Thursday, February 19, 2009

Al Dente or Little Cafe Cakes

Al Dente: The Adventures of a Gastronome in Italy

Author: William Black

Bill Bryson meets Elizabeth David in this witty gastronomic tour of Italy.

William Black is serious about Italian food. Except when he’s joking, which is often. And he will stop at nothing to discover the whys and wherefores of la dolce vita. In Al Dente, our intrepid gastronome eats whatever gets in his way. He travels the length and breadth of Italy in his quest for the most authentic cooking and the very finest ingredients: one minute he’s chasing after rabbits in Ischia, the next he’s scoffing eel brodetto and waxing lyrical about frog risotto. Although he prefers roadside establishments and local trattorie to high–end cibo nuovo, whatever he’s eating is a revelation. A joy from cover to cover, this is a must for anyone who thinks they know about Italian food. William Black, with his partner Sophie Grigson, is the author of several best–selling books, including Fish and Organic.

Kirkus Reviews

Lighthearted travels through Italy that get tightly focused when it's mealtime. "I drove on, deviated, climbed inland and stopped for lunch." So it goes as British food writer Black (Fish, 1999, etc.) makes his way about Italy, cobbling together this gustatory portrait of the country from regular fortnightly doses of cheap travel. There are politics in these pages, from short regional histories to the seriousness with which Italians take their gelati; there is some pursuit of genealogy, of the Rossellis on Black's mother's side; and these chapters can easily be deployed as travel guides, organized as they are by specific areas, happy to give directions. ("If you head straight down to the Tiber from here you should get to the ghetto. . . .") And there are those deviations, such as time to "reflect a little on tales of exploitation and lust among the rice fields of Vercelli." But ultimately, this is about eating well—and often: of apricots and capers from Stromboli, of casu marzo (rotten cheese) that "is quite difficult for anyone but a Sard to eat," of Neapolitan pizza and the importance of frogs in brodo. It is about the iconic cacciucco ("the cooking of piscatorial detritus, a dish eaten to keep fishermen's hunger at bay") and the role played by the town of Comacchio in "the sacred act of eel jigginess." It is also gratifyingly opinionated: "Her house began to stink, so she said, like a Greek fisherman's crotch [from the smell of stewing octopus]. This is wimpish talk, frankly. I am of the opinion that octopus is quite one of the most exquisite things to come from the sea." And it is full of good advice: "Now, a word about panissa," he will state, as befits the son-in-law of foodhistorian Jane Grigson; or, "Let me offer you a few hints, a few truffle do's and don'ts." A garden mix of personal history, political history, and food all'Italia.



Book about: El Edificio de Inteligencia Cultural (CQ):Nueve Megahabilidades

Little Cafe Cakes

Author: Julie Le Clerc

There is something very appealing about a small, individual cake. Enticing and charming, the versatility of the little cake means it can double as the perfect dessert. It's not suprising that smart little cakes are featured on café menus all around the world. And it is not suprising that Julie Le Clerc is the creative genius behind these fabulous recipes with seriously good flavours.



Al Dente or Little Cafe Cakes

Al Dente: The Adventures of a Gastronome in Italy

Author: William Black

Bill Bryson meets Elizabeth David in this witty gastronomic tour of Italy.

William Black is serious about Italian food. Except when he’s joking, which is often. And he will stop at nothing to discover the whys and wherefores of la dolce vita. In Al Dente, our intrepid gastronome eats whatever gets in his way. He travels the length and breadth of Italy in his quest for the most authentic cooking and the very finest ingredients: one minute he’s chasing after rabbits in Ischia, the next he’s scoffing eel brodetto and waxing lyrical about frog risotto. Although he prefers roadside establishments and local trattorie to high–end cibo nuovo, whatever he’s eating is a revelation. A joy from cover to cover, this is a must for anyone who thinks they know about Italian food. William Black, with his partner Sophie Grigson, is the author of several best–selling books, including Fish and Organic.

Kirkus Reviews

Lighthearted travels through Italy that get tightly focused when it's mealtime. "I drove on, deviated, climbed inland and stopped for lunch." So it goes as British food writer Black (Fish, 1999, etc.) makes his way about Italy, cobbling together this gustatory portrait of the country from regular fortnightly doses of cheap travel. There are politics in these pages, from short regional histories to the seriousness with which Italians take their gelati; there is some pursuit of genealogy, of the Rossellis on Black's mother's side; and these chapters can easily be deployed as travel guides, organized as they are by specific areas, happy to give directions. ("If you head straight down to the Tiber from here you should get to the ghetto. . . .") And there are those deviations, such as time to "reflect a little on tales of exploitation and lust among the rice fields of Vercelli." But ultimately, this is about eating well—and often: of apricots and capers from Stromboli, of casu marzo (rotten cheese) that "is quite difficult for anyone but a Sard to eat," of Neapolitan pizza and the importance of frogs in brodo. It is about the iconic cacciucco ("the cooking of piscatorial detritus, a dish eaten to keep fishermen's hunger at bay") and the role played by the town of Comacchio in "the sacred act of eel jigginess." It is also gratifyingly opinionated: "Her house began to stink, so she said, like a Greek fisherman's crotch [from the smell of stewing octopus]. This is wimpish talk, frankly. I am of the opinion that octopus is quite one of the most exquisite things to come from the sea." And it is full of good advice: "Now, a word about panissa," he will state, as befits the son-in-law of foodhistorian Jane Grigson; or, "Let me offer you a few hints, a few truffle do's and don'ts." A garden mix of personal history, political history, and food all'Italia.



