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Southern Living Off the Eaten Path: Second Helpings: Tasty eats and delicious stories from the South’s less-traveled trails by Morgan Murphy [0848739558, Format: EPUB]

  • Title: Southern Living Off the Eaten Path: Second Helpings: Tasty eats and delicious stories from the South’s less-traveled trails
  • Autor: Morgan Murphy
  • Print Length: 272 pages
  • Publisher (Publication Date): Oxmoor House (May 7, 2013)
  • Language: English
  • ASIN: B00M0DIGII
  • ISBN-10: 0848739558
  • ISBN-13: 978-0848739553
  • File Format: EPUB
  • Second Helpings devours the South in five big bites, each chapter charting a tasty trail through one Southern sub region. Each of the five recipe chapters covers three to four states, eight to 12 eateries, and 24 to 32 restaurant recipes that will inspire your own home cooking.
  • With humor and his uniquely Southern voice, Murphy introduces you to each restaurant, recipe, and attraction, highlighting the best iconic Southern dishes to try in each region, from biscuits and gravy to white barbecued chicken and peanut butter pie.
  • Worth the drive: Murphy showcases one restaurant, character, or dish in each state as not just worth stopping for but worth driving out of your way to see– a BEST in each state.
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Southern Living Little Jars, Big Flavors: Small-batch jams, jellies, pickles, and preserves from the South’s most trusted kitchen by Editors of Southern Living Magazine [0848739523, Format: EPUB]

  • Title: Southern Living Little Jars, Big Flavors: Small-batch jams, jellies, pickles, and preserves from the South’s most trusted kitchen by Editors of Southern Living Magazine (April 16 2013)
  • Autor: aa
  • Print Length: 256 pages
  • Publisher (Publication Date): Oxmoor House; 46804th edition (1994)
  • Language: English
  • ASIN: B00DELM50U
  • ISBN-10: 0848739523
  • ISBN-13: 978-0848739522
  • File Format: EPUB
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Cooking Light Pick Fresh Cookbook: Creating Big Flavors from the Freshest Produce by Mary Beth Burner Shaddix [0848739159, Format: EPUB]

  • Title: Cooking Light Pick Fresh Cookbook: Creating Big Flavors from the Freshest Produce
  • Autor: Mary Beth Burner Shaddix
  • Print Length: 288 pages
  • Publisher (Publication Date): Oxmoor House (April 16, 2013)
  • Language: English
  • ASIN: B00BLPXCYY
  • ISBN-10: 0848739159
  • ISBN-13: 978-0848739157
  • File Format: EPUB

Cooking Light Pick Fresh Cookbook shares the secrets to buying, growing, and cooking your favorite fresh fruits, vegetables, and herbs. Bursting with beautiful color photographs, this book is an invaluable resource for home cooks, novice gardeners, and food lovers alike. Cooking Light Pick Fresh Cookbook includes:

  • More than 200 full-color photos
  • Organized by fruits, vegetables, and herbs makes it easy to find recipes and information for the fresh produce you have right now
  • 150+ recipes that utilize the fresh taste of the season’s best produce in main dishes, sides, salads, dessert, and more
  • Easy getting-started gardening tips from Mary Beth Shaddix, Cooking Light‘s expert gardener, for growing your own fruits and vegetables, whether it’s in your backyard or on your windowsill
  • A complete nutritional analysis for each recipe
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1001 Ways to Stay Young Naturally by Susannah Marriott [0756625718, Format: PDF]

  • Title: 1001 Ways to Stay Young Naturally
  • Autor: Susannah Marriott
  • Print Length: 192 pages
  • Publisher (Publication Date): DK Publishing (Dorling Kindersley); 1 edition (19 Feb. 2007)
  • Language: English
  • ASIN:
  • ISBN-10: 0756625718
  • ISBN-13: 978-0756625719
  • File Format: PDF

An all-natural approach to coping with the problems of aging, without drugs, surgery, or expensive products, explains how to restore one’s skin, hair, posture, energy, fitness, health, and overall well-being with the help of foods that increase life expectancy and decrease the risk of age-related ailments, nutritional supplements, targeted exercise tips, and recipes for natural health products. Original.

