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2009

  • Entertaining friends and family is one of the best gifts you can give them; parties are the stuff of memories, and far more valuable than anything you can buy. THE ENTERTAINING ENCYCLOPEDIA: ESSENTIAL TIPS AND RECIPES FOR PERFECT PARTIES will provide you with 200 of her carefully tested recipes and hundreds of time-proven party ideas and tips, making this book THE go-to guide for entertaining.


  • After writing countless kids' cookbooks, appearing dozens of times on national TV, and aiding top brands in promoting kids' cooking, Barbara Beery is embarking on a brand new adventure for kids interested in the culinary world: www.kidscookingshop.com. Batter Up Kids Cooking Shop is a culinary website just for kids, where families can discover the culinary tools needed to help their aspiring young chefs become successful in the kitchen.


  • Flavored with frustration, simmering with rage, and iced with affection, SECRET RECIPES FOR THE MODERN WIFE: All the Dishes You'll Need to Make from the Day You Say "I Do" Until Death (or Divorce) Do You Part, by Nava Atlas, is the perfect companion for today's busy, overextended, and occasionally conflicted wife.


  • Pasta is one dish you can prepare at home in a way that can be "dressed up" or "dressed down" to fit any meal or occasion. Italian chef John Coletta has taken the mystery out of creating the perfect pasta meal in his new cookbook, 250 TRUE ITALIAN PASTA DISHES: Easy & Authentic Recipes Inspired by Quartino Ristorante Pizzeria Wine Bar.


  • The Golden Door spa chefs, eschewing food fads and fleeting diets, have always created an ever-evolving menu grounded in timelessly healthy and delicious whole foods — reminding guests that a healthy lifestyle can be a pleasurable choice. And now in GOLDEN DOOR COOKS AT HOME: Favorite Recipes from the Celebrated Spa, the spa's executive chef Dean Rucker shares his most sought-after recipes and cooking tips.


  • A favorite meal or recipe is often accompanied by a flavorful sauce or condiment such as ketchup, mustard, mayonnaise, salsa, or salad dressing, but many store-bought products contain unrecognizable and unfamiliar ingredients. What if you could whip up your favorite condiment in minutes? Cookbook author George Geary did just that, writing a cookbook to show home cooks how they can do it, too: 500 BEST SAUCES, SALAD DRESSINGS, MARINADES & MORE.


  • Italians love to talk about food. The aroma of a simmering ragω, the bouquet of a local wine, the remembrance of a past meal: Italians discuss these details as naturally as we talk about politics or sports, and with the same passion. But why? And why in this culture, arguably more than any other? Elena Kostioukovitch answers those questions in her book WHY ITALIANS LOVE TO TALK ABOUT FOOD, an international best seller being published for the first time in English this fall.


  • Best-selling cookbook author Judith Fertig, reveals secrets to creating and baking incredible artisan breads in her new book: 200 FAST & EASY ARTISAN BREADS. Judith's secret? Artisan bread dough can be created in about five minutes, simply by combining the ingredients, along with instant, or bread machine yeast, in one bowl.


  • THE HOT AND HOT FISH CLUB COOKBOOK is as much a work of passion for authors Chris and Idie Hastings as their restaurant and their home life are. Far more than a recipe book, the pages offer a glimpse of the authors home and work life on a month-by- month basis and how they gather at the table with family and friends to celebrate the passing seasons.


  • Best-selling author Judith Finlayson brings comfort and convenience to home cooks everywhere with her latest cookbook — SLOW COOKER COMFORT FOOD: 275 Soul-Satisfying Recipes. Throughout the book, Judith demonstrates how the time-saving slow cooker can be used to create delicious, home-style recipes that are particularly warm and welcoming, often evoking a sense of nostalgia.


  • Chef Kamal Al-Faqih invites readers to join him on a trip to his ancestral homeland and to taste the healthy flavorful foods of Lebanon. CLASSIC LEBANESE CUISINE features a dazzling collection of 170 recipes from appetizers and salads to side dishes, entrees and desserts.


