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The Discovery of Chocolate
by James Runcie[from inside dust jacket flaps] When Diego de Godoy leaves his native Seville and takes ship for the New World, he is hoping to find a treasure that will make him worthy of the hand in marriage of the beautiful Isabella de Quintallma. He finds more than he bargained for. Fighting alongside Cortes and his conquistadors, Diego falls in love with a Mexican woman and she initiates him into the sensuous secret of chocolate. From the moment he is separated from his lover, however, Diego and his ever-faithful greyhound Pedro are destined to wander throughout the world and down the centuries in search of the fulfilment they knew for that brief time, seeking the perfection of chocolate and the meaning of life. Full of excitement, humour and not a little sadness, the drama of Diego's quest is played out against the background of many great cities, by a cast of richly colourful characters, including the Marquis de Sade and Sigmund Freud, to name but two. The Discovery of Chocolate is a fabulous delight, as rich and exotic as the luxurious confections that Diego himself creates.
Humble Pie
by Gordon RamsayEveryone thinks they know the real Gordon Ramsay: rude, loud, pathologically driven, stubborn as hell. But this is his real story... This is Gordon Ramsay's autobiography - the first time he has told the full story of how he became the world's most famous and infamous chef: his difficult childhood, his brother's heroin addiction and his failed first career as a footballer: all of these things have made him the celebrated culinary talent and media powerhouse that he is today. Gordon talks frankly about: * his tough childhood: his father's alcoholism and violence and the effects on his relationships with his mother and siblings * his first career as a footballer: how the whole family moved to Scotland when he was signed by Glasgow Rangers at the age of fifteen, and how he coped when his career was over due to injury just three years later * his brother's heroin addiction. * Gordon's early career: learning his trade in Paris and London; how his career developed from there: his time in Paris under Albert Roux and his seven Michelin-starred restaurants. * kitchen life: Gordon spills the beans about life behind the kitchen door, and how a restaurant kitchen is run in Anthony Bourdain-style. * and how he copes with the impact of fame on himself and his family: his television career, the rapacious tabloids, and his own drive for success.
An Orange in January (Elementary Core Reading Ser.)
by Dianna Hutts Aston Julie MarenNIMAC-sourced textbook <P><P>An orange begins its life as a blossom where bees feast on the nectar, and reaches the end of its journey, bursting with the seasons inside it, in the hands of a child.
Glencoe Food For Today
by McGraw-Hill Education StaffFood for Today provides students with the information and skills they need to make safe and healthful food decisions, plan and prepare meals safely, and appreciate the diversity of foods. It emphasizes the basics of nutrition, consumer skills, food science principles, and lab-based food preparation techniques.
Glencoe Food, Nutrition, and Wellness
by Roberta Larson DuyffMcGraw-Hill Education's Food, Nutrition & Wellness teaches students the skills they need to make healthful food choices, prepare nutritious meals, and bring physical activity and wellness practices into their daily lives. The text focuses on the wellness of mind and body, food and kitchen safety, and the qualities, varieties, and combinations of foods. Includes print Student Edition.
Sixpence in her shoe
by Phyllis McginleyA Collection of witty, observant essays about the hard but fulfilling vocation of being a housewife by a writer who believes women should cherish and be proud to choose being a housewife as a particularly enriching career for women. Topics include how not to kill your husband, benefits of higher education to housewives, should women have jobs outside the home?, buying a house, decorating a house, the virtue of thrift, giving dinner parties, houseguests, kitchen design and utensils, family traditions, parenting and 16 recipes.
Discovering Food and Nutrition (6th edition)
by Helen KowtalukDiscovering Food and Nutrition is a totally revised textbook for beginning level food and nutrition courses. This illustrated text teaches students to plan nutritious meals, identify the limits of time and money, shop wisely, and work in the kitchen safely.
