After writing several award-winning health and nutritiontitles that have had great success in the UK, Nicola Graimes makesher debut in the US market with the first book to focus on childrenand brain power and the foods that truly can improve intelligenceand those that can hinder it. With her exciting positive twist onthe link between the food that children eat and their mentaldevelopment, Graimes offers parents new ways and reasons to givetheir children (from pregnancy through primary school) and theessential foods and nutrients they require. BRAIN FOODS FOR KIDS includes: -A clear and easy-to-follow introduction to the principles ofgood childhood nutrition and information on all the latest scienceon brain-boosting foods -Practical, kid-tested advice on incorporating the essentialfoods into a child-friendly diet -Special "brain-box" features to explain the health-giving,mind-boosting properties of each of the featured dishes -Teaches how

"Nothing beats the sweet aroma of freshty baked bread at thecrack of dawn, and oneof my indutgent pteasures is sitting downwitha coffee and biting into a sweet, crisp pastry straight out of theoven.

Baking can be fun especially when producing quick and easycupcakes. We have provided over 100 great recipes, suitable for alloccasions, from that quick coffee accompaniment to novelty cupcakesfor the kid's parties. All your favourites reside in the pages ofthis book, together with a great selection of new innovativerecipes, try a few and we are sure you will enjoy theexperience.

Even though there are so many new and unusual eating experiences available to us, sometimes the old and familiar tried-and-tested recipes seem best, and we tend to hark back to them when we want to have a comfortable night in at home.The Best Ever Home-style Cookbook is full of those homely and welcoming recipes,the dishes that we may have put on the back burner while experimenting with more exotic and unusual recipes cooked with the most recently available and fashionable ingredients. Containing over 100 beautifully presented recipes, with clear step-by-step instructions,handy tips and hints, money-saving ideas, and recipe-specific shopping lists to ensure that you'll always have the vital ingredients to hand, The Best Ever Home-style Cookbook will ensure that you'll always be able to turn out a delicious and comforting meal.

Now in paperback–the debut cookbook from the beloved Italiancook, restaurateur, and public television personality. Lidia Bastianich is famous for her Italian-American cooking, butthis cookbook–her first–captures the distinctive cuisine of hernative Istria, located on Italy’s northeastern Adriatic coast nearthe border of the former Yugoslavia. This book is also her mostpersonal; in addition to the recipes, she has included numerouspersonal stories, memories, and photographs from herchildhood. With La Cucina di Lidia, you can savor antipasti such as Polentawith Fontina and Mushrooms or Shrimp and Mixed Bean Salad. Rice andpastas include Plum Gnocchi, Risotto with Squash Blossoms, andZucchini and Tagliatelle with Leek Sauce. Entrées feature fish(Swordfish in Sweet and Sour Sauce), fowl (Roast Chicken withRosemary and Orange), meat (Stuffed Breast of Veal), and game (DuckRoasted with Sauerkraut). Desserts range from Chocolate ZabaglioneCake to Apple-Custard Tart. Here is an Itali

Perfectly pristine ingredients, combined sensibly and cookedproperly, are the unmistakable hallmarks of the best Italian food.Chef Mario Batali, known to fans far and wide as "Molto Mario" fromhis appearances on television's Food Network and as chef of NewYork's much-loved Pó restaurant, has elevated these simpleprinciples to fine art, creating innovative new fare that paystribute to traditional Italian home cooking in a distinctly modernway. Now, for the first time, more than 200 of his irresistiblerecipes for fresh pastas, sprightly salads, grilled dishes, savoryragus, and many others are gathered in Simple Italian Food, acelebration of the flavors and spirit ofItaly. Mario draws inspiration for his distinctive dishes from the two"villages" that have left their stamps on his cuisine: BorgoCapanne, the tiny hillside village in Northern Italy where he livedand cooked for several years, and New York's Greenwich Village,where he has ready access to bountiful produce and outstandingartisan-made

The unequivocal reference tome on the full spectrum oftwentieth-century French cooking, interpreted and revised by masterchef Paul Bocuse for the home cook. Celebrated chef Paul Bocuse isthe authority on classic French cuisine. In this volume, he shares500 simple, traditional French recipes. Aimed at the beginner butwith enough breadth to entice the confident chef, these recipes canbe readily prepared at home and emphasize the use of the freshestand simplest ingredients. The book is divided into twenty-twochapters, fourteen covering savory recipes and eight covering sweetrecipes, with everything from soups to soufflés, by way ofterrines, fish, meat, and vegetables. Practical appendixes includeaverage cooking times for different types of meat, conversiontables, and a glossary of key French culinary terms.