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Joanne Weir’s More Cooking in the Wine Country: 100 New Recipes for Living and Entertaining by Joanne Weir [0743212517, Format: EPUB]

  • Title: Joanne Weir’s More Cooking in the Wine Country: 100 New Recipes for Living and Entertaining
  • Autor: Joanne Weir
  • Print Length: 336 pages
  • Publisher (Publication Date): Simon & Schuster (February 21, 2012)
  • Language: English
  • ASIN: B006JCVMD2
  • ISBN-10: 0743212517
  • ISBN-13: 978-0743212519
  • File Format: EPUB

No matter where you make your home, you can bring the pleasures of the wine country to your table.

Northern California is on the same latitude as many of the countries of the Mediterranean, and award-winning chef Joanne Weir’s cooking embodies the vivid flavors of that region. In this book, Weir shares 150 new recipes from the second season of her acclaimed public television series, Weir Cooking in the Wine Country, presented with all the warmth, enthusiasm, skill, and flair that has made her a household name.

Weir’s style of cooking and serving changes throughout the year, celebrating the bounty of the field, the orchard, the pasture, the river, and the sea with simple, boldly flavored dishes inspired by the freshest ingredients of the season. Enhanced by more than 45 color and black-and- white photographs, this spectacular volume explores the vivid and varied tastes of California with a feast of Mediterranean dishes that are certain to delight you with their exceptional flavors.

From starters to desserts, Weir has created a bounty of delectable recipes, expertly explained. A first course of Grilled Bread with Fava Beans and Escarole or Endive with Gorgonzola, Caramelized Onions, and Fig Jam brings friends and family to the table. Creamy Fennel Soup chases the autumn chill, while Roasted Yellow Pepper, Corn, and Tomato Soup is the essence of late summer. Try the Stone Fruit Summer Salad when peaches and plums are at their juicy best, and the True Blue Salad on a cool evening. Main courses are deeply flavored: Chicken Rolled with Fontina, Prosciutto, and Sage; Braised Leg of Lamb with Artichokes, with Lemon and Garlic-Roasted Potatoes; Moroccan Spice-Dusted Salmon with Lemon Mint Yogurt. Tempting options for dessert include Double Chocolate Custard, Summer Cherry and Apricot Galette with Kirsch Cream, Upside-Down Pear Gingerbread, Polenta Shortbread, and Ginger Ice Cream with Chocolate-Covered Almonds. There are also suggestions for the right wine to pair with each dish.

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Supermarket Gourmet by Jyl Steinback [0739441264, Format: PDF]

  • Title: Supermarket Gourmet
  • Autor: Jyl Steinback
  • Print Length: 288 pages
  • Publisher (Publication Date): Perigee Books (2004)
  • Language: English
  • ASIN:
  • ISBN-10: 0739441264
  • ISBN-13:
  • File Format: PDF

Pantry Power– From pantry to table in minutes! A list of must-have ingredients to keep on hand for quick-fix meals– everything from canned meats, seafood, vegetables, soups, fruits, pasta and grains to condiments, sauces and spices. Deciphering Label Lingo– understanding label lingo to keep you on a healthy track. Filling your basket, aisle to aisle– Quick tips to get you in and out of the grocery store with the healthiest choices in the least amount of time. 16 Smart and Savvy Supermarket Shopping Tips! How to save money, time, calories and fat! Learn practical tips that help you get the most for the least! Spicing Things Up– Match up top herbs, spices and seasonings with a variety of foods from meat, fish and poultry to international delights and more. Shortcuts Without Cutting Yourself Short (on flavor, nutrition, etc.). Best Off-the-Shelf Time Savers for quick and healthy meals. Sensational Salad Savvy– Start with a salad kit or salad package and build it to a full meal. Super Snacks from Pantry, Fridge and Freezer– all under 100 calories! Picking Your Produce– Fruit and Vegetable Equivalent Measures, Portion Sizes and Nutritional Benefits

