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Vanilla: The Cultural History of the World's Most Popular Flavor and Fragrance

by Patricia Rain

An expedition through the world of vanilla, from the very birth of the bean as a food to the current agricultural practices

Walking Magazine's The Complete Guide To Walking For Health, Weight Loss, And Fitness

by Mark Fenton

Much more than a "how-to" exercise book, the complete guide to walking is an interactive handbook that can make the difference for millions of Americans who struggle with weight loss, health and dietary concerns, stress, and chronic fatigue. Here, Mark Fenton, the nation's foremost expert on walking, offers dozens of realistic solutions to help readers overcome their individual barriers to regular daily activity. As editor at Walking magazine and coach of beginners and world-class athletes alike, Fenton promises to transform readers of all ages from couch potato to athlete in less than one year with this responsible, motivational, and enjoyable prescription to a healthier life.

Chocolate Wars: The 150-Year Rivalry Between the World's Greatest Chocolate Makers

by Deborah Cadbury

The delicious history of rival chocolate companies and their fascinating dynasties?the Lindts, Frys, Hersheys, Mars, and Nestl(r)s? told by a descendant of the Cadbury family

Staying Healthy with Nutrition (21st-Century Edition)

by Elson M. Haas Buck Levin

The 21st-century edition of this groundbreaking work by Dr. Elson Haas with Dr. Buck Levin presents the most current health and nutrition information available in an easy-to-use format with a friendly, engaging tone. Decades of practical experience and scientific research are compiled into one encyclopedic volume that features newly expanded chapters on special supplements, life stage programs, and breakthrough medical treatment protocols for conditions including fatigue, viral illnesses, weight management, and mental and mood disorders such as anxiety, ADHD, and depression. PART ONE gives a detailed analysis of The Building Blocks of nutrition: water, carbohydrates, proteins, fats and oils, vitamins, minerals, and other nutrients. PART TWO evaluates Foods and Diets, discussing every food group and most diets around the world. A special chapter on the environment and nutrition raises awareness and offers guidance about food additives, industrial chemicals, food irradiation, electropollution, and other health and ecological issues. PART THREE brings all of this nutritional information together, showing readers how to make wise and commonsense choices while Building a Healthy Diet. A personalized eating plan for the year, The Ideal Diet is both seasonally and naturally based, and a healthy lifelong diet. PART FOUR contains specific nutritional and lifestyle therapies for enhancing all stages of life and suggests treatments for common conditions and diseases such as aging, menopause, bone loss, weight loss, and cancer by focusing on Nutritional Applications: 32 Special Diet and Supplement Programs. Anyone interested in enhancing wellness, eating right, treating illness naturally, and living in harmony with nature will find Staying Healthy with Nutrition to be the ultimate handbook for optimal health and vitality. "For more than thirty years my colleague Dr. Elson Haas has contributed to the field of nutritional education to the benefit of both the public and health practitioners. This new edition of his classic guide is user friendly and filled with current scientific studies, making it possible for everyone to be up to date in this most important are of knowledge about health. In my opinion, Staying Healthy with Nutrition is an excellent guide for those wishing to make smarter dietary choices." -Andrew Weil, MD, author of 8 Weeks to Optimum Health and Healthy Aging. "The comprehensiveness of Dr. Haas's Staying Healthy with Nutrition makes it a great desk reference for physicians and other healthcare practitioners or professionals. The more controversial topics are handled with considerable fairness and insight." -T. Colin Campbell, PhD, Professor Emeritus of Nutritional Biochemistry at Cornell University, and author of The China Study.

Super Natural Cooking: Five Delicious Ways To Incorporate Whole And Natural Foods Into Your Cooking

by Heidi Swanson

Everyone knows that whole foods are much healthier than refined ingredients, but few know how to cook with them in uncomplicated, delicious ways. Using a palette of natural ingredients now widely available in supermarkets, SUPER NATURAL COOKING offers globally inspired, nutritionally packed cuisine that is both gratifying and flavorful. With her weeknight-friendly dishes, real-foodie Heidi Swanson teaches home cooks how to become confident in a whole-foods kitchen by experimenting with alternative flours, fats, grains, sweeteners, and more. Including innovative twists on familiar dishes from polenta to chocolate chip cookies, SUPER NATURAL COOKING is the new wholesome way to eat, using real-world ingredients to get out-of-this-world results. An inspiringly stylish introduction to nutritional superfoods, with an emphasis on whole grains, natural sweeteners, healthy oils, and colorful phytonutrient-packed ingredients. Features 80 recipes, a comprehensive pantry chapter, and 100 stunning full-color photos. Shows how to build a whole-foods pantry with nutrition-rich ingredients like almond oil, pomegranate molasses, and mesquite flour--each explained in detail. Winner of the 2005 Webby Award for best personal website, Heidi Swanson's recipe blog (www. 101cookbooks. com) attracts close to 500,000 page views a month, making it one of the most widely read recipe journals online. ReviewsJames Beard Foundation 2008 Cookbook Awards: Finalist in the Healthy Focus categoryOne of the Top 10 Culinary Books of 2007-Martha Stewart Living Sirius Radio, "EatDrink with Lucinda Scala Quinn""In Super Natural Cooking, Swanson not only goes a long way toward helping 'whole' foods shed their stale, hippie stigma but also makes a strong case for putting natural foods at the center of an emerging, modern, global cuisine. Her seductive recipes, like lime-bathed peanut salad and an updated (almost guilt-free) take on the classic Girl Scout Thin Mint cookie, reach out to cooks who want to eat smart but still do it in style. "-Salon. com "[Super Natural Cooking] isn't just any other cookbook; it's meant to inspire and educate, utilizing natural and native ingredients and worldly flavors . . . A great addition to your culinary library as you expand your definition of healthy cooking. "-Healing Lifestyles & Spas "A good, solid guide to natural foods, ingredients, and how to use them without the stigma of this food being only boring, bland steamed vegetables and tofu. You'll like her style and simple recipes along with some beautiful photos. Simplicity and ease are great assets of this book. "-South Florida Sun-Sentinel "Looking for new ways to eat more naturally and healthfully? Super Natural Cooking is full of good ways to expand your use of whole and natural ingredients. "-Cincinnati Enquirer "Super Natural Cooking provides not just recipes and advice, but a new perspective on food and how to eat what you should. "-Baltimore Sun "At last a cookbook is coming that makes natural food appear glamorous and desirable. "-UPI (United Press International) Eat to Live column"[T]he book's layout is urbane, the photos lush, the recipes modern and sophisticated. The teff-and-tofu crowd, it seems, has gone high-gloss. "-Houston Chronicle

The 9-Day Liver Detox Diet: The Definitive Diet that Delivers Results

by Patrick Holford Fiona Mcdonald Joyce

Cleanse Your Liver without Fasting A healthy liver keeps your bloodstream and other organs clean. But when it's overloaded with toxins from alcohol, caffeine, pesticides, pollution, and artificial sweeteners, the liver can't function properly. In the9-Day Liver Detox Diet, nutrition and alternative treatments expert Patrick Holford guides you through his swift, easy-to-implement program for cleansing the liver and improving body function without feeling deprived. What will a 9-day liver cleanse do for you? bull; Boost energy levels bull; Improve digestion bull; Support healthy skin bull; Counteract effects of stress Holford's safe and effective plan centers on eating foods-such as fish, nuts and seeds, cruciferous vegetables, leafy greens, and more-that superboost your liver's ability to detoxify. Featuring more than 30 tasty liver-supporting recipes formulated by a nutrition specialist plus friendly real-world examples, like the woman who detoxed to get rid of acne in time for her wedding day, this targeted regimen will bring health and balance to your body without fasting and without disrupting your normal routine.

The PCOS Diet Plan: A Natural Approach to Health for Women with Polycystic Ovary Syndrome

by Hillary Wright

Polycystic Ovary Syndrome is the most common hormonal disorder among women of reproductive age, and if left unchecked, is linked to serious health issues like infertility, type 2 diabetes, heart disease, and endometrial cancer. In this groundbreaking book, registered dietitian Hillary Wright explains this increasingly diagnosed disorder and introduces the holistic symptom-management program she developed by working with hundreds of patients. With Wright's proven diet and lifestyle-based program, you can influence your reproductive hormones and take charge of your health. Featuring a carbohydrate distribution approach at its core, The PCOS Diet Plan also zeroes in on exactly what exercise, supplements, and self-care choices you can make to feel better every day. With information on how to develop healthy meal plans, choose a sustainable exercise routine, relieve stress, address fertility issues, and find emotional support, this accessible, all-in-one guide will be your trusted companion to a better life.

The Gluten-Free Asian Kitchen: Recipes for Noodles, Dumplings, Sauces, and More [A Cookbook]

by Laura B. Russell

For the estimated three million Americans suffering from Celiac disease, wheat allergies, and severe gluten sensitivities, Asian food is usually off-limits because its signature ingredients--noodles, soy sauce, and oyster sauce--typically contain wheat. In the Gluten-Free Asian Kitchen, food writer Laura B. Russell shows home cooks how to convert the vibrant cuisines of China, Japan, Korea, Thailand, and Vietnam into gluten-free favorites. Authentically flavored dishes such as Crispy Spring Rolls, Gingery Pork Pot Stickers, Korean Green Onion Pancakes, Soba Noodles with Stir-Fried Shiitake Mushrooms, Salt and Pepper Squid, and Pork Tonkatsu will be delicious additions to any gluten-free repertoire. Along with sharing approachable and delicious recipes, Russell demystifies Asian ingredients and helps readers navigate the grocery store. Beautifully photographed and designed for easy weeknight eating, this unique cookbook's wide range of dishes from a variety of Asian cuisines will appeal to the discriminating tastes of today's gluten-free cooks.From the Trade Paperback edition.

Gluten-Free Cupcakes: 50 Irresistible Recipes Made with Almond and Coconut Flour [A Baking Book]

by Elana Amsterdam

Cupcakes are the world's most adorable pastry--but until now, people with gluten sensitivities struggling to find sweetness on a gluten-free diet haven't had a cupcake cookbook to call their own. Enter gluten-free guru Elana Amsterdam, who has re-engineered the favored treat for today's dietary needs. Her colorful collection showcases classics like Red Velvet Cupcakes and Vanilla Cupcakes and features creative concoctions like Ice Cream Cone Cupcakes and Cream-Filled Chocolate Cupcakes. These simple-to-make--and simply delicious--cupcakes rely on coconut and almond flours rather than the sometimes difficult-to-source gluten alternatives. Some of the recipes are even vegan and dairy-free, and none use refined sugar. With fifty cupcake recipes plus a variety of frostings to mix and match, Gluten-Free Cupcakes offers delightful cupcake alternatives--as tasty as their traditional counterparts--to anyone in need of a little cupcake fix.From the Trade Paperback edition.

The Raw Truth, 2nd Edition

by Jeremy A. Safron

Whether you're just discovering raw foods or already well-versed in kimchee and wheatgrass, this revised edition of The Raw Truth combines a wealth of raw foods know-how with a diverse array of delicious recipes. This essential reference offers an extensive primer on the benefits of raw foods, the four living food groups (fresh, sprouted, cultured, and dehydrated), specialty ingredients, and helpful kitchen tools. Raw foods pioneer Jeremy A. Safron explains in simple terms how life promotes life with a raw diet. When vital enzymes essential to digestion have not been destroyed by heat or processing, the uncooked foods provide our bodies with energy and nutrition quickly and efficiently. This leads to enhanced vitality, increased detoxification, and improved well-being. But these foods don't merely offer health-giving properties--they also form the basis of recipes that are easy to make and packed with flavor. Safron shares his take on simple smoothies and drinks like Thin Mint and Mellow Melon, quick soups like Tom Yum and Cucumber-Dill, hearty entrées like Falafel, Lasagna, and Thai Curry, and rich desserts like Coconut Custard and Carob-Hazelnut Torte. Many of these recipes are customer favorites from Safron's Raw Experience restaurants, which were renowned for their creative menus and valued as education centers for the global raw movement. With nearly 200 recipes and information on transitioning to a raw foods diet, The Raw Truth is a comprehensive guide to a vibrant, healthy, and sustainable lifestyle.From the Trade Paperback edition.

