Monday, February 23, 2009

Choice Cookery or Simplify and Celebrate

Choice Cookery

Author: Catherine Owen

Published in 1889 by prolific cookbook author Catherine Owen, this work was designed to appeal to women looking for the "newest and best in modern cookery." Originally written for Harper's Bazar, Owen's work was aimed at the upper class household seeking culinary elegance, rather than household economy.



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Simplify and Celebrate: Embracing the Soul of Christmas

Author: Alternatives for Simple Living

SIMPLIFY AND CELEBRATE is chock-full of ideas for planning and celebrating a Christmas that is true to your values. It features over 25 writers and illustrators and contains inspiration in readings, reflections and activities. Say Yes! to a treasury of fun, smart ways to celebrate the holidays.



Sunday, February 22, 2009

Remarkable Feasts or Lifespice

Remarkable Feasts: Adventures on the Food Trail from Baton Rouge to Old Peking

Author: Leslie Forbes

Gathered from over 2 years of traveling, this is a collection of drawings, menus, recipes, & recollections of the daily life & celebrations of peoples around the world. This fascinating chronicle of some of the worlds greatest feasts begins in Baton Rouge, where the culinary & cultural traditions of the Cajun, Creole, African & Caribbean people culminate during Mardi Gras. Also includes visits to Thailand during the New Year Water Festival; Jewish Passover in Nice; a wedding in Kashmir; days of the dead in Oaxaca, Mexico; Pushkar Fair in Rajasthan; Moon Festival in China, & more. 150+ recipes, with colorful drawings.



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Lifespice

Author: Daina G Chamness

A book of recipes, remembrances and hand-me-down wisdom.

Written over the years around a farmhouse dinner table, LifeSpice is full of over 80 favorite and kitchen-tested recipes, bits of country wisdom and reminiscences of growing up in Indiana. This delightful little book is a recording of a family's history that may remind you of your own stories, especially if you grew up in Indiana—or got here as soon as you could.

Indiana snow storms, befuddled census takers, and colorful characters provide the background stories for beloved recipes that have been tested over the years by discriminating Hoosier appetites, carefully educated at pitch-in suppers.

You decide whether this is a cookbook, a storyteller's ramblings or a book of dinner table philosophy. Whatever you think, you'll be sure to share the recipes and the rest of it with family and friends.



Saturday, February 21, 2009

Contemporary Mexican Cooking or Mourjou

Contemporary Mexican Cooking

Author: Anne Lindsay Greer

Now you can prepare Mexican dishes just like your favorites from the best resturants. This book reveals the secrets of some of the best loved recipes of famous chefs and restauranteurs from across Texas.



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Mourjou: The Life and Food of an Auvergne Village

Author: Peter Graham

When cookbooks describe well-known traditional recipes, they usually provide some sort of introduction or background to the dish. In this book, however, each chapter covers a different dish at the length it deserves, mentioning its origins, etymology, geographical spread, folklore and even appearance in history and the arts, and it discusses its different versions.



Table of Contents:
Map of The Chataigneraievi
Prefacevii
Acknowledgementsxi
Introductionxiii
Soups1
Egg Dishes and Pancakes13
Cheese Dishes30
Fish42
Pork68
Game94
Poultry102
Other Meat Dishes126
Vegetables142
Desserts, Breads, Preserves and Confectionery157
Cheese189
Wine207
Select Bibliography213
Index221

Friday, February 20, 2009

La Dolce Vita or Celebrities and Their Culinary Creations

La Dolce Vita: Sweet Dreams and Chocolate Memories

Author: Isabel Co

Isabel Coe's La Dolce Vita is a rich and engaging narrative, the story of a family expressed through their shared and continuing love of chocolate. Often remarkable anecdotes are intertwined with sumptuous chocolate recipes passed down through four generations of women. Whether it's her great grandmother Omama's nutty Weinacht Guezi or her grandmother Nonna's Crema di Castagne, her mother's rich, rum-laced Chocolate Mousse or Isabel's own extravagant Saffron-infused Mendiants with Crushed Pepper and Edible Gold Leaf, there is something in the alchemy of grating, melting, and mixing chocolate that sets it apart from all other forms of cooking. An unrivaled pleasure, La Dolce Vita is the perfect book to give as a gift or to keep for oneself.



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Celebrities and Their Culinary Creations: Autographed Photos, Biographies, Trivia, & Recipes

Author: Thea Waldo

Get a taste of what it's like to be famous with recipes from your favorite film and television stars. Whet your appetite with Renйe Taylor's (The Nanny) "Aphrodisiac Appetizers." Dance the night away with John Travolta's (Saturday Night Fever, Pulp Fiction) "Tuna Tar Tare Won Ton Crisps." Kick it up a notch with Jackie Chan's (Rush Hour, Shanghai Noon) dangerous "Beef Fillet with Season Vegetables."

Still hungry?

Come back for second helpings of James Earl Jones' (The Hunt for the Red October, Field of Dreams) "Chilean Sea Bass" and have a laugh with a friend over some of Chevy Chase's (Caddy Shack, National Lampoon's Vacation) "Barbequed Chicken." Don't forget to save room for dessert. Anthony Hopkins' (The Silence of the Lambs, Howards End) "Bara Birth" and Jamie Lee Curtis' (Trading Places, True Lies) "Key Lime Pie" are to die for.

Filled with autographed photos, biographies, and fun facts, Celebrities and Their Culinary Creations is perfect for anyone who loves film or food and would make a great addition to any fan's collection.

Best of all, 50% of all profits of this book will be donated to Childrens Hospital Los Angeles Foundation.