Book about: El Edificio de Inteligencia Cultural (CQ):Nueve Megahabilidades

Little Cafe Cakes

Author: Julie Le Clerc

There is something very appealing about a small, individual cake. Enticing and charming, the versatility of the little cake means it can double as the perfect dessert. It's not suprising that smart little cakes are featured on café menus all around the world. And it is not suprising that Julie Le Clerc is the creative genius behind these fabulous recipes with seriously good flavours.



Wednesday, February 18, 2009

Visual Vegetables or Salad Perfection with DVD

Visual Vegetables: Appetizing Images and Recipes for Cooks

Author: Susan Simon

This delightfully eccentric book is the perfect gift for cooks. Simon has not only written recipes for vegetables, but also pasta, rice, fish, fruit, etc. Each recipe is vibrantly illustrated & accompanied by a story about life & entertaining & what food can — & should be. Simon has written & illustrated a book that is meant to be enjoyed & shared. Reveals the extraordinary talents of Susan Simon as cook, storyteller & artist. The intriguing recipes celebrate the bounties of both land & sea & are as easy as they are enticing. Chockful of lush illustrations & tasty recipes, it not only helps solve the dinner problem but transports Italy to your kitchen.



See also: Candyfreak or The Savory Secrets Of Dodis Home Cooking

Salad Perfection with DVD

Author: Belinda Jeffery

This new series of books will help you get back into the kitchen and experience the fun of creating sensational mouth-watering meals through the simplicity of easy-to-read, step-by-step instructions. Stunning photography and recipes by accomplished chefs will make you want to collect every single title.



Table of Contents:
Introduction4
Appetizers10
Entrees24
Side salads42
Buffet58
Glossary74
Conversions76
Index78

Tuesday, February 17, 2009

The Peach Sampler or Taste of Thyme

The Peach Sampler

Author: Eliza Horton

More than 300 delectable recipes using the delicious fuzzy fruit. How to select use cook and preserve them.



Interesting textbook: The IT Value Quest or Actionscript 20 Language Reference for Macromedia Flash 8

Taste of Thyme: Culinary Cultures of the Middle East

Author: Richard Tapper

This pioneering book considers the culinary cultures of the Middle East in a variety of contexts. The contributors discuss various aspects of historical and contemporary processes, including likely origins and diffusions on ingredients and dishes, changes in food production and eating habits, contemporary revivals of traditional cooking, literary representations of food and drink, and the class, gender, and communal dimensions to food. Written by scholars from different disciplines, it covers a wide geographical area, from Central Asia to Morocco.



Sunday, February 15, 2009

Feast of Words or Just Wed Cook Book

Feast of Words: Banquets and Table Talk in the Renaissance

Author: Michael Jeanneret

The banquet gives rise to a special moment when thought and the senses—words and food—enhance each other. Throughout history, the ideal of the symposium has reconciled the angel and the beast in the human, renewing the interdependence between the mouth that speaks and the mouth that eats. Michel Jeanneret's lively book explores the paradigm of the banquet as a guide to significant tendencies in Renaissance Humanist culture and shows how this culture in turn illuminates the tensions between physical and mental pleasures. Ranging widely over French, Italian, German, and Latin texts, Jeanneret not only investigates the meal as a narrative artefact but enquires as well into aspects of sixteenth-century anthropology and aesthetics. 

Booknews

Jenneret (French literature, U. of Geneva) explores the paradigm of the banquet as a guide to significant tendencies in Renaissance Humanist culture and shows how this culture in turn illuminates the tensions between physical and mental pleasures--between the mouth that speaks and the mouth that eats. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)



Table of Contents:
Introduction
Part I - Pleasure and the norm 
1. Humanism on holiday
The feast of the gods
The al fresco meal
Conviviality
The head and the stomach
2. Ceremonies and manners
Civility
Manners and Mannerism
The pomp of princes
Officers of the mouth
3. Rules for the appetite
An archaeology of the table
Diet
Medicine v. cookery
Part II - When the fable comes to table
4. Table talk
Convivial speech
A mouth full of words
Philologists or logophiles?
5. Eating the text
Storytelling while eating
'Our after-dinner entertainers'
'My salad and my Muse'
The marrow bone
Metaphors of bibliophagy
6. Classical banquets
Philosophy at meal time
Satire and its cooking
Greedy grammarians
7. Something for every taste
The copious and the varied
Erasmus: feasting on words
Guillaume Bouchet: stuffings
Giordano Bruno: the failed banquet
8. Dog Latin and macronic poetry
Dog Latin, cooks' talk and gibberish
Folengo and the ars macaronica
Muses with greasy hands
'My country is a pumpkin'
9. 'The centre of all books'
'Monarch of ecumenical symposia'
'You only talk about sex'
'Edible syllables and letters'
'I've never seen people talk so much'
Conclusion
Imitatio/Mimesis
Writing and nature
Paradoxical metaphors
Naturalizing the narrative?
Writing in action
Bibliography
Index

New interesting textbook: Soup Bible or Shortcut Mediterranean

Just-Wed Cook Book

Author: E Kiessling

The recipes in this 1917 volume were compiled by E.F. Kiessling and sponsored by the advertisers presented therein.



