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Secrets of the Red Lantern: Stories and Vietnamese Recipes from the HeartSecrets of the Red Lantern: Stories and Vietnamese Recipes from the Heart by Pauline Nguyen
Buy new: $26.40 / Used from: $25.00
Organic Marin: Recipes from land to tableOrganic Marin: Recipes from land to table
Buy new: $19.79 / Used from: $10.60
Things Cooks Love: Implements, Ingredients, RecipesThings Cooks Love: Implements, Ingredients, Recipes by Sur La Table
Buy new: $23.10 / Used from: $7.00
Knives Cooks Love: Selection. Care. Techniques. Recipes.Knives Cooks Love: Selection. Care. Techniques. Recipes. by Sur La Table
Buy new: $16.50 / Used from: $7.36
Slurp: Drinks and Light Fare, All Day, All NightSlurp: Drinks and Light Fare, All Day, All Night by Jim Hensley
Buy new: $12.74 / Used from: $2.53
The Texas Cowboy KitchenThe Texas Cowboy Kitchen by June Naylor
Buy new: $13.59 / Used from: $13.24
Equal parts cookbook, history lesson, and photographic essay, The Texas Cowboy Kitchen blends Grady Spears's distinctive culinary recipes with June Naylor's narrative of life on the Chisholm Trail and Erwin E. Smith's award-winning black-and-white cowboy photography and four-color culinary shots.
The Berghoff Family Cookbook: From Our Table to Yours, Celebrating a Century of EntertainingThe Berghoff Family Cookbook: From Our Table to Yours, Celebrating a Century of Entertaining by Carlyn Berghoff
Buy new: $19.79 / Used from: $10.96
In The Berghoff Family Cookbook, the fourth generation of Chicago's Berghoff clan presents traditional favorites from the city's famed Berghoff Restaurant alongside contemporary culinary creations.
Apples for Jam: A Colorful CookbookApples for Jam: A Colorful Cookbook by Tessa Kiros
Buy new: $19.77 / Used from: $14.99
Tessa Kiros' Apples for Jam is a keepsake cookbook filled with savory recipes woven together by a rainbow of colors, memories, and lavish full-color photography.
50 Great Appetizers50 Great Appetizers by Pamela Sheldon Johns
Buy new: $10.95 / Used from: $6.68
Internationally acclaimed chef and culinary instructor Pamela Sheldon Johns presents 50 festive appetizers and practical party-planning advice on presentation, preparation, decoration, and food safety to inspire many successful gatherings. Also included are 10 themed menus featuring recipes for Middle Eastern mezes, farmers market morsels, Mexican antojitos, vegetarian plates, and more.
The Amish Cook at Home: Simple Pleasures of Food, Family, and FaithThe Amish Cook at Home: Simple Pleasures of Food, Family, and Faith by Kevin Williams
Buy new: $19.79 / Used from: $8.96
Part almanac, part cultural overview, part culinary calendar, The Amish Cook at Home is the harbinger of a new era in home cooking. Structured around the four seasons, which heavily influence Amish life and cooking, The Amish Cook at Home offers recipes teaming with seasonal vegetables, fruits, and meat are featured alongside Amish history, culture, and lore.
The Art and Soul of BakingThe Art and Soul of Baking by Sur La Table
Buy new: $26.40 / Used from: $22.50
Sur La Table teamed with pastry chef and baking teacher Cindy Mushet to bring you the ultimate guide to baking. Beautiful photographs and more than 250 easy-to-follow recipes are featured. Illustrated asides take you step by step through important techniques. Plus, you'll find invaluable information on over 100 ingredients and 50 baker's tools. A true pleasure for anyone who loves to bake.
