Sunday, December 6, 2009

Practical Guide to Using Herbs or Encyclopedia of Food and Color Additives

Practical Guide to Using Herbs

Author: Lorenz Editors

More than 300 delicious recipes shown step-by-step. A comprehensive botanical directory of 250 herbs, with details of their medicinal and culinary uses, and a practical guide to cultivation. How to enjoy the fresh flavour and fragrance of herbs in you.



Books about: Our Daily Meds or The Leadership Challenge

Encyclopedia of Food and Color Additives, Vol. 1

Author: George A Burdock

This 3-volume set provides all the answers to technical, legal, and regulatory questions in clear, nontechnical language. Information once scattered among the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), other government and technical publications, or only available through the Freedom of Information Act, is made easily accessible. You will find descriptions of all substances listed in the Everything Added to Food in the U.S. (EAFUS) database, including categories and substances not considered to be "additives," such as corn oil. All data is clearly organized in alphabetical or numerical order, so having only minimal knowledge about any additive, you can locate it instantly. The Encyclopedia provides you with a quick, understandable description of what each additive is and what it does, where it comes from, when its use might be limited, and how it is manufactured and used.
•What? FDA or PAFA name. List of Synonyms. Current CAS Number. Other CAS Numbers. Empirical Formula. Specifications.
•Where? Description. Natural Occurrence. Natural Sources.
•When? GRAS status. Regulatory Notes. Table of Regulatory Citations.
•How? Purity. Functional Use in Food.You get all this data, plus an index by CAS number and synonym to make your research even easier.



Saturday, December 5, 2009

The Dromedary Cook Book or Remembering Recipes

The Dromedary Cook Book

Author: The Hills Brothers Company

The recipes contained in this volume showcase a variety of dried fruit and were selected from a prize contest held by The Hills Brothers Company in 1910.



Look this: The 7 Habits Of Highly Effective People or Perfect Phrases for Managers and Supervisors

Remembering Recipes

Author: Irene Palescandolo

My recollections of the first time I entered the spacious, bustling kitchen of Villa Joe's restaurant brings me back a long stretch of years. I was twenty years old when I stepped into the dynamic heart of the restaurant. I was simply dazzled by the abundance of food, cooked and uncooked, in escalating stages of preparation, all being assembled, concocted, confected into forms creatively visual and delectable. As a promising fashion designer I was enthralled by the scene so artistic in my eyes. I saw a palette of colors, the modeling of textures and contours as if designed and draped at a couturier's studio. I had a sixth sense I would like to be a part of this activity.

My husband Frank's mother was busy at the antipasto table sorting salad greens, chicory and arugula. Frank introduced me to her. I said, "Hello, may I help you?"

You may find yourself matching recipes with the lighthearted fables in my husband's memoir, A Remembrance of a Restaurant; A Decameron of Dining, or his other works, Under Blue Skies of Naples, Chez Dogs, and Naples of Salvatore DiGiacomo, which might grant a realized recipe added piquancy. For your convenience I have charted correspondences on the last page.



Friday, December 4, 2009

Whole Foods or Perfect Party Planner

Whole Foods: With Recipes for Health and Healing

Author: Nicola Graimes

A comprehensive visual encyclopedia of nutritious ingredients with preparation techniques and over 100 vegetarian recipes.



Go to: Predictably Irrational or Spreadsheet Modeling Decision Analysis

Perfect Party Planner

Author: Bridget Jones

Invaluable information on planning a menu and organizing party drinks down to the last detail.



Thursday, December 3, 2009

House of Mondavi or Way to a Mans Heart

House of Mondavi: The Rise and Fall of an American Wine Dynasty

Author: Julia Flynn Siler

The New York Times bestseller, now in paperback: a scandal-plagued story of the immigrant family that built—and then lost—a global wine empire Set in California's lush Napa Valley and spanning four generations of a talented and visionary family, The House of Mondavi is a tale of genius, sibling rivalry, and betrayal. From 1906, when Italian immigrant Cesare Mondavi passed through Ellis Island, to the Robert Mondavi Corp.'s twenty-first-century battle over a billion-dollar fortune, award-winning journalist Julia Flynn Siler brings to life both the place and the people in this riveting family drama. A meticulously reported narrative based on more than five hundred hours of interviews, The House of Mondavi is a modern classic.

Barrons

Based on exhaustive research and interviews, each page is packed with facts and footnotes which, by dint of superb writing, manage to engage the reader and avoid the data brain-lock that would have plagued a less-talented journalist.

Eric Asimov

Call it Greek tragedy or Shakespearean drama, Biblical strife, Freudian acting out, or even soap opera. . . . Compelling. (Eric Asimov, The New York Times)

Wine Spectator - James Laube

Explores the Mondavis' bumpy journey in grand and fascinating detail. . . . Fluid and well-written.

BusinessWeek

A fascinating chronicle . . . a twisted tale filled with big egos, beautiful backdrops, and charismatic-yet-flawed characters who pull off towering feats and then throw them all away.

U.S. News & World Report

Epic

Seattle Post–Intelligencer

A first-rate job of creating a balanced view of this epic A merican drama. . . . T he book reads like a novel and her crisp style makes the book compelling regardless of whether the reader has an interest in wine. . . . It's a great summer read but it also belongs on the reference shelf of any wine library.

NPR Day to Day

A riveting story that is part soap opera, part Shakespearean family drama.



Table of Contents:
Author's Note     ix
Prologue: Blaze 2004     1
Foundation
The Valley 1906-1952     9
France 1943-1963     27
East of Eden 1963-1965     43
To Kalon 1965-1966     57
Construction
Crush 1966-1972     75
Gunslingers 1972-1975     97
Judgment 1975-1976     113
The Heirs 1976-1978     125
"That Woman" 1978-1980     145
The Baron 1978-1981     161
Father and Sons 1982-1984     179
Thicker Than Water 1984-1990     193
Heart and Soul 1990-1992     205
Going Public 1992-1993     221
Expansion
Regency's End 1993-1994     235
Disinherited 1994-1996     249
Michael's Show 1996-1997     261
Waterloo 1998-2001     277
Demolition
Mondaviland 2001-2003     297
The Board Coup 2003-2004     315
Brothers 2004     331
The Takeover October to November, 2004     347
Damage Control December 2004 to April 2005     361
Billionaires' Ball June 2005     377
Epilogue: 2006     391
Acknowledgments     395
Notes     397
Sources and Bibliography     435
Index     439

Look this: Hearing Better or Living with Chronic Heartburn

Way to a Man's Heart: Romantic Recipes for Every Occasion

Author: Liz Wolf Cohen

Savory recipes and funky 1950s-style artwork reveal the path to any man's heart, be he boyfri<%END%>, dad, uncle, son, or potential mate. From man-sized snacks like Italian submarine sandwiches and buttermilk biscuits to sweets like angel food cake and Philadelphia sticky buns, this feast of recipes is designed to tempt masculine taste buds. Delights such as Hunky Salad, Rib Stickin' Beans 'n' Pasta, and Fisherman's Favorites are included.

Author Biography: Liz Wolf-Cohen has worked for more than 20 years as a food writer and food stylist. She is the author of Mom's Best Loved Recipes and Dad's Best Loved Recipes.



Tuesday, December 1, 2009

Boulestins Round the Year Cookbook or Culina Mundi

Boulestin's Round-the-Year Cookbook

Author: X Marcel Boulestin

The author has selected surprisingly simple French recipes for a wide variety of dishes: saumon Bretonne, moules Bordelaise, sauce mousseline, gigot en daube, souffle au chocolat, omelette Nicoise, coquilles St. Jacques, bouillabaisse, creme de pamplemousse, and many more. Recipes are arranged by month of the year to make use of foods in season.



Interesting textbook: Strategic Questions in Food and Beverage Management or Gentle Art of Cookery

Culina Mundi

Author: Didier Bizos

If you're looking for the entire world of cookery — this is the book that has it. On more than 1,000 pages, 60 renowned chefs from 40 countries present their favorite recipes. Page for page, true gourmets will be delighted to discover the wide spectrum of soups and appetizers, fish and meat dishes, sweets and desserts presented in words and pictures, along with practical hints on ingredients, methods and cooking times. Detailed sequences of illustrations explain the individual steps, so that the most delicious dishes of Asia and Africa, Europe, and North and South America can easily be prepared at home. Anyone who enjoys creative cooking, who prefers to explore less-traveled paths, and who is open for new adventures is sure to enjoy this journey into the world of haute cuisine.



Monday, November 30, 2009

Vegetarian Visitor 2009 or Farming Hunting and Fishing in the Olmec World

Vegetarian Visitor 2009: Where to Stay and Eat in Britain

Author: Annemarie Weitzel

This updated and revised travel guide provides a complete listing of vegetarian and vegan-friendly accommodations and restaurants in England, Scotland, and Wales. More than 300 entries are revised every year to include the guesthouses, hotels, bed-and-breakfasts, cafés, restaurants, and pubs that make a special effort to provide food free of animal products. Exclusively vegetarian establishments and those that offer vegan fare are indicated throughout.



