Food - Beginners
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The Good Housekeeping Illustrated Children's Cookbook  by Marianne Zanzarella and The Editors of Good Housekeeping
Fifty delicious, "Good Housekeeping"-tested recipes will lure budding chefs into the kitchen and start them off on a lifetime of good cooking. The brand-new spiral-bound format is easy to work with too! "Look, mom and dad: we cooked it ourselves!" With every technique clearly shown, and a fun, accessible format, children will eagerly pull out the measuring cups, grab the mixing bowls, and begin preparing these temptingly tasty, kid-friendly dishes. And these are real, crowd-pleasing meals, including Scrumptious Scrambled Eggs, Surprise Burgers, Oven Roasted Chicken with Vegetables, and that all-time favorite: chocolate chip cookies. Of course, "Good Housekeeping "lays out all the cooking and safety basics up front, from handling the food pr

,  176 pp,  $18.95. Buy now

Culinary Boot Camp  by CIA
This book helps discover the secrets of The Culinary Institute of America's popular week-long Boot Camp course - five days of dynamic, hands-on instruction in cooking basics that help teach the non-professional cook to think like a chef - with Julia Child Award-winning cookbook author Martha Rose Shulman. Combining Shulman's entertaining and compelling narrative with a wealth of invaluable culinary information, you'll take a step up in the kitchen with this vicarious adventure through basic training at one of the country's finest professional cooking schools. Day one - Our 'drill sergeant' comes into the room and writes his name on the board. He wears the CIA staff jacket, a green name badge, and the chef's kerchief around his neck, which h

Hardback,  288 pp,  $37.95. Buy now

Students' Microwave Cookbook: Stylish, Tasty, Nutritious and Cheap Recipes  by Carolyn Humphries
Some students are quicker than others to learn that the best way to save money for the pub is to buy real food in the supermarket and take it home to cook. But then they need books to provide the ideas. We�ve been testing and evaluating nutritious, healthy-eating recipes for several years. And we�ve learned that for students, the meals have to be imaginative, modern and exciting; they need to be quick and easy to make; plus they must look good. Recipes range from Tex Mex to Thai, and use microwave cooking for speed and convenience.

Paperback,  160 pp,  $9.99. Buy now

Healthy Carb Cookbook for Dummies  by Jan McCracken
The encore to our hugely successful Low--Carb Dieting For Dummies Low--carb dieting just keeps on getting more and more popular: a quarter of the American population now has tried it, including a whopping 30 million Atkins dieters

Paperback,  380 pp,  $24.95. Buy now

Cake Decorating for the First Time  by Jaynie Maxfield
Delight family and friends with exquisitely decorated cakes for birthdays, dinner parties, or just as a special treat. Through a simple question-and-answer format, with every procedure shown in color photographs, beginners will find out how to decorate without icing (just use a powdered sugar design); how to make chocolate curls and gumpaste flowers; how to prepare the drizzled chocolate icing known as ganache; and how to embellish tiered, bundt, and raspberry-filled cakes. See how to whip up fondant, ice petits fours, and use a pastry bag to write greetings and create adornments. The all-important wedding cake is here, too. And while the focus is on decoration, there are also basic cake and icing recipes, too.

Paperback,  112 pp,  $16.99. Buy now

Making Bread at Home  by Tom Jaine
An introduction to art of baking bread. Over 50 authentic, easy to follow recipes from around the world. Tom Jaine constructed a traditional wood-fired brick oven and began baking loaves for his local village. This book is a distillation of his incredible knowledge and proves that baking delicious bread is an art anyone can master. From kneading the dough to baking it, Tom Jaine first covers the essential techniques of baking, explaining what needs to be done, when and why. Then, in a round the world baking tour, he guides us through the variations in these techniques that have produced the many breads available today.

Hardback,  120 pp,  $29.99. Buy now

Easy Summer Food  by Various
Summer is about enjoying the outdoors and relaxing over good food with good company, not slaving away in the kitchen. It�s the time of crisp salads, fruit bursting with flavour and fresh, young vegetables. Easy Summer Food takes the best of these ingredients and creates simple recipes to inspire you to make the most of what this fabulous season has to offer. Pack some Toasted Ciabatta Pizzas in your picnic basket, grill some Jerk Chicken Wings with Avocado Salsa on the barbecue or kick off your shoes and relax with an Iced Long Vodka. Bring some sunshine to your plate with these deliciously easy recipes for every occasion.

Hardback,   $39.95. Buy now

The Complete Idiot's Guide To Terrific Diabetic Meals  by Lucy Beale
For millions of people around the world who suffer from diabetes, preparing meals that are both tasty and medically responsible can be very difficult. Throw in the culinary preferences of other family members and finding meals that everyone can enjoy can seem impossible. The Complete Idiot's Guide to Terrific Diabetic Meals offers readers 300 recipes the whole family can get excited about. From appetisers to desserts and everything in between, this book focuses on the everyday kinds of recipes that families have grown to love and can put together with the ingredients they tend to keep around the house.