Ready, Steady, Spaghetti: Cooking For Kids And With KidsReady, Steady, Spaghetti: Cooking For Kids And With Kids by Lucy Broadhurst
Buy new: $14.99 / Used from: $6.49
Recipes for "little food" such as after-school snacks, breakfast, soups, and sammies go a long way in Broadhurst's clever Ready, Steady, Spaghetti. Broadhurst makes cooking with kids easy and entertaining. Kids will fill up on fun and food with cool and exciting recipes. She even makes preparing (and eating) vegetables a treat.
The Scandinavian CookbookThe Scandinavian Cookbook by Trina Hahnemann
Buy new: $19.79 / Used from: $11.00
More than merely a collection of recipes, The Scandinavian Cookbook is a celebration of Scandinavian culture. Following her native tradition, Trina’s 115 recipes call for generous portions and are meant to be shared with family and friends. Trina Hahnemann brings the New Nordic Movement to your kitchen, focusing on fresh, seasonal ingredients and user-friendly cooking methods
Memorable Recipes: To Share with Family and FriendsMemorable Recipes: To Share with Family and Friends by Renee Behnke
Buy new: $23.10 / Used from: $8.90
Renée Behnke, president emeritus of the popular kitchenware retail chain Sur La Table, loves to entertain. She’s been doing it famously for decades, and in Memorable Gatherings: Favorite Recipes to Share with Family and Friends she shares her passion for food, friends, and travel through superb recipes, sound advice, and her extraordinary flair for creating wonderful but easy meals.
Gluten Free Every Day Cookbook: More than 100 Easy and Delicious Recipes from the Gluten-Free ChefGluten Free Every Day Cookbook: More than 100 Easy and Delicious Recipes from the Gluten-Free Chef by Robert Landolphi
Buy new: $11.55 / Used from: $21.01
This cookbook includes more than 100 recipes for contemporary dishes ranging from main courses and sides, to soups, breads and desserts. Gluten Free Every Day Cookbook is one of only a few gluten-free cookbooks written and developed by a professional chef. His dishes aren't just delicious, they're also quick and easy, and take living without wheat from endurable to enjoyable.
Falling Cloudberries: A World of Family RecipesFalling Cloudberries: A World of Family Recipes by Tessa Kiros
Buy new: $19.79 / Used from: $14.98
In Falling Cloudberries, Tessa Kiros takes us on a global journey of taste and experience with her eclectic compilation of 170 simple and delicious recipes that reflect her world travels, multicultural heritage, family traditions, and amazing cooking combinations with stunning photography, unique illustrations, and a warm dialogue.
America's Best BBQ: 100 Recipes from America's Best Smokehouses, Pits, Shacks, Rib Joints, Roadhouses, and RestaurantsAmerica's Best BBQ: 100 Recipes from America's Best Smokehouses, Pits, Shacks, Rib Joints, Roadhouses, and Restaurants by Ardie A. Davis
Buy new: $13.59 / Used from: $13.24
Hungry for something different? Then try America's Best BBQ. Here, two of the world's top barbecue experts present their favorite barbecue recipes from across America. With more than 100 recipes for mouthwatering starters, moist and flavorful meats, classic side dishes, sauces and rubs, and decadent desserts, this book should come with its own wet-nap.
The Barcelona Cookbook: A Celebration of Food, Wine, and LifeThe Barcelona Cookbook: A Celebration of Food, Wine, and Life by Andy Pforzheimer
Buy new: $19.79 / Used from: $13.14
It's tapas with a Mediterranean and Latin twist. This 224-page treat celebrates food, wine, and entertainment that is the heartbeat of the lively yet completely warm and inviting famous Barcelona Restaurant and Wine Bar in Connecticut. The Barcelona Cookbook is robust and gutsy, just like the establishment, and is oozing with good things.
Bread Matters: The State of Modern Bread and a Definitive Guide to Baking Your OwnBread Matters: The State of Modern Bread and a Definitive Guide to Baking Your Own by Andrew Whitley
Buy new: $23.09 / Used from: $16.50
In Bread Matters, Andrew Whitley exposes the terrible state of modern commercial bread and shares his recipes for making great, nutritious bread at home. Using the skills he has amassed during more than 25 years as a professional bread baker, Whitley clearly explains the process in detailed discussions of the tools, ingredients, methods, and tricks of the breadmaking trade.
