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A Recipe for Every Day of the Year: A year of timeless, trusted and seasonal recipes
by Francesca HuntingdonA Recipe For Every Day of the Year is a carefully curated collection of recipes to inspire you all year long. With menus that reflect the changing seasons and dishes to celebrate festivals and feast days, this is a book for generations to treasure.A Recipe for Every Day of the Year offers everything from showstoppers and crowd-pleasers to family favourites and simple one-bowl suppers. You'll find ideas for breakfasts and brunches, light bites and snacks, main meals and sweet treats. Whether you're looking for soups, salads, or sandwiches or cocktails, cakes and casseroles...they're all here.With some extra-special recipes for celebrations such as Diwali, Christmas, and Valentine's Day and with dishes from all over the world such as Basque Fish Soup, Spiced Chicken Tagine and Easy Pecan Pie, you can take your tastebuds on a culinary adventure all year long. This pretty, foiled hardback book with a ribbon marker is the perfect gift for the foodie in your life.
A Recipe for Every Day of the Year: A year of timeless, trusted and seasonal recipes
by Francesca HuntingdonA Recipe For Every Day of the Year is a carefully curated collection of recipes to inspire you all year long. With menus that reflect the changing seasons and dishes to celebrate festivals and feast days, this is a book for generations to treasure.A Recipe for Every Day of the Year offers everything from showstoppers and crowd-pleasers to family favourites and simple one-bowl suppers. You'll find ideas for breakfasts and brunches, light bites and snacks, main meals and sweet treats. Whether you're looking for soups, salads, or sandwiches or cocktails, cakes and casseroles...they're all here.With some extra-special recipes for celebrations such as Diwali, Christmas, and Valentine's Day and with dishes from all over the world such as Basque Fish Soup, Spiced Chicken Tagine and Easy Pecan Pie, you can take your tastebuds on a culinary adventure all year long. This pretty, foiled hardback book with a ribbon marker is the perfect gift for the foodie in your life.
Sicilian Food and Wine: The Cognoscente's Guide
by Francesca Lombardo Jacqueline AlioSicily's culinary landscape is as eclectic as the island's complex history. Written by Sicilians in Sicily, this book introduces Sicilian cuisine, explaining what it is and where to find it. Presenting descriptions, background, a glossary and a dozen classic (and simple) recipes, it is a reliable reference for anybody captivated by Sicily's food, wine and timeless culture. This is a book to consult.The chapters on festivals, wines and olive oils transcend the superficial treatments of those topics by most cookbook authors and chefs. Rarely does a book about Sicilian food present much information about wine, or vice versa. There are several useful maps indicating such details as wine and olive oil appellations. Here the authors have included a few things overlooked by most of the others.Unlike many such books, this one is not personality driven. It does not promote specific chefs, wineries or restaurants, nor does it focus on the authors' psyches. Such sober objectivity is refreshing in a field where blatant commercialism is the order of the day, and where every food writer wants to reveal the intimate details of her culinary catharsis.Whether your visit to Sicily is physical or virtual, this is a reliable place to chart your course.
30-Minute Italian Cookbook: Classic Recipes Made Fast and Easy
by Francesca MontilloAuthentic Italian dishes ready in 30 minutes Cooking classic Italian recipes at home doesn't have to mean chopping, stirring, and standing over a stove for hours on end. The 30-Minute Italian Cookbook makes it simple to create authentic Italian dishes using straightforward methods and easy-to-source ingredients. Join expert culinary tour guide Francesca Montillo on a journey through the regional cuisines of Italy from Milan to Catania. With recipes that take no more than 30 minutes from start to finish, she'll show you how easy it is to enjoy a full Italian meal any day of the week. Authentic recipes—Serve up soups, risottos, pastas, poultry and meat entrees, seafood dishes, sweet treats, and more. The Italian kitchen—Minimize time and effort by knowing how to equip your kitchen and stock your pantry to cook quality Italian meals anytime. Perfect pairings—Round out your meals with suggested wine pairings, along with tips for putting together an impressive antipasti platter. Enjoy hearty Italian food on a moment's notice with this quick and easy cookbook.
