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Patak promo
Some interest recipes, but it is a real pity and a little unfair that many of the recipes require that you use Patak's (her late father in laws company) Curry pastes. I think the book should be clearly identified as a promo for Patak products. ... Read more

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For the Trigianis, cooking has always been a family affair–and the kitchen was the bustling center of their home, where folks gathered around the table for good food, good conversation, and the occasional eruption. Example: Being thrown out of the kitchen because one’s Easter bread kneading technique isn’t up to par. As Adriana says: “When the Trigianis reach out and touch someone, we do it with food.” Like the recipes that have been handed down for generations from mother to daughter and grandmother to granddaughter, the family’s celebrations are also anchored to the life and laughter around the table. We learn how Grandmom Yolanda Trigiani sometimes wrote her recipes in code, or worked from memory, guarding her recipes carefully. And we meet Grandma Lucia Bonicelli, who never raised her voice and believed that when people fight at the dinner table, the food turns to poison in the body.

Adriana Trigiani’s voice springs to life from the first page of Cooking with My Sisters, a collection of beloved family recipes that the Trigianis have been enjoying for generations. But there’s much more here than just the food. Peppered with hilarious family anecdotes, poignant letters, and exquisite color photographs, Cooking with My Sisters draws us into the warm and witty world of the Trigiani clan. Each recipe has a story behind it, and each chapter has tips from different sisters, reflecting the unique personalities of the latest generation of Trigiani women.

Here are mainstay meals, featured in sections such as “The Big Life” and “The Big Wow,” which include the chapters “Pasta, or as We Called It, Maccheroni” and “Food We Hated as Kids but Love to Serve Now.” Accessible to any cook, the recipes range from Chicken and Polenta, Zizi Mary’s Rice Soup, and Gnocchi to favorite desserts like Grandmom’s Buttermilk Cake–and all the delectable dishes are geared toward bringing your family together.

Written with Adriana Trigiani’s trademark humor and verve, this wonderful book will appeal to anyone who values the bonds that food, community, and cultural tradition can provide.


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Memories.
A neighbor loaned me this book and I was hooked.I then ordered four copies; one for myself and one for each of my daughters.I wanted them to know what it was like during my childhood.The receipes and the gatherings were almost exactly the same as in the book.Some of the receipes I recall from my mother and my favorite aunt who always did the holiday cooking together. We were never less than 30 people; adults at the dining table (very large) and the children in the kitchen within earshot.A great book not only for the memories but also for the great meals.

Just like her novels
Just like her novels, this cookbook is interwoven with many family stories.I haven't cooked many of her recipes but the Marinara sauce and lasange recipes are amazing.She is not an author trying to write a cookbook to meet publisher demands, it truly is a work worthy of reading as if it is one of her novels.

Delicious
Everything with Adriana Trigiani is a wonderful adventure. This book weaves her strong family ties with many delicious recipes that I am looking forward to trying. Great book!

Ordering a Book
The book took a long time to arrive.However, it was received in excellent condition.

Bueno!Bravo!
I'm a cookbook aficionado and a family-biography aficionado, so what could be better than to read about the family life behind the creators of this wonderful Italian cookbook?!Not only is the cooking that results from the recipes fun, but the reading is a great deal of fun, like all of Trigiani's books. ... Read more

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Looking back on the three decades she worked as the cook in the Arkansas governer's mansion, the author provides unique insight into the food culture of Arkansas and the First Family's daily life and diet, including a section on the Clintons' favorite recipes. Simultaneous. ... Read more

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Like my Nannie cooks...
I thought this was a sweet little cookbook. I enjoyed both Ms. Ashley's memories of the Arkansas governors she cooked for and her recipes.Though not typically edgy or gourmet, all the recipes are tried and true, just like my grandmother (Nannie) used to cook. There are recipes in it that I use over and over and have blogged about.