Book about: Soymilk Desserts or Totally Chocolate Cookbook

Farming, Hunting, and Fishing in the Olmec World

Author: Amber M Vanderwarker

The Olmec who anciently inhabited Mexico's southern Gulf Coast organized their once-egalitarian society into chiefdoms during the Formative period (1400 BC to AD 300). This increase in political complexity coincided with the development of village agriculture, which has led scholars to theorize that agricultural surpluses gave aspiring Olmec leaders control over vital resources and thus a power base on which to build authority and exact tribute.

In this book, Amber VanDerwarker conducts the first multidisciplinary analysis of subsistence patterns at two Olmec settlements to offer a fuller understanding of how the development of political complexity was tied to both agricultural practices and environmental factors. She uses plant and animal remains, as well as isotopic data, to trace the intensification of maize agriculture during the Late Formative period. She also examines how volcanic eruptions in the region affected subsistence practices and settlement patterns. Through these multiple sets of data, VanDerwarker presents convincing evidence that Olmec and epi-Olmec lifeways of farming, hunting, and fishing were driven by both political and environmental pressures and that the rise of institutionalized leadership must be understood within the ecological context in which it occurred.



Table of Contents:
Ch. 1Agricultural risk and intensification along Mexico's southern gulf coast : an introduction1
Ch. 2Agriculture and political complexity in theoretical perspective5
Ch. 3Politics and farming in the Olmec world31
Ch. 4Farming, gardening, and tree management : analysis of the plant data66
Ch. 5Hunting, fishing, and trapping : analysis of the animal data116
Ch. 6Eating plants and animals : stable isotopic analysis of human, dog, and deer bones182
Ch. 7Farming, hunting, and fishing in the Olmec world : a model of Olmec subsistence economy193

Sunday, November 29, 2009

Natures Perfect Food or Food and Feast in Tudor England

Nature's Perfect Food: How Milk Became America's Drink

Author: E Melanie DuPuis

"Du Puis' book is a rich and frothy drink, well worth consuming, just like its subject."—New York History

"This is an entertaining, informative, and tightly argued book, one well worth adding to any food library."
Gastronomica

"An excellent social history of the development of milk drinking and production in the United States."
American Studies

"Very readable and extremely well documented...DuPuis provides great insights throughout by reflecting on the thoughts of influential thinkers."
Choice

"DuPuis is able to dive beneath the controversy that milk engenders today. Instead, she presents an informative, balanced history of milk production and consumption—how we get our milk and why we drink so much of it."
E, Westport, CT

For over a century, America's nutrition authorities have heralded milk as "nature's perfect food," as "indispensable" and "the most complete food." These milk "boosters" have ranged from consumer activists, to government nutritionists, to the American Dairy Council and its ubiquitous milk moustache ads. The image of milk as wholesome and body-building has a long history, but is it accurate?

Recently, within the newest social movements around food, milk has lost favor. Vegan anti-milk rhetoric portrays the dairy industry as cruel to animals and milk as bad for humans. Recently, books with titles like, "Milk: The Deadly Poison," and "Don't Drink Your Milk" have portrayed milk as toxic and unhealthy. Controversies over genetically-engineered cows and questions about antibiotic residue have also prompted consumers to question whether the milk theydrink each day is truly good for them.

In Nature's Perfect Food Melanie Dupuis illuminates these questions by telling the story of how Americans came to drink milk. We learn how cow's milk, which was associated with bacteria and disease became a staple of the American diet. Along the way we encounter 19th century evangelists who were convinced that cow's milk was the perfect food with divine properties, brewers whose tainted cow feed poisoned the milk supply, and informal wetnursing networks that were destroyed with the onset of urbanization and industrialization. Informative and entertaining, Nature's Perfect Food will be the standard work on the history of milk.




Table of Contents:
Acknowledgments
Pt. IConsumption
1Why Milk?3
2The Perfect Food Story17
3Why Not Mother? The Rise of Cow's Milk as Infant Food in Nineteenth-Century America46
4The Milk Question: Perfecting Food as Urban Reform67
5Perfect Food, Perfect Bodies90
Pt. IIProduction
6Perfect Farming: The Industrial Vision of Dairying125
7The Less Perfect Story: Diversity and Farming Strategies144
8Crisis: The "Border-Line" Problem165
9Alternative Visions of Dairying: Productivism and Producerism in New York, Wisconsin, and California183
10The End of Perfection210
Afterword241
Notes244
Bibliography271
Index297
About the Author311

New interesting book: Mea Cuba or Presidential Elections

Food and Feast in Tudor England

Author: Alison Sim

Popular representations of the Tudors at table have caricatured them as loud, gross, and lacking any manners. This is actually far from the case, as food and dining were used as social display by the upwardly mobile. For those with money, meals became extravagantly sophisticated, with a staggering number of courses and breathtaking table displays. Even those lower down the social scale enjoyed some of the benefits of increasing prosperity and the new markets which England's merchants exploited, bringing new foodstuffs into the country and new ideas about eating. Alison Sim also explores Tudor ideas about healthy eating, as they were aware of the effects of various foods on the body and the health-giving properties of certain ingredients. Etiquette, too, was treated with great seriousness in this period, as those who wished to impress a potential patron or benefactor were keen to show off their good manners. What emerges from this evidence is a more balanced and certainly more attractive picture of the Tudors at table.

Booknews

Popular representations of the Tudors have caricatured dinners of the period as loud, gross, and lacking any polite graces. Sim, a costumed guide at Hampton Court, shows that this is hardly the case. Her lavishly illustrated account of Tudor eating habits discusses how changes in Tudor society were reflected in the food people ate and in the way food and dining were used for social display by the upwardly mobile. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.



Saturday, November 28, 2009

International Cooking or Home from Home

International Cooking: A Culinary Journey

Author: Patricia A Heyman

Finally, a comprehensive textbook on international cookery! International Cooking: A Culinary Journey provides an explanation of the development of the cuisine, as well as recipes for all those with an interest in food. This book covers cookery from Europe, Africa, the Middle East, Asia, Australia, and Latin America.

As foreign travel for both business and pleasure increases, more menus reflect the flavor components and dishes from countries spanning the globe. No longer limited to their regions of origin, these foods continue to become an important part of our culture. The focus here is to explore the various flavor concepts found in the cuisines, their fascinating histories, as well as how and why each cuisine evolved the way it did. This new textbook includes:

  • General characteristics of the many various cuisines
  • Discussions about influences from invasions and bordering nations
  • How topography, geography, climate, and native foods and flavorings influenced their culinary development
  • Common cooking methods and why they originated in the various regions
  • 250 tested recipes that include regional and classical cookery
  • Over 260 photographs
  • Website references that point students and instructors to additional information about the countries, their cuisine, the culture, and more recipes
  • A glossary of international cooking terms



New interesting textbook: Ponzis Scheme or The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership

Home from Home

Author: Susan Cuthbert

This work collects reflections and quotes about hospitality and what makes a great host. The book is aimed at those who often find themselves hosting parties.



Monday, February 23, 2009

Lean Beach Cuisine or A Cookbook for Men Who Need to Get Out of the Dog House

Lean Beach Cuisine: A Collection of Healthy Coastal Recipes

Author: Jewel Cammarano

A Collection of Healthy Coastal Recipes. Lean Beach Cuisine features196 healthy recipes with detailed nutritional analysis for healthconscious people who love great food. This is not a diet book, but a tool to be used in a healthy lifestyle change to food that is naturally wholesome but fullflavored and healthy. The select cuisine includes international, traditional southern, Cajun, Mexican, Oriental, and Italian favorites and is designed to be lean and healthy!



Table of Contents:
1.Appetizers13
2.Breads & Breakfast33
3.Soups & Salads55
4.Vegetables & Casseroles83
5.Pasta & Grains109
6.Meats & Poultry129
7.Fish & Seafood153
8.Desserts187
9.100 Tips for Healthy Eating211
10.Index215

Book review: Thin for Good or Pr cticas hol sticas para la salud

A Cookbook for Men Who Need to Get Out of the Dog House

Author: Michael Durham

Have you ever been in the dog house? Well, of course you have, we all have. Inside this book are great recipes rated by the "Dog House Alert System," some humor and many notable quotes. Recipes like "Salmon Swimming From the Gates of Hell Over Couscous with Love," "Bisque Amour" and "Chowder of Love" are just a few of the samplings to be found inside. Prepare these dishes for your loved one on a regular basis and you will reduce your chances of sharing that dog house to almost nothing. Bon apetit.



Sunday, February 22, 2009

Desserts That Have Killed Better Men Than Me or Outdoor Feasts

Desserts That Have Killed Better Men Than Me

Author: Jeremy Jackson

Warning: This is a no-holds-barred book of decadence. Do you keep unsalted butter in your freezer? Not afraid of a little saturated fat? Then indulge -- if you dare!

