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The Essential Pantry: Streamline Your Ingredients, Simplify Your Meals
by Maggie Green Sarah Jane SandersFor many home cooks, it can be a challenge to find the time, money, and ingredients to enjoy preparing a meal. Imagine a cookbook where you didn’t have to shop for expensive ingredients in unusual places or use them only once. Imagine a cookbook where you knew you had all the dry goods you needed to prepare quick and amazing recipes. Wouldn’t this change the way you think and feel about cooking? Enter The Essential Pantry, the indispensable resource for cooks who want everyday recipes right at their fingertips, without the fuss of an extended shopping trip. Food and nutrition expert Maggie Green reveals the secret to her miraculous meal preparation routine: a well-stocked pantry. By bringing together a few fresh ingredients like meat, dairy, and produce with Green’s comprehensive list of easy-to-find, pantry-safe foods, you can prepare delicious recipes on time and within budget—without running to the store halfway through. Packed with amazing recipes like Greek-style green beans, zucchini and carrot pancakes, 10-minute flatbread pizza, spicy chicken asiago pasta, grilled pork chops with brown sugar brine, and Indian-spiced meatballs, The Essential Pantry will revolutionize the way you think and feel about cooking.
Essential Pepin
by Jacques PépinFor the first time ever, the legendary chef collects and updates the best recipes from his six-decade career. With a searchable DVD demonstrating every technique a cook will ever need.In his more than sixty years as a chef, Jacques Pépin has earned a reputation as a champion of simplicity. His recipes are classics. They find the shortest, surest route to flavor, avoiding complicated techniques.Now, in a book that celebrates his life in food, the world's most famous cooking teacher winnows his favorite recipes from the thousands he has created, streamlining them even further. They include Onion Soup Lyonnaise-Style, which Jacques enjoyed as a young chef while bar-crawling in Paris; Linguine with Clam Sauce and Vegetables, a frequent dinner chez Jacques; Grilled Chicken with Tarragon Butter, which he makes indoors in winter and outdoors in summer; Five-Peppercorn Steak, his spin on a bistro classic; Mémé's Apple Tart, which his mother made every day in her Lyon restaurant; and Warm Chocolate Fondue Soufflé, part cake, part pudding, part soufflé, and pure bliss.Essential Pépin spans the many styles of Jacques's cooking: homey country French, haute cuisine, fast food Jacques-style, and fresh contemporary American dishes. Many of the recipes are globally inspired, from Mexico, across Europe, or the Far East.In the accompanying searchable DVD, Jacques shines as a teacher, as he demonstrates all the techniques a cook needs to know. This truly is the essential Pépin.
Essential Pepin Desserts: 160 All-Time Favorites from My Life in Food
by Jacques PepinEssential Pepin Desserts showcases more than 150 of Jacques Pépin's top dessert recipes from his lifetime in food. The five chapters (Fruit Desserts; Puddings, Sweet Soufflés, and Crepes; Cakes, Cookies, and Candies; Tarts, Pies, and Pastries; and Frozen Desserts) display his many cooking styles, from homey French (Mémés Apple Tart), to haute cuisine (Coffee and Hazelnut Dacquoise), to fast food Jacques style (Warm Chocolate Soufflés), to fresh contemporary American dishes (Top-Crust Cherry Pie). In the accompanying videos, Pépin demonstrates ten essential techniques, including segmenting an orange, working with pie dough, and making chocolate "balloons."
The Essential Pie Cookbook: 50 Sweet & Savory Recipes
by Saura KlineBake up sweet and savory pies at home with simple recipes Few things bring people together like a freshly baked pie, whether you're whipping one up for a family celebration or a date-night treat. No matter your baking skill level, this cookbook makes it easy to create your favorite pies with a collection of tried-and-true recipes for everything from savory pies to fruit pies, nut pies, chocolate pies, and more. This book of pies includes: Pie-baking 101—Learn about essential pie-baking equipment, how to properly execute techniques like cutting in butter and transferring dough to a pie plate, how to beautify your pies, and more. Classic and contemporary flavors—Explore a creative range of delightful pies, from the ones you know and love (like All-American Apple Pie) to those destined to become new favorites (like Salted Honey Pie). A variety of homemade crusts—Skip store-bought doughs with 6 simple recipes for tasty crusts you can make at home, including an all-butter crust, gluten-free crust, and cookie crust. Make bakery-quality pies at home with The Essential Pie Cookbook.