Decisions for Teen Health: Healthy Living
by Mary Bronson MerkiYou make choices every day that affect you health. You decide what to eat, whom to have for friends, and how to spend your time. This book will help you learn to recognize the right choices. It will also give you the chance to look at your health habits now.
Exploring Professional Cooking (4th edition)
by Mary Frey Ray Evelyn Jones LewisYou are about to learn what is involved behind the scenes of the food service industry. As a student in a culinary art program, you will learn about food, nutrition, marketing, sanitation, food costing, and methods of food preparation. This knowledge and the skills you learn will give you the qualifications to join a creative team in the food service industry.
Weight Watchers Cut The Fat Cookbook
by Weight Watchers InternationalYou'll find both old and new favorites, such as: HEARTY MAIN MEALS Eggplant Torte, White Chili Swordfish with Pasta and Sugar Snap Peas Broiled Tuna with Corn Relish Chicken and Squash Stew SENSATIONAL SIDES Tabbouleh, Mexican Baked Beans Kasha with Cremini Mushrooms and Leeks Moroccan Rice Salad, Bulgur with Apple Raita SUMPTUOUS SOUPS Cock-a-Leekie Soup, Cream of Asparagus Soup, Turnip Bisque with Crispy Shallots, Chilled Carrot and Orange Soup, Navy Bean Soup with Lemon and Herbs TEMPTING DESSERTS AND SNACKS Apple Pie-Spiced Popcorn, Maple Bran Muffins, Chocolate Apple Bars Strawberry-Rhubarb Tartlets, Lemon Snow with Fresh Fruit Salad Cinnamon-Raisin Granola
Weight Watchers Stop Stuffing Yourself: 7 Steps to Conquering Overeating
by Weight Watchers InternationalWhy is one cookie never enough? Why does a bad day at the office seem to scream for a quart of rocky road? If you think the answer is a lack of self-control, you might be misunderstanding the reasons behind overeating. Trust Weight Watchers, the leading name in safe and sensible weight control, to address food issues that go beyond what to eat. If cutting calories or regular exercise hasn't been enough, the next step is understanding why you overeat. Stop Stuffing Yourself contains the latest information on the hottest topic in weight control, emotional overeating. Full of hands-on advice and reassuring coping techniques for winning the battle with food, Stop Stuffing Yourself covers issues ranging from stress and anger to boredom and loneliness, explaining how anyone can identify the causes of overeating and succeed at losing weight. Real-life stories of trial and triumph color each chapter, providing motivation, support and encouragement to anyone who ever thought she was alone in her struggle with food. Stop Stuffing Yourself is the must-have book for chronic dieters, the food-obsessed, and anybody who's ready to gain control over food and lose weight.
Fish: The Complete Guide To Buying And Cooking
by Mark Bittman Dennis M. GottliebFish: The Complete Guide to Buying and Cooking is a book that simplifies, once and for all, the process of preparing fish. Organized in an easy-reference, A-Z format, Fish gives you the culinary lowdown on seventy kinds of fish and shellfish commonly found in American supermarkets and fish stores. Each entry describes how the fish is sold (fillets, steaks, whole, salted), other names it goes by, how the fish should look, and buying tips. Fish begins with general guidelines on how to store, prepare, and cook fish, whether sauteing, frying, grilling, or smoking, and you will find easy-to-follow illustrations of such important basics as how to gut and fillet a fish. Fish also includes up-to-the-minute information on the health benefits of fish in our diet. In addition, there are more than five hundred recipes and variations, all of which use low-fat, high-flavor ingredients to accent the intrinsic natures of the individual fish rather than mask them. And the vast majority of the recipes are ready in less than thirty minutes.
