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Rachael Ray 365: No Repeats–A Year of Deliciously Different Dinners (A 30-Minute Meal Cookbook) (Paperback)

April 25, 2010

From Publishers Weekly Food Network darling Ray wants home cooks to become more “instinctual,” and this assortment of quick meals is expansive enough to encourage even novices to wing it. The author hopes readers cook their way through the entire book; to that end, she organizes the recipes not by course or main ingredient (though [...]

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The Omnivore’s Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals

March 29, 2010

In The Omnivore’s Dilemma, Michael Pollan takes a completely different angle to writing about food – how it is grown and what it is that we are actually eating. This will certainly change the way you look and think about food. The book is really three in one: The first section discusses industrial farming; the [...]

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Joy of Cooking – 75th Anniversary Edition

March 29, 2010

The 75th anniversary edition of the Joy of Cooking should be an indispensable part of everyone’s kitchen. It contains many recipes from previous editions which been retested but also hundreds of brand new recipes. The beauty of this book is that it contains recipes for all standards. If you weren’t able to learn off techniques [...]

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Hungry Girl: 200 Under 200: 200 Recipes Under 200 Calories

March 29, 2010

Hungry Girl is the New York Times bestselling phenomenon that provides even more yummy recipes in an easy-to-use cookbook containing 200 Hungry Girl recipes all under 200 calories. Recipes include: * H-O-T Hot Boneless Buffalo Wings * Sassy Southwestern Roll-Ups * Cheesy-Good Cornbread Muffins * Holy Moly Guacamole * HG s So Low Mein w/Chicken [...]

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How to Cook Everything: 2,000 Simple Recipes for Great Food

March 29, 2010

There are few books around that are so thorough and comprehensive. Mark Bittman’s award-winning How to Cook Everything has helped countless home cooks discover the rewards of simple cooking. The best part of this book is that the recipes require ingredients which are likely to appear in most pantries, and equipment which most amateur cooks [...]

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