The recipes in Jeremy Jackson's Desserts That Have Killed Better Men Than Me pack a one-two butter-and-sugar punch. Have a lick of Snice Cream (that's Fresh Snow Ice Cream) or slurp down a Banana Smoothie. Chomp on Chocolate-Dipped Ranger Cookies or dive into a Chocolate Sinkhole. Just be prepared to defend your bounty. These desserts are so delicious that a food fight might start over the last piece of cake!

Don't be fooled by the simple ingredients and easy-to-follow directions. Jeremy's desserts are not to be taken lightly. They're not for the faint of heart -- or stomach. Danger lurks beneath that delectable layer of Chocolate Ganache. So suit up in a pair of elastic waist pants, arm yourself with a fork and a giant glass of milk, and prepare for battle.

If you can survive Three-Lemon Cheesecake and My School Lunch Cream Puffs, you can probably handle the Peach Pie with Almond Crumb Topping. Polish that off and you just might be ready for the Hanging-Crust Rhubarb Cobbler.

In the world of desserts, there is no room for mediocrity. Desserts That Have Killed Better Men Than Me has no filler or predictable, so-so recipes (and absolutely no almond bark!), just good, honest, and deadly delicious ones -- with plenty of heavy cream.

Library Journal

Jackson (The Cornbread Book: A Love Story with Recipes) believes that the problem with most cookbooks is that they just have too many recipes, forcing readers to sift through the culinary chaff to get to the good stuff. Cooks won't have that difficulty with this all-too-tempting collection of 60 recipes, since almost every dish is worth sampling. After a brief discussion of ingredients and equipment, Jackson divides his recipes into different categories, including fruit desserts, pies, cookies, and even uncategorizable treats. Covering desserts from Apple Galette to Sticky Toffee Pudding, the recipes are written in clear and easy-to-follow steps, and the author's witty introductions to each are as delicious as the desserts themselves. This charmingly small treasure is highly recommended for most public libraries.-John Charles, Scottsdale P.L., AZ Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information.



Table of Contents:
Acknowledgmentsxi
Introduction1
Ingredients7
Equipment13
Fruit Desserts17
Peaches, Blueberries, and Almonds en Papillote18
Earl Grey Applesauce20
Berry Brulee22
Slow-Roasted Pineapple Sauce24
Slow-Roasted Orange Sauce25
Baked Pears with Pine Nuts, Dried Cherries, and Golden Raisins26
Pineapple and Kumquat Salad27
Banana Smoothies28
Custards29
Star Anise Pudding30
Raspberry Clafouti32
Three-Lemon Cheesecake34
Queen of Puddings with Cherries37
Strawberry Creme Brulee39
Rose Water Pots de Creme41
Pies and Tarts43
Maple Custard Tart44
Peach Pie with Almond Crumb Topping45
Orange and Chocolate Chiffon Pie47
Black Walnut and Dried Blueberry Tart49
Hanging-Crust Rhubarb Cobbler51
Hanging-Crust Blueberry-Blackberry Cobbler52
Grapefruit-Lime Tart with Honey Poppy Seed Whipped Cream53
Apple Galette55
Blackberry Oatmeal Pie57
Cakes59
Chocolate Sinkholes60
Jam-Crowned Cupcakes62
Snickerdoodle Cupcakes63
Whole Wheat Poppy Seed Cake64
Indispensable Chocolate Torte66
Hot Milk Sponge Cake with Citrus Syrup68
Peanut Butter and Chocolate Cake71
Sticky Toffee Pudding73
Cookies75
Orange Drop Cookies76
Lemon Drop Cookies77
Chocolate-Dipped Ranger Cookies78
Cakey Rhubarb Bars80
Molasses Softies with Candied Ginger82
Mocha Mousse Wafers84
Internal Jams86
Coconut-Lime Coolers88
Frozen Desserts91
Mint Leaf Ice Cream92
White Chocolate and Nectarine Ice Cream94
Ginger Sherbet96
Toasted Coconut Ice Cream97
Fresh Snow Ice Cream (a.k.a. Snice Cream)99
Black Grape Sorbet100
Lemon Custard Ice Cream101
Cup o' Pie/Pie in a Cup102
Uncategorizable Desserts103
Eve's Pudding with Cinnamon and Anise104
Hot Vanilla106
Apple-Pumpkin Bagel Pudding107
My School Lunch Cream Puff109
Extra Cinnamon Bubble Bread111
Almond-Apricot Mini-Souffles113
Basic Recipes115
Easy Tart Dough116
Galette Dough118
Shortening Piecrust120
Double-Crust Shortening Piecrust121
Butter Piecrust122
Double-Crust Butter Piecrust123
Graham Cracker Crumb Piecrust124
Rich Chocolate Sauce125
Caramel Sauce126
Creme Anglaise127
Cheater's Creme Anglaise128
Sweetened Whipped Cream129
Raspberry Coulis130
Blackberry Coulis130
Jam Glaze131
Chocolate Ganache132
Dessert Finder133
Sources137
Index141

Books about: Time for Tea or In 60 Ways

Outdoor Feasts

Author: Hugo Arnold

Spiced butternut squash purйe with spring onion relish; cold duck salad with coriander and mango salsa; grilled squid with chili oil, hummus, and arugula salad; peaches with lime and ginger cream: open-air gourmet Hugo Arnold has gathered 120 superb recipes for Outdoor Feasts. Inspired by food from around the world—from the teriyaki of Japan and the street food of India to the lavish char-grilled spreads of America—there are recipes to suit every taste and occasion. There are inspired ideas for grilling vegetables, fish, and meat; a range of recipes for tasty soups, salads, and sandwiches; and a sumptuous selection of desserts. Brimming with color photos and helpful hints on planning, Outdoor Feasts will entice you to explore the delights—whatever the weather—of al fresco dining.



Saturday, February 21, 2009

Freshness and Shelf Life of Foods or Health Effects of Tea and Its Catechins

Freshness and Shelf Life of Foods

Author: Hugo Weenen

eshness and Shelf Life of Foods includes a number of disciplines which are relevant for the subject of the book: chemistry, physicis, food technology, and sensory and consumer science. Subjects include flavor, texture, characterization methods and methods to improve the freshness or shelf-life of a product.
The book is both an up-to-date and comprehensive treatise of the subject, and includes a number of breakthroughs in our understanding of freshness and shelf-life of foods. This volume focuses on shelf life of foods, flavor aspects of freshness, rheological methods to determine freshness, processing of citrus in relation to retaining its fresh character, lipid oxidation in muscle foods and the food polymer science approach to studies on freshness and shelf-life. Freshness and Shelf Life of Foods focuses on the science and technology of preserving food freshness. This book discusses flavor, texture, and characterization methods to improve the freshness or shelf-life of a product.



Table of Contents:
Preface
1The Shelf Life of Foods: An Overview2
2The Concept of Food Freshness: Uncovering Its Meaning and Importance to Consumers22
3Flavor Issues in Maintaining Freshness42
4Biochemical Changes Associated with Fresh-Cut Fruit Processing and Storage52
5Changes in Key Aroma Compounds during Natural Beer Aging70
6SPME-GC/MS Testing for Monitoring Off-Flavors in Processed Milk: Application of Odor Wheel Plots80
7Relating Analytical and Sensory Data To Predict Flavor Quality in Dairy Products95
8Aroma Characterization of Fresh and Stored Nonfat Dry Milk108
9Biochemical Manipulation of Flavor in Tomato Fruit124
10Effect of Pre- and Post-Harvest Treatments on Fresh Tomato Quality132
11Aroma of Fresh Field Tomatoes144
12Characterization of Aroma Compounds in Fresh and Processed Mandarin Oranges162
13Relating Sensory and Instrumental Data To Conduct an Accelerated Shelf-Life Testing of Whey-Protein-Coated Peanuts175
14Lipid Oxidation in Muscle Foods188
15Oxidative Stability of Edible Oils as Affected by Their Fatty Acid Composition and Minor Constituents201
16Food Polymer Science Approach to Studies on Freshness and Shelf Life of Foods214
17Rehydration of Crispy Cereal Products: A Tentative Explanation of Texture Changes223
18Staling of Bread: How To Counteract the Textural Changes and Improve the Flavor Aspects of Bread during Storage235
19Rheological Methods for Assessment of Food Freshness and Stability248
20Argon Packaging and Processing Preserves and Enhances Flavor, Freshness, and Shelf Life of Foods270
21Processing Technologies To Enhance Fresh Flavor of Citrus Juice292
Author Index305
Subject Index306

Interesting book: Kaiser Wilhelm II or Humanitarian Imperialism

Health Effects of Tea and Its Catechins: Mystery of Tea Catechins

Author: Yukiaki Kuroda

This text is a comprehensive overview of the historical use of green tea and a description of its beneficial effects against certain diseases such as cancer, hypertension, diabetes, obesity, arteriosclerosis, and various forms of senile dementia. It reviews scientific and clinical data, including in vitro and in vivo animal experiments and epidemiologic and clinical experiments on human subjects. It includes the most recent findings on the ability of tea components to inhibit bacteria and influenza and HIV viruses.



