Pie Aaaaaggh or Uncle Bubbas Chicken Wing Fling

Pie Aaaaaggh (Squared): Simon Drew on Food and Drink

Author: Simon Drew

- The zany world of Simon Drew, a leading contemporary artist and illustrator. - Will both delight and infuriate! - Follows on from his highly acclaimed 'Spot the Book Title'.

Book about: Organisationstheorie: Moderne, Symbolische und Postmoderne Perspektiven

Uncle Bubba's Chicken Wing Fling

Author: Mitchel Whitington

A few delightful inhabitants of Cut Plug include Aunt Irma, who is the very heart, soul, and conscience of Uncle Bubba; Skeeter, Bubba's ever-present, skinny little friend who would follow him into the fires of hell; and Buck, a big fellow who brings a little sanity to the group. You can't read about Uncle Bubba's exploits without recognizing someone you know and love.

The New Penguin Cookery Book or Le Cordon Bleu 1026 recetas de cocina internacional

The New Penguin Cookery Book

Author: Jill Norman

The authoritative book for those who want to cook and eat real food, The New Penguin Cookery Book is a perfect guide for beginners and an essential reference for the more experienced cook. It explains the basic methods of preparing food and then applies these in recipes of many different origins.

Book about: L'Environnement Juridique Aujourd'hui (avec 2007 le Guide de Recherche En ligne Légal)

Le Cordon Bleu 1,026 recetas de cocina internacional

Author: Le Cordon Bleu

A comprehensive single-volume edition of more than 1,000 recipes and essential cooking advice and tips; it includes triple-tested recipes, details on techniques, guidelines for choosing ingredients, serving, and garnishing dishes. Una obra que reúne una excelente colección de recetas, así como inestimable información sobre los aspectos esenciales del arte de guisar.

Author Biography: Le Cordon Bleu, founded in 1895 in Paris, is the world's most famous culinary academy, teaching professionals and amateur enthusiasts alike.

Persian Cooking for a Healthy Kitchen or How to Get Your Five A Day

Persian Cooking for a Healthy Kitchen

Author: Najmieh Batmanglij

Persian cuisine is healthy yet colorful like a Persian miniature, exotic yet simple like a poem by Omar Khayyam. It combines rice, the jewel and foundation of Persian cooking, with a little meat, fowl or fish; plenty of vegetables, fruit, nuts, herbs, and a delicate mix of spices such as rose petals, angelica seeds, dried limes, candied orange peels, cinnamon, cardamom, cumin and saffron to achieve a balanced diet that is uniquely Persian. After 15 years of adapting authentic Persian recipes for the West, Najmieh Batmanglij presents in Persian Cooking for a Healthy Kitchen, 95 exquisite recipes that are low in fat yet high in flavor. From her years the South of France and the United States, the author has brought about a marriage of ancient Persian cooking, modern French Provencal food presentation, and contemporary American eating styles. The result is a feast for both the eyes and the taste buds. The recipes have been kitchen tested by both American and Persian chefs. They are intelligently written and easy to follow, one per page, each facing a magnificent photograph.

Table of Contents:

Preface 7
Appetizers and Side Dishes 11
Soups and Ashes 27
Vegetables and Eggs 43
Meat, Chicken, and Fish 55
Rice 86
Khoresh 117
Pickles and Relishes 149
Preserves 153
Pastries and Breads 161
Desserts 169
Hot and Cold Drinks 181
How-to 185
Persian Snacks 187
Aquivalent Measures 189
Hot and Cold Foods 190
Persian Kitchen Ingredients 191
Persian Groceries and Restaurants 192
Index 196

Book review: Tequila and Tequila Drinks or Rick Steins Seafood Odyssey

How to Get Your Five-A-Day: Over 50 Delicious Step-by-Step Recipes for Health and Long Life

Author: Maggie Mayhew

This is an exciting and invaluable collection of recipes that aims to help the reader follow that government and expert advice without scrificing variety, flavor or temptation in their routine.

Whats the Beef or Chesapeakes Bounty II

What's the Beef?: The Contested Governance of European Food Safety

Author: Christopher Ansell

A series of food-related crises--most notably mad cow disease in Britain, farmer protests in France against American hormone-treated beef, and the European Union's banning of genetically modified food--has turned the regulation of food safety in Europe into a crucible for issues of institutional trust, legitimacy, and effectiveness. What's the Beef? examines European food safety regulation at the national, European, and international levels as a case of "contested governance"--a syndrome of policymaking and political dispute in which not only policy outcomes but aso the fundamental legitimacy of existing institutional arrangements are challenged.