The Complete Idiot's Guide to American Cooking
by Ronnie FeinThe Complete Idiot's Guide "RM" to American Cooking is a cookbook for today. People are cooking at home more than ever and looking for comfort food - recipes, often regional, they remember from childhood. As a traditional American cookbook, this Complete Idiot's Guide offers more than 150 of the most popular traditional American recipes. From holiday favorites like Waldorf salad and green bean casserole to ethnic dishes like veal (or chicken) parmagiana or corned beef and cabbage, these are the dishes grandmother used to make and the history behind them. This CIG features recipes from New England, the Mid-Atlantic Area (NY, Philadelphia, Washington DC, Maryland) the Deep South, Gulf Coast (including Cajun/Creole), southwest, Midwest, Pacific Rim and California, and Northwest.
Drinking in America: A History (Revised and Expanded Edition)
by Mark Edward Lender James K. MartinDrinking in America is meant to bring original research together with the best of the new historical and social science investigations and to put forth our own interpretation of what drinking (or, for that matter, not drinking) has meant to passing generations of Americans.
Eat More, Weigh Less: Dr. Dean Ornish's Life Choice Program for Losing Weight Safely While Eating Abundantly
by Dean OrnishIt's not just how much you eat, it's what you eat, that can reverse even severe heart disease without drugs or surgery. Includes 250 recipes containing less than 10% fat, each kitchen-tested and listing its nutritional information, and also a nutritional analysis of hundreds of common foods.
Eat, Drink, and Be Merry: America's Doctor Tells You Why the Health Experts are Wrong
by David Schrieberg Dean EdellRadio talk show host Dr. Dean Edell at his best.
Growing Up Empty: The Hunger Epidemic in America, First Edition
by Loretta Schwartz-NobelGrowing Up Empty is a study of a hidden epidemic that still remains largely unacknowledged at the highest political levels. A call to action that will re-energize the national debate on the federal government's priorities, Growing Up Empty is advocacy journalism at its best.
The Amazing Potato: A Story in Which the Incas, Conquistadors, Marie Antoinette, Thomas Jefferson, Wars, Famines, Immigrants, and French Fries All Play a Part
by Milton MeltzerIntroduces the history, effects, and current uses of the potato in the world marketplace.
Acorn Pancakes, Dandelion Salad, and 38 Other Wild Recipes
by Jean Craighead George Paul MirochaA revised edition of the original Wild, Wild Cookbook enables creative young chefs to identify and prepare a variety of wild ingredients with lavish illustrations and natural foods recipes.
If You Give a Cat a Cupcake
by Laura Joffe NumeroffThe lovable cat who first appeared in "If You Give a Pig a Party" now stars in his very own book--the newest story in the "New York Times"-bestselling series.
The Thyroid Diet: Manage Your Metabolism for Lasting Weight Loss
by Mary J. ShomonIs an undiagnosed thyroid condition causing you to pack on the pounds? For more than 25 million Americans it may be due to the metabolic slowdown of a malfunctioning thyroid gland. The Thyroid Diet will help many previously unsuccessful dieters get diagnosed and treated -- and proper thyroid treatment might be all that's needed to successfully lose weight. Even after optimal treatment, however, weight problems plague many thyroid patients. For those patients, The Thyroid Diet will identify the many frustrating impediments to weight loss, and offer solutions -- both conventional and alternative -- to help. Discussing optimal dietary changes, thyroid-damaging foods to avoid, and metabolism-supporting herbs and supplements, it contains several different eating plans, food lists, and a set of delicious and healthy gourmet recipes. With handy worksheets to use in weight-loss tracking and a special resource section featuring Web sites, books, and support groups, here is vital help for millions.
The Best Chef In Second Grade (I Can Read #Level 2)
by Katharine KenahA famous chef is coming to visit Mr. Hopper's second grade class, and everyone is excited about bringing in their family's favourite dish except Ollie, who loves to cook but cannot find a dish his whole family likes.
Wine for Every Day and Every Occasion: Red, White, and Bubbly to Celebrate the Joy of Living
by Dorothy J. Gaiter John BrecherAuthors provide a simple and straightforward guide to choosing wine. Focuses on how to select the right drink for each of life's best moments.