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Aspiring chefs turn to The Culinary Institute of America for top-tier training—and now younger cooks can too. Coauthored by chef-instructor (and parent) Mark Ainsworth, this book is for kids ages ten to fourteen who love to cook or who want to learn how, from the perspective of the nation’s best culinary college. It begins with techniques—from key cooking methods to staying safe in the kitchen to how food fuels your body—then...

Sophie never considered ghostwriting as a side gig, until former actress and aspiring lifestyle guru, Tilly Stratford, trophy wife of Wesley Winthrope, needs someone to write her celebrity cookbook. Sophie agrees, hoping she'll earn enough bread on this assignment to finish her bathroom renovations. But as it turns out, Sophie isn't the first foodie to get a taste for recipe ghostwriting, and if the marginalia are any indication, this project could...

You want your kitchen to be the heartbeat of the home, but you’re overwhelmed and out of breath trying to make it happen. Meals are on a never-ending loop, and you don’t have time to prepare dinner, much less enjoy it. Popular Lazy Genius expert and bestselling author Kendra Adachi is here to help! Packed with proven Lazy Genius principles, the book will teach you to: name what matters to you in the kitchen—whether that’s flavor, convenience,...

Alfie and Emilia are transported by their great-aunt's latest magical secret ingredient to New Orleans, where they help the members of a jazz band and try to locate a lost cookbook.

"A BON APPETIT BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR • The long-awaited new book from the best-selling and beloved author of The Smitten Kitchen Cookbook and Smitten Kitchen Every Day—a collection of essential recipes for meals you'll want to prepare again and again, from Cozy Chicken and Dumplings to Fettuccine with White Ragú, and from Chocolate Peanut Butter Cup Cookies to Strawberry Summer Stack Cake. Deb Perelman is the author of two best-selling cookbooks;...

A charitable call to arms, this cookbook of 120 delicious recipes proves it is possible to prepare tasty, healthy meals on just $4 a day (the amount the US government allots to a person on food stamps).

America’s Test Kitchen offers this one-of-a-kind collection, which focuses solely on the savory side of baking and explores a vast array of flavor possibilities from baked goods around the world.

The process of truly great home cooking is demystified via more than a hundred lessons called out as "small victories" in the funny, encouraging headnotes; these are lessons learned by Julia through a lifetime of cooking thousands of meals. This beautifully curated, deeply personal collection of what Chef April Bloomfield calls "simple, achievable recipes" emphasizes bold-flavored, honest food for breakfast, lunch, dinner, and dessert. -- from Amazon.com....

The star of "Everyday Italian" outlines a three-week wellness program designed to bolster nutrition and reduce inflammation, sharing one hundred new recipes, including more than two dozen dairy-, sugar- and gluten-free recipes, and a twenty-one-day menu plan.