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Clinical Educator
I thought the cook book was very good. The recipes I have triedwere very tasty.It was very interesting to put a little history with each set of recipes. ... Read more

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For the past quarter-century the De Gustibus Cooking School at Macy's has had a unique view of the culinary revolution as it swept across America, transforming chefs into celebrities and introducing new dishes onto American menus and new foods into American homes. In De Gustibus at Macy's: Celebrating 25 Years of Culinary Innovation, founder Arlene Feltman Sailhac provides a unique pop-culture history of the American food scene since 1980, with a yearbook of superstar chefs and 100 seminal recipes that have been featured at her renowned culinary venue.

Organized chronologically, the book features brief essays that cover the explosive changes in the American culinary landscape over the last 25 years, along with colorful sidebars and archival photographs that capture the highlights of this history. Beautiful new photographs illustrate many of the recipes, which represent not only the most innovative dishes of the period but also the most timeless. An entertaining and appetizing trip down memory lane, Cooking at De Gustibus is a nostalgic look at how we were and how we ate.

Includes many recipes that have become modern classics
Profiles of and recipes by such cooking luminaries as Julia Child, Jacques Pépin, Alain Ducasse, Daniel Boulud, Alice Waters, Wolfgang Puck, and Emeril Lagasse
Organized chronologically, the book features essays that examine the changing American food scene over the last 25 years
Innovative design captures the feeling of a yearbook rather than a traditional cookbook
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Invaluable Reference
A great foodie cookbook with entries by numerous noted chefs.It includes basic recipes and information, as well as some very sophisticated recipes for more adventerous home chefs.The China Moon Chili-Orange Oil is easy to prepare and wonderful on many other dishes besides the Chili-Orange Cold Noodle recipe.I especially like it on shrimp and chicken.The Macaroni and Cheese with Virginia Ham and White Truffle is equally good using truffle oil in place of the shaved white truffles.Basic recipes include making flavored oils, curry paste, a variety of pasta sauces, The World's Best Quiche, one of the best white bean puree recipes I have used, polenta, salads, poultry, grains.Covering many styles and generations of cooking, it follows the evolution of food from the 1980's to today's food trends. ... Read more

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Family holiday cookbook
Filled with good, creative and entertaining ideas and recipes. Excellent as a gift book for any family get-together . ... Read more

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As a husband, father of two young children, cookbook author, magazine and book editor, and cast member of the highly successful PBS show America"s Test Kitchen, who also does all the cooking for his family, Jack Bishop is an expert at making appealing vegetarian meals that work in real time. Cooking with seasonal produce, says Bishop, is the best way to bring a welcome variety to dinners. In A Year in a Vegetarian Kitchen, Bishop guides cooks through the seasons with 248 simple recipes that draw from many traditions. For spring, there"s Garlicky Greens in Soft Corn Tacos; for summer, Penne with Pan-Roasted Garlic, Sautéed Cherry Tomatoes, and Basil; and for fall, Pizza with Caramelized Onions and Thyme. In winter, when farmers" markets are a distant memory in most parts of the country, dinners include Pan-Glazed Tofu with Thai Red Curry Sauce and Grilled Cheese Sandwiches with Mushrooms. In concise sidebars that accompany each recipe, Bishop gives readers the benefit of his ten years of experience at Cook"s Illustrated, covering everything from choosing winter squash, preparing fennel, and making perfect fried rice to buying the best grater. ... Read more

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Don't Waste Your Money
There are no recipes in this book that are even remotely flavorful or interesting. You cannot find a more ho-hum book. The few recipe we tried were terrible.I think he just made up some recipes. I doubt that he actually tested any of these recipes or he has very strange tastes. Bland is the best thing you can say about the recipes in this book. If you want to throw a few vegetables on a plate with olive oil and some herbs then this is your book but why would you need a book for that?Deborah Madison's books are MUCH better.

Best Cookbook Ever
If you have to put a meal on the table every night, you really need this cookbook. Besides being organized by season, every recipe is a main dish. I have tried over 40 recipes in this book and every one is stellar. Definitely my go-to cookbook, and I have dozens of them!

Absolutely Amazing
This book is fantastic.We bought it on a recommendation from a friend about two years ago and it quickly became the go-to cookbook in our collection.The recipes are almost all delicious and none are too time consuming.That this became the go-to book for us is fairly amazing in and of itself in that we have 5 Moosewoods, the Joy of Cooking, a Williams Sonoma Veg cookbook (which is also great), and various other excellent books.Yet night after night, we come back to this book.