The discussions of European food safety regulation in What's the Beef? open into consideration of broader issues, including the growing importance of multilevel regulation (and the possibility of disagreements among different levels of authority), the future of European integration, discontent over trade globalization, the politicization of risk assessment and regulatory science, the regulation of biotechnology, the shifting balance between public and private regulation, agricultural protectionism, and the "transatlantic divide." After addressing the historical, social, and economic context of European food safety regulation, the book examines national efforts at food safety reform in France, Britain, and Germany and such regional efforts as the creation of the European Food Authority. The book also looks at the international dimensions of European food safety regulation, discussing the conflicts between EU safety rules and World Trade Organization rulings that occur because EU rules are more riskaverse ("precautionary") than those of its trading partners, including the United States.

Table of Contents:

1	The contested governance of European food safety regulation	3
2	Taste, traditions, and transactions : the public and private regulation of food	35
3	Contentions over food safety : the significance of consumer trust	61
4	Food safety and the structure of the European food industry	81
5	Protesting food : NGOs and political mobilization in Europe	97
6	Is it just about trust? : the partial reform of French food safety regulation	125
7	From precautionary bans to DIY poison tasting : reform of the UK food safety regulation regime	153
8	Governance reform of German food safety regulation : cosmetic or real?	181
9	Regulating food safety risks in the European Union : a comparative perspective	213
10	Food safety and the single European market	237
11	The creation of the European food safety authority	259
12	Protection or protectionism? EU food safety and the WTO	281
13	Compatibility or clash? EU food safety and the WTO	307
14	The asymmetries of governance	329

New interesting textbook: EJB 3 in Action or The Definitive Guide to Django

Chesapeake's Bounty II

Author: Katie Moos

This cookbook with almost recipes, contains history of food from along the Chesapeake Bay, dining and inns, and recipes from the author, her family, and friends.

Focos En El Comedor or 101 Consejos Esenciales Cocinar Con Microondas

Focos en el Comedor

Author: Igone Marrodan

Ante el vivificador efecto de los rayos de sol, їpor qué no convocar a amigos y parientes por celebrar la llegada de la primavera como se merece?

Es un amplio recorrido por el mundo de la cocina: desde los tradicionales cocidos a los platos más actuales. Con un lenguaje sencillo y con una letra clara, las recetas, bien equilibradas, van acompañadas en su mayoría de información útil e interesante acerca del plato y, así, de forma amena, enriquecen la cultura culinaria del lector. Aprovechando en cada época del año los productos que la naturaleza nos ofrece, esta obra destierra para siempre viejas concepciones erróneas: Cocinar no es un sufrimiento, es un placer que todos podemos disfrutar.

Read also Pizzas rapidas y faciles or Planning Meals

101 Consejos Esenciales Cocinar Con Microondas

Author: Sarah Brown

Breve guía de conocimientos prácticos. Facilita toda la información básica en 101 sencillas indicaciones. Totalmente ilustrado.

(An easy guide fully illustrated on microwave cooking in 101 easy lessons.)

Dish or A Taste of Thyme

Dish: Memories, Recipes and Delicious Bites

Author: Marion Kan

She interviewed and became pals with former Mafia cook Joe "Dogs" Iannuzzi while he was in the witness protection plan. She shared an intimate meal with screen legend Sophia Loren at a small restaurant in Toronto's Little Italy. She visited the late Julia Child at her Victorian home in Cambridge, Massachusetts, where the queen of cuisine cooked up a breakfast featuring her famous scrambled eggs.

And now, in Dish, intrepid Canadian food writer Marion Kane has compiled favourite columns about these and other culinary adventures and paired them with her best recipes. Read about Marion's search for Derbyshire's original Bakewell Tart, then follow her perfect version of this controversial sweet. Or dip into her story about Keith Richards and his penchant for Shepherd's Pie, a dish for which she shares a brilliant recipe.

Read also Discovering Food and Nutrition Student Edition or Health Safety and Nutrition for the Young Child

A Taste of Thyme

Author: Margaret Goug

This cookbook is certainly more than a cookbook of long ago recipes. It is filled with humorous stories, mountain cures and kitchen aromas remembered. The author gives you a glimpse of her childhood memories in her Tennessee/Virginia dialect as she would tell it to you sitting in her kitchen. She wants to give you the gift of opening the door to your own happy childhood memories hoping they will bring back the laughter of the child in you stilled and perhaps forgotten. This author will have you reading her book many times over and passing it along for others to enjoy.

Rare Malts or Performance Research

Rare Malts: Facts, Figures and Taste

Author: Ulf Buxrud

Rare Malts portrays all the distilleries involved in the compilation of the Rare Malts Selection series; a selection of outstanding examples of the makes of 36 legendary distilleries. Each portrait contains histories and technical data, some never before published. Includes flavor profiles, tasting notes, and comments. One segment deals with tasting methodology, another gives a deeper insight into whisky nomenclature. The full story of the Rare Malts Selection series is told in detail.