Saturday, February 14, 2009

Diet Chefs Low Calorie Gourmet Cookbook or 12 Seasonsunder the Florida Sun

Diet Chef's Low-Calorie Gourmet Cookbook

Author: Myles Omel

Now you don't have to sacrifice taste for calories! Here in a single book are the fascinating, easy-to-understand secrets for preparing delicious gourmet dishes that are nonfattening as well. Following diet chef Myles Omel's instructions, you can eat almost anything you want-including six-course meals, potatoes, and desserts-and still lose weight! Omel shows how, by changing cooking methods and eliminating a few basic ingredients, you can serve elegant meals your family and friends will never realize are low-calorie. You'll even be able to enjoy treats as Stuffed Crepe's Florentine, Mexican-Style Baked Chicken, and Cinnamon Baked Apples without having to feel guilty about calories. The Diet Chef's Low-Calorie Gourmet Cookbook offers flexibility and variety that will enable you to enjoy culinary pleasures you thought you'd never taste again!



Go to: Le Lecteur du Costa Rica :l'Histoire, la Culture, la Politique

12 SeasonsUnder the Florida Sun

Author: Doug Janousek

Twelve Seasons Under the Florida Sun is as much about the chefs who contributed to it as it is the food they cook.

Formal dinners, summer picnics, holiday buffets - the meals here run the gamut and every reader is sure to find something that appeals to their taste buds. Whether an experienced restaurant chef, a school-trained culinarian, a career-changer or just a life-long cook, the chefs in this book give you a glimpse into what drives them and what inspires them, as well as tips and clear instructions on how to re-create their dishes in your own kitchen or if you prefer, a way to reach them to allow them to do it for you.

Fresh, high quality ingredients combined with experience and the proper technique, served to you with style and personality by eight different personal chefs who have very individual approaches to their menus.

Seasonal cooking is about using what's good and fresh and available right now. Not frozen, not canned, not grown somewhere else and shipped in. This really isn't a new concept; home cooks with gardens have cooked with what was available for generations. Cooks without a home garden can find high-quality ingredients at the supermarket and if they are willing to drive a tiny bit farther and find one of those roadside produce markets, they can cook with local flavor without any of the weeding.

Personal chefing is, well, personal and it varies from chef to chef as well as from client to client. This book and these recipes within give you a glimpse into the inner workings of the chefs as they build a meal for you.

See you in the kitchen!



Friday, February 13, 2009

Eating Your Words or Real Cheese Companion

Eating Your Words: 2000 Words To Tease Your Taste Buds

Author: William Grimes

Here is a feast of words that will whet the appetite of food and word lovers everywhere. William Grimes, former restaurant critic for The New York Times, covers everything from bird's nest soup to Trockenbeerenauslese in this wonderfully informative food lexicon.
Eating Your Words is a veritable cornucopia--a thousand-and-one entries on candies and desserts, fruits and vegetables, meats, seafood, spices, herbs, wines, cheeses, liqueurs, cocktails, sauces, dressings, and pastas. The book includes terms from around the world (basmati, kimchi, haggis, callaloo) and from around the block (meatloaf, slim jims, Philly cheesesteak). Grimes describes utensils (from tandoor and wok to slotted spoon and zester), cooking styles (a bonne femme, over easy), cuts of meat (crown roast, prime rib), and much more. Each definition includes a pronunciation guide and many entries indicate the origin of the word. Thus we learn that olla podrida is Spanish for 'rotten pot' and mulligatawny comes from the Tamil words milaku-tanni, meaning 'pepper water.' Grimes includes helpful tips on usage, such as when to write whiskey and when to write whisky. In addition, there are more than a dozen special sidebars on food and food word topics--everything from diner slang to bad fad diets--plus a time line of food trends by decade and a list of the best regional snack foods.
Even if you don't know a summer sausage from a spring chicken, you will find Eating Your Words a delectable treat. And for everyone who loves to cook, this superb volume is an essential resource--and the perfect gift.

The New York Times - Tobin Harshaw

Making for an even richer feast is Grimes's introduction, a cogent account of how we've gone from being a people who once carelessly categorized all pastas as ''macaroni'' to a nation that knows its rigatoni from its rotelli. In the main text, Grimes includes a generous helping of shorter reflections, including a lexicon of diner slang and a consideration of the hot dog.



Table of Contents:
Eating your words1
A hoagie by any other name24
Let us now praise famous bars70
Mock foods101
Ten signs of a bad restaurant119
Hot or dog? : that's the question163
Slang with bite : an eatimology208
Ten fruits your haven't tasted but should228
More food for thought239
Cooking weights and measures240
Food fads timeline242
Fad diets timeline249
Food web sites252

Interesting textbook: Finanzbuchhaltung: Grundsätze und Anwendungen

Real Cheese Companion: A Guide to Best Handmade Cheeses of Britain and Ireland

Author: Sarah Freeman

The craft of cheesemaking is currently experiencing an exciting revival. A new generation of artisan cheesemakers is now producing not only the hard cows' milk and blue cheeses usually associated with Britain, but also soft cheeses of the Brie and Camembert type, hard sheep's cheeses, which can be used in the same way as Parmesan and pecorino, both hard and soft goats' cheeses, and a small but growing number of organic and buffalo cheeses. Cheese enthusiast Sarah Freeman visited farmhouse cheesemakers throughout Britain and Ireland in the belief that knowing the cheeses and understanding how they are made can only enhance the enjoyment of them. She watched the cheeses being made - from raw milk through to maturing - asked questions and tasted extensively. In The Real Cheese Companion she reviews over 150 of these handmade cheeses, describes the individual cheesemaking process, and provides the cheese connoisseur with a unique collection of recipes and serving suggestions.