The organization by season is excellent if you are interested in trying to eat by what is in season.

Best cookbook I have ever used!
I bought this cookbook because my husband is a vegetarian, so we cook vegetarian meals at home. I hate vegetarian meals that are trying to be meat substitutes, so I was having a hard time finding a good vegetarian cookbook. This book is awesome for anyone who has a CSA (Community Supported Agriculture) share or shops a lot at farmers' markets because his recipes are organized by seasons. Most of his recipes are easy to make on a weeknight, but he also has meals that are fancier for special occasions. Although I have occasionally found ingredients in his meals that I had trouble finding, I could almost always substitute something I had around. He has great tips in the margins on different cooking methods and tips for picking ingredients. I just love this book-I usually cook 3-4 meals from it every week.

Gliding toward veggies
I bought this on the recommendation of my daughter. Confronted with one veggie daughter, one semi-veggie granddaughter, many vegetarian friends, and an increasing awareness that my husband and I would welcome to diversity to our meaty life, I read through it and have tried several recipies so far. (I was tempted to pledge thru every recipe and write a blog about it...but I guess that's already been done.) It's a pleasure to read -- lots of tips on handling food, selecting vegetables, pastas, and seasonings, and timing. It is organized around seasons, on the assumption that one should cook (and eat) whatever is most available, locally. The dishes are varied in geographic/ ethic origins. The recipies assume that the cook has an hour in the kitchen -- a nice break from work to enjoy the sensual pleasures being prepared. All the dishes I have prepared so far have been delicious. It has definitely changed my perception of the vegetarian possibilities -- though I think many of them will be very delicious pared with a nice lamb chop or a sausage. I highly recommend this to anyone who wants to enjoy this variety of cooking. ... Read more

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Among the rich cast of characters he meets during his year of exploration is Virgile, a young local wine-maker who offers to initiate Patrick into the mysteries of each season's work in the fields and in the cellar. Virgile is passionately committed to perfection, though he operates on a shoestring. At the other extreme is Manu, Patrick's dipsomaniac neighbour, a diehard traditionalist producing a private wine-lake of unspeakable rouge. With Manu as his self-appointed guide, Patrick embarks on a tour of the region's wine makers -- a succession of lively encounters with growers as varied as the wines themselves. Interwoven are digressions into the history of the region and its wine-making, from the earliest plantings by the Greeks and Romans. Meanwhile, the author struggles to deal with his dilapidated inheritance -- an unfamiliar and unpredictable world where the brambles have grown as tall as the olive trees, the water supply has just dried up and there is a ferocious animal under the roof tiles. ... Read more

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Wines and wineries - I truly learned a lot!
No, this story is not particulary humorous.The attempt was made, but Peter Mayle he is not.I didn't particularly enjoy the crazy rich lady from the chateau, however, I DID learn enough about the region and its wine to be able to pick out a truly superb bottle off the shelf.I amnot wine-obsessed, in fact I don't drink it anymore, but I did enjoy reading about the tending of vines, the mixing of varietals, and the extremely difficult task of making a good wine.I've read an AWFUL lot of books about France, buying a house to restore in France, landscaping in France, the war in France etc.... and I set aside more than I actually finish.this is one of the good ones, although a bit slow going.

Just Average
I found this book a little tough going, and really not that funny.It was not nearly as good as "A year in Provence".The charachters are shallow and
predictable, and the book is monotonous.