Pasta in a Pinch: Classic and Creative Recipes Made with Everyday Pantry Ingredients
by Francesca Montillo85 Classic and creative dishes to expand your pasta repertoire with ease Pasta In A Pinch can help you master dozens of fast and easy pasta favorites, with delicious recipes that will get a meal the whole family loves on the table in no time. All you need is store-bought pasta and a handful of staple ingredients you probably already have in your pantry. From creamy Pasta with Béchamel Sauce to baked Ziti with White Turkey Bolognese, these authentic and tasty meals are quick enough for any busy weeknight, with enough options to keep you from falling into a pasta rut. You'll even find a helpful infographic for putting together your own pasta creations, and some recipes for pasta pairings like garlic bread, veggie sides, and cocktails. Pasta In A Pinch offers: Cooking success—Learn the proper way to cook, season, sauce, and serve perfect "al dente" pasta, and boost your skills and confidence in the kitchen. Pasta and pantry basics—Explore the most effective ways to stock your pantry with pasta-making staples, and how to choose the best pastas, including whole wheat, gluten-free, and more. Improvise and adapt—Many of the recipes include options for easy variations, so you can adapt your dish to use whatever you have on hand. Expand your pasta repertoire, gain confidence behind the stove, and master 85 delicious pasta dishes.
The 5-Ingredient Italian Cookbook: 101 Regional Classics Made Simple
by Francesca MontilloSavor delizioso dishes with The 5-Ingredient Italian Cookbook.Real Italian cuisine is all about simplicity. Using just a few fresh and simple ingredients, The 5-Ingredient Italian Cookbook brings you the authentic taste of Italy with recipes that prove less is always more.From Chicken Marsala to Pasta Carbonara to Tiramisu, this cookbook features regional classics that you can whip up any time. With recipes that require no more than 5-ingredients each—most of which are ready to eat in 30-minutes or less—this Italian cookbook makes every meal a celebration of taste and tradition.The 5-Ingredient Italian Cookbook includes:Cooking essentials that outlines the fundamentals of authentic Italian cuisine, including pantry essentials, equipment, and core techniques.101 simple recipes for appetizers, risotto, pasta, sauces, pizza, bread, meat, chicken, seafood, and dessert!A taste tour that explains the culinary preferences of each region and the geographic origins of each recipe.Traditional Italian recipes don't need a laundry list of miscellaneous ingredients; Taste every flavor of everyday recipes with The 5-Ingredient Italian Cookbook.
Plant Feasts: Recipes for slow living in a fast-paced world
by Francesca PazBring Your Life Into Balance with the Power of NatureBorn from a journey of overcoming addiction, this is a cookbook like no other, offering easy, plant-based recipes as a gateway to nature, community and self-discovery.Enjoy gluten-free, immune-boosting recipes like Green Vibes Soup with Foraged Nettles and Wild Orange Chocolate Ganache TartBring friends, family, communities and strangers together with dishes to share like Cauliflower and Kale Bake with Parsley Cashew Cheese, or Loaded Sweet Potato Wedges With All the Plant ThrillsCook as an act of self-care, with wildflowers, banging sauces and vibrant colours, like Warming Beetroot Salad with Spicy Lentils Drizzled with Peanut Sauce, or Celeriac with Macademia Ricotta and Padron PeppersElevate your spirit with Frankie&’s iconic tonics and potions, including Grandma&’s &“Chill The Fuck Out&” Chicory Potion to soothe the nervous system, and a Stay Up Till Sunrise Potion for natural highs
Horrid Henry's Food: A Horrid Factbook (Horrid Henry #1)
by Francesca SimonPacked with fun and freaky facts, this is the perfect guide to everything you ever wanted to know (and lots of things you might never have wanted to know) about FOOD - Horrid Henry style!
Festive: Simple recipes, crafts and traditions for the perfect Christmas
by Francesca StoneMake Christmas magicIn this book, you'll find easy, accessible ways to embrace your festive spirit and create lasting memories with the family with a collection of traditions - old and new - including simple recipes, styling tips and crafts to make your celebrations meaningful and beautiful without the big spend.By using traditional, low-cost ingredients to create simple and tasty festive recipes and foraging, recycling, and using inexpensive items from around your home for cosy styling and beautiful crafts to keep or give as gifts, you can have a perfect, budget-friendly and more sustainable Christmas.Recipes will include Mini gingerbread house biscuits, Brie and cranberry waffles, Christmas Cake and Mince pies, with styling tips covering how to dress your front door, tree and shelves, and crafts ranging from honeycomb paper trees to creating needle felted ornaments, recycled wax candles and natural beaded garlands.This is a book you'll reach for year on year.
