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  Eating for Beginners - An...

  Melanie Rehak

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  A memoir of a year spent working at a Brooklyn restaurant—and on a series of farms—to get the lowdown on organic, local, ethical cooking. Includes recipes! Food was always important to Melanie Rehak. She studied the experts on healthy nutrition, from Michael Pollan to Eric Schlosser to Wendell Berry, cooking, preparing, and sourcing what she thought were the best ingredients. So when her son turned out to be an impossible eater, dedicated to a diet of yogurt and peanut butter, she realized she needed to know more than just the basics of thoughtful eating—she needed to become a pro.   Thus began a year-long quest to understand food: what we eat, how it’s produced, how it’s prepared, and what really matters when it comes to socially aware, environmentally friendly, and healthy eating. By working at Applewood, a locally sourced Brooklyn restaurant, and volunteering her time to farming, milking, cheese making, and fishing, she learned the ins-and-outs of how to shop, cook, and eat right—all while discovering some delicious recipes along the way.   Wry, wise, and warm, Eating for Beginners is a delicious and informative journey into two of life’s greatest and most complicated pleasures: food and motherhood.

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  Quesadillas

  Donna Kelly

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  From the author of French Toast: Stacked, Stuffed, Baked, sweet and savory variations of the classic Mexican dish. Simply put, the quesadilla is a delightful package of melted cheesy goodness―all sandwiched inside crispy tortillas. But now these little gooey snacks have evolved into savory meals and scrumptious desserts that are bursting with flavor. Made to fill any amount of hunger, quesadillas can be stuffed with foods and spices from almost any culture. You can try all sorts of mouthwatering combinations like the BLT, Thai Peanut, Roasted Veggie and Goat Cheese, Parmesan-Crusted Italian, Philly Cheesesteak, Roasted Ratatouille, and Chicken Caesar. Even dessert quesadillas like Triple Chocolate Decadence, Peanut Butter Apple, and S’mores have made their debut. Quesadillas are so simple, delicious, and easy to make. So, why not make your favorite meal or dessert into a quesadilla?“After an introduction featuring cooking techniques, ingredient tips, and serving suggestions, Kelly…shares specific instructions for beginners on, e.g., how to remove pepper seeds…These simple recipes, with ten ingredients or fewer, are perfect to make with children. Highly recommended.”—Library Journal

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  101 Things To Do With Pudding

  Stephanie Ashcraft

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  One simple dessert gives a sweet kick to breads, fruit salads, donuts, and more—from the bestselling author of101 Things to Do with a Cake Mix.    There’s so much more to pudding than just a dollop of whipped cream on top! This all-time favorite treat gets a makeover with 101 Things to Do with Pudding. Instant pudding mix takes everyday desserts and pastries to another level including cinnamon buns, banana bread, muffins, no-bake oatmeal cookies, pies, fruit dip, milkshakes, pudding pops, parfaits, pound cakes, and dessert pizzas.   Now you can try some amazingly luscious, moist, and inventive recipes such as Sticky Buns, Banana Cream Cookie Salad, White Chocolate Coconut Cream Cookies, Triple Chocolate Brownies, Cream Cheese Chocolate Nut Pie, Red Velvet Cake, Pumpkin Spice Trifle, and a whole lot more!

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  Many Beautiful Things

  Vincent Schiavelli

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  Vincent Schiavelli is known to most of us as a character actor who has appeared in such films as Ghost, Man on the Moon, and One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest. Schiavelli grew up in Brooklyn, speaking both Sicilian and English at home. Some of his earliest memories are of sitting at the kitchen table while his grandparents told stories of the life and the people they had left behind in Polizzi Generosa, a small city in the Madonie Mountains of Sicily.  As Schiavelli grew older, those stories, and the city about which they were told, took on a mythic quality. When he was nearly forty he made his first trip there, and what he found was more extraordinary than the "once upon a time" fables of his childhood.  In Many Beautiful Things, Schiavelli invites readers to join him in discovering the people, culture, and food of the city that has, in essence, become his second home. Equal parts memoir and cookbook, it is the best of both. Schiavelli is an accomplished and elegant writer who evokes a foreign and often closed culture from a unique perspective: an outsider fluent in the language with still-strong familial ties.  The recipes -- which reflect the ancient influences of Greece, North Africa, and Spain -- are simple, rustic, and delicious, depending on local products and seasonal bounty. This is not your usual Southern Italian fare but a unique regional cuisine: Pumpkin Caponata, Ditali with Drowned Lettuce, Fried Ricotta Omelet, Potato Gratin with Bay Leaves, Almond Love Bites, Veal Shoulder Roasted with Marsala, and Baked Pasta with Almonds (rigatoni baked in a pork ragu with chopped toasted almonds) are just a few of the extraordinary dishes you'll find in this book, all of which can be reproduced by cooks with delectable results.  Schiavelli provides a comprehensive list of mail-order sources. And if you want to visit Polizzi Generosa, there's a guide on how to get there, where to stay, and where to eat. Illustrated with black-and-white line drawings by Polizzi's best known artist, Santo Lipani (who also happens to be an extraordinary cook), Many Beautiful Things is a feast, both culinary and literary.

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  Memories of Philippine Kitchens

  Amy Besa

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  From the chefs of a popular NYC restaurant, a cookbook celebrating Filipino cuisine’s origins and international influences—includes photos.   In the newly revised and updated Memories of Philippine Kitchens, Amy Besa, and Romy Dorotan, owners and chef at the Purple Yam and formerly of Cendrillon in Manhattan, present a fascinating—and very personal—look at the cuisine and culture of the Philippines. From adobo to pancit, lumpia to kinilaw, the authors trace the origins of native Filipino foods and the impact of foreign cultures on the cuisine. More than 100 unique recipes, culled from private kitchens and the acclaimed Purple Yam menu, reflect classic dishes as well as contemporary Filipino food. Filled with hundreds of sumptuous photographs and stories from the authors and other notable cooks, this book is a joy to peruse in and out of the kitchen.

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  The Everything Cancer-Fighting...

  Carolyn F. Katzin

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  Whole foods. Antioxidants. Omega-3s. With this cookbook, you get 300 delicious ways to incorporate these nutritional powerhouses into your diet to help combat cancer one recipe at a time. Inside, you'll find recipes packed with disease-fighting ingredients that are satisfying and sustaining, such as:Pumpkin Seed Cornbread StuffingQuinoa Black Bean SaladSalmon Cakes with Mango SalsaCucumber GazpachoRoasted Kale Each recipe includes a full nutritional analysis so you can easily make the healthiest choices without sacrificing flavor or flexibility. Whether preparing meals for relatives, friends, or yourself, you'll find everything you need to cook your way toward a cancer-free life.

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