Better than Great
With Bill Bryson-like humor, Patrick Moon intertwines winemaking and history with a rollicking good tale. If you're lucky enough to visit this fabulous wine-producing area of France, Virgile's Vineyard will be even more entertaining. There is a not-so-subtle undercurrent of travel guide to this superbly fun story. Spanning one year, it takes the reader through the winter Mediterranean storms, the summer heat of the South, the drenching rains of spring and the laid-back feel of the area when out of the tourist high season. Moon explores the dubious friendship of his neighbor prone to blatant crop filching, but also a master wine taster in constant search of good free samples. There is a dialogue of local repartee, a love interest (solely, on her side, it seems) who is bent on educating Patrick about the area's past, along with some characters who duck in and out as the story unfolds. If you have any interest in wine or the Languedoc region of France, you really shouldn't miss this book. ... Read more

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After the outstanding success of Sizzle, created by one of New Zealand's most talented and prolific cooking personalities, we bring you Julie Biuso's Never-ending Summer. Once more, Julie tempts us to the barbecue, offering more than 100 recipes for all occasions. All are perfectly suited to the barbecue, but can be cooked conventionally indoors if the weather turns. Chapters include: Setting up for the day (hearty or indulgent brunch ideas); Something to start (small bites and appetisers); Sandwiches, snacks and stacks (bread with gorgeous toppings); Things on sticks (tasty morsels on skewers or rosemary stalks); Served in a bowl (stir-fries and other delights); Food over flames (seared, flamed or grilled dishes); Smart salads; Sauces, salsas, dips & dunks; Sweet endings (desserts to die for). And that's not all. At the back of the book you will find tips and a thorough 18-page glossary, collectively leaving no tricky terms, exotic ingredients or techniques unexplained. Photographs throughout from Aaron McLean, who brought you the gorgeous images in Sizzle, complement a 'dream team' production. ... Read more

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Want new, fun ideas for quick and easy dinners? This full-color cookbook gives you fifty-two delicious, easy-to-prepare recipes [featuring] for beef, pork, chicken, lamb, fish, and vegetarian kabobs, many with intriguing international flavors. Author Sally Sampson, a former writer for Cooks Illustrated magazine, gives you background notes, serving suggestions, and wonderful tips for spicing up your menus with a different kabob every week. ... Read more

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Kabobs
Kabobs:52 Easy Recipes for Year-Round Grilling.
After looking for cookbooks on Kabobs i found this one.
Very interesting and easy to read and cook these recipes.
Will give youhours of cooking
Happy Kabobs.

Kabobs: 52 Easy Recipes
I recently heard the author, Sally Sampson, being interviewed on "Food Schmooze" by Faith Middleton. Her ingredients sounded just delicious and I couldn't wait to purchase the book.In fact, I bought several copies -- it's my current "special little treat" gift for friends, thank you's, etc.The recipes are simple and full of flavor & variety.

Tasty recipes the easy way!
This is a nice little book with some attractive and colourful photographs depicting the recipes.I have tried some of them with very tasty results.Book is recomended.

Great ideas for every night of the week!
This cookbook is only about 100 pages long so at first you'd think it couldn't possible provide descent meals for every night of the week but it does just that! There are 52 recipes but next time you change out the meat option and it's like a completely new dinner.

There are tips on grillings, tips on skewers, and then a section on necessary kitchen equipment.All the pictures are fantastic photographs, they show the true feel of the dish.Not every recipe has a picture but there are many.

The options are to make the kabobs into salads, or add rice, there are many different international flairs (indian, chinese,etc) so it's like a completely different dish each time; even though the basic premise is a skewer full of meat. There are tofu options as well.

There is a recipe for Asian Shrimp that is too die for.It's very good with nothing more than soy, hoisin, sesame oil, rice vinegar, chili paste and a few other ingredients.Certainly things you'd have on hand in your pantry.You could even use a ziploc baggie and make this a freezer meal and then thaw in the fridge overnight and when you get home put it on some skewers and grill.The picture shows adding broccoli and white rice but you could also serve on a bed of greens for a salad if you'd prefer.The next time around use beef tips with the same ingredients and you'd have another dish.Next time around use pork and so on and so forth.

All the recipes favor fresh herbs over dried but you can substitute dried if that's what you have.Also, there is minimal fat involved as you are grilling rather than frying all the food.And most grilling meals can be completed in under 10 minutes.We've even used our George Foreman with great results.

There is also a recipe for beef with herb butter that is delish. But I could see using swordfish to make this meal and it be just as great. Many of the recipes have a little blurb about where the author first tried the dish or some other little tidbit of information so it's almost like a friend telling you about her experiences.