The Essential Plant-Based Pantry: Streamline Your Ingredients, Simplify Your Meals (Encounters)
by Maggie GreenFor many home cooks, it can be a challenge to find the time, money, and ingredients to enjoy preparing a healthy, plant-based meal. Imagine a cookbook where you didnt have to shop for expensive ingredients in unusual places or use them only once. Imagine a cookbook where you knew you had all the dry goods you needed to prepare quick and amazing recipes. Wouldnt this change the way you think and feel about cooking? Enter The Essential Plant-Based Pantry, the indispensable resource for cooks who want everyday, healthy recipes right at their fingertips, without the fuss of an extended shopping trip. Food and nutrition expert Maggie Green reveals the secret to her miraculous meal preparation routine: a well-stocked pantry. By bringing together a few fresh ingredients like produce and nut milk with Greens comprehensive list of easy-to-find, pantry-safe foods, you can prepare delicious recipes on time and within budgetwithout running to the store halfway through. Packed with amazing recipes like fettuccini cashew alfredo, Moroccan tempeh, sesame Brussels sprouts, red bean and mushroom jambalaya, curry coconut chickpeas, tofu shakshuka, and Cinci lentil chili, The Essential Plant-Based Pantry will revolutionize the way you think and feel about healthy cooking.
The Essential Plant-Based Pantry: Streamline Your Ingredients, Simplify Your Meals
by Maggie Green Sarah Jane SandersFor many home cooks, it can be a challenge to find the time, money, and ingredients to enjoy preparing a healthy, plant-based meal. Imagine a cookbook where you didn’t have to shop for expensive ingredients in unusual places or use them only once. Imagine a cookbook where you knew you had all the dry goods you needed to prepare quick and amazing recipes. Wouldn’t this change the way you think and feel about cooking? Enter The Essential Plant-Based Pantry, the indispensable resource for cooks who want everyday, healthy recipes right at their fingertips, without the fuss of an extended shopping trip. Food and nutrition expert Maggie Green reveals the secret to her miraculous meal preparation routine: a well-stocked pantry. By bringing together a few fresh ingredients like produce and nut milk with Green’s comprehensive list of easy-to-find, pantry-safe foods, you can prepare delicious recipes on time and within budget—without running to the store halfway through. Packed with amazing recipes like fettuccini cashew alfredo, Moroccan tempeh, sesame Brussels sprouts, red bean and mushroom jambalaya, curry coconut chickpeas, tofu shakshuka, and Cinci lentil chili, The Essential Plant-Based Pantry will revolutionize the way you think and feel about healthy cooking.
The Essential Pocket Guide for Clinical Nutrition
by Mary Width Tonia ReinhardThe Essential Pocket Guide for Clinical Nutrition, Third Edition is a quick-reference guide for dietitians, students, and other health professionals actively engaged in clinical nutrition, providing them with immediate access to evidence-based information on nutritional assessment, nutrition support, and nutrition considerations for specific diseases such as cancer, cardiovascular disease, diabetes, and pulmonary disease. Using the latest nutritional guidelines, the authors utilize a consistent chapter format that includes sections on disease process, treatment and nutritional intervention, and patient education, making it easy to find the relevant information. New sections consider the nutrition implications of dementia, Alzheimer’s, and Parkinson’s; nutritional care for bone marrow transplant patients; food safety in intestinal transplant operations; and more.
The Essential Pocket Guide for Clinical Nutrition
by Mary Width Tonia ReinhardIn today’s fast-paced healthcare world, it’s crucial to have the information you need when you need it. The Essential Pocket Guide for Clinical Nutrition, Fourth Edition is a quick reference guide for dietitians, students, interns, and other health professionals actively engaged in clinical nutrition. The easily readable format incorporates tables and boxes for immediate access to evidence-based information on nutritional assessment, nutrition support, life-stage nutrition, and nutrition considerations for specific diseases such as diabetes, cardiovascular disease, cancer, and gastrointestinal diseases. All-inclusive resources and relevant appendices such as laboratory assessment and food-drug interactions, save the clinician from carrying around separate resources. There is no comparable pocket guide on the market that includes this comprehensive coverage of clinical nutrition.