This soup compendium is brimming with500 mouth-watering recipes, all of them clear and easy to follow.Every page is filled with ideas and tips for everykind ofsoup,broth, bisque, chowder, potage and consomme. Casua weekendlunch, simple supper,sophisticated starter, winter warmer or summercooler - you name it, there's a perfect soup for it.

The rich culinary tradition of China is largely inspired by acalendar year filled with joyous occasions for eating, drinking andmaking merry. Food, fittingly enough, plays a leading role ineverything from festivals to reunions and weddings toanniversaries. The combination of flavors and symbols, such aswealth, happiness, luck, and prosperity, involved in many of thesedishes are a spiritual celebration and an earthly pleasure. In Chinese Feasts Festivals, author S.C. Moey assemblesfacts and fancies along with a collection of festival specialtiesthat every Chinese food lover will read and enjoy. Full ofdelicate, subtly-rendered illustrations, this exquisite and yetfunctional cookbook will inspire you to cook up a feast no matterwhat the occasion.

A nervous breakdown seems like a great idea: all that lying in bed and watching daytime TV. But who's going to have it? Will it be housewife Clodagh, who spends her days microwaving pasta for her demanding toddlers and waiting for her beautiful husband Dylan to come home? Or Lisa, hard, brittle and shiny as an M&M, reeling from the shock of a demotion from her fabulous job in London to a one- horse magazine in Dublin? Or Ashling, so normal she's weird? 作者简介： Marian Keyes is the international bestselling author of Watermelon, Lucy Sullivan is Getting Married, Rachel's Holiday, Last Chance Saloon, Sushi for Beginners, Angels, The Other Side of the Story and Anybody Out There. Her latest novel is This Charming Man. She is published in twenty-nine different languages. Two collections of her journalism, Under the Duvet and Further Under the Duvet, are also published by Penguin. Marian lives in Dublin with her husband.

There is nothing new about vegetarianism. People have committedto meatless diets for centuries, and for a variety of easons. Butwhy, now, are more and more people turning to a vegetarianlifestyle? The answer is simple: to maintain optimum health. Aplant-based diet consisting of fruits, nuts, vegetables, legumes,and whole grains provides you with a wide range of health benefits,including a lower incidence of obesity, high blood pressure,coronary heart disease, stroke, many {orms of cancer, and higlhcholesterol.

When the sun is shining, who can resist a barbecue? What better way to spend quality time outside with family and friends. Everyone enjoys themselves--even the cook--and there are great dishes to suit all tastes. In fact, with such a variety of foods available you may struggle to find space for it all on the barbecue!

FROM ASIA'S MASTER chefs comes a selection of recipes which are both easy to prepare and delicious to eat. Savor the authentic flavors of dishes from all parts of Asia--from the spicy satays of Indonesia to the fragrant spring rolls of Saigon. Learn to prepare subtle and exciting foods using an array of exotic ingredients. The Food of Asia offers fascinating insights into the historical, geographic and cultural context of these recipes, enhancing your appreciation of these ancient cuisines. Anyone from the experienced cook to the novice can quickly prepare delicious meals by following the comprehensive, illustrated guide to ingredients, and helpful hints sections. Menus designed for a variety of occasions, from the casual family meal to a sophisticated dinner party, are also featured, as well as more than 200 stunning color photographs. Your voyage of culinary discovery begins here!

For this collection, unmatched in the field of dessertcookbooks, Richard Sax devoted more than a decade to searching outand perfecting 350 of the world's best and most beloved homedesserts. Everything the cook longs for is here: cobblers andcrisps, cakes and cookies, puddings and souffls, pies and pastries,ice creams and sauces. Extensive sidebars - profiles of cooks,engaging recollections of favorite desserts, quotations fromhundreds of literary works, and excerpts from fascinating oldrecipes - make this an indispensable, lively volume. Winner of aJames Beard Award and a Julia Child Award.

