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  The Forgotten Art of Flower Cookery

  Leona Woodring Smith

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  “A truly original cookbook—combines the two most gratifying household pursuits, gardening and cooking, to produce unusual and delectable dishes.” —The New York Times   They’ve graced the loveliest gardens and the most elegant dinner tables but have often been overlooked when it comes to cooking. Rediscover what our ancestors knew: that flowers taste as wonderful as they smell.   Most cooks already depend upon certain flowers, probably without even thinking about it. Broccoli, artichokes and cauliflower—all flowers—are common foods. But have you ever tasted Dandelion Salad, Candied Lilacs, Marigold Cheese Soup, or Rose Petal Jam?   In more than two hundred recipes using twenty-six common garden flowers, author Leona Woodring Smith opens up a world of these truly original delights. Try borage, for its cucumber like taste and sky-blue color, in Cider Cup with Borage or Blender Borage Soup. Chives are easy to grow; try them in a Polka-Dot Potato Cake. Also try the Chinese-influenced Day-Lily Tempura or Day-Lilied Duck.

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  MEDITERRANEAN DIET - 200+...

  Steve Nolan

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  Diets, diets, diets. Which one is right for you? 
  “Lose weight while eating chocolate chip cookies at every meal!” 
  “Drink 4 cups of green tea every day—it’ll boost your metabolism and melt off fat like crazy!” 
  “Skip breakfast and eat only two big meals a day. You won’t even have to worry about counting calories!” 
  With so many contradicting diets and crazes floating around the internet nowadays, most of them turning out to be trends lasting for only a summer, how do you figure out which is best for you?  
  Something worth pointing out, the diets claiming you’ll lose x amount of pounds in x weeks are complete nonsense. Not only will you be depriving yourself in one way or another, but you will also likely gain back the weight you lost, if not more, after returning to your normal eating habits. 
  Don’t follow diets promising immediate results. Rather, change your lifestyle and food choices in a way that will promote optimal health and leave you feeling energized and ready to take on the world! 
  Our body needs certain nutrients to cater to its high demands—without them, we would crash and burn. So no wonder you were left feeling unsatisfied and fatigued while on the other diets; it was your body’s way of telling you, “Give me some real food!”  
  In comes the Mediterranean diet, which isn’t a “diet” so to speak, but a way of living.

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  How to Butter Toast: The new...

  Tara Wigley, Yotam Ottolenghi

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  How to Butter Toast is the antidote to cookbook-overload. In this fun and entertaining recipe book without any recipes, Ottolenghi co-writer Tara Wigley equips you with rhymes and confidence to cook great food instinctively. 
  Melted butter on hot toast and served up on a plate. 
  It seems like nothing, really, could be clearer or more straight. 
  But though, in terms of things required, the number is just two, 
  there is a lot of wiggle room for what there is to do. 
  Cook and author Tara Wigley had been to cookery school, read hundreds of cookbooks and developed recipes for over a decade. Yet she found the fewer the ingredients in a recipe, the more confusion there was about how best to make it. The result is How to Butter Toast, a collection of rhymes that will enlighten and entertain, reassure and ultimately liberate the culinarily confused. 
  The rhymes provide reassuring – and memorable – answers to the culinary conundrums we often face: How long should I boil an egg? What’s the best way to crush garlic? How do I make mayonnaise, a martini or indeed the perfect cup of tea? Tara’s playful take on these food quandaries seems effortless but belies her knowledgeable and carefully researched approach to cooking. 
  Beautifully packaged with bold and witty illustrations throughout, How to Butter Toast is the perfect gift for cooks of all levels. This is the first book in a series Tara is publishing with Pavilion. 
  ‘I can't think of many food authorities who can string together words which are as poignant and profound as they are entertaining and ear-pleasing.’Yotam Ottolenghi 
  ‘A total joy. Part Dr Seuss, part Ogden Nash, part Julia Child, 100% inspired and inspiring’ Samin Nosrat 
  ‘Fun and wise, Tara manages to capture the kinds of the things we cogitate about – sometimes without even knowing! – and provides reassuring answers to those confusing everyday conundrums. A collection for when you are weary of recipes and cooking, but not of life itself!’ Helen Goh 
  ‘Those who have followed her ditties on Insta since Lockdown will be delighted, but the detail, the skill, the Ballymaloe cookery school training, the years as co-writer with Yotam at Ottolenghi will save serious cooks a fortune in cookery school fees. How she manages to explain chemistry in rhyme is little short of genius.’ Gilly Smith 
  ‘Tara brings together her genius for both rhyming and cooking in this witty, illustrated book. Recipes are replaced by rhyming couplets that are entertaining, sometimes silly and always wise. The ditties make the instructions for how to poach an egg, make hummus or even roast a chicken easier to commit to memory.’ Ravinder Bhogal 
  “It feels gently revolutionary … Wigley’s book has the makings of a modern classic. Imagine the literary lovechild that might have resulted had Dr Seuss eloped with Elizabeth David. Smuggled within the sing-song is a trove of know-how … in other words: she’s got chops.” The Wall Street Journal 
  In her latest work, Tara Wigley brings comfort to the kitchen with her easy and quick methods, making the art of cooking accessible to all. Her narratives, akin to essays, provide a fresh take on the culinary world, setting a new standard in the genre. 
  For fans of Sabrina Ghayour (Persiana Everyday), Diana Henry (Roast Figs, Sugar Snow), Russell Norman (POLPO), Signe Johansen (Smorgasbord), and Mob Kitchen (Fresh Mob). 
  HarperCollins 2023

