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Menu Cookbook: More than 250 Recipes and 50 Menus That Guarantee Foolproof Entertaining
by The Editors at America's Test KitchenWhen you're entertaining, there's no room for failure--you want your food to deliver on taste and presentation--yet you want the recipes to be approachable enough so that you can enjoy the party, too. Menu planning is hard even for very experienced cooks, but with The America's Test Kitchen Menu Cookbook, we have taken the guesswork out of entertaining. The recipes are built and tested so that they complement each other, and all the logistics have been sorted out.<P><P> You don't need to worry about oven space or temperature issues--we've done all that for you. And to keep the process stress-free, make-ahead instructions are built into individual recipes as well as each menu's game plan.
The Menu and the Cycle of Cost Control
by Paul J. Mcvety Susan Desmond Marshall Bradley J. Ware<P>Success in today's foodservice industry requires a solid knowledge of industry practices. <P>Although the techniques and mathematical processes discussed in this text are often routine for experienced foodservice professionals, novices entering the industry may find themselves a bit overwhelmed by the numerous requirements demanded by day-to-day operations.
Mental Wellness: A holistic approach to mental health and healing. Natural remedies, foods...
by DK Neal's Yard RemediesAn authoritative guide on natural approaches to boost everyday mental wellness and provide extra support when you need it the most.This mental wellness book helps you manage stressful periods as well as other biological factors that impact your mental wellbeing. You&’ll learn how to boost and holistically balance your mental state using natural remedies. Neal&’s Yard Remedies: Mental Wellness is filled with holistic techniques, herbal remedies, essential oils, foods, exercise, lifestyle strategies, and therapies to empower you. This book offers: • The most comprehensive compendium of natural remedies for mental wellness on the market • Chapters on herbal remedies, aromatherapy, foods (including supplements), movement, and alternative therapies • A Symptom Checker which you can explore symptoms and access solutions in the book, based on your current need – jitteriness; anxiety attacks; acute stress; grief; low mood, etc • Approaches and information endorsed by Neal&’s Yard Remedies, world leaders in natural, organic, holistic health. Learn techniques and mantras for uplifting your mood This beautiful, enlightening book explores how things like the environment, the seasons, hormonal shifts, sleep quality, and gut health can influence your mental health. Delve into how lifestyle choices can inhibit your mental health such as caffeine, alcohol, smoking, pollution, screen time, and isolation from the community. This wellness guide offers uplifting and informed information on why you may experience stress and anxiety, providing you with reassurance and strategies to combat these feelings. Explore the science behind natural remedies and use this book as a reliable resource for advice on mindfulness, yoga, breathing exercises, acupuncture, herbal remedies, and reiki.Expand your wellness collectionThis series of wellness books explore natural, holistic remedies to boost physical and psychological health and help you find the best solutions for yourself! Other titles in this series include Neals Yard Remedies Essential Oils and Neal&’s Yard Remedies Complete Wellness.
Men's Health Workout War: Lose Pounds, Gain Muscle, Destroy Your Opponents (Men's Health)
by Jim CottaTo reach your weight-loss goal, start a Workout War contest with your friends. Studies show that competition and financial rewards motivate people to stick to exercise and diets.Former Los Angeles Lakers strength coach Jim Cotta presents an innovative get-in-shape program in Men's Health Workout War that's virtually guaranteed to help you lose weight. How? By tapping your passion for competition. By starting a "biggest loser-style" weight-loss competition with your friends and colleagues-complete with cash prizes--you'll create fail-proof motivation to reach your fitness goals. This book features a highly effective, 60-day exercise and diet program broken up into quarters and an overtime round. Best of all, it makes fitness fun! Basketball great Shaquille O'Neal, who penned the book's foreword, used a "shirts off" competition against Charles Barkley on national television to spur his own body transformation, and Cotta was his weight-loss coach. That gave Cotta the idea to build a blueprint for grassroots fitness competitions, complete with multiple contest formats and advice on using social media to build excitement. Research proves that camaraderie, competition, and cash incentives are among the best ways to motivate yourself to exercise and eat healthy. Workout War shows you how to use all three to build your best body ever!
Men's Health TNT Diet: The Explosive New Plan to Blast Fat, Build Muscle, and Get Healthy in 12 Weeks (Men's Health)
by Jeff Volek Adam CampbellThe Men's Health TNT Diet is a revolutionary program for burning fat and building muscle. Utilizing Targeted Nutrition Tactics (TNT), the authors move beyond "good carbs" and "bad carbs" to focus instead on "well-timed carbs" that will allow readers to eat the foods they want as long as they are eating them at the right time. By controlling the levels of glycogen (carbs stored in our muscles) through this unique diet, and learning to exercise in the carb-burning zone (the secret to making workouts shorter and more effective) anyone can shed fat and build muscle—and it takes only 90 minutes of exercise a week.