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The Low-FODMAP Diet Step by Step: Recipes by Kate Scarlata [0738219347, Format: EPUB]

  • Title: The Low-FODMAP Diet Step by Step: A Personalized Plan to Relieve the Symptoms of IBS and Other Digestive Disorders–with More Than 130 Deliciously Satisfying Recipes
  • Autor: Kate Scarlata
  • Print Length: 384 pages
  • Publisher (Publication Date): Da Capo Lifelong Books (December 19, 2017)
  • Language: English
  • ASIN: B01N7XQVCP
  • ISBN-10: 0738219347
  • ISBN-13: 978-0738219349
  • File Format: EPUB
A cookbook dedicated to easy, delicious, everyday recipes for the many sufferers of IBS and other digestive disorders, by a New York Times bestselling author and former Bon Appetit contributing editor
Do you suffer from IBS or a chronically sensitive stomach? The culprit may be your diet: many everyday foods contain FODMAPs–a group of carbohydrates that can wreak havoc on your digestive system. Digestive health specialist Kate Scarlata and expert recipe developer Dede Wilson share their clear, accessible, three-step low-FODMAP diet. Backed by the most up-to-date, sound medical advice, The Low-FODMAP Diet Step by Step walks you through:
  • Identifying FODMAPs and what foods contain them
  • Customizing your own gut-friendly plan to alleviate painful symptoms
  • Using an elimination diet to help determine your food triggers
  • Stocking your low-FODMAP pantry, with food lists and more
  • Easy, delicious recipes for every meal, with specific food reintegration tips

Review

“A must-read for persons seeking diet-based solutions for their gut complaints. This book is practical, easy to understand and provides a wellspring of emotional and medical inspiration.”?William D. Chey, MD, Nostrant Professor of Gastroenterology & Nutrition Sciences, Division of Gastroenterology, Michigan Medicine”You can trust expert dietitian Kate Scarlata for accurate information, valuable insights, and practical tips about FODMAPs. The book makes the diet easy to follow–and the delicious recipes developed by Dede Wilson help you put it into practice.”?Patsy Catsos, MS, RS, LD, author of The IBS Elimination Diet and Cookbook

About the Author

Kate Scarlata, RDN, LDN is a New York Times bestselling coauthor of 21 Day Tummy Diet and author of The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Eating Well with IBS and Real Food for Real People. A digestive health specialized registered dietitian with over 25 years working in the nutrition field, Kate earned her Bachelor of Science from Simmons College in Boston, Massachusetts, and completed her postgraduate dietetic internship at Harvard Medical School’s affiliate, Brigham and Women’s Hospital. She is a research collaborator with the FODMAP pioneers at Monash University in Australia.Dede Wilson has been a recipe developer for 30 years, has worked as a television and radio host, and has written 14 cookbooks. A contributing editor to Bon Appetit from 1999 to 2014, Dede was featured as on-air talent in over 100 national television appearances for herself and Bon Appetit on all major networks: TODAY Show, CBS Early Show, Dr. Oz, The View, and more. She also represented Bon Appetit on HSN, sold her own books on QVC, and hosted two of her own nationally syndicated public television series sponsored by KitchenAid.

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The Slaw and the Slow Cooked: Culture and Barbecue in the Mid-South by James R. Veteto [0826518028, Format: PDF]

The Slaw and the Slow Cooked: Culture and Barbecue in the Mid-South by James R. Veteto

  • Print Length: 232 Pages
  • Publisher: Vanderbilt University Press
  • Publication Date: January 30, 2012
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0826518028, 082651801X
  • ISBN-13: 978-0826518026, 978-0826518019
  • File Format: PDF

Texas has its barbecue tradition, and a library of books to go with it. Same with the Carolinas. The mid-South, however, is a region with as many opinions as styles of cooking. In The Slaw and the Slow Cooked, editors James Veteto and Edward Maclin seek to right a wrong–namely, a deeper understanding of the larger experience of barbecue in this legendary American culinary territory.

