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The Fresh & Green Table

The Fresh & Green Table

Delicious Ideas for Bringing Fresh & Green Into Your Day

by Susie Middleton

Paperback, 224 pages, Chronicle Books Llc, $24.95, published June 20 2012 | purchase
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  • Delicious Ideas for Bringing Fresh & Green Into Your Day
  • Susie Middleton

Susie Middleton follows up 2010's Fast, Fresh & Green with an array of recipes that put vegetables at the front and center of meals.

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Asian Tofu

Asian Tofu

Discover the Best, Make Your Own, and Cook It at Home

by Andrea Nguyen and Maren Caruso

Hardcover, 231 pages, Random House Inc, $30, published February 28 2012 | purchase
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  • Discover the Best, Make Your Own, and Cook It at Home
  • Andrea Nguyen and Maren Caruso

Presents a guide to making and cooking tofu, with nearly 100 recipes from one of the country's leading voices on Asian cuisine.

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Sunset Edible Garden Cookbook

Sunset Edible Garden Cookbook

Fresh, Healthy Cooking from the Garden

by Sunset

Paperback, 288 pages, Little Brown & Co, $24.95, published April 3 2012 | purchase
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  • Fresh, Healthy Cooking from the Garden
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Provides more than 150 quickly prepared recipes using home-grown vegetables, herbs, and fruits, with suggestions for cultivating an edible garden and preserving harvested produce.

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Ripe

Ripe

A Cook in the Orchard

by Nigel Slater and Jonathan Lovekin

Hardcover, 591 pages, Random House Inc, $40, published April 10 2012 | purchase
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  • A Cook in the Orchard
  • Nigel Slater and Jonathan Lovekin

The popular British food writer behind the vegetable guide Tender now explores the wonderful world of fruit, in a book that includes such recipes as Apricot and Pistachio Crumble, Baked Rhubarb With Blueberries and Crisp Pork Belly with Sweet Peach Salsa.

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Ripe

Ripe

A Fresh, Colorful Approach to Fruits and Vegetables

by Cheryl Sternman Rule and Paulette Phlipot

Hardcover, 312 pages, Perseus Books Group, $25, published March 27 2012 | purchase
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  • A Fresh, Colorful Approach to Fruits and Vegetables
  • Cheryl Sternman Rule and Paulette Phlipot

Citing the numerous health and environmental benefits of consuming fresh produce, a color-organized reference combines sumptuous photographs with narrative essays and dozens of recipes for enjoying a strategic diet of common fruits and vegetables.

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The Fresh Egg Cookbook

The Fresh Egg Cookbook

From Chicken to Kitchen, Recipes for Using Eggs from Farmers' Markets, Local Farms, and Your Own Backyard

by Jennifer Trainer Thompson

Paperback, 182 pages, Workman Pub Co, $14.95, published January 31 2012 | purchase
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  • From Chicken to Kitchen, Recipes for Using Eggs from Farmers' Markets, Local Farms, and Your Own Backyard
  • Jennifer Trainer Thompson

With more and more home cooks opting for fresh eggs — from farmers' markets or backyard chicken pens — Jennifer Trainer Thompson guides readers through a series of creative, delicious egg-based recipes.

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Herbivoracious

Herbivoracious

A Flavor Revolution, with 150 Vibrant and Original Vegetarian Recipes

by Michael Natkin

Hardcover, 367 pages, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, $24.95, published May 1 2012 | purchase
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  • A Flavor Revolution, with 150 Vibrant and Original Vegetarian Recipes
  • Michael Natkin

Presents more than 150 recipes for vegetarian dishes which contain a multitude of ingredients and take their inspiration from Mediterranean, Middle Eastern, and Asian cuisine.

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United States of Pie

United States of Pie

Regional Favorites from East to West and North to South

by Adrienne Kane

Paperback, 288 pages, HarperCollins, $24.99, published May 22 2012 | purchase
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  • Regional Favorites from East to West and North to South
  • Adrienne Kane

Paying tribute to the regional heirloom American pies, this cookbook, accompanied by baking tips and techniques, features recipes, gathered from housekeeping guides and booklets from church groups and community associations, that have been tested and updated for contemporary palates.