Food Policy and Practice in Early Childhood Education and Care: Children, Practitioners, and Parents in an English Nursery (Routledge Food Studies)
by Francesca VaghiThis book is about food and feeding in early childhood education and care, offering an exploration of the intersection of children’s food, education, family intervention, and public health policies. The notion of ‘good’ food for children is often communicated as a matter of common sense by policymakers and public health authorities; yet the social, material, and practical aspects of feeding children are far from straightforward. Drawing on a detailed ethnographic study conducted in a London nursery and children’s centre, this book provides a close examination of the practices of childcare practitioners, children, and parents, asking how the universalism of policy and bureaucracy fits with the particularism of feeding and eating in the early years. Looking at the unintended consequences that emerged in the field, such as contradictory public health messaging and arbitrary policy interventions, the book reveals the harmful assumptions about disadvantaged groups that are perpetuated in policy discourse, and challenges the constructs of individual choice and responsibility as main determinants of health. Children’s food practices at the nursery are examined to explore the notion that, whilst for adults it is what children eat that often matters most, to children it is how they eat that is more important. This book contributes to a growing body of literature evidencing how children’s food is a contested domain, in which power relations are continuously negotiated. This raises questions not only on how children can be included in policy beyond a tokenistic involvement but also on what children’s well-being might mean beyond the biomedical sphere. The book will particularly appeal to students and scholars in food and health, food policy, childhood studies, and medical anthropology. Policymakers and non-governmental bodies working in the domains of children’s food and early years policies will also find this book of interest.
Agriculture and the Great Depression: The Rural Crisis of the 1930s in Europe and the Americas (Perspectives in Economic and Social History)
by Gérard Béaur Francesco ChiapparinoWhat role did the agricultural sector play in the economic crash of 1929? Taking evidence from country cases across Europe and the Americas, this edited volume explores short-, medium- and long-term perspectives on the primary sector. The monograph brings together the voices of an international panel of contributors who examine issues such as falling prices, industrial production, unemployment and the stagnation of aggregate demand. Together, they frame the interwar period as a pivotal turning point in the decline of subsistence agriculture and the growth of agricultural subsidies, which remain a key policy tool in many economies today. This illuminating book will be of interest to advanced students and researchers in economic history, agricultural history, globalization, and economic development.
Low-Oxygen Stress in Plants
by Joost T. van Dongen Francesco LicausiDuring the last ten years, knowledge about the multitude of adaptive responses of plants to low oxygen stress has grown immensely. The oxygen sensor mechanism has been discovered, the knowledge about the interaction network of gene expression is expanding and metabolic adaptations have been described in detail. Furthermore, morphological changes were investigated and the regulative mechanisms triggered by plant hormones or reactive oxygen species have been revealed. This book provides a broad overview of all these aspects of low oxygen stress in plants. It integrates knowledge from different disciplines such as molecular biology, biochemistry, ecophysiology and agricultural / horticultural sciences to comprehensively describe how plants cope with low oxygen stress and discuss its ecological and agronomical consequences. This book is written for plant scientists, biochemists and scientists in agriculture and ecophysiology.
Francesco's Kitchen
by Francesco da MostoFrancesco da Mosto follows his bestselling books on Venice and Italy with his personal quest for the authentic flavours and food of Venice. In this superbly illustrated book Francesco invites us into his family's kitchen in his 16th-century Palazzo in the heart of the city where he acts as the perfect guide to the unique culinary character of traditional Venetian cooking. Francesco shows us how to prepare 150 classic Venetian recipes ranging from Antipasti, sauces, soups and fish, to meats, pasta and puddings. He demonstrates how Venetian food is a fabulous fusion of ingredients brought together over centuries as merchants and traders travelled the Mediterranean. The ancient broeto (stock) and mollusc soups testify to this, as does the richness and variety of dishes based on fish, roasts, grills, tasty deep fried delicacies and sauces. Each chapter is introduced with the history and origins of the recipes and throughout there are personal reminiscences by Francesco of his first encounters with his favourite dishes. As Francesco is keen to tell, his passion for cooking authentic Venetian food comes from home: 'When I start talking about cooking, it is impossible to forget my father, his love and imagination for all things culinary. He has never feared unusual combinations of ingredients and seasonings, and I have always been a willing guinea pig.'
