Posted by Juanita Avenue
on Tuesday, June 14, 2011
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(More customer reviews)Not only are these meals classics from the 'golden age' but they are not expensive to make.The book offers clear and easy-to-follow directions!This great book is filled with superb ideas, methods and simple recipes for veggie eaters. This book serves vegetarians well by offering truly tasteful, healthy recipes that we can enjoy either as a main course or side dish while not spending hours in the kitchen. Well done!This cookbook is a complete, comprehensive guide to cooking vegetarian.
Great book to add to your vegetarian cookbook library!Will save you money too!
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Reach back, to the age of your Grandmother, the Golden Age.The Golden Age Vegetarian Cookbook combines a healthy diet with oodles of valuable veggie cooking knowledge and mouth-watering recipes.Truly a "celebration" of recipes - they are vibrant, healthy, and delicious and are perfect for an everyday meal or special celebration, without the need to rely on overly processed foods.Why look back at these tried and true recipes?Because you'll find the lost art, you'll find ideas, methods, tastes and combinations long forgotten.Wonder where the latest recipe ideas come from?From looking into the past.Amaze yourself and see that Grandma knew a thing or two.Discover lost ideas and invent new dishes based on these treasures.
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Posted by Juanita Avenue
on Monday, June 13, 2011
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(More customer reviews)Watson is right: the recipes DON'T work and the book IS filled with errors. The book isn't funny. You should get a real cookbook instead. Try "Joy of Cooking" or any cookbook written by a real chef.
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"Cook Your Way Into Her Pants!" is an irreverent, insightful guide to using your kitchen to get women into your bedroom. More than 50 recipes, 20 beautiful full page photographs and step by step guides to preparing fabulous food she will get wet over. From learning basic skills to preparing a dessert that could kill you both, "Cook Your Way Into Her Pants!" is a must-have manual for any single guy!
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Posted by Juanita Avenue
on Sunday, June 12, 2011
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(More customer reviews)Having been on low-carbs for several years, I was certain that there was no way to actuallysatisfy my sweet tooth, much less make some of my favorite desserts like the ones I have found in this book.Granted, the cookies aren't Milanos but the Macadamia Fudge had everyone at my party asking for the recipe.I love this book.I especially like the fact that the author tries to use healthy ingredients because that is essential in anything I give to my children. My latest family favorites are the strawberry pie and the cheesecake is soul satisfying.Ikeep trying new recipes and delighting my family, friends and myself.If you or your kids are raised on Twinkies, these recipes will take some getting used to.
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Imagine being on a diet and starting the day with a pecan waffle, snacking on Macadamia Fudge and finishing dinner with Chocolate Crème Brulee-- and still staying on a low-carb, healthy and slimming routine.
Impossible?
Not since the release of the revolutionary new cookbook "Low-Carb Sweets and The Art of Self-Indulgence" by Sharon Allbright.
This author spent four year of research to break the "deprivation-barrier" of low-carb dieting and managed to eliminate sugar and flour by replacing them with delicious, health-building ingredients.
The former health columnist came up with more than 80 groundbreakingdesserts to "diet for." The best news is that these indulgencesare not only delicious, but also high in protein, rich in fiber andcontain less than five grams of carbohydrates.This is anextraordinary feat, considering that a regular piece of chocolate cakecan contain as many as 60 grams of carbohydrates.
The 216 pages of sweet creations range from waffles to pies and contain not a smidgeon of ingredients that cause sugar binges or weight gain.Some of these recipes have even been tested by diabetics who were delighted to report that the treats didn't raise their blood sugar levels.
The "Zero Carb Waffle" is a "breakfast wonder" with more protein than two eggs and boosts your fiber intake beyond that of two pieces of whole-wheat toast.
According to the author, "These recipes are not only simple to make but also time friendly."In fact, the Macadamia Fudge can be put together in less than five minutes, in case of an emergency "chocoholic attack!"
This project has been a long labor of love for Allbright, who confesses, "I love sweets-- but eating old-fashioned flour and sugar-filled desserts caused uncontrollable binges, blood sugar plunges and of course, weight gain."
The second segment of this unique book, "The Art of Self Indulgence," came to light through the author's experiences with this seemingly utopian eating style."It turns out that years of dieting can make one feel guilty eating sweets-- healthy or not," reports the new "Queen of Low Carbs"
Tips on breaking barriers of self-denial make this not only a soul-satisfying cookbook, but also a plan that can transform dieting to a "sweeter way of life."
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Posted by Juanita Avenue
on Saturday, June 11, 2011
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(More customer reviews)This is a good book to own for cake decorating lovers. Nice ideas.Covers a lot of decorating ideas including wedding cakes, birthday cakes, children's cakes, holiday cakes. Ideas for petit fours and minature cakes are also presented in this book.You will not be disappointed with this one.
