Pasta Italia or Chocolate Obsession

Pasta Italia: Enjoy 280 Best-loved Recipes from the Kitchens of Italy

Author: Cristina Blasi

If you love pasta in all of its glorious forms-from herb-filled ravioli to baked spinach lasagna to pasta ribbons with seafood to curled noodles with wild mushroom sauce-then Pasta Italia is the cookbook for you!

Packed with more than 250 tantalizing recipes, this mouth-watering collection from the founders of the Cordon Bleu Cooking School of Florence features soups, sauces, fresh pasta, filled pasta, baked pasta, cold pasta salads, and even desserts. These quintessential Mediterranean dishes even have an added health benefit: The Mediterranean diet has long been associated with the lowest rates of chronic disease and the highest life expectancies for adults in the world.

Here is everything you need to create extraordinary dishes, including: Recipes organized by region-from the north to the south of Italy-and ranging from Sugo di Carciofi (Artichoke Pasta Sauce) from Liguria to Pasta e Ceci (Diamond-shaped Pasta with Garbanzo Beans and Rosemary) from Umbria to Ciciones Gnocchetti allo Zafferano (Saffron Gnocchi in Meat Sauce) from Sardinia. Step-by-step illustrated instructions for techniques such as making basic pasta dough, tortellini, and orecchiette. Recipes ranked by level of difficulty, from super-easy to the more challenging, with most at the easier level. More than 200 beautiful photographs that illustrate finished dishes, fresh ingredients, and exquisite Italian vistas.

Whether you crave gnocchi from Piedmont, potato and pasta soup from Tuscany, or cannelloni with fish from Sicily, Pasta Italia helps you serve a delicious cuisine full of fresh flavors and good health.

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Chocolate Obsession: Confections and Treats to Create and Savor

Author: Michael Recchiuti

Known as the "Picasso of chocolatiers," Michael Recchiuti creates confections that are every bit as daring and original as any of his namesake's artworks. But unlike the painter, the chocolate maker has made it possible for even the amateur to achieve his artistry. In Chocolate Obsession Recchiuti, owner of the famed artisanal chocolate company in San Francisco, divulges his professional secrets and techniques, allowing home cooks to reproduce his exquisite confections in their own kitchens.

Opening with a complete discussion of chocolate from bean to bar, the book goes on to offer detailed instructions for dipped chocolates, truffles, and molded chocolates, including Recchiuti's signature ganache flavors: Earl Grey tea, burnt caramel, tarragon with grapefruit. Also featured are recipes for such sinfully delicious treats as Chocolate Shortbread Cookies with Truffle Cream Filling, Double Dark Chocolate Souffles, and Rocky Recchiuti Brownies. With more than 60 recipes in all, this book will satisfy even the most obsessive chocolate lovers among us.

Natural Lunchbox or Barbecue Road Trip

Natural Lunchbox: Vegetarian Meals for School, Work and Home

Author: Judy A Brown

Learn how to prepare quick, satisfying, healthful, midday meals for all those brown baggers in your household--meals that can be taken to work, school, or on a Sunday outing.

Is there really a substitute for luncheon meat in those brown bag sandwiches?

Can the kids go to school with something vegetarian in their lunch boxes and not feel out of place in the cafeteria?

Can I fix a vegetarian lunch without spending hours over a hot stove?

The answer is "Yes" ...naturally.

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Barbecue Road Trip: Recipes, Restaurants, and Pitmasters from America's Great Barbecue Regions

Author: Michael Karl Witzel

With its fervent aficionados, traditions, and wildly varying regional styles—each with its passionate advocates—barbecue is much more than a way of cooking meat: It’s a cultural ritual. A history as entertaining as it is informative, this book is the first to explore American barbecue’s regional roots. Nationally renowned food commentator Mike Witzel takes readers on an eye-opening (and mouth-watering) tour of the histories, techniques, culture, competitions, traditional side dishes, and classic hot spots associated with barbecue’s four major regionally based styles.
 
