Download or read book The Deluxe Food Lover s Companion written by Ron Herbst and published by Sourcebooks, Inc.. This book was released on 2015-04-01 with total page 1544 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Based on B.E.S. popular and authoritative The New Food Lover's Companion, this enlarged and enhanced reference volume was written for discerning home chefs and everybody else who wants to become more knowledgeable about good food and elegant dining. This second edition has been updated with new information to reflect the way we eat in today's world. The authors have taken into account our healthier lifestyles and more diverse palates to include: More than 500 new listings, including entries relating to Indian and Southeast Asian ingredients, plus expanded coverage of South American, Hispanic, and Middle Eastern cuisines Updated information for hundreds of existing entries A blood alcohol concentration chart for men and women An extensive breakdown of food labels and nutritional facts Department of Agriculture recommendations for a 2,000 calorie per day food plan More than 7200 entries plus line art are included in this seminal work. Miniature glossaries are interspersed throughout the text. Sidebar features throughout the book offer quick tips on food purchases, as well as Fast Facts and advice on preparation, serving, and dining. Handy appendices cover many topics including suggestions for substituting recipe ingredients, a microwave oven conversion chart, recommended safe cooking temperatures for meats and fish, and much more! The deluxe hardcover binding with dust jacket includes a ribbon place marker and golden-tipped page edges, making this gorgeous book as much a showpiece as it is an indispensable reference.
Download or read book The New Food Lover s Companion written by Ron Herbst and published by Sourcebooks, Inc.. This book was released on 2013-09-01 with total page 928 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Essential for anyone who talks, eats, or thinks about food." —Bev Bennett, Chicago Sun-Times The New Food Lover's Companion is an indispensable resource for everyone from home cooks to culinary professionals. This widely praised and highly esteemed reference guide has been updated with new information to reflect the way we eat in today's world, taking into account our healthier lifestyles and more diverse palates, including: Over 500 new cultural listings, including Korean, Persian, and South American additions Definitions and explanations for cooking tools and techniques A microwave oven conversion chart An extensive breakdown of food labels and nutritional facts Suggestions for substituting recipe ingredients Among the myriad of foods and culinary subjects defined and explained are meat cuts, breads, pastas, and literally everything else related to good food and enjoyable dining—a veritable food bible for the novice home-cook, culinary student, or the self-proclaimed foodie. The New Food Lover's Companion is a reference guide—not a cookbook—but it includes hundreds of cooking tips plus an extensive bibliography of recommended cookbooks. More than 7,200 entries plus line art are included in this seminal work. "As thick and satisfying as a well-stuffed sandwich." —The New York Times
Download or read book The Food Lover s Guide to Meat and Potatoes written by Sharon T. Herbst and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2011-02-08 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Information on the basic cuts of meats and varieties of potatoes and buying and storing them accompanies recipes for thirty-five winning dishes ranging from basic burgers and baked potatoes to heaven-and-earth pork pie.
Download or read book The New Food Lover s Companion written by Sharon Tyler Herbst and published by B.E.S. Publishing. This book was released on 2001 with total page 792 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contains alphabetically arranged entries that provide definitions of nearly six thousand terms related to food, drink, and cooking, and features a selection of reference appendices, including a pasta glossary, ingredient substitutes, and measurement equivalents.
Download or read book The Deluxe Food Lover s Companion written by Ron Herbst and published by B.E.S. Publishing. This book was released on 2015 with total page 854 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Offers more than seven thousand alphabetical entries providing information on all aspects of cooking and dining, including food preparation methods, cooking utensils, serving suggestions, ingredients, wines, and meat cuts.
Download or read book The Ultimate A to Z Bar Guide written by Sharon Tyler Herbst and published by Clarkson Potter. This book was released on 2009-07-01 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What's a Dirty Martini? How do you pronounce Cuarenta Y Tres? Which glass do you use for a Stinger? How did the Margarita get its name? Answers to these questions and thousands more can be found in The Ultimate A-to-Z Bar Guide, a one-stop, user-friendly cocktail guide featuring more than 1,000 drink recipes and 600 definitions for cocktail-related terms. The Ultimate A-to-Z Bar Guide offers a unique blend of features, including: • Definitions of over 600 cocktail- and drink-related terms, including liqueurs, types of drinks, cocktail jargon, and the etymology of drinks like the Martini and the Fuzzy Navel, all organized in an easy-to-use A-to-Z format with sound-out phonetics. • Drink recipes for more than 1,000 cocktails for every season and occasion. Each recipe is complete with a graphic showing the appropriate glass to use. • Ideas on how to make sure guests have a great time while encouraging responsible drinking. • Tips on everything from stocking a home bar to choosing the right glassware, plus loads of professional bartending tricks and shortcuts for creating the perfect cocktail. • Humor through anecdotes, toasts, and quotes from the famous and infamous. • Four indexes that make finding the listing you want a snap! Accessible, fun, hip, and written in the Herbsts' inimitable style, The Ultimate A-to-Z Bar Guide deserves a place at every home and professional bar.