Essential Seafood Cookbook: Classic Recipes Made Simple
by Terri DienFrom sea to supper—75 sophisticated, yet simple, delicious seafood cookbook recipes Like the sea itself, cooking seafood can be quite intimidating—consider this your life raft. Dedicated to the home chef, the Essential Seafood Cookbook is full of recipes from the deep that allow you to recreate restaurant-quality dishes in your own home through straightforward, creative, and approachable techniques. Use the simple, step-by-step instructions to whip up meals using classic seafood ingredients for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. You'll also learn best practices for selecting and storing a wide variety of seafood choices, different cooking methods like poaching and pan roasting, as well as some must-haves for elevating your fare from ordinary to extraordinary. The Essential Seafood Cookbook includes: Omega 3 power—Discover 75 truly tasty recipes that are loaded with health benefits from helping to prevent heart disease and promoting weight loss to improving cognitive skills. Mix it up—Feel free to switch up some of your favorites with easy substitution options provided in this go-to seafood cookbook. Environmentally conscious—Use the buying guide for tips on purchasing sustainable seafood. Bring the best flavors of the ocean straight to your kitchen with the Essential Seafood Cookbook.
The Essential Slow Cooker Cookbook for Beginners: 100 Easy, Hands-Off Recipes for Your Slow Cooker
by Pamela EllgenGet the most out of your slow cooker with hands-off beginner recipes Discover the convenience and hearty flavors of slow cooking with the ultimate starter guide! Begin with a crash course on using and caring for your slow cooker, then explore 100 simple recipes, including roasts, chilis, soups, stews, and casseroles. With plenty of beginner-friendly advice, this slow cooker cookbook makes it easy for you to get a delicious and hearty meal on the table with minimal effort. The Essential Slow Cooker Cookbook for Beginners features: Slow cooker basics—Learn how your slow cooker works with a guide to the controls and how to properly layer ingredients. Fast prep—The recipes in this slow cooker cookbook only require about 15 minutes of hands-on prep time and include familiar, easy-to-find ingredients. Truly hands-off cooking—Every dish is meant for a 6-quart oval cooker, and most have cook times of 8 hours or longer, so you can leave them all day and come home to a hot meal. One-pot recipes—This slow cooker cookbook is designed so all of the cooking happens right inside your slow cooker, with no extra steps in the oven or on the stove. Create rich, hearty dishes that will be ready to eat when you are with this ultimate slow cooker cookbook.
Essential Slow Cooker Recipes: 103 Fuss-Free Slow Cooker Meals Everyone Will Love
by Addie GundryA slow cooker is the ideal partner in crime when it comes to tackling dishes that can be too time- and work-intensive for every day, like French onion soup or chicken cordon bleu. And in this cookbook, we’re going way beyond the expected soups and stews. Cutthroat Kitchen winner Addie Gundry offers up recipes for appetizers like BBQ Meatballs, breads like Slow Cooker Dinner Rolls, make-ahead breakfasts like Banana Pecan French Toast, and desserts like Pineapple Upside Down Cake, not to mention slow cooker twists on beloved recipes like Lasagna, Meatloaf, and Stuffed Peppers. Each recipe is paired with a finished-dish full-bleed color photo.
Essential Student Cookbook: 400 Quick Easy and Cheap Recipes
by Cas ClarkeCas Clarke originally combined her two most successful books to create THE ESSENTIAL STUDENT COOKBOOK. This fully updated version of the bestselling compendium puts everything into one modern and redesigned volume for the aspiring student cook. Based on Cas's own experience, it gives basic guidance on essential equipment, what to take for the store cupboard and how to cope with the vagaries of cooking in hall. The recipes are completely straightforward and assume no prior knowledge. They take into account the student's limited means and time but also cater for the odd occasion when they might want to splash out or entertain friends.
Essential Student Cookbook: 400 Quick Easy and Cheap Recipes
by Cas ClarkeCas Clarke originally combined her two most successful books to create THE ESSENTIAL STUDENT COOKBOOK. This fully updated version of the bestselling compendium puts everything into one modern and redesigned volume for the aspiring student cook. Based on Cas's own experience, it gives basic guidance on essential equipment, what to take for the store cupboard and how to cope with the vagaries of cooking in hall. The recipes are completely straightforward and assume no prior knowledge. They take into account the student's limited means and time but also cater for the odd occasion when they might want to splash out or entertain friends.