Paperback,  432 pp,  $26.95. Buy now

Low Cholesterol Cookbook for Dummies 
Offering more than one hundred recipes to a nation in need of low-cholesterol foods, this nutrition guide shares advice on how to prepare dozens of breakfasts, lunches, dinners, and desserts, as well as ordering low-cholesterol from restaurant menus. Orig

Paperback,  384 pp,  $24.95. Buy now

Man About the Kitchen  by Alastair Williams
This guide is designed to introduce men of all ages to the kitchen and to transform them with minimal pain into competent cooks.

Paperback,  160 pp,  $14.95. Buy now

Children's Cook Book  by Katharine Ibbs
Step-by-step format shows exactly how to do it, when to do it and what it should look like! The book is carefully structured to build a child's confidence in the kitchen, and the dishes are chosen for the whole family to enjoy All-new step-by-step photography plus mouth-watering pictures of each finished dish. Illustrated glossary explains important cookery techniques and terms Each recipe can be easily adapted to suit individual tastes or diets Encourages children to think about nutrition throughout the book Recipes graded with a 'difficulty' rating which will help readers to select the recipes that are best for their ability.

Hardback,  128 pp,  $29.95. Buy now

New Classic 1000 Student Recipes   by Carolyn Humphries
It�s not true to say that all students can�t cook. So in constructing this book, the author has taken into account many levels of kitchen skill. At the most basic level, students won�t need anything more than a knife. When they�re really cooking, they�ll need a Microwave and/or an Oven or a Grill. The author has spent a lot of time creating good eating with mouth-filling flavours in no time at all and at half the cost of processed foods on the supermarket shelves.

Paperback,  464 pp,  $14.99. Buy now

Your Shirt Is Not an Oven Mitt!  by Debbie Puente
A simple cookbook and kitchen compendium for novice cooks presents more than 150 recipes for tasty, easy-to-prepare dishes, along with helpful tips on shopping and cleaning, kitchen equipment, cooking terms, measurements, and more. Original. 15,000 first printing

Paperback,  256 pp,  $23.95. Buy now

Jacques Pepin's Complete Techniques  by Jacques Pepin
The fully illustrated bible of cooking techniques from the world's best-known French cook is now in paperback and in one volume for the first time ever. Everything the home cook needs to perfect his or her kitchen skills--assisted by instructive, step-by-step photography. Learn to de-bone a chicken, poach an egg, whisk a perfect b�arnaise, knead a tangy sourdough, or bake an exquisite meringue with the perfection and efficiency of a professional chef. P�pin's toothsome and time-tested recipes offer budding chefs the opportunity to put lessons into practice with extraordinary results. This comprehensive, authoritative presentation of cooking technique and practice is sure to become an indispensable part of every home cook's library.

Hardback,  830 pp,  $34.95. Buy now

Cast Iron Cooking for Dummies  by Tracy Barr
This cookbook discusses the particulars of cooking in and caring for cast-iron pots and skillets. It explains how to season a new piece of cast-iron cookware - an important and often intimidating process - as well as how to clean and store a pan after use.

Paperback,  352 pp,  $27.95. Buy now

Cooking 1-2-3  by Rozanne Gold
Organized by category, the latest entry in the popular 1-2-3 cookbook series features a delicious, easy-to-prepare repertoire of five hundred recipes--including 350 popular dishes, 150 all-new creations, and hundreds of innovative cooking ideas.

Hardback,  336 pp,  $75.00. Buy now

30-minute Meals for Dummies 
This text tells readers how to stock their pantry, refrigerator and freezer so that they can throw together tasty meals in minutes without having to do additional shopping. It helps readers plan meals that take little time to prepare but still taste great.

Paperback,  330 pp,  $24.95. Buy now

How to Cook Everything, Basics  by Mark Bittman
This cookery book offers a useful set of 100 recipes and information for the beginner or reluctant cook, organized in basic categories. It includes soups and salads; pasta; fish; poultry; meat; grains, and beans; vegetables, fruit desserts and pies; cookies.

Hardback,  224 pp,  $30.95. Buy now

Appetizers for Dummies 
An offering of practical advice, creative inspiration, and foolproof recipes for making hors d'oeuvres, finger foods, and first courses for any occasion. Details how to determine quantity of food to make; how to mix and match recipes and how to serve hors d'oeuvres.

Paperback,  264 pp,  $22.95. Buy now

Beginners Guide to Cake Decorating 
"The Beginner's Guide to Cake Decorating" provides a new approach to the subject, giving all the general information you need to know about equipment, basic cake recipes and icing to get started.

Paperback,  111 pp,  $22.95. Buy now