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Eat St.: Recipes from the Tastiest, Messiest, and Most Irresistible Food Trucks
Author/Actors/Director/etc.: James Cunningham
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Pintail (2013, Apr 2nd).
Pages: 304
Eat St. is a lip-smacking celebration of North America’s tastiest, messiest, and most irresistible street food. Join James Cunningham on the ultimate cross-country culinary road trip to find the most daring, delicious, and inventive street food across the country. And now you can make these over-the-top culinary creations at home. Eat St. is packed with full-color photographs and more than 125 recipes from the best food vendors on wheels dishing out great curbside eats all over North America. From Tijuana-style tacos served out of an Airstream trailer and pizzas baked in a brick oven to sirloin burgers slathered in bacon jam, Eat St. is irresistible! This is the perfect book for fans of the hottest food trend—a full-course meal of the world’s ultimate street food. more
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The Beauty Detox Foods: Discover the Top 50 Beauty Foods That Will Transform Your Body and Reveal a More Beautiful You (No)
Author/Actors/Director/etc.: Kimberly Snyder
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Harlequin; Original edition (2013, Mar 26th).
Pages: 336
In her bestselling book, The Beauty Detox Solution, Kimberly Snyder—one of Hollywood's top celebrity nutritionists and beauty experts—shared the groundbreaking program that keeps her A-list clientele in red-carpet shape. Now you can get the star treatment with this guide to the top 50 beauty foods that will make you more beautiful from the inside out. Stop wasting your money on fancy, expensive beauty products and get real results, while spending less at your neighborhood grocery.– Enjoy avocados and sweet potatoes for youthful, glowing skin – Snack on pumpkin seeds for lustrous hair – Eat bananas and celery to diminish under-eye circlesWith over 85 recipes that taste as good as they make you look, you can finally take charge of your health and beauty—one delicious bite at a time. more
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More Peas, Thank You
Author/Actors/Director/etc.: Sarah Matheny
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Harlequin; Original edition (2013, Mar 26th).
Pages: 272
More of the recipeas you loveThere's no gimmick here.You really can teach your family to love their veggies. That the best foods don't come with a special prize inside. That health doesn't come in a package or have a nutrition label.Sarah Matheny, creator of the popular blog and the New York Times bestselling book Peas and Thank You, returns with even more mouthwatering recipes that are guaranteed to please the whole family.More Peas, Thank You deliciously pairs vegetarian recipes and stories from a mainstream family eating a not-so-mainstream diet. "Mama Pea" has lightened up family favorites like cinnamon rolls, tacos, lasagna and brownies, using fresh, nutritious ingredients. From hearty breakfasts to easy snacks and tempting desserts, there's something here for everyone to love. more
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The Drop 10 Diet Cookbook: More Than 100 Tasty, Easy Superfood Recipes That Effortlessly Peel Off Pounds
Author/Actors/Director/etc.: Lucy Danziger
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Ballantine Books (2013, Mar 26th).
Pages: 256
THESE RECIPES CAN CHANGE YOUR BODY AND YOUR HEALTH. ONE DELICIOUS BITE AT A TIME.NATIONAL BESTSELLERImagine losing inches off your belly, reducing your risk for disease, improving your complexion, and gaining energy—all from eating foods you love. How do dark chocolate, steak, Parmesan, and pasta sound? They’re just a few of the 30 tasty, everyday foods that science shows can rev metabolism, fill you up for fewer calories, and stop the cycle of cravings once and for all. This companion cookbook to the bestselling The Drop 10 Diet offers more than 100 easy, mouthwatering recipes for breakfast, lunch, dinner, desserts, snacks, and drinks that will help your body melt off fat naturally, simply by eating. Delectable dishes include • Chocolate Chunk and Cherry Pancakes • Sausage and Broccoli Pasta • Chicken-Fried Flank Steak • Truffled Mac ’n’ Cheese • Crispy Popcorn Shrimp with Noodles • Harvest Chicken with Apple-Sweet Potato Mash • Coffee-Cinnamon Panna Cotta . more
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The Drunken Botanist: The Plants That Create the World's Great Drinks
Author/Actors/Director/etc.: Amy Stewart
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: Algonquin Books (2013, Mar 19th).
Pages: 400
A New York Times BestsellerSake began with a grain of rice. Scotch emerged from barley, tequila from agave, rum from sugarcane, bourbon from corn. Thirsty yet? In The Drunken Botanist, Amy Stewart explores the dizzying array of herbs, flowers, trees, fruits, and fungi that humans have, through ingenuity, inspiration, and sheer desperation, contrived to transform into alcohol over the centuries. Of all the extraordinary and obscure plants that have been fermented and distilled, a few are dangerous, some are downright bizarre, and one is as ancient as dinosaurs--but each represents a unique cultural contribution to our global drinking traditions and our history. This fascinating concoction of biology, chemistry, history, etymology, and mixology--with more than fifty drink recipes and growing tips for gardeners--will make you the most popular guest at any cocktail party. more
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Cooking Light Crave!: Stacked, stuffed, cheesy, crunchy & chocolaty comfort foods
Author/Actors/Director/etc.: Cooking Light
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Oxmoor House (2013, Feb 12th).
