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Fried Walleye and Cherry Pie: Midwestern Writers on Food

Peggy Wolff · University of Nebraska Press
Format: Paperback

With its corn by the acre, beef on the hoof, Quaker Oats, and Kraft Mac n Cheese, the Midwest eats pretty well and feeds the nation on the side. But theres more to the midwestern kitchen and palate than the farm food and sizable portions the region is best known for beyond its borders....
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Boutique Beer: 500 Quality Craft Beers

Ben McFarland · Barrons Educational Series, Inc., 2013.
Pages: 224
Format: Print book

Gone are the days when a cold beer was the drink reserved for ballparks and frat parties. Today, microbreweries around the globe are proving that beer is every bit as complex and sophisticated as wine. Their creations range from delicate champagne beers to extreme strength concoctions that...
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Fix-it and Forget-it Christmas Cookbook: 600 Slow Cooker Holiday Recipes

Phyllis Good · Good Books; Spi edition
Pages: 284
Format: Plastic Comb

          600 delicious slow-cooker recipes, perfect for holiday meals, from home cooks across the country who want to feast with their loved ones without being exhausted or frazzled—or getting stuck in the kitchen. From bestselling slow-cooker...
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My Family Table: A Passionate Plea for Home Cooking

John Besh · Andrews McMeel Publishing; 1St Edition edition
Format: Hardcover

My Family Table is rooted in the American kitchen, reconnecting folks with 130 recipes for roasting, braising, frying, baking and all the other easy skills take-out readers have forgotten or never learned.Gourmand World Cookbook Awards 2012: USA Winner, Best Easy Recipes Book2012 IACP Award...
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The London Cookbook: Recipes from the Restaurants, Cafes, and Hole-in-the-Wall Gems of a Modern City

Aleksandra Crapanzano · Ten Speed Press
Pages: 320
Format: Print book

From an award-winning food writer comes this intimate portrait of London--the global epicenter of cuisine--with 100 recipes from the city's best restaurants, dessert boutiques, tea and coffee houses, cocktail lounges, and hole-in-the-wall gems--all lovingly adapted for the home kitchen.Once...
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Niki Jabbour's Veggie Garden Remix: 224 New Plants to Shake Up Your Garden and Add Variety, Flavor, and Fun

Niki Jabbour · Storey Publishing, LLC
Pages: 240
Format: Paperback

Best-selling author Niki Jabbour invites you to shake up your vegetable garden with an intriguing array of 238 plants from around the world. With her lively "Like this? Then try this!" approach, Jabbour encourages you to start with what you know and expand your repertoire to try related...
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The 10 Things You Need to Eat: And More Than 100 Easy and Delicious Ways to Prepare Them

Anahad O'Connor · William Morrow Cookbooks; Original edition
Format: Paperback

THE 10 THINGS YOU NEED TO EAT AND 100 WAYS TO PREPARE THEM pairs New York Times health columnist Anahad O′Connor with foodie Dave Lieberman to present the 10 foods that should be on your plate, including the scientific research on why they will make you healthier and easy-to-follow...
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Vegan for the Holidays: Celebration Feasts for Thanksgiving Through New Year's Day

Zel Allen · Book Publishing Company
Format: Print book

Holidays inspire everyone to cook. Even people who rarely step into the kitchen prepare special festive meals to share with family and friends. Vegan cooking expert Zel Allen demonstrates that plant-based holiday foods are as delicious, innovative, and elegant as their hallowed meat-based...
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Rhubarb Renaissance

Kim Ode · Minnesota Historical Society Press
Pages: 128
Format: Paperback

Many know rhubarb thanks to a shockingly tart introduction in childhood, likely countered by dipping the stalk in sugar, or as simply "the pie plant," a worthy component of custard or mixed-fruit pastries. Why not expand the concept beyond those idyllic, long ago summer days?...
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Kansha: Celebrating Japan's Vegan and Vegetarian Traditions

Elizabeth Andoh · Ten Speed Press; First Edition edition
Format: Hardcover

The celebration of Japan’s vegan and vegetarian traditions begins with kansha—appreciation—an expression of gratitude for nature’s gifts and the efforts and ingenuity of those who transform nature’s bounty into marvelous food. The spirit of kansha, deeply rooted...
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Mediterranean Cookbook

Marie-Pierre Moine · DK ADULT
Format: Hardcover

Bringing together authentic recipes from Italy, Greece, Provence, northern Africa, and the Middle East, DK's Mediterranean Cookbook gives cooks the necessary tools to recreate the flavors of the Mediterranean in their own homes. Fresh, healthy, and easy to make, the Mediterranean Cookbook...
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Table Manners: How to Behave in the Modern World and Why Bother

Jeremiah Tower · Farrar
Pages: 160
Format: Print book

An authoritative and witty guide to modern table manners for all occasions by one of the world's most acclaimed chefs and restaurateursTable Manners is an entertaining and practical guide to manners for everyone and every occasion. Whether you are a guest at a potluck or the host of a dinner...
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Fix-it and Forget-it Christmas Cookbook: 600 Slow Cooker Holiday Recipes

Phyllis Good · Good Books
Format: Hardcover

"You absolutely can make holiday meals with ease and with pleasure!" says slow cooker champion Phyllis Pellman Good. Her latest collection, Fix-It and Forget-It Christmas Cookbook: 600 Slow Cooker Holiday Recipes, will fi ll your head with menu ideas, give you gentle guidance...
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Birdseye: The Adventures of a Curious Man

Mark Kurlansky · Doubleday; 1st Edition, 1st Printing edition
Format: Hardcover

Break out the TV dinners! From the author who gave us Cod, Salt, and other informative bestsellers, the first biography of Clarence Birdseye, the eccentric genius inventor whose fast-freezing process revolutionized the food industry and American agriculture.
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The Nordic Cookbook

Magnus Nilsson · Phaidon Press
Pages: 608
Format: Hardcover

The Nordic Cookbook offers an unprecedented look at the rich culinary offerings of the Nordic region with 700 recipes collected by the acclaimed Swedish chef Magnus Nilsson.While traveling extensively throughout the Nordic countries - Denmark, the Faroe Islands, Finland, Greenland, Iceland,...
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