About the Author:
Ulf Buxrud lives in Sweden and leads organized travel excursions to the birthplaces of the great whiskies.

Read also Managing Performance Improvement Projects or E Business and E Commerce for Managers

Performance Research: On Cooking, Vol. 4

Author: Richard Gough

This issue looks at food in performance and food as performance art; the performative in cookery and its staging in the kitchen and at the table. The articles give testament to the theatricality of food and speculate on food as a model for theatre; multi-sensory, processual and communal. Among the articles are Barbara Kirschenblatt-Gimblett's "Alimentary Canal"; Joanne Finkelstein's "Chic Food"; Darra Goldstein on mealtime extravaganzas in 19th century Russia; Jeremy MacClancy's "Futurist Food" and much more.

Thyme or The Family Table

Thyme: The Genus Thymus, Vol. 24

Author: Mark Tewdwr Jones

This comprehensive volume covers all aspects of the biology, cultivation, pharmacology, chemistry and industrial processing of the genus Thymus. It is the most up to date overview of current knowledge in thyme use, and will be an invaluable reference source to those interested in medicinal plants, natural products, pharmacy, pharmacognosy and agronomy.

Individual volumes in the series Medicinal and Aromatic Plants - Industrial Profiles provide both industry and academia with in-depth coverage of the major medicinal and aromatic plants of industrial importance in a genus. Each volume will discuss key topics such as plant sources and their commercial cultivation, chemical constituents, quality assurance, pharmacological properties, toxicology, application and market trends relevant to the genus.

Books about: The Career Mystique or Bearing Witness

The Family Table: Recipes and Strategies for the Challenge

Author: Marie Breton

With more than 70 delicious recipes, this delightful book reflects the award-winning authors' belief in the fun and value of family time around the table at the end of the day.

Publishers Weekly

In this bright, accessible collection, dieticians Breton and Emond (co-authors of Lunch Box: Creative Recipes for Everyday Lunches) offer over 100 recipes designed not only to get kids gathered around the dinner table, but also to get them helping out in meal prep. After a lengthy introduction covering everything from dinner table etiquette to the importance of daily routine to the logistics of cooking with children in the kitchen, Breton and Emond offer up simple recipes for kid favorites like meat loaf, pizza, Tex-Mex Tacos and Chicken Enchiladas, and a fun, quick and customizable baked egg dish called Eggs A La Carte. Most recipes are rounded out with tasks for kids like mixing spice rub for grilled flank steak, or dipping sandwiches in egg wash for Mozzarella Carozza (a meatless cross between a Monte Cristo and a grilled cheese sandwich). Many of the recipes will be familiar to children and their families, though some, such as Apple Veal Cutlets, Tomato Pesto Pork and Steak with Mushroom-Coffee Sauce may require parents to employ their salesmanship skills.
Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

Our Daily Bread or Vegetarian Homestyle Cooking

Our Daily Bread

Author: Carolyn Martin

Bakers from all parts of Cornwall have shared their knowledge of baking to enable the author to compile this collection of recipes for traditional loaves such as kettle, bloomer and saffron bread, which readers can make at home.

Book about: The Mental Health Consequences of Torture or Comfortably Numb

Vegetarian Homestyle Cooking: A Heart-Healthy Guide to Lowfat Eating

Author: Jeanne Tiberio

A collection of 175 easy-to-prepare, culturally-diverse vegetarian recipes that abound with heart-healthy, lowfat and cholesterol-free dishes that nourish the body and soul. The author draws a beautiful connection between diet and health and highlights the relationship between what we eat and how we feel.

Books and My Food or Malt Whisky File

Books and My Food: Literary Quotations and Original Recipes for Every Day in the Year

Author: Elisabeth Luther Cary

Beginning on January 1 with a recipe for traditional English wedding cake referenced to Jane Austen's Emma and continuing through December with a recipe for Christmas pudding attributed to a quote from Charles Dickens, Books and My Food provides readers the occasion to experience the gastronomic delights that inspired novelists, poets, and playwrights. Drawn almost entirely from British sources, the literary catalysts for these recipes include citations from Charlotte Bronte, William Shakespeare, William Makepeace Thackeray, Ben Jonson, George Eliot, Alfred Tennyson, and others. Recipes range across familiar British fare from mutton chops, leg of lamb, and meat pies to tea cakes, custards, puddings, porridge, and crumpets. Equally intriguing are the instructions for more obscure sustenance such as rum omelets, sago-cream pudding. Shrovetide pancakes, furmety, syllabub, dulcet creams, and an adaptation for curds and whey. Finally, for the literary buff whose tastes run bravely to the authentic dinners of old England, there are recipes for tongue and spinach, frog leg patties, fried eels, and stewed snipe.