The Berghoff Café Cookbook: Berghoff Family Recipes for Simple, Satisfying FoodThe Berghoff Café Cookbook: Berghoff Family Recipes for Simple, Satisfying Food by Carlyn Berghoff
Buy new: $16.49 / Used from: $7.53
The eighty recipes plus variations in The Berghoff Café Cookbook represent the full range of Berghoff Café food. There are recipes from Great-grandfather Herman's café, updated for today's cook so they require less time and have fewer calories, alongside selections from today's café menu. The recipes you'll find in this book are easy to prepare, look great on the plate, and are a pleasure to eat.
Cooking the Cowboy Way: Recipes Inspired by Campfires, Chuck Wagons, and Ranch KitchensCooking the Cowboy Way: Recipes Inspired by Campfires, Chuck Wagons, and Ranch Kitchens by Grady Spears
Buy new: $19.79 / Used from: $11.50
In Cooking the Cowboy Way, you'll have a ringside seat at the rodeo as Grady Spears wrestles down new recipes from some incredible cowboy cooks and kitchen wranglers. And in the process, you'll be carried away by the magic of starry nights by the campfire and seduced by the heritage of the chuck wagon and ranch kitchens, where the menus are still stoked by the traditions of the Old West.
The Bryant Family Vineyard Cookbook: Recipes from Great Chefs and FriendsThe Bryant Family Vineyard Cookbook: Recipes from Great Chefs and Friends by Barbara Bryant
Buy new: $31.50 / Used from: $20.50
From one of America's premier wineries comes The Bryant Family Vineyard Cookbook. More than 80 favorite recipes from culinary masters are showcased in this beautiful book. Great chefs from across the country, such as Lidia Bastianich, Daniel Boulud, Terrance Brennan, Thomas Keller, Eric Ripert, Charlie Trotter, Jean-Georges Vongerichten, and Patricia Wells, share recipes.
Baking Kids LoveBaking Kids Love by Sur La Table
Buy new: $13.60 / Used from: $8.22
Baking instructor Cindy Mushet and her daughter Bella team up with cookware authority Sur La Table to carefully guide kids through the experience of creating awesome masterpieces in the kitchen. Step-by-step instructions for key steps, inventive variations, and colorful photography complete the book. Baking Kids Love is baking that both kids and adults will love.
My New Orleans: The CookbookMy New Orleans: The Cookbook by John Besh
Buy new: $24.30 / Used from: $31.00
In My New Orleans, Chef John Besh tells the enduring story of preserving the region's rituals and livelihood through raising food well, cooking it with joy, and being mindful of the fragility that swirls around the city many Americans love most. It offers a unique culinary history of the city and its cooking while Chef Besh celebrates the advice that ensures success for the home cook.
Jasper's Kitchen Cookbook: Italian Recipes and Memories from Kansas City's Legendary RestaurantJasper's Kitchen Cookbook: Italian Recipes and Memories from Kansas City's Legendary Restaurant by Jr., Jasper J. Mirabile
Buy new: $14.39 / Used from: $7.99
Jasper’s Kitchen Cookbook is a nostalgic collection containing more than 100 of the most enduring and endearing recipes from the beloved family-run Jasper’s Italian Restaurant. The five-course cookbook is full of life and flavor, spanning from antipasti (appetizers) to dolci (desserts), and celebrating the Italian tradition of shopping local markets and eating what is in season.
The Amish Cook's Baking BookThe Amish Cook's Baking Book by Lovina Eicher
Buy new: $19.79 / Used from: $12.99
Lovina Eicher, celebrated cook and author of The Amish Cook at Home, offers a slow-paced journey through this delicious world of Amish baking in, The Amish Cook’s Baking Book. The book is filled with more than 100 recipes for cakes, cookies, pies, breads, brownies, and bars, all made from scratch, using tools and techniques that have been passed down through generations.
