The Good Cookie: Over 250 Delicious Recipes from Simple to Sublime
Wonderful for their easy appeal and magical for the childhood memories they evoke, cookies are the dessert no one ever outgrows. And with The Good Cookie, everyone can enjoy the simple pleasure of delicious homemade cookies at their best. This rich anthology brings together recipes, techniques, tips, and priceless baking advice for more than 250 of the most scrumptious creations ever to emerge from the world of classic cookies–culinary gems destined to inspire every baker and garner raves from cookie connoisseurs.
There’s no question that downtown Los Angeles has solidified its reputation as an exciting culinary hotspot, a place where ambitious chefs with cutting-edge concepts set up shop and classic restaurants just keep getting better. But it wasn’t that long ago when the Central City had to fight for its share of foodie respect. When diners venture Downtown, it’s a sure bet that a culinary adventure is sure to follow...
The New Complete Book of Food: A Nutritional, Medical, and Culinary Guide
A completely updated edition of the popular food guide, "The New Complete Book of Food, Second Edition" provides the nutritional, medical, culinary, and consumer information essential to planning a good diet and properly handling food. In more than 300 A-to-Z entries, this comprehensive new resource catalogs the physical, chemical, and medical properties of food; their benefits and hidden dangers; how foods change when they are processed or cooked; how to properly select, prepare, and store food; and, much, much more.
Everything You Pretend To Know About Food And Are Afraid Someone Will Ask
What is the difference between sauteed, fried, pan-fried, stir-fried, and deep-fried? How can wine have legs? What is dim sum? For those of us who aren't gourmet chefs but still want the know-how to decipher a menu in an upscale restaurant, talk food at a cocktail party, or simply impress family and friends, here is a culinary handbook that takes the mystery out of food.
Culinary Herbs for Short-Season Gardeners has everything herb lovers need to know about cultivating annual and perennial herbs in USDA zones 1 to 5 anywhere snow sticks to the ground in the winter, from Alaska to Pennsylvania. Learn how to make the most of a short growing season, including: picking the best location for planting, providing wind protection and cold air drainage, building raised beds, using season extenders, seeding indoors and outdoors, hardening off and transplanting, and mulching.