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Posted by Juanita Avenue
on Friday, June 10, 2011
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(More customer reviews)People who are lacto-vegetarian -- who do eat dairy, but don't eat eggs -- can find a lot of recipes in cookbooks written by and for Indian cooks, since this diet is a lot more common among Indian people. These books are especially helpful because they include recipes for desserts that still have the cream cheese, milk, etc., but don't call for the eggs. Usually for lacto-vegetarians, the only cookbooks that try to achieve these recipes without eggs are all out vegan. Which is fine, but you don't always want to swap your dairy out for tofu if you don't have to.
For simple recipes like butter cakes and quickbreads, lacto-vegetarians can just use a traditional recipe and swap the eggs out for a little extra baking powder, some yogurt, etc., but that's not possible for the more interesting, elaborate, and indulgent desserts -- which this book covers. It has recipes with all the taste and texture of the traditional versions because the dairy is still there, like mousses,cheesecakes, and sponge cakes.
That being said, this book also seems to cater to a slightly different palette than a lot of Americans will probably relate to. Plenty of the recipes are great, but others (grape mousse?) aren't the best. The instructions also aren't as crystal clear as they could be, and it was produced on the cheap. That's awesome as far as price goes, but it does detract in terms of presentation, as the pictures are largely black and white, and probably didn't have a professional food photographer on hand to make everything look as heavenly as possible.
So it's a good book to have in your lacto-vegetarian kitchen, but it's not as great as another book that's also called Eggless Desserts, but by a different author, Tarla Dalal. But of course, if you're lacto veg and you love making dessert, there's no reason not to have both. The only catch is that since this book was written for a particular readership, the ingredients are still in metric, (I just wrote the conversions in the book as I went through it).
Also, there are some ingredients that might at first leave Americans scratching their heads -- but don't worry, none of them are scary. Occasionally a recipe calls for "curd," and this is basically a really thick yogurt. If you happen to have an Indian grocery store nearby, you can buy it there, but otherwise just pick up some Greek yogurt from the Whole Foods or Trader Joe's -- it's very thick, and if you want it to be even thicker, you can just spoon it into a paper towel, wrap it up for a few minutes and get some of the water out. It won't even stick to the paper towel.
Another such ingredient is agar agar or "China grass." This is a colorless, tasteless powdered product made from seaweed that is basically a vegetarian gelatin (it's used in some very cool recipes, more of which I thought only non-veggies could eat, since gelatin is made from animal products). This can also be found at health food stores, or at Asian Groceries. And lastly, some recipes call for "custard powder," which is a British product. You can find it in the British import section of the grocery store, but the product itself is just cornstarch with vanilla and a dash of salt -- it's basically just pudding mix, where you add your own sugar. So if you can't find custard powder, you can substitute it easily for cornstarch and maybe an extra dash of vanilla if you feel like it.
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Posted by Juanita Avenue
on Thursday, June 9, 2011
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(More customer reviews)The recipes in this book are delicious, but most involve either an ingredient that is kind of hard to find or a preparation that would be best suited for a kitchen crew rather than a single cook.That said, the recipes are easy to follow and really restaurant quality.If you are a wannabe chef, this is a cookbook that can take your cooking up a notch.
As a result of this book, I made beef stock from scratch for the first time, and WOW was it ever delicious!However, I couldn't get veal bones, just beef bones.It's that kind of ingredient issue that makes the recipes difficult.Getting fiddlehead ferns in New Mexico isn't possible either.
So, if you want a cookbook that is regional (Pacific Northwest) and elaborate (restaurant quality) then this is the book for you.
The photos are nice!You'll get hungry just looking at them.
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Having captured the true flavour of the West Coast in this cookbook, Dan Atkinson makes cooking a pleasure. Featuring delectable salmon recipes, from the simple yet sublime Grilled Salmon to the more exotic tastes of Alder Wood Plank Salmon with Bartlett Pear and Rosemary Vinaigrette, this book is sure to be a hit. Dan takes his experience as the chef at the award-winning Salmon House on the Hill restaurant in Vancouver and shows home cooks all they need to know to make outstanding seafood, chicken and meat, pasta, desserts, and more.
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Posted by Juanita Avenue
on Wednesday, June 8, 2011
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(More customer reviews)My 11-year-old daughter received this cookbook as a birthday present and has been on a cooking tear ever since.The book is nicely organized, colorful and easy to read for kids.The recipes are perfectly suited to the younger set, too.
She's already made the spaghetti and meatballs, as well as the pancakes.As her mom, I'm very happy that she's enjoying herself and that I'm off the hook when she's cooking!
I'm actually ordering the book as a Christmas present for another 11-year-old -- I highly recommend this cookbook to preteen or younger children.
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