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  Rum Rebels - A Celebration of...

  Martyna Halas, René van Hoven

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  Once known as a sailor's drink, rum has matured into a refined spirit. In some Caribbean countries, rum is offered as a libation to the gods. In others, it is aged and savored on the rocks. But in the most magical places, rum is distilled by women.The art of cocktails, rum, and women. Rum has been the drink of rebels since the Old World. Now, there's a new generation of rebels—the business women curating the taste of today's best rum companies. Rum Rebels is a story of female empowerment in a traditionally male-dominated industry. Each chapter of Rum Rebels profiles women in leadership, their rum, and the perfect cocktail pairing.Learn how rum is made. Alongside women leaders and pioneers, this worldwide master class explores everything from palates to aging, providing first-hand stories from today's leading rum distilleries. Rum Rebels is perfect for anyone curious about the craft of rum distilling, artisan cocktails, or female leaders in history.Grab a copy to learn how:● At Appleton, Joy Spence becomes the first female master blender● At Zacapa, Lorena Vasquez adorns her bottles with hand crafted palm leaves by Guatemalan women● And more.

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  The Volumetrics Eating Plan -...

  Barbara Rolls

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  Ranked as one of the best diet plans by US News & World Report: A plan to lose weight that puts the focus on feeling sated and satisfied with fewer calories; author Barbara Rolls has earned the author the Obesity Society Presidential Medal of Distinction for her work in research and outreach. From nutrition expert and author of the hugely popular The Volumetrics Weight-Control Plan, comes an illustrated eating plan based on her breakthrough approach to weight lossAlmost four years after it first appeared, Dr. Rolls’ landmark Volumetrics is still selling, rapidly approaching 150,000 copies in combined editions. Now, Dr. Rolls offers a valuable collection of 125 Volumetrics recipes, along with a menu planner that will enable her readers to quit “dieting” for good, and lose excess pounds without deprivation or yo-yo weight loss/gain.Her recipes follow the sensible, balanced, effective model of Volumetrics, putting her revolutionary concept into real and tangible instructions for every meal. With this important new recipe collection, lavishly illustrated with 40 color photographs, readers can enjoy home cooked meals that will help them shed pounds without sacrificing the pleasures of cooking and dining with friends and family.

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  Cake Wrecks - When Professional...

  Jen Yates

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  New York Times Bestseller: Stories and photos of confectionary calamities that “will have you laughing so hard you’ll forget to eat” (The Washington Post). 
   
  Have your cake and laugh at it, too, with the sweet treat known as Cake Wrecks: When Professional Cakes Go Hilariously Wrong. From the creator of the award-winning blog, here are the worst cakes ever, including the ugly, the silly, the downright creepy, the unintentionally sad or suggestive, and the just plain funny. With witty commentary and behind-the-scenes tidbits, Cake Wrecks will ensure that you never look at a cake the same way again. 
   
  Jen Yates’ CakeWrecks site was a winner of a Blogger’s Choice Award for Best Humor Blog, among other honors, and for this inspired and sidesplitting collection, she gathered extensive never-before-seen material to create “a hilarious winner” (The Oregonian). 
   
  “I haven’t laughed so hard in ages.” —Mary Alice, from the Food Network’s Ace of Cakes 
   
  “Think of them as epic fails, with frosting.” —TheNew York Times

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  The Art of Napkin Folding -...

  Small Ryland Peters &

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  Add a stylish and thoughtful finishing touch to your table with The Art of Napkin Folding. How much better food tastes when it is thoughtfully presented at a beautiful and stylish table, and what better way to embellish your dining experience than with a chic folded napkin. There are step-by-step instructions for 20 napkin folds in a range of stylish shapes. Inspiring ideas for decorating, embroidering and monogramming are also included, as well as for making napkin rings using fresh flowers, fruit and ribbons. There are also suggestions for using napkins in more novel ways - to wrap a gift, for example, or to make a cutlery bag. Ten themed occasions are featured, including all-time favourites such as Classic Elegance or Romantic Dinner, festive meals such as Christmas Cheer and Wedding Breakfast, as well as everyday occasions such as Mother's Day Lunch or Baby Shower. For each event there is a wealth of delightful suggestions for creatively styled napkins and other finishing touches. Whether it's a relaxed family lunch or a formal wedding table, The Art of Napkin Folding is full of inspiring suggestions for beautifully styled napkins.

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  101 Things to do with Powdered Milk

  Darlene Carlisle

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  Moving  from basic recipes—such as evaporated milk, mozzarella cheese, sour  cream, and yogurt—to scrumptious beverages, breads, dips and spreads,  soups and sauces, and family-pleasing entrees, desserts, and snacks,  powdered milk comes out of the pantry and onto the table in gala family  style!

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  Good Things

  Jane Grigson

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  A celebration of the seasons and the foods they bring, with more than 250 recipes featuring ingredients indigenous to the British Isles.    Originally published in 1971, Good Things is “a magnificent book” that was ahead of its time in celebrating recipes built around British locally-sourced food, all presented in Grigson’s inimitably witty and stylish food writing (The Guardian). Divided into sections that cover Fish—kippers, lobster, mussels and scallops, trout; Meat and Game—meat pies, salted meat, snails, sweetbreads, rabbit and hare, pigeon, venison; Vegetables—asparagus, carrots, celery, chicory, haricot beans, leeks, mushrooms, parsley, parsnips, peas, spinach, tomatoes; and Fruit—apple and quince, gooseberries, lemons, prunes, strawberries, walnuts. Most importantly, Good Things includes the recipe for Grigson’s famous curried parsnip soup.

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