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Indian Cooking Unfolded
A Master Class in Indian Cooking, Featuring 100 Easy Recipes Using 10 Ingredients or Less
In this lively introduction to Indian cooking, the author of The Turmeric Trail reveals how to create 100 of the cuisine's most popular dishes. Step-by-step photo gatefolds complement the recipes.
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Good Day For A Picnic
Simple Food That Travels Well
A collection of 100 recipe ideas for summer outings recommends a range of drinks, sandwiches, entrées, and desserts that can enhance such occasions as beach visits, field trips, and park concerts, in a volume featuring such options as Ginger Iced Tea, Lamb Mezza Pitas, and Strawberry Cupcakes. By the author of The Cornbread Book. 20,000 first printing.
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Blue Plate Special
An Autobiography of My Appetites
The PEN/Faulkner Award-winning author of The Great Man builds on her popular food-centric blog to recount her unconventional upbringing and her unusually happy and occasionally sorrowful life of literary and culinary sensuality.
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The Telling Room
A Tale of Love, Betrayal, Revenge, and the World's Greatest Piece of Cheese
The author of the best-selling Driving Mr. Albert recounts his visit to the medieval Castilian village of Guzman as part of a decade-long effort to taste the world's finest cheese, an encounter that involved him in long-held regional secrets and the story of a heartbroken genius cheesemaker.
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The Grilling Book
The Definitive Guide from Bon Appetit
Providing more than 350 foolproof recipes, gorgeous full-color photos, illustrations and instructions, this ultimate grilling resource helps home cooks simplify their grilling experience with the help of the trusted experts at Bon Appetit.
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Yes, Chef
A Memoir
The Top Chef: Masters winner and James Beard Award-winning proprietor of Harlem's Red Rooster traces his Ethiopian birth, upbringing by an adoptive family in Sweden and rise to a famous New York chef, sharing personal insights into his challenges as a black man in a deeply prejudiced industry.NPR Bestseller
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Dinner
A Love Story
Based on her blog, Jenny Rosenstrach's cookbook memoir makes clear that family dinner does not have to be perfect. With recipes for home cooks at any level, she captures the frenetic nature and craziness of dinner and reveals how to break down the meal so that families can enjoy good food and simply be together.
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Cooked
A Natural History of Transformation
Michael Pollan explores the previously uncharted territory of his own kitchen. There, he discovers the enduring power of the four classical elements — fire, water, air and earth — to transform the stuff of nature into delicious things to eat and drink. And he discovers that the cook occupies a special place in the world, standing squarely between nature and culture.NPR Bestseller
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The Drunken Botanist
The Plants That Create the World's Great Drinks
From beer to bourbon, and martinis to Manhattans, all the world's alcoholic drinks come from plants. Garden writer Amy Stewart explores the plants behind our favorite cocktails: the fruits and grains that become alcohol; the herbs that add flavor; and the garnishes and mixers that add the finishing touches.NPR Bestseller
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Ultimate Nachos
From Nachos and Guacamole to Salsas and Cocktails
This collection features over 80 recipes related to nachos, including fire-roasted tomatillo salsa, fried calamari nachos and carnitas nachos.
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Pati's Mexican Table
The Secrets of Real Mexican Home Cooking
Presents a collection of recipes which use simple methods and everyday ingredients to make Mexican dishes suitable for family meals and holiday celebrations.
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Dearie
The Remarkable Life Of Julia Child
Julia Child was a genuine rebel: She took the pretensions that embellished French cuisine and fricasseed them to a fare-thee-well, paving the way for a new era of American food — not to mention blazing a new trail in television. Bob Spitz reveals the history behind the woman who taught America how to cook.NPR Bestseller
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Open Range
Steaks, Chops & More from Big Sky Country
Shares recipes for entrees, appetizers, desserts, and side dishes, including spicy meatloaf, Asian beef and sesame salad, and Snickers pie.
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Uncommon Grounds
The History of Coffee and How It Transformed Our World
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The Lee Bros. Charleston Kitchen
The Lee brothers have collected one hundred recipes inspired by their hometown of Charleston, South Carolina, including flounder in parchment with shaved vegetables, Hugenot torte and shrimp and grits.
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Taco USA
How Mexican Food Conquered America
For 50 years, the taco has been a staple of American life. It's in school lunches and Michelin-star restaurants; it even helped launch the food truck craze. So how did the taco come to loom so large in American bellies? Gustavo Arellano explains our love of all things folded into a tortilla.
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Every Grain Of Rice
Simple Chinese Home Cooking
A culinary reference inspired by the cooking traditions of Southern China features dishes that focus primarily on vegetables, shares a comprehensive introduction to key seasonings and techniques, and offers such options as Vegetarian Gong Bao Chicken, Sour-and-Hot Mushroom Soup and Emergency Late-Night Noodles. By the author of Shark's Fin and Sichuan Pepper. 20,000 first printing.
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Bouchon Bakery
This collection of recipes from the famed Bouchon Bakery includes chocolate eclairs, cherry-whipped cream doughnuts, poached pears, and sourdough boule.
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Dolci
Italy's Sweets
Presents more than one hundred recipes for Italian desserts and pastries, from the traditional cannoli and biscotti to such regional specialties as licorice granita and chocolate eggplant.