Pages: 336
At 25 years, Cooking Light is the nation's leading epicurean brand with the largest audience, most epicurean editorial and the most recipes. Cooking Light is the only epicurean brand positioned at the intersection of great-tasting food and healthfulness, serving an important and growing consumer need. The brand delivers innovative recipes, nutrition advice, and resources to live a healthful lifestyle via its magazine, website, and portfolio of cookbooks; across all tablets; through the highly-acclaimed Cooking Light Quick and Healthy Menu Maker app; and on social media platforms including, Facebook (Facebook.com/CookingLight), Twitter (@Cooking_Light) and Pinterest (Pinterest.com/CookingLight). Cooking Light is published by the Time Inc. more
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The Healthy Juicer's Bible: Lose Weight, Detoxify, Fight Disease, and Live Long
Author/Actors/Director/etc.: Farnoosh Brock
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: Skyhorse Publishing; 1 edition (2013, Mar 6th).
Pages: 288
Whatever your fitness regimen, health goals, or daily routine--this is a massive book of juicing recipes for every occasion. A Comprehensive Guide for All Your Juicing Needs Free radical-fighting blueberries, nutrient-rich kale, or protein-packed spinach--every fruit and vegetable you can think of pairs up in this juice bible for devoted followers of the juice craze that's sweeping the nation. A passionate green juicer for over five years, author Farnoosh Brock shares her knowledge, discoveries, best tips, and lessons learned from her years of green juicing! She gives you the good, the bad, and the ugly so you can make smart and informed decisions as you learn how to heal your body and return it to harmony using healthy plants from your farmer's market, garden, or produce aisle. more
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Diners, Drive-Ins, and Dives: The Funky Finds in Flavortown: America's Classic Joints and Killer Comfort Food
Author/Actors/Director/etc.: Guy Fieri
Format: Paperback
Publisher: William Morrow Cookbooks; Original edition (2013, May 14th).
Pages: 320
In Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives: The Funky Finds in Flavortown, Guy Fieri, one of Food Network’s biggest stars, keeps his motto front and center: “If it’s funky, I’ll find it.”Continuing the series of New York Times bestselling books, Diners, Drive-ins and Dives includes profiles of great American restaurants, delicious recipes, tons of photos, hilarious stories from Guy, his Krew, and the restaurant owners, and a tricked-out, full-color fold-out map of the United States featuring every restaurant in the book. more
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True Brews: How to Craft Fermented Cider, Beer, Wine, Sake, Soda, Mead, Kefir, and Kombucha at Home
Author/Actors/Director/etc.: Emma Christensen
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: Ten Speed Press (2013, May 14th).
Pages: 192
This accessible home-brew guide for alcoholic and non-alcoholic fermented drinks, from Apartment Therapy: The Kitchn's Emma Christensen, offers a wide range of simple yet enticing recipes for Root Beer, Honey Green Tea Kombucha, Pear Cider, Gluten-Free Sorghum Ale, Blueberry-Lavender Mead, Gin Sake, Plum Wine, and more.You can make naturally fermented sodas, tend batches of kombucha, and brew your own beer in the smallest apartment kitchen with little more equipment than a soup pot, a plastic bucket, and a long-handled spoon. All you need is the know-how. That’s where Emma Christensen comes in, distilling a wide variety of projects—from mead to kefir to sake—to their simplest forms, making the process fun and accessible for homebrewers. more
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River Cottage Veg: 200 Inspired Vegetable Recipes
Author/Actors/Director/etc.: Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: Ten Speed Press; Reprint edition (2013, May 14th).
Pages: 416
A comprehensive collection of 200+ recipes that embrace vegetarian cuisine as the centerpiece of a meal, from the leading food authority behind the critically acclaimed River Cottage series.Pioneering champion of sustainable foods Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall embraces all manner of vegetables in his latest cookbook, an inventive offering of more than two hundred vegetable-based recipes, including more than sixty vegan recipes. Having undergone a revolution in his personal eating habits, Fearnley-Whittingstall changed his culinary focus from meat to vegetables, and now passionately shares the joys of vegetable-centric food with recipes such as Kale and Mushroom Lasagna; Herby, Peanutty, Noodly Salad; and Winter Stir-Fry with Chinese Five-Spice. more
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