Thursday, February 12, 2009

Food Alert or Bowlfood Cookbook

Food Alert!

Author: Morton Satin

In Food Alert! food-safety expert Morton Satin explains the history and science of food contamination and preservation; the causes, dangers and types of food-borne diseases; and, most important, everything consumers need to know to understand the risk of food-borne illness and to protect themselves from it.



Table of Contents:

Food-borne Diseases 1

Historical Background 3

What Is Food Poisoning? 16

Antibiotic Resistance 22

Sources of Food-borne Disease 33

Food Sources of Disease 35

The 20 Most Common Causes of Food-Borne Illness in the Kitchen 40

Poultry 44

Meat and Meat Products 56

Fish and Seafood 62

Dairy and Egg Products 70

Fruits, Vegetables and Nuts 86

Grain and Flour Products 95

Other Foods 100

Restaurants and Food Service 107

Consumer Protection 115

Incidence and Costs of Food-Borne Diseases 117

Methods to Reduce Food-Borne Diseases 130

In the Consumer's Interest 140

Self-Help 146

Safe Eating While Traveling 167

Problems Coming Down the Road 179

Where Do We Go from Here? 189

Food-borne Pathogens 203

Bacterial Diseases-Infective Forms 205

Toxin-Producing Forms 236

Diseases of Toxic Substances 245

Fungal Diseases 254

Parasitic Diseases 260

Viral Diseases 273

App. I Diseases, Causes and Symptoms 280

App. II Sources of Information About Food-Borne Diseases 288

App. III Storage Conditions for Selected Foods 299

Glossary 303

References 311

Index 331

Interesting book: Health Psychology or Vegetarians and Vegans in America Today

Bowlfood Cookbook: Over 200 Dazzling and Eclectic Recipes from the Restaurant Lola Bowla

Author: Lynne Aronson

Bowl food is Asian tangy and Mediterranean fresh. And as much fun as eating a whole meal with a spoon or chopsticks. Creating a delicious matrix of flavors, cultures, and imagination-all meting in the bottom of the bowl-chefs Lynne Aronson and Elizabeth Simon offer over 200 easy, sophisticated recipes for deep, nourishing bowls of soups and stews, wide, saucy bowls of noodles and rice, salad bowls-of course!-and bowlfood desserts. Because everything tastes better in a bowl.

Library Journal

Aronson is the chef of Manhattan's popular restaurant Lola and its more casual offspring, Lola Bowla, where "bowlfood"--big or small bowls of soups and stews, noodle and pasta dishes, salads, and the like--is the specialty. Here she and former colleague Simon present 200 recipes for their lively food, influenced by Asian, Mediterranean, and Latin cuisines and characterized by bold, lusty flavors. There are also "Dumplings and Doodads," accompaniments to be served in or along with the "bowls"; "Fire and Spice," condiments, seasonings, and so forth; a brief dessert chapter; and an abundance of boxes and sidebars on all sorts of culinary topics. For most collections.

What People Are Saying

Sheila Lukins
Dive right in! Steaming up from these bowls is a whole new world of flavor, aroma, texture, and happiness.
— Sheila Lukins, Author of USA Cookbook and co-author of The Silver Palate Cookbooks and the New Basic Cookbook




Wednesday, February 11, 2009

Rio Riches or Classic Japanese

Rio Riches: Recipes Celebrating The Rich Natural Diversity Of The Rio Grande Valley

Author: Staff of The Junior Of Harlingen Incorporated

The best recipes from a region where Mexican and American cultures share a tradition of hospitality. Try the "Border Favorites" from both sides of the Rio Grande or the "Game and Grilling" specialties for moonlight dining. Quick and easy and lighter fare recipes are noted. Delicate portraits of South Texas birds by F.P. Bennett highlight this rich treasure!



Look this: Innovations in Computerized Assessment or Postsocialist Pathways

Classic Japanese

Author: Yasuko Fukuoka

Seven chapters present over 90 of the most exquisite and authentic Japanese dishes.



Tuesday, February 10, 2009

Take Three or Delia Smith

Take Three

Author: Jenny Whit

A fun, innovative approach to cooking that is perfect for modern living.



Interesting book: Crime and Local Television News or Power Production and Social Reproduction

Delia Smith: The Biography

Author: Alison Bowyer

Delia Smith is more than just a cook—she has become a national icon with a loyal following of fans and a business empire worth millions. She single-handedly brought about The Great Cranberry Crisis of 1995 when her fans cleared supermarket shelves of the fruit, and a previously small-time saucepan manufacturer saw its turnover soar with a mention of their omelette pan. This book tells the extraordinary story of this woman's life, from leaving school without a single qualification to becoming the undisputed queen of the kitchen. Drawing upon interviews with friends and colleagues, this biography shows that life has not always been easy for Delia, but reveals how her iron will ensures that she remains one step ahead of her rivals.