Essential Turkish Cuisine: 200 Recipes For Small Plates And Family Meals
by Engin Akin Anya BremzenThis “long overdue tribute to the richly sensuous food of Turkey” is “handsome, intriguing, and beautifully illustrated” (Mimi Sheraton, former New York Times food critic). Engin Akin shares her culinary mastery and describes the evolution of Turkey’s diverse culture of food in Essential Turkish Cuisine. Complete with two hundred recipes found across the country, including traditional dolmas, kebabs, halva, and more, this definitive book offers rare insight into the myriad influences on modern Turkish cooking. Featuring a wide range of large and small plates—from Stuffed Peppers and Eggplant to Lamb with Quince, Fresh Sour Cherry Hosaf to Crepes with Tahini and Pekmez—Akin includes expert instruction for each dish. Through these recipes and the gorgeous photographs of Turkey—its bustling markets, its food, and its traditions—Akin shares the country’s rich heritage and brings the spirit of Turkey into your kitchen. “Here is a lifetime of culinary wisdom shared with English-speaking cooks looking for a key to unlock one of the world’s most seductive cuisines.” —Maricel E. Presilla, culinary historian “A reference. A treasure. A culinary tour de force.” —Steven Raichlen, author of the Barbecue Bible cookbook series
The Essential Vegan Instant Pot Cookbook: Fresh and Foolproof Plant-Based Recipes for Your Electric Pressure Cooker
by Coco MoranteThis enticing collection of more than 75 easy, inventive, well-tested vegan recipes for the incredibly popular electric pressure cooker, the Instant Pot, is the go-to source for mouthwatering plant-based weekday meals.The best-selling Instant Pot makes cooking delicious meals a snap! But finding vegan recipes that are both inspiring and trustworthy has proven difficult, until now. The Essential Vegan Instant Pot Cookbook presents a collection of quick and easy vegan recipes that cover each meal of the day, offering tried-and-true dishes with a modern twist, such as Black Bean Tamale Casserole, Root Vegetable Tagine with Couscous, African Peanut Stew, Jerk Tofu Wraps, and more. And best of all, they're all well-tested and authorized by Instant Pot. With beautiful photography and an attractive package, this book is an indulgence for home cooks who live a plant-based lifestyle as well as healthy eaters looking to incorporate more meatless Mondays into their week.
The Essential Vegan Keto Cookbook: 65 Healthy & Delicious Plant-Based Ketogenic Recipes
by Editors of Rodale Books65 delicious, easy-to-prepare ketogenic recipes for vegans, who can now enjoy the benefits of the diet that is taking the world by stormWho says vegans can't go keto? The most talked-about diet in the world is now reaching a whole new audience with THE ESSENTIAL VEGAN KETO COOKBOOK. Featuring 65 low-carbohydrate, high-fat, moderate-protein, vegan recipes, readers who assumed ketogenic eating was off-limits for their lifestyle can now prepare easy, delicious, keto-complaint meals. Try sunflower seed waffles, Tex-Mex cauliflower steaks with guacamole, creamy "cheeseball" bites, and delicious desserts like a macadamia nut mug cake. Including 40 photos, an overview of the ketogenic diet and its main health benefits, and tips on how to meet and track macros, this cookbook includes everything vegans need to know to prepare keto-friendly recipes, without any of the overwhelming extras.
Essential Vegetable Fermentation: 70 Inventive Recipes to Make Your Own Pickles, Kraut, Kimchi, and More
by Kelly McVickerHarness the power of fermentation with this fun (and funky) recipe book Fermentation is a magical process. It acts as a natural preservative, enhances flavors, and turns already healthy veggies into probiotic-rich superfoods. Though undertaking this transformative process in your own home may seem intimidating, Essential Vegetable Fermentation has all the practical information you need to make fermentation fun, easy, and incredibly rewarding. With a simple guide to preparing your kitchen and mastering your first ferment, you'll have your glass jars bubbling away in no time. Learn to ferment everything from whole vegetables, krauts, and kimchis, to hot sauces, chutneys, relishes, and more. Clear, easy-to-follow instructions and insightful tips practically guarantee fermentation success. And because the recipes draw on flavors from around the world, you'll always have something new and interesting to try. Essential Vegetable Fermentation includes: Fermenting 101—Learn the history, science, health benefits, and cultural significance of fermented foods around the world. In a pickle—Detailed instructions and troubleshooting tips help keep your ferments on track. Make It a Meal—Use the chapter dedicated to cooking with fermentation to help you incorporate your tasty ferments into soups, stews, and more. Master the probiotic process today and enjoy all the vegetables you can ferment!
