Spanish cooking is regionally diverse, flamboyant and imaginative and, above all, to be eaten and enjoyed in a leisurely manner. Together with fresh fish, vegetables and fruit, peppers, herbs, garlic and olive oil give Spanish food a taste that is unique. This introduction to Spanish cuisine not only contains well-known dishes such as paella de Mariscos, Gazpacho and lesser known specialities such as Pote Gallego, Calderada and Gachas. The increasingly popular Tapas are, of course, included, and a wide ranging selection of salads and vegetable dishes.
Easy Vegetarian: Uncomplicated and Sophisticated Vegetarian Recipes for All Seasons
Vegetarian cooking has taken a firm foothold in our culture. Here you'll find a variety of savory meatless meals. Though the ingredients are simple to find and recipes a breeze to prepare, the emphasis is placed on purchasing seasonal produce for optimum flavor, nutrition and cost. Also included are tips on nutrition in a vegetarian diet - a guide about how to get sufficient protien, profiles on legumes and grains, and information about sweetening alternatives.
With The Disney Bakery, you can bring magic from your imagination into your kitchen: each recipe is vividly inspired by one of the classic animated Disney films. Turn piecrusts into Aristocats and puff pastry into Aladdins lamp, or, best of all, turn a rainy afternoon into a mouth-watering memory to treasure. Adrienne Berofsky has run her own catering company, worked as a private chef and restaurant manager, and served as a personal assistant to Gael Greene, food critic for New York Magazine.
Easy and delicious quick breads are perfect for adding that special something to an otherwise dull meal. Renowned baker Beatrice Ojakangas presents more than sixty tasty and inventive recipes, including hearty Cheddar Apple Bread, Sour Cream Cinnamon Coffee Cake, and Hot Pepper and Bacon Corn Bread. She also serves up quick versions of such classics as aromatic Herbed Irish Soda Bread, German Stollen, Scandinavian Julekage, and the sweetly perfumed Italian Panettone. Quick breads require no kneading or rising, and most can be assembled in ten to fifteen minutes. Ojakangas provides recipes for tea breads, fruit and nut breads, sticks and rolls, coffee cakes and holiday breads.
Readily available, inexpensive, and easily manipulated, polymer clay is an ideal beginner's medium, and Syndee Holt does an admirable job of introducing it. She sets the stage with background on materials and basic handling, then presents 27 approaches and variations as a series of questions on technique whose answers are full-fledged projects. "How do I make a pinroll cane?" for instance, explains a simple cane process and uses it to cover a candleholder. Other cane methods yield jewelry, a frame, a barrette, drawer pulls, and a covered pen, utilizing both basic canes (bull's eye, banner, checkerboard, blended) and pictorial types (flower, millefiori, star, face, shaman).