In developing the book, Veteto and Maclin cast a wide net for divergent approaches. Food writer John Edge introduces us to Jones Bar-B-Q Diner in Marianna, Arkansas, a possibly century-old restaurant serving top-notch pork and simultaneously challenging race and class boundaries. Kristen Bradley-Shurtz explores the 150-plus-year tradition of the St. Patrick’s Irish Picnic in McEwen, Tennessee. And no barbecue book would be complete without an insider’s story, provided here by Jonathan Deutsch’s “embedded” reporting inside a competitive barbecue team. Veteto and Maclin conclude with a glimpse into the future of barbecue culture: online, in the smoker, and fresh from the farm.

The Slaw and the Slow Cooked stands as a challenge to barbecue aficionados and a statement on the Mid-South’s important place at the table. Intended for food lovers, anthropologists, and sociologists alike, The Slaw and the Slow Cooked demonstrates barbecue’s status as a common language of the South.

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Food Culture in the Mediterranean: (Food Culture around the World) by Carol Helstosky [0313346267, Format: PDF]

Food Culture in the Mediterranean (Food Culture around the World) by Carol Helstosky

  • Print Length: 189 Pages
  • Publisher: Greenwood
  • Publication Date: March 20, 2009
  • Language: English
  • ASIN: B002AS9R0O
  • ISBN-10: 0313346267
  • ISBN-13: 978-0313346262
  • File Format: PDF

Food that originated from the Mediterranean area is incredibly popular. Pasta, pizza, gyros, kebab, and falafel can be found just about everywhere. Many people throughout the world have a good idea of what Mediterranean cuisine and diet are all about, but they know less about the entire food culture of the region. This one-stop source provides the broadest possible understanding of food culture throughout the region, giving a variety of examples and evidence from the southern Mediterranean or North Africa (Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, and Egypt), the Western Mediterranean or European side of the Mediterranean (Spain, France, Italy, and the French and Italian islands), to the eastern Mediterranean or Levant (Greece, Turkey, Syria, Lebanon, and Israel).

The Mediterranean region region is home to three of the world’s major religions, and for centuries, the Mediterranean Sea has been an invitation to trade, travel, conquest, and immigration. Where different cultures, beliefs, and traditions mix there is always volatility and tension, but there is also great energy. Understanding the food culture in the Mediterranean is one way readers can see how people of different regions come together, share ideas and information to create new dishes, meals, traditions, and forms of sociability. This volume answers questions such as Do people in the Mediterranean still eat the Mediterranean Diet or do they eat American style? Why is it that the same ingredients can be prepared in so many different ways, even in the same country? Why would cooks take the time to make foods like zucchini, lentils, or figs into dozens of different dishes? How and why do religious rituals differ regarding food preparation? What do Jews, Muslims, and Christians eat on religious holidays? Do people eat out or eat at home? Why is hospitality so important to Mediterranean people and what do they do to demonstrate hospitality and good will through the preparation and serving of meals?

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Biokiste vegan: Meine Lieblingsrezepte by Franzi Schädel [3440153630, Format: PDF]

Biokiste vegan: Meine Lieblingsrezepte by Franzi Schädel

  • Print Length: 144 Seiten
  • Publisher: Kosmos
  • Publication Date: 2. Februar 2017
  • Language: Deutsch
  • ASIN: B01N36Z6U4
  • ISBN-10: 3440153630
  • ISBN-13: 978-3440153635
  • File Format: PDF

Gerade für den Speiseplan von Veganern und Vegetariern bietet die Biokiste eine wechselnde Auswahl an regionalem und saisonalem Obst und Gemüse. Die Bloggerin Franzi Schädel zeigt, wie mit diesen frischen Zutaten eine ausgewogene vegane Ernährung umgesetzt werden kann. Ihre einfachen, schnellen Rezepte für jede Jahreszeit und jeden Anlass sind ein Genuss und kommen ganz ohne vegane Ersatzprodukte aus. Mit interessanten Specials: heimisches Superfood, Herstellung von Pflanzenmilch und -sahne, Fermentieren von Gemüse.

