Showing posts with label American. Show all posts
Showing posts with label American. Show all posts

Monday, 11 October 2010

American Heart Association Low-Fat, Low-Cholesterol Cookbook, 4th edition: Delicious Recipes to Help Lower Your Cholesterol

American Heart Association Low-Fat, Low-Cholesterol Cookbook, 4th edition: Delicious Recipes to Help Lower Your Cholesterol








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Eat wisely, eat well.

The nation’s most trusted authority on heart-healthy living presents the fourth edition of this classic cookbook, with the most up-to-date information on heart health and nutrition—including the effects of saturated and trans fats and cholesterol—and 50 exciting new recipes.

American Heart Association Low-Fat, Low-Cholesterol Cookbook offers more than 200 delicious, easy-to-prepare dishes, including:

•Fresh Basil and Kalamata Hummus
•Elegant Beef Tenderloin
•Tilapia Tacos with Fresh Salsa
•Garlic Chicken Fillets in Balsamic Vinegar
•Peppery Beef with Blue Cheese Sauce
•Thai Coconut Curry with Vegetables
•Sweet Potatoes in Creamy Cinnamon Sauce
•Pumpkin-Pie Coffeecake
•Streusel-Topped Blueberry Bars
•Key Lime Tart with Tropical Fruit

The perfect companion for today’s healthy cook, this indispensable cookbook will help you put delicious food on the table and make the best choices for your heart’s health.


From the Hardcover edition.


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Sunday, 26 September 2010

Colonial Cooking - A History of American Cuisine

Cooking in the colonies depended greatly on your economic condition. The upper classes hired European-trained chef, who called the lower classes of the hostess to prepare a dinner plate. What was in all classes was similar, however, which was prepared in the kitchen only what was in season. Colonial cooks had to be very careful with food, a chicken for dinner could not be killed if they ate breakfast atand lunch. For food waste was not an option. Especially with the new and ever-changing seasons of the Americas, the cooks had to save the best of what they could get their hands on and to keep and what they could, as could make the winters brutal.

As the chef of the house was not as easy as turning a knob on the stove, as it is now. A chicken for dinner meant going out in the morning and killing himself, plucking and gutting it. Fires andgo on all day. The organs of each animal were cooked as a delicacy fruit, and vegetables always, never first. The drinks were very sweet, and the punch was plenty of alcohol. The meat was often at the table with the head and feet still bound forever, and the rolls for sopping the sauce served juices. Cooking is hard, every day of work in colonial America and was a good cook sometimes worth weightGold.

The Governor's Palace always supported the best chefs in Europe. While they were like slaves, were paid the highest in the budget. The building itself was a series of cooks in the kitchen at a time like everyone had a specialty. Many of these chefs had experience in French cuisine, a thin layer of time has been considered. These cooks also had the best tools for cooking, including many copper pots.

The men offered the second best in the colonial kitchen, while the French were not trained, often cook their meals were modeled after the traditional English. Meat and sweets were standard at every meal, and while these households used slaves for their chefs, many have been so good, they were often able to earn their capacity for freedom on the basis of their kitchen.

The middle class were among the nobility in the colonial kitchen. While she tries to fit the kitchen of the nobility on special occasions, every day> The food was much easier. Many of these houses still in the kitchen is based on a slave to do, while some leave home only on the talents of Lady des

The lower classes offer the most basic of the colonial kitchen. These families do not use slaves, and almost every meal was a one pot meal. Porridge and soup were very popular, and the cornmeal is more widespread, which is based on corn, sausages, vegetables and salt. The food was the meat with the accompanyingcould get my hands on that many times, it was not.

Monday, 13 September 2010

Party Bites: Easy Recipes for Fingerfood & Party Snacks

Party Bites: Easy Recipes for Fingerfood & Party Snacks








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Lydia France offers a multitude of ideas for great party food. Dips and Fingers include Warm Spice-rubbed New Potatoes with Rosemary Mayonnaise and a Trio of Honey-baked Camembert with Calvados and Herbs. Tartlets and Toasts has recipes for Black Bean chili in Polenta Cups with Creme Fraiche and Lemon Buffalo Mozzarella with Pickled Figs on Crostini. Ever popular STicks and Skewers include Shrimp Cocktail Shots. Twice-marinated Salt Lime Chicken Skewers, and Little Spiced Pork Balls with Sticky Cider Syrup. There is also a wealth of imaginative recipes for tempting Breads and Biscuits and Sweet Treats. *A fabulous collection of easy-to-prpare recipes for party food--including dips, tartiets, toasts, skewers, sweet treats, and more. *Includes party menu planners plus clever shortcuts and professional tips on presenting party foods, giving you the know-how you to create maxiumum impact with minimum effort!