With hundreds of photographs and illustrations, print ads, signage, and more, this account offers a rich picture of American barbecue in Texas, North Carolina, Memphis, and Kansas City (home to at least 100 barbecue restaurants and the world’s largest annual barbeque contest). Pork or beef, sweet or spicy, marinated or rubbed, basted or slathered in sauce, cooked slowly or seared, over coal or wood chips, here are the styles from which all American barbecue is derived, in all their rich flavor and folklore. For those who wish to do further research, the book provides a listing of top barbecue joints in all 50 states.

Foods of Sicily and Sardinia and the Smaller Islands or Diabetes Menu Cookbook

Foods of Sicily and Sardinia and the Smaller Islands

Author: Giuliano Bugialli

From the author of The Foods of Italy and The Foods of Tuscany comes a gorgeous book on the fantastic food of Italy's islands--Sicily and Sardinia and their small neighbors, Elba, Giglio, Capri and Ischia.

Giuliano Bugialli, one of the world's leading Italian food authorities, has turned his attention to these magical places where the food is varied and unlike what is found in any other Italian region. The choices range from the seafood of the rocky coasts to the rich meats from inland, and the fabulous herbs and vegetables, cheeses, breads and desserts that are everywhere. Geography and history are responsible for such exotic accents as saffron--Sicily's is the finest in the world--and almonds, jasmine and honey.

Here, then, are recipes for lamb cooked with saffron and artichokes, sweet peas with mint, calamari stuffed with pasta, tuna in a vinegar sauce, and gelato scented with jasmine. Bugialli also offers photo essays on Palermo's tumultuous Vucciria, one of the world's outstanding food markets; local festivals; tuna fishing off the coast of Sicily; and the baking of the ancient bread called carta da musica.

The glorious photography was made on location, with ancient ruins, fishing boats, rugged landscapes, cathedrals, village streets and bustling markets providing the settings for the food. The photographer, John Dominis, also collaborated with the author on the hugely successful Foods of Italy, Foods of Tuscany and Bugialli on Pasta.

Publishers Weekly

Charting watery frontiers of authentic Italian cuisine, Bugialli (The Foods of Tuscany) island-hops to observe ancient Roman culinary traditions steeped in encounters with Greek, Phoenician, French, Spanish and other historic trespassers. The galvanic flavors retrieved justify his every stopover. Claiming that Sicily and Sardinia boast Italy's most varied antipasti, Bugialli offers Swordfish or Tuna Marinated in Aromatic Herbs (lemon verbena, mint, basil, parsley, sage, rosemary, oregano and capers) and Grilled Eggplant in Salmoriglio, a sauce of anchovies, garlic, rosemary and sage. Sicilian Pesto fuses tomatoes, almonds, garlic, basil, parsley and mint. On the tiny island of Favignana, he finds Pasta Baked in a Squid. Some dishes specify homemade pasta, which may scare off many home cooks; Polenta with Sausages, Sardinian Style, asks for 55 minutes of pot-stirring, a long stretch even for old polenta hands. But simple recipes, like Fava Bean Soup with spinach and pancetta or prosciutto, are also offered.

Lemon-Flavored Ossobuco with Cannellini Beans from Elba is particularly seductive, as is Chicken with Hot Green Peppers. Expectedly, seafood dishes excel with dishes like Shrimp in Tomato/Caper Sauce and Fresh Tuna in Savory Vinegar Sauce. So too do vegetables (String Beans in Garlic Sauce; Savory Squash Torte). Breads include Sardinia's classic Carta da Musica (Music Paper Bread). Dominis's lush photos portray the islands, their marketplaces and traditions with remarkable immediacy.

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Diabetes Menu Cookbook: Delicious Special-Occasion Recipes for Family and Friends

Author: Barbara Scott Goodman

Discover the secrets to easy diabetes-friendly entertaining!


Now there's no need to worry about what to serve when you host a special get-together or celebration. With The Diabetes Menu Cookbook, you can cook and enjoy festive foods that not only stay within diabetes nutritional health guidelines, but also taste terrific. Whether you have diabetes or cook for someone who does, this book is an essential year-round kitchen companion.