New interesting book: Social Policy for Children and Families or The President of Good and Evil

Malt Whisky File: The Connoisseur's Guide to Malt Whiskies and Distilleries

Author: John Lamond

A fully revised and expanded edition of the hugely successful book The Malt Whisky File, sales of which are now over 150,000. Organized alphabetically, it is the most comprehensive and user-friendly guide both to the famous and the little-known distilleries of Scotland, Ireland, New Zealand, and Japan, and to their malt whiskies. With over five hundred tasting notes, this is the indispensable reference work for malt whisky lovers around the world and the perfect accompaniment to a wee dram or two.

Marthas Got Nothin on Me or Eureka Cook Book

Martha's Got Nothin' on Me

Author: Dish Flo

Who has time to cook anymore? These days, you're lucky to sit down to eat. While all those books and TV shows on cooking and entertaining are great, the recipes take so long! Do you think that anyone would really notice that you didn't make EVERYTHING from scratch? Dish & Flo have put together some tips learned over the years to save you time. Flo throws a fabulous party and Dish Pre-Fabs it! Mix and match pre-made foods, snazz them up a bit with other flavors, decorate to the hilt, and voila! A party that people talk about for weeks! Quick meals, facials and health tips, decorating ideas, disaster remedies, the art of Pre-Fab, Martha's Got Nothin' On Me is more than just a cookbook; it is a lifestyle guide. In chapters such as Meals You Can Make In Less Time Than It Takes To Do Your Hair, One Dish And You're Done Dinner, How To Stretch Your Meal, and For The Bod, cartoon characters Dish & Flo show how to spend less time in the kitchen and more time on you! They even tell how to get rid of unwanted guests! Contains free Recipe Cards!

Book about: 150 Classic Cocktails or California Cookbook

Eureka Cook Book

Author: Ladies League First Congregational Church Eureka Calif

This 1907 work is a compilation of recipes contributed by the members of The Ladies League of the First Congregational Church in Eureka, California.

Functional Foods or Bluffers Guide to Whisky Revised

Functional Foods: Biochemical and Processing Aspects

Author: G Mazza

This major reference provides a comprehensive treatment of the physiological effects of foods and food components capable of promoting good health and preventing or alleviating diseases. It assembles extensive information on the nature and physiological effects of biologically-active components of major plant foods. Internationally renowned specialists discuss how to manufacture and evaluate food products with health enhancing effects, using both traditional and novel processing methods.

Interesting book: Sabor Color or Alcohol

Bluffer's Guide to Whisky, Revised: The Bluffer's Guide Series

Author: David Milsted

All readers need to know on the subject of whisky to scotch even the most ardent connoisseurs in conversation.

Table of Contents:

(1) The Basics - Varieties;
(2) Blended Whisky - What's in It?, De Luxe or Premium Blends, Super De Luxe Blends, Supermarket Blends, Single Grain Whisky, Miniatures;
(3) Name Your Bluff - Common Names, Silly Names, Phoney Names;
(4) Characteristics;
(5) Malt Whisky - The Bluffing Elements, The Pay-off, Types of Malt, The Ultimate Bluff, Regions;
(6) Whisky Notes - Labels, Mixers, Glasses, 'Scotch': A Warning;
(7) Glossary - The Process,
The Product

Secrets of a New Orleans Chef or New Wok

Secrets of a New Orleans Chef: Recipes from Tom Cowman's Cookbook

Author: Gene Bourg

Culinary delights from the kitchen of a famed Crescent City chef

These are among Tom Cowman's signature dishes: Trout Mousse, Roast Long Island Duck, Liver à l'Orange, Lamb Curry, Barbados Rum Trifle, and, la pièce de résistance, Cowman's Chocolate Cake. The recipes for these and many other delectables are included in this cookbook that divulges a master chef's secrets. Featured here are some two hundred of Tom Cowman's great dishes. Alongside are anecdotes, narratives, and pictures that enhance them. He collected them himself, intending that one day they would showcase his recipes, but his death in July 1994 cut short his intentions, and his nephew has finished the compilation. In 1961 Cowman left a ten-year career in advertising in New York City to open his first restaurant. It was called 234 and was located on East 58th Street. Next, he moved to Gordon's Restaurant in Amagansett on Long Island. But his great reputation was made when he established Tom Cowman's Restaurant in the Maidstone Arms, a resort hotel in East Hampton. The food there achieved three stars (out of a possible four) from Craig Claiborne, the food critic of the New York Times. In the 1970s Cowman moved to the kitchen of Restaurant Jonathan on the edge of the French Quarter in New Orleans. Next, at his pinnacle, he was chef at Upperline in the uptown district. He became so celebrated in New Orleans that it is a natural pleasure for his many friends to share their favorite stories about him and his famous kitchen. For him, cooking was a form of theatre. "Cooking," he said, "brings the kind of instant gratification you don't get out of anything but acting." Tom Cowman had a passion forgood food. Every savory recipe in this book attests to his gustatory passion. It not only manifests this particular chef's brio but also serves as an enticement that the culinary delights be shared and passed along. When most good cooks die, so too does their special cuisine. Not Tom Cowman's! Every recipe here commemorates the great chef that created it, and every succulent morsel, when eaten, will be relished in his name.