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Pure Heart: A Spirited Tale of Grace, Grit, and Whiskey by Troylyn Ball [0062458973, Format: EPUB]

Pure Heart: A Spirited Tale of Grace, Grit, and Whiskey by Troylyn Ball

  • Print Length: 288 Pages
  • Publisher: Dey Street Books
  • Publication Date: February 7, 2017
  • Language: English
  • ASIN: B01HM24J3W
  • ISBN-10: 0062458973
  • ISBN-13: 978-0062458971
  • File Format: EPUB

Troylyn Ball and her husband, Charlie, an engineer and real estate developer, had spent their entire lives in Texas. But after a near fatal trip to the emergency room with their non-verbal, wheelchair-bound son Marshall, they admitted the dust and the heat were too dangerous. To save their boys, the Balls cashed out, sold their beloved farm, and moved to Asheville, North Carolina.

Nearing fifty, Troy thought her chance at adventure had passed. But in this booming little Appalachian Mountain city of hippies, farmers, artisans, and retirees, she unexpectedly discovered a support network and something she’d never had in twenty-five years of providing round-the-clock care for her special needs boys: the freedom to pursue her own dreams. She struck up a friendship with a legendary eighty-year-old raconteur from the mountains, met his friends, and soon found herself in a rickety country shack with an ingeniously inventive retired farmer trying to create the best recipe ever for traditional mountain moonshine.

But when the real estate bubble burst and the collapse of her husband Charlie’s new venture in Asheville left them deeply in debt, Troy realized her ten-year business plan for Troy & Sons Platinum Whiskey wasn’t enough. If she was going to save her family—and she was definitely going to save her family—she needed to become the most successful woman in the legal whiskey business. And she needed to do it fast, before the bank took her house, her business, and everything she’d worked so hard to achieve.

Full of eccentric characters and charming locations—from a “haunted” cabin in the mountains to the last farm in the world to grow heritage Crooked Creek corn—Pure Heart is a charming story of a woman who set out to find a purpose in the most unexpected of places, and ended up finding happiness, contentment, and a community of love and respect.

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The Top 100 Zone Foods: The Zone Food Science Ranking System by Barry Sears [0060741856, Format: PDF]

The Top 100 Zone Foods: The Zone Food Science Ranking System by Barry Sears

  • Print Length:
  • Publisher: Avon
  • Publication Date: December 28, 2004
  • Language: English
  • ASIN: B0017098EQ
  • ISBN-10: 0060741856
  • ISBN-13: 978-0060741853
  • File Format: PDF

Dr Barry Sears takes you on a tour of the top 100 Zone foods, offering capsule summaries of their nutritional benefits, along with delicious recipes and Zone Food Block information for each food item.

Being in the Zone has just been made easier now that The Top 100 Zone Foods is available as a convenient mass market paperback. Dr Barry Sears selects the top 100 Zone foods and shows you how to mix and match them to form perfectly balanced Zone Meals. For each food item there is a brief description of its health and nutritional bragging points followed by one or two easy–to–prepare Zone–approved recipes and the appropriate Zone Block information for foolproof Zone cooking.

After explaining how to enter and stay in the Zone, Dr Sears shows why not all foods are created equal – at least from a nutritional and hormonal point of view. Organising the Top 100 into protein, carbohydrates and fats, he shows you how to combine your favourite foods to form hundreds of appropriately balanced and deliciously prepared meals such as Prawn Scampi with Vegetables, Mediterranean–Style Chicken, Spinach Feta Pie, Lemon Meringue, and Strawberry Mousse.