Inside you'll find:

120 great-tasting recipes, including appetizers and drinks, soups, salads, sandwiches, burgers and wraps, main dishes, side dishes, and desserts

Twenty-two "mix and match" menus covering everything from a Thanksgiving feast and a New Year's Day open house to a Mother's Day brunch and a Father's Day barbecue

Information on American Diabetes Association guidelines for nutritional health and helpful specific recommendations based on weight

Health and cooking tips to make your life and your meal preparation easier

Library Journal

Scott-Goodman has written several cookbooks (e.g., The Beach House Cookbook), and Doner, an editor for the magazine Diabetes Focus, has written books on health issues (Hepatitis C Help Book). Together they have crafted this work on diabetic cooking for special occasions that everyone in the family can enjoy. Although there are sample menus (cocktail party, birthday dinner, etc.) included, the majority of recipes are arranged by type (such as side dish, dessert, or main course). The recipes require some familiarity with the kitchen, although the page layout is clean and easy to read. The authors stress the importance of variety in flavors and ingredients, and scattered throughout are tips on eating healthy and incorporating flavors into everyday cooking. An index (unseen by the reviewer) is included as well as nutritional information for diabetics at the end of each recipe. While not essential, this book will be a useful addition to many public libraries. Virginia Wolter, West Toledo Branch Lib. Copyright 2006 Reed Business Information.

Table of Contents:

Foreword.

Celebrate Your Life!

Chapter One: Appetizers.

Chapter Two: Soups.

Chapter Three: Salads.

Chapter Four: Sandwiches, Burgers, & Wraps.

Chapter Five: Main Courses.

Chapter Six: Side Dishes.

Chapter Seven: Desserts & Drinks.

Index.

Food Preference and Taste or Dolcissimo

Food Preference and Taste: Continuity and Change

Author: H Macbeth

Food preferences and tastes are among the fundamentals affecting human existence; the sociocultural, physiological and neurological factors involved have therefore been widely researched and are well documented. However, information and debate on these factors are scattered across the academic literature of different disciplines. In this volume cross-disciplinary perspectives are brought together by an international team of contributors that includes social and biological anthropologists, ethologists and ethnologists, psychologists, neurologists and zoologists in order to provide access to the different specialisms on the topic.

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Dolcissimo: Delicious Sweet Things from Italy

Author: Maxine Clark

Italians have the world's sweetest tooth. No excuse is needed to partake of dolci (sweet things), be they ice cream, a cake, or a confection packed with fruit and nuts. Italy is blessed with a geography and climate that will grow virtually anything. In the north, they love creamy desserts. In central Italy, fruits abound to be made into open tarts and jams. In the south, they could not live a day without a gelato or granita. In Dolcissimo, Maxine Clark brings you easy-to-follow recipes for all the best Italian sweet dishes. Try Fruit Desserts, such as Peaches and Raspberries in Sparkling Wine, and Warm Zabaglione with Pears Poached in Marsala. Or Frozen and Chilled Desserts such as the legendary Monte Bianco, made with chestnuts and cream, Cassata Siciliana, Gelati, and Panna Cotta. Tarts include a crostata with pumpkin marmalade, a torta with fruits of the forest, and a walnut tart. Cookies include Savolardi (Italian ladyfingers for dipping in zabaglione) and Baci di Dama (little chocolate and almond cookies with chocolate cream). Cakes include Torta Caprese (chocolate cake), and Torta di Mele (apple sponge cake). There are also delicious Candies such as Miniature Sicilian Cannoli, and Torrone (a kind of nougat). Dolcissimo is a treat for the tastebuds -- a delicious distillation of the multitude of dolci to be found in Italy!

Table of Contents:

	Dolce, dolci, dolcissimo!	6
	Fruit desserts	8
	Frozen and chilled desserts	14
	Tarts	30
	Cookies	36
	Cakes	44
	Candies	54
	Basic recipes	62
	Index	64

Betty Crockers Complete Pasta Cookbook or Low Carb Green Salads for Lunch and Dinner

Betty Crocker's Complete Pasta Cookbook

Author: Betty Crocker Editors

Pasta is everyone's favorite, whether it's homey Spaghetti and Meatballs, inventive Chorizo Ravioli with Roasted Pepper Cream or elegant Cappellini with Lobster. With Betty Crocker, you can explore pasta in all its delicious forms, enjoying both old favorites and new flavor sensations.