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Humphry Slocombe Ice Cream Book

Humphry Slocombe Ice Cream Book

by Jake Godby, Sean Vahey, Paolo Lucchesi and Frankie Frankeny

Paperback, 143 pages, Chronicle Books Llc, $19.95, published April 25 2012 | purchase
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  • Jake Godby, Sean Vahey, et al

Jake Godby and Sean Vahey — the proprieters of oddball San Francisco ice cream shop Humphry Slocombe — share their secrets for concocting strangely delicious ice cream.

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Pasta Italiano

Pasta Italiana

100 Recipes from Fettuccine to Conchiglie

by Gino D'acampo and Kate Whitaker

Hardcover, 208 pages, Natl Book Network, $24.95, published January 16 2012 | purchase
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  • 100 Recipes from Fettuccine to Conchiglie
  • Gino D'acampo and Kate Whitaker

More authentic Italian recipes from Gino D'Acampo, whose first cookbook, Fantastico!, won the Gourmand World Cookbook Award for Best Italian Cookbook.

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A Rich Spot of Earth

A Rich Spot of Earth

Thomas Jefferson's Revolutionary Garden at Monticello

by Peter J. Hatch

Hardcover, 263 pages, Yale Univ Press, $35, published April 24 2012 | purchase
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  • Thomas Jefferson's Revolutionary Garden at Monticello
  • Peter J. Hatch

Peter Hatch traces the history of Thomas Jefferson's vegetable garden, which has been painstakingly restored by the author, from the artichokes and asparagus first planted in 1770 through the horticultural experiments of Jefferson's retirement years.

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How the Hot Dog Found Its Bun

How The Hot Dog Found Its Bun

Accidental Discoveries And Unexpected Inspirations That Shape What We Eat And Drink

by Josh Chetwynd

Hardcover, 160 pages, Globe Pequot Pr, $14.95, published May 1 2012 | purchase
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  • Accidental Discoveries And Unexpected Inspirations That Shape What We Eat And Drink
  • Josh Chetwynd

Explores the origins of various kitchen inventions, products and foodstuff in short vignettes that dispel popular myths and draw lines between food facts and food fiction, showing how some of our greatest culinary achievements were simply by-products of "damned good luck." Illustrated by David Cole Wheeler.

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Taco USA

Taco USA

How Mexican Food Conquered America

by Gustavo Arellano

Hardcover, 310 pages, Simon & Schuster, $25, published April 10 2012 | purchase
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  • How Mexican Food Conquered America
  • Gustavo Arellano

The award-winning ¡Ask a Mexican! columnist presents a narrative history of the progression of Mexican cuisine in the United States, sharing a century's worth of whimsical anecdotes and cultural criticism to address questions about culinary authenticity and the source of Mexican food's popularity.

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Blood, Bones & Butter

Blood, Bones & Butter

The Inadvertent Education of a Reluctant Chef

by Gabrielle Hamilton

Paperback, 308 pages, Random House Inc, $16, published January 24 2012 | purchase
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  • The Inadvertent Education of a Reluctant Chef
  • Gabrielle Hamilton

The chef of New York's East Village Prune restaurant presents an unflinching account of her search for meaning and purpose in the food-central rural New Jersey home of her youth, marked by a first chicken kill, an international backpacking tour and the opening of a first restaurant.NPR Bestseller

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How to Cook Everything, The Basics

How to Cook Everything, The Basics

All You Need to Make Great Food—with 1,000 Photos

by Mark Bittman

Hardcover, 486 pages, John Wiley & Sons Inc, $35, published March 13 2012 | purchase
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  • All You Need to Make Great Food--with 1,000 Photos
  • Mark Bittman

The New York Times columnist and author of the best-selling How to Cook Everything demonstrates fundamental cooking techniques while providing 171 recipes using basic staples and methods, covering everything from equipping a kitchen and stocking a pantry to making food selections and performing essential cooking tasks. With photography by Romulo Yanes.