Super Natural Cooking: Five Delicious Ways to Incorporate Whole and Natural Foods into Your Cooking

by Heidi Swanson

Everyone knows that whole foods are much healthier than refined ingredients, but few know how to cook with them in uncomplicated, delicious ways. Using a palette of natural ingredients now widely available in supermarkets, Super Natural Cooking offers globally inspired, nutritionally packed cuisine that is both gratifying and flavorful. With her weeknight-friendly dishes, real-foodie Heidi Swanson teaches home cooks how to become confident in a whole-foods kitchen by experimenting with alternative flours, fats, grains, sweeteners, and more. Including innovative twists on familiar dishes from polenta to chocolate chip cookies, Super Natural Cooking is the new wholesome way to eat, using real-world ingredients to get out-of-this-world results.An inspiringly stylish introduction to nutritional superfoods, with an emphasis on whole grains, natural sweeteners, healthy oils, and colorful phytonutrient-packed ingredients.Features 80 recipes, a comprehensive pantry chapter, and 100 stunning full-color photos.Shows how to build a whole-foods pantry with nutrition-rich ingredients like almond oil, pomegranate molasses, and mesquite flour--each explained in detail.Winner of the 2005 Webby Award for best personal website, Heidi Swanson's recipe blog (www.101cookbooks.com) attracts close to 500,000 page views a month, making it one of the most widely read recipe journals online.

Allergen-Free Baker's Handbook: 100 Vegan Recipes [A Baking Book]

by Cybele Pascal

Free to Eat Sweets!The number of people with food allergies is skyrocketing, leaving puzzled cooks and anxious parents eager to find recipes for "normal" foods that are both safe and delicious. The Allergen-Free Baker's Handbook features 100 tried-and-true recipes that are completely free of all ingredients responsible for 90 percent of food allergies, sparing bakers the all-too-common frustration of having to make unsatisfactory substitutions or rework recipes entirely. To make things even easier, energized and empathetic mom Cybele Pascal demystifies alternative foodstuffs and offers an insider's advice about choosing safe products and sources for buying them. As the head baker for a food-allergic family, food writer Pascal shares her most in-demand treats and how to make them work without allergenic ingredients. Her collection includes a delightfully familiar array of sweets and savory goodies that are no longer off-limits, from Glazed Vanilla Scones, Cinnamon Rolls, and Lemon-Lime Squares to Chocolate Fudge Brownies, Red Velvet Cake, and every kid's favorite: Pizza. In addition to being a lifeline for people with food allergies, sensitivities, and intolerances, these entirely vegan recipes are perfect for anyone looking to avoid artificial and refined ingredients, and those interested in baking with healthful new gluten-free flours such as quinoa, sorghum, and amaranth. Best of all, Pascal has fine-tuned each recipe to please the palates of the most exacting critics: her young sons. Lennon and Monte like these tasty treats even better than their traditional counterparts, and you will too!From the Trade Paperback edition.

The Cancer-Fighting Kitchen

by Mat Edelson Rebecca Katz

A Culinary Pharmacy in Your PantryThe Cancer-Fighting Kitchen features 150 science-based, nutrient-rich recipes that are easy to prepare and designed to give patients a much-needed boost by stimulating appetite and addressing treatment side effects including fatigue, nausea, dehydration, mouth and throat soreness, tastebud changes, and weight loss. A step-by-step guide helps patients nutritionally prepare for all phases of treatment, and a full nutritional analysis accompanies each recipe. This remarkable resource teaches patients and caregivers how to use readily available powerhouse ingredients to build a symptom- and cancer-fighting culinary toolkit. Blending fantastic taste and meticulous science, these recipes for soups, vegetable dishes, proteins, and sweet and savory snacks are rich in the nutrients, minerals, and phytochemicals that help patients thrive during treatment.Whole foods, big-flavor ingredients, and attractive presentations round out the customized menu plans that have been specially formulated for specific treatment phases, cancer types, side effects, and flavor preferences. The Cancer-Fighting Kitchen brings the healing power of delicious, nutritious foods to those whose hearts and bodies crave a revitalizing meal.The Cancer-Fighting Kitchen took home double honors at the prestigious IACP 2010 Awards, named a winner in both the Health and Special Diet category and the People's Choice Award.From the Hardcover edition.

Baking with Agave Nectar: Over 100 Recipes Using Nature's Ultimate Sweetener

by Ania Catalano

If you haven't discovered agave nectar, you're in for a delectable surprise. This natural, low-glycemic sweetener is a revelation for diabetics, parents of young children, and anyone else who wants to cut down on refined sugar but still enjoy deep, real, satisfying sweetness. Baking with Agave Nectaris bursting with more than 100 recipes for muffins, sweet breads, cookies, cakes, ice creams and sorbets, pies and tarts, sauces and frostings, and other special desserts. With scrumptious gluten-free, vegan, low-fat (or nonfat), and whole foods#x13;based treats, as well as healthier (but still decadent tasting) versions of old favorites, there is truly something here for everyone. An ample glossary and resources section--with ingredients used in whole foods, vegan, and gluten-free baking--will help you make all your desserts a little (or a lot) healthier. Once you start baking with agave nectar, you'll find endless possibilities for adding utterly delicious sweet treats to a healthy diet.

One Bite at a Time, Revised: Nourishing Recipes for Cancer Survivors and Their Friends [A Cookbook]

by Mat Edelson Rebecca Katz

A cookbook for cancer patients with more than 85 recipes, featuring full nutritional analysis and anecdotes from cancer survivors.Chef Rebecca Katz shares delicious, nourishing recipes for cancer patients, who often experience culinary ups and downs because of sudden dietary restrictions and poor appetite due to damaged taste buds from harsh treatments. Revised and updated with 10 new recipes, this second edition provides caretakers with a tangible way to nurture loved ones through easy-to-digest meals that offer maximum flavor while boosting the immune system. Reviews"Rebecca Katz is a culinary genius who is also profoundly devoted to providing great, healthy food for people with cancer. Her meals receive the highest praise."--Michael Lerner, cofounder of the Commonweal Cancer Help Program and author of Choices in Healing"A gem."--Mary Beth Regan, Baltimore Sun "This book is an instant turn-on to good, nourishing food."-- Share Guide"Fare that puts delicious back into health food." --Sweat magazine From the Trade Paperback edition.

The Faerie's Guide to Green Magick from the Garden

by Jamie Wood Lisa Steinke

Green magick, or stewardship of the earth, begins right in our own backyards. When we cultivate an herb garden--even if it's just a few potted plants on a sunny windowsill--we are tending living, sentient beings who respond to our intention, our energy, and our tender loving care. The "fae" (faerie) essence residing at the heart of each nurtured plant manifests in its foliage, flowers, fragrance, and flavor, and its unique healing, nourishing, and restorative properties. In The Faeries' Guide to Green Magick from the Garden author and free-fae-spirit Jamie Wood offers fresh, faerie-centric profiles of thirty-three familiar medicinal and culinary herbs accompanied by recipes for natural healing remedies, earth-friendly beauty products, and tasty treats. Fantasy artist Lisa Steinke pairs each herb with a vibrant portrait of its personality--its unique faerie signature--in her lyrical poetry and luminous paintings. With blissful blessings, magickal meditations, and zesty spells sprinkled throughout, The Faeries Guide to Green Magick from the Garden will help you get in touch with your own fae spirit and explore the earthly--and earthy--delights of your own garden. From the Trade Paperback edition.

The Supermarket Diet

by Janis Jibrin

The trusted diet and nutrition experts at Good Housekeeping present a slimming, easy new way to shop the supermarket aisles and reach your ideal weight. Buy the right packaged and convenience foods, add a delicious assortment of fresh produce, follow Good Housekeeping's recipes, and watch the pounds drop.

Good Housekeeping: The Supermarket Diet Cookbook

by Janis Jibrin Susan Westmoreland

Let Good Housekeeping hold your hand, guiding you as you prepare tasty diet-friendly meals! Remember: people who eat at home tend to be thinner than those who eat out often. Even those who don't feel comfortable in the kitchen can easily make these recipes, which have all been triple-tested in the magazine's acclaimed kitchens. Most of the recipes take no more than 20 minutes from stove to table--less time than picking up calorie-laden take-out. And they're also nutritious, so they not only help you drop pounds, but also could lower the risks for heart disease, cancer, diabetes, and other ailments. But of course, vitamins and minerals don't lure dieters to the table: taste does, and these dishes are absolutely delicious. Meals such as Asparagus, Red Potato, and Romano Frittata; Salmon with Tomato-Oliver Relish; Steak and Pepper Tortillas, and Tortellini with Zucchini and Radicchio are as palate-pleasing as they are weight-reducing. And leave room for desserts like Apricot Soufflé and Seattle Cappuccino Angel Food Cake. Both veterans of the plan and newcomers will find this cookbook--which summarizes all the Supermarket Diet basics--invaluable!

Good Housekeeping: 150 Sensational Recipes to Make in Your Blender-Frappes, Smoothies, Soups, Pancakes, Frozen Cocktail (Good Housekeeping Mini Cookbook Series)

by Barbara Chernitz

With your blender and this book, you can create 150 amazing recipes for drinks, meals, meals that are drinks, and more.You may know that Good Housekeeping recipes are triple-tested, nutritious, and tasty, but these treats are also pure, delicious fun. Mouthwatering color photos and illustrations will tempt you to get started, and there’s plenty of helpful information on using the blender effectively. Try a classic Banana-Strawberry Smoothie for breakfast and whip up a Frosty Cappuccino that’s better than store-bought. Serve chilled Gazpacho with Cilantro Cream for a cool summer meal. Hummus, Chicken Pâté, or Roasted Eggplant Dip with Herbs make great appetizers or side dishes. Every recipe includes prep and cooking times, the number of servings, and key nutritional details.

Good Housekeeping: 75 Sure-Fire Fund-Raising Favorites

by Susan Westmoreland

From the test kitchen of America&’s iconic lifestyle magazine, recipes and tips for organizing a successful bake sale fundraiser—includes photos. &“Mom—I need three dozen cupcakes for the school bake sale . . . tomorrow!&” Here&’s the book to grab when you hear those words. Good Housekeeping comes to the rescue with seventy-five tasty favorites for sure-fire fundraising success. From cupcakes to brownies, jumbo cookies to spiced nuts, these triple-tested recipes have been specially selected for this collection. You&’ll find long-time favorites and fresh new ideas—all easy to make and easy to portion and package for sale. An extensive introductory chapter covers the basics of bake sales—from organizing tips to creative ideas for packaging and display.

Good Housekeeping: 60 Large-Batch Recipes to Bake and Share

by Susan Westmoreland

From the test kitchen of America&’s iconic lifestyle magazine, recipes and tips for participating in or hosting a holiday cookie exchange—includes photos. Butterscotch Fingers, Chocolate Crinkles, Gingerbread Cut-Outs, Peppermint Meringues: all these Christmas cookies sound delectable, but nobody can bake dozens of recipes at the same time. The solution? A swap! All across America, families, neighbors, community, and church groups gather at Christmas cookie swaps, where each participant brings a large batch of his or her favorite recipe to share. Everyone fills a plate or tin with samplings of the tasty treats; the more people, the merrier—and the more kinds of cookies to try. It&’s a fun way to enjoy a variety of Christmas tastes without doing all the work yourself—and to celebrate with those you love. Good Housekeeping helps home bakers enter into the joy, camaraderie, and pure deliciousness of this tradition with a new collection of 60 favorite Christmas cookie recipes from around the world—each configured to make batches of at least eight dozen cookies. Choose from holiday classics and contemporary twists; they&’re easy to make with everyday ingredients. And each recipe has been triple-tested for success in the famed Good Housekeeping Test Kitchen, so you can bake with confidence. For extra help, there are also great tips on techniques and shortcuts, as well as fun ideas for throwing the best cookie swap ever.

