A photographer (who happens to be an ex-restaurant cook) and an indie rock star (who happens to be an avid home cook) show you how to slow down your life by cooking beautiful, straightforward, but sophisticated, food for–and with–friends. When he’s on tour with his band, Grizzly Bear, what Chris Taylor misses most about home is the kitchen …
Grill like a pro with the expert recipes and tips in Fire and Smoke. World champion pitmaster Chris Lilly combines the speed of grilling with the smoky flavors of low-and-slow barbecue for great meals any night of the week, no fancy equipment required. Cook trout in a cast-iron skillet nestled right in smoldering coals for a crispy yet tender …
Down South: Bourbon, Pork, Gulf Shrimp & Second Helpings of Everything
Perhaps best known as the James Beard Award-winning chef behind some of New Orleans’s most beloved restaurants, including Cochon and Herbsaint, Donald Link also has a knack for sniffing out a backyard barbecue wherever he travels and scoring an invitation to sample some of the best food around. In Down South he combines his talents to unearth true …
Craft of Cooking: Notes and Recipes from a Restaurant Kitchen
From Tom Colicchio, chef/co-owner of New York’s acclaimed Gramercy Tavern, comes a book that profiles the food and philosophy of Craft, his unique restaurant in the heart of New York’s Flatiron district, and winner of the 2002 James Beard Award for Best New Restaurant in America. From its food to its architecture and menu design, Craft has …
Culinary Careers: How to Get Your Dream Job in Food with Advice from Top Culinary Professionals
Recommended for readers seeking a thorough introductory exposure to today’s professional possibilities in the culinary world.—Eric Petersen, Kansas City P.L., MO, Library JournalTurn a passion for food into the job of a lifetime with the insider advice in Culinary Careers. Working in food can mean cooking on the line in a restaurant, of course, but there are so …
Unprecedented in both scope and clarity, La Varenne Pratique is destined to become the essential culinary reference for both novice cook and expert. Written by the founder and director of Paris’s prestigious La Varenne cooking school and compiled using La Varenne’s extensive resources, the book brings together a practical understanding of cooking techniques, ingredients, and equipment in an …
Home Cooking with Trisha Yearwood: Stories and Recipes to Share with Family and Friends
There’s much more to Trisha Yearwood than an award-winning country music career—she’s also a passionate Southerner who has won the hearts of Food Network fans with her cooking show, Trisha’s Southern Kitchen.In her New York Times bestseller, Home Cooking with Trisha Yearwood, Trisha invites you into her kitchen for a feast of flavorful meals and heartwarming personal anecdotes. …
Rachael Ray 365: No Repeats–A Year of Deliciously Different Dinners (A 30-Minute Meal Cookbook)
Even your favorite dinner can lose its appeal when it’s in constant rotation, so mix it up! With her largest collection of recipes yet, Food Network’s indefatigable cook Rachael Ray guarantees you’ll be able to put something fresh and exciting on your dinner table every night for a full year… without a single repeat! Based on the …
Following up on his bestselling diet plan, VB6, the incomparable Mark Bittman delivers a full cookbook of recipes designed to help you eat vegan every day before 6:00 p.m.–and deliciously all of the time. Whether you call it flexitarian, part-time veganism, or vegetable-centric, the plant-based, real-food approach to eating introduced in Bittman’s New York Times bestselling book VB6 …
VB6: Eat Vegan Before 6:00 to Lose Weight and Restore Your Health . . . for Good
“I live full-time in the world of omnivores, and I’ve never wanted to leave. But the Standard American Diet (yes, it’s SAD) got to me as it gets to almost everyone in this country.” Six years ago, an overweight, pre-diabetic Mark Bittman faced a medical directive: adopt a vegan diet or go on medication. He was no fan …