  • Put the "Yum" back into your healthy meals with VEGAN YUM YUM: Decadent (But Doable) Animal-Free Recipes for Entertaining and Every Day. More than 100 mouthwatering recipes prove that vegan doesn't mean bland.


  • Love to bake? On a special diet or have family members with food allergies? Millions of Americans with dietary restrictions feel deprived daily as they forgo delicious baked goods due to hidden allergens. But things are looking up – help has finally arrived. BAKE DELICIOUSLY! Gluten and Dairy Free Cookbook.


  • World-renowned Italian Chef, author, and cooking teacher, Giuliano Hazan takes us on yet another journey of Italian flavors. In his new book THIRTY MINUTE PASTA: 100 Quick and Easy Recipes, award-winner Hazan has perfected a collection of sumptuous pasta dishes, all prepared in 30 minutes.


  • Italian life revolves around the family. Now, The Culinary Institute of America helps home cooks everywhere bring celebrations to their table with a new collection of Italian recipes: A TAVOLA! Recipes and Reflections on Traditional Italian Home Cooking.


  • Throw away your take out menus – new cookbook, EVERYDAY INDIAN helps put fresh, healthy Indian dinners on the table in less time than it takes to order out.


  • Make a fresh step into spring with THE VEGAN COOK'S BIBLE by international award-winning, best-selling cookbook author and herb expert, Pat Crocker, filled with delicious recipes that can be a part of anyone's healthy eating regimen.


  • Barbecue season is here — stand out at the grill with 300 BIG & BOLD BARBECUE & GRILLING RECIPES by Karen Adler and Judith Fertig, the nationally-recognized BBQ Queens.


  • In RECONNECTING: A Self-Coaching Solution to Revive Your Love Life, Dr. Joe Luciani, best-selling author of the Self-Coaching book series, introduces a proven method of helping couples reconnect to each other and heal their relationship.


  • Keep sizzling with New Zealand flavors at the grill in 2009 with SIZZLE: Sensational Barbecue Food by Julie Biuso, award-winning cookbook author from down under.


  • Bring in spring with a delicious smorgasbord of north-meets-south cuisine, May-Gration, to benefit the Food Bank of Western Massachusetts. Best-selling cookbook author Virigina Willis will prepare dishes from her book, BON APPETIT Y'ALL: Recipes and Stories from Three Generations of Southern Cooking, and Blue Heron award-winning chef Deb Snow will prepare regional New England delicacies.


  • Virgina Willis, author of BON APPETIT Y'ALL: Recipes and Stories from Three Generations of Southern Cooking, will be cooking up a night of food, wine and Southern Hospitality at Birmingham's nationally-celebrated Hot and Hot Fish Club restaurant.


  • World-class culinary talent unites in Philadelphia to battle childhood cancer at the Fourth Annual Great Chefs Event to benefit Alex's Lemonade Stand Foundation for Childhood Cancer.


  • While most of us know Charles Darwin's work, his wife's is less familiar. Mrs. Charles Darwin's Recipe Book provides an illuminating look into the home life of the Darwins and the lifestyle of the British upper class.


  • Cure your cabin fever with this month-long celebration of women in the arts! The Berkshire Festival of Women in the Arts features a range of events, from lectures to musical performances and film screenings, hosted in a variety of venues across Western Massachusetts. The first annual She's Got Moxie awards will also be presented to four Berkshire-based women who have recently undertaken remarkable new enterprises.


  • Spring will be here in no time with this thrilling new collection of cookbooks. From grilling tips and chocolate for breakfast to spa recipes and cooking to save the planet, the 2009 cookbook catalog is one of our favorites yet.


  • Chocolate is hardly a secret indulgence but eating it for breakfast often is ... until you see the new delicious cookbook, CHOCOLATE FOR BREAKFAST, from renown Napa Valley innkeeper and chef, Barbara Passino.


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