The Essential Vegetarian Indian Cookbook: 125 Classic Recipes to Enjoy at Home
by Pavani NandulaAuthentic Indian cooking comes home—125 classic and flavorful vegetarian recipes Simply put, spice is the true essence of Indian cuisine. With The Essential Vegetarian Cookbook, you'll learn how to master the magic of mixing simple herbs and spices like cumin and turmeric with fresh vegetables, legumes, grains, and dairy to create irresistible layers of flavor. From Vegetable Korma to Paneer Makhani, this complete vegetarian cookbook gives you everything you need to get started simmering up these diverse and versatile dishes. Whether you crave Indian food and want to re-create your favorite mouthwatering meals at home or you're trying to switch to a smarter, healthier way of eating, this is the perfect guide for you. This standout vegetarian cookbook delivers: 125 Plant-based recipes—Discover dozens of delicious family favorites and lesser-known vegetarian fare that cover a wide range of regional Indian cuisine. A straightforward approach—This vegetarian cookbook offers precise, easy-to-follow prep instructions and easy-to-find ingredients. The basics—Explore Indian cooking techniques, kitchen and pantry essentials, expert tips, and more. Spice up mealtime, anytime with this essential vegetarian cookbook full of real Indian flavors.
The Essential Vegetarian Keto Cookbook: 65 Low-Carb, High-Fat Ketogenic Recipes
by Editors of Rodale Books65 delicious, easy-to-prepare ketogenic recipes for vegetarians, who can now enjoy the benefits of the diet that is taking the world by stormWho says vegetarians can't go keto? The most talked-about diet in the world is now reaching a whole new audience with THE ESSENTIAL VEGETARIAN KETO COOKBOOK. Featuring 65 low-carbohydrate, high-fat, moderate-protein, vegetarian (and pescatarian) recipes, readers who assumed ketogenic eating was off-limits for their lifestyle can now prepare easy, delicious, keto-compliant meals. Try coconut-almond chia pudding, pumpkin pie pancakes, roasted cauliflower-turmeric soup, and easy, filling keto-fied salads. Including 40 photos, an overview of the ketogenic diet and its main health benefits, and tips on how to meet and track macros, this cookbook includes everything vegetarians need to know to prepare keto-friendly recipes, without any of the overwhelming extras.
The Essential Wine Book: A Modern Guide to the Changing World of Wine
by Zachary SussmanA field guide to the new world of wine, featuring an overview of today&’s most exciting regions and easy-to-use advice on properly tasting wine, discovering under-the-radar gems, and finding the perfect bottle for any occasion.Highlighting wines from old world regions such as France, Italy, Spain, and Germany to new world wines from the United States, Australia, New Zealand, Chile, and more, The Essential Wine Book tells you what to drink and why. Beginning with foundational information about how wine is made, how to taste it, and how to understand terroir, wine expert and journalist Zachary Sussman then gives an overview of the most important and interesting wine regions today—both established and still emerging.For instance, the great French wines of Burgundy and Champagne are already well known, but for affordable bottles you can easily find at your local wine shop, Sussman profiles up-and-coming producers in other regions, including the Jura, Languedoc-Roussillon, and more. In a similar vein, California's Napa Valley has for decades been the source of America's most prestigious wines, but here you'll learn about other areas of the state that are gaining recognition, from Lodi to the Santa Rita Hills. You'll find user-friendly "just the highlights" notes for each region, as well as recommendations for producers and particular bottles to seek out. Diving deep into what makes each region essential and unique, this comprehensive guides gives new wine drinkers and enthusiasts alike an inside track on modern wine culture.
