The Manga Cookbook: Japanese Bento Boxes, Main Dishes and MoreThe Manga Cookbook: Japanese Bento Boxes, Main Dishes and More
Reading manga sure can make a person hungry! Food appears frequently in Japanese comics, but what exactly is it that the characters are eating? Introducing The Manga Cookbook, an illustrated step-by-step guide to preparing simple Japanese dishes using ingredients found in every Western kitchen.
Culinary Reactions: The Everyday Chemistry of Cooking
When you’re cooking, you’re a chemist! Every time you follow or modify a recipe you are experimenting with acids and bases, emulsions and suspensions, gels and foams. In your kitchen you denature proteins, crystallize compounds, react enzymes with substrates, and nurture desired microbial life while suppressing harmful microbes. And unlike in a laboratory, you can eat your experiments to verify your hypotheses.
Every fourth Thursday of November, Americans open their homes to friends and families. But when was the last time most of us made dinner for such a big crowd? With Thanksgiving 101 by your side, preparing for the holiday will be a pleasure. With step-by-step instructions for classic Thanksgiving dishes, as well as new twists on old favorites, this book will become gravy-stained in its first outing.
Making planning and cooking a three course meal a breeze, Mix and Match Mealsis an easy to use cookbook specially designed in a split page format so that any combination of foods can be viewed all together on one page. Divided into three sections Starters, Main Courses, and Desserts Mix and Match Mealsallows readers to flip through pages, creating their own customized menu one course at a time, with 270 recipes that provide hundreds of thousands of mouthwatering combinations. From healthy low fat meals, light brunch inspired menus, or indulgent, luxurious dinners, Mix and Match Mealsis perfect for cooks who are visual and prefer to plan a menu that is both aesthetic and appetizing.