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Thursday, 26 August 2010

James Beard's Beard On Pasta (James Beard Library of Great American Cooking)

James Beard's Beard On Pasta (James Beard Library of Great American Cooking)








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This kitchen classic from James Beard-a name synonymous with culinary excellence-is back in print in a handsome edition featuring 100 of Beard's favorite international recipes and in-depth information on pasta's origins. An indispensable resource from the dean of American cooking.









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The Best Pasta Book Ever - B. Rice - Michigan
If you only have one pasta book, this should be it. You will not only learn to make fabulous homemade pasta, you will be amazed at how easy it is. I have given his Macaroni & Cheese recipe to everyone who has tasted it. Warning...if your kids eat the box stuff, once they eat Beard's they'll never eat the blue box again. Do yourself a favor and find this book. You won't regret it!



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Monday, 23 August 2010

The Peppers Cookbook: 200 Recipes from the Pepper Lady's Kitchen (Great American Cooking)

The Peppers Cookbook: 200 Recipes from the Pepper Lady's Kitchen (Great American Cooking)








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Award-winner Jean Andrews has been called "the first lady of chili peppers" and her own registered trademark, "The Pepper Lady." She now follows up on the success of her earlier books, Peppers: The Domesticated Capsicums and The Pepper Trail, with a new collection of more than two hundred recipes for pepper lovers everywhere. Andrews begins with how to select peppers (with an illustrated glossary provided), how to store and peel them, and how to utilize various cooking techniques to unlock their flavors. A chapter on typical ingredients used in pepper recipes will be a boon for the harried cook. The Peppers Cookbook also features a section on nutrition and two indexes, one by recipe and one by pepper type, for those searching for a recipe to use specific peppers found in the market. The majority of the book contains new recipes along with the best recipes from her award-winning Pepper Trail book. The mouth-watering recipes herein range from appetizers to main courses, sauces, and desserts, including Roasted Red Pepper Dip, Creamy Pepper and Tomato Soup, Jicama and Pepper Salad, Chipotle-Portabella Tartlets, Green Corn Tamale Pie, Anatolian Stew, South Texas Turkey with Tamale Dressing, Shrimp Amal, Couscous-Stuffed Eggplant, and Creamy Serrano Dressing.








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Saturday, 17 July 2010

American Farmstead Cheese: The Complete Guide To Making and Selling Artisan Cheeses

American Farmstead Cheese: The Complete Guide To Making and Selling Artisan Cheeses








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This comprehensive guide to farmstead cheese explains the diversity of cheeses in terms of historical animal husbandry, pastures, climate, preservation, and transport— all of which still contribute to the uniqueness of farm cheeses today.

Discover the composition of milk (and its seasonal variations), starter cultures, and the chemistry of cheese. The book includes:
• A fully illustrated guide to basic cheesemaking
• Discussions on the effects of calcium, pH, salt, and moisture on the process
•Ways to ensure safety and quality through sampling and risk reduction
• Methods for analyzing the resulting composition
You will meet artisan cheesemaker Peter Dixon, who will remind you of the creative spirit of nature as he shares his own process for cheesemaking. Alison Hooper, cofounder of Vermont Butter & Cheese Company, shares her experience—both the mistakes and the successes—to guide you in your own business adventure with cheese. David and Cindy Major, owners of Vermont Shepherd, a sheep dairy and cheese business, tell the story of their farm and business from rocky beginning to successful end.








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No recipes - R. Griffin -
This is an informative book about the history of cheese, how cheese is made at a molecular level, and starting a cheese company. What it doesn't give you is basic cheese recipies for the novice. I bit more involved than I wanted. Interesting reading, but now I STILL need another book to take me through a BASIC recipe and a list of equipment I can use that can be found in the regular home kitchen. I am making a couple of pounds of mozerella, not a large vat of Brie!



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