Though she has a sense of humor..., Riccardi is too busy immersing herself in kaiseki's daunting forms and rituals to spare much time for laughter....To those Americans unable to find liberation in constraint, tea cuisine may pose a c...

Everyone loves old-fashioned comfort food, but a roast with all the fixings can be daunting to organize and difficult to execute. Plus, a sink full of dirty dishes and crusty pans can mar the whole meal for the unlucky dishwasher! Enj...

The memoir of a young diplomat's wife who must reinvent her dream of living in Paris-one dish at a time When journalist Ann Mah's diplomat husband is given a three-year assignment in Paris, Ann is overjoyed. A lifelong foodie and Fran...

BETWEEN MEALS is a kind of guide to a legendary Paris, parts of which no longer exist. Liebling was collecting, like the bits of string and shiny metal the magpie brings back to its nest, the discarded things that carry emotional powe...

The Tuscan Year recounts the daily life and food preparation of a family living on a farm in Tuscany. Elizabeth Romer chronicles each season's activities month by month: curing prosciutto and making salame in January, planting and che...

Folks in the Delta have a strong sense of community, and being dead is no impediment to belonging to it. Down South, they don't forget you when you've up and died--in fact, they visit you more often. But there are quintessential rules...

An authentic treasury of two hundred old-fashioned recipes taken from real Amish family traditions includes charming illustrations and insightful Amish proverbs that when taken together provide an intriguing look at a fascinating cult...

What is it that makes us love Italian food so much? Why is it that there are so many successful Italian restaurants (including pizza parlors and some of the newest thriving restaurant chains in America) everywhere you go? Is it ho...

Suzanne McMinn, a former romance writer and founder of the popular blog chickensintheroad.com, shares the story of her search to lead a life of ordinary splendor in Chickens in the Road, her inspiring and funny memoir.Craving a life t...

While sailing around the Caribbean, Ann Vanderhoof  and her husband Steve track wild oregano-eating goats in the cactus-covered hills of the Dominican Republic, gather nutmegs on an old estate in Grenada, make searing-hot pepper sauc...

Originally a self-published cookbook, LEBANESE CUISINE has become a publishing phenomenon. This updated version contains over 200 recipes, not only for such well-known offerings as Hummus, Falafel, Baqlawa, and Baba Ghannuj, but for L...

A practical guide to using food to 'flush out' fat offers readers a wide assortment of easy-to-prepare meals that enhance health while driving fat from human tissues, including both vegetarian and non-vegetarian cooking ideas. Reprint...

They had met and married on perilously short acquaintance, she an American chef and food writer, he a Venetian banker. Now they were taking another audacious leap, unstitching their ties with exquisite Venice to live in a roughly reno...

A tempting assortment of three hundred recipes representing the best in Tex-Mex cuisine contains a host of regional favorites, including appetizers, soups, entrTes, and desserts, offering a variety of breads and tortillas, vegetarian ...

Cook up the bold, unique flavors of this multicultural culinary destination. Peruvian cuisine, described by food critic Eric Asimov as one of the world's most important cuisines and a model of fusion cuisine, is the new lip-smacking t...

This treasury of recipes from the members of the Association of Nepalis in the Americas represents the best of authentic Nepali cuisine. From festival dishes to simple everyday favorites the recipes"included here reflect the many...

Provence, 1970 is about a singular historic moment. In the winter of that year, more or less coincidentally, the iconic culinary figures James Beard, M.F.K. Fisher, Julia Child, Richard Olney, Simone Beck, and Judith Jones found thems...

The woman who elevated food writing to an art is at her best in this mouthwatering collection of memoirs and recipes. Boldly confessing her prejudices and her passions, M.F.K Fisher includes more than 140 recipes in the 17 chapters of...

All Your Thai Favorites at the Push of a Button Want to make a classic Thai curry without having to keep a watchful eye? Are you looking for a simple way to create restaurant favorites like Pad Thai in your own kitchen? With the Thai...

Celebrate the flavors of Greece, Italy, and Spain with The Mediterranean Slow Cooker Cookbook With The Mediterranean Slow Cooker Cookbook, you'll enjoy healthy vegetables, fruits, legumes, fish, and whole grains from the most delicio...

In the age of green smoothie detoxes and elimination diets, it's easy to forget that you can actually enjoy flavorful, satisfying food and live a more healthful life. The cuisine of the Mediterranean is some of most nourishing and del...

Discover how rich a healthy lifestyle can taste with Opa! The Healthy Greek CookbookWhen you don't have a Mediterranean breeze behind you, finding local ingredients for complex recipes can make it difficult to integrate Greek food int...

The novelist Jim Harrison changes his focus from fiction to food in this collection of essays. A hearty and eclectic eater, Harrison includes among his favorites French wine, garlic, game, and pigs' feet. He also writes about his prob...

Explains how to use the nutritious and tasty staple in a variety of family-friendly recipes for breakfast, lunch, dinner, and more, with a variety of recipes that include Tex Mex Meatloaf, Vegetarian Taco Casserole, Banana Quesadillas...

This book is the 8th in a series of cookbooks designed to introduce simple ways to make some of the worlds most interesting and delicious cuisines. Quick & Easy Favorite Japanese Dishes brings together delicious recipes for the five m...

Long acknowledged as the inspiration for such modern masters as Julia Child and Claudia Roden, A Book of Mediterranean Food is Elizabeth David's passionate mixture of recipes, culinary lore, and frank talk. In bleak postwar Great Brit...

With sixty-five illustrations and a host of restaurant facts, this colorful book provides recipes for more than one hundred dishes like those found in famous and well-known chains, such as Applebee's Quesadillas and T.G.I. Frida...

A taste of Italy for casual eating. The panini is a grilled Italian sandwich, a popular menu item in bistros, cafés and delis. Panini is filled with easy-to-use recipes for vegetarian, seafood, meat and dessert sandwiches. Also inclu...

The French cooking of everyday life is lighthearted, accessible, and suited to modern tastes. Whether it's getting weeknight dinners on the table fairly fast (Basil Beef, Rhubarb Chops, or Carrot Juice Chicken) or leisurely cooking fo...

   This seminal book, originally published in 1973, introduced the richly fascinating cuisine of India to America—and changed the face of American cooking. Now, as Indian food enjoys an upsurge of popularity in the United States,...