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Books 1 to 20 of 23 – Chicken and poultry

Good Food  by Jeni Wright
Chicken is one of the most versatile ingredients. It’s perfect for economical quick-fix dishes, for a special dinner, for guests, at home, or eaten hot or cold. It can be easily transformed into a flavoursome snack or a tasty treat. With 101 ideas, there’s a chicken recipe for every occasion from warming classics and perfect convenience food to a taste of the exotic and meals to impress. With straight-forward, tried-and-tested recipes taken from Britain’s top-selling BBC Good Food Magazine you can be sure of mouth-watering chicken meals whatever your mood

Paperback,  216 pp,  $16.95. Buy now

Roast 
The most traditional of family dinners, roasts have never lost their charm. From roast beef with Yorkshire puddings to spicy Portuguese chicken and the beautiful Indian roasted lamb dish, Raan, there’s something here for everyone. Alongside the more traditional roast recipes in this book – lamb, beef, pork, chicken and veal – there are also recipes for roasted vegetables plus roasted duck, turkey, and fish

Paperback,  400 pp,  $19.95. Buy now

La Paella  by Jeff Koehler
The most famous dish of the hottest cuisine in town right now, paella is as flavourful as it is festive. Longtime Barcelona resident and Spanish food expert Jeff Koehler fills us in on this cherished rice dish, from its origins to just what it takes to make the perfect one (even without an authentic paella pan). Thirty recipes range from the original paella valenciana, studded with chicken and rabbit, to his mother-in-law’s Saturday shellfish special, to sumptuous vegetarian variations, to surprising soups and sweet takes. Stunning scenic photographs, shots of the finished dishes, plus a source list of unusual ingredients and special equipment round out this gorgeous homage to one of Spain’s national culinary treasures.

Hardback,  144 pp,  $26.95. Buy now

Second Helpings of Roast Chicken  by Simon Hopkinson
Features a section on apples with an apple tart recipe, a section on curry with Constance Spry’s Coronation chicken salad dressing, and a section on duck with Braised duck with peas and the Roast duck and apple sauce. There are also recipes for pear and ginger sponge, ‘a good’ Waldorf salad, Armenian lamb pilaf, and more

Paperback,  304 pp,  $34.95. Buy now

Everyday Chicken Cookbook, The  by Simona Hill
More than 400 meals for all occasions and budgets, from Lemon Chicken Stir-fry for a light midweek lunch and Pot-roast Chicken with Sausage Stuffing to feed a hungry family, to Chicken with Figs and Mint to serve at a special event. Coq au Vin, Chicken Fajitas, Chicken Korma, Balti Chicken Tikka Masala – the world’s most popular classic dishes are all included.

Hardback,  512 pp,  $35.00. Buy now

How Do Dinosaurs Eat Their Food?  by Jane Yolen
The popular How Do Dinosaurs… series continues with a hilarious look at dinosaurs at dinner time! When dinosaurs eat their food, what do they do? This book runs through the gamut of mealtime bad behaviour, satisfyingly concluding with impeccably behaved dinosaur dinner guests: ‘Eat up. Eat up, little dinosaur.’ A sure-fire winner with parents of young children – it will be an invaluable help with meal time manners

Paperback,  32 pp,  $14.99. Buy now

500 Greatest Ever Chicken Recipes   by Valerie Ferguson
This wonderful chicken cookbook provides inspiration for every occasion, from simply prepared soups, stir-fries and salads, to tasty midweek meals, barbecues and elaborate dinner-party creations. In addition to the 500 recipes there is also essential information about the different cuts of chicken and turkey, and a useful techniques section show you how to prepare them for cooking. Overall, encompassing detailed instructions on the ingredients and methods, together with hundreds and hundreds of outstanding ideas and instructions for meals, this will be the only chicken cookbook you will ever need.

Paperback,  256 pp,  $32.95. Buy now

Lobel’s Prime Cuts  by Stanley Lobel, Leon Lobel and Evan Lobel & others and others
From the famous Lobel family of butchers comes a cookbook that finally offers recipes that showcase how to get the most flavours from today’s leaner cuts of meat. From New York City’s first family in butchers – the Lobel’s – comes 130 new recipes showcasing how to get the most from the leaner and smaller cuts of meat and poultry common in today’s markets. These world-class butchers understand better than anyone what today’s meat lovers are looking for and what is available to them. Prime Cuts shows them what to do with it once they get it home. The recipes serve up a wide range of cooking styles and flavours from grilled steak with horseradish butter and braised ribs in ginger beer to spicy ground chicken kebabs and slow-roasted lamb in a p

Hardback,  248 pp,  $45.00. Buy now

Poultry   by Lucy Knox
A definitive full-colour identification guide to selecting, preparing and cooking with poultry and game. Includes over 50 irresistible recipes, including classic roasts, warming casseroles, rich game pies, delicious griddled and pan-fried dishes, spicy stews and curries.