Download or read book The Ultimate Liquor Free Drink Guide written by Sharon Tyler Herbst and published by Clarkson Potter. This book was released on 2002-10-08 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the author of the highly successful The Ultimate A-to-Z Bar Guide (more than 129,000 copies in print) comes an equally comprehensive handbook for lively liquor-free libations. The most complete book of its kind, The Ultimate Liquor-Free Drink Guide offers a refreshing oasis for the millions of readers who prefer zero proof but are tired of being relegated to seltzer and lime. In her thorough, accessible style, Sharon Tyler Herbst presents a delicious array of beverage alternatives, covering 325 non-alcoholic drinks with authority and verve. Featuring tips on glassware, measurements, and ingredients, The Ultimate Liquor-Free Drink Guide gives readers every detail they need to know for mixing perfect drinks year-round. In winter months, snuggle up with homemade egg-nog, Hot White Chocolate, or Spiced Cream Tea. Warmer weather invites Watermelon Whirl, trendy Bubble Tea, Iced Cafe Creme Brulee, as well as a host of spritzers, shakes, and ades. Herbst even includes a chapter on energizing nutrition boosters. Virgin versions of popular bar drinks are covered, ranging from zesty Sangrita to soothing Mint Julep Tea. For anyone seeking a boost without the booze, there's never been a better book.
Download or read book Breads written by Sharon Tyler Herbst and published by HP Trade. This book was released on 1994 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This extensively revised edition of Sharon Tyler Herbst's all-inclusive and appealing book features the best time and taste-tested recipes from the original and revised versions, plus more than 300 new recipes and updated techniques that make breadmaking simpler and more rewarding than ever.
Download or read book The Parenting Cookbook written by Kathy Gunst and published by Henry Holt and Company. This book was released on 2014-09-16 with total page 485 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This encyclopedic cookbook is the comprehensive guide for parents who believe that preparing and enjoying good, healthy food should be an important part of family life. Speaking to all the needs of families with children of all ages, Kathy Gunst and the editors of the award-winning Parenting magazine offer more than 325 recipes for every meal of the day as well as for special occasions. The heart of the book for busy working families is the Monday-through-Friday chapters of quick breakfasts, quick lunches, and quick dinners (with nearly seventy-five recipes), followed by chapters on leisurely weekend breakfasts, lunches, and dinners. Other chapters cover desserts, snacks, drinks, microwaving, and cooking basics. But there is much more here than a collection of outstanding recipes from a working mother of two young children. Gunst offers special ideas and strategies on how to have the pleasure and avoid the pitfalls of eating out with the kids; what to do about your picky eater; entertaining, or how to throw a dinner party without losing your mind; cooking with kids; the importance of family meals; and new ways to shop for groceries. She also gives dozens of tips, menus, and theme ideas for birthday parties, holidays, and other special occasions.
Download or read book Never Eat More Than You Can Lift and Other Food Quotes and Quips written by Sharon Tyler Herbst and published by Broadway. This book was released on 1997 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sharon Tyler Herbst, the foremost writer of user-friendly food reference books, offers an "appeteasing" collection of racy, wicked, funny, informative, and historical quotations about food and drink. Feast on: A delicious assortment of more than 1,500 quotes on food- and drink-related subjects including dinner parties, health food, holidays, diets, gourmets, gluttons, manners, and cocktails. More than 200 subjects arranged in a user-friendly A-to-Z format. Quotations from an eclectic and intriguing array of over 700 personalities--including Woody Allen, Winston Churchill, Bette Davis, Steve Martin, Miss Piggy, Julia Child, and more. A potpourri of fifty easy recipes, including Maple-Kissed Blueberries, Red-Eye Gravy, Peppered Caramel Bacon, Bodacious Brownie Thins, and Chocolate Cinnamon Toast. Informative, entertaining tidbits featuring anecdotes, etymologies, history, and cooking tips. Two indexes and extensive cross-referencing make it easy to find what you're looking for.
Download or read book The New Wine Lover s Companion written by Ron Herbst and published by B.E.S. Publishing. This book was released on 2003 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Arranged alphabetically, this guide contains comprehensive definitions for wine related terms.
Download or read book The Ultimate Guide to Pitcher Drinks written by Sharon Tyler Herbst and published by Villard. This book was released on 2009-04-23 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the mood for a Summer Hummer? How about a French Flirt or a Neon Nexus? or Maybe even a Sin City Slider? This book includes these and 150 more cool cocktails for a crowd—everything from classics like Sangría, Martinis, and Manhattans, to newer favorites like Kamikazes and Mudslides, to international raves such as Brazil’s Caipirinha and Cuba’s Mojito, not to mention liquor-free variations. Plus, there’s information on mixing techniques, ingredients, equipment, and glassware, hangover helpers, tips on party food for non-cooks, and a user-friendly index that lists recipes by ingredients. Serving pitcher drinks is an ingeniously effortless way to entertain and still have fun at your own party. It’s an idea whose time has come—in fact, it’s long overdue. No doubt about it, a premixed pitcher of drinks is a huge asset to any gathering. Making individual cocktails not only takes time, but removes you from the action. So mix up a batch of pitcher drinks and join in the party. They’re stylish, fun, and easy, and they definitely take the angst out of entertaining!