Essential Wines and Wineries of the Pacific Northwest: A Guide to the Wine Countries of Washington, Oregon, British Columbia, and Idaho
by Andrea Johnson Cole DanehowerSuperbly balanced pinot noirs; crisp rieslings; rich, heady syrahs: these are only a fraction of the expertly crafted wines being produced in the Pacific Northwest's diverse and distinctive wine countries. Second only to California in production, the Pacific Northwest is the largest wine region in North America, home to more than 1,000 wineries. What was once a young wine-growing area with a reputation for eccentricity is today recognized as a dynamic region producing world-class wines, with a focus on ecologically sound practices.This definitive volume profiles the wines, the people who make them, and the wine countries of Washington, Oregon, British Columbia, and Idaho. The journey begins with the region's climates and geology, which create a fascinating tapestry of wine-growing areas. Next, the book focuses on the unique qualities of each wine region, with profiles of more than 160 representative wineries to visit. Included are legacy wineries that helped to build the region’s reputation, prestige wineries with a national presence, under-the-radar artisan wineries that embody the pioneering spirit of the Northwest, and promising new wineries. Each profile lists the winery's signature, premium, value, and estate wines.Beautifully illustrated with photographs and helpful maps, this in-depth guide is a milestone in the North American literature on wine. It will enable wine lovers everywhere to plan their touring, select their wines, and explore and discover the riches of the Northwest's wine country.
Essential Winetasting: The Complete Practical Winetasting Course
by Michael SchusterAn authoritative and inspirational winetasting course, from one of the world's leading wine educators. 'Explains the mechanics of taste and tasting better than any book I've seen.' - Richard Ehrlich, Independent on Sunday Learn how to taste wine, with one of the world's leading wine educators. This book offers a particularly clear and precise means of teaching yourself how to taste and how to get more out of your wine, whatever your level. All the major grape varieties are explored, and their key characteristics in different regions. Ten practical tastings then cover core tasting techniques. Do you want to explore Dry Whites, for example, looking at 'Old World' versus 'New World' Sauvignon Blancs? Or investigate 'terroir' in a range of Bordeaux wines? Additional information on subjects such as Wines and Age and the impact of climate change complete the picture, making this book a powerful tool for understanding and appreciating wine at all levels.
Essentially Aubergines
by Nina KehayanThere is something very appealing about the shiny deep purple of the aubergines most commonly seen in our supermarkets and markets. But not all aubergines are purplish black and although the aubergine has come to epitomize Mediterranean cooking, it is in fact an Asian immigrant from China. Depending on where you travel you can find aubergines in varying shapes, sizes and hues. They may be lilac verging on pink, green tinged or pure ivory (hence their American name, eggplant) plain, mottled or streaked. Some grow long and thin, others are small and perfectly round.As numerous as its guises are the methods of cooking the aubergine. You can stew it in the French and Italian style, slice it and fry it, halve it and grill it or bake it whole. So if your repertoire of aubergine recipes is limited to ratatouille or moussaka Nina Kehayan, we will introduce you to 150 recipes from every corner of the world from the Near East to the Far East, from South America to Russia and beyond.This book is a unique encyclopedic guide to the worlds aubergine recipes as well as the tale of the author, her familys almost sentimental passion for them and their journey over generations from Russia to Provence. Aubergines was published originally to a truly impressive collection of enthusiastic reviews and is now available again in paperback.
Essentials of Classic Italian Cooking: A Cookbook
by Marcella HazanHazan's The Classic Italian Cookbook (1976) and More Italian Cooking (1978) are the standards in the field, and now, almost 20 years after the publication of the first title, they are available in a single volume, completely revised and updated.
Essentials of Cooking
by James PetersonIn this unrivaled practical guide, one of America's most widely respected cookbook authors distills his vast knowledge and experience into the 100 essential techniques that every cook needs to know. Seven hundred and fifty photographs unravel the mysteries of the method and provide practical application on the spot. Each technique is further explained in terms of how it makes the food taste: What happens, for example, if you cook the fish in butter versus oil? Why does roasting make vegetables taste so good? How do you decide whether you want to make a chicken stew or sautT? Here are answers to just about every cooking question, from the simple to the sublime: how to boil an artichoke or cook a soft-boiled egg, or how to clean soft-shell crabs or even butcher and roast a whole saddle of lamb. Knowing how to execute a technique makes you efficient; knowing why you've chosen that technique makes you a master.