Good Housekeeping: 300 Traditional Recipes (Good Housekeeping Ser.)

by Beth Allen

Taste America’s finest traditional dishes in this compilation of 300 sensational recipes.From Southern Fried Chicken to New England Clam Chowder, Good Housekeeping presents the best of traditional, time-tested American home cooking, all in one big, beautiful book. Every cook needs these favorites—with delectable photos and fascinating history tracing the recipes’ evolution—at her fingertips. All the recipes were triple-tested in the Good Housekeeping kitchens, where the magazine’s experts created the perfect rendition of each beloved dish. And what a delicious portrait of American cuisine they paint! Who could resist Maryland Crab dip, Bear Mountain Butternut Soup, Barbecued Pulled Pork, or Boston Cream Pie? The recipes also reflect the American “melting pot,” with dishes ranging from Egg Foo Yong to Huevos Rancheros. Plus—ever wonder how some of the most popular recipes were invented? Delightful historical sidebars provide background on the American culinary scene over time—Friday Night Fish Fries, Cakewalks at County Fairs, and more.

Simple Vegan!: Delicious Meat-Free, Dairy-Free Recipes Every Family Will Love (Good Housekeeping Cookbooks)

by Good Housekeeping

From the test kitchen of America’s iconic lifestyle magazine, easy meatless, dairy-free recipes for family meals and entertaining—includes photos.Whether you're embracing a vegan lifestyle, adding a few vegan dishes to your meal plan, or cooking for a guest, this book is your road map to delicious vegan food! From Pumpkin Waffles to Polenta with Spicy Eggplant Sauce to Deep Chocolate Cupcakes (and even Mac and Cheese!), this tasty collection offers 100 irresistible recipes the whole family will love—all triple-tested by the Good Housekeeping test kitchen.

Delish Family Slow Cooker: Easy, Delicious Meals

by Delish

With this collection of sensational recipes, you can sit back and let your slow cooker do the work for you while you reap the delish benefits.Want a meal that tastes like perfection? That’s quick, easy, and affordable, too? Take it slowly! There’s nothing more mouthwatering, more filled with flavor, than food prepared in the slow cooker—and the culinary experts at Delish.com are here to show you how it’s done. From hearty soups and stews to delectable roasts, zesty curries, and to-die-for desserts, this appetizingly photographed cookbook presents fresh-from-the-farm ingredients and marvelously simple cooking techniques. It has all the basic slow-cooker information you need, from which settings to use to how much liquid to add to what cuts of meat work best. The luscious recipes include:Balsamic and Port Beef ShanksChicken with Leeks and ArtichokesRatatouilleBest-Ever Bolognese SauceFig and Cranberry Bread Pudding

Light & Healthy Cooking: 250 Delicious, Satisfying, Guilt-Free Recipes (Good Housekeeping Cookbooks)

by Good Housekeeping

From the test kitchen of America’s iconic lifestyle magazine, “beautifully-photographed recipes . . . nutritionally sound meals . . . [and] delicious discoveries.”(Publishers Weekly)Great-tasting food and guilt-free eating pleasure: with this brand-new collection of 250 light, healthy, and delicious recipes from Good Housekeeping, you don't have to sacrifice flavor to eat right. From a scrumptious homey lasagna to a strawberry-rhubarb crisp you'll be proud to serve, all these dishes are family-friendly. Not only do the recipes incorporate healthful ingredients, and have thirty percent or fewer calories from fat, but many take less than a half-hour to complete. You'll even find slimmed-down versions of beloved comfort foods like burritos, burgers, pizza, pastas, and brownies. With invaluable tips on counting calories, understanding food labels, sensible shopping, and more, this cookbook makes eating well simple and satisfying.

Abraham Lincoln in the Kitchen: A Culinary View of Lincoln's Life and Times

by Rae Katherine Eighmey

Abraham Lincoln in the Kitchen is a culinary biography unlike any before. The very assertion of the title--that Abraham Lincoln cooked--is fascinating and true. It's an insight into the everyday life of one of our nation's favorite and most esteemed presidents and a way to experience flavors and textures of the past. Eighmey solves riddles such as what type of barbecue could be served to thousands at political rallies when paper plates and napkins didn't exist, and what gingerbread recipe could have been Lincoln's childhood favorite when few families owned cookie cutters and he could carry the cookies in his pocket. Through Eighmey's eyes and culinary research and experiments--including sleuthing for Lincoln's grocery bills in Springfield ledgers and turning a backyard grill into a cast-iron stove--the foods that Lincoln enjoyed, cooked, or served are translated into modern recipes so that authentic meals and foods of 1820-1865 are possible for home cooks. Feel free to pull up a chair to Lincoln's table.

Stirring the Pot with Benjamin Franklin: A Founding Father's Culinary Adventures

by Rae Katherine Eighmey

In this remarkable work, Rae Katherine Eighmey presents Franklin's delight and experimentation with food throughout his life. At age sixteen, he began dabbling in vegetarianism. In his early twenties, citing the health benefits of water over alcohol, he convinced his printing-press colleagues to abandon their traditional breakfast of beer and bread for "water gruel," a kind of tasty porridge he enjoyed. Franklin is known for his scientific discoveries, including electricity and the lightning rod, and his curiosity and logical mind extended to the kitchen. He even conducted an electrical experiment to try to cook a turkey and installed a state-of-the-art oven for his beloved wife Deborah. Later in life, on his diplomatic missions--he lived fifteen years in England and nine in France--Franklin ate like a local. Eighmey discovers the meals served at his London home-away-from-home and analyzes his account books from Passy, France, for insights to his farm-to-fork diet there. Yet he also longed for American foods; Deborah, sent over favorites including cranberries, which amazed his London kitchen staff. He saw food as key to understanding the developing culture of the United States, penning essays presenting maize as the defining grain of America. Stirring the Pot with Benjamin Franklin conveys all of Franklin's culinary adventures, demonstrating that Franklin's love of food shaped not only his life but also the character of the young nation he helped build.

Sweet Home Café Cookbook: A Celebration of African American Cooking

by Jessica B. Harris Nmaahc Albert Lukas Jerome Grant Lonnie G. Bunch III

A celebration of African American cooking with 109 recipes from the National Museum of African American History and Culture's Sweet Home CaféSince the 2016 opening of the National Museum of African American History and Culture, its Sweet Home Café has become a destination in its own right. Showcasing African American contributions to American cuisine, the café offers favorite dishes made with locally sourced ingredients, adding modern flavors and contemporary twists on classics. Now both readers and home cooks can partake of the café's bounty: drawing upon traditions of family and fellowship strengthened by shared meals, Sweet Home Café Cookbook celebrates African American cooking through recipes served by the café itself and dishes inspired by foods from African American culture.With 109 recipes, the sumptuous Sweet Home Café Cookbook takes readers on a deliciously unique journey. Presented here are the salads, sides, soups, snacks, sauces, main dishes, breads, and sweets that emerged in America as African, Caribbean, and European influences blended together. Featured recipes include Pea Tendril Salad, Fried Green Tomatoes, Hoppin' John, Sénégalaise Peanut Soup, Maryland Crab Cakes, Jamaican Grilled Jerk Chicken, Shrimp & Grits, Fried Chicken and Waffles, Pan Roasted Rainbow Trout, Hickory Smoked Pork Shoulder, Chow Chow, Banana Pudding, Chocolate Chess Pie, and many others. More than a collection of inviting recipes, this book illustrates the pivotal--and often overlooked--role that African Americans have played in creating and re-creating American foodways. Offering a deliciously new perspective on African American food and culinary culture, Sweet Home Café Cookbook is an absolute must-have.

The Take-Control Diet

by Ian K. Smith

GET OFF THE DIETING ROLLER COASTER–NOW AND FOREVER! You already know that fad diets don’t work. But that doesn’t mean you can’t lose weight! Here at last is a science-based diet that will give you the body you want. The secret is to work with your body, not against it. Exploding the many diet myths on the market, Dr. Ian Smith gives you the knowledge you need to solve your weight problem permanently. For instance, did you know that eating too much protein damages your health? That starvation and deprivation slow your metabolism? That it is impossible to convert fat to muscle? Here Dr. Smith not only explains the true causes of overweight but demonstrates how metabolism and genetics factor in to weight control. He shows you how to design your own eating and exercise plan to accommodate your preferences, your routines, and your particular weight goals. The plan includes: • vital information on “feel-full” foods • proven strategies to optimize your metabolism • effective ways to exercise that get results With a 30-day menu and exercise program customized to your needs, The Take-Control Diet is the last weight-loss book you will ever need!

Love by the Glass: Tasting Notes from a Marriage

by Dorothy J. Gaiter John Brecher

"I am deeply inspired by this heartwarming story of how two people found love and--even better--a way to get paid for drinking wine." --Dave Barry Internationally renowned journalists Dorothy J. Gaiter and John Brecher present a captivating memoir about falling in love with each other and with wine. She grew up in the all-black environment of Florida A&M University in Tallahassee. He was raised in Jacksonville, Florida, where his was one of a handful of Jewish families. When they met on June 4, 1973, in the newsroom of The Miami Herald, she says, "I felt in my bones like I had known him forever." And he says, "I felt the instant I saw her that we had always been together, and knew we always would be."That passion for each other and for wine has made their column a must-read for millions of neophyte and veteran wine lovers, who also follow their appearances on Martha Stewart's TV show. The annual global celebration of wine that they created, "Open That Bottle Night," encourages readers to finally drink that special wine they have been keeping. As Dottie and John write, "Wine can conjure up memories in a way that few other things can," whether it's a rare Burgundy or a bottle of cold duck.Frank J. Prial of The New York Times said of their first book, The Wall Street Journal Guide to Wine, "Their enthusiasm for the grape . . . is exceeded only by their enthusiasm for each other. It spills over on every other page." Indeed, John and Dottie say they don't write a wine column; they write a column about more important things. This book follows them from love at first sight, through a life of journalism, to a triumph on the basketball court at Madison Square Garden. You'll discover the joys of wine along with them, but you'll also discover that wine is really about good times, bad times, moments shared with loved ones, and new friends. It's about memories. It's about life.From the Hardcover edition.

Feeding a Yen

by Calvin Trillin

Calvin Trillin has never been a champion of the "continental cuisine" palaces he used to refer to as La Maison de la Casa House--nor of their successors, the trendy spots he calls "sleepy-time restaurants, where everything is served on a bed of something else." What he treasures is the superb local specialty. And he will go anywhere to find one.As it happens, some of Trillin's favorite dishes--pimientos de Padrón in northern Spain, for instance, or pan bagnat in Nice or posole in New Mexico--can't be found anywhere but in their place of origin. Those dishes are on his Register of Frustration and Deprivation. "On gray afternoons, I go over it," he writes, "like a miser who is both tantalizing and tormenting himself by poring over a list of people who owe him money." On brighter afternoons, he calls his travel agent. Trillin shares charming and funny tales of managing to have another go at, say, fried marlin in Barbados or the barbecue of his boyhood in Kansas City. Sometimes he returns with yet another listing for his Register--as when he travels to Ecuador for ceviche, only to encounter fanesca, a soup so difficult to make that it "should appear on an absolutely accurate menu as Potage Labor Intensive."We join the hunt for the authentic fish taco. We tag along on the "boudin blitzkrieg" in the part of Louisiana where people are accustomed to buying boudin and polishing it off in the parking lot or in their cars ("Cajun boudin not only doesn't get outside the state, it usually doesn't even get home"). In New York, we follow Trillin as he roams Queens with the sort of people who argue about where to find the finest Albanian burek and as he tries to use a glorious local specialty, the New York bagel, to lure his daughters back from California ("I understand that in some places out there if you buy a dozen wheat-germ bagels you get your choice of a bee-pollen bagel or a ginseng bagel free").Feeding a Yen is a delightful reminder of why New York magazine called Calvin Trillin "our funniest food writer."From the Hardcover edition.

