Stop playing like a pawn and start playing like the kingYou already know just how enjoyable--and and challenging--the game of chess can be. For those who play, chess leads to a lifetime of fun. But how do you make the first move to learn the rules and transform from a pawn to a king?The path to a perfect checkmate is in your hands! In the pages of this book, you'll find an introduction to all the chess pieces including their strengths and weaknesses, tips o...

"More than 100 global soup recipes from the editors of Saveur magazine show the range of flavors that can go into soup."— Oregon LiveFrom the editors of America's favorite culinary magazine, Saveur: Soups & Stews features recipes from the magazine's archives and editors paired with enticing full-color photography, sidebars, and more. Dip your spoons into Beet Stew with Lamb Meatballs, Japanese Miso Chicken Meatball Hot Pot, Post-Thanksgiv...

A completely revised edition of David Lebovitz's comprehensive guide to everything chocolate, featuring more than fifty rich and decadent recipes—including fifteen that are brand new—for chocolatey cookies, brownies, cakes, truffles, ice cream, and more.“Reading the book is like having an expert at your side, sharing beloved recipes that celebrate one of the world’s greatest ingredients—all with the rigor, wit, and sense of delight that are David’s signatur...

"MAKIKO'S FOOD IS SOME OF THE BEST I HAVE EVER HAD. DELICIOUS. FLAVOUR FILLED. INVENTIVE"STANLEY TUCCI"I KEPT READING AND THINKING, 'I WANT TO COOK THIS, AND THIS, AND THIS!' THIS IS A BOOK THAT BRINGS JOY BACK TO SOMETHING FAMILIAR."IRINI TZORTZOGLOUIn Rice, award-winning food writer Makiko Sano brings together 80 delicious recipes, exploring the preparation, cooking and storing of t...

Transform your home cooking with the smartest, simplest, most powerful recipes from the James Beard Award-winning team at Milk Street.In the kitchen, brevity is brilliant. Short recipes are the ones cooks remember best—not only because they're simple to make and easy to repeat, but because they are boiled down to their elemental beauty and charm.In Milk Street Shorts, Christopher Kimball and his team of cooks and editors have developed a repertoire...

The must-have reference guide to all the methods used for preserving every type of food—from canning vegetables to making fruit wines to curing meat—with more than 250 recipes and creative zero-waste options.Featuring clear step-by-step instructions and original photography, Essential Food Preserving is organized by type of food, with multiple preservation methods for each one, so you can preserve almost anything in a variety of ways, including:

A James Beard Award Winner for Baking & Desserts101 recipes for baking with whole and sprouted grains, making the most of the seasonal harvest, and healing the body through naturally fermented foodSarah Owens spent years baking conventional baked goods, only to slowly realize she had developed a crippling inability to digest or tolerate their ingredients. Unable to enjoy many of her most favorite foods, she knew she must find a hea...

"I know of only one person who could put together such a treasury of the best recipes in the world: Mark Bittman." —Chef José Andrés, founder of World Central KitchenJoin iconic, six-time James Beard Award–winning food writer Mark Bittman on a journey across the globe—not to the fanciest, most-acclaimed restaurants in the world, but to the good bars, little joints, mom-and-pop operations, and home kitchens that serve up common, everyday food.Here you'll fin...

'Baking requires skill and perfection, and Edd's got it.' Mary Berry'Edd Kimber has made everyone's favourite French desserts and pastries accessible and easy to make. From buttery sable cookies to crusty canelés and flaky croissants, anyone can bake and enjoy the best French pastries, right in their own kitchen!' David Lebovitz'Edd's desserts taste as good as they look - these delicious recipes inspire the baker in all of us.' Philippe Conticini

Si King and Dave Myers, AKA the Hairy Bikers, are known and loved for their hearty dishes, big flavours, and simple food. Now the nation's favourite cooking duo bring you the ultimate collection of comforting recipes - perfect for those cosy times spent with friends and family.Inspired by the dishes that Si and Dave loved to eat growing up and that they cook with their families now, this is comfort food at its best. Recipes that are guaranteed to deliver on flavour...

A great sauce has the ability to transform even the humblest ingredients, to elevate the everyday to the sublime. But a great sauce does not have to be complicated. Gone are the days when sauce meant mainly a concoction based on butter, flour, and reduced stock. Celebrate a new generation of sauces that are simple to whip up and rely on fresh and healthy ingredients such as nuts, yogurt, and vegetables.Sauces of Inspiration gives you an arsenal of "mother"...

From the IACP award winner and bestselling cookbook author comes a first-of-its-kind collection of irresistible cookie recipes inspired by Asian flavors and techniques to excite home bakers.Growing up as a Canadian-born Vietnamese Chinese American, Kat Lieu sought comfort in the flavors of her youth like taro and black sesame. But she struggled to find a home for herself as a third-culture baker in American bakeries, online, or in cookbooks. In the auspiciously tit...