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Deliciously Easy Appetizers with Herbs by Dawn J. Ranck and Phyllis Pellman Good
A series of eight cookbooks ($3.50 each) with directions you can trust, whether you're a beginner or well acquainted with herbs. Add healthy flavor. Add bright life to whatever you bring to the table. Go gently. Go boldly. Herbs will follow your lead. Who can resist Mint Muffins, Autumn Bisque, Grapefruit Grandeur, Tomato-Basil Tart, Lemon Oregano Potatoes, Tarragon Chive Omelet, Skewered Rosemary Chicken, or Cool Citrus Cheesecake? Priced to encourage the purchase of multiple copies -- and the giving of these charming books as spontaneous gifts
Paperback, 32 pp, $4.95. Buy
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Aroma by Daniel Patterson and Mandy Afiel
A New Way of Thinking About Food and Fragrance Turn a brilliant natural perfumer loose in a chef's kitchen and you get vanilla perfume, saffron, ginger, and blood orange bath salts, and a cucumber mist. Turn a brilliant chef loose in a perfumer's pantry and you get rose-infused steamed bass, peach-jasmine sorbet, and scores of other startlingly original recipes using floral and herbal aromas. Aroma permeates every cuisine, from ancient to modern, in every culture and at every level, but what this pioneering cookbook, by chef Daniel Patterson and perfumer Mandy Aftel, makes evident is that aroma, not taste, is our primary experience of food. Without aroma there is no flavor. By focusing on aroma, we intensify all aspects of food, and immeasu
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Edible Wild Plants of Vietnam; The Bountiful Garden by Yoshitaka Tanaka and Van Nguyen Ke
Describes 130 species of wild plants, their characteristics, distribution, use and efficacy, accompanied by illustrations of each plant. This study aims to record knowledge of wild plants by peoples of Vietnam. It is intended for botanists, nutritionists and naturopathic healers as well as general reader
Paperback, 176 pp, $42.95. Buy
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