This title features 100 all-natural, delicious recipes thatare all free of lactose, saturated fats, cholesterol, and cruelty.From classic breads, cakes, and desserts to imaginative newcreations, the recipes in this book eliminate the dairy and eggswithout reducing the flavour. These homemade delights have beentaste-tested to tantalizing perfection. Each bite proves thatvegan-baked goods can be just as delectable as their animal-productcounterparts. Whether one is motivated to do something positive forthe earth, to show compassion for animals, or to be good for one'shealth, these quick-to-make, easy-to-bake recipes offer a provennew approach for novice bakers and professional pastry chefs alike."The 100 Best Vegan Baking Recipes" features alternatives forfavourites like cupcakes, brownies, and chocolate chip cookieswhile also offering treats such as lime coconut bars, blueberrystreusel muffins, and rosemary focaccia. The author refrains fromexotic ingredient lists while presenting straightforward guidan
From the author of French Women Don't Get Fat, the #1 NationalBestseller, comes an essential guide to the art of joyful living—inmoderation, in season, and, above all, with pleasure. Together with a bounty of new dining ideas and menus, MireilleGuiliano offers us fresh, cunning tips on style, grooming, andentertaining. Here are four seasons' worth of strategies forshopping, cooking, and exercising, as well as some pointers forlooking effortlessly chic. Taking us from her childhood inAlsace-Lorraine to her summers in Provence and her busy life in NewYork and Paris, this wise and witty book shows how anyone anywherecan develop a healthy, holistic lifestyle.
Americans are drinking more alcoholic beverages than ever, andalmost 30 percent of tipplers name wine as their drink of choice.Recent studies have touted the health benefits of wine-drinking. Sowhy is wine so intimidating? The sheer numbers and types of wines?The wine snobs with their arcane terminology? The French with theirinsufferable Frenchiness? Demystifying oenophilia and offering more than a few laughs alongthe way, Jennifer Rosen’s THE CORK JESTER?’S GUIDE TO WINE is acollection of fast, funny anecdotes and informative lessons sure toentertain both the vintage idiot and the savvy sipper. In the book’s introduction, Rosen offers a typically frankexplanation of her approach: "A wise winemaker told me, ‘Drinkingwine with a sommelier is like making love to a gynecologist: it’sbetter if they don?’t tell you everything they know.’ Instead, Ioffer a series of bite-sized stories; Trojan horses filled withfacts programmed to infiltrate and lodge in your brain, with noeffort on
