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  The Dinner Plan - Simple...

  Kathy Brennan, Caroline Campion

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  By the authors of the IACP award-winning cookbook Keepers: Defeat the obstacles and get dinner on the table—with organizational strategies and 135 recipes.   Between work, family activities, mismatched schedules, and often bare refrigerators, there are all sorts of situations that make weeknight cooking a universally challenging—and frustrating—experience. The Dinner Plan offers five meal strategies—Make-Ahead, Staggered, One-Dish, Extra-Fast, and Pantry—that will help get dinner on the table no matter what the workweek throws at you.   The 135 recipes—from main dishes to sides to salads and “lifesaver” condiments—provide lots of practical options whether time is super-tight, you haven’t had a chance to run to the store, or everyone is coming home at a different time. And most importantly, all of the recipes are “keepers”—brag-worthy, reliable, crowd-pleasing preparations that you’ll confidently turn to again and again. Shrimp Scampi, Sheet-Pan Chicken Fajitas, Foolproof Carbonara, and Mexican Skillet Lasagna are just a few examples of doable recipes that will earn their place in any busy cook’s repertoire. Rounded out with plenty of tips and a bonus section on healthful snacks called The Forgotten Meal, The Dinner Plan is every home cook’s indis­pensable weeknight dinner guide.   “A savvy addition to the weeknight dinner genre.” —Publishers Weekly (starred review)

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  Decorate Cakes Cupcakes and...

  Autumn Carpenter

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  Get the kids involved with Decorate Cakes, Cupcakes, and Cookies with Kids by Autumn Carpenter. This instructional craft book is filled with fun baking and decorating experiences that you can share with your children or grandchildren, while teaching them valuable skills they will use for a lifetime. With adult supervision, kids can learn to decorate cookies, cupcakes, and cakes for holidays, special events, or to share with friends. Within these pages, you’ll learn baking and preparing of cake, cupcakes, and cookies, starting off with the basics: utensils needed, measuring instructions, and kitchen safety tips. After the basics, the book continues with baking, filling, and icing—50 to 60 techniques in all—with eye-appealing, tasty designs for children to create that incorporate the methods taught. Instructions include piped icing as well as rolled fondant. Additional decorating techniques include edible frosting sheets, products to add sparkle, and using store bought candies to decorate. The last chapter includes instructions on hosting a cake or cupcake decorating party for children. A convenient glossary in the back will be a quick reference for children to discover new culinary terms. The book is designed with 8-12 year olds boys and girls in mind, and includes instructions clearly labeled for difficulty and time allowance, and instructional pictures that show children using the tools. Kid-inspired cake and cookie themes are perfect for birthdays, seasonal celebrations, and other special events.

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  Skinny Dips

  Diane Morgan

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  The acclaimed author of Delicious Dips presents sixty guilt-free twists on classic dips and spreads—plus a variety of healthy, homemade chips! 
   
  Snack lovers everywhere will be drooling over the delectable dips and scrumptious spreads in this collection of low-calorie, low-fat favorites. James Beard Award–winning cookbook author Diane Morgan has crafted sixty healthy and flavorful versions of classic, crowd-pleasing dips, spreads, tapenades, salsas, and more. 
   
  These festive treats are all about healthy indulgences that are heavy on rich, robust flavors. Complete with nutrition facts for each recipe, party planning advice, and do-ahead tips that make preparation a breeze, Skinny Dips makes it a snap to dip and be fit.

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  The FFA Cookbook - Favorite...

  Erin J. Petersilie

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  Celebrate the legacy of the Future Farmers of America with these recipes from members and alumni that serve up healthy great tastes of the nation. 
   
  For almost a century, the National FFA Organization has helped young students learn about agriculture and life sciences. From the earliest members of young men who planned to be farmers to today’s boys and girls in all fifty-two states and territories, hundreds of thousands of Americans have learned about farming, science, technology—the basics of life—through the FFA. This cookbook brings together over 200 recipes from current members and alumni of FFA—recipes that hold true to the organization’s healthy living credo while serving up great tastes from America’s heartland. Illustrated throughout with photos from the organization’s past and present, the book is a rich source of recipes for hearty home-cooking and a delightful look at the spirit of America’s past and future.

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  Quick & Easy Mexican Cooking -...

  Cecilia Hae-Jin Lee

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  The James Beard Award–nominated author heads south of the border to share “simple recipes that can be made on any weeknight” (Bon Appétit). 
   
  Es verdad! You can cook Mexican food on a weeknight in under one hour. Using readily available ingredients and familiar techniques, this easy-to-use cookbook makes Mexican cuisine doable for cooks at any skill level. Tacos, taquitos, flautas, burritos, and even classic Mexican desserts like Churros and cinnamon-scented Arroz con Leche (rice pudding) are just a taste of the more than eighty straightforward recipes. With dishes for every meal of the day—plus refreshing drinks such as agua frescas and potent margaritas—Quick & Easy Mexican Cooking adds spice to any kitchen. 
   
  “The book is filled with her accessible versions of recipes (made with ingredients found in supermarkets or Mexican grocery stores) collected during her youth and travels over the years. They take 30 minutes or less of active/work time with baking or cooking time additional.” —Los Angeles Daily News

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  Food Americana - The Remarkable...

  David Page

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  What is American cuisine? What national menu do we share? What dishes have we chosen, how did they become "American," and how are they likely to evolve from here? In Food Americana, David Page answers all these questions and more.America is more than just a fast food nation. Food Americana is the inside story of how generations of Americans have formed a national cuisine with tastes from all over the world. Fried chicken was a distinctly southern dish—now it's the Sunday night special at the Chateau Marmont Hotel in Hollywood. A Utah restaurant won Maine's annual Best Lobster Roll competition. And perhaps the ultimate all-American dish, pizza, is served up in thirty different styles, a total of three billion pies a year, an average of twenty-three pounds for each of us.Food Americana is an engaging and entertaining combination of food culture and pop culture, nostalgia and the newest food obsessions. Creating Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives and hands-on producing its first eleven seasons gave food journalist David Page an appetite for the world of American food. It is that experience, the discoveries of little-known stories and facts, that led him to dig even deeper and tie the strands together now.

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