Friday, February 20, 2009

Chestnut or Canadians at Table

Chestnut (Quamut)

Author: Quamut

Quamut is the fastest, most convenient way to learn how to do almost anything. From tasting wine to managing your retirement accounts, Quamut gives you reliable information in a concise chart format that you can take anywhere. Quamut charts are:

  • Authoritative: Written by experts in their field so you have the most reliable information available.
  • Clear: Our explanations take you step-by-step through everything from performing CPR to threading a needle.
  • Concise: You’ll learn just what you need to know—no more, no less.
  • Precise: Quamut charts include detailed text, photos, and illustrations to show you exactly how to do just about anything.
  • Portable: Your know-how goes with you wherever your projects lead.

Chestnuts, explained.

Everything you need to know about chestnuts, including:

  • The history, anatomy, and nutritional value of chestnuts
  • What to look for when buying chestnuts, and how to store them after you buy
  • How to peel and roast chestnuts



Look this: Direction de Projet de Construction Totale

Canadians at Table: Food, Fellowship, and Folklore: A Culinary History of Canada

Author: Dorothy Duncan

Canadians at Table is an introduction to the diverse culinary history of Canada.We learn about the lessons of survival of the First Nations, the foods that fuelled the fur traders, and the adaptability of the early settlers in their new environment. As communities developed and transportation improved, waves of newcomers arrived, bringing their memories of foods, beverages, and traditions they had known, which were almost impossible to implement in their new homeland.They learned instead to use native plants for many of their needs. Community events and institutions developed to serve religious, social, and economic needs — from agricultural and temperance societies to Women's Institutes, from markets and fairs to community meals and celebrations.

One New World food, pemmican — a light, durable, and highly nourishing blend of dried and powdered buffalo, elk, or deer meat that is mixed with dried berries, packed into a leather bag, then sealed with grease — was introduced by the First Nations to the fur traders coming to Canada. Small amounts of pemmican replaced large amounts of regular food, freeing up precious hunting and food preparation time and allowing more space to carry additional furs and trade goods.

From the self-sufficient First Nations and early settlers to the convenience foods of today, Canadians at Table gives us an overview of one of the most unique and fascinating food histories in the world and how it continues to change to serve Canadians from coast to coast.



Wednesday, February 18, 2009

Drink in the Wild or Rita Greers Vegetarian Cookbook

Drink in the Wild: Teas, Cordials, Jams, and More

Author: Hilary Stewart

In a friendly yet expert fashion, author and illustrator Hilary Stewart explains how to identify, harvest, dry and store the plant parts, then gives recipes for preparing 60 drinks and 8 jams and jellies. She also offers practical and decorative uses for many of the plants, as well as providing interesting notes about them, particularly on the various uses by First Nations people. Drink in the Wild is an attractive and handy guidebook that presents 50 wild plants -- each in a full page, finely worked line drawing, together with a description of appearance and habitat, to aid in identification. The plants are all native to the Pacific Northwest, and many of them grow right across Canada and the United States. Surprisingly, some even thrive in city and suburban areas. This book is the long-awaited reissue -- now greatly enhanced by additional material and accompanying illustrations -- of Hilary Stewart's popular but long out-of-print Wild Teas, Coffees & Cordials.



Book review: Guia de Escrita de Subvenção Eficaz:Como Escrever a Nih Grant Application Próspero

Rita Greer's Vegetarian Cookbook: Healthy Eating the Price-Wise Way

Author: Rita Greer

If you prefer to eat vegetarian; for whatever reason, there could be no better guide than this handy, information-packed book. It is simple to use, full of helpful advice, and contains an abundance of recipe ideas specifically aimed at people living alone or as a couple. Written by one of today's best-selling authors in the field, its advice will help you ensure that your diet contains all you need for optimum health, and by using foods that are in season it enables you to eat royally without spending more than you wish. The book includes guidance on what you should eat and how much; the fat, protein and cholesterol content of different foods; vitamins and minerals and which type of food for value; which foods are in season through the twelve months of the year; wise and thrifty shopping; and equipment you will need for your kitchen. The main part of the book consists of recipes for every meal of the day, from the most basic to the more elaborate, all geared to the needs of one or two people.



Tuesday, February 17, 2009

Celebration Cakes or Sexy Bitchs Party

Celebration Cakes: Easy-to-Decorate Cakes for Every Occasion

Author: Karen Gobl

Whether for a birthday, graduation, or that special holiday gathering, a creatively decorated cake sets a festive stage. Using only basic tools and an assortment of food colorings, stencils, and imaginative icing techniques, anyone can produce these stunning cakes, without formal training or having to spend endless hours in the kitchen. Plus, these techniques can be easily modified to create endless unique designs.



Book review: Ética de Negócios:Depositário de dinheiro de apostas e Aproximação de Gestão de Questões

Sexy Bitch's Party: Living It, Throwing It, and Being It

Author: Lulu Davidson

For the sexy bitch, a party is an opportunity to release her creative wild spark. This book shows women how to gain confidence and showcase their uninhibited, individual style at any party.

The author shows how to develop a party persona, including flirting techniques, accessorizing the ultimate party outfit, and even mastering the art of entrances and exits. The book is packed with tips for everything from breathing life into a collection of corpses at a dead party to finding a fashionable male accessory (aka "date") and dealing with any unwanted morning-after hangovers (including male accessories).

When it's time to hostess a party, this book shows how to elevate any get together to legendary status. There's down-and-dirty advice on how to set the scene, serve great food, mix cool drinks, and seed the party with playful things that will turn ordinary guests into sexy bitch cohorts.



Monday, February 16, 2009

Ensaladas y tapas or The Dinner Party Cookbook

Ensaladas y tapas

Author: RBA

Una cena veraniega, un almuerzo rбpido, un buffet festivo para los amigos, una comida al aire libre...Son inumerables las ocasiones en las que las ensaladas y las tapas no sуlo son el recurso mбs prбctico, fбcil y rбpido, sino tambiйn el mбs apetitoso.Desde la bruchetta italiana o los pinchos mбs clбsicos hasta las ensaladas mбs originales, los productos que nos ofrece la cocina mediterrбnea resultan en este campo una gran tentaciуn.



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The Dinner Party Cookbook: 200 Fabulous Main Dish Ideas

Author: Jenni Fleetwood

Expert tips on planning and presentation from dinner table settings to creating the right atmosphere and decorations for a big celebration.



Friday, February 13, 2009

Refined Taste or Food

Refined Taste: Sugar, Confectionery, and Consumers in Nineteenth-Century America

Author: Wendy A Woloson

American consumers today regard sugar as a mundane and sometimes even troublesome substance linked to hyperactivity in children and other health concerns. Yet two hundred years ago American consumers treasured sugar as a rare commodity and consumed it only in small amounts. In Refined Tastes: Sugar, Confectionery, and Consumers in Nineteenth-Century America, Wendy A. Woloson demonstrates how the cultural role of sugar changed from being a precious luxury good to a ubiquitous necessity. Sugar became a social marker that established and reinforced class and gender differences.

During the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, Woloson explains, the social elite saw expensive sugar and sweet confections as symbols of their wealth. As refined sugar became more affordable and accessible, new confections-children's candy, ice cream, and wedding cakes-made their way into American culture, acquiring a broad array of social meanings. Originally signifying male economic prowess, sugar eventually became associated with femininity and women's consumerism. Woloson's work offers a vivid account of this social transformation-along with the emergence of consumer culture in America.

What People Are Saying

Warren Belasco
This is an intriguing, highly original history of the democratization of sugar marketing in 19th-century America. Separate chapters narrate the evolution of children's candy, ice cream parlors, fine chocolates, ornamental sugar works, and homemade sweets. In tracing the various ways that sugar became more widely accessible and more widely used, this book stands within the growing literature that deals with the origins and evolution of modern consumer culture.




Table of Contents:


Contents:



Preface and Acknowledgments



Introduction: Refining Tastes



ONE Sugarcoating History: The Rise of Sweets

TWO Sweet Youth: Children and Candy

THREE Cold Comforts: Ice Cream

FOUR Sinfully Sweet: Chocolates and Bonbons

FIVE The Icing on the Cake: Ornamental Sugar Work

SIX Home Sweet Home

CONCLUSION: The Sweet Surrender



Postscript: The Sweet and Low Down

Notes

Essay on Sources

Index

Interesting textbook: Tasty and Exotic Foods or The World of Soy

Food

Author: John Knechtel

Shortlisted for the 2008 Gourmand World Cookbook Awards.

