The endlessly imaginative duo who turned cupcaking into a national pastime is back, with utterly new, eye-popping creations anyone can make. Create a race-car cupcake, a robot cupcake, or ravishing jewelry cupcakes for a birthday party. Surprise the family with Chinese takeout dinner cupcakes on April Fool's or serve up a goofy chocolate moose. Captivate Mom with a bouquet of long-stemme...
"There are two kinds of people in this world: the ones who don't cook out of and have NEVER cooked out of THE I HATE TO COOK BOOK, and the other kind...The I HATE TO COOK people consist mainly of those who find other things more interesting and less fattening, and so they do it as seldom as possible. Today there is an Annual Culinary Olympics, with hundreds of cooks from many countries ardently co...
Winner of the 2009 James Beard Book Award for Best Book: Reference and Scholarship Great cooking goes beyond following a recipe--it's knowing how to season ingredients to coax the greatest possible flavor from them. Drawing on dozens of leading chefs' combined experience in top restaurants across the country, Karen Page and Andrew Dornenburg present the definitive guide to creat...
SoupsMacaroni and other PastesRice, Etc.SaucesEggsFishVegetablesMeatsSaladsDessertsIndexSOUPSBEEF SOUP STOCK(_Brodo di Carne_)1 pound of round of beef2 quarts of water2 small, new carrots, or 1/2 of an old carrot1/2 pound of beef bones2 small potatoes1 onion1 tomato, fresh or cannedParsleyBoil the beef, bones, and vegetables in two quarts of water over aslow fire--adding pepper and salt. Skim occa...
CONTENTSSAUCESEnglish Drawn Butter, Plain Hollandaise; Anchovy, Bechamel, Tarragon,Horseradish, Cream or White, Brown Butter, Perigueux, Tomato, Paprika,Curry, ItalianCOOKING OF EGGSTo Preserve Eggs, Egging and Crumbing, Shirred Eggs, Mexicana, On aPlate, de Lesseps, Meyerbeer, a la Reine, au Miroir, a la Paysanne, ala Trinidad, Rossini, Baked in Tomato Sauce, a la Martin, a laValenciennes, Fillet...
Entertaining made easy, with Mexican-inspired recipes and handy tips from the celebrity chef and winner of Bravo’s Top Chef Masters. Whether you’re hosting a casual get-together with friends or throwing an outdoor shindig, no one can teach you the art of fiesta like Rick Bayless. With 150 recipes, Bayless offers you the key to unforgettable parties that will have guests clamoring for repea...
Mrs Beeton's Book of Household Management was edited by Isabella Beeton and was first published as a book in 1861 by S. O. Beeton Publishing, 161 Bouverie Street, London, a firm founded by her husband, Samuel Beeton. It had been previously published as a part work. It was a guide to all aspects of running a household in Victorian Britain.Of the 1,112 pages, over 900 contained recipes such that ano...
My object in writing this little book is to show you how you may prepareand cook your daily food, so as to obtain from it the greatest amount ofnourishment at the least possible expense; and thus, by skill andeconomy, add, at the same time, to your comfort and to yourcomparatively slender means. The Recipes which it contains will affordsufficient variety, from the simple every-day fare to more tas...