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The Minimalist Cooks Dinner: More Than 100 Recipes for Fast Weeknight Meals and Casual Entertaining by Mark Bittman [0767906713, Format: EPUB]

The Minimalist Cooks Dinner: More Than 100 Recipes for Fast Weeknight Meals and Casual Entertaining by Mark Bittman

  • Print Length: 240 Pages
  • Publisher: Clarkson Potter
  • Publication Date: September 11, 2001
  • Language: English
  • ASIN: B003EJDGVY
  • ISBN-10: 0767906713
  • ISBN-13: 978-0767906715
  • File Format: EPUB

Back with another splendid collection, America’s most popular cooking authority and author of How to Cook Everything, presents more than 100 fast, sophisticated main courses for home cooks of every skill level.

The Minimalist Cooks Dinner showcases Mark Bittman’s signature ease and imagination, and focuses on center-of-the-plate main dishes. And, in this new volume, he also provides recipes for classic, versatile side dishes as well as recommendations for wine and food pairings. With a majority of its main dish recipes taking less than thirty minutes to prepare, this is truly the book every busy cook has been waiting for. Every recipe in The Minimalist Cooks Dinner is big on flavor, drawing on the global pantry and international repertoire that sets Bittman apart.

This inventive collection offers a refreshing new take on standards, along with ideas that will inspire both novices and experienced home cooks to branch out, making it the perfect solution for weeknight after-work meals or elegant weekend dinner parties. From Steamed Chicken Breasts with Scallion-Ginger Sauce to Korean-Style Beef Wrapped in Lettuce Leaves to Roast Fish with Meat Sauce, Bittman banishes the ordinary with an exciting range of choices. Also covering hearty pasta dishes, steaks, pork, veal, lamb, chicken, and a wide assortment of seafood, The Minimalist Cooks Dinner is the answer when you’re looking for “satisfying dishes with a minimum of effort.”

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The Kitchen Hand: A Miscellany of Kitchen Wisdom by Anthony Telford [1865088900, Format: PDF]

The Kitchen Hand: A Miscellany of Kitchen Wisdom by Anthony Telford

  • Print Length: 304 Pages
  • Publisher: Allen & Unwin
  • Publication Date: October 1, 2004
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1865088900
  • ISBN-13: 978-1865088907
  • File Format: PDF

This handy kitchen reference offers a fount of culinary knowledge, tips, and conversions for cooking globally with international cookbooks. A user-friendly dictionary layout provides quick access to necessary information such as metric conversions, equivalent weights, alternatives for allergy sufferers, and rescue remedies for kitchen disasters. Replacements for hard-to-find ingredients that are often elements of foreign recipes are also included. Guides to commonly used abbreviations, oven temperatures, additives, and dimensions of cooking equipment help cooks convert recipes to use for their own kitchens. Tips for making homemade crème fraiche, using leftover egg whites, perfecting pork glaze, and other kitchen tidbits are interspersed throughout.

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Superfoods For Dummies by Brent Agin [0470445394, Format: PDF]

Superfoods For Dummies by Brent Agin

  • Print Length: 360 Pages
  • Publisher: For Dummies
  • Publication Date: May 4, 2009
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0470445394
  • ISBN-13: 978-0470445396
  • File Format: PDF

Transform your diet and reap the extraordinary benefits of superfoods

Want to eat healthier, lose weight, and fight off disease? You can do it with superfoods! This friendly guide explains everything you need to know — why you need superfoods, the science behind them, and how to prepare and enjoy them. From bananas and carrots to oatmeal and salmon, you’ll gain a healthy attitude toward eating right!