7 x 8 in., 250 pages, 65 line illustrations, index

Book review: La Dolce Vita or Lights Out

New Wok: Simple Stylish Food for the Modern Cook

Author: Sunil Vijayakar

A contemporary, stylish approach to wok cooking.

Table of Contents:

	Introduction	6
	From old wok to new wok	6
	Classic cooking techniques	8
	Glossary of ingredients	12
	Basic recipes	18
	Small and bitesize	20
	Quick and fresh	42
	Simmered and saucy	66
	Hot and steamy	88
	Crisp and golden	112
	Sweet and sumptuous	136
	Index	158

Sterling Service or Chinese Home Cooking for Health

Sterling Service

Author: Dothan Service Leagu

This unique cookbook pays homage to the elegant entertaining of the past that always started with sterling service. Eight silver patterns are highlighted, alongside interesting histories and methods for the care of sterling silver and fine linens.

New interesting book: Contabilidade Administrativa:Instrumentos de Criação de Decisão de Negócios

Chinese Home Cooking for Health

Author: Lee Hwa Lin

Each recipe in Chinese Home Cooking for Health offers beautifully presented tasty treats together with the health benefits derived from each dish. For example, "Alfalfa Rolls" have been known to reduce cholesterol, blood pressure and improve digestion., while "Sing Qua & Scallops" has improved one's skin condition. Recipes covering Seafood, Chicken, Pork, Beef, Lamb, Vegetables and a whole chapter devoted to organic farming and food preparation, offer a veritable cornucopia of tastes and flavors to enjoy on the way to improving one's health.

The Kitchenary Dictionary and Philosophy of Italian Cooking or Mi Cocina Italiana

The Kitchenary Dictionary and Philosophy of Italian Cooking: IL Cucinario Dizionario e Filosofia Della Cucina Italiana

Author: Brook Nestor

The Kitchenary is a unique combination of Italian cooking terms and attitudes regarding cuisine presented in Italian and English. University Italian instructor Brook Nestor brings 18 years of insight to the impassioned cook, traveler and language buff. Discover little-known facts about staples in the Italian diet: was pasta imported from China? Learn language subtleties like the difference between salami and salumi or tavola and tavolo. Want to be a welcome guest? Find out how to eat, speak and act at an Italian table.

Italians have a great sense of pride regarding their culinary history, particularly for their regional dishes. However, their traditions are being threatened by modern industry and the encroachment of corporate interests in th

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Mi Cocina Italiana

Author: Donato De Santis

Donato De Santis entiende a la cocina italiana como un arriesgado matrimonio entre la locura y la pasion: "Es como salir al escenario sin haber leido la pieza dramatica: resulta casi imposible encasillarla en medidas, porciones y explicaciones rigidas. Cada plato es tan irrepetible como una relacion de amor." Pero luego de haber cocinado, viajado, observado y dictado clases acerca de su propia version de la cocina de su paese, este cocinero excepcional se atreve a proponer una serie de recetas, que ordeno en torno a sus ingredientes favoritos. A traves de ellas, Donato nos ensena a cocinar con lo que nos gusta y con lo que se consigue en el mercado. Sumandole a todo, claro esta, una buena dosis de imaginacion, pasion y locura. Este libro se convierte, asi, en un reencuentro delicioso con los sabores y los perfumes de la mas destacada de las cocinas mediterraneas.

Table of Contents:

	Introduccion
	Mi cocina italiana	10
	Escuelas y maestros	12
	Fatto in Argentina	16
	Receta basica para hacer pasta	17
	Productos y utensilios de mi cocina italiana	18
	Aji picante (peperoncino)
	Salcicce piccanti	22
	Peperoncini sott'olio	24
	Ajies verdes picantes al escabeche	26
	Pasta alla carrettiera	28
	Albahaca (basilico)
	Licor de albahaca	32
	Pesto	34
	Aceite de albahaca y mejorana	36
	Suprema de pollo rellena de albahaca, pasas de uvas y nueces	38
	Arroz (riso)
	Risotto crocante	42
	Cazuela de arroz y mejillones	44
	Helado de arroz	46
	Berenjenas (melanzane)
	Pesto siciliano	50
	Ensalada de berenjenas	52
	Bunuelos de berenjenas	54
	Berenjenas rellenas	56
	Cebolla (cipolla)
	Cansonsei de cebollas y papas	60
	Lomo con cebolla fondente al vino marsala	62
	Crepes de manzanas y cebollas con aceto balsamico	64
	Chocolate (cioccolato)
	Masa para pasta al chocolate	68
	Semifreddo de chocolate	70
	Tarta de chocolate y almendras	72
	Trufas negras de chocolate	74
	Espinaca (spinaci)
	Malfatti de espinacas y ricotta	78
	Anolotis de espinacas	80
	Macarrones de espinacas a la guitarra con salchicha	82
	Hongos (funghi)
	Ensalada tibia de hongos portobello y calamares	86
	Picada de hongos	88
	Risotto con hongos frescos	90
	Huevos (uova)
	Licor de huevo	94
	Sabayon	96
	Semifreddo napolitano a la frutilla	98
	Limones (limoni)
	Licor de limon	102
	Tallarines al limon	104
	Mermelada de limones	106
	Muzzarella (mozzarella)
	Timbal de mozzarella	110
	Sandwiches de mozzarella y berenjenas	112
	Pizza fresca	114
	Torta rustica	116
	Tomate (pomodoro)
	Fettuccine con salsa de tomate asado y tomillo	120
	Cazuelitas de almejas y tomate	122
	Conejo a la cacciatora	124
	Mermelada de tomate	126

Food and Cooking of Vietnam and Cambodia or Olive Oil

Food and Cooking of Vietnam and Cambodia

Author: Ghillie Basan

Discover the deliciously fragrant cuisines of Indo-China, with over 150 step-by-step authentic recipes.

See also: Somersize Desserts or Soups

Olive Oil: The Essence Of The Mediterranean

Author: Beverley Jollands

20 fabulous recipes for drenching, drizzling, dressing and dippng with the essential ingredients of the Mediterranean.

A Taste of Heave and Earth or Herbalist in the Kitchen

A Taste of Heave and Earth

Author: Bettina Vitell

For Bettina Vitell the simple art of cooking holds the seeds to a deeper, more life-enriching experience. It is a way to become more aware of ourselves and the world around us, to think clearly and to delight in even the most basic daily activities of our lives.

The dishes in A Taste of Heaven and Earth reflect this Zen philosophy. Bettina Vitell's uncomplicated recipes produce sophisticated, creative meals without ever losing site of her goal of preparing low-dairy vegetarian food. Tastes from both East and West merge with delicious results: here kale and tofu adorn pizza, and udon noodles are dressed with pesto. There are recipes for soup stock and tomato sauce, as well as cashew ginger sauce and apricot lime chutney. The homey breakfast and dessert sections provide recipes for muffins and crisps; and sections on pizza, sushi, curries, and Mexican-inspired foods expand the traditional range of vegetarian cooking.

A Taste of Heaven and Earth explores beyond the reaches of traditional cook-books by offering contemplative essays and ink drawings that heighten the cook's sensory experience in the kitchen. They provide questions and stories that help readers realize the simplicity and beauty inherent in preparing and eating good food.

What People Are Saying

Thomas Moore
"A Taste of Heaven and Earth has the right proportions of heaven and earth. It doesn't gag our throats with philosophy, but rather seasons our cooking and eating with small morsels of reflection. It's a wonderful book to read, taste... and keep forever. It knows that cooking with care is more important than just about anything, and that food is a sacred path to soul."

Jeanne Lemlin
"Bettina Vitell has successfully wedded her lively palate with a purposeful sense of simplicity in the kitchen to create delicious, healthful, and unpretentious recipes. That they are vegetarian is incidental; this food will excite any lover who values fresh imaginative cooking."

Read also Cooking the French Way or Cooking the Mexican Way

Herbalist in the Kitchen

Author: Gary Allen

The foodie's ultimate herbal encyclopedia



Created as the ideal reference for anyone with a serious interest in cooking with herbs, spices, or related plant materials, The Herbalist in the Kitchen is truly encyclopedic in scope. It provides complete information about the uses, botany, toxicity, and flavor chemistry of herbs, as well as a listing for nearly every name that an ingredient is known by around the world.



Even including herbs and spices not yet seen in the United States (but likely to be featured in recipes for adventurous cooks soon), The Herbalist in the Kitchen is organized into one hundred and four sections, each consisting of a single botanical family. The book provides all available information about the chemical compounds responsible for a plant's characteristic taste and scent, which allows cooks to consider new subtleties and potential alternatives. For instance, the primary flavoring ingredient of cloves is eugenol; when a cook knows that bay leaves also contain eugenol, a range of exciting substitutions becomes clear. The Herbalist in the Kitchen also provides guidance about measuring herbs, enabling readers to understand the dated measuring standards from antique cookbooks.