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White Bread

White Bread

A Social History Of The Store-Bought Loaf

by Aaron Bobrow-Strain

Hardcover, 257 pages, Random House Inc, $27.95, published March 6 2012 | purchase
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  • A Social History Of The Store-Bought Loaf
  • Aaron Bobrow-Strain

In this lively history of bakers, dietary crusaders and social reformers, Aaron Bobrow-Strain shows that America's century-old, love-hate relationship with the humble, puffy loaf says a lot about who we are and what we want our society to look like.

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The Brewmaster's Table

The Brewmaster's Table

Discovering The Pleasures Of Real Beer With Real Food

by Garrett Oliver

Paperback, 372 pages, HarperCollins, $19.99, published May 1 2005 | purchase
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  • Discovering The Pleasures Of Real Beer With Real Food
  • Garrett Oliver

A tribute to traditional beer making by the head of the Brooklyn Brewery notes its accessibility and how its varied flavors and versatility make it compatible with a wide range of foods, in a guide that also offers an illustrated tour of top international breweries. Reprint. 25,000 first printing.

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The Oxford Companion to Beer

The Oxford Companion to Beer

by Garrett Oliver and Tom Colicchio

Hardcover, 920 pages, Oxford Univ Pr, $65, published October 7 2011 | purchase
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High on the Hog

High on the Hog

A Culinary Journey from Africa to America

by Jessica B. Harris

Paperback, 291 pages, St Martins Pr, $17, published January 17 2012 | purchase
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  • A Culinary Journey from Africa to America
  • Jessica B. Harris

The author of The Africa Cookbook presents a history of the African Diaspora on two continents, tracing the evolution of culturally representative foods ranging from chitlins and ham hocks to fried chicken and vegan soul.

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The Cultural Revolution Cookbook

The Cultural Revolution Cookbook

Simple, Healthy Recipes from China's Countryside

by Sasha Gong and Scott D. Seligman

Paperback, 157 pages, Independent Pub Group, $24.95, published December 1 2011 | purchase
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  • Simple, Healthy Recipes from China's Countryside
  • Sasha Gong and Scott D. Seligman
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Baking

Baking

From My Home to Yours

by Dorie Greenspan and Alan Richardson

Hardcover, 514 pages, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, $40, published November 1 2006 | purchase
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  • From My Home to Yours
  • Dorie Greenspan and Alan Richardson

Offers more than three hundred of the author's favorite recipes, including split-level pudding, gingered carrot cookies, and fold-over pear torte, and provides baking tips and a glossary.Literary Award Winner

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Rice & Curry

Rice & Curry

Sri Lankan Home Cooking

by S. H. Fernando, Jr.

Paperback, 209 pages, Hippocrene Books, $19.95, published October 31 2011 | purchase
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  • S. H. Fernando, Jr.
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Make the Bread, Buy the Butter

Make the Bread, Buy the Butter

What You Should and Shouldn't Cook from Scratch - Over 120 Recipes for the Best Homemade Foods

by Jennifer Reese

Hardcover, 295 pages, Simon & Schuster, $24, published October 18 2011 | purchase
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  • What You Should and Shouldn't Cook from Scratch - Over 120 Recipes for the Best Homemade Foods
  • Jennifer Reese

The online foodie best known as the Tipsy Baker describes how the loss of her job prompted a large-scale experiment to determine which foods are more frugally made at home or bought, an effort that raised her awareness of such topics as sustainability, nutrition and animal welfare.

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Extra Virginity

Extra Virginity

The Sublime and Scandalous World of Olive Oil

by Tom Mueller

Hardcover, 238 pages, W W Norton & Co Inc, $25.95, published December 5 2011 | purchase
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  • The Sublime and Scandalous World of Olive Oil
  • Tom Mueller

For millennia, fresh olive oil has been one of life's necessities, not just as food but also as medicine, a beauty aid, and a vital element of religious ritual. Today's researchers are continuing to confirm the remarkable, life giving properties of true extra-virgin, and "extra-virgin Italian" has become the highest standard of quality. But what if this symbol of purity has become deeply corrupt? Starting with an explosive article in The New Yorker, the author has become the world's expert on olive oil and olive oil fraud, a story of globalization, deception, and crime in the food industry from ancient times to the present, and a powerful indictment of today's lax protections against fake and even toxic food products in the United States. It is also anaccount of the artisanal producers, chemical analysts, chefs, and food activists who are defending the extraordinary oils that truly deserve the name "extra-virgin."