Men's Health The Six-Pack Secret: Sculpt Rock-Hard Abs with the Fastest Muscle-Up, Slim-Down Program Ever Created! (Men's Health)
by Editors of Men's HealthAre you ready to take your shirt off at the beach? Men's Health The Six-Pack Secret will help you get there. It's the magazine's newest step-by-step program for losing belly fat and building abs that show! Drawing from the latest research in exercise physiology and nutrition, it provides the most cutting-edge advice and action plans for sculpting rock-hard abs by the time you hit the sand. What's inside: workouts that can burn up 200 calories in just 8 minutes; dozens of science-backed secrets for boosting metabolism and targeting belly fat; core workouts that will whip anyone into shape; dozens of belly-shedding recipes and nutrition tips; and instructional photos of 50 all-time best abs exercises. Plus, a special bonus chapter: 100 world-class workout secrets from America's top trainers. Men's Health The Six-Pack Secret is designed to help you turn stubborn belly fat into lean, hard muscle.
Men's Health Plant-Based Eating Free 10-Recipe Sampler: (The Diet That Can Include Meat)
by Men'S Health Brian St. Pierre, RD, CSCS Paul KitaA special preview of great recipes from Men&’s Health Plant-Based Eating including Best-Ever Shakshuka, Crispy Chickpea and Kale Bowl, and Roasted Sweet Potato and Chicken Salad (because this eating plan can include meat). Inside you'll find:• 10 easy-to-follow and satisfying recipes to fuel great workouts• A color photograph for every dish• Expert insight from Brian St. Pierre, R.D., C.S.C.S about how to harness the full power of plants in your diet Want more to know more? Look for Men&’s Health Plant-Based Eating with more than 100 hearty, delicious recipes to help you add muscle, defend against disease, maintain a healthy weight, and unleash a ton of energy.
Men's Health Plant-Based Eating: (The Diet That Can Include Meat)
by Men'S Health Brian St. Pierre, RD, CSCS Paul KitaA definitive guide to a plant-based diet, with 100+ easy and satisfying recipes packed with all the nutrition and energy to fuel great workouts and even lose weight.Plants have superpowers. They can fill your stomach, fuel your workouts, and even extend your life. But for some people, a plant-based diet might seem stressful, especially if they believe the "experts" who tell us to eat only plants. Not true. Smart plant-based diets are nutritious and delicious and still make room for meat, fish, dairy and eggs. In fact, they aren't diets at all, but blueprints for a lifetime of eating well. The recipes and simple guidelines in Men's Health Plant-Based Eating, devised with help from some of the most brilliant minds in nutrition, will help you harness the full powers of plants.Inside you'll find: • Five simple steps to start eating plant-based meals • 100+ filling and flavorful recipes • The top 15 plant-based protein sources. You'll never guess the plant that offers a whooping 19 grams per ½ cup. Hint: It's NOT tofu. • Plant-based shakes that help you build muscle fast • Six amazing grains for weight loss • A foreword by Brian St. Pierre RD, CSCS and a comprehensive introduction by Paul Kita, food and nutrition editor for Men's Health • Vibrant color photos and complete nutrition information with every recipe • Lie-flat binding for easy useWith this cookbook, you'll learn how to make dozens of hearty, delicious meals so you can add muscle, defend against disease, maintain a healthy weight, and unleash a ton of energy.
Men's Health Muscle Chow: More Than 150 Easy-to-Follow Recipes to Burn Fat and Feed Your Muscles (Men's Health)
by Gregg AvedonAchieving your best body ever requires that two elements merge as one: solid training and good nutrition. This book provides the nutritional component of that muscle-building equation, offering the Men's Health take on food for fitness. Men's Health Muscle Chow gives you more than 150 simple recipes for delicious meals ranging from workout protein shakes to healthy dinners the whole family will enjoy. Inside, you'll find: -Eight easy-to-remember dietary strategies to keep your eating habits in line -Filling breakfasts like Banana Protein Pancakes; energizing entrées including Muscle-Bound Chili and Mahi Fish Wraps; hunger-killing snacks such as Malted Almond Bombs; even desserts like Key Lime Pie-all designed to help burn fat and build muscle -A shopping list that makes it easy to stock up on essential ingredients and kitchen tools -A troubleshooting guide for guys with more experience at the gym than in the kitchen -Insider strategies, tips, tricks of the tradeAnd Men's Health Muscle Chow is much more than just a cookbook. It offers a solid foundation for understanding meal timing and the effects nutrients have on your body. Author Gregg Avedon also outlines his program of 2-month diet cycles that help you set and reach your fitness goals.
