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  Cookbook Politics

  Kennan Ferguson

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  Cookbooks are not political in conventional ways. They neither proclaim, as do manifestos, nor do they forbid, as do laws. They do not command agreement, as do arguments, and their stipulations often lack specificity—cook "until browned." Yet, as repositories of human taste, cookbooks transmit specific blends of flavor, texture, and nutrition across space and time. Cookbooks both form and reflect who we are.Cookbook Politics argues that cookbooks highlight aspects of our lives we rarely recognize as political—taste, production, domesticity, collectivity, and imagination—and considers the ways in which cookbooks have or do politics, from the most overt to the most subtle. Cookbooks turn regional diversity into national unity, as Pellegrino Artusi's Science in the Kitchen and the Art of Eating Well did for Italy in 1891. Politically affiliated organizations compile and sell cookbooks—for example, the early United Nations published The World's Favorite Recipes. From the First Baptist Church of Midland, Tennessee's community cookbook, to Julia Child's Mastering the Art of French Cooking, to the Italian Futurists' proto-fascist guide to food preparation, Kennan Ferguson demonstrates how cookbooks mark desires and reveal social commitments: your table becomes a representation of who you are.

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  The Best Bake Sale Ever Cookbook

  Barbara Grunes

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  More than 120 quick and easy recipes for irresistible, kid-friendly treats that make for guaranteed bake sale success! 
   
  For every mother who has repackaged last-minute, store-bought brownies in tinfoil, The Best Bake Sale Ever Cookbook is a godsend. Packed with simple, crowd-pleasing recipes, it’s a terrific one-stop kitchen companion for parents, kids, or anyone on the go.  
   
  Cookies, brownies, breads, bars, cupcakes, muffins, cakes, pies, and more, this essential cookbook is stocked with bake sale sell-outs. Also included are helpful tips for packaging each delicious treat to ensure a beautiful presentation—and maximize sales. From chocolate-dipped fortune cookies to frosted ice cream cone cakes, these delightful recipes will inspire the baker (and fundraiser) in everyone.

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  Better than Homemade - Amazing...

  Carolyn Wyman

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  Americans pride themselves in their knack for innovation, and nowhere has America’s can-do attitude been more apparent than at the supermarket. Need a cheese that is virtually indestructible? Want to find a way to stretch a pound of hamburger into a hearty main course for a family of five? Hard pressed for time to throw together a home-cooked meal? In the early decades of the twentieth century, and from the world wars to the cold wars, food producers and everyday dreamers met these challenges with the same ingenuity and resourcefulness that launched the country to the moon and back, with groundbreaking packaging, new technologies, and improvements on Mother Nature.  
  Better Than Homemade is food biographer Carolyn Wyman’s freewheeling and entertaining cultural history of the innovative packaged foods that changed the way we eat. With dozens of archival ads and original product shots of Hamburger Helper, Kraft Macaroni and Cheese, Minute Rice, Coffee-mate, Green Giant Canned Peas, Lipton Cup-a-Soup, Pillsbury Crescent Rolls—and many more revolutionary products—Better Than Homemade highlights the fascinating stories behind the food inventions; the histories behind the brands and icons that have become synonymous with them; the jingles that have made them such a large part of our popular culture; and the recipes that have tutored generations of homemakers and comfort food master chefs.

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  25 Days of Christmas Pastry...

  Pennie Mae Cartawick

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  A Delicious Assortment of 25 Christmas Baking recipes From Home and Around the World for the Christmas Holiday Season. 
  Suddenly houses are adorned with lights, wreaths hug the doorways, shopping starts, and I begin to think about all of the goodies I want to bake over the holidays. I thought it would be a fun idea to bake 25 days leading up to Christmas day. I've incorporated a few recipes from around the world for a little extra pizzazz, plus bonus seasonal beverages. Cooking made easy and would make great gifts for family and friends this holiday season. 
  Icelandic Christmas cake 
  Country Apple Galette 
  Coconut-Lemon Cake 
  Double Layer Pumpkin Cheesecake 
  Banana-Coconut Cake 
  Old Fashioned Sugar Cookies 
  Chocolate Cupcakes with Peppermint Icing 
  French Yule Log Cake (Buche de Noel) 
  Traditional Pineapple Upside-Down cake 
  Chocolate Peanut Fudge 
  Mexican Biscochitos 
  Barbados Fruitcake 
  Eggnog Coffee Cake with Nog Glaze 
  Holiday Pear Pie 
  Christmas Cheesecake with English Toffee Filling 
  Christmas-Lane Cake 
  Magic in the Middle 
  Vanilla Cookie Dough 
  Baked and Sliced Chocolate Swirls 
  Candy Cane Kiss Cookies 
  Glazed Eggnog Bread 
  Caribbean Christmas pudding with Brandy Butter 
  Switzerland Chocolate & Raspberry Holiday Log 
  Christmas Cranberry, Pear, and Walnut Torte 
  with Cream cheese and Orange Frosting Butterscotch, Apple and Blackberry Crumble Tart 
  Bonus: Christmas Beverages. 
  Candy Cane Cocoa 
  Merry ol' Eggnog 
  Holiday Mulled Cranberry Juice 
  Hot Toddy 
  Season Mulled Wine 
  Spicy Apple Punch

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  The Cheese Lover's Companion -...

  Sharon T. Herbst, Ron Herbst

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  While there are hundred of cheese books available, most are large, weighty tomes with cheeses arranged by country, which means readers have to know where the cheese is from or search through a confusing index to find it. THE CHEESE LOVER'S COMPANION is the most comprehensive, indispensable, user–friendly A–to–Z guide that includes everything about cheese. Included are entries from Asiago to Zamorano; cheese terminology; information on how cheese is made along with tips for pairing cheese with wine and beer. The small, handy format makes it easy to take the book along when choosing and buying cheese.

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  Gluten-Free Baking for the...

  Jeanne Sauvage

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  “Recipes for everything from spritz cookies to bûche de Noël . . . shatters the assumption that if you can’t eat wheat, you can’t eat well during the holidays.” —San Jose Mercury News 
   
  The holidays are a time to celebrate and indulge in baked goods warm from the oven. Unfortunately for the gluten-sensitive, seasonal pleasures such as sugar cookies and mincemeat tarts have been off-limits. Not anymore!  
   
  Jeanne Sauvage, author of the popular blog Art of Gluten-Free Baking, has perfected 60 gluten-free recipes with all the flavors of their wheat-filled counterparts. Also included are tips on how wheat-free ingredients work and Jeanne’s own gluten-free flour mix. With favorites like apple pie, plum pudding, rugelach, bûche de Noël—even a gingerbread house—everyone can pull up a chair to the holiday table with comfort and joy. 
   
  “Her cookies and cakes and other treats (and I have reached for many a second helping at various Seattle events over the years) are reliably the best on the table even when they’re up against traditional gluten-full baked goods.” —Seattle Times

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