From the perfect pot roast to the fragrant complexity of braised endive, there’s no food more satisfying than a well-braised dish. The art of braising comes down to us from the earliest days of cooking, when ingredients were enclosed in a heavy pot and buried in the hot embers of a dying fire until tender and bathed in …
An essential update of Fuchsia Dunlop’s landmark book on Sichuan cuisine, with 200 recipes and stunning photographs.Almost twenty years after the publication of Land of Plenty, considered by many to be one of the greatest cookbooks of all time, Fuchsia Dunlop revisits the region where her own culinary journey began, adding more than 70 new recipes to the …
Meatless Vietnamese cooking for vegetarians and omnivores alike.In the years he spent living and cooking in Vietnam, Cameron Stauch learned about a tradition of vegetarian Vietnamese cuisine that is light and full of flavor. Based on recipes devised over centuries by Mahayana Buddhist monks, the dishes in Vegetarian Việt Nam make use of the full arsenal of Vietnamese …
“The recipes are . . . so delicious you’ll ‘go nuts’ with pleasure.”―Nick Malgieri, author of How to Bake The only cookbook of its kind, In a Nutshell is a complete guide to cooking and baking with nuts and seeds. After working for years as instructors at the Institute of Culinary Education, Cara Tannenbaum and Andrea Tutunjian deliver …
“Citizen Coke demostrate[s] a complete lack of understanding about . . . the Coca-Cola system―past and present.” ―Ted Ryan, the Coca-Cola Company How did Coca-Cola build a global empire by selling a low-price concoction of mostly sugar, water, and caffeine? The easy answer is advertising, but the real formula to Coke’s success was its strategy, from the start, …
Patrick McGovern―part modern scientist, part Indiana Jones―uncovers and re-creates the oldest alcoholic beverages ever found.Patrick E. McGovern takes us on a fascinating journey through time to the dawn of brewing when our ancestors might well have made a Palaeo-Brew of wild fruits, honey, cereals, and botanicals. Early beverage-makers must have marveled at the magical process of fermentation. Their …
Love Soup: 160 All-New Vegetarian Recipes from the Author of the Vegetarian Epicure
Winner of the James Beard Foundation Book of the Year, Healthy Focus: delicious recipes for vegetarian soups from the author of “the most influential cookbooks in the history of modern vegetarian cuisine” (Chicago Sun-Times). Anna Thomas’s Vegetarian Epicure cookbooks have sold millions of copies and inspired generations. Now she describes her love affair with the ultimate comfort food. …
“Enables you to bring the style, fun, and flavors of summer to your table all year long.”―Tom Colicchio, judge of Bravo’s Top Chef In this collection of 200 easy-to-make dishes, Jasper White shows you how to make seafood classics like creamy Cape Cod clam chowder, Maine lobster rolls, and scallops wrapped in smoky bacon. Other shack favorites include …
The follow-up to Rick Bayless’s best-selling Mexican Everyday features a dozen “master-class” recipes you’ll want to learn by heart, more than 30 innovative vegetable dishes, Rick’s secret weapon flavorings to weave into your favorite dishes, and many other brand-new creations from his kitchen.Rick Bayless transformed America’s understanding of Mexican cuisine with his Mexican Everyday. Now, ten years later, …
The 2013 James Beard Foundation Cookbook of the Year How to cook everything Latin American.Gran Cocina Latina unifies the vast culinary landscape of the Latin world, from Mexico to Argentina and all the Spanish-speaking countries of the Caribbean. In one volume it gives home cooks, armchair travelers, and curious chefs the first comprehensive collection of recipes from this …