The Big Oyster: History on the Half Shell

by Mark Kurlansky

When Peter Minuit bought Manhattan for $24 in 1626 - his first New York real estate killing - he showed his shrewdness by also buying the oyster beds off tiny, nearby Oyster Island, renamed Ellis Island in 1770. From the Minuit purchase until centuries of pollution finally destroyed the beds in the 1920s, New York was a city known for its oysters: the 'Blue Points,' still produced by the Long Island town of the same name; the 'Rockaways' and 'East Rivers'; 'Sounds' from Staten Island; several Manhattan varieties, and even those from a celebrated area by what is now LaGuardia Airport. For centuries New York was world famous as an oyster centre, especially in the late 1800s, when Europe and America enjoyed a decades-long oyster craze. In Europe New York oysters were famous for both their size and durability. In a dubious endorsement, William Makepeace Thackeray said that eating a New York oyster was like eating a baby. When travellers visited New York, they not only wanted to eat the Coral oysters, they wanted to experience the famous New York oyster houses. While some houses were known for their elegance, the infamous slums such as Five-Points were notoriously disreputable. Due to a longstanding belief in the aphrodisiac quality of oysters, they were often associated with prostitution. In 1842, when the novelist Charles Dickens arrived in New York, he could not conceal his eagerness to find and experience the fabled oyster cellars of New York City's slums. The Big Oyster is the history of the city as told through its celebrated bivalve. It is a gastronomic history revealing four centuries of culinary evolution and food trends in a city that has always been a gastronomic trendsetter. But it is also an economic history, examining the enormous impact of transportation innovations - the Erie Canal, the railroad, and clipper ship - that completely changed urban living and food and also accounted for the growth of a thriving international oyster trade.

Dinner with Dad

by Cameron Stracher

A devoted wife, two bright children, a gorgeous home in a nice Connecticut suburb, an ample income as a successful lawyer: By all accounts, Cameron Stracher is living the American dream. Problem is, thanks to a crazy work schedule, he’s never home to enjoy it. So Cameron makes a bold decision: For the next year he’ll be home by six o’clock at least five days a week to sit down to a real family dinner–and he’ll even help cook that dinner himself. But as this daring adventure gets under way, it becomes ...

Hungry for Paris: The Ultimate Guide to the City's 102 Best Restaurants

by Alexander Lobrano

If you're passionate about eating well during your next trip to Paris, you couldn't ask for a better travel companion than Alexander Lobrano's charming, friendly, and authoritative Hungry for Paris, the first new comprehensive guide in many years to the city's restaurant scene. Lobrano, Gourmet magazine's European correspondent, has written for almost every major food and travel magazine since he became an American in Paris in 1986. Here he shares his personal selection of the city's 101 best restaurants, each of which is portrayed in savvy, fun, lively descriptions that are not only indispensable for finding a superb meal but a pleasure to read. Lobrano reveals the hottest young chefs, the coziest bistros, the best buys-including those haute cuisine restaurants that are really worth the money-and the secret places Parisians love most, together with information on the most delicious dishes, ambiance, clientele, and history of each restaurant. A series of delightful essays cover various aspects of dining in Paris, including "Table for One" (how to eat alone), "The Four Seasons" (the best of seasonal eating in Paris), and "Eating the Unspeakable" (learning to eat what you don't think you like). All restaurants are keyed to helpful maps, and the book is seasoned with beautiful photographs by Life magazine photographer Bob Peterson that will only help whet your appetite for tasting Paris.

Fair Shares for All: A Memoir of Family and Food

by John Haney

In this beautifully written, vividly rendered memoir, John Haney, Gourmet magazine's copy chief, describes his family's day-to-day struggles, from the twilight of Queen Victoria's reign to the dawn of the third millennium, in London's least affluent working-class enclaves and suburbs, including a place called the Isle of Dogs, and reflects on how his family's affection for the past and the food they loved kept them together. In crossing the Atlantic--and with it the class barrier--John is left with deep feelings of displacement and nostalgia for his Cockney roots. As he eats in some of New York City's most expensive restaurants, he tries (and fails) to reconcile his new appetites with the indelible tastes of his youth--and the long-ago life that has continued to, and always will, define him. Peopled with unforgettable characters who find in even the greasiest kitchens the sustenance to see them through life's hardships, Fair Shares for All is a remarkable memoir of resolve and resilience, food and family.

Wrestling with Gravy: A Life, with Food

by Jonathan Reynolds

In this inviting feast of a memoir, former New York Times food columnist Jonathan Reynolds dishes up a life that is by turns hilarious and tender--and seasoned with the zest of cooking, family, eating, and lounging around various tables in tryptophanic stupors. Growing up on Manhattan's Upper East Side, a child of material privilege and emotionally distant parents, young Jonathan discovers that food serves as a catalyst for adventure, a respite from loneliness, and a fail-safe way to navigate his often eccentric surroundings. When Jonathan is thirteen, his uncle Bus, a surrogate father of sorts, treats him to his first fine dining experience, at the old Westbury Hotel on Madison Avenue. The suspicious teen orders pheasant under glass--and from the moment the glass dome is lifted, Reynolds's culinary curiosity takes off. Always absorbing, often hilarious, and surprisingly affecting, Wrestling with Gravy is full of wonderful characters and anecdotes. With droll self-effacement and a sharp eye for detail, Reynolds relives the time that his own father made a move on his girlfriend during a meal at Maxim's in Paris; extols the surprising virtues of baseball stadium cuisine (with the exception of New York); and recounts how he once whipped up a seductive meal for a woman, only to have her excuse herself after dessert because she had another date lined up, buffet-style, later in the evening. Even on a glum Christmas day in New York City, or at the deathbed of his dear cousin the actress Lee Remick, food offers solace and a cathartic sense of home. Rare among culinary memoirs, Wrestling with Gravy speaks eloquently about food without affectation, while striking a note of cosmic comedy and honest regret. And of course, the recipes are all here, too--from a perfect water-smoked Thanksgiving turkey to a barbecued Chinese duck, from an old-fashioned malted to Flaming Babas au Armagnac. Like a truly great meal, Wrestling with Gravy will entertain and satisfy any reader's appetite. For five years, Jonathan Reynolds brought oxygen to the food page of The New York Times Magazine. He was smart and buoyant as he rummaged around in memory's trunk for food-worthy anecdotes to chew upon. The pieces were highly personal, showcasing his quirks and irreverence as much as any foodstuff. His theatrics (fittingly -- Reynolds is a seasoned actor and playwright) were endearing; no surprise, then, when readers took personal interest in his passage, with its hints of darkness lurking amid the drollery. Reynolds' memoir, "Wrestling With Gravy," is as consistently entertaining, in a grim way, as his columns, unveiling the many familial, romantic and professional land mines he discovered -- too late! -- under nearly every step he took, each fitted with emblematic recipes, balms for his wounds: "Food is controllable, while most of life isn't." His father was absent, off performing "entrepreneurial calisthenics"; his mother was lost to depression. There were boarding school expulsions, and a jail stay prompted by his youthful infatuation with actress Kim Novak. Hollywood was a bitter pill -- "The stars sip their strawsful of sugarless broth fumes and vapor of fetal watercress leaf helicoptered to their trailers" -- part and parcel of his "insanely and unrealistically ambitious" screenwriting career. Friends and family died; his marriage went south. The gloom is beveled, thankfully, by his children, a guiding-star uncle, a second marriage, sweet playwriting success, all artfully etched with a hand as graceful as his progress clubfooted. (Said clubfoot precedes him during an ill-advised, weirdly nescient chapter analyzing American politics, but then half of Reynolds' charm is his flaws.)

Secret Ingredients: The New Yorker Book of Food and Drink

by David Remnick

Since its earliest days, The New Yorker has been a tastemaker--literally. As the home of A. J. Liebling, Joseph Wechsberg, and M.F.K. Fisher, who practically invented American food writing, the magazine established a tradition that is carried forward today by irrepressible literary gastronomes, including Calvin Trillin, Bill Buford, Adam Gopnik, Jane Kramer, and Anthony Bourdain. Now, in this indispensable collection, The New Yorker dishes up a feast of delicious writing on food and drink, seasoned with a generous dash of cartoons. Whether you're in the mood for snacking on humor pieces and cartoons or for savoring classic profiles of great chefs and great eaters, these offerings, from every age of The New Yorker's fabled eighty-year history, are sure to satisfy every taste. There are memoirs, short stories, tell-alls, and poems-ranging in tone from sweet to sour and in subject from soup to nuts. M.F.K. Fisher pays homage to "cookery witches," those mysterious cooks who possess "an uncanny power over food," while John McPhee valiantly trails an inveterate forager and is rewarded with stewed persimmons and white-pine-needle tea. There is Roald Dahl's famous story "Taste," in which a wine snob's palate comes in for some unwelcome scrutiny, and Julian Barnes's ingenious tale of a lifelong gourmand who goes on a very peculiar diet for still more peculiar reasons. Adam Gopnik asks if French cuisine is done for, and Calvin Trillin investigates whether people can actually taste the difference between red wine and white. We journey with Susan Orlean as she distills the essence of Cuba in the story of a single restaurant, and with Judith Thurman as she investigates the arcane practices of Japan's tofu masters. Closer to home, Joseph Mitchell celebrates the old New York tradition of the beefsteak dinner, and Mark Singer shadows the city's foremost fisherman-chef.Selected from the magazine's plentiful larder, Secret Ingredients celebrates all forms of gustatory delight.

Blood, Bones & Butter

by Gabrielle Hamilton

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERBefore Gabrielle Hamilton opened her acclaimed New York restaurant Prune, she spent twenty hard-living years trying to find purpose and meaning in her life. Blood, Bones & Butter follows an unconventional journey through the many kitchens Hamilton has inhabited through the years: the rural kitchen of her childhood, where her adored mother stood over the six-burner with an oily wooden spoon in hand; the kitchens of France, Greece, and Turkey, where she was often fed by complete strangers and learned the essence of hospitality; Hamilton's own kitchen at Prune, with its many unexpected challenges; and the kitchen of her Italian mother-in-law, who serves as the link between Hamilton's idyllic past and her own future family--the result of a prickly marriage that nonetheless yields lasting dividends. By turns epic and intimate, Gabrielle Hamilton's story is told with uncommon honesty, grit, humor, and passion.Look for special features inside.Join the Circle for author chats and more.RandomHouseReadersCircle.comrary talent.From the Hardcover edition.

Blood, Bones & Butter: The Inadvertent Education of a Reluctant Chef

by Gabrielle Hamilton

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER. Before Gabrielle Hamilton opened her acclaimed New York restaurant Prune, she spent twenty hard-living years trying to find purpose and meaning in her life. Blood, Bones & Butter follows an unconventional journey through the many kitchens Hamilton has inhabited through the years: the rural kitchen of her childhood, where her adored mother stood over the six-burner with an oily wooden spoon in hand; the kitchens of France, Greece, and Turkey, where she was often fed by complete strangers and learned the essence of hospitality; Hamilton's own kitchen at Prune, with its many unexpected challenges; and the kitchen of her Italian mother-in-law, who serves as the link between Hamilton's idyllic past and her own future family--the result of a prickly marriage that nonetheless yields lasting dividends. By turns epic and intimate, Gabrielle Hamilton's story is told with uncommon honesty, grit, humor, and passion. Look for special features inside.

Freedom from Want: The Human Right to Adequate Food (Advancing Human Rights)

by George Kent

There is, literally, a world of difference between the statements "Everyone should have adequate food," and "Everyone has the right to adequate food." In George Kent's view, the lofty rhetoric of the first statement will not be fulfilled until we take the second statement seriously. Kent sees hunger as a deeply political problem. Too many people do not have adequate control over local resources and cannot create the circumstances that would allow them to do meaningful, productive work and provide for themselves. The human right to an adequate livelihood, including the human right to adequate food, needs to be implemented worldwide in a systematic way. Freedom from Want makes it clear that feeding people will not solve the problem of hunger, for feeding programs can only be a short-term treatment of a symptom, not a cure. The real solution lies in empowering the poor. Governments, in particular, must ensure that their people face enabling conditions that allow citizens to provide for themselves.