Hope you will give this cookbook a try.It's great as far as I'm concerned.I'll have to check out her 52 weeks of cookies next! ... Read more

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In the follow-up to his very successful The Steaklover's Companion, Omaha Steaks' Frederick Simon teams with coauthor John Harrisson to offer eighty mouthwatering recipes for America's favorite meat: beef.

Beef for All Seasons is designed to make the most of beef in all its forms, all year long. As beef consumption continues to rise in the United States, chefs and home cooks alike seek new ways to coax the most flavor out of today's leaner cuts. Here they will be pleased to discover tempting, innovative recipes for beef tenderloin, tournedos, ground beef, short ribs, brisket, pot roast, sirloin steaks, and much more.

With twenty recipes for each season, and wine suggestions to accompany each meal, the possibilities are practically endless. In addition to time-honored favorites like Mom's Meatloaf and ClassicPot au Feu, Beef for All Seasons offers contemporary dishes from around the world, including Thai Beef Soup with Coconut, Lemongrass, and Noodles; Cuban Ropa Vieja with Fried Plantains and Rice; and Beef and Guinness Pie with Mushrooms and Chestnuts. Adventurous home cooks can travel the food globe with ingredients from their local supermarkets, using techniques that are never too difficult for the average home cook to master. Each chapter also contains recipes for such special occasions as a Fourth of July backyard barbecue and breakfast in bed on Mother's Day.

With thirty full-color photographs by James Beard Award winner Tim Turner and a foreword by celebrated chef and cookbook author Mark Miller, Beef for All Seasonsis sure to be a hit, and a welcome resource for those of us looking for new ways to enjoy an old favorite. ... Read more

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Welcome to Angela Chang's world of entertaining. Along with the magnificent color photographs in the book, Chang stuffs her pages with mouthwatering recipes, unique cooking tips in addition to intriguing food stories and warm memories.

This bilingual cookbook is much more than recipes.It provides inspiration to those who are interested in entertaining guests in the Chinese style and in reaching out to friends from different cultures through the sharing of food.The book consists of six celebrations -- Fire Pot Party, Holiday Dinner Party, Chinese New Year Party, Dumpling Party, Summer Outdoor Feast, Hospitality Gourmet Food Box. Each party begins with an introduction discussing the special occasion and how it relates to entertaining in America.The last section, in which Chang describes how she entertains with her specialities outside of her home and still gets excellent results, is especially worth exploring.

The book is written for three levels of readers: the native Chinese who want to find out how to entertain in America; the American-born Chinese who want to learn about their heritage; and the non-Chinese Americans who want to learn authentic Chinese cuisine and hospitality. ... Read more

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Highly Recommended
I have had the pleasure of eating dishes prepared by Angela Chang, and I can testify to their delectable combinations of intriguing flavors and textures. This book captures some of the best dishes that have come from Angela's kitchen -- dishes that rival the best of French and Italian cuisine in their own special way. I haven't yet tried any of the recipes in my own kitchen, but I expect that Angela has discovered and passed along every labor-saving technique that doesn't detract from the overall quality of the dish. She's one terrific cook, I can tell you, and you will be too with her book on your kitchen counter.

Highly Recommended
I have had the pleasure of eating dishes prepared by Angela Chang, and I can testify to their delectable combinations of intriguing flavors and textures. This book captures some of the best dishes that have come from Angela's kitchen -- dishes that rival the best of French and Italian cuisine in their own special way. I haven't yet tried any of the recipes in my own kitchen, but I expect that Angela has discovered and passed along every labor-saving technique that doesn't detract from the overall quality of the dish. She's one terrific cook, I can tell you, and you will be too with her book on your kitchen counter. ... Read more

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Easy and simple mealtime solutions are within reach of every busy family with the Rush Hour Cook's latest collection.Each day of the year features a new recipe along with a personal challenge, kitchen tip, or words of wisdom.

For those who want to reduce their grocery bills, save time, and enjoy incredibly delicious recipes with simple ingredients, the Rush Hour cook will become a one-stop solution.Like all of the books in the Rush Hour Series, this ultimate collection follows the five Rush Hour Rules:

*All ingredients are pronouncedable through the phonetic use of the English language.