A volume in The Food Series, edited by Andrew W. Smith

Table of Contents:

List of Illustrations     xi
Acknowledgments     xiii
Introduction     1
Agavaceae     11
Agave
Tuberose
Aizoaceae     13
Khadia
Alliaceae (Amaryllidaceae)     13
Chive
Garlic
Ramps
Society Garlic
Amaranthaceae     21
Amaranth
Polpala
Anacardiaceae     23
Ethiopian Pepper
Mango
Maprong
Pink Peppercorn
Staghorn Sumac
Annonaceae     30
African Nutmeg
Ear Flower
Ylang-Ylang
Apiaceae (formerly Umbelliferae)     32
Ajowan
Alexanders
Angelica
Anise
Asafoetida
Caraway
Carrot
Celery
Chervil
Cilantro
Corkwing
Culantro
Cumin
Dill
Fennel
Fo Ti Tieng
Imperatoria
Imperial
Masterwort
Korean
Watercress
Lovage
Parsley
Pimpinella
Samphire
Sea Holly
Skirret
Spignel
Sweet
Cicely
Trefoil
Yampah
Apocynaceae     71
Arabian Num-num
Frangipani
Quebracho
Aquifoliaceae     73
Mate
Araceae     75
Arum Root
Calamus
Calaloo
Tannia
Araliaceae     78
Acanthopanax
Aralia
Ginseng
Prickly Ash
Aristlochiaceae     81
Colcameca Vine
Wild Ginger
Asclepiadaceae     83
Condurango
Mondia
Asteraceae (formerly Compositae)     84
Ambrosia
Arnica
Bitter
Leaf
Blessed Thistle
Calendula
Carolina Vanilla
Chamomile
Coltsfoot
Common Dandelion
Common Sow Thistle
Costmary
Curry Plant
Davana
Deer Tongue
Echinacea
Elecampane
Feverfew
Fleabane
French Scorzonera
Guascas
Gynura
Iva
Mary Thistle
Mexican Mint Marigold
Mugwort
Ox-tongue
Papalo
Pellitory of Spain
Stevia
Tansy
Tarragon
Toothache Plant
Wild Chicory
Yarrow
Yerba de Conejo
Berberidaceae     114
Barberry
Bignoniaceae     115
Guajes Hauxya
Pau D'Arco
Bixaceae     116
Annatto
Bombacaceae     119
Baobab
Boraginaceae     119
Alkanet
Borage
Comfrey
Lungwort
Brassicaceae (formerly Cruciferae)     123
Candytuft
Cress
Curly Sea Kale
Garlic Mustard
Hairy Bitter Cress
Horseradish
Lady's Smock
Mustard
Pepperroot
Radish
Rocket
Shepherd's Purse
Sweet Rocket
Watercress
Burseraceae (formerly Simaroubaceae)     139
Elemi
Frankincense
Myrrh
Quassia
Calycanthaceae     143
Sweet Shrub
Campanulaceae     144
Rampion
Cannabaceae     145
Hop
Marijuana
Cappardaceae (formerly Capparaceae)     147
Capers
Caprifoliaceae     148
European Elderberry
Honeysuckle
Caryophyllaceae     152
Algerian Tea
Carnation
Celastraceae      153
Khat
Chenopodiaceae     154
Epazote
Cistaceae     157
Cistus
Convolulaceae     158
Water Spinach
Crassulaceae     159
Hens and Chickens
Stonecrop
Cupressaceae     160
Juniper Berry
Cyperaceae     163
Earth Almond
Ericaceae     165
Heather
Labrador Tea
Pipsissewa
Wild Rosemary
Wintergreen
Euphorbiaceae     169
Candlenut
Cascarilla
Chaya
Gentianaceae (formerly Menyanthanaceae)     171
Buckbean
Calumba
Centaury
Chiretta Root
Gentian
Geraniaceae     175
Rose Geranium
Zdravets
Guttiferae (Clusicaceae)     177
Asam Gelugor
Kokum
St. John's Wort
Hydrophyllaceae     179
Yerba Santa
Illiciaceae     180
Star Anise
Irideaceae     182
Orris
Saffron
Lamiaceae (formerly Labiatae)     185
Alpine Basil Thyme
Anise
Hyssop
Balm
Basil
Bee Balm
Betony
Bugle
Calamint
Catnip
Cuban Oregano
Cumberland Rosemary
Dittany
Dittany of Crete
Germander
Ground Ivy
Horehound
Hyssop
Konivari
Lavender
Marjoram
Mint
Moldavian Balm
Motherwort
Native Mint
Oregano
Patchouly
Perilla
Rosemary
Rosemary Mint
Sage
Skullcap
Summer Savory
Thryba
Thyme
White Dead Nettle
Winter Savory
Yerba Buena
Za'atar
Za'atar Farsi
Za'atar Hommar