Men's Health The MetaShred Diet: Your 28-Day Rapid Fat-Loss Plan. Simple. Effective. Amazing. (Men's Health)
by Michael RoussellWhen you want to lose fat, you want to lose it fast. Men’s Health nutrition advisor and weight loss expert Michael Roussell destroys the myth that healthy weight loss needs to be limited to 1 to 2 pounds per week—and gives you an all-new program to prove it. The MetaShred Diet is a science-backed, 28-day plan to lose fat and keep it off—for good!Roussell combines the latest nutrition science with an easy-to-use plan that allows people to lose up to 15 pounds in just 28 days. By discovering your personal “secret weight loss window,” you’ll learn to combine the exact right amount of calorie reduction with the ideal amount of calorie burn. We’ve taken the best parts of low-carb and low-fat diet principles to create the ideal weight loss plan. With The MetaShred Diet’s delicious and simple recipes, you can easily control your calories—so you don’t need to count them—and create the optimal hormonal environment to burn fat.The best part: you’ll lose weight and hold on to your hard-earned muscle. It’s rapid fat loss made easy. Just follow Roussell’s customizable eating plan and sample workouts from the Men’s Health brand.
Men's Health Killing Fat: Use the Science of Thermodynamics to Blast Belly Bloat, Destroy Flab, and Stoke Your Metabolism (Men's Health)
by Ellington DardenRenowned fitness and health researcher Ellington Darden teaches you how to burn fat and keep it off using the science of thermodynamics.Exercise researcher and author Ellington Darden has studied exercise and fat loss for more than 40 years. His most recent program combines his previous findings on fat loss and muscle gain with new research on the principles of thermodynamics and heat transfer for a 6- or 12-week plan that will eliminate belly bloat, destroy flab, and stoke metabolism. Integrating his many years of research, the program has had more than 1,137 participants who shed an average of 29.5 pounds of fat and lost 6 inches off their waist or belly. The program consists of four main components—a descending-calorie eating plan; strength-training workouts; superhydration of the body; and rest, inactivity, and rejuvenating sleep. Men’s Health Killing Fat takes you, step-by-step, through Darden’s super-effective strategy. Interspersed with success stories and before-and-after photos of previous participants, Killing Fat will teach you a revolutionary new way to lose weight and keep it off.
The Men's Health Diet: 27 Days to Sculpted Abs, Maximum Muscle & Superhuman Sex! (Men's Health)
by Stephen Perrine Adam Bornstein Heather Hurlock Editors of Men's HealthFor more than 20 years, Men's Health has been America's number one source of health, fitness, and weight-loss information. They've tested every workout, chowed down on every food, and consulted the top exercise and nutrition experts in the world. Now, this valuable expertise is boiled down into one plan that will revolutionize weight loss: The Men's Health Diet is a proven program backed by cutting-edge research that works with a reader's body to build muscle and shed pounds-in just 27 days!This unique program is built around 7 supersimple Rules of the Ripped-scientifically proven, breakthrough strategies that often run counter to standard "diet" advice (like Rule #7: Eat whatever you want at least 20 percent of the time!). Built around eight "Fast & Lean" superfood groups, The Men's Health Diet is so easy, so effective, readers can't help but turn fat into muscle and stay strong and lean for life!Features include: 101 Tips That Will Change Your Life in 10 Seconds or Less; The Men's Health Muscle System exercise plan; and the 250 Best Foods for Men. Packed with easy-to-prepare recipes, hundreds of helpful tips, and weekly workout plans, this is the ultimate secret weapon for a stronger, leaner, more muscular body.
Men's Health The Body You Want in the Time You Have: The Ultimate Guide to Getting Leaner and Building Muscle with Workouts that Fit Any Schedule (Men's Health)
by Myatt MurphyThe former fitness editor of Men's Health magazine presents the ultimate no-excuses workout book for time-pressed men and women at every fitness level.For most people, the hardest hurdle to overcome in following a fitness regimen is simply finding the time to do it. But as this book shows, it is possible to burn fat, build muscle, and stay fit—no matter how much (or little) time one has! That's the promise fitness expert Myatt Murphy makes in this fabulous new exercise guide—the first book that offers a wide range of workouts catered to any schedule. Workouts are organized by how many days a week individuals have to exercise, and subdivided into 10-, 20-, 30-, 45-, and 60-minute exercise blocks. There are four variations on each of the above regimens—one for building lean muscle, one for weight loss, one for muscle power, and one that gives the best of all three. All in all, there are 120 workout choices, each specifically created to match the exerciser's current goals! Murphy shows how to complete any workout in a time-efficient way and how to compensate for limited time with different exercises that will keep muscles challenged. More than 250 photographs illustrate the exercises, and sound nutritional tips round out this all-new approach to fitness—destined to be the workout bible for countless busy people.