*Each ingredient can be found in the market without engaging in a full scale scavenger hunt.

*No list of ingredients shall be longer than the instructions.

*Each recipe has to be durable enough to survive the "Queen-of-Incapable-Cooking."

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Brook has done it again!
I originally purchased Brook Noel's "The Rush Hour Cook's Weekly Wonders: 19 Weekly Dinner Menus Complete with Grocery Lists for Today's Busy Family" last year.

That book changed my life by giving me the grocery lists and menus to coast through weekly cooking.I was cooking every day like normal people do, and I LIKED it!

Coming back as a more developed cook, I purchased 400 Rush Hour Recipes recently and I have to say, I LOVE IT.The recipes are good, easy to prepare with normal ingredients, which is Brook's promise.Another thing that I find helpful is the kid-friendlyness of the menus and the fact that it is an economical way to feed the family with food made at home.The tips and wisdom are also fun and helpful bonuses that add to the book.

If you are looking for more complex, adult oriented foods, I would recommend Leanne Ely's "Saving Dinner" books.Same concepts, different style.Those books along with Brook's Rush Hour books are really great additions to any every day cooking library.

Overall, I highly recommend this book, especially for domestically challenged or new cooks, with children and/or on a budget.GREAT JOB Brook, THANK YOU!!

All ingredients are common, easily obtained in any supermarket, and come attached to recipes simple to duplicate
Brook Noel has written fifteen books and has appeared on headline news shows, so if her name sounds familiar, it should...she's a busy CEO with nary a domestic gene to her name, so if she can easily prepare the dishes she features in 400 RUSH HOUR RECIPES, anyone should be able to. All ingredients are common, easily obtained in any supermarket, and come attached to recipes simple to duplicate. They are appealing dishes even finicky kids will eat - and they're main dishes so don't worry about breads and rice filling up half the book.

Diane C. Donovan
California Bookwatch

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A year's worth of grilling ideas target holidays and such family events as birthdays, anniversaries, and graduations, and includes such recipes as Pumpkin Stuffed with Chicken and Rice. 35,000 first printing. $25,000 ad/promo. Tour. ... Read more

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Best Grilled "CHILLI" Recipe
We purchased this book years ago.We are always looking for something new to grill.Since we use our grill even when it is snowing.The Chili recipe is the best.All ingredients are grilled, from the garlic to the fresh tomatoes and onion to the several types of meat.Then you simmer the whole thing in a cast iron pot, on the grill.
This is just one of many recipes that we have truly enjoyed.If you like to grill you will love this book. ... Read more

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Each July, the hardworking town of Gilroy, California, transforms itself into a gourmet extravaganza that has captured international attention and acclaim since 1979. Celebrating the 15th anniversary of the Gilroy Garlic Festival, this fourth volume in a series of all-garlic cookbooks includes award-winning recipes from the last 15 years. ... Read more

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A start-up guide to organic living for the shopper and grower. Through visits to farms, manufacturers and food suppliers, the author takes the reader through the organic year. Pertinent questions are asked, such as: "Why is organic farming kinder to us, our animals and our environment?" ... Read more

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A cookery book for special occasions, with a guide to the origin of each festival. ... Read more

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Useful and Enjoyable
This book has recipes from all around the world for celebratory meals and desserts, accompanied by descriptions of international holiday traditions. Included are easy crafts for seasonal decorations. I really love this book and look forward to using it over and over. ... Read more

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Now families can enjoy grilled food winter and summer thanks to this unique cookbook. There are also plenty of kitchen tips, equipment details, and safety information essential for both the beginner and the barbecue pro. ... Read more

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Gas BBQ's don't exist.
The title tells it all.There are gas grills, but not any gas BBQ's.Good cookbook, but not really helpful to the experienced BBQ'er.More for an amature that feels that a gas grill is all you need to do food right.There are lots of better books on the art of BBQ'n than this. If you know that the difference between a grill and a BBQ, search for better books.If you don't, this book will give you what you need to cook food with a gas grill.My question is, why do you need to cook food on gas outside, when you can do the same inside on a gas stove ... Read more