  • Get the skinny on superfoods — know the basics of a balanced, nutritional diet, and why superfoods are so powerful
  • Take a closer look — examine the unique properties of superfoods and the best ways to store and prepare them
  • Explore exotic flavors — discover Asia’s goji berries, Mexico’s chia, Indonesia’s mangosteen, and other unusual superfoods
  • Launch your superfoods lifestyle — plan healthy meals you and your family will enjoy

Open the book and find:

  • A nuts-and-bolts breakdown of each superfood
  • Ways to incorporate superfoods into your everyday diet
  • Tips for saving money on superfoods
  • The healthiest cooking methods
  • More than 50 easy-to-prepare, tasty recipes — from breakfast to dessert
  • The top dietary supplements
  • How to grow your own superfoods garden
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China (International Cuisine) by Christine Yau [0340811188, Format: PDF]

China (International Cuisine) by Christine Yau

  • Print Length: 208 Pages
  • Publisher: Hodder Arnold
  • Publication Date: July 30, 2004
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0340811188
  • ISBN-13: 978-0340811184
  • File Format: PDF

De-mystify the key principles of Chinese cookery and create your own exciting array of authentic dishes with “International Cuisine: China”. Written by two highly regarded experts with a comprehensive knowledge both of the cuisine and its many applications, this book provides in-depth coverage of the key regional influences and essential techniques of Chinese cookery. It is packed with a wide range of dishes, promising a mouth-watering blend of traditional ingredients. From soups and starters to impressive main courses, many of the recipes are accompanied by stunning full colour photographs, as well as clear illustrations of key methods and the use of unique cooking utensils. “International Cuisine: China” is an accessible and innovative step-by-step guide to Chinese cookery, and will prove the ideal kitchen companion for students, professionals and enthusiasts alike.

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Receipts of Pastry and Cookery: For the Use of His Scholars (Iowa Szathmary Culinary Arts Series) by Edward Kidder [0877454108, Format: EPUB]

Receipts of Pastry and Cookery: For the Use of His Scholars (Iowa Szathmary Culinary Arts Series) by Edward Kidder

  • Print Length: 179 Pages
  • Publisher: Univ of Iowa Pr
  • Publication Date: June 1, 1993
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0877454108
  • ISBN-13: 978-0877454106
  • File Format: EPUB

The entrepreneurial Kidder probably dictated this book with his students in mind; surely they would already know how to prepare meats from veal to venison for baking and how hot to make the fire. The notebook contains many recipes for meat “pyes” and pasties with meat, plus recipes for puddings and cakes and meat, poultry, and fish main dishes: First Dishes, Bottome Dishes, Side Dishes, For Ye Midle, Second Course, and Plates. Many recipes have surprising starting points, such as Pidgeon Peares:
Bone your pidgeons all but one leg & put that thro’ ye side out at ye vent cut off ye toes & fill them with forcd meat made of ye hart & liver & cover them with a tender forcd meat being washd over with ye batter of egges & shape them like peares then wash them over & roul them in scalded chopt spinnage…
and then a Regalia of Cowcumbers, a Swan Pye, and a Calves head hasht. These recipes predate modern squeamishness about cooking with organ meats and consuming animal fat and display a sense of familiarity with and awareness of flesh that are no longer second nature to cooks. From the perspective of the twentieth century the language seems oddly direct, “take ye flesh of a foul beef suet & marrow ye same quantity,” and personalized, as in “toss up a handfull of chopt capers.”
Everyone wishing to delve deeper into culinary history will find these recipes, the latest addition to the Iowa Szathmary Culinary Arts Series, fascinating as artifacts of culture and society.

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The Vegan Girl’s Guide to Life: Cruelty-Free Crafts, Recipes, Beauty Secrets and More by Melisser Elliott [1616080922, Format: EPUB]

The Vegan Girl’s Guide to Life: Cruelty-Free Crafts, Recipes, Beauty Secrets and More by Melisser Elliott

  • Print Length: 224 Pages
  • Publisher: Skyhorse Publishing
  • Publication Date: November 11, 2010
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1616080922
  • ISBN-13: 978-1616080921
  • File Format: EPUB

Vegan women everywhere are banding together in their efforts to be healthy, cruelty free, and environmentally responsible. This is their handbook. Melisser (known to most as “The Urban Housewife”) presents the basics of veganism for the newbies, lots of DIY craft projects, cruelty-free beauty tips, travel advice, recipes, and more.