The Irish Bed and Breakfast Book 2008

by Elsie Dillard Susan Causin

This guide lists approximately 150 bed and breakfast locations in Ireland, organized by county. Each was visited by the authors, and are rated by friendliness, cleanliness, and value, and include price, contact information, a description, list of attractions in the area, and directions. Guesthouses, small hotels, inns, and restaurants with rooms are included.

The Candy Shop War (The Candy Shop War #1)

by Brandon Mull

When fifth-graders Nate, Summer, Trevor, and Pigeon meet the owner of the new candy store in town and are given a magical candy that endows them with super powers, they find along with its benefits there are also dangerous consequences.

An Apple A Day

by Joe Schwarcz

Eat salmon. It's full of good omega-3 fats. Don't eat salmon. It's full of PCBs and mercury. Eat more veggies. They're full of good antioxidants. Don't eat more veggies. The pesticides will give you cancer. Forget your dinner jacket and put on your lab coat: you have to be a nutritional scientist these days before you sit down to eat--which is why we need Dr. Joe Schwarcz, the expert in connecting chemistry to everyday life. In An Apple a Day, he's taken his thorough knowledge of food chemistry, applied it to today's top food fears, trends, and questions, and leavened it with his trademark lighthearted approach. The result is both an entertaining revelation of the miracles of science happening in our bodies every time we bite into a morsel of food, and a telling exploration of the myths, claims, and misconceptions surrounding our obsession with diets, nutrition, and weight. Looking first at how food affects our health, Dr. Joe examines what's in tomatoes, soy, and broccoli that can keep us healthy and how the hundreds of compounds in a single food react when they hit our bodies. Then he investigates how we manipulate our food supply, delving into the science of food additives and what benefits we might realize from adding bacteria to certain foods. He clears up the confusion about contaminants, examining everything from pesticide residues, remnants of antibiotics, the dreaded trans fats, and chemicals that may leach from cookware. And he takes a studied look at the science of calories and weighs in on popular diets.

Balzac's Omelette: A Delicious Tour of French Food and Culture with Honore'de Balzac

by Anka Muhlstein

"Tell me where you eat, what you eat, and at what time you eat, and I will tell you who you are. "This is the motto of Anka Muhlstein's erudite and witty book about the ways food and the art of the table feature in Honoré de Balzac's The Human Comedy. Balzac uses them as a connecting thread in his novels, showing how food can evoke character, atmosphere, class, and social climbing more suggestively than money, appearances, and other more conventional trappings. Full of surprises and insights, Balzac's Omelet invites you to taste anew Balzac's genius as a writer and his deep understanding of the human condition, its ambitions, its flaws, and its cravings.

Mincemeat: The Education of an Italian Chef

by Danielle Rossi Leonardo Lucarelli Lorena Rossi Gori

With the wit and pace of Anthony Bourdain, Italian chef and anthropologist Leonardo Lucarelli sketches the exhilarating life behind the closed doors of restaurants, and the unlikely work ethics of the kitchen. In Italy, five-star restaurants and celebrity chefs may seem, on the surface, a part of the landscape. In reality, the restaurant industry is as tough, cutthroat, and unforgiving as anywhere else in the world--sometimes even colluding with the shady world of organized crime. The powerful voice of Leonardo Lucarelli takes us through the underbelly of Italy's restaurant world. Lucarelli is a professional chef who for almost two decades has been roaming Italy opening restaurants, training underpaid, sometimes hopelessly incompetent sous-chefs, courting waitresses, working long hours, riding high on drugs, and cursing a culinary passion he inherited as a teenager from his hippie father. In his debut, Mincemeat: The Education of an Italian Chef, Lucarelli teaches us that even among rogues and misfits, there is a moral code in the kitchen that must, above all else, always be upheld.

Cultural Insurrection: A Manifesto for Arts, Agriculture, and Natural Wine

by Jonathan Nossiter

From the director of Mondovino, a lively discussion of the expanding world of natural wine that considers the movement as a potential remedy for our current cultural crisis. What if, ten years from now, an artist--a filmmaker, for example--will have become as marginal and anachronistic as a blacksmith? What if the actors in the cultural world are on the brink of extinction, not about to disappear like prehistoric animals, but worse--submitting to the status quo? Absorbed by a marketplace that increasingly devalues true artistic work?In Cultural Insurrection, award-winning filmmaker and sommelier Jonathan Nossiter considers these questions and offers a solution inspired by the rebellious, innovative figures transforming the way we produce and consume wine. This new generation of artisans, working closely with the earth to create exceptional natural wines, has assumed the role of dissenters that artists have abandoned, and we should look to them in order to revitalize contemporary art.

The World Peace Diet: Eating for Spiritual Health and Social Harmony

by Will Tuttle

Living the Revolution, Our Cultures Roots, The Nature of Intelligence, Inheriting our Food Choices, The Intelligence of HumanPhysiology, Hunting and Herding Sea Life, The Domination of the Feminine, The Metaphysics of Food, Reductionist Science and Religion, The Dilemma of Work, Profiting from Destruction, Some Objections Answered, Evolve or Dissolve, Journey of Transformation, Foods Power.

Guide to Good Food

by Velda L. Largen Deborah L. Bence

Students will learn how to select, store, prepare, and serve foods while preserving their nutrients, flavors, textures, and colors.

Guide to Good Food

by Velda L. Largen Deborah L. Bence

Students will learn how to select, store, prepare, and serve foods while preserving their nutrients, flavors, textures, and colors.

Nutrition, Food, and Fitness

by Dorothy F. West

Nutrition, Food, and Fitness is the perfect choice for non-laboratory nutrition classes. This text stresses the importance of healthful eating and regular physical activity as permanent lifestyle habits rather than short-term programs. Students will learn they have much control over their state of wellness through the decisions they make. They will also study the significance of caring for their mental and social health as part of the total wellness picture. The text is up-to-date with the latest information on the Dietary Guidelines and MyPyramid. It covers weight management, eating disorders, and global hunger as well as physical fitness, substance abuse, consumer issues, and careers.

Adventures in Food and Nutrition!

by Carol Byrd-Bredbenner

Adventures in Food and Nutrition! is designed to help you explore the exciting world of food and nutrition. You will explore beyond familiar foods and preparation methods. A multicultural, multiethnic emphasis will encourage you to try new foods.

Principles of Food Science

by Janet D. Ward Larry T. Ward

Principles of Food Science is designed to help you learn about the relationships among science, food, and nutrition. Basic laws of chemistry, microbiology, and physics are applied to the production, processing, preservation, and packaging of food. You will explore the characteristics of each component found in food. You will examine the helpful and harmful effects of micro-organisms on the food supply.

Guide to Good Food

by Velda L. Largen Deborah L. Bence

Guide to Good Food helps students learn how to select, store, prepare, and serve foods while preserving their nutrients, flavors, textures, and colors.

Dr. Atkins' New Diet Revolution

by Robert C. Atkins

Dr. Atkins's famous regimen for weight-loss and maintenance.

The Canyon Ranch Guide to Men's Health: A Doctor's Prescription for Male Wellness

by Richard Carmona Stephen C. Brewer

Do you or someone you love have a Y chromosome? If so, this book is for you. The average life expectancy for men is five years shorter than for women. Why? Because men neglect their health. Dr. Stephen C. Brewer's The Canyon Ranch Guide to Men's Fitness: A Doctor's Prescription for Male Wellness aims to remedy that. This do-it-yourself guide is divided into four sections designed to target each specific phase on your journey to well-being.

The Oral Health Bible

by Michael P. Bonner DDS Earl L. Mindell Rph

Another health revolution has arrived, says Dr. Michael Bonner in his well-researched new book The Oral Health Bible, and there is no longer any separation between mouth medicine and body medicine. The mouth is completely connected to the body, he says, and is a doorway to achieving peak health and wellness in all the body's systems. This informative book contains an action plan for taking charge of our oral health and it educates us and our physicians and dentists by detailing how many debilitating health problems-conditions such as arteriosclerosis, heart attacks, strokes, rheumatoid arthritis, and premature and low-birth-weight babies-are intimately linked to oral health and hygiene. . Dr. Bonner emphasizes the importance of finding and treating periodontal (gum) disease because, untreated, it can lead to heart attacks and strokes. He sees more gum disease now than he did twenty-five years ago, he says, largely because of the increasing availability of harmful oral hygiene products on the market. Mouthwashes, for example, are generally considered trustworthy, but in reality, they are the cause of 36,000 cases of oral cancer a year. Moreover, 500 people are killed annually from alcohol ingestion related to mouthwashes. Dr. Bonner discusses safe, effective oral health techniques and products in order to reverse gum disease with its far-reaching negative consequences. He also outlines how nutritional supplements can help deliver potentially enormous benefits to oral, as well as overall, health. In 1910, the Mayo (clinic) brothers said, "A person with a healthy mouth will live ten years longer. "

Rawsome!

by Brigitte Mars

A raw foods diet advocates exactly that: raw foods. No cooking, no grilling, no steaming, no application of heat of any kind. Why? Because eating food closest to its natural state engenders a tremendous exchange of energy between food and body. The result, over time, is a feeling of buoyant, radiant health. Tackling head-on the skepticism likely to greet proponents of what the world sees as a "fad" diet, renowned nutritionist and long-time raw-foods adherent Brigitte Mars presents historical data, case studies, and scientific evidence confirming the efficacy of raw foods diets. In addition, Mars points out the environmental benefits of the raw foods diet, making a case for eating raw foods as a means of reducing waste, making the most of agricultural practice, and reducing the human footprint on the earth. Whether the reader wants to jump right into an all-raw diet or just wants to introduce more raw foods into the diet, Mars offers gentle encouragement and practical instruction. Readers will find advice on planning a balanced diet to meet their nutritional needs, combining foods for best effect, preserving raw foods, equipping the raw kitchen, sprouting, juicing, and every other technique that makes the raw foods diet simple, delicious, and healthful. In-depth profiles describe the nutritional and health benefits of hundreds of fruits, vegetables, nuts, and seasonings. Perhaps most important, Mars provides more than 200 kitchen-tested, real-people-approved raw foods recipes. Under Mars's instruction, readers will enjoy making everything from juices and shakes to salads, soups, dressings, yogurts, crackers, spreads, dips, vegetable burgers, curries, vegetable pastas, wraps, and more.

The New Anti-Aging Revolution

by Ronald Klatz Robert Goldman

This book details a program to significantly slow the biological aging process by using diet, exercise, hormonal supplements, etc.

What You Don't Know May Be Killing You

by Don Colbert

You know that proper diet, exercise, and rest can keep you in good health, but perhaps you wonder if you're doing enough. Perhaps you've seen family members and friends who took care of themselves devastated by illness. Was there something they could have done to prevent the disease or illness. The truth is...what you don't know may be killing you. Dr. Don Colbert's answers and updated information may surprise you AND help you!

