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Allergen-Free Baker's Handbook

Written by Cybele Pascal

Format: Trade Paperback, 200 pages
On Sale: December 22, 2009
Price: $25.00

Free to Eat Sweets!

The number of people with food allergies is skyrocketing, leaving puzzled cooks and anxious parents eager to find recipes for “normal” foods that are both safe and delicious. The Allergen-Free Baker’s Handbook features 100 tried-and-true recipes that are completely free of all ingredients responsible for 90 percent of... Read more >

Easy Japanese Cooking: Appetizer Rex

Written by Kentaro Kobayashi

Format: Trade Paperback, 96 pages
On Sale: December 8, 2009
Price: $14.95

Dinner parties will never be the same again! Kentaro Kobayashi's fifth volume of Easy Japanese Cooking invites everyone to taste the lighter side of dinner, appetizers!

Recipes Include:

1 Dish Appetizers: Pickles/ Salsa/ Nachos/ Salmon Dip/ Avacado Dip/ Bruschetta/ Spicy Cucumbers/ Turnips/ Octopus Marinade/ Squid Kimchi

Crispy: Fried Cheeze/ Cheesy Rice Crackers/ Deep... Read more >

The Way To Cook DVD

Written by Julia Child

Format: Video, 96 pages
On Sale: December 8, 2009
Price: $24.95

At last on DVD—Julia’s invaluable series of cooking lessons designed to bring her right into your own kitchen to teach you the fundamentals of good cooking

Here is the six-part series (complete with recipe booklet), originally produced in 1985,
in which Julia teaches you all the fundamentals of good cooking and offers a... Read more >

Eat, Drink, Think in Spanish
A Food Lover's English-Spanish/Spanish-English Dictionary
Written by Lourdes Castro

Format: eBook, 320 pages
On Sale: December 1, 2009
Price: $18.99

Welcome to the first comprehensive bilingual culinary dictionary created specifically for food, wine, and travel aficionados. Teacher, translator, and author Lourdes Castro deftly explains the differences—subtle and otherwise—among the cuisines of Spanish-speaking regions and offers a pronounciation for each term. Eat, Drink, Think in Spanish features 2,000 entries for ingredients, cooking... Read more >

Mastering the Art of French Cooking Boxed Set
Volumes 1 and 2
Written by Julia Child, Louisette Bertholle and Simone Beck

Format: Boxed Set
On Sale: December 1, 2009
Price: $89.95

The perfect gift for any follower of Julia Child—and any lover of French food. This boxed set brings together Mastering the Art of French Cooking, first published in 1961, and its sequel, Mastering the Art of French Cooking, Volume Two, published in 1970.

Volume One is the classic cookbook, in its entirety—524... Read more >

Cooking Well: Mediterranean
The Lifestyle Diet Rich in Omega-3, Over 125 Recipes for Good Health
Written by Marie-Annick Courtier

Format: eBook
On Sale: November 24, 2009
Price: $9.99

You have the power to reduce your risk of heart disease and stroke, and lessen symptoms of hypertension, depression, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), joint pain and other rheumatoid problems, as well as certain skin ailments, with Cooking Well: Mediterranean Diet.

The region of the Mediterranean is famous for the good... Read more >

Drink This
Wine Made Simple
Written by Dara Moskowitz Grumdahl

Format: Hardcover, 384 pages
On Sale: November 24, 2009
Price: $26.00

Ever been baffled by a wine list, stood perplexed before endless racks of bottles at the liquor store, or ordered an overpriced bottle out of fear of the scathing judgment of a restaurant sommelier? Before she became a James Beard Award—winning food and wine writer, Dara Moskowitz Grumdahl experienced all these... Read more >

Drink This
Wine Made Simple
Written by Dara Moskowitz Grumdahl

Format: eBook, 224 pages
On Sale: November 24, 2009
Price: $26.00

Ever been baffled by a wine list, stood perplexed before endless racks of bottles at the liquor store, or ordered an overpriced bottle out of fear of the scathing judgment of a restaurant sommelier? Before she became a James Beard Award—winning food and wine writer, Dara Moskowitz Grumdahl experienced all these... Read more >

Lucid Food
Cooking for an Eco-Conscious Life
Written by Louisa Shafia

Format: Trade Paperback, 208 pages
On Sale: November 24, 2009
Price: $22.50

Green Your Cuisine with Earth-Friendly Food Choices.