The Men's Health Big Book of Food & Nutrition: Your completely delicious guide to eating well, looking great, and staying lean for life! (Men's Health)
by Editors of Men's HealthIn the aisles of the grocery store, the menus of chain restaurants, even in one's own refrigerator, confusion about how to eat right reigns: Is low-carb good or is carbo-loading the better way to go? Fat-free or sugar-free? And when did those dreaded eggs become a health food? Americans are hungrier than ever for clear-cut answers to their most perplexing food questions, but a private nutritionist or a membership in a diet club are expensive luxuries. What you really need is an authoritative, encyclopedic source at your fingertips. The Men's Health Big Book of Nutrition is the ultimate guide to shopping, dining, and cooking for bigger flavor-and a leaner body. It answers the ongoing demand for definitive information about the food we eat and taps into a readership hungry for final-word answers. Filled with easy-to-swallow eating strategies--and backed by groundbreaking studies and interviews with the world's most authoritative nutrition researchers--The Men's Health Big Book of Food & Nutrition will help you discover just how easy it is to unlock the power of food and stay healthy for life.
The Men's Health Big Book of 15-Minute Workouts: A Leaner, Stronger Body--in 15 Minutes a Day! (Men's Health)
by Selene Yeager Editors of Men's HealthMen love shortcuts. If there's a way to accomplish a job quicker and more efficiently, they're all for it. That goes for work and working out. Now, new research shows that as little as 15 minutes of resistance training is just as effective in spiking a man's metabolism—his fat-burning furnace—as a workout lasting more than twice as long. All it takes is 15 minutes to achieve lifelong results—and men are more likely to stick to an exercise plan if it's chopped down to those 15 minutes.The Men's Health Big Book of 15-Minute Workouts contains fast-paced circuit training and interval workouts that boost calorie burn, build muscle, and fry belly fat in half the time of regular workouts. Readers can choose from at-home, body-weight-only workouts and total-body barbell programs to exercises that target major muscle groups—the chest, arms, legs, and back—and sport-specific workouts. Other highlights include:- a special section of 15-minute core workouts to build a rock-hard six-pack- an eating plan with delicious meals that take 15 minutes or less to prepare- workouts for the office or when you're traveling and can't make it to the gym- hundreds of tips from America's best trainers, nutritionists, and exercise scientists
The Men's Health Big Book: Get a Flat, Ripped Stomach and Your Strongest Body Ever--in Four Weeks (Men's Health)
by Adam Bornstein Editors of Men's HealthThe essential diet and fitness guide to lean, ripped abs-including a results-driven 4-week program to lose weight, strengthen your core, and chisel your entire bodyCall it a spare tire, muffin top, or paunch. Men and women consistently cite their belly as their biggest problem area-and it is often the toughest final pounds to lose. Not anymore!Whether readers' eating habits have been affected by stress, their bodies have changed with age, or they're constantly doing crunches without results, it's time to blast belly fat the right way. Using the comprehensive, week-by-week eating and exercise plan, readers can lose up to 20 pounds in 6 weeks-and keep it off, forever.The Men's Health Big Book: Getting Abs special features include:- Quick effective routines that replace boring, painful crunches - Manly (and healthy) recipes that take less than 15 minutes to prepare!- Hundreds of tips on how to emphasize muscle definition and six-pack abs!Including a step-by-step, 4-week eating and exercise plan, easy-to-prepare recipes, and hundreds of exercises, The Men's Health Big Book of Abs by Adam Bornstein and the editors of Men's Health is the ultimate guide to a leaner, fitter, sexier body.
Menos Carbohidratos: El mejor libro de cocina bajo en carbohidratos para perder peso
by Lily BeckhamPero con la dieta cetogénica, la historia es diferente; usted tiene montones de comidas llenas de nutrientes para elegir con facilidad. Todo lo que necesita hacer es realizar algunos ajustes en cuanto a creatividad, y se encontrará experimentando resultados maravillosos en sólo unos pocos días de comer los alimentos en conjunto. No importa lo bien que lo haga, ya que tiene el recurso adecuado para guiarlo.
Menopause Reset!: Reverse Weight Gain, Speed Fat Loss, and Get Your Body Back in 3 Simple Steps
by Mickey Harpaz Robert WolffMenopause Reset! is the revolutionary, scientifically-proven program that helps women