"French wine can be perplexing … until you pick up this marvelous guide." —Kermit Lynch, wine merchant and author of Adventures on the Wine Route Praise for French Wine For Dummies "The best way to sift through this informative tome is to pour yourself a big glass of Haut Brion, sit back, and enjoy. Whether you are an avid collector or wine novice, this book offers an extensive resource in an accessible format." —Charlie Trotter, Acclaimed Chef and Award-Winning Author Includes wine picks for every region! You no longer have to be confused or intimidated by French wine. Sip and savor the best — and best-value — Bordeaux, Burgundy, Beaujolais, and other delicious wines with this informative insider's guide. Discover how to: Translate wine labels Identify great wine bargains Develop your own wine tastes Match French wine with foods Get smart! www.dummies.com Sign up for daily eTips at www.dummiesdaily.com Choose from among 33 different subject categories Get news you

From cold to hot, side salads to main meals, spicy to Creamy,this is the ultimate guide to saladexperimentation for anyone wholikes their food fast, healthy and fresh, tf you find you'rewayspreparing the same salads and want some inspiration, 500 Saladstakes the guessworkout of recipes with the most delicious flavourcombinations.

This book has 80 simple and delicious recipes from the MiddleKingdom.

In her hit Food Network show Everyday Italian , Giada DeLaurentiis shows you how to cook delicious, beautiful food in aflash. And here, in her long-awaited first book, she does thesame—helps you put a fabulous dinner on the table tonight, forfriends or just for the kids, with a minimum of fuss and a maximumof flavor. She makes it all look easy, because it is. Everyday Italian is true to its title: the fresh, simplerecipes are incredibly quick and accessible, and also utterlymouth-watering—perfect for everyday cooking. And the book isfocused on the real-life considerations of what you actually havein your refrigerator and pantry (no mail-order ingredients here)and what you’re in the mood for—whether a simply sauced pasta or ahearty family-friendly roast, these great recipes cover everycontingency. So, for example, you’ll find dishes that you can makesolely from pantry ingredients, or those that transform lowlyleftovers into exquisite entrées (including brilliant ideas forleftover pasta), and th

Italian cooking is steeped in tradition and history, yet it is still relevant to today's modern cook. The emphasis on seasonal, locally sourced ingredients and uncompromising quality has had a profound effect on the style of Italian cuisine and has led to its sustained popularity. Simplicity is the essence, a philosophy adopted by Linda Doeser when creating this inspiring and mouthwatering range of dishes. With a collection of 100 traditional recipes, Linda captures the rich diversity of the culinary regional styles, revealing the characteristic ingredients and distinctive cooking techniques that are the key to creating delicious authentic dishes. The recipes evoke the essence of Italy, whether it be a plate of pasta topped with a simple sauce of olive oil, garlic and clams, a slow-cooked aromatic beef stew or the perfect seafood risotto. The additional advantage of the Italian diet, like that of most Mediterranean countries, is that it is one of the healthiest. This aspect, along with the distinct personalit

Today, Chef Eric Ripert carries on that tradition with dishessuch as Poached Halibut on Marinated Vegetables, Pan-RoastedGrouper with Wild Mushrooms and Artichokes, and Grilled Salmon withMushroom Vinaigrette. And, of course, there are the desserts forwhich Le Bernardin is also so well known--from ChocolateMillefeuille to Honeyed Pear and Almond Cream Tarts.

There is no more fitting conclusion toa celebration, special meal, or a simple, soothing cup of tea orcoffee than cake. 500 Cakes has the right recipe for absolutely anyoccasion: a birthday or anniversary party, an informal gathering offriends, a wedding reception - you name it. From easy refrigeratorcakes to elaborate creamy gateaux, from delicious gluten-free cakesto sumptuous layered confections, this book covers all styles andflavors of cakes, for adults, children, 'tweens, and everyoneelse!