Food is essential to our sense of place and our sense of self, but today--as fast food nation meets the slow food movement and eating locally collides with on-demand arugula--our food habits are shifting. Food examines and imagines these changes, with projects by writers and artists that explore the cultural and emotional resonance of food, from the "everyday Dada" of mashed potatoes and Jell-O to the rocket science of food eaten by astronauts in space.

In Food, an artist photographs everything he ate in 2006 (and some things he didn't eat, including "Food I Left in the Fridge Too Long") and finds the results both "seductive and repulsive"; a writer describes the global agro-assembly line that produces an organic bento box for Japanese commuters containing rice and vegetables from California, pork from Mexico, and salmon from Alaska; a short story writer offers an eight-page graphic novel, Eating in Cafeterias; a landscape architect compares a commercial orange with an organic apple using visualized data; an award-winning New York City food writer tells a postmodern tale about small-town Chinese-American cuisine (featuring chop suey, egg rolls, and flaming lava cocktails); an expert explains the principles of urban food sustainability. Other projects include a map of the free food from fruit trees on public land in a Los Angeles neighborhood, a visionary plan for farms in skyscrapers, and a surprising report on food security. The essays, artwork, and stories in Food offer readers a full menu of intellectual nourishment and aesthetic delight.



Thursday, February 12, 2009

1001 Snacks for Instant Gratification or Savory Memories

1001 Snacks for Instant Gratification

Author: Gregg R Gillespi

The companion to the popular 1001 Cookie Recipes and 1001 Chocolate Treats, this collection is guaranteed to bring readers instant gratification--any time of the day or night. Nearly all the recipes can be prepared in 20 minutes or less. Chapters are included on quick snacks, small salads, grain dishes, fish and seafood, chicken and turkey on the run, fruit snacks and quick breads. 1,001 photos.



Interesting book: Fundamentals of Fire Phenomena or Democracy as Problem Solving

Savory Memories

Author: L Elisabeth Beatti

Adding a cup of this and a pinch of that, author Elisabeth Beattie cooks up "Savory Memories", a collection of 22 essays about particular dishes from Kentucky that call up warm memories. The book is both a cookbook and a compendium of sentiments, blending essays, illustrations, and recipes with humor and nostalgia. Illustrations.



Monday, February 9, 2009

Ladyfingers and Nuns Tummies or Food and the City in Europe since 1800

Ladyfingers and Nun's Tummies: A Lightened Look at How Food's Got Their Names

Author: Martha Barnett

What naughty joke is tucked inside every loaf of pumpernickel? Why do we call it a Tootsie Roll? How did a drunken brawl lead to the name lobster Newburg? What squiggly creature inspired the name of the pasta called vermicelli?

Ladyfingers and Nun's Tummies reveals the surprising stories behind the names we give to the foods we eat. With her witty, engaging style, Martha Barnette serves up a savory feast of history, culture, folklore, and science.

Hailed by the Los Angeles Times as one of the "The 100 Best Books of the Year," Ladyfingers and Nun's Tummies is a delectable exploration of the language of food and drink. For cooking enthusiasts and word lovers alike, this book provides a smorgasbord of knowledge and bountiful food for thought.



Look this: Dirección de Operaciones:Bienes, Servicio, y Cadenas de Valor (con CD-ROM y Cr

Food and the City in Europe since 1800

Author: Peter J Atkins

There has been a rapid urbanization throughout Western Europe since the Eighteenth Century. Bringing together studies from across the continent, this edited volume looks at the impact this urbanization has had upon diets and food systems over the past 200 years. It stresses the fundamental links between food systems, food cultures and food politics on one hand and the key changes in European social history in the other. It responds to key questions such as: when and how did local food production cease to be able to provide for the city and when did improved transport conditions and liberal commercial relations replace local by supra-regional food supplies? How far did the food industry contribute to improved living conditions in cities? What influence did urban consumers have? It also examines issues of food hygiene and health impacts in cities, looks at various food innovations and how 'new' foods often gained acceptance first in cities, and explores how eating fashions have changed over the centuries.



Sunday, February 8, 2009

Three Ingredient Entertaining or John Barleycorn

Three Ingredient Entertaining: Stylish and Simple Dishes Using Only Three Ingredients

Author: Jenny Whit

The emphasis of the recipes in this book is flavor and variety, whether this is a quick and tasty brunch dish, a lavish evening meal for friends.



Look this: La risorsa ha basato la teoria: Vantaggio competitivo di generazione e sostenente

John Barleycorn

Author: Jack London

It all came to me one election day. It was on a warm California afternoon and I had ridden down into the Valley of the Moon from the ranch to the little village to vote Yes and No to a host of proposed amendments to the Constitution of the State of California.

Upton Sinclair

Assuredly one of the most useful, as well as one of the most entertaining books ever penned by a man.



Saturday, February 7, 2009

The Tasty LoFat Cheesecake Collection or Lobster

The Tasty, LoFat Cheesecake Collection

Author: William J Hincher

Cheesecake without guilt.

The Tasty, LoFat Cheesecake Collection is a no-nonsense book of recipes for those that enjoy that magnificent dessert but are counting calories. Authored by William Hincher, who compiled The Ultimate Cheesecake Collection, the book answers a need for less-fattening recipes for an all-time favorite cake delicacy. Referred to by a national family magazine as, "The Big Cheese of Cheesecake," Hincher has been collecting recipes for his favorite dessert for more than 20 years. After his first cheesecake book came out, he received mail from all over the world telling him that he had not included his favorite recipe they hoped to see. As a result, he now has more than enough material for another Ultimate Collection.

The Tasty LoFat Cheesecake Collection includes 10 pages of tips, suggestions and solutions for making perfect cakes. The book features about one hundred recipes for both baked and unbaked cheesecakes and related delicacies. It also includes a recipe for an appetizer cheesecake and other surprising combinations. Some of the recipes are the "secret" concoctions of prize-winning pastry chefs and are printed here for the first time.



Interesting textbook: Croustillant :en Écrivant l&apos;E-mail Efficace, l&apos;Édition révisée :Amélioration de Votre Électronique

Lobster (Quamut)

Author: Quamut

Quamut is the fastest, most convenient way to learn how to do almost anything. From tasting wine to managing your retirement accounts, Quamut gives you reliable information in a concise chart format that you can take anywhere. Quamut charts are:

  • Authoritative: Written by experts in their field so you have the most reliable information available.
  • Clear: Our explanations take you step-by-step through everything from performing CPR to threading a needle.
  • Concise: You’ll learn just what you need to know—no more, no less.
  • Precise: Quamut charts include detailed text, photos, and illustrations to show you exactly how to do just about anything.
  • Portable: Your know-how goes with you wherever your projects lead.

Lobster, explained.

Everything you need to know in order to buy and prepare perfect lobster every time, including:

  • The history, different types, and nutritional value of lobster
  • What to look for when buying lobster, and how to store it after you buy
  • How to cook lobster in the most popular and tastiest ways



Friday, February 6, 2009

Marshas Kitchen or Dinner Parties

Marsha's Kitchen: Memories and Recipes

Author: Nicolle Bea Fox


Food was a central part of our family's life growing up. When our mom died of leukemia, she didn't want to to be forgotten. My brother and I have compiled recipes from our youth and mixed in stories relating to the food, as well as some photos and poems. Part of the proceeds will go to the Leukemia Society in honor of Marsha's life.



Books about: The Lexus and the Olive Tree or Fatal Purity

Dinner Parties: Simple Recipes for Easy Entertaining

Author: Jessica Strand

Fabulous food and good times are on the menu with this collection of delicious, no-fuss recipes from home entertaining expert Jessica Strand. From an intimate dinner for four to a festive feast for a dozen, this collection of simple, yet sensational, recipes will inspire both experienced dinner hosts and first-time party planners. Orchestrating a cozy double-date is an affair to remember with elegant cocktails, Dry Rub Pork Ribs, Asian Coleslaw, and a special treat -- Homemade Sundaes (one per couple for an extra dose of romance) -- and when a full-scale gala for twelve is what's in order, Moroccan-style Roast Leg of Lamb with Mint Pesto is a show-stopper. Filled with enticing color photographs to whet the appetite as well as "menu managers" suggesting timelines for when to prepare and serve each delectable dish, Dinner Parties guarantees effortless entertaining at home.



Wednesday, February 4, 2009

How the Rich Get Thin or Mans Whirled

How the Rich Get Thin: Park Avenue's Top Diet Doctor Reveals the Secrets to Losing Weight and Feeling Great

Author: Jana Klauer

Built around a two week program that emphasizes the importance of calcium to weight loss, How The Rich Get Thin can give its followers the elegant, lean body we all envy on the Upper East Side..