Kirkus Reviews

Earnestly admiring biography of the British cooking icon. Alternating between breathless commentary and tough quotes from critics (serious foodies are not so smitten as the general public), British journalist Bowyer follows Smith from her lower-class childhood in a London suburb to her illustrious present. Tony Blair offered her a life peerage, the Queen honored her, and she is reputed to be worth over Ј24 million. Not bad for a woman who left school in 1957, at age 16, to work as a hairdresser in London. There, Smith began making interesting friends, learned how to dress, and in 1962 met a mentor: Leo Evans, a metallurgy professor by day and a chef by night who transformed her life. Working evenings at a popular restaurant for which Evans cooked, she soon moved up from washing dishes to preparing dishes under his tuition. Other cooking jobs followed, and she gave up hairdressing. Bowyer records Smith's beginnings as a columnist for a London daily; her detailed but simple recipes soon made her a household name. She wrote books and had her own shows on the BBC; one series became The Complete Cookery Course, which on video has sold more than a million copies. A profitable association with a magazine connected to a major grocery chain has also helped make her very rich. Smith, a convert to Catholicism, has written religious books and donated generously to charity. To demonstrate how influential Smith's cooking shows are, Bowyers points to her praise of a particular omelet pan—the manufacturer had to hire 15 additional workers to deal with the demand—and her use in a recipe of the unfamiliar-to-Brits shallot, whose sales subsequently increased by 2,000 percent. No one claims Smith is aninnovative chef; Bowyer thinks much of her success is due to her ability to explain cooking in terms everyone can understand. Dutifully assembles all the ingredients, but the result is a literary pudding without theme.



Monday, February 9, 2009

Food and Cultural Studies or Cooking in America 1840 1945

Food and Cultural Studies

Author: Bob Ashley

What and how we eat are two of the most persistent choices we face in everyday life. Whatever we decide on though, and however mundane our decisions may seem, they will be inscribed with information both about ourselves and about our positions in the world around us. Yet, food has only recently become a significant and coherent area of inquiry for cultural studies and the social sciences.

Food and Cultural Studies re-examines the interdisciplinary history of food studies from a cultural studies framework, from the semiotics of Barthes and the anthropology of Levi-Strauss to Elias' historical analysis and Bourdieu's work on the relationship between food, consumption and cultural identity. The authors then go on to explore subjects as diverse as food and nation, the gendering of eating in, the phenomenon of TV chefs, the ethics of vegetarianism and food, risk and moral panics.

This book is fascinating reading for students and academics studying both consumption and cultural studies morebroadly.



Read also In Search of National Economic Success or Managing with the Wisdom of Love

Cooking in America, 1840-1945

Author: Alice L McLean

This cookbook covers the years 1840 through 1945, a time during which American cookery underwent a full-scale revolution. Gas and electric stoves replaced hearth cookery. Milk products came from commercial dairy farms rather than the family cow. Daily meals were no longer bound by seasons and regions, as canned, bottled, and eventually frozen products flooded the market and trains began to transport produce and meat from one end of the country to the other. During two World Wars and the Great Depression women entered the work force in unprecedented numbers and household servants abandoned low-paying domestic jobs to work in factories. As a result of these monumental changes, American home cooking became irrevocably simplified and cookery skills geared more toward juggling time to comb grocery store shelves for the best and most economical products than toward butchering and preserving an entire animal carcass or pickling fruits and vegetables.

Pauline Baughman - Library Journal

In this fascinating book, McLean (honors postdoctoral fellow at Sweet Briar Coll.) examines cookbooks as a primary source, showing the enormous changes that occurred on the tables of Americans from the preindustrial period to the onset of World War II. Divided into three chronological sections, the book kicks off with a brief overview of the cooking and preservation methods, major foodstuffs, cooking equipment, cultural influences, and dining customs of the time. The first section includes recipes from three early American cookbooks; the second section demonstrates the rise in popularity of community cookbooks and includes recipes from the first known cookbooks written by an African American and a Hispanic; and the third section shows the rise of male-authored cookbooks and reflects the changes in cooking habits as a result of two world wars and the Great Depression. Each section also includes popular recipes—over 300 in all—taken from cookbooks of the time, ladies' magazines, newspapers, and family collections.

Marilyn FairbanksCopyright 2006 Reed Business Information. - School Library Journal

Gr 9 Up
These well-organized titles provide historical overviews, discussing changes in recipes brought about by changes in ways of life, e.g., agrarian to industrialized economy, the Depression, and limitation of ingredients due to wars. Both books include commentary and recipes. However, neither book states amounts of ingredients, the exception being the third chapter in America, but, even then, not all of the recipes include measurements. Many of the recipes make large batches of a particular dish without stating the number of servings. Text boxes range from "14th-Century Advice to a Young Bride" (Europe ) to "To Dress a Chicken" (America ), and glossaries explain terms not commonly in use today. The black-and-white illustrations of equipment and foods are excellent. Back matter includes extensive bibliographies of cookbooks and good indexes. The series foreword states that the recipes are meant to appeal to "novice" cooks. However, only very experienced or adventurous cooks would try to re-create these dishes.



Saturday, February 7, 2009

Gin Gin Drinks or Handbook of Frozen Foods

Gin & Gin Drinks (Quamut)

Author: Quamut

Quamut is the fastest, most convenient way to learn how to do almost anything. From tasting wine to managing your retirement accounts, Quamut gives you reliable information in a concise chart format that you can take anywhere. Quamut charts are:

  • Authoritative: Written by experts in their field so you have the most reliable information available.
  • Clear: Our explanations take you step-by-step through everything from performing CPR to threading a needle.
  • Concise: You’ll learn just what you need to know—no more, no less.
  • Precise: Quamut charts include detailed text, photos, and illustrations to show you exactly how to do just about anything.
  • Portable: Your know-how goes with you wherever your projects lead.