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  The Everything Mediterranean...

  Peter Minaki

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  Hundreds of recipes for healthy Mediterranean meals!People who live in the Mediterranean region enjoy one of the healthiest diets in the world--they have the lowest rates of chronic diseases and one of the highest life expectancies in the world. Thanks to a local diet rich in vegetables, fruits, whole grains, nuts, and of course, olive oil, a healthy lifestyle is a staple of the Mediterranean culture. Open The Everything Mediterranean Cookbook, 2nd Edition to find 300 of the most sumptuous--and healthy--recipes that the Mediterranean has to offer, including:Breakfast baklava french toastFried calamariRoasted beets with almond-potato skordaliaGreek summer sangriaLemon meringue phyllo tartsJust because you don't live in the Mediterranean doesn't mean you can't eat like you do! With this easy-to-use cookbook, you have everything you need to enjoy the lush, vibrant foods of the Mediterranean--all at home!

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  Refined Tastes - Sugar...

  Wendy A. Woloson

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  A look at sugar in 19th-century American culture and how it rose in popularity to gain its place in the nation’s diet today. 
   
  American consumers today regard sugar as a mundane and sometimes even troublesome substance linked to hyperactivity in children and other health concerns. Yet two hundred years ago American consumers treasured sugar as a rare commodity and consumed it only in small amounts. In Refined Tastes: Sugar, Confectionery, and Consumers in Nineteenth-Century America, Wendy A. Woloson demonstrates how the cultural role of sugar changed from being a precious luxury good to a ubiquitous necessity. Sugar became a social marker that established and reinforced class and gender differences. 
   
  During the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, Woloson explains, the social elite saw expensive sugar and sweet confections as symbols of their wealth. As refined sugar became more affordable and accessible, new confections—children’s candy, ice cream, and wedding cakes—made their way into American culture, acquiring a broad array of social meanings. Originally signifying male economic prowess, sugar eventually became associated with femininity and women’s consumerism. Woloson’s work offers a vivid account of this social transformation—along with the emergence of consumer culture in America. 
   
  “Elegantly structured and beautifully written . . . As simply an explanation of how Americans became such avid consumers of sugar, this book is superb and can be recommended highly.” —Ken Albala, Winterthur Portfolio 
   
  “An enlightening tale about the social identity of sweets, how they contain not just chewy centers but rich meanings about gender, about the natural world, and about consumerism.” —Cindy Ott, Enterprise and Society

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  101 Amazing Uses for Coconut Oil...

  Susan Branson

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  Discover surprising and practical uses for this flavorful, antibacterial oil—from soothing burns and whitening your teeth to removing makeup. 
   
  Coconut oil is a well-known super food, but the benefits extend far beyond the kitchen. In 101 Amazing Uses for Coconut Oil, nutrition consultant reveals how this widely available product can boost your metabolism, heal cold sores, reduce hypertension, and so much more. 
   
  Branson’s 101 Amazing Uses series reveals the practical yet little-known uses for common natural products, including ginger, aloe vera, apple cider vinegar and more. Each book is filled with easy-to-read, bite-sized benefits for everything from health to beauty to household cleaning.

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