Download or read book The Wine Lover s Dessert Cookbook written by Mary Cech and published by Chronicle Books. This book was released on 2005-09-29 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Basic guidelines and general rules-of-thumb provide indispensable counsel for creating your own pairings. And a user-friendly chart cross-references wine types against typical dessert flavors for quick and easy matching advice. Whatever the season, whatever the occasion, be it Sauternes or semillon, sparkling wine or gewurztraminer, Madeira or vin santo, with this lovely and practical cookbook you'll discover a whole new world of wines and the desserts that love them."--BOOK JACKET.
Download or read book The Ultimate A to Z Bar Guide written by Sharon Tyler Herbst and published by Broadway. This book was released on 1998 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What's a Dirty Martini? How do you pronounce Cuarenta Y Tres? Which glass do you use for a Stinger? How did the Margarita get its name? Answers to these questions and thousands more can be found in The Ultimate A-to-Z Bar Guide, a one-stop, user-friendly cocktail guide featuring more than 1,000 drink recipes and 600 definitions for cocktail-related terms. The Ultimate A-to-Z Bar Guide offers a unique blend of features, including: Definitions of over 600 cocktail- and drink-related terms, including liqueurs, types of drinks, cocktail jargon, and the etymology of drinks like the Martini and the Fuzzy Navel, all organized in an easy-to-use A-to-Z format with sound-out phonetics. Drink recipes for more than 1,000 cocktails for every season and occasion. Each recipe is complete with a graphic showing the appropriate glass to use. Ideas on how to make sure guests have a great time while encouraging responsible drinking. Tips on everything from stocking a home bar to choosing the right glassware, plus loads of professional bartending tricks and shortcuts for creating the perfect cocktail. Humor through anecdotes, toasts, and quotes from the famous and infamous. Four indexes that make finding the listing you want a snap! Accessible, fun, hip, and written in the Herbsts' inimitable style, The Ultimate A-to-Z Bar Guide deserves a place at every home and professional bar.
Download or read book The Whole Foods Market Cookbook written by Steve Petusevsky and published by Clarkson Potter. This book was released on 2010-07-07 with total page 466 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Who else but Whole Foods Market could create a cookbook so fresh, so appealing, so full of valuable information, and so perfect for the way we are all cooking and eating today? Bursting with winning recipes, healthful cooking advice, cheerful guidance through the new language of natural foods, wine and cheese information, and a comprehensive glossary, this is a “thank goodness it’s here” kind of cookbook. The world’s largest natural and organic supermarket has created 350 contemporary recipes that are destined to become new classics. Whole Foods Market presents the most popular dishes from their prepared foods section, combined with brand-new recipes that showcase the wide variety of delicious ingredients available today. Far from “crunchy granola” fare, sophisticated recipes include Shrimp and Scallop Chalupas, Hazelnut Crusted Pork Loin, Thai-Style Green Curry Chicken, Griddled Sesame and Garlic Tofu with Wilted Bok Choy, Honey Jalapeño Barbecue Sauce, and Maple Butterscotch Macadamia Blondies. From meat and fish to tofu and vegetables, kid-friendly dishes to one-pot meals, the choices are dazzling, and with more than 200 of the recipes either vegetarian or vegan, the options are diverse. But the recipes are just the beginning. Steve Petusevsky and Whole Foods Market Team Members shed light on the confusing world of natural foods, presenting interesting, accessible information and all kinds of helpful cooking advice. The Whole Foods Market Cookbook is as welcoming and fun as a trip to one of their stores. Find out the answers to questions such as: How do I cook quinoa? What are the different kinds of tofu, and how do I know which to buy? How should I stock a great natural foods pantry? What are good alternatives to wheat pasta? What does “organic” mean? A glossary with more than 150 definitions provides a great reference for all of the terms and ingredients that have been edging their way into our vocabularies and kitchens. With recipe bonuses, tips from the team, variations, sidebars, and 30 menu suggestions, this is the natural foods guide that so many of us have been waiting for.
Download or read book Encyclopedia of Foods written by Experts from Dole Food Experts from Dole Food Company and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2002-01-13 with total page 529 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Encyclopedia of Foods: A Guide to Healthy Nutrition is a definitive resource for what to eat for maximum health as detailed by medical and nutritional experts. This book makes the connection between health, disease, and the food we eat. The Encyclopedia describes more than 140 foods, providing information on their history, nutrient content, and medical uses. The Encyclopedia also describes the "fit kitchen", including the latest in food safety, equipment and utensils for preparing fit foods, and ways to modify favorite recipes to ensure health and taste. - Details healthy eating guidelines based on the RDA food pyramid - Provides scientific basis and knowledge for specific recommendations - Beautifully illustrated - Extensive list of reliable nutrition resources - Describes the fit kitchen from the latest in food safety to equipment and utensils for preparing fit foods to ways to modify favorite recipes to ensure health and taste