The Cookbook That Celebrates the Crisp, Colorful, Healthy Fruit Easy to grow, abundant, and delicious, the apple is America's favorite fruit. It has a slightly sour and bitter taste that’s overpowered by juicy sweetness—and it is enjoyed daily in homes across the country. Apples is a cookbook by Julia Rutland that features 50 easy recipes geared for busy cooks who enjoy great flavor. The author is a professional writer, recipe developer, recipe tester, food stylist, and television/media demonstrator, so you can be certain that every recipe is a crowd-pleaser! From drinks and salads to breads, main dishes, and, of course, dessert, the options presented here will become instant family favorites. The book’s full-color photography adds to the enjoyment of cooking. Plus, growing tips and the fruit’s fascinating history make Apples even more useful.
Author: Rutland, Julia.

Keep that fresh-from-the-garden flavor at your table easy to grow and often abundant, squashes are a garden delight. Don’t just drop them off at your neighbor’s front door. Squash is a cookbook by Julia Rutland that features 50 easy recipes for busy cooks who enjoy great flavor. The author is a professional writer, recipe developer, recipe tester, and television/media demonstrator, so you can be certain that every recipe is a crowd-pleaser! And when your gardens are filled with more than you can eat, you’ll find simple and delicious ways to preserve those fresh bounties. People love squashes because the flavor connects them to holidays, special occasions, and shared family dinners. Add squash to your cookbook collection, and savor this wonderful variety of delicious recipes. It features the most popular types of summer and winter squashes: zucchini, yellow, butternut, pumpkin, acorn, spaghetti, and more. These dishes are sure to become instant family favorites.

Easy to grow and delicious to eat, tomatoes can be enjoyed raw and are commonly cooked in recipes. Ranging from the size of a grape to that of a softball, tomatoes provide a sweet, tangy flavor, perfect for salads, appetizers, beverages, pasta, and more. Tomatoes is a cookbook by Julia Rutland that features 50 easy recipes geared for busy cooks who enjoy great flavor. The author is a professional writer, recipe developer, recipe tester, food stylist, and television/media demonstrator, so you can be certain that every recipe is a crowd-pleaser! The book’s full-color photography adds to the enjoyment of cooking. Plus, an entire chapter is devoted to growing tomatoes in your own plot or container garden―with expert tips from a master gardener. Julia further provides plenty of useful information on buying tomatoes and a rundown of the different types available.

The unassuming pear steals home plate with its flavor and versatility. Read along to learn about how to use the flavors of a pear in savory and sweet dishes.

With 100 recipes from across the country, Peachy shines new light on an old favorite.

Alice Alech and Cécile Le Galliard With detailed research from doctors and nutritionists around the globe, The 7 Wonders of Olive
Oil reveals seven amazing health benefits of olive oil, the role olive oil plays in the Mediterranean diet, and tips for cooking with, buying, and storing the green nectar.

Nuts and seeds such as almonds, walnuts, pumpkin seeds, and sunflower seeds are bursting with vital nutrients. Even just a handful is rich with vitamins, minerals and fats, all of which we need, and which team up to help your heart, brain and waistline. As little as an ounce a day provides invaluable fiber, protein, and immune-boosting minerals. This books explains the nutritional benefits, as well as provides some helpful ideas for how to incorporate them into your diet! (paperback, 176 pages, 64 color photos)

Quinoa is the superfood you know you should be eating. You’ve heard about it, and how it’s a complete protein, contains all 9 essential amino acids, lowers cholesterol, and is nutrient rich in vitamins, minerals, and antioxidants. But how do you actually cook with it? Cherie Schetselaar and Britney Rule show you the tips and tricks to quinoa cooking until you are including it in any dish.

Vegan Bible is an exhaustive work in which you will discover the richness and the diversity of vegan foods and how cooking can still be truly creative even without eggs, meat, fish or dairy products. Learn how to make your own vegan cheeses, creams and milks, how to cook astonishing egg-free, dairy-free desserts, and how to prepare 100% vegan versions of some of the great classic dishes using ingredients that can be found in your local supermarket. As well as recipes for breakfasts, lunches, suppers and baby foods there are recipes for every occasion: birthdays, brunches, picnics, barbecues, and family get-togethers. More than just a collection of recipes, the book provides illustrated step-by-step information on the key ingredients of the vegan diet: nuts, flax seeds, chickpeas, avocado; and there is a chapter outlining the essentials for vegan nutritional balance: where to find protein, calcium, vitamin B12 and mistakes to avoid. (paperback, 324 pages, full color throughout)