With organic and seasonal cooking principles becoming ingrained in today’s kitchens, and new buzzwords including locavore and CSA steadily gaining traction, how do we integrate food politics into daily life in ways that are convenient, affordable, and delicious? Lucid Food offers more than eighty-five healthy... Read more >

The New Taste of Chocolate
A Cultural & Natural History of Cacao with Recipes
Written by Maricel E. Presilla

Format: Hardcover, 256 pages
On Sale: November 24, 2009
Price: $35.00

<div>More than two hundred years ago, the great Swedish botanist Carolus Linnaeus christened the cacao tree Theobroma cacao, “food-of-the-gods cacao.” Truly, chocolate is the closest thing we mortals have to ambrosia. But not all chocolate is created equal, a fact we instinctively know when we bite into an exceptional piece of... Read more >

Mastering Cheese
Lessons for Connoisseurship from a Maître Fromager
Written by Max McCalman and David Gibbons

Format: Hardcover, 384 pages
On Sale: November 17, 2009
Price: $40.00

Maître fromager Max McCalman, author of The Cheese Plate and Cheese, is steeped in the world of artisanal cheeses like no one else. In Mastering Cheese, he shares the wealth of his expertise to help cheese lovers on their path to connoisseurship.
 
After years of teaching courses for amateurs at the Artisanal... Read more >

Cooking Well: Beautiful Skin
Over 75 Antioxidant-Rich Recipes for Glowing Skin
Written by Elizabeth TenHouten
Foreword by David Amron MD

Format: Trade Paperback, 240 pages
On Sale: November 12, 2009
Price: $12.50

Thousands of skincare products promise beautiful skin without providing real results, and it's time for a practical and effective way of achieving healthier skin. Cooking Well: Beautiful Skin harnesses the scientifically proven benefits of antioxidants for skin health, providing you with the tools necessary for achieving glowing, radiant skin from the... Read more >

Cooking Well: Mediterranean
Secrets of the World's Healthiest Diet, Over 125 Quick & Easy Recipes
Written by Marie-Annick Courtier

Format: Trade Paperback, 208 pages
On Sale: November 12, 2009
Price: $12.50

You have the power to reduce your risk of heart disease and stroke, and lessen symptoms of hypertension, depression, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), joint pain and other rheumatoid problems, as well as certain skin ailments, with Cooking Well: Mediterranean Diet

The region of the Mediterranean is famous for the good... Read more >

Cooking Well: Wheat Allergies
Over 145 Delicious Gluten-Free Recipes
Written by Marie-Annick Courtier

Format: eBook
On Sale: November 10, 2009
Price: $9.99

Today, living a gluten-free lifestyle is gaining popularity as more and more people around the world develop serious health aversions to wheat. Wheat intolerances and allergies are among the top food allergies in the United States.

Cooking Well: Wheat Allergies features over 145 gluten-free recipes designed to improve daily functioning with a... Read more >

Eat, Drink, Think in Spanish
A Food Lover's English-Spanish/Spanish-English Dictionary
Written by Lourdes Castro

Format: Trade Paperback, 336 pages
On Sale: November 10, 2009
Price: $18.99

Welcome to the first comprehensive bilingual culinary dictionary created specifically for food, wine, and travel aficionados. Teacher, translator, and author Lourdes Castro deftly explains the differences—subtle and otherwise—among the cuisines of Spanish-speaking regions and offers a pronounciation for each term. Eat, Drink, Think in Spanish features 2,000 entries for ingredients, cooking... Read more >

Raw Food Quick & Easy
Over 100 Healthy Recipes Including Smoothies, Seasonal Salads, Dressings, Pates, Soups, Hearty Creations, Snacks, and Desserts
Written by Mary Rydman

Format: eBook
On Sale: November 10, 2009
Price: $9.99

Quick Meals Shouldn't Compromise Taste or Your Health

The phrase "fast food" has come to mean tasteless fried meals from a drive-thru, but the truth is that food can be made quickly and still be both nourishing and delicious.