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Nigella Christmas

Nigella Christmas

Food Family Friends Festivities

by Nigella Lawson

Hardcover, 277 pages, Hyperion Books, $35, published October 27 2009 | purchase
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  • Nigella Lawson

Accented with 150 color photos, this holiday collection offers practical, tasty recipes--Gingerbread Stuffing, Spiced and Superjuicy Roast Turkey with Allspice Gravy, Gold-Dust Cookies, and more --as well as advice about planning and cooking ahead, in a book by the star of Nigella Express and best-selling author of the book of the same name.

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Pasta by Design

Pasta by Design

by George L. Legendre

Hardcover, 208 pages, W W Norton & Co Inc, $29.95, published September 19 2011 | purchase
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  • George L. Legendre

Presented by a team of designers, Pasta By Design explores the whimsical and often geometric shapes found in the beloved food. Over 90 forms of pasta are on display, accompanied by descriptions of each shape and drawings that highlight complex details.

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52 Loaves

52 Loaves

A Half-baked Adventure

by William Alexander

Paperback, 339 pages, Workman Pub Co, $15.95, published October 25 2011 | purchase
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  • A Half-baked Adventure
  • William Alexander

The book charts the author's attempts to bake the perfect loaf of bread, including growing, harvesting, and milling his own wheat.

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Cook's Illustrated Cookbook

Cook's Illustrated Cookbook

2,000 Recipes from 20 Years of America's Most Trusted Cooking Magazine

by America's Test Kitchen and John Burgoyne

Hardcover, 890 pages, Cooks Illustrated, $40, published October 1 2011 | purchase
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  • 2,000 Recipes from 20 Years of America's Most Trusted Cooking Magazine
  • America's Test Kitchen and John Burgoyne
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The Complete America's Test Kitchen TV Show Cookbook 2001-2012

The Complete America's Test Kitchen TV Show Cookbook 2001-2012

Every Recipe from the Hit TV Show With Product Ratings and a Look Behind the Scenes

by America's Test Kitchen, Carl Tremblay, Keller + Keller and Daniel J. Van Ackere

Hardcover, 790 pages, Cooks Illustrated, $39.95, published October 1 2011 | purchase
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  • Every Recipe from the Hit TV Show With Product Ratings and a Look Behind the Scenes
  • America's Test Kitchen, Carl Tremblay, et al
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Martha's Entertaining

Martha's Entertaining

A Year of Celebrations

by Martha Stewart

Hardcover, 432 pages, Random House Inc, $75, published October 25 2011 | purchase
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  • A Year of Celebrations
  • Martha Stewart

Collects seasonally-inspired recipes and entertaining advice and organizational guidelines, while sharing instructions for such options as a Sunday blueberry breakfast, an onboard New England lobster picnic, and a summer cocktail party benefit.

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Entertaining

Entertaining

by Martha Stewart

Hardcover, 310 pages, Random House Inc, $45, published June 1 1982 | purchase
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  • Martha Stewart

Provides a detailed guide to entertaining, including three hundred original recipes and offers tips on cocktail and dinner parties, holiday buffets, breakfasts, and wedding receptions for groups ranging from two to two hundred

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Cook This Now

Cook This Now

120 Easy and Delectable Dishes You Can't Wait to Make

by Melissa Clark

Hardcover, 396 pages, Hyperion Books, $29.99, published October 4 2011 | purchase
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  • 120 Easy and Delectable Dishes You Can't Wait to Make
  • Melissa Clark

The New York Times Dining Section columnist and author of In the Kitchen with a Good Appetite presents a calendar year's worth of easy and delicious meals, featuring organic, fresh ingredients, that will please the whole family.

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The Food of Spain

The Food of Spain

by Claudia Roden

Hardcover, 609 pages, HarperCollins, $45, published June 7 2011 | purchase
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  • Claudia Roden

Presents hundreds of recipes from the different regions of Spain, from Andalusia to Galicia, and provides a guide to the peoples and cultures that develop the different cuisines.