The 150 Healthiest Foods on Earth: The Surprising, Unbiased Truth About What You Should Eat and Why

by Jonny Bowden

ontroversial guide to what's really healthy and what's not IN THIS TOTALLY UNIQUE NUTRITION REFERENCE GUIDE, acclaimed nutritionist Jonny Bowden debunks old-school food myths, saves the reputations of foods long suffering from bad PR, and provides you with just the facts-what you need to know to make good, health- conscious decisions about which foods you and your family should eat. You'll also learn the latest research findings and recommendations from around the world- amazing discoveries-about the health benefits of nutrient-packed foods you've loved since you were a kid, and some you've never tried! · BLUEBERRIES actually help neurons in your brain communicate with one another more effectively, slowing memory loss and making them the ultimate memory food! PEANUTS are surprisingly high in antioxidants, ranking them in the same class as powerhouses like strawberries and blackberries! · Recent studies have revealed that in addition to relieving muscle and joint stiffness and menstrual discomfort, CINNAMON may reduce blood sugar and "bad" cholesterol! A handful of Gail BERRIES.. .Hey, what are Goji berries? And why are they in this book? No food provides everything. But real food-whole food with minimal processing-contains a virtual pharmacy of nutrients, phytochemicals, enzymes, vitamins, minerals, antioxidants, antiinflammatories, and healthful fats, all of which can keep you alive and thriving into your tenth decade. Learn how easy it is to find "real" food and discover what a dozen nutrition experts say are their "top ten" healthiest foods on earth. It's all the best nutrition advice you could possibly find-and it's all right here!

The Most Effective Natural Cures on Earth: What Treatments Work and Why

by Jonny Bowden

Take back your health naturally-without the drugs, side effects, and hassle! Acclaimed nutritionist and best-selling author Jonny Bowden, Ph.D., C.N.S., identifies and explains the best in alternative medicine today using extensive research, wide-ranging expertise in nutrition and health, and advice from myriad health experts. Jonny empowers you to take charge of your health by showing which alternative treatments work, how to use them effectively, and in what dosages. He tells you which foods, vitamins, minerals, herbs, amino acids, and natural treatments, such as exercise and relaxation therapies, will treat your conditions. Backed by scientific studies. Jonny shows you how to use: CINNAMON to moderate blood sugar MELATONIN to relieve jet lag VITAMIN C to protect against cancer CELERY to lower blood pressure BLACK COHOSH to ease hot flashes ACUPUNCTURE to treat infertility specific diet modifications to help with ALLERGIES, ACNE, and ULCERATIVE COLITIS This book details the most effective combinations of different "cures," plus Jonny picks the top six treatments that he'd take with him if stranded on a desert island. His treatments address more than seventy-five specific health concerns, including cancer, high cholesterol, eczema, hypertension. PMS. stress, menopause, diabetes, autism, depression, and high blood pressure.

The Healthiest Meals on Earth: The Surprising Unbiased Truth about What Meals to Eat and Why

by Jonny Bowden Jeanette Bessinger

The first cookbook from best-selling author Jonny Bowden! Jonny Bowden's "The Healthiest Meals on Earth" contains recipes for more than sixty dishes and drinks that use nutritious and healthy cooking methods.<P> Forty of these dishes will combine to create ten different "poly-meals", specially crafted meals that contain key nutrients found to promote long-term health. They include Sweet and Thai Spicy Shrimp and Fruits, Persian Chicken with Autumnal Accompaniments, and the "iron booster" of Tender Calf's Liver and Sweet Beets.<P> A "Healthiest Holiday Meal" features Citrus Stuffed Turkey, Zippy Fruit Salsa, and Sweet Potato Pie. The poly-meals are designed to be eaten three-to-five times a week. Another ten recipes are not part of the poly-meal structure; instead they are one-pot meals that include Slow-Cooker Chicken Curry, Miso Bean Soup, and Venison Stew.<P> A chapter on drinks will include nutritious smoothies, so-called "green drinks", and others. Jonny will provide healthy cooking tips throughout the book, as well as an analysis of the foods in each recipe. Side dishes, such as Cold Strawberry Soup and Veggie Slaw with Flax Oil, and desserts, such as Raw Chocolate Fondue, are also featured. This book pairs well with Bowden's successful "150 Healthiest Foods", and can even be used as a companion cookbook.

The Most Effective Ways to Live Longer: The Surprising, Unbiased Truth about What You Should Do to Prevent Disease, Feel Great, and Have Optimum Health and Longevity

by Jonny Bowden

Author Jonny Bowden looks at what he calls "The Four Horsemen of Aging"--free radicals, inflammation, glycation, and stress--and shows how they can harm your health and shorten your life. Bowden then unveils an arsenal of anti-aging strategies culled from cutting edge research and lessons learned from the longest lived people on the planet. He examines how the major organs, such as the heart and the brain, age and how you can prevent damage to these vital parts of the body. In total, readers learn what they can eat, do, and take to feel great, avoid illness, and live a long life.

The 150 Most Effective Ways to Boost Your Energy: The Surprising, Unbiased Truth About Using Nutrition, Exercise, Supplements, Stress Relief, and Personal Empowerment to Stay Energized All Day

by Jonny Bowden

The 150 Most Effective Ways to Boost Your Energy shows anyone how to get more energy out of their body--naturally. Nationally known health expert Jonny Bowden presents small changes anyone can implement up front for big energy--such as what to eat for all-day endurance, when to time a workout for the biggest brain boost, or how working with (or against) natural light cycles can make your sleep restorative or slump-inducing. Energy starts with attitude-readers will learn how to think like a high-energy person and use breathing techniques, meditation, and exercise to bust stress, beat fatigue, and boost stamina. Readers learn how physical factors such as toxins, eating patterns, and nutritional deficiencies can sabotage strength-and how they can be corrected with proper diet and supplements.The 150 Most Effective Ways to Boost Your Energy gives readers a complete program to go from exhausted to energized.

Beat Sugar Addiction Now! The Cutting-Edge Program That Cures Your Type of Sugar Addiction and Puts You on the Road to Feeling Great and Losing Weight!

by Jacob Teitelbaum Chrystle Fiedler

Sugar sensitivity is as powerful an addiction as tobacco or alcohol--and one of the most difficult to break die to sugar's prevalence in the modern diet. With one-third of our calories coming from sugar, white flour, and processed foods sugar addiction is a rapidly growing epidemic. However, unlike other addictions going "cold turkey" won't fix it nor will a "one size fits all" approach. In this groundbreaking book, nationally recognized physician Dr. Jacob Teitelbaum uncovers four distinct sugar addiction types and gives a step-by-step plan for resolving their underlying causes and breaking sugar cravings forever.

500 Heart-healthy Slow Cooker Recipes: Comfort Food Favorites That Both Your Family and Your Doctor Will Love

by Dick Logue

Everyone loves the comfort-food appeal and convenience of slow cooker fare. However, traditional slow cooker recipes are high in sodium, cholesterol, and saturated fat. This book lets anyone with heart disease, hypertension, or high cholesterol enjoy flavorful, healthy versions of slow cooker favorites. 500 Heart-Healthy Slow Cooker Recipes gives readers quick and easy recipes for hearty stews, savory casseroles, nutritious soups, and delicious desserts. This is a healthy eating that you can love and that will love your heart.

The Real Food Grocery Guide: Navigate the Grocery Store • Ditch Artificial and Unsafe Ingredients • Bust Nutritional Myths • Select the Healthiest Foods Possible

by Maria Marlowe

Learn how to understand food labels and cut through the myths, hype, and misleading information on “healthy” food choices in order to make the best choices.The Real Food Grocery Guide helps you navigate every aisle of the grocery store by clearly outlining what foods are truly the healthiest, the freshest, and the most economical—and which ones belong in the garbage rather than your grocery cart. Now you will finally know for certain whether fat-free and gluten-free are actually healthier, what hidden meanings you’re missing in food labels, and if organic vegetables and grass-fed meat are worth the extra cost.The Real Food Grocery Guide is the most comprehensive and actionable guide to grocery shopping and healthy eating available, with advice on: What to eat for health, balanced weight, and longevityHow to shop to save a significant amount of time and moneyHow to decipher food “buzz words” (like natural, grass-fed, wild, organic, gluten-free, etc.): know which to buy and which to leave on the shelfHow to select the most nutritious and delicious produce, every time (no more getting home with brown avocados or tasteless melon)Why the quality of animal products such as meat, fish, eggs, and dairy is crucial—and how to choose the healthiest kindsHow to store fresh food properly so it will stay fresh longerWhy calorie counting is futile—and what you should look for instead to determine the healthiness of any foodHow to decipher what a food label is really sayingHow to avoid being duped by sneaky food industry claims and choose the best packaged products every timeStop guessing when you’re in the grocery store. Grab The Real Food Grocery Guide and get the real facts on what labels are telling you. No spin.Praise for The Real Food Grocery Guide“If you want a reliable, useful and easy to follow guide to food choices that will bring you greater health and happiness, you’ve found it in Maria Marlowe’s Real Food Grocery Guide.” —John Robbins, author of Diet for a New America and The Food Revolution“Maria busts through sneaky marketing terms and buzz words on packages, while showing you that it doesn’t need to be difficult or expensive to fill up your kitchen with the most nutritious foods.” —Vani Hari, New York Times–bestselling author and founder of FoodBabe.com

Quick Keto Meals in 30 Minutes or Less: 100 Easy Prep-and-Cook Low-Carb Recipes for Maximum Weight Loss and Improved Health (Keto For Your Life Ser. #3)

by Martina Slajerova

Whip up one hundred delicious recipes rich with healthy fats—for breakfast, lunch, dinner, and even snacks—that are quick, easy, varied, and delicious.The keto diet is being regarded as the go-to eating plan for weight loss, to keep blood sugar stable, or simply for staying healthy. However, adapting recipes to make them keto-friendly means adding cooking time, preparation, and, often, hard-to-find ingredients—challenges that are impossible to overcome when you need to get a meal on the table after a busy day. And even keto followers can’t live on avocados and bacon alone.Now you don’t have to spend two hours making one meal! All of these ketosis recipes take a half hour to hit the table, can be made in large batches, or built into other dishes, like casseroles, slow cooker entrees, and more. Plus, all ingredients are easy to find, so there’s no searching specialty stores.Just a few of the great recipes within:Eggs Florentine in Portobello MushroomsCinnamon Roll Souffle PancakeSmoked Salmon Chard WrapsBuffalo Chicken Salad in a JarChimichurri Steak SaladMoroccan Couscous with HalloumiStrawberry and Rhubarb FoolTriple-Layer Frozen Cheesecake BitesWith Keto Meals in 30 Minutes or Less, incorporate the keto diet into your busy lifestyle—easily and deliciously.

The 150 Healthiest Foods on Earth: The Surprising, Unbiased Truth about What You Should Eat and Why

by Jonny Bowden

Facts on foods—no spin, no agenda: “Finally, a book that tells the truth about what foods are really healthy.” —Mark Hyman, MD, author of Eat Fat, Get ThinIt’s time to debunk all the myths about foods we want to eat. The 150 Healthiest Foods on Earth, Revised Edition delivers facts on foods; no spin, no agenda. In this newly updated nutrition reference guide, acclaimed nutritionist and bestselling author Jonny Bowden debunks traditional food myths, saves the reputations of foods long suffering from bad publicity, and provides just the facts—so you can make good, health-conscious decisions about which foods you and your family should eat. You’ll learn the latest research on many of your favorite foods, as well as some surprising new findings on the health benefits of foods you may have been avoiding unnecessarily. Did you know that, according to research:·Saturated fat does not cause heart disease?·Full-fat dairy may protect against diabetes?·There is no need to avoid meat if it is one hundred percent grass fed?·There is a major difference between farmed salmon and wild salmon?No food provides everything. But real food—whole food with minimal processing—contains a virtual pharmacy of nutrients, phytochemicals, enzymes, vitamins, minerals, antioxidants, anti-inflammatories, and healthful fats, all of which keep you alive and thriving. Learn how easy it is to find “real” food and discover what more than a dozen well-known nutrition experts say are their “top ten” healthiest foods on earth.

The Obesity Myth: Why America's Obsession with Weight is Hazardous to Your Health

by Paul Campos

The Obesity Myth should be required reading for every health professional in America. I believe any open-minded person who reads this book will conclude that we have been duped by a pack of self-serving lies.

How Starbucks Saved My Life: A Son of Privilege Learns to Live Like Everyone Else

by Michael Gates Gill

The riches-to-rags story of a middle-aged man who lost his good job and how he manages to get back humility and confidence by working at Starbucks.