This book is not just for vegan girls—it’s also for anyone who’s interested in a cruelty-free lifestyle. Discover the best beauty products, fun vacation spots, plus an assortment of recipes including Jackfruit “Carnitas” Tacos, Twice Baked Chipotle Sweet Potatoes, Curried Red Lentil Veggie Burgers, Chipotle Hominy Stew, and Double Chocolate Cookies. Learn how to make recycled cake stands, find a cross-stitch pattern by Stitch’d Ink, and find out about natural beauty and cleaning products. Reading like a Who’s Who of vegan women, contributions of recipes and craft projects will be provided by some of the most respected vegan chefs and bloggers in the world (Isa Chandra Moskowitz, Hannah Kaminsky, Celine Steen, Julie Hasson, Kittee Berns, Kelly Peloza, and more).

Full of photos and quirky illustrations, this is useful information with a punk rock attitude.

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Nuts: A Global History by Ken Albala [1780232829, Format: PDF]

Nuts: A Global History (Edible) by Ken Albala

  • Print Length: 128 Pages
  • Publisher: Reaktion Books
  • Publication Date: April 15, 2014
  • Language: English
  • ASIN: B00KD8YWQM
  • ISBN-10: 1780232829
  • ISBN-13: 978-1780232829
  • File Format: PDF

From almonds and pecans to pistachios, cashews, and macadamias, nuts are as basic as food gets—just pop them out of the shell and into your mouth. The original health food, the vitamin-packed nut is now used industrially, in confectionary, and in all sorts of cooking. The first book to tell the full story of how nuts came to be in almost everything, Nuts takes readers on a gastronomic, botanical, and cultural tour of the world.

Tracking these fruits and seeds through cultivation, harvesting, processing, and consumption—or non-consumption, in the case of those with nut allergies—award-winning food writer Ken Albala provides a fascinating account on how they have been cooked, prepared, and exploited. He reveals the social and cultural meaning of nuts during various periods in history, while also immersing us in their modern uses. Packing scrumptious recipes, surprising facts, and fascinating nuggets inside its hardcover shell, this entertaining and informative book will delight lovers of almonds, hazelnuts, chestnuts, and more.

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Offal: A Global History by Nina Edwards [1780230974, Format: EPUB]

Offal: A Global History (Edible) by Nina Edwards

  • Print Length: 141 Pages
  • Publisher: Reaktion Books
  • Publication Date: April 15, 2013
  • Language: English
  • ASIN: B00G2ADR6Q
  • ISBN-10: 1780230974
  • ISBN-13: 978-1780230979
  • File Format: EPUB

“Offal” has the same pronunciation as “awful”—an appropriate homophone, given that offal comprises the whole spectrum of an animal’s glands, essential organs, skin, muscle, guts, and every unmentionable in between. Yet as Nina Edwards shows in this intriguing history, offal has been consumed and enjoyed across ages and continents, often hidden by the rich variety of terms—like fois gras and sweetbread—that have evolved to veil their origins.

Edwards dissects the complicated relationship we have with offal and the extreme reactions it inspires, asking if we can enjoy a pig’s heart, a cow’s eyes, or a sheep’s brain when it reminds us so viscerally of our own flesh and blood. She explores the offal dishes that are specific to regional cuisines and holidays, such as Scottish haggis, Jewish chopped liver, and Southern states’ chitterlings. As she reveals, offal is a food of contradictions—it is high in nutrients but also dangerously high in cholesterol, and it can range from expensive haute cuisine to a cheap alternative for the impoverished. From tongue in Sichuan and gizzard stew in Rio de Janeiro to spicy cartilage in Calcutta, Offal sheds new light on the sometimes stomach-churning foods we consume.