Inspired by the best-selling editions of The Complete Book of Raw Food, Raw... Read more >

The Food Snob's Dictionary
An Essential Lexicon of Gastronomical Knowledge
Written by David Kamp and Marion Rosenfeld
Illustrated by Ross Macdonald

Format: eBook, 144 pages
On Sale: November 4, 2009
Price: $12.95

Food Snob n: reference term for the sort of food obsessive for whom the actual joy of eating and cooking is but a side dish to the accumulation of arcane knowledge about these subjects

From the author of The United States of Arugula--and coauthor of The Film Snob’s Dictionary and The Rock... Read more >

The Lee Bros. Simple Fresh Southern
Knockout Dishes with Down-Home Flavor
Written by Matt Lee and Ted Lee

Format: Hardcover, 256 pages
On Sale: November 3, 2009
Price: $35.00

From two South Carolina-bred brothers comes the ground-breaking cookbook for new Southern cooking: The Lee Bros. Simple, Fresh, Southern. Matt and Ted Lee were raised on long-simmered greens, slow-smoked meats, and deep-fried everything. But after years of traveling as journalists and with farm fresh foods more available than ever, Matt and... Read more >

Michael Symon's Live to Cook
Recipes and Techniques to Rock Your Kitchen
Written by Michael Symon and Michael Ruhlman
Foreword by Bobby Flay

Format: Hardcover, 256 pages
On Sale: November 3, 2009
Price: $35.00

Hometown boy turned superstar, Michael Symon is one of the hottest food personalities in America. Hailing from Cleveland, Ohio, he is counted among the nation’s greatest chefs, having joined the ranks of Mario Batali, Bobby Flay, and Masaharu Morimoto as one of America’s Iron Chefs. At his core, though, he’s a... Read more >

Rachael Ray's Book of 10
More Than 300 Recipes to Cook Every Day
Written by Rachael Ray
Foreword by John Cusimano

Format: Trade Paperback, 384 pages
On Sale: November 3, 2009
Price: $20.00

Rachael's top 10 lists of 30-minute meals
 
For more than a decade, Rachael Ray has wowed you with her flavorful dishes on TV. And she has written one incredible collection after collection of delicious 30-minute meals. Her latest cookbook includes her most-requested recipes from fans like you and her family faves. Rachael... Read more >

Secret Ingredients
The New Yorker Book of Food and Drink
Edited by David Remnick

Format: Trade Paperback, 608 pages
On Sale: November 3, 2009
Price: $18.00

A sample of the menu: Woody Allen on dieting the Dostoevski way • Roger Angell on the art of the martini • Don DeLillo on Jell-O • Malcolm Gladwell on building a better ketchup • Jane Kramer on the writer’s kitchen • Chang-rae Lee on eating sea urchin • Steve Martin... Read more >

Cooking Well: Wheat Allergies
The Complete Health Guide for Gluten-Free Nutrition, Includes Over 145 Delicious Gluten-Free Recipes
Written by Marie-Annick Courtier

Format: Trade Paperback, 240 pages
On Sale: October 27, 2009
Price: $11.00

Today, living a gluten-free lifestyle is gaining popularity as more and more people around the world develop serious health aversions to wheat. Wheat intolerances and allergies are among the top food allergies in the United States.

Cooking Well: Wheat Allergies features over 145 gluten-free recipes designed to improve daily functioning with a... Read more >

The Craft of Baking
Cakes, Cookies, and Other Sweets with Ideas for Inventing Your Own
Written by Karen DeMasco and Mindy Fox

Format: Hardcover, 256 pages
On Sale: October 27, 2009
Price: $35.00

James Beard Award—winner Karen DeMasco, who first came to national attention as the pastry chef of Tom Colicchio’s Craft, Craftbar, and ’wichcraft restaurants from 2001 to 2008, approaches the art of baking in a unique way. Building on the savory cooking philosophy of using seasonal ingredients to create dishes with pure... Read more >

Eating
A memoir
Written by Jason Epstein

Format: Hardcover, 192 pages
On Sale: October 27, 2009
Price: $25.00

Jason Epstein, the legendary editor and publisher of Norman Mailer, Vladimir Nabokov, Gore Vidal, and E. L. Doctorow, among many other distinguished writers, and the editor of such great chefs and bakers as Alice Waters, Wolfgang Puck, and Maida Heatter, takes us on a culinary tour through his eventful life, beginning... Read more >

Eating

Written by Jason Epstein

Format: eBook, 192 pages
On Sale: October 27, 2009
Price: $25.00

Jason Epstein, the legendary editor and publisher of Norman Mailer, Vladimir Nabokov, Gore Vidal, and E. L. Doctorow, among many other distinguished writers, and the editor of such great chefs and bakers as Alice Waters, Wolfgang Puck, and Maida Heatter, takes us on a culinary tour through his eventful life, beginning... Read more >