Wine Folly: The Essential Guide to Wine

by Madeline Puckette Justin Hammack

An essential, hip guide to wine for the new generation of wine drinkers, from the creators of the award-wining site WineFolly. com Red or white? Cabernet or merlot? Light or bold? What to pair with food? Drinking great wine isn't hard, but finding great wine does require a deeper understanding of the fundamentals. Wine Folly: The Essential Guide to Wine will help you make sense of it all in a unique infographic wine book. Designed by the creators of WineFolly. com, which has won Wine Blogger of the Year from the International Wine & Spirits.

The Backyard Beekeeper: An Absolute Beginner's Guide to Keeping Bees in Your Yard and Garden

by Kim Flottum

This complete honey bee resource contains general information on bees; a how-to guide to the art of bee keeping and how to set up, care for, and harvest honey from your own colonies; as well as tons of bee-related facts and projects.

Why Can't I Stop Eating: Recognizing, Understanding, and Overcoming Food Addiction

by Pedro Lazaro Debbie Danowski

This straight-talking book puts the widespread problem of food addiction into clear perspective and points the way to a life free of the obsession with food.Why can't I stop eating? If, like millions of others, you often ask yourself this question, you may be addicted to food. The food you eat may be precisely what makes you crave more...and more. This straight-talking book puts the widespread problem of food addiction into clear perspective and points the way to a life free of the obsession with food. Debbie Danowski, whose food addiction nearly ruined her life, and Peter Lazaro combine forces to give readers a full understanding of this debilitating condition: its sources, patterns, consequences, and physiological underpinnings. Unlike fad diets and drugs with their side effects, hidden costs, and infamous failure rates, the program outlined in this book goes to the root cause of chronic overeating and puts the tools for a lifelong cure into the hands of anyone willing to accept responsibility for a healthy, happy future.

Food for Thought: Daily Meditations for Overeaters

by Elisabeth L.

Food for Thought offers comforting words for compulsive overeaters who seek to understand the role of food in their lives, and helps them support a life of physical, emotional, and spiritual balance.Food for Thought offers wise and comforting words for compulsive overeaters who seek to understand the role of food in their lives. Each day's reading in the best-selling classic--the first Hazelden meditation book to address the needs of overeaters--supports a life of physical, emotional, and spiritual balance.Read daily by millions, Hazelden meditation books have set the standard for quality and popularity. Like all the Hazelden meditation favorites, Food for Thought provides enduring wisdom, reassurance, and strength.

Overeaters Journal: Exercises for the Heart, Mind, and Soul.

by Debbie Danowski

A guided journal to help overeaters get to the heart and soul of their eating patterns.As a 328-pound woman, Debbie Danowski was on her way to an early death when she entered a treatment center for food addiction 14 years ago. During the six-week stay, she was required to keep a daily journal, a task that she now credits with helping to save her life. The act of writing forced Danowski to uncover thoughts and feelings she had kept hidden. It was the key to unlocking her lifelong food obsession. Now Danowski brings her special insight and writing expertise to The Overeaters Journal with journaling exercises that explore the physical, emotional, and spiritual aspects of food obsession.

Inner Harvest: Daily Meditations for Recovery from Eating Disorders

by Elisabeth L.

Daily positive thoughts offer insight and ideas for meeting the challenges of ongoing recovery from eating disorders.As we recover from an eating disorder, these 366 meditations will help us find the power to develop and deepen our spirituality. Daily positive thoughts offer insight and ideas for meeting the challenges of ongoing recovery from eating disorders.

Twelve Steps For Overeaters: An Interpretation Of The Twelve Steps Of Overeaters Anonymous

by Elisabeth L.

The author of the popular Food for Thought takes a fresh, in-depth look at the Twelve Steps of Overeaters Anonymous.The author of the popular Food for Thought takes a fresh, in-depth look at the Twelve Steps of Overeaters Anonymous. Each chapter carefully examines and interprets each of the individual Steps.

Fat Is a Family Affair: How Food Obsessions Affect Relationships

by Judi Hollis

This instructive and engaging guide provides the latest thinking, compassionate counsel, and step-by-step assistance to individuals who suffer from compulsive eating behaviors.With more than half a million copies sold, Fat is a Family Affair is recognized as the benchmark text on family dynamics and eating disorders. Newly updated with current research, perspectives, and stories, this instructive and engaging guide provides the latest thinking, compassionate counsel, and step-by-step assistance to individuals who suffer from compulsive eating behaviors--specifically overeating and undereating. Judi Hollis is eminently qualified to offer guidance on this topic, having counseled families for more than 30 years and pioneered the nation's first Twelve-Step eating disorders treatment program. Key features and benefitsover 500,000 copies of the first edition have been soldfeatures personal stories that validate readers' experiencesideal for overeaters, undereaters, and binge eaters as well as their loved onesAbout the author Judi Hollis, Ph.D.., is a licensed marriage and family counselor with special training in addiction and sexuality. She maintains a private practice in New York City and teaches on a number of faculties. Dr. Hollis, who is in recovery from an eating disorder, has been counseling addicted families since 1967 when she helped to establish New York City's Phoenix House programs. In 1975, Dr. Hollis founded the HOPE (Helping Overeaters through People and Education) Institute, the nation's first addiction-model eating disorders hospital unit.

Recipes For Life

by Linda Evans Sean Catherine Derek

Ever since her dazzling debut as Audra on The Big Valley, Linda Evans has charmed millions of television viewers around the world with her talent, her warmth, and her beauty. Through it all, Linda has remained unaffected, grounded, and deeply spiritual. In Recipes for Life, Linda opens up her heart, her past, and her kitchen. She shares a revealing assortment of anecdotes (magical moments mised with painful ones), photographs, and recipes enjoyed by Linda and those near and dear to her. Linda touches upon growing up, family ties, her incredible life in Hollywood, the friends she has made, and provides an intimate glimpse into her high-profile romances. At the heart of this memorable, touching, and inspiring story is how all of these ingredients have come together to make Linda the woman she is today. True to her beloved personality, Linda warmly and candidly serves up a delightful banquet that Dynasty fans will truly savor. Complete with over 40 recipes, some handed down through generations (Mom's Hot Dog Stew), some taught by famous friends (John Wayne “The Duke's” Crab Dip), some inspired by supreme dining experiences from travels around the world (Ina Garten’s Filet of Beef Bourguignon), and still others from her winning appearance on Hell's Kitchen (Hell's Salmon), Recipes for Life is at once a delightful journey and a treasure trove of recipes of a life well-lived by a woman well-loved.

Recipes for Life

by Linda Evans

Ever since her dazzling debut as Audra on The Big Valley, Linda Evans has charmed millions of television viewers around the world with her talent, her warmth, and her beauty. Through it all, Linda has remained unaffected, grounded, and deeply spiritual. In Recipes for Life, Linda opens up her heart, her past, and her kitchen. She shares a revealing assortment of anecdotes (magical moments mised with painful ones), photographs, and recipes enjoyed by Linda and those near and dear to her. Linda touches upon growing up, family ties, her incredible life in Hollywood, the friends she has made, and provides an intimate glimpse into her high-profile romances. At the heart of this memorable, touching, and inspiring story is how all of these ingredients have come together to make Linda the woman she is today. True to her beloved personality, Linda warmly and candidly serves up a delightful banquet that Dynasty fans will truly savor. Complete with over 40 recipes, some handed down through generations (Mom's Hot Dog Stew), some taught by famous friends (John Wayne "The Duke's" Crab Dip), some inspired by supreme dining experiences from travels around the world (Ina Garten's Filet of Beef Bourguignon), and still others from her winning appearance on Hell's Kitchen (Hell's Salmon), Recipes for Life is at once a delightful journey and a treasure trove of recipes of a life well-lived by a woman well-loved.

Paris Café: The Select Crowd

by Noel Riley Fitch

Acclaimed author Noël Riley Fitch, abetted by noted artist Rick Tulka, serves the dish on Select, the famous Montparnasse café that for nearly nine decades has been so vital to Paris and its intellectual denizens: from Hemingway, Beauvoir, Picasso, James Baldwin, and George Plimpton to the writers and artists who continue to work quietly there in the back room or heatedly debate every topic imaginable into the night. The artists have their work on the walls; the novelists include the café setting in their fiction. The quiet and drama of the Sélect world illustrates the centrality of cafés - particularly this one - to Parisian social, cultural, and intellectual life. Blending pithy profiles and witty drawings of clientele and staff, the book is organized around a history of the café, its daily and seasonal rhythms, particular colorful patrons, and even its typical café/brasserie food (including a few recipes).

The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals

by Michael Pollan

What shall we have for dinner? For omnivores like ourselves, this simple question has always posed a dilemma: When you can eat just about anything nature (or the supermarket) has to offer, deciding what you should eat will inevitably stir anxiety, especially when some of the foods on offer might shorten your life. Today, buffeted by one food fad after another, America is suffering from what can only be described as a national eating disorder. The omnivore's dilemma has returned with a vengeance, as the cornucopia of the modern American supermarket and fast-food outlet confronts us with a bewildering and treacherous food landscape. What's at stake in our eating choices is not only our own and our children's health, but the health of the environment that sustains life on earth. The Omnivores Dilemma is a groundbreaking book in which one of America's most fascinating, original, and elegant writers turns his own omnivorous mind to the seemingly straightforward question of what we should have for dinner. The question has confronted us since man discovered fire, but, according to Michael Pollan, the bestselling author of The Botany of Desire, how we answer it today, at the dawn of the twenty-first century, may well determine our very survival as a species. Should we eat a fast-food hamburger? Something organic? Or perhaps something we hunt, gather, or grow ourselves? To find out, Pollan follows each of the food chains that sustain us industrial food, organic or alternative food, and food we forage ourselves from the source to a final meal, and in the process develops a definitive account of the American way of eating. His absorbing narrative takes us from Iowa cornfields to food-science laboratories, from feedlots and fast-food restaurants.

In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto

by Michael Pollan

Amid the widespread confusion about nutrition, Pollan proposes an answer to the question of what we should eat that comes down to 7 words: Eat food. Not too much. Mostly plants.

Cooked: A Natural History of Transformation

by Michael Pollan

In Cooked, Michael Pollan explores the previously uncharted territory of his own kitchen, discovering the enduring power of the four classical elements -- fire, water, air, and earth -- to transform the stuff of nature into delicious things to eat and drink.

You Put What In My Dessert?: From Alaska, the Best Sauerkraut and Cabbage Recipes in the World

by Alicia Loveland

Cabbage has been heralded as a cancer inhibitor in the Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, is loaded with vitamin C, only has 11 calories per serving, and may be added to enhance almost any recipe. It can be fried, boiled, baked, frozen, canned, or dried, and then ground in a food mill and used to thicken soup. Making it into sauerkraut is an added bonus because it is ready to us--as you will find in You Put What In My Dessert?. Sauerkraut got its start more than 2,000 years ago when the laborers building the Great Wall of China pickled cabbage in wine to supplement their diet. Genghis Khan came along and liked it so much he took it back to fortify his Tartars as they plundered their way through Europe. The Germans enjoyed the pickled cabbage and named it sauerkraut, meaning sour cabbage. Captain Cook knew of its importance when he carried sauerkraut on his ships to ward off scurvy. Sauerkraut is a mainstay in the Loveland household. Alicia keeps it rinsed, drained, chopped (in a food chopper or snipped with scissors), and sauerkraut in the refrigerator. Alicia says, It's as important to me as sourdough starter is to an Alaskan homesteader."After judging a World Federation of Competitive Eaters cabbage eating contest in Palmer a few years ago, Alicia decided You Put What In My Dessert? needed to be written. She felt sorry for contestants eating plates of plain, boiled cabbage. "I wish I could have spiced it up for them with a little caraway seed, dill, mint, mustard seed, savory, or tarragon." And topped off with a piece of cabbage Hooch Cake. "

Raised by the Midnight Sun: The journey of growing up Alaskan, one season at a time.

by Sparky Jones

A routine spring fishing trip for Mom and Dad, turned into a unpredictable journey for Spring Flower Johnson and her big brother JJ. A modern day little house on the prairie, set in interior Alaska, filled with intrigue, and suspense. Keeping up with daily chores of a subsistence lifestyle while their parents are away, is the least of their worries. They find themselves defending their home from intruders, crossing paths with bears, facing a deadly illness, and making new friends. Readers find themselves losing their breath in fear and finding youthful laughter, while learning Alaska history and survival skills. Raised By the Midnight Sun leads you on an emotional rollercoaster, through birch trees,and over tundra, as Spring Flower decides if the country life is for her. Will their parents allow them to stay behind again once they hear of the dangers they have faced alone?

