Monday, December 22, 2008

Cooking with Spices for Dummies or Entertaining

Cooking with Spices for Dummies

Author: Jenna Holst

Americans are craving more authenticity, more heat, and more FLAVOR in their foods - and that all comes from spices. With 100 simple recipes and accessible cooking details, this book shows how easily, affordably, and healthfully cooking with spices can add pizzazz to every meal!

This is an easy guide to flavorful, spicy food inspired by classic dishes from the US and around the world. It includes descriptions of the most common whole and ground spices, spice blends, fresh spices, aromatic spices, aromatics and spicy condiments. You'll learn basic spices every kitchen needs and how to select and store spices. It offers quick fixes and damage control for common spice mishaps, and how to effectively combine spices and complementary ingredients when cooking different ethnic cuisines. The book features 100 recipes plus variations for spice rubs and mixes, marinades, salsas and salads, main courses, vegetables, sides, breads, beverages and much more. 16 page color insert and line drawings throughout.

Author Jenna Holst is a native of New Jersey but now lives in South Africa. She is also the author of Stews and of Cooking Soups for Dummies.



Books about: Money Has No Smell or Basic Mathematics for Economists

Entertaining

Author: Martha Stewart

With 500 glorious full-color photographs, 300 original recipes, and hundreds of innovative ideas, Entertaining is the book that revolutionized the way people entertain today. 500 full-color photographs.



Table of Contents:
Prefaceix
Introduction: Of Kitchens and Learning1
Chapter 1Entertaining with Style10
Chapter 2Cocktails and Hors d'Oeuvres30
Cocktails for Eight to Twelve: Oriental39
Cocktails for Twenty-five: Many Tastes43
Cocktails for Fifty: A Festive Occasion48
Cocktails for Two Hundred: Country Fare53
Chapter 3The Crudite, Fruit, and Cheese Party63
Chapter 4The Omelette Party80
Sunday Omelette Brunch for Eight to Ten87
Midnight Omelette Supper for Thirty90
Summer Omelette Brunch Outdoors for Sixty94
Chapter 5The Kitchen Party100
A Kitchen Salad Party for Thirty103
Tempura Party for Sixteen108
Winter and Summer Soup Parties112
A Chinese Banquet for Ten to Twelve121
Chapter 6The Buffet126
A Country Buffet Breakfast for Forty130
Clam Bake for Thirty135
Italian Buffet for Fifty138
Russian Buffet for Twenty-four146
Hawaiian Luau for Twenty152
Chapter 7The Dinner Party161
A Spring Dinner for Six to Eight165
A Light Summer Dinner for Four to Six170
A Neoclassic Dinner for Eight to Ten173
Bouillabaisse for Twelve to Sixteen176
A Formal Dinner for Twenty-four180
Chapter 8The Holiday Party184
Our Farmhouse Thanksgiving for Eight186
Thanksgiving Medley for Twenty-four190
Christmas Presents and Decorations198
A Children's Christmas Party207
Christmas Open House for Fifty212
Christmas Day Dinner218
Valentine's Day Dinner for Two222
Easter Lunch for Fourteen to Twenty225
Chapter 9Just Desserts230
A Small Dessert Buffet for Twenty238
A Country Pie Party for Fifty242
Desserts for Forty: Soiree Dansante249
Chapter 10The At-Home Wedding263
Afternoon Cocktail Reception for Fifty271
Sit-Down Country Luncheon for One Hundred Seventy-five279
A Catered Wedding Luncheon for Two Hundred Seventy289
Sources301
Index304

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