature and texture; excite the nose and palate with herbs, spices, and other seasonings; and balance the sensual, emotional, and spiritual elements of an extraordinary meal.Seasoned with tips, anecdotes, and signature dishes from America's most imaginative chefs, THE FLAVOR BIBLEis an essential reference for every kitchen.

On Cooking: A Textbook of Culinary Fundamentals (4th Edition) Textbook only

For Introductory Cooking, Cooking Skills or "Food Prep" courses in Culinary Arts, Food and Nutrition and Hospitality Management departments. THE definitive culinary skills textbook in the market. Organized via food "types", On Cooking 4/e teaches the "hows" and the "whys" of culinary fundamentals; supported by tested, contemporary recipes and supplement package which is second-to-none. Pearson Education is proud to bring world-renowned Dorling Kindersley (DK) products to your classroom. Instantly recognized by their fascinating, full-color photographs and illustrations on every page, DK titles will add meaning to expository text and make learning accessible and, fun. Other DK hallmarks include cross-section views, 3D models, and text to visual call-outs to help readers comprehend and enjoy the wealth of information each book provides. With Pearson, you can see DK in a whole new way! For a complete listing of titles, please visit: http://us.dk.com/pearson

Hospitality Marketing Management

Covers the major principles of marketing with a practical, applications oriented approach. This is a core marketing text specifically geared for the hospitality student. It covers the major principles of marketing with a practical, applications oriented approach, rather than traditional marketing texts found in the business programs that focus on a lot of theory. Includes coverage of tourism marketing Features new material on marketing technology and it's implications in the hospitality industry Offers international coverage Provides new, applications approach to the discipline of marketing

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