Spinach with Chocolate Sauce
by Francess Lantz[from the back cover] "A Baby-sitter's Worst Nightmare Puck can't stand babies. So when his parents open up a trendy restaurant called Baby Bistro and hire Puck and his friend, Jackson, to entertain the young guests, Puck is less than thrilled. But when a child star is kidnapped from the restaurant, Puck and his parents become the number-one suspects. Determined to clear his family name, Puck sets out to solve the mystery--and becomes involved in more dangerous adventures than he ever imagined ..."
Blue Ribbon Baking from a Redneck Kitchen
by Jeff Foxworthy Francine BrysonNational pie champion, mom, homemaker, and self-proclaimed redneck, Francine Bryson won the hearts of bakers everywhere when she appeared on CBS's The American Baking Competition and went on to become a finalist on the show. Known for her down-home Southern charm and sass (and for successfully pairing chocolate and peanut butter with bacon), Francine now shares her sought-after recipes and tips in her very first baking book. "Here are the recipes and tricks I was taught by my Great-Granny, Granny, Nana, and Mama--the women who schooled me on the ways a Southern woman keeps a kitchen--and that I learned from twenty-plus years of competing on the baking circuit. Now you can bake up award-winning pies such as Upside-Down Apple Pie, fluffy Biscuits Like Nana Made, and irresistible treats like Soda Pop Cake and Classic Southern Lemon Bars--all so good they have made the rounds with the ladies at church, the bridge clubs, supper clubs, and mom groups for generations."--from the Introduction
Chef's Secrets
by Harry Bates Francine MaroukianChef's Secrets--Revealed! In Chef's Secrets, more than 80 renowned chefs share the tricks, timesaving techniques, and kitchen wisdom they've learned through years of experience. * Steven Raichlen on Building a Three-Zone Fire on a Charcoal Grill * Charlie Palmer on Roasting a Perfect Turkey * Bruce Aidells on the Secret to Flavorful Pork * Gary Guitard on Tempering Chocolate * Plus techniques from Sara Moulton, Marcus Samuelsson, Norman Van Aken, Roxanne Klein, James Peterson, Emily Luchetti, and dozens of other top-notch chefs! Each technique is explained in the chef's own words, along with a short, revealing interview and a detailed profile of the chef's accomplishments. With tips stretching from the basics (how to peel ginger with a teaspoon) to the extreme (how to peel a tomato with a blow-torch), Chef's Secrets is an essential reference for any food lover's bookshelf!
Caillou: Merry Christmas!
by Pierre Brignaud Johanne Mercier Francine NadeauIt's Christmastime and Caillou's family is gathering together. Even his Aunt Poppy and her cat Balthazar have come from far away to celebrate the holiday with Caillou, his sister Rosie, and their parents and grandparents. Before they know it, Christmas Eve has arrived, and Caillou-who is too excited to sleep-suddenly hears a strange noise. Could it be Santa? Capturing the precious memories and emotions of the holiday season, toddlers learn about the deeper meaning of Christmas.
Gluttony: The Seven Deadly Sins
by Francine ProseIn "Gluttony", Francine Prose serves up a marvelous banquet of witty and engaging observations on this most delicious of deadly sins. She traces how our notions of gluttony have evolved along with our ideas about salvation and damnation, health and illness, life and death. Offering a lively smorgasbord that ranges from Augustine's "Confessions "and Chaucer's "Pardoner's Tale", to Petronius's "Satyricon" and Dante's "Inferno", she shows that gluttony was in medieval times a deeply spiritual matter, but today we have transformed gluttony from a sin into an illness -- it is the horrors of cholesterol and the perils of red meat that we demonize. Indeed, the modern take on gluttony is that we overeat out of compulsion, self-destructiveness, or to avoid intimacy and social contact. But gluttony, Prose reminds us, is also an affirmation of pleasure and of passion. She ends the book with a discussion of M.F.K. Fisher's idiosyncratic defense of one of the great heroes of gluttony, Diamond Jim Brady, whose stomach was six times normal size. "The broad, shiny face of the glutton," Prose writes, "has been -- and continues to be -- the mirror in which we see ourselves, our hopes and fears, our darkest dreams and deepest desires". Never have we delved more deeply into this mirror than in this insightful and stimulating book.
