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Nov.14.2008
Breakfast, lunch, and dinner may mark the beginning, middle, and end of the day, but for centuries Italians have eaten two small informal meals that come in between. Italy in Small Bites is the first-ever collection of recipes for these bite-size treats, known as spuntini and merende, the soul food...
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Oct.21.2008
Americans are on a roll in the kitchen -- we've never been better or smarter about cooking. But how does a beginning cook become good, a good cook great?
Modeled on Strunk and White's The Elements of Style, The Elements of Cooking is an opinionated volume by Michael Ruhlman -- the award-winning and...
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Oct.21.2008
I conceived this book, and asked my friend, chef Brian Polcyn, to join me, in order to explore a great culinary specialty, one devoted to preservation but which remains meaningful in this age of refrigeration and freezing because food made using its techniques--fresh, smoked, and dried sausages,...
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Oct.21.2008
This is a monster of a celebrity-chef coffee table cookbook that defies everything one thinks of when we think of such objects. First, it's been a terrific commercial success--generating a second, third and fourth printings in its first six months. It's been a critical success and has earned some...
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Oct.10.2008
The new “Hungry for Wisconsin: A Tasty Guide for Travelers” celebrates the people, places and foods that define one part of the world. Chefs whose work could earn diamonds on the U.S. coasts settle for under-the-radar, peaceful living in Plover, Downsville, Suamico, Monticello and numerous other...
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Sep.20.2008
Amy Burns loses the spirit voice that's been telling her the name of people's soul mates her whole life. But if you know Amy (fromMake Me a Match and Sexiest Man Alive), you know she's not letting her spirit voice get away without a fight. She tracks down a Gypsy who has just begun hearing random...
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Sep.19.2008
A comprehensive guide to a state that is difficult to comprehend -- with the Pacific Ocean and a temperate rain forest in the west, and dry sagebrush steppes in the east, and with tall snow-capped peaks, large rivers, lakes, and an active volcano in between. Plus bustling cities, with world-class...
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Sep.19.2008
A guide to the foods of the coastal Pacific Northwest during a period in my life when my economic outlook was somewhat subdued and when my wive and I ate well because of friends who introduced as to -- and often supplied us with -- local foods from the bay, from the foothills and the Cascade...
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Sep.19.2008
A fairly comprehensive guide book to the California Coast, covering such topics as history, landscape, people, communities, and wildlife, based on more than forty years of travel and insights. Side trips take the reader to hidden beaches, lonely shores, prime wineries, uncommon restaurants, and...
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Sep.18.2008
When two friends’ mothers meet, a Korean-American and Chinese-American, a young girl discovers the complexity of prejudices and loyalties.
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