This exciting new cookbook offers more than 80 quick and easy veggie recipes – from Manchego quesadillas and TexMex burgers to tomato-cinnamon fries and No Tuna Sandwich. With full-color photographs of each recipe, these quick and easy meals contain a selection of vegetarian and vegan options that will satisfy any fast food craving! (paperback, 192 pages, full color throughout)

Through more than 500 step-by-step photos, this cookbook explains the basic techniques of vegetarian cuisine and contains some its best recipes. The book is divided into four sections: on cereals, vegetables, tofu, seitan and tempeh, and nuts and seeds. Each section opens with an introduction to the characteristics, properties and uses of the ingredients. (paperback, 224 pages, full color throughout)

These new salad recipes will revolutionize this once-boring side dish, with intriguing and imaginative new ideas for you to try. Each recipe is accompanied by color photographs of the dish, making it easy for anyone to create beautiful dishes. (paperback, 176 pages, full color throughout)

Any of the 160 mouth-watering recipes presented here will provide the high point of any meal - whether you are looking for a dazzling finale to a dinner, a stunning treat for a special day, or simply something to please yourself, your family or friends - you need look no further. This is the culinary guide to all things chocolate from the world's premier cooking school. (hardback, 416 pgs, full color)

This lavish volume from the world-famous cooking school is the official bible for pastry lovers everywhere, from beginner to the advanced level. There are 100 illustrated recipes with detailed step-by-step instructions, including 1400 photographs. (hardback, 521 pages, full color throughout0

From the brisk waters of Seattle to the earthy mushrooms of Portland, author Darrin Nordahl takes us on a journey to expand our palates with the local flavors of the beautiful Pacific Northwest. There are a multitude of indigenous fruits, vegetables, mushrooms, and seafood waiting to be rediscovered in the luscious PNW. Eating the Pacific Northwest looks at the unique foods that are indigenous to the region including salmon, truffles, and of course, geoduck, among others. Festivals featured include the Oregon Truffle Festival and Dungeness Crab and Seafood Festival, and there are recipes for every ingredient, including Buttermilk Fried Oysters and Nootka Roses and Salmonberries. Nordahl also discusses some of the larger agricultural, political, and ecological issues that prevent these wild, and arguably tastier foods, from reaching our table.

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For a fresh take on fabulous food, sample these irresistible dishes: Blueberry Morning Glories with Warm Blueberry Sauce, Crispy Fried Walla Walla Sweet Onions, Cherry Chipotle Short Ribs, Northwest Fish Tacos, and Theo Chocolate Ganache Cake. Featuring 120 recipes from 68 of the Evergreen State's best restaurants, bistros, cafes, lodges, and bed-and-breakfasts, A Taste of Washington includes classic Northwest fare as well as flavor fusions of global cuisines. (Hard Cover)

A Culinary Journey along the Silk Road and Beyond

A love of Asian foods and a desire to provide simple ways to cook them drove prolific food writer Habeeb Salloum to write Asian Cooking Made Simple: A Culinary Journey along the Silk Road and Beyond. This latest release from Sweetgrass Books details how to cook up the tastiest Vietnamese pho (noodle soup), how to add a little Szechuan spice to dinnertime, and how to create mouthwatering Indian curries and Middle Eastern kebabs. The book itself, complete with color photographs of the dishes, is a journey across half the world, starting in China and working westward to the Mediterranean.

Whether you love prosecco, cava, cremant or champagne, the UK’s love for all drinks sparkling and fizzy shows no sign of abating! Sparkling wine sales have increased by 76% in the last 5 years, and whatever your tipple, a delicious glass of fizz is no longer restricted to special anniversaries or occasions but is drunk all year round. This new book from wine expert David Zyw is sure to become the definitive guide to the best fizz available. (hardback, 256 pages)

Make Your Own Beer is an accessible and practical guide to home brewing, covering all aspects of the process, including equipment and the cost versus benefit of different types, beer styles and flavors, and an understanding of key, quality ingredients. Readers will gain the skills to brew a number of different styles of beers, taking satisfaction not only from the activity, but also from the end result. Not just a dry step-by-step manual, Make Your Own Beer is a lighthearted, engaging guide for readers interested in brewing their own beer, and those simply interested in learning about the process. Illustrated with 120 photographs beautifully documenting the process in full color. (paperback, 104 pages)

Fun illustrations and quirky characters bring the kitchen to life. Join Pierre Lamielle on a kitchen adventure as he introduces you to the Munchy Munchy Gang, a team of characters here to educate kids on the art of cooking and the range of flavors they'll encounter. Learn how to make over 28 different recipeswith simple instructions and illustrations for every step. Pierre’s characters make complex cooking theories, like balancing the five the five tastes, accessible to kids of all ages.