Dry and mighty.

From the Queen Mother to Snoop Dogg, gin has legions of devotees the world over. Now you too can find the right gin for any drink and learn to mix it into terrific, classic cocktails. Become a gin guru by learning:

  • A brief history of gin and the basics of how gin is made
  • A rundown of different types of gin, so you’ll know what you’re buying
  • Gin cocktail recipes from the Four Seasons restaurant




Book about: Das Treten Weg die Leiter (Weltwirtschaftreihe): Entwicklungsstrategie in der Historischen Perspektive

Handbook of Frozen Foods

Author: Isabel Guerrero Legaretta

Collecting an impressive amount of professional expertise on frozen food science, technology, and engineering, this reference describes the manufacture, processing, inspection, and safety of frozen foods -- surveying a wide range of topics in frozen food packaging, quality, and shelf-life from more than 50 of the most respected leaders in the field. Outlining basic procedures before and after freezing that enhance and optimize the quality and texture of frozen foods, the Handbook contains more than 1700 current references for further exploration of the topic...tables and examples illustrating the effect of various chemical and biochemical reactions on the quality of frozen food systems...methods to select the most appropriate packaging materials for frozen foods...practical guidelines to ensure the safety of frozen food products...and strategies to reduce the deterioration rate of frozen foods.



Table of Contents:
Prefaceiii
Contributorsix
Part I.Freezing Principles
1.Freezing Processes: Physical Aspects1
2.Principles of Freeze-Concentration and Freeze-Drying13
3.Principles of Frozen Storage25
4.Frozen Food Packaging55
Part II.Frozen Food Characteristics
5.Frozen Food Components and Chemical Reactions67
6.Flavor of Frozen Foods83
7.Food Sensory Attributes93
8.Texture in Frozen Foods149
Part III.Frozen Meat and Poultry
9.Frozen Muscle Foods: Principles, Quality, and Shelf Life169
10.Operational Processes for Frozen Red Meat177
11.Frozen Meat: Processing Equipment193
12.Frozen Meat: Quality and Shelf Life201
13.Chemical and Physical Aspects of Color in Frozen Muscle-Based Foods215
14.Frozen Meat: Packaging and Quality Control227
15.Frozen Poultry: Process Flow, Equipment, Quality, and Packaging239
Part IV.Frozen Seafoods
16.Freezing Seafood and Seafood Products Principles and Applications245
17.Freezing Finfish295
18.Freezing Shellfish309
19.Freezing Secondary Seafood Products325
20.Frozen Seafood Safety and HACCP339
21.Frozen Seafood: Product Descriptions365
Part V.Frozen Vegetables
22.Frozen Vegetables: Product Descriptions395
23.Quality Control in Frozen Vegetables405
24.Production, Freezing, and Storage of Tomato Sauces and Slices415
25.Frozen French Fried Potatoes and Quality Assurance433
26.Frozen Peas: Standard and Grade449
Part VI.Frozen Fruits and Fruit Products
27.Frozen Fruits and Fruit Juices: Product Description461
28.Frozen Guava and Papaya Products473
29.Frozen Citrus Juices483
Part VII.Frozen Desserts, Frozen Dough, and Microwavable Frozen Foods
30.Ice Cream and Frozen Desserts499
31.Effect of Freezing on Dough Ingredients571
32.Microwavable Frozen Food or Meals581
Part VIII.Frozen Foods Safety Considerations
33.Safety of Frozen Foods595
34.Frozen Food Plants: Safety and Inspection619
35.Frozen Dessert Processing: Quality, Safety, and Risk Analysis641
36.Frozen Foods and Enforcement Activities665
Appendix AFDA Standard for Frozen Vegetables: 21 CFR 158. Definitions: 21 CFR 158.3; FDA Standard for Frozen Vegetables: 21 CFR 158. Frozen Peas: 21 CFR 158.170681
Appendix BFrozen Dessert Processing: Quality, Safety, and Risk Analysis. Special Operations687
Index719

Friday, February 6, 2009

Simple Pleasures from Our Maritime Kitchens or Standard Paper Bag Cookery

Simple Pleasures from Our Maritime Kitchens: Anecdotes, History, and Recipes

Author: Julie Watson

Organized with a chapter for each month, this book takes the reader through a year in the life of the Maritime kitchen. The region's colorful history comes to life with excerpts from authentic regional 19th-century cookbooks. Emphasizing old-fashioned home cooking for every occasion, recipes include Clam Fritters, Creamy Lobster Filling, and Sugarplum Bread. This celebration of the rich culinary heritage of the Maritimes is illustrated throughout.



Go to: Entwicklung, Erdkunde, und Wirtschaftstheorie

Standard Paper Bag Cookery

Author: Emma Paddock Telford

Published originally in 1912, this volume aims to provide housewives with an economic and labor-saving manner for creating delicious family meals. Simplicity and frugality are emphasized throughout. An early forerunner of today's popularity of food cooked in parchment, many of the recipes can be easily reproduced today, and would make interesting meals for time- and budget-crunched families. The included seasonal menus look positively modern and not that different from menus that can be found in current cookbooks.