Publishers Weekly

Klauer's diet plan isn't revolutionary, but her approach is noteworthy. The author, a research fellow at St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital with a practice on Park Avenue, has a clientele comprising primarily successful businessmen and -women, "ladies who lunch" and celebrities-people with the drive to do whatever it takes to succeed, in the boardroom, in social circles or on the gym floor. They understand and practice Klauer's "nonnegotiables": daily exercise, the consumption of protein and calcium, the management of food cravings and the elimination of processed food. Although some readers won't be able to follow all of Klauer's advice-a personal trainer isn't within everyone's budget, nor can everyone choose the healthy Manhattan chain Better Burger over McDonald's-but there are many useful suggestions here. Try grilled shrimp over lentils with a cup of steamed broccoli for dinner, with a side of mineral water, and when traveling, beware the hotel minibar (the Park Avenue mindset creeps in with such lines as "better groups, such as... the Ritz Carlton and Four Seasons, allow special meal requests that can be preordered"). Sticking to Klauer's strict regimen isn't easy, but neither is life on Park Avenue. Agent, Richard Curtis. (Jan.) Copyright 2005 Reed Business Information.



Book about: The Nature of Organizational Leadership or Understanding Globalization

Man's Whirled: Every Guy's Guide to Cooking with a Blender

Author: Chris Peterson

If you have more takeout menus than forks, you need help. With A Man's Whirled and a blender you don't need to become a master chef to cook a delicious meal. As easy as pushing a button, A Man's Whirled is a foolproof formula for making great meals to impress dates, entertain friends, and make Mom worry just a little less. Whether you're just sliding out of college or slipping into the single life, your success in the kitchen is guaranteed with these simple and delicious recipes and no-mess cleanup.

From weeknight meals to game-day festivities, from comfort food to a romantic dinner for two, all the recipes in this book can be prepared easily with the help of a blender. Casual get-togethers call for a Super Bowl of Salsa and Gridiron Guacamole. The Red Velvet Roasted Pepper Soup and Goat Cheese Timbales are perfect for an intimate dinner. Memorable Meatloaf and Garlic Mashed Potatoes are guaranteed to please, especially followed by mouthwatering desserts like Decadence Cake and Strawberry Fields Chiffon Pie. Plus there are recipes for tantalizing cocktails, breakfast treats, smoothies, and more.

A Man's Whirled provides inside tips and advice for shopping, prepping, serving, and generally making the most of any meal. When it comes to whipping up delicious meals fast, it doesn't get any easier than this. Gentlemen, start your blenders.

Library Journal

Face it: most guys don't cook. Even if they do, they don't want to. Enter writer/single father Peterson's collection of fast, easy, and impressive blender-based recipes for men. Imagine succulent chicken cacciatore topped off with a slice of moist chocolate cake and a cold, fresh margarita-all made simple with a blender. Then there's Smoking Salmon Spread and Simply Satisfying Scramble, prefaced with humorous, commonsense stories. The "Date Food" section is particularly instructive for men seeking to impress that special someone. Besides serving up recipes, Peterson also prepares novices by encouraging preparation: assorted cookware and kitchen tools, scales, spices, and staples are covered, as are food shopping and storage. This is a friendly, arm-around-the-shoulder way for guys to shed their cooking inhibitions, don aprons, and secure spatulas without fear; a cookbook you can't beat. Essential for all collections.-Steven G. Fullwood, NYPL Copyright 2005 Reed Business Information.



Table of Contents:
Introduction

Rookie Playbook: The Kitchen Basics

Game Day Grub

Date Food

Mom's Best

Party Favors

Feel-Better Food

Sweet Treats

Liquid Vim and Vigor

Metric Equivalencies

Index


Tuesday, February 3, 2009

Celebrate the Seasons or Liquid Kitchen

Celebrate the Seasons

Author: Maurine R Humphris

Key Features:

  • This book is filled with recipes and menus, plus great ideas for family gettogethers and activities for every month of the year.
  • The authors' wealth of experience is evident throughout the book.
  • Special binding allows the book to lay open on the kitchen counter or table.
  • You are going to love these traditions and recipes that will unite your family

Traditions symbolize the renewal of family ties and are associated with events throughout the year. This book is filled with helpful ideas for every holiday of the year that will allow your family and friends to enjoy:

  • Entertaining Menus
  • AttentionGrabbing Activities
  • Delicious Recipes
  • Memorable GetTogethers

From warm, filling casseroles in January to starspangled salads in July, this book has it all! It even includes a Guide to Gracious Living, as well as a section on household cleaning tips and hints. Every home should have one!



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Liquid Kitchen: Party Drinks

Author: Hayden Wood


The ultimate guide for hosting the perfect party.

Filled with more than 100 recipes for delicious drinks, The Liquid Kitchen: Party Drinks includes tips and suggestions to guarantee a successful cocktail party. From gourmet cocktails to fixes and fizzes, and from special martinis, margaritas and gimlets to garnishes, mixes and syrups, this handy book offers expert guidance that will turn a novice host into a world-class party giver. Along with mouthwatering drink recipes, including non-alcoholic choices, each chapter includes recommendations for party snacks.

A sampling of party drinks includes:


  • Champagne Saratoga

  • Apple pie fix

  • Long apricot and rose margarita

  • Coconut plum and raspberry whip.



Monday, February 2, 2009

Best Food Writing 2001 or The American Ethnic Cookbook For Students

Best Food Writing 2001

Author: Holly Hughes

Best Food Writing 2001 brings together, for the second year, the most exceptional writing culled from the past year's books, magazines, newspapers, newsletters, and web sites. Within its five sections—Stocking the Larder, Home Cooking, Someone's in the Kitchen, Dining Around and Personal Tastes—read our best writers on everything from the year's most celebrated chefs to extraordinary restaurant experiences, from the latest trends in ingredients and equipment to unforgettable memoirs inspired by cooking and eating. Neither cook nor food lover should be without this remarkable annual collection. Included are contributions by R.W. Apple, Jr., Amanda Hesser, Ruth Reichl, Jeffrey Steingarten, Jane and Michael Stern, Calvin Trillin, Gael Greene, Mimi Sheraton, Jonathon Reynolds, Eric Schlosser, and many others.

Publishers Weekly

Following last year's initial anthology, which she also edited, Hughes (Frommer's New York City with Kids) serves up this year's offerings like a satisfying, well-rounded meal. The selections are divided into six sections: Stocking the Larder, Food Fights, Home Cooking, Someone's in the Kitchen, Dining Around and Personal Tastes. The contributors include food industry insiders as well as professional writers who are lay foodies in their spare time, Jeffrey Eugenides and Malcolm Gladwell among them. From notable food critics like Colman Andrews and Ruth Reichl to such writers as Derek Cooper and Mort Rosenblum, the anthology provides engaging insight into food, cooking, eating and various relevant cultural and emotional phenomena. With extracts culled from books, magazines, newspapers and the Internet, the compilation ranges from the serious "Toro, Toro, Toro" by Jeffrey Steingarten to the amusing "Abstinence Makes the Taste Buds Grow Fonder" by David Leite. Short, light pieces provide welcome interludes to the longer, denser fare. All are enjoyable and worthwhile. Foodies will recognize many of the selections from magazines such as Gourmet and Food & Wine and books such as The Last Days of Haute Cuisine by Patric Kuh and Reichl's Comfort Me with Apples. (Dec.) Forecast: Foodies browsing extracts such as Rosenblum's delightful "Another Roadside Attraction," taken from A Goose in Toulouse, will likely walk away with a copy and may probe the shelves for books excerpted in this volume. Copyright 2001 Cahners Business Information.



Go to: Facing and Fighting Fatigue or What Your Doctor Wont Tell You about Weight Loss

The American Ethnic Cookbook For Students

Author: Mark H Zanger

The first cookbook to present the dishes of more than 120 ethnic groups now in America, The American Ethnic Cookbook for Students illustrates how those dishes have changed throughout the years. This cookbook contains more than 300 recipes plus references to ethnography, food history, culture, and the history of American immigration. A bibliography at the end of each ethnic group section is included.

School Library Journal

Gr 5 Up-A rich source of 400 recipes from 122 alphabetically arranged ethnic groups including 21 Native American tribes. However, these are not from the original culture, but rather are the American adaptations by people who remember another time and place. For each group there is a short informative history and a current estimate of population, followed by two to six recipes. The annotated bibliography includes Web sites that provide sources for more dishes. The family favorites range in difficulty, and a few line drawings illustrate complicated procedures. An instructional chapter on kitchen safety is useful for students as is the recipe index and an index by state. The appendix provides cross-cultural foods and their names in various countries. This book supplements Carole Lisa Albyn's Multicultural Cookbook for Students (1993) and Lois S. Webb's Holidays of the World Cookbook (1995, both Oryx). It includes groups that are difficult to find in other sources such as Carpatho-Rusyn-Americans, Hmong-Americans, and Slovene-Americans. Using these recipes will be a great motivation for students to learn about the varied heritage of our immigrant nation.-Sandra L. Doggett, Urbana High School, Ijamsville, MD Copyright 2001 Cahners Business Information.

Internet Book Watch

Superbly designed as a reference for school and professional cooking school curriculums, Mark Zanger's The American Ethnic Cookbook For Students is ideal for the home chef as well. Virtually every ethnic background represented in the American populace is represented with this impressive collection of culinary dishes that will pleasure the palate and satisfy the appetite. The hundreds of entries are arranged alphabetically by ethnicity and range from Acadian (Cajun) to Zuni. In addition to a wealth of culinary treasures, The American Ethnic Cookbook For Students is enhanced further with appendices on "How To Knead"; "The All Stuffed Cabbage"; "They All Fried Bean Cakes"; "They All Fried Dough"; an annotated bibliography, and index of recipes by states, and a general index. The American Ethnic Cookbook For Students is especially recommended to members of specialty dining clubs whose menus celebrate ethnic cuisines.



Sunday, February 1, 2009

Kiss Guide to Wine or Book of Tea

Kiss Guide to Wine

Author: Robert Joseph

The Keep It Simple Series — the greatest guides ever!

Drink to your health and discover how wine can be good for you with DK's KISS Guide to Wine. You'll learn the basics from what wine to buy, where to buy it, and how to store it, to finding out which glasses, corkscrews, and other wine gadgets are the best to use. Savor and appreciate the basic styles of wine, from soft and fruity to heavy and rich. Enter the new world of high-tech wine production and compare it with the ancient methods. Master the art of tasting wine and discover the best food and wine combinations.

The Keep It Simple Series is the new standard in how-to books! Written by leading experts, each book includes full-color photographs and illustrations throughout, making these the first and only truly accessible guides for beginners. The KISS format is designed to help readers build confidence from the start, and learn gradually and thoroughly to the very last page. Much more than introductions to various subjects, these inspiring and innovative books are the ones that readers can trust!

Author Biography: Robert Joseph is the wine correspondent for The Sunday Telegraph in London and founding editor of WINE Magazine. Among his many achievements, he has won writing awards from the Marques de Caceres, Glenfiddich, and the Wine Guild of the UK. Robert Joseph is the author of several books, including French Wines, also published by Dorling Kindersley.

Margaret Rand is an award-winning wine writer and former editor of WINE Magazine, Wine and Spirit International and Whisky Magazine. She contributes to a wide range of publications, including The Sunday Times, The Daily Telegraph, WINE Magazine and the web site winetoday.com. She also wrote the audio guide for Vinopolis, London's major wine exhibit.

Robert Mondavi, now in this mid-80's, is American's foremost ambassador of wine. In 1966, he set up the now celebrated Robert Mondavi Winery in California, and single-handedly has popularized new styles of wine, such as Chenin Blanc. With Julia Child, Robert is currently Co-chairman of the American Institute of Wine and Food, which is devoted to celebrating food, wine, and the arts in American culture. He is also the recipient of many prestigious awards, including the American Wine Society's "1982 Winemaker of the Year Award" and Harvard Business Association's "Business Leader of the Year Award" in 1997.



Interesting textbook: DVD Studio Pro 4 or Beginning Linux Programming

Book of Tea

Author: Okakura Kakuzo

In 1906 in turn-of-the century Boston, a small, esoteric book about tea was written with the intention of being read aloud in the famous salon of Isabella Gardner. It was authored by Okakura Kakuzo, a Japanese philosopher, art expert, and curator. Little known at the time, Kakuzo would emerge as one of the great thinkers of the early 20th century, a genius who was insightful, witty and greatly responsible for bridging Western and Eastern cultures.
Nearly a century later, Kakuzo's The Book of Tea is still beloved the world over. In this edition, readers are treated to Kakuzo's delicious wisdom along with evocative quadratone photographs in an exquisite new package. Interwoven with a rich history of tea and its place in Japanese society is poignant commentary on Eastern culture and our ongoing fascination with it, as well as illuminating essays on art, spirituality, poetry, and more. The Book of Tea is a delightful cup of enlightenment from a man far ahead of his time.
Author Bio: Okakura Kakuzo (1862-1913) devoted his life to teaching, art, Zen, and the preservation of Japanese art and culture, working as an ambassador, teacher, writer, and, at the time of his death, as the Curator fo Chinese and Japanese Art at the Boston Museum.

Liza Dalby has lived intermittently in Japan since she was a teenager. She is the first non-Japanese ever to have become a geisha. She received a PhD in anthropology from Stanford University in 1978 and is the author of several books, including Geisha, and the upcoming Tale of Murasaki.

Booknews

Kakuzo was a leading figure in Japanese art and culture at the end of the 19th century, and this book, first published in 1906, is a classic treatise explicating the philosophical nuances of tea and the tea ceremony in Japanese culture. This edition contains an introduction by Liza Dalby who was the first American trained as a Geisha in the 1970s, and elegant photos by Daniel Proctor. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)



Saturday, January 31, 2009

Escoffier or Fabulous Ways with Eggs

Escoffier: The King of Chefs

Author: Kenneth James

Auguste Escoffier (1846 -1935) was the first great star of modern cooking. Acknowledged during his lifetime as the greatest chef in the world, his clientele included Edward VII and Kaiser Wilhelm II, as well as the leaders of society and of fashion. Kenneth James traces Escoffier's career, from his humble origins on the French Riviera to Paris, London, and New York. Escoffier: The King of Chefs also presents the dishes, from eggs to lobster, on which Escoffier had both a lasting influence and strongly held views.

The New York Times

Auguste Escoffier (1846-1935) devoted his life to mastering French cuisine and sharing his knowledge with the world. Kenneth James honors the great chef with a richly detailed biography, complete with menus and recipes -- every other chapter is an ''interlude,'' indulging James's interest in the culinary history of (for example) coffee, frogs and tripe. — Elizabeth Hanson

Library Journal

To people who enjoy food-especially those who like to cook-the name Escoffier is magic. Universally acknowledged for making French cooking the world's premier cuisine, this master of foie gras, truffles, and cream sauces received a good deal of his training in the French army during the Franco-Prussian War (1870-71), including the sieges of Metz and Paris, when a good, juicy rat was the best food to be had. James, former director of scientific defense at the U.K.'s Ministry of Defence, has a strong interest in culinary history and reveals how Escoffier learned to create succulent dishes from this and that, making him one with the peasant housewives who concocted stews and casseroles that are now part of our everyday repertoire. He also shows how Escoffier developed, improved, and codified the work of both the great and the humble French cooks and argues that perhaps his strongest legacy has been his development of kitchen systems that are still used in modern restaurants. And Escoffier's association with hotelier Cesar Ritz indelibly welded good food to fine hostelry. Well researched yet accessible for lay readers, this reasonably priced biography would be a good addition to larger public libraries where there is an interest in culinary history.-Susan B. Hagloch, Tuscarawas Cty. P.L., New Philadelphia, OH Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information.



See also: Managed Care and Chronic Illness or Essentials of Managerial Finance

Fabulous Ways with Eggs: Make the Most of Eggs with how-to Techniques and over 70 Delicious Step-by-Step Recipes

Author: Alex Barker

This authoritative and beautiful book provides esssential information on preparing, storing and cooking with eggs, including instructions on all the basic cooking techniques.



Friday, January 30, 2009

World of Culinary Supervision Training and Management or French Food

World of Culinary Supervision, Training and Management

Author: Jerald W Chesser

This third edition has been enhanced with updated information, expanded discussions of topics including leadership, diversity, and training technology, and case studies to assist the reader in understanding and applying the information. Supplemental materials have been expanded to include an instructor's manual, PowerPoint slides and a test bank.



Table of Contents:
Pt. 1The chef as supervisor
Ch. 1Supervision1
Ch. 2Quality, philosophy, history, excellence, reengineering, and change27
Ch. 3Motivation, morale, and strokes51
Ch. 4Building teamwork in the kitchen71
Ch. 5Total quality respect97
Ch. 6Dealing with conflict and complaints113
Ch. 7The chef as communicator131
Ch. 8The chef as leader159
Pt. 2The chef as trainer
Ch. 9Total quality and training in the kitchen185
Ch. 10Preparing training objectives209
Ch. 11Understanding instructional delivery221
Ch. 12Training methods239
Ch. 13Induction and orientation training261
Ch. 14Training media and technology275
Ch. 15Training and transactional analysis289
Pt. 3Management and chef supervisors
Ch. 16Managing and utilizing time301
Ch. 17Recruiting and selecting kitchen team members313
Ch. 18Discipline and the kitchen team333
Ch. 19Problem solving and decision making347
Ch. 20Team performance appraisal363
App. AFederal regulations and executive orders375

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French Food: On the Table, On the Page, and in French Culture

Author: Lawrence R Schehr

French identity is a matter of taste-or palate, to be more precise. Food permeates the very idea of "Frenchness"-from the literary feasts of Marcel Proust to the culinary feats of Julia Child, from foie gras to the french fry. French Food is an entertaining and insightful look at the way people cook, eat, market, talk, and write about French cuisine.
More than a book about food alone, French Food uses diet as a window into issues of nationality, literature, and culture in France and abroad. Outstanding contributors from cultural studies, literary criticism, performance studies, and the emerging field of food studies explore a wide range of food matters: the history of French cooking, the intersections of taste and class, the aesthetics of cuisine, French food as nation building, novelists who use gastronomic details to spice up literary personas, and even the sexuality of a French dish. Revealing substance in a French meal beyond mere sustenance, this delicious volume is sure to sharpen your mind as well as your palate.



Wednesday, January 28, 2009

Nuts or Margaret Fultons Encyclopedia of Food and Cookery

Nuts: (Artisanal Foods Series) Sweet and Savory Recipes from Diamond of California

Author: Tina Salter

When the people at Diamond of California, the world's leading marketer of nuts, decided to create a cookbook, they scoured their archives, developed dozens of new recipes, and turned to some of America's best loved chefs, cooking teachers, and food writers for more. The result is Nuts: Sweet and Savory Recipes from Diamond of California, a collection of more than 100 recipes complemented by lavish color photography and hints and tips to help make the dishes easier and more fun to prepare. You'll find classic comfort food, like Farmhouse Chicken Stew with Buttermilk-Walnut Dumplings; no-stress show-stoppers for entertaining, like Seared Scallop Salad with Grapefruit, Endive, and Walnuts; and, of course, plenty of cookies, cakes, desserts, breads, and quickbreads, from an inventive Macaroon Nut Tart to sumptuous Blueberry-Almond Bread Pudding. Ready to make the foods you cook a little more special? Head for the kitchen . . . and go nuts!

Author Biography: Tina Salter is a book packager, food writer, and television producer who lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.



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Margaret Fulton's Encyclopedia of Food and Cookery: The Complete Kitchen Companion from A to Z

Author: Margaret Fulton

Completely revised and updated for today's cooks, this classic kitchen companion has everything one needs to know about buying fresh produce and preparing, cooking, storing, and preserving food. Step-by-step guides to basic cooking methods, a multitude of serving suggestions and short cuts, and extensive cross-referencing throughout make this encyclopedia a valuable addition to the kitchen shelf.



Tuesday, January 27, 2009

Barbecue Biscuits and Beans or Outdoor Tables and Tales

Barbecue, Biscuits and Beans: Chuck Wagon Cooking

Author: Bill Caubl

Recipes and preparation secrets for all-time favorite chuck wagon dishes—from trailside to elegant—are featured in this cookbook. Tasty dishes include a bounty of beef and game, vegetables, homemade breads, and delectable desserts.

Southern Living

"Worthy of a place in any modern kitchen."

Texas Monthly

"a cookbook... worthy of a place in any modern kitchen."

HippoPress - Manchester - Amy Diaz

You don't have to herd cattle to eat high on the hog.

Publishers Weekly

Cauble and Teinert are serious about turning chuck wagon cooking into a regional art form. Together, they helped found the Western Chuck Wagon Association. Teinert runs a catering service; Cauble cooked for a working ranch. In the introduction to the 180 recipes rounded up for this collection, Cauble identifies the challenges of his craft: "Cowboys like meat, beans, potatoes and bread. They like corn. Some will eat a green vegetable, especially if it's fried. They want Ranch dressing, even if it's from a bottle." Thus, ingredients for these dishes are always hearty and often abundant, with the quirky exceptions of Mountain Oysters and Baked Dove in Gravy. Cookware, when needed, is preferably cast iron. Part of the fun here is the enormous portion sizes: Roasted Suckling Pig calls for a 15- to 25-pound oinker ("scalded and scraped") and a coffee can to support its body cavity; it serves 15 to 20. SOB Stew uses up all the innards of a suckling calf, and the recipe ends with, "Add brains 15 minutes before serving." Saner classics abound, too: Chicken Fried Steak, Chili, Buttermilk Biscuits and Vanilla Ice Cream. Sauces, mops and rubs are essential for many of the entrees and the authors provide plenty of suggestions, including a complex Jalape o Raspberry Sauce with mango nectar, as well as a basic Barbecue Mop with Worcestershire sauce, vinegar sugar and spices. The brief foreword by Tommy Lee Jones is somewhat lackluster, but the book's photos are wildly Western without being clich . (Apr.) Forecast: The authors are negotiating for a TV series with PBS and the Food Network; if that happens, expect their book to take off. Copyright 2004 Reed Business Information.



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Outdoor Tables and Tales: Recipes and Food Memories from America's Top Outdoor Writers

Author: Southeastern Outdoor Press Association

Every section of this culinary guide to the great outdoors begins with a tale spun by some of the best outdoor writers the South has to offer. This collection includes tasty dishes of nearly every species of Southern game and fish from venison to catfish. Campfire secrets time-tested by Southern outdoorsmen are interspersed throughout the cookbook.



Monday, January 26, 2009

Food and Philosophy or Heartbreak Grape

Food and Philosophy: Eat, Think, and Be Merry

Author: Fritz Allhoff

Food & Philosophy offers a collection of essays which explore a range of philosophical topics related to food; it joins Wine & Philosophy and Beer & Philosophy in in the "Epicurean Trilogy." Essays are organized thematically and written by philosophers, food writers, and professional chefs.


  • Provides a critical reflection on what and how we eat can contribute to a robust enjoyment of gastronomic pleasures
  • A thoughtful, yet playful collection which emphasizes the importance of food as a proper object of philosophical reflection in its own right



Table of Contents:
Foreword   Odessa Piper     viii
Acknowledgments     x
Setting the Table: An Introduction to Food & Philosophy   Fritz Allhoff   Dave Monroe     1
Appetizers: Food in Culture & Society     11
Epicurus, the Foodies' Philosopher   Michael Symons     13
Carving Values with a Spoon   Lydia Zepeda     31
Should I Eat Meat? Vegetarianism and Dietary Choice   Jen Wrye     45
Sublime Hunger: A Consideration of Eating Disorders Beyond Beauty   Sheila Lintott     58
First Course: Taste & Food Criticism     71
Taste, Gastronomic Expertise, and Objectivity   Michael Shaffer     73
Who Needs a Critic? The Standard of Taste and the Power of Branding   Jeremy Iggers     88
Hungry Engrams: Food and Non-Representational Memory   Fabio Parasecoli     102
Second Course: Edible Art & Aesthetics     115
Can a Soup Be Beautiful? The Rise of Gastronomy and the Aesthetics of Food   Kevin W. Sweeney     117
Can Food Be Art? The Problem of Consumption   Dave Monroe     133
Delightful, Delicious, Disgusting   Carolyn Korsmeyer     145
Food Fetishes and Sin-Aesthetics: ProfessorDewey, Please Save Me From Myself   Glenn Kuehn     162
Dessert: Eating & Ethics     175
Eating Well: Thinking Ethically About Food   Roger J. H. King     177
Picky Eating is a Moral Failing   Matthew Brown     192
Shall We Dine? Confronting the Strange and Horrifying Story of GMOs in Our Food   Paul B. Thompson     208
Taking Stock: An Overview of Arguments For and Against Hunting   Linda Jerofke     221
Petits Fours: Compliments of the Chef     237
Food and Sensuality: A Perfect Pairing   Jennifer L. Iannolo     239
Duty to Cook: Exploring the Intents and Ethics of Home and Restaurant Cuisine   Christian J. Krautkramer     250
Diplomacy of the Dish: Cultural Understanding Through Taste   Mark Tafoya     264
Balancing Tastes: Inspiration, Taste, and Aesthetics in the Kitchen   Aki Kamozawa   H. Alexander Talbot     276
Afterword     287
Thus Ate Zarathustra   Woody Allen     289
Notes on Contributors     293
Index     299

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Heartbreak Grape: A Journey in Search of the Perfect Pinot Noir

Author: Marq De Villiers

DeVilliers' quest for the 'heartbreak grape' begins with one sip of the superlative Calera Jensen '87. Behind the scenes of one of the world's most fascinating and romantic industries, the author celebrates the tenacity and invention of individuals who devote their lives to the magnificent obesession of wine-making in this completely revised and updated edition.



Sunday, January 25, 2009

Secret Potions Elixirs and Concoctions or Pride of Kentucky

Secret Potions, Elixirs and Concoctions: Botanical and Aromatic Recipes for Mind, Body and Soul

Author: Marie Anakee Miczak

This interesting book contains, in an easy-to-understand format, many ways to utilize botanicals including essential oils, herbs & more for use in everyday life. All you need are simple ingredients & equipment such as a blender to be on your way to quickly whipping up a lavish spa treatment or healing remedy.



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Pride of Kentucky: Great Recipes with Food, Farm, and Family Traditions

Author: Kentucky Extension Association of Family Consumer Sciences

The Pride of Kentucky book is a collection of delicious recipes with food, farm, and family traditions highlighting the benefits of all "Kentucky Fresh" commodities and the farm-to-table connection. Featuring Kentucky's agri-tourism destinations, time-saving cooking tips, and heartwarming stories and photographs. Designated as the "Official Cookbook of the 2003 Kentucky State Fair."