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Preserving Everything: Can, Culture, Pickle, Freeze, Ferment, Dehydrate, Salt, Smoke, and Store Fruits, Vegetables, Meat, Milk, and More

Leda Meredith · Countryman Press; 1 edition

The ultimate guide to putting up food. How many ways can you preserve a strawberry? You can freeze it, dry it, pickle it, or can it. Milk gets cultured, or fermented, and is preserved as cheese or yogurt. Fish can be smoked, salted, dehydrated, and preserved in oil. Pork becomes jerky....
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Bitter: A Taste of the World's Most Dangerous Flavor, with Recipes

Jennifer McLagan · Ten Speed Press
Format: Hardcover

The champion of uncelebrated foods including fat, offal, and bones, Jennifer McLagan turns her attention to a fascinating, underappreciated, and trending topic: bitterness. What do coffee, IPA beer, dark chocolate, and radicchio all have in common? They're bitter. While some culinary...
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5 Ingredient Favorites: Quick and Simple Everyday Dishes

Rachel Lane · Reader's Digest
Pages: 320
Format: Paperback

With ever less time for shopping and cooking, we are all looking for ways to create delicious food that both tastes great and is healthy. 5 Ingredient Favorites is divided into eleven easy-to-consult chapters, with dishes for every occasion, from after-school snacks and light-lunch soups...
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The Ciao Bella Book of Gelato and Sorbetto: Bold, Fresh Flavors to Make at Home

F. W. Pearce · Clarkson Potter; 4.11.2010 edition
Format: Hardcover

TO TRY ONE SPOONFUL OF CIAO BELLA’S GELATO OR SORBETTO IS TO BE INSTANTLY TRANSPORTED. When you think of the most delicious and fresh gelato and sorbetto in America, you are craving Ciao Bella. The premier gelato and sorbetto maker in the country may be known for using the world’s...
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Mississippi Current Cookbook: A Culinary Journey Down America's Greatest River

Regina Charboneau , · Lyons Press; First edition
Format: Hardcover

Discover the diverse food and culinary traditions from the ten states that border America’s most important river--and the heart of American cuisine--with 200 contemporary recipes for 30 meals and celebrations, and more than 150 stunning photographs. Starting at the river’s source...
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The Amish Baking Cookbook: Plainly Delicious Recipes from Oven to Table

Georgia Varozza · Harvest House Publishers; Spi edition

Building on the success of The Homestyle Amish Kitchen (more than 58,000 copies sold), Georgia Varozza partners with experienced baker Kathleen Kerr to give you a cookbook filled with the foods most associated with the Plain and simple life: baked goods. This delicious collection of more...
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A Taste of Cowboy: Ranch Recipes and Tales from the Trail

Kent Rollins · Rux Martin/Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Format: Hardcover

Irresistible recipes from pantry ingredients by an authentic cowboy and TV veteran Whether hes beating Bobby Flay at chicken-fried steak on the Food Network, catering for a barbecue, bar mitzvah, or wedding, or cooking for cowboys in the middle of nowhere, Kent Rollins makes comfort...
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The Broad Fork: Recipes for the Wide World of Vegetables and Fruits

Hugh Acheson · Clarkson Potter
Format: Hardcover

From James Beard Award winner Hugh Acheson comes a seasonal cookbook of 200 recipes designed to make the most of your farmers' market bounty, your CSA box, or your grocery produce aisle. In The Broad Fork, Hugh narrates the four seasons of produce, inspired by the most-asked question...
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Tea and Treats

Liz Franklin · Ryland Peters & Small
Format: Hardcover

Tea houses are the elite of afternoon eateries, with varieties of tea to rival any wine list. And if you're going to be picky about your single-estate tea, you should be equally discerning about your accompanying cake, hence the appearance of fine patisserie like eclairs and macarons....
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The Mystery Writers of America Cookbook: Wickedly Good Meals and Desserts to Die For

Kate White · Quirk Books
Format: Hardcover

Hard-boiled breakfasts, thrilling entrees, cozy desserts, and more--this illustrated cookbook features more than 100 recipes from legendary mystery authors. Whether you're planning a sinister dinner party or whipping up some comfort food perfect for a day of writing, you'll find...
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