The noted food writer and author of Last Letters Home offers eighty recipes for her favorite sweet and savory tarts, including sweet corn and spring onion tart and rhubarb meringue pie, among others. 20,000 first printing.

A professional caterer shares her insider's secrets of party planning and entertaining with helpful advice on budgeting, decorations, theme parties, menu preparations for different sized gatherings, invitations, and more than one hundred party-tested recipes. Original.

The author of Asian Noodles and A Spoonful of Ginger furnishes more than seventy-five delectable recipes for a wide range of wrapped Asian delicacies, including Flaky Curried Turnovers, Lemony Thai Salad Packages, Seared Garlic Beef with Roasted Rainbow Peppers, and more.

A reproduction of the classic cookbook shares recipes for appetizers, beverages, breads, entrees, sauces, and desserts, as well as entertaining tips

The author explores the lives of the men and women whose goal is to serve perfect food, drawing on the collective experiences of three talented young chefs to reveal the dreams, goals, and ideas of great chefs.

Offers tips for making sauces and more than five hundred recipes for stocks, glaces, liasons, brown sauces, meat sauces, fish sauces, and purees

A companion volume to the PBS series hosted by Julia Child presents more than 250 recipes for baked goods including simple white breads, muffins, pastry, chocolate creations, and a wedding cake

The subtitle says it all. One of the biggest challenges for the good home cook is creating delicious, healthy meals using just a few ingredients and simple steps. And good cooks know that Diane Worthington is an expert at finding the one strong flavor component that will turn a ho-hum dish into something memorable-without spending the whole day in the kitchen. In Seriously Simple: Easy Recipes for Creative Cooks she does it again. Here are over 90 recipes for everything from Butternut Squash Soup with Chipotle Creme to Lemon-Lime Pound-cake that come together in a snap. Gorgeously photographed, Seriously Simple is full of practical tips for saving time without sparing the savor, such as advice on developing a busy cook s pantry, making one-pot meals, and creating sauces, rubs, and marinades that will spice up any dish in a flash. Guaranteed to cut down on the prep time, streamline techniques, and pump up the flavor, here s a new kitchen standby that s seriously fast, seriously delicious... Seriously Simple.

An introduction to the world of edible insects, complete with recipes and color photographs. Includes an historical look at the use of edible insects in indigenous cultures. Provides information on where to obtain insects and how to store and prepare them. Includes over 60 gourmet recipes, complete with stunning color photographs. The most wholesome source of protein on earth cannot be found in any supermarket in the United States, but it can be found right in your backyard! Insects have been a staple food of almost every indigenous culture, not only because of their delicious flavor but also because they provide a more complete protein than soy, meat, or fish, and are concentrated sources of calcium, niacin, magnesium, potassium, the B-vitamins, and many other nutrients. As the world heads for food shortages in the next century insects can help meet humanity's growing nutritional needs. Creepy Crawly Cuisine tells you everything you need to know to make insects a part of your diet. It includes an overview of the use of edible insects by indigenous cultures, information on where to obtain insects and how to store and prepare them, and over 60 gourmet recipes, complete with stunning color photographs, that let you take the cooking of insects to dazzling culinary heights. As practical as it is unique, Creepy Crawly Cuisine is the ideal gift for followers of the Diet for a Small Planet, adventurous epicures, and cooks who think they have seen it all.