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All About Roasting

All About Roasting

A New Approach to a Classic Art

by Molly Stevens

Hardcover, 573 pages, W W Norton & Co Inc, $35, published November 1 2011 | purchase
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  • A New Approach to a Classic Art
  • Molly Stevens

Presents general techniques for successful roasting and two hundred recipes for creating roasted beef, lamb, pork, chicken, poultry, fish, shellfish, vegetable and fruit dishes.

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The Food52 Cookbook

The Food52 Cookbook

140 Winning Recipes from Exceptional Home Cooks

by Amanda Hesser and Merrill Stubbs

Hardcover, 440 pages, HarperCollins, $35, published October 25 2011 | purchase
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  • 140 Winning Recipes from Exceptional Home Cooks
  • Amanda Hesser and Merrill Stubbs

Amanda Hesser and Merrill Stubbs wanted to find and celebrate the most exceptional home cooks in the country. So for one year, they ran recipe contests on their website, Food52.com. The 140 recipes in this book are the winners.

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What Chefs Feed Their Kids

What Chefs Feed Their Kids

Recipes and Techniques for Cultivating a Love of Good Food

by Fanae Aaron

Hardcover, 211 pages, Globe Pequot Pr, $24.95, published November 8 2011 | purchase
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  • Recipes and Techniques for Cultivating a Love of Good Food
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When lifelong foodie Fanae Aaron had her first child, she wanted to help her son develop a taste for fresh, healthy food — but didn't know where to start. So she asked 20 award-winning chefs who are also parents to share recipes for the food that they feed to their own kids.

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The Country Cooking of Italy

The Country Cooking of Italy

by Colman Andrews

Hardcover, 392 pages, Chronicle Books Llc, $50, published November 9 2011 | purchase
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  • Colman Andrews

Colman Andrews draws on more than 40 years of experience traveling and eating in Italy in this collection of 230 delectable recipes. Photographs by Christopher Hirsheimer.

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Lidia's Italy in America

Lidia's Italy in America

by Lidia Matticchio Bastianich and Tanya Bastianich Manuali

Hardcover, 359 pages, Random House Inc, $35, published October 25 2011 | purchase
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  • Lidia Matticchio Bastianich and Tanya Bastianich Manuali

Lidia Bastianich takes her readers on a U.S. roadtrip to visit Italian-American kitchens around the country, where recipes of the ancestors are being adapted to the tastes and appetites of the present day.

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The Food of Morocco

The Food of Morocco

by Paula Wolfert

Hardcover, 517 pages, HarperCollins, $45, published October 4 2011 | purchase
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  • Paula Wolfert

Presents nearly 200 recipes for Moroccan dishes, including salads, breads, main dishes, soups, desserts and beverages.

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Ruhlman's Twenty

Ruhlman's Twenty

The Ideas and Techniques That Will Make You a Better Cook

by Michael Ruhlman

Hardcover, 367 pages, Chronicle Books Llc, $40, published September 14 2011 | purchase
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  • The Ideas and Techniques That Will Make You a Better Cook
  • Michael Ruhlman

Presents 20 basic elements of cooking and explains their importance in order to become a better cook, from proper salting techniques to mastering such basic ingredients as eggs and butter.

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American Flavor

American Flavor

by Andrew Carmellini

Hardcover, 323 pages, HarperCollins, $34.99, published October 18 2011 | purchase
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  • Andrew Carmellini

A fascinating and culturally diverse tour of the ingredients and cuisines that constitute American flavor — including a vast array of innovative, down-to-earth recipes. Andrew Carmellini is the James Beard Award-winning author of Urban Italian and the chef-owner of Locanda Verde.

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The Rosie's Bakery All-Butter, Cream-Filled, Sugar-Packed Baking Book

The Rosie's Bakery All-Butter, Cream-Filled, Sugar-Packed Baking Book

by Judy Rosenberg

Paperback, 418 pages, Workman Pub Co, $15.95, published November 24 2011 | purchase
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  • Judy Rosenberg

Celebrated Boston baker Judy Rosenberg shares 300 recipes for seriously delicious desserts.

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