Thursday, February 5, 2009

Love on the Rocks or Holiday Eggs

Love on the Rocks: Men, Women, and Alcohol in Post-World War II America

Author: Lori Rotskoff

In this fascinating history of alcohol in postwar American culture, Lori Rotskoff draws on short stories, advertisements, medical writings, and Hollywood films to investigate how gender norms and ideologies of marriage intersected with scientific and popular ideas about drinking and alcoholism.

After the repeal of Prohibition in 1933, recreational drinking became increasingly accepted among white, suburban, middle-class men and women. But excessive or habitual drinking plagued many families. How did people view the "problem drinkers" in their midst? How did husbands and wives learn to cope within an "alcoholic marriage?" And how was drinking linked to broader social concerns during the Great Depression, World War II, and the Cold War era?

By the 1950s, Rotskoff explains, mental health experts, movie producers, and members of self-help groups like Alcoholics Anonymous and Al-Anon helped bring about a shift in the public perception of alcoholism from "sin" to "sickness." Yet alcoholism was also viewed as a family problem that expressed gender-role failure for both women and men. On the silver screen (in movies such as The Lost Weekend and The Best Years of Our Lives) and on the printed page (in stories by writers such as John Cheever), in hospitals and at Twelve Step meetings, chronic drunkenness became one of the most pressing public health issues of the day.

John W. Crowley

Lori Rotskoff, who writes wonderfully well, has filled a blank in the (gendered social history of American drinking and sobriety from Prohibition through the fifties: a subtle, engaging, and now indispensable study.

What People Are Saying

John W. Crowley
Lori Rotskoff, who writes wonderfully well, has filled a blank in the (gendered) social history of American drinking and sobriety from Prohibition through the fifties: a subtle, engaging, and now indispensable study. (John W. Crowley, author of The White Logic: Alcoholism and Gender in Modernist American Fiction)




Books about: Moderne Wertpapierbestand-Theorie und Investitionsanalyse

Holiday Eggs: A Collection of Inspired Recipes, Gifts, and Decorations

Author: Georgeanne Brennan

The holidays of spring-Easter, Passover, Mother's Day, and even bridal and baby showers-are times to celebrate new beginnings with family and friends. In HOLIDAY EGGS, food and garden writer Georgeanne Brennan combines her areas of expertise to create a breathtaking collection of recipes and decorating ideas honoring the humble egg, symbol of birth and rebirth. More than 30 sweet and savory recipes take a starring role in traditional holiday feasts and impromptu springtime gatherings. Simple egg-dyeing and Easter-basket projects for kids as well as more sophisticated decorations like dyed Ukrainian eggs, eggshell candles, egg napkin rings, and a live flowering Easter basket centerpiece guarantee that your holiday table will look as beautiful as the food you serve.

About the Author: Georgeanne Brennan, winner of both Julia Child and James Beard cookbook awards, has written over a dozen books on cooking and gardening. A writer and columnist for the San Francisco Chronicle and regular contributor to numerous other publications, she divides her time between her Northern California farm and her home in the Provence region of France.



Table of Contents:
1 introduction
All About Eggs
Egg Cooking Techniques
Egg Decorating Techniques
2 whole eggs
recipes14
Frisée Salad with Lardons and Poached Eggs
Oeufs Mimosa
Scotch Eggs
Huevos Rancheros
Eggs Benedict with Roasted Balsamic Asparagus
Quail Eggs with Caviar
Eggs in Tarragon and White-Wine Aspic
Eggs Pickled with Tea and Star Anise
Lemon-Butter Easter Egg Cookies with Royal Icing
3 tabletop eggs
crafts30
Egg Napkin Rings
Flowering Easter Basket Centerpiece
Eggshell Vases
Egg and Nest Centerpiece
4 egg scrambles & sauces
recipes40
Artichoke Frittata
Egg Curds with Sautéed Mushrooms
Egg Foo Yong
Brouillade with Truffles
Pad Thai
Sautéed Peppers and Onions Wrapped in Spanish Tortillas
Folded Omelette with Basil and Tomato
Folded Dessert Omelette with Orange Marmalade
Pain Perdu
Creamed Eggs, Ham, and Mushrooms on Toast
Asparagus and Potatoes with Avgolemono Sauce
5 eggs for kids
crafts58
Crepe Paper Flower Baskets
Paper Lattice-Covered Baskets
Paper Cone Easter Baskets
Mexican Cascarones
Sticker and Wax Crayon Decorated Eggs
Tie-Dyed Eggs
6 fillings, wraps & custards
recipes72
Spring-Onion Egg Salad with Edible Blossoms
Seafood and Saffron Quiche
Roasted Tomatoes Filled with Herbed Eggs
Wild Mushroom Crepes
Beef- and Egg-Filled Piroshki in a Puff-Pastry Crust
Old-Fashioned Custard Pie
Pôts de Crème
Spanish Flan
7 decorative eggs
crafts88
Eggshell Candles
Egg Gift Boxes
Easter-Egg Cookie Tree
Ukrainian Eggs
8 airy eggs
recipes98
Oeufs à la Neige
Raspberry Sabayon
Salzburger Nockerln
Cheese Soufflé
Individual Orange Souffles
Meringues with Blackberries
Index
List of Recipes
List of Crafts

Wednesday, February 4, 2009

Rustic Table or Resource Guide for Food Writers

Rustic Table: Simple Fare from the World's Kitchens

Author: Constance Snow

Countries all over the world have their own kind of"rustic" food -- simple, thrifty, hearty, unpretentious, and full of flavor. Earthy and tantalizing, rustic is the kind of food that memories are made of, passed down through generations of grandmothers and aunts to daughters and sons. In The Rustic Table, IACP Award-winning author Constance Snow re-creates flavors from more than twenty-five different countries with more than 200 recipes for starters, sides, entrées, and desserts.

