Based on Barron’s popular and authoritative The New Food Lover’s Companion, this enlarged and enhanced reference volume was written for discerning home chefs and everybody else who wants to become more knowledgeable about good food and elegant dining. This second edition has been updated with new information to reflect the way we eat in today’s world. The authors …
Enlarged and updated with information about recent praiseworthy vintages and newly flourishing wine-growing regions, The New Wine Lover’s Companion informs, advises, and enlightens readers with approximately 4,000 entries that describe wines produced all around the world. The A-to-Z entries describe grape varieties; wine styles; wine-growing regions; winemaking techniques; wine-testing terms; sizes and styles of glassware, wine …
100 Animal Cookies: A Super Cute Menagerie to Decorate Step-by-Step
When most of us think of cookies in the shapes of animal we usually envision the very dry, very beige little crackers that wound up in our school lunchboxes every day. Edible? Yes. Interesting? No. Those crunchy little herds are no match for the wild array of cookies in this book. All things that fly, swim, walk, climb, …
100 Party Cookies: A Step-by-Step Guide to Baking Super-Cute Cookies for Life’s Little Celebrations
Two extraordinary cookie decorators help you tap into your inner “cookie diva” with inspired and delicious cookies for every reason and season. Find design ideas for: Special Occasions: balloons, party hats, and baby bottlesThe Holidays:reindeer, bunnies, menorahs, pumpkins, and leprechaunsKid’s Parties: pirates, mermaids, super heroes, ballerinas, and poniesSpread the Love:includes themes for Weddings, Valentine’s Day, Mother’s Day, …
Creating edible works of art is a cakewalk thanks to Shelly Baker. The world-renowned cake designer has whipped up a veritable hand-held course on baking and decorating beautiful cakes with her new title, The Complete Book of Icing, Frosting & Fondant Skills. For those of us whose cake-decorating skills end at Betty Crocker frosting in a can, as …
Chef magazine called this book’s author “the best-known ambassador of Indian food in the United States” . . . and the Boston Herald referred to her as “the renowned author and actress [who] teaches …