Pasta is truly versatile--it goes way beyond Italian dishes. It's a staple in cuisines around the world, and you'll enjoy cooking such international treats as Beef Goulash, Stir-fried Asian Beef and Noodles, Curried Caribbean Pork Pasta, Szechuan Pork, Thai Chicken with Cellophane Noodles and Greek Pasta Salad.

This really is the complete book for pasta lovers. There's a complete pasta primer that includes a helpful glossary, describing the various types of pasta; identification photographs to help you find the pasta you want when you're shopping and easy directions to make your own pasta if you feel inspired. Throughout the book you'll find lots of great information, including helpful tips on preparing and using pasta, using fresh herbs and other pasta ingredients, how to jazz up purchased spaghetti sauce and breads, recipes for your favorite pasta sauces with less fat and directions for roasting garlic and making your own dried tomatoes!

You'll enjoy recipes for enticing main dishes made with meat, recipes for pasta with poultry or seafood, meatless pasta dishes and sensational salads. There are even pasta appetizers and sweet pasta desserts!

So, put the water on to boil and get ready to enjoy pasta tonight--you can't miss with the more that 185 delectable recipes here!

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Low-Carb Green Salads for Lunch and Dinner

Author: Fuzzy Chef Fuzzy

Low-Carb Green Salads for Lunch & Dinner contains over 140 recipes with superb dressings and vinaigrettes. These dishes target people who specialize in eating healthy food. I've employed updated methods, new techniques, and fresh presentations to create new dishes low in carbohydrates that are fit for any discriminating table. Working aboard the luxury yacht Celtic Pride has given me the opportunity to test out these recipes on celebrity guests such as Arnold Schwarzenegger. Some my audience's favorite dishes are: Pancetta and Watercress Salad with Lemon Champagne Vinaigrette, Grilled Oyster Mushroom and Roast Beef Salad with Parmesan Vinaigrette, Grilled Halibut Salad with Lemon Pistachio Vinaigrette, Spring Mix, Gorgonzola and Chorizo Salad with Citrus Vinaigrette, Rib Eye Steak and Frisee Salad with Pecorino, Ahi Tuna and Mesclun Salad with Pumpkin-Seed Vinaigrette.

Pollo or Santa Fe School of Cooking Cookbook

Pollo (Chicken) (The Williams Sonoma Cookbook Series)

Author: Rick Rodgers

Ensalada de pollo, brochetas de pollo, pie de pollo o risotto de pollo: la gran variedad de posibilidades que esta ave sencilla nos ofrece no tiene comparacion con ningun otro alimento. El pollo puede sobresalir en una cena elegante y proporcionar sobrantes para el otro dia. Se puede usar en un guiso italiano o con salsa barbecue sobre un asador. El pollo puede saltearse para una cena en cuestion de minutos o asarse lentamente para obtener un platillo suculento. El libro "Pollo" de la Coleccion Williams-Sonoma ofrece mas de 40 recetas excepcionales de pollo que le ayudaran a encontrar exactamente la receta que necesita para cada ocasion, desde un a merienda rapida para el verano hasta un guiso sustancioso para una noche fria de invierno. Encontrara platillos de pollo clasicos y familiares asi como un capitulo dedicado a otras aves: pavo, pato, aves de caza y codorniz, para cuando usted se sienta de humor para algo ligeramente diferente. Las sugestivas fotografias a todo color ayudan a decidir facilmente que platillo preparar, ademas de que cada receta va acompanada por una nota lateral con fotografia que hace mencion especial a los ingredientes y tecnicas basicas haciendo del libro de Pollo algo mas que una fina coleccion de recetas. Una seccion de informacion basica y un extenso glosario explican todo lo que debe saber para hacer que su siguiente platillo de pollo sea todo un exito.