Dolci: Italy's Sweets
by Francine SeganA &“swoon-worthy&” illustrated tour of Italian desserts and treats, from the James Beard Award–nominated author of Opera Lover&’s Cookbook (Publishers Weekly). Join food historian Francine Segan on a lavishly illustrated tour of Italy, with more than one hundred recipes for cookies, cakes, pastries, puddings, frozen confections, and more. Drawing from all regions of Italy, Dolci collects recipes from grandmas in remote villages as well as hip young bloggers, world-renowned pastry chefs, and small local cafés. Classics like Cannoli and Zuppa Inglese are featured alongside unique regional favorites like Sweet Rosemary and Chocolate Eggplant. Embellished with bits of history and Italian food lore, this cookbook offers new innovations like an &“updated&” Tiramisù that doesn&’t use raw eggs, unexpected frozen delights like Spumone with Homemade Hazelnut Brittle, an award-winning Parmesan Panna Cotta with Pears, and many other irresistible Italian treats. Rounded out by a chapter on after-dinner drinks, this delectably comprehensive guide offers &“a canon of authentic recipes collected from the people who really use them&” (The Wall Street Journal).
Movie Menus
by Francine SeganMovie Menus pairs classic movies with easy recipes updated from historic cookbooks to help you create a sensational dining experience for any film genre. Both foodies and film buffs will find their passions fulfilled in this deliciously cinematic cookbook, which gathers authentic recipes from the cultures and eras portrayed in your favorite films: Old-Fashioned Southern Fried Chicken with Gravy to savor with Gone with the Wind; Spaghetti and Meatballs with Eggplant for The Godfather; Pan-Seared Steak and Onions with The Alamo; a Victory Garden Salad for Patton. The chapters are organized into ten distinct film genres--everything from "Pharaohs and Philosophers" and "Knights and Kings" to "The Wild West" and "Romantic Dinner for Two"--with a dozen or so recipes each. Treat your family to a complete meal served in popcorn bowls while watching Shrek, or enjoy a Renaissance feast with Shakespeare in Love. Spiced with film factoids, black-and-white movie stills, famous lines, and bloopers, Movie Menus is as fun to read as it is to use, and promises to be a classic.From the Trade Paperback edition.
Movie Menus: Recipes for Perfect Meals with Your Favorite Films
by Francine SeganMovie Menuspairs classic movies with easy recipes updated from historic cookbooks to help you create a sensational dining experience for any film genre. Both foodies and film buffs will find their passions fulfilled in this deliciously cinematic cookbook, which gathers authentic recipes from the cultures and eras portrayed in your favorite films: Old-Fashioned Southern Fried Chicken with Gravy to savor withGone with the Wind;Spaghetti and Meatballs with Eggplantfor The Godfather; Pan-Seared Steak and O...
Pasta Modern: New & Inspired Recipes from Italy
by Francine SeganA palate-pleasing cookbook that &“enables us to virtually visit Italy&’s 20 regions and savor its pastas&” (Booklist, starred review). In Pasta Modern, Italian food authority Francine Segan challenges the notion that pasta must be traditional or old-world. In this beautifully photographed cookbook, Segan details the hottest, newest, and most unusual pasta dishes from Italy&’s food bloggers, home cooks, artisan pasta makers, and vanguard chefs. The one hundred distinctive pasta recipes, including many vegan and vegetarian specialties, range from simple and elegant (Pasta with Caramelized Oranges) to more complex (Neapolitan Carnevale Lasagna) to cutting-edge (Cappuccino-Caper Pasta). Tips and anecdotes culled from Segan&’s Italian travels enhance the easy-to-follow directions, and a glossary of more than fifty extraordinary dried pastas showcases shapes to revive any pasta lover&’s repertoire. For contemporary, authentic Italian pasta, Pasta Modern is the go-to guide.