Lauraceae (sometimes listed as Myrtaceae)     238
Allspice
Avocado
Bay Leaf
Bois de Rose
California Laurel
Cassia
Cinnamon
File
Spice Bush
Leguminosae (sometimes listed as Fabaceae)     251
Abrus
Acacia
Astragalus
Broom
Chepil
Clover
False Acacia
Fenugreek
Goat's Rue
Licorice
Melilot
Mesquite
Parkia
Rooibos
Tamarind
Tolu
Tonka Bean
Liliaceae     269
Aloe
Butcher's Broom
Checkered Lily
Golden Needles
Sarsaparilla
Tassel Hyacinth
Yucca
Magnoliaceae     274
Champaca
Native Pepper
Sweet Bay
Winter's Bark
Malvaceae     277
Alaches
Hollyhock
Marsh Mallow
Musk Mallow
Musk Seed
Rose Mallow
Roselle
Meliaceae     283
Juran
Margosa
Monimiaceae     284
Boldo
Peruvian Nutmeg
Plume Nutmeg
Moringaceae     285
Moringa
Myricaceae     286
Sweet Gale
Myristicaceae     287
Nutmeg
Myrsinaceae     290
Areuj Kathembang
Myrtaceae     291
Aniseed Myrtle
Cajeput
Cloves
Eucalyptus
Lemon Myrtle
Myrtle
Niaouli Leaf
Naiadaceae     300
Cape Pondweed
Nyctaginaceae     301
Four O'Clocks
Nympheaceae     301
Lotus Lily
Oleaceae     303
Ash
Common Lilac
Fragrant Olive
Jasmine
Orchidaceae     306
Vanilla
Oxalidaceae     308
Cucumber Tree
Wood Sorrel
Paeonaceae     310
Peony
Palmae     311
Coconut
Date Palm
Pandanceae     313
Pandang
Papaveraceae     315
Poppy
Passifloraceae     317
Passionfruit
Pedaliaceae     318
Sesame
Pinaceae     320
Balsam Fir
Pine
Silver Fir
Piperaceae (sometimes listed as Peperomiaceae)     323
Culantro de Montana
Pepper
Plantaginaceae     332
Common Plantain
Poaceae (formerly Gramineae)     333
Buffalo Grass
Dog Grass
Lemongrass
Sugarcane
Vetiver
Polygalaceae     338
Rhatany Root
Polygonaceae     339
Bistort
Daun Kesom
Sorrel
Polypodiaceae     345
Bracken
Maidenhair Fern
Pontederiaceae     347
Water Hyacinth
Portulacaceae     348
Anacampseros
Purslane
Primulaceae     349
Primrose
Punicaceae     350
Pomegranate
Ranunculaceae     351
American Cowslip
Nigella
Wild Clematis
Resedaceae     355
Mignonette
Rhamnaceae     356
Cascara Sagrada
Maubi
New Jersey Tea
Rosaceae      358
Agrimony
Berries
Burnet
European Mountain Ash
Herb Bennet
Lady's Mantle
Meadowsweet
Rose
Sloe
Tejocote
Wild Strawberry
Rubiaceae     369
Cinchona
Coffee
Gardenia
Kasembukan
Woodruff
Rutaceae     374
Angostura
Bitter Orange
Boronia
Buchu Leaves
Citron
Citrus Leaves
Curry Leaves
False Dittany
Jambol
Lemon
Lemon Aspen
Rue
Szechuan Pepper
Santalaceae     391
Sandalwood
Sapindaceae     392
Akee
Balloon Vine
Guarana
Sapotaceae     394
Argan
Elengi
Saururaceae     396
Rau Diep Ca
Schisandraceae     397
Schisandra
Scrophulariaceae     397
Eyebright
Indian Paintbrush
Mullein
Rice Paddy Herb
Veronica
Water Hyssop
Solanaceae     401
Belladonna
Boxthorn
Chile Pepper
Henbane
Sterculianceae     410
Cacao
Kola Nut
Taxaceae     413
California Nutmeg
Theaceae     413
Tea
Tilia
Tiliaceae     416
Linden
Mulukhiyya
Tropaeolaceae     417
Nasturtium
Turneraceae     419
Damiana
Urticaceae     420
Nettle
Valerianaceae     421
Corn Salad
Valerian
Verbenaceae     423
Lemon Verbena
Monk's Pepper
Verbena
Violaceae      427
Sweet Violet
Vitaceae     428
Grapes
Zingiberaceae     429
Cardamom
Chinese Key
Costus
Galingal
Ginger
Lesser Galingal
Melegueta Pepper
Turmeric
Zedoary
Zygophyllaceae     446
Guaiac Wood
Fungi and Lichens     447
Angola Weed
Cordyceps
Glossary     449
Sources     465
Bibliography     471
Index     477