Raised by the Midnight Sun Book 2: The journey of growing up Alaskan, one season at a time.

by Sparky Jones

The modern day little house on the prairie set in interior Alaska continues. Take a journey with Springflower Johnson and her big brother JJ as they are raised by the midnight sun. Melting snow brought uncertainty in book one that ended with pride in being a country girl. The Alaska summer ahead promises daylight that lasts all night, and endless adventures into the wild that surrounds them. Readers can travel Alaska, following the sun from the interior to the southeastern coast to fish Valdez. Hitch a ride through fireweed on the back of an ATV, or nestle in as they canoe down a half frozen river. Join an Alaskan family as they prepare for the long winter ahead, and endure the hard statistical truths living in Alaska can bring. Raised by the Midnight Sun guides you through the fall landscape on a moose hunt and freezes your fingertips dip netting. Take a hike through history, seeing life and death in their endless circle. Be there when Springflower enters adolescence with the approach of the afternoon moon and finds the importance of life as the seasons change in Alaska.

What Should I Eat?: Solve Diabetes, Lose Weight, and Live Healthy

by Rick Mystrom

What Should I Eat is based on 60,000 blood tests taken after nearly every meal the author's eaten for the past 34 years. What Should I Eat will be life changing if: you'reaTYPE2 DiABETiC who wants to lower your blood sugar and lose weight, or you're a PREDiABETiC or BoRDERliNE DiABETiC who wants to avoid ever getting diabetes, or you're a TYPE 1 DiABETiC who wants to improve blood sugar control and live a long, healthy life, or you're one of the two thirds of American adults who want to lLose Weight!

No More Picky Eaters: Designed to teach kids what foods are healthy, and which foods can help your body grow stronger

by Esther Smith

The purpose of this book is to help get kids to not only e at a wider variety of foods... but to understand why they need to, and how it will help them feel better and function in a healthier manner. Certainly most parents have heard their child scream that the food is “yucky,” they want candy, “get this off my plate,” or even suggest that they might die if you make them eat it. No More Picky Eater will help your child to see some of the foods that are healthy for our bodies, and become familiar with them and what they look like, even at a young age. It will cover which parts of the body that some foods specifically target, and assist in their healthy function; as well as what could happen to them if they ate only their “favorite food,” even if it is a healthy choice. No More Pick Eater goes into some of the simple or beginning steps of Food Therapy. While Esther is not a food therapist she has been through Food Therapy and other specialized parent trainings, and has observed many of her children while they were working with food therapists. “These things were taught to me in Oregon by specialists,” says Smith. “And as ‘crazy' as some of them seemed to me... I followed their advice and it helped. It wasn't overnight, but through persistence, and trying their suggestions over and over (daily)... it finally worked and they began eating and getting over their food sensitivities, phobias and issues.”

Grandma Can You Teach Me?

by Jacqui Ertischek

Teach me to dance, to cook and to sew. Teach me to fish and help me to grow. This is a wonderful story of a young girl staying for the day with her grandma. Grandparents and Grandchildren all over the world will understand and appreciate the love and joy of spending time with each other.

Your Type 2 Diabetes Lifeline: Reverse Type 2 Diabetes in One Month or Two Months

by Rick Mystrom

Rick Mystrom's Your Type 2 Diabetes Lifeline, clarifies and and beautifully graphs the answer to everyone's most frequently asked health question: What should I eat? The answer is based on more than 60,000 blood tests he's given himself after nearly every meal he's eaten for the past 34 years. Type 2 diabetics as well as Type 1 diabetics and/ or Parents and loved ones of Type 1 diabetics will benefit greatly from this book. Your Type 2 Diabetes Lifeline—Reverse Type 2 Diabetes in One or Two Months—Your Choice.

Simplified Tai Chi Chuan: 24 Postures with Applications and Standard 48 Postures

by Shou Yu Liang Wen-Ching Wu

Learn today’s most popular tai chi forms! This book is designed for self-study and can help you learn both the Simplified Tai Chi Chuan 24 Posture form and the Simplified Tai Chi Chuan 48 Posture form quickly and accurately. Simplified Tai Chi Chuan 24 Posture is one of today’s most popular tai chi forms. Once learned, it can be performed in only six minutes. If you are learning tai chi in a school, a fitness club, a community or recreation center, or even the local park, this is the tai chi form you are likely to encounter. The martial arts applications for each posture are shown so you can understand that every movement has a purpose. Simplified Tai Chi Chuan 48 Posture is a popular tai chi form practiced by those who want a longer, more challenging sequence. Once learned, it can be performed in only twelve minutes. The forty-eight posture form is often the next form a student studies after learning the twenty-four posture form. Here’s what is inside this book: • Theory to help you understand important tai chi concepts • Warm-up exercises for safe and proper tai chi practice • Fundamentals so your tai chi movements will be easy and natural • Foot diagrams so you will know what direction to face • The complete Simplified Tai Chi Chuan 24 Posture form, step-by-step • Martial applications for each movement of the twenty-four posture form • The complete Simplified Tai Chi Chuan 48 Posture form, step-by-step No matter your age, tai chi chuan is a wonderful way to improve your health and well-being.

The Fighter's Body: An Owner's Manual

by Loren W. Christensen Wim Demeere

You have an owner's manual for your car, your stereo and even your blender, so why not your body? The Fighter's Body is exactly that, an owner's manual for your body, the most complex piece of equipment you will ever own. As a martial artist, you have special needs. Have you ever wondered how that latest fad diet might affect your performance on the mat? Ever wanted to take off a few extra pounds? How about putting on muscle without slowing down? Make weight for a tournament? Lose 5 pounds fast? Eat better? Change weight classes? Confused about supplements, vitamins and protein shakes? Can't make sense of the food pyramid? Don't know where to start? Start here. Author Loren Christensen and personal trainer Wim Demeere combine their knowledge of martial arts, weight training, nutrition, diet and exercise to answer your questions and put you on the road to becoming the best martial arts athlete you can be. This book will answer your questions about important topics including: why some diets are harmful for martial artists; how to calculate your protein needs for training; when and how to use supplements; how to eat at fast food places and not ruin your diet; why it's okay to splurge on 'Dirt Day'; how to safely make weight for a tournament; why HIIT training is essential to weight loss; what to eat on competition days; and, how to create a plan that works and stick to it.

Fighter's Body: The Martial Artist's Solution to Diet, Strength, and Health

by Loren W. Christensen Wim Demeere

You have an owner's manual for your car, your stereo, and even your blender, so why not your body? The Fighter's Body is exactly that--an owner's manual for your most complex piece of equipment.As a martial artist, you make special demands of your body. Have you ever wondered how that latest fad diet might affect your performance on the mat? Ever wanted to take off a few extra pounds? How about putting on muscle without slowing down? Making weight for a tournament? Losing five pounds fast? Eating better? Changing weight classes? Are you confused about supplements, vitamins, and protein shakes? Don't know where to start? Start here.This book will answer your questions about important topics including* Why some diets are harmful for martial artists * How to calculate your protein needs for training* When and how to use supplements* How to eat at fast food places and not ruin your diet* Why it's OK to splurge on "dirt day"* How to safely make weight for a tournament* Why HIIT training is essential to weight loss* What to eat on competition days* How to create a plan that works and stick to itLoren W. Christensen and personal trainer Wim Demeere combine their knowledge of martial arts, weight training, nutrition, diet, and exercise to answer your questions and put you on the road to becoming the best martial arts athlete you can be.

The Peanut Butter and Co. Cookbook: Recipes from the World's Nuttiest Sandwich Shop

by Lee Zalben

In 1998, a cozy Greenwich Village sandwich shop named Peanut Butter & Co. was born--with a menu consisting entirely of peanut butter creations. The restaurant was an instant hit and launched its own brand of gourmet peanut butter available nationwide. Now president and founder Lee Zalben continues to spread the joy of peanut butter with The Peanut Butter & Co. Cookbook. Here are more than eighty gooey recipes for everything from decadent desserts (Chocolate--Peanut Butter Pie) to delicious, nutritious snacks (Frozen Dark Chocolate--Banana Bites) and sensational entrées (Sweet and Spicy Peanut Butter--Glazed Chicken Tenders). No peanut butter cookbook would be complete without sandwiches--here are recipes from the traditional (The Lunch Box Special) to the deliciously daring (Cookie Dough Surprise). With tempting full-color photographs, archival photos of PB&J ephemera, and tons of quirky facts, The Peanut Butter & Co. Cookbook is sure to answer every peanut butter craving!

Wine Secrets

by Marnie Old

InWine Secrets, forty of the world's top wine experts share the tricks, techniques, and wisdom they've learned through decades of experience. Celebrity chef Jacques P#xE9;pin shares the best uses for leftover wine in the kitchen. Sommelier Oliver Boru proves that you sometimes can judge a wine by its label. Restaurateur Piero Selvaggio tells diners the best way to send back an unacceptable bottle. Plus tips on tasting, drinking, ordering, storing, and more. Each technique is described in the expert's own words, along with a short profile and commentary from author/sommelier Marnie Old. With advice ranging from the basics (does anything pair well with broccoli?) to the extreme (yes, you can freeze open bottles of wine!),Wine Secretswill appeal to beginners as well as established oenophiles.

The Perfect Drink for Every Occasion: 151 Cocktails That Will Freshen Your Breath, Impress a Hot Date, Cure a Hangover, and More!

by Duane Swierczynski

First published in 2003, The Perfect Drink for Every Occasion offers mixed drinks for virtually every situation imaginable. Getting married? Got a new job? Been a long day? Need to lose weight? Whatever the occasion, we've got the libation--complete with recipes, secrets, and tips. This new edition is updated with a fresh design and a host of all-new occasions (at last, you'll know what to drink if you're watching Mad Men with your coworkers). Loaded with recipes for Margaritas, White Russians, Gin Rickeys, Harvey Wallbangers, Cosmopolitans, and 145 other favorites, The Perfect Drink for Every Occasion is comprehensive enough to be the only bar book you'll ever need.

The Cookiepedia: Mixing Baking, and Reinventing the Classics

by Stacy Adimando

cook*ie: a small flat, baked cake which is either crisp or soft but firm (often with chocolate chips, candies, or nuts mixed in); insanely delicious.If you miss the days when snacks were simple and handmade, you'll love this homespun encyclopedia of cookies. Full of hand-drawn illustrations and gorgeous photographs, The Cookiepedia features 50 classic recipes for everything from Amaretti and Animal Cookies to Gingersnaps, Rugelach, Snickerdoodles, and dozens of other favorites--plus hundreds of ideas for adapting recipes and making them your own.From the Hardcover edition.

Recipes Every Man Should Know (Stuff You Should Know #5)

by Brett Cohen Susan Russo

Gentleman, start your ovens! We're mixing bacon with brownies! We're pouring beer into chili! We're stirring up tomato gravy so thick and tasty, we refuse to call it sauce! This easy pocket-sized companion shows you how to make all the food a man can't live without, including: * Hearty Breakfast Classics * Sandwiches, Burgers, and Snacks * Meat and Potato Dinners * Beer, Bacon, and Bar Food * Chocolate, Cheesecake, and More Plus a quick, no-frills guide to culinary rules and tools. We break it all down so you can cook like a master!From the Hardcover edition.

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