Table of Contents:

	Introduccion	6
	Las Clasicas
	El Perfecto Pollo Asado	10
	Pollo a la Cazadora	13
	Pollo Frito con Empanizado a las Hierbas	14
	Sopa de Pasta y Pollo Estilo Casa de Campo	17
	Coq au Vin	18
	Pie de Pollo	21
	Cenas Rapidas
	Pollo Picante con Salsa Frita de Albahaca	24
	Pechugas de Pollo con Jitomate Cereza, Calabacitas y Aceitunas	27
	Pechuga de Pollo con Champinones Salvajes y Vino Marsala	28
	Pollo Crujiente con Salsa Agridulce	31
	Pollo Saltimbocca	32
	Pasta Rustica con Salchicha de Pollo a los Tres Quesos	35
	Cenas con Amigos
	Spanakopita de Pollo y Espinacas	38
	Paella de Pollo y Camarones	41
	Roulades de Pollo y Albahaca con Salsa de Mostaza	42
	Pollo Estilo Tandoori	45
	Spaghetti con Pollo en Salsa Bolonesa	46
	Pollo Asado en Salmuera con Jugo de Vino	49
	Comidas de un Solo Platillo
	Minestrone con Albondigas de Pollo	52
	Chili de Pollo, Garbanzo y Cilantro	55
	Pollo a los Tres Pimientos	56
	Pollo al Curry de Cacahuate	59
	Bouillabaisse de Pollo	60
	Gumbo de Pollo a la Andouille	63
	A la Parrilla
	Pechugas de Pollo con Chile y Salsa de Mango y Menta	66
	Pollo Tailandes con Te Limon, Ajo y Chiles	69
	Brochetas de Pollo con Marinada de Yogurt	70
	Sandwiches Cubanos de Pollo Asado	73
	Pollo a la Barbacoa con Salsa Agridulce	74
	Fajitas de Pollo	77
	Con un Pollo Rostizado
	Ensalada Caliente de Pollo con Couscous	80
	Ensalada de Pollo Picado, Berro y Ricotta Salata	83
	Sandwiches Asados de Pollo, Champinones y Gruyere	84
	Divan de Pollo, Esparragos y Roquefort	87
	Risotto con Pollo, Parmesano y Chicharos	88
	Mas Alla del Pollo
	Pechugas de Pato con Cilantro Acompanadas de Naranjas Glaseadas	92
	Albondigon de Pavo con Salsa de Salvia	95
	Pato Ahumado al Te con Salsa	96
	Codornices con Salsa de Naranja al Zinfandel	99
	Gallinas de Guinea Asadas con Marinada de Mostaza al Limon	100
	Cassoulet Rapida	103
	Asado de Pavo al estilo Londinense con Glaseado de Jengibre a la Soya	104
	Temas Basicos Sobre el Pollo	107
	Glosario	113
	Indice	117

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Santa Fe School of Cooking Cookbook: Spirited Southwestern Recipes

Author: Susan Curtis

Cooking School Expertise, in Your Own Home

The expert chefs at the Santa Fe School of Cooking give you everything you need to create your own Southwestern feasts!

"Susan Curtis's new book on Southwestern cooking catches all the vibrant flavors and earthy aromas of my favorite cuisine. What Susan has done is to magically transport the enchanted foods of the Southwest into your home kitchen."
--Mark Miller, Coyote Cafe

"The Santa Fe School of Cooking Cookbook beautifully captures the spirit, and the flavors, of Santa Fe--a must-have for lovers of Southwestern cuisine." --Dean Fearing, The Mansion on Turtle Creek

"Cooks at all levels will enjoy the Southwest traditions this book offers. The Santa Fe School of Cooking Cookbook helps to keep alive an exciting, authentic regional cuisine." --Robert del Grande, Cafe Annie

Sample the irresistible recipes for Southwestern cuisine:

Grilled shrimp in achiote marinade, blue cornmeal pancakes, piloncillo baked apples with cajeta, berry-pecan flan, roast turkey with mole poblano, southwestern gravlax