Hardback,  96 pp,  $14.95. Buy now

Williams-Sonoma Meats and Poultry  by Williams-Sonoma

,  336 pp,  $34.95. Buy now

365 Ways To Cook Chicken  by Cheryl Sedeker

Paperback,  224 pp,  $18.95. Buy now

Chicken on the Grill  by Cheryl Jamison

Hardback,   $34.95. Buy now

Nick Nairn’s Top 100 Chicken Recipes  by Nick Nairn
Nick Nairn, renowned for his enthusiasm for fresh ingredients and wonderfully inventive cooking, gives us his favourite chicken recipes. Written with foolproof step-by-step instructions, the recipes are all simple to prepare and use readily available ingredients.

Hardback,  144 pp,  $34.95. Buy now

Chicken Salad  by Barbara Lauterbach
The author of Potato Salad is back with 50 of the best recipes for this old-time crowd pleaser. For potlucks and parties, luncheons and lunch boxes, chicken salad is the perfect solution for today’s busy cook. Classics like Waldorf Chicken Salad, bursting with fruit, walnuts and savoury blue cheese, and spicy specialties like Curried Chutney Chicken are irresistible and sure to impress. And fabulous tips for making basics like homemade mayonnaise and vinaigrette make it that much easier. Barbara Lauterbach has fired up her test kitchen, bringing the best of today’s ingredients and techniques to bear on a tried and true favourite. The result is fresher, faster, and even more delicious-plain ole’ poultry just got a whole new attitude.

Hardback,  108 pp,  $27.95. Buy now

Beer Can Chicken  by Steven Raichlen
Chicken on a beer can? You bet! An essential addition to every grill jockey’s library, Beer-Can Chicken presents 75 must-try beer-can variations and other offbeat recipes for the grill. Recipes such as Saigon Chicken with Lacquered Skin and Spicy Peanut Sauce, Root Beer Game Hens, Beer-Can Turkey (uses the 32-ounce Fosters), Stoned Chicken (it’s grilled under a brick), Mussels Eclade-grilled under pine needles will have your mouth watering. Whether on a can, on a stick, under a brick, in a leaf, on a plank, or in the embers, each grilling technique is explained in easy-to-follow steps, with recipes that guarantee no matter how crazy the technique, the results are always outstanding. So pop a cold one and have fun.

Paperback,  326 pp,  $18.95. Buy now

The Changing Chicken  by Jane Dixon
Provides a unique view of food systems and culture through an examination of our changing attitudes to chicken meat. Colourful descriptions are provided of the activities conducted in hatcheries, on chicken farms, in processing plants, in supermarket delicatessens and in household kitchens.

Paperback,  240 pp,  $42.95. Buy now

The Williams-Sonoma Collection: Chicken  by Rick Rodgers
The “Williams-Sonoma Collection” offers a thoroughly updated collection of recipes that builds upon the quality they are know for. With a fresh editorial concept, award-winning authors and high quality photos and design, plus recipes broken down by season, the taste bar has been raised to new heights. 42 recipes each edition. 100 color photos

,  120 pp,  $23.95. Buy now

The Artful Chicken  by Linda Arnaud
The chicken-lover’s guide to preparing savory, delicious poultry dishes includes eighty-five delectable recipes designed to delight the pallet, with plenty of folk art and food lore entertain as well.

Hardback,  176 pp,  $50.00. Buy now

Chicken  by Elaine Corn and Sergio Baradat
In Chicken: 150 Recipes for All Seasons, award-winning cookbook author Elaine Corn offers delicious recipes for this lean and versatile bird throughout the year. Highlighting each season’s fresh ingredients, she presents a cornucopia of delightfully fresh and creative recipes for when peas are bursting from the pods in springtime, when tomatoes are ripe and succulent in the summer, and when the root vegetables of winter are flavourful and abundant. January to December, this year-round cookbook will inspire day after day of irresistible chicken dishes.

Paperback,  280 pp,  $27.95. Buy now

Foie Gras  by Michael Ginor
Foie Gras or goose Foie Gras (literally “fat liver” in French) is a delicacy once prized by the ancient Egyptians and Romans, and in France has achieved the kind of reverence usually reserved for Victor Hugo. This book showcases a range of styles.

Hardback,  352 pp,  $79.95. Buy now