Shakespeare's Kitchen: Renaissance Recipes for the Contemporary Cook: A Cookbook
by Francine Segan Patrick O'Connell"Shakespeare's Kitchen not only reveals, sometimes surprisingly, what people were eating in Shakespeare's time but also provides recipes that today's cooks can easily re-create with readily available ingredients." --from the Foreword by Patrick O'Connell Francine Segan introduces contemporary cooks to the foods of William Shakespeare' s world with recipes updated from classic sixteenth- and seventeenth-century cookbooks. Her easy-to-prepare adaptations shatter the myth that the Bard's primary fare was boiled mutton. In fact, Shakespeare and his contemporaries dined on salads of fresh herbs and vegetables; fish, fowl, and meats of all kinds; and delicate broths. Dried Plums with Wine and Ginger-Zest Crostini, Winter Salad with Raisin and Caper Vinaigrette, and Lobster with Pistachio Stuffing and Seville Orange Butter are just a few of the delicious, aromatic, and gorgeous dishes that will surprise and delight. Segan's delicate and careful renditions of these recipes have been thoroughly tested to ensure no-fail, standout results. The tantalizing Renaissance recipes in Shakespeare's Kitchen are enhanced with food-related quotes from the Bard, delightful morsels of culinary history, interesting facts on the customs and social etiquette of Shakespeare' s time, and the texts of the original recipes, complete with antiquated spellings and eccentric directions. Patrick O'Connell provides an enticing Foreword to this edible history from which food lovers and Shakespeare enthusiasts alike will derive nourishment. Want something new for dinner? Try something four hundred years old.NOTE: This edition does not include photos.
International Causes of Hunger and Malnutrition: Food Insecurity and the Global Economy (Routledge Studies in Food, Society and the Environment)
by Francis AdamsThis book examines the international causes of hunger and malnutrition and reveals how critical elements of the global economy heighten food insecurity in the developing world.At present, over two billion people in the developing world do not have secure access to safe, sufficient, and nutritious food. With the global population projected to rise to almost 10 billion by 2050, ensuring universal access to food will become increasingly urgent. The global community will need to redouble its efforts to effectively address the underlying causes of food insecurity. Within countries, a number of causes – poverty, poor governance, civil conflict, environmental decline - are immediately apparent and must be addressed to have any hope of lessening hunger and malnutrition. At the same time, a number of other factors well beyond national borders often constitute equal or greater obstacles to meeting the nutritional needs of all people. These factors are not nearly as visible and are largely outside the control of individual countries and local communities. This book examines how core elements of the global economy cause, prolong, and intensify food insecurity in the developing world. Emphasis is placed on agricultural trade, seed privatization, transnational land acquisitions, industrial fishing, and climate change. Understanding how these five factors impact the poorest communities in the poorest countries is essential for constructing an equitable, inclusive, and sustainable global food system that meets the nutritional needs of all people. By highlighting five major international causes of hunger and malnutrition, this book offers an alternate framework for understanding and combatting global food insecurity.This book will be of particular interest to students, scholars, and practitioners in the fields of global food security, international development, and global political economy.
Tea Time: Delicious Recipes, Fascinating Facts, Secrets of Tea Preparation, and More
by Francis AmalfiTea is a plant with many beneficial qualities for one’s health and spirit. In fact, the long life span of people in China has been associated with the population’s regular intake of green tea. Healthier than coffee and with a positively stimulating or relaxing effect--according to the length of boiling time--the vitamins and flavonoids in this infusion are not only healthy, but also help in fighting free radicals. Tea promotes creativity, harmony, and internal balance. This heavily illustrated book is the most complete guide to this Oriental treasure, which millions of Westerners also enjoy. In addition to valuable advice about its preparation, the pages include: * The history of tea and its main varieties * A complete guide for tea gourmets * Its curative and rejuvenating properties * The Japanese tea ceremony, step by step * The tea oracle: how to read the leaves * Over 60 recipes, including sangria tea, fajitas with tofu macerated in green tea, and many more!