With an eye for style and appreciation for seasonal ingredients, the proprietors of Chowgirls Killer Catering, one of the Midwest's leading catering companies, share their inspired ideas for delicious appetizers, small plates, and cocktails that are perfect for home entertaining. Amy Lynn Brown and Heidi Andermack were early adopters of the local, organic, sustainable, and seasonal approach to cooking; their ethos is clearly reflected in this cookbook, which offers fun, elegant, and yet ea...

One hundred delicious holiday recipes, tips, and ideas from America's top magazinesWhether you're hosting your first turkey dinner or you're a time-tested pro, you'll find new recipes and ideas in this collection from Good Housekeeping, Redbook, Country Living, and Woman's Day that will make this year's holiday meal super-delicious—and practically stress-free. Tips and illustrated how-tos will guide you every step of the way. Ther...

Volumes four through six in Canal House Cooking's seasonal recipes series, including mouthwatering dishes for the novice and experienced cook alikeCanal House Cooking Volumes Four Through Six is a collection of some of our favorite recipes, the ones we cook for ourselves, our friends, and our families during the summer, fall, and right through the holiday season. They'll make you want to run straight to the store, market, kitchen, or out to the grill and s...

Forget about getting back to the land, David Tanis just wants you to get back to the kitchenFor six months a year, David Tanis is the head chef at Chez Panisse, the Berkeley, California, restaurant where he has worked alongside Alice Waters since the 1980s in creating a revolution in sustainable American cuisine. The other six months, Tanis lives in Paris in a seventeenth-century apartment, where he hosts intimate dinners for friends and paying guests, and prepares the food in a sm...

Amuse-Bouche offers an array of recipes, from elegant and sophisticated to casual and surprising—but always exquisite—that will inspire home cooks to share these culinary jewels with their guests.Amuse-bouche (pronounced ah-myuz boosh) are today what hors d'oeuvres were to America in the 1950s: a relatively unknown feature of French culinary tradition that, once introduced, immediately became standard fare. Chefs at many fine restaurants offer gue...

The New York Times–bestselling author of The Forest Feast returns with a gorgeously illustrated volume of 100 new vegetarian recipes for entertaining.When food photographer Erin Gleeson left New York City to live in a cabin in the woods of northern California, she embarked on a culinary adventure of vegetable-centric, seasonal cooking. In The Forest Feast Gatherings, she shares simple, healthy recipes that are easy enough to prepare after ...

Just the thought of meat grilling over charcoal is enough for mouths to water. But did you know that some barbecue recipes taste better than others? Here are over 200 awesome barbecue recipes spread over three beautifully illustrated books. There are plenty of ideas to keep your craving for good barbecue satisfied whole year long.

Finger food is food meant to be eaten directly using the hands, in contrast to food eaten with a knife and fork, chopsticks, or other utensils. Foods which are also called street foods are frequently, though not exclusively, finger foods. In the western world, finger foods are often either appetizers (hors d'oeuvres) or entree/main course items. In the Western world, examples of generally accepted finger food are miniature meat pies, sausage rolls, sausages on sticks, cheese and olives on ...

First published in 1977, The Ballymaloe Cookbook espouses a food philosophy rare for its time, but now so prevalent that this revised and updated edition shows just what an impact Myrtle Allen has made. With classic, simple recipes, The Ballymaloe Cookbook is the ultimate kitchen cookery manual, packed with priceless tips from a true master chef, such as 'how to get a carrot to taste like a carrot' and 'how not to drown a fresh fish'! Myrtle's charming food writing contains a world of wisd...

Discover how to eat for your sign and nourish your soul in Signs and Seasons, the one-of-a-kind cookbook that pairs chef-driven seasonal recipes with deep insight into how astrology shapes our appetites, from iconic astrologer Monte Farber and artist Amy Zerner.Food connects us to our families, history, culture, and to the natural world itself—to the seasons and the cycle of life. Just as our path around the sun—and through the Zodiac—dictates the seasons,...

Sweet and Savory Brunch Recipes Inspired by Life at the BeachThough she is the busy owner and chef of the celebrated Sugar Blossom Bake Shop in San Clemente, California, chef Lei makes sure to find time to bake and cook mouthwatering dishes at her beach house as often as possible.In Beach House Brunch, she shares more than one hundred recipes for brunch dishes that she creates and serves to her beach-house guests-everything from beverages, sweet pa...

A refreshing eBook geared toward enjoying delicious food in the great outdoors. Includes tailgate recipes, easy finger foods, tailgating food, football food, tailgating supplies and finger food ideas.