For breakfast, try West African Spice Doughnuts, Vietnamese "Happy Pancakes," or Swiss Fruit and Mixed-Grain Porridge. Lunch and dinner possibilities include light entrées like Asian-Style Noodle Salad with Spicy Sesame Dressing and French Vegetable Soup with Basil and Garlic, as well as hearty dishes such as Korean Grilled Beef, Native American Planked Salmon, and Greek Lamb and Bulgur Meatballs with Cucumber Yogurt Dip. And there's no dessert like a truly rustic one: Creole Praline Bread Pudding with Warm Whiskey Sauce, Thai Sticky Coconut Rice with Mango and Mint, or Shaker Lemon Pie.

The Rustic Table is a real taste of really easy rustic food. This is a cookbook for home cooks who enjoy using ingredients as close to nature as possible and who want to prepare food with ingredients that are easy to find and recipes that involve just a few quick steps.



See also: One Customer Divisible or Wealth by Association

Resource Guide for Food Writers

Author: Gary Allen

A feast for all food writers, The Resource Guide for Food Writers is a comprehensive guide to finding everything there is to know about food, how to write about it and how to get published. An educator at the Culinary Institute of America, Gary Allen has compiled an amazing handbook for anyone who wants to learn more about food and share that knowledge with others.

Including a foreword by Mr. Tim Ryan, Senior Vice President of the Culinary Institute of America, this multifaceted guide teaches readers how to:

* find appropriate libraries

* use catalogs, directories, bibliographies and periodicals

*and locate specialty booksellers.

Chapters on the writing process provide real guidance on:

*how to write

*what resources are helpful

*and how to combat writer's block In the final section, the intimidating task of getting published is tackled with specific help in drafting proposals and finding the appropriate publisher.

An impressive menu of resources, this authoritative reference is essential for every epicurean, from the food service professional to the ambitious home gourmet.

Booknews

Allen, an educational technologist at the Culinary Institute of America, has compiled information for writers, students, and anyone interested in gastronomy, designed to help them learn more about food. He covers the basics for finding information, such as library sources, buying books, and electronic sources, as well as tips for writing, ideas for distributing written works, and how to incorporate stock photography. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)



Tuesday, February 3, 2009

Healthy Chinese Cookbook or Christmas

Healthy Chinese Cookbook

Author: Maggie Pannell

With over 500 colour photographs in total, encyclopedic information about materials, techniques and ingredients, and a classic collection of specially developed and tested recipes, this is the ultimate book for all lovers of Chinese food who want to indul



New interesting book: In 60 Ways or Ice Cream

Christmas: Decorations, Feasts, Gifts, Traditions

Author: David Baird

Packed full of great ideas to make your Christmas Day go with a swing. Proverbs, myths, advice, recipes, projects and facts combine to make this little volume a delightful and extremely useful Christmas book.

Beautifully designed using foils, metallic inks and imaginative illustrations -- these books have a chic, modern and sophisticated appeal.

he ideal event planning companion.



Monday, February 2, 2009

Cookout USA or Full Bodied And Peppery

Cookout USA: Grilling Favorites Coast to Coast

Author: Georgia Orcutt

For those in the United States, when the sun is out, the grill is on because everyone loves to get outdoors and eat. Whether it's a picnic, backyard barbecue, party by the pool, tailgate, clam bake, or wienie roast, people will find any excuse they can to chow down on summer favorites with friends and family. From South Carolina's BBQ Pork with Mustard Sauce to Spicy Grilled Chili-Lime Halibut from Alaska to Utah's sweet Cherry Cobbler cooked outside in a Dutch oven over the campfire, Cookout USA offers a classic recipe from each state of the union. Serve them with great sides like Mom's Potato Salad, New England Baked Beans, Perfect Picnic Cupcakes, and Citrus Iced Tea for the ultimate cross-country culinary adventure. Whether folks are grilling from the mountains to the prairies to the oceans, white with foam, this wholly enjoyable cookbook illustrated with vintage travel brochures and nostalgic postcards has covered all the territory. Grilling away across the good ol' USA has never tasted so good.



Book about: HACCP Food Safety Manual or Best Couples Shower Party Game Book

Full-Bodied And Peppery: Chronicles Of A Western Colorado Wine Wench

Author: Christine Feller

Life, as seen through the eyes of a western Colorado “wine wench.”

At a crossroads in her life, Gemma finds herself living again with her parents, on their western Colorado ranch. A gypsy by nature, she decides to stay put for a while. In the process, she discovers adventures of the heart, embracing delicious and sometimes painful life lessons.

While setting down roots, Gemma cultivates a crop of incredible women friends who work in Colorado’s wine industry. The men in her life come and go, but her sparkling, imperfect, loyal girlfriends endure. This is everyday life, set amid the orchards and vineyards, ski slopes and desert. Gemma relishes her maturation process, celebrating it with the area’s viniferous libations.

These stand-alone chronicles may be read as short stories or strung together as a progressive tale of one woman’s life in western Colorado. Enjoy a nibble or a feast. But don’t forget to pour yourself a glass of wine!