Venezia: Food and DreamsVenezia: Food and Dreams by Tessa Kiros
Buy new: $23.09 / Used from: $23.17
The evocative and beautiful cookbook, Venezia: Food & Dreams, is not your standard cookbook. The stunning photographs are as dynamic as the recipes, which are unique enough to intrigue experienced chefs yet easy enough for beginners to follow. With a turn of the page, everyone can share in Tessa Kiro’s sheer love of anything beautiful, anything flavorful, and everything Venetian.
My Nepenthe: Bohemian Tales of Food, Family, and Big SurMy Nepenthe: Bohemian Tales of Food, Family, and Big Sur by Romney Steele
Buy new: $23.10 / Used from: $19.21
My Nepenthe weaves together stories and tales about the famous California restaurant perched on the majestic cliffs of Big Sur. It celebrates the magic and history of place through food and the Fassett family who started Nepenthe. My Nepenthe is a story about food, family, and the culture of place, and how it all unfolds around the table and why that matters.
The Spice Kitchen: Everyday Cooking with Organic SpicesThe Spice Kitchen: Everyday Cooking with Organic Spices by Katie Luber
Buy new: $19.79 / Used from: $7.90
The Spice Kitchen, a fresh new way to make everyday foods more delicious and to change the task of cooking from a chore into an adventure. The Spice Kitchen offers more than one hundred delicious recipes for using herbs and spices to add vibrant flavors to your food at breakfast, lunch, dinner, and any time in between.
The Cocktail Primer: All You Need to Know to Make the Perfect DrinkThe Cocktail Primer: All You Need to Know to Make the Perfect Drink by Eben Klemm
Buy new: $13.59 / Used from: $3.00
Despite the diversity seen on modern drink menus, B.R. Guest Restaurants master mixologist Eben Klemm is here to tell us that today’s cocktails remain but a few ingredients combined by even fewer techniques. In his book The Cocktail Primer: All You Need to Know to Make the Perfect Drink, Klemm shows us how to make these drinks at home using basic knowledge and ingredients.
Tips Cooks Love: Over 500 Tips, Techniques, and Shortcuts That Will Make You a Better Cook!Tips Cooks Love: Over 500 Tips, Techniques, and Shortcuts That Will Make You a Better Cook! by Rick Rodgers
Buy new: $10.20 / Used from: $8.84
Tips Cooks Love: Over 500 Tips, Techniques and Shortcuts That Will Make You a Better Cook! by Sur La Table and Rick Rodgers is a pocket-sized guide filled with practical knowledge. The book gives advice, tricks, and tips on hundreds of subjects, ranging from A to Z for easy browsing. Because being a better cook is about knowledge, and Tips Cooks Love is about increasing your culinary IQ.
How to DrinkHow to Drink by Victoria Moore
Buy new: $12.91 / Used from: $6.00
A good drink is more than just a thirst-quencher. Like food, drinking is a part of our social fabric. In How to Drink, Victoria Moore explores how and what to drink throughout the seasons and at all times of day. Different from a “bartender’s bible”, she explains the fundamentals of drinking, from choosing wine to complement food to tips on making what we drink taste better.
Bean Appetit: Hip and Healthy Ways to Have Fun with FoodBean Appetit: Hip and Healthy Ways to Have Fun with Food by Shannon Payette Seip
Buy new: $10.11
Many parents want their kids to eat fresh, healthy foods, but they want a happy mealtime experience, too. Shannon Seip and Kelly Parthen are here help with Bean Appetit: Hip and Healthy Ways to Have Fun with Food. Not just a cookbook, it’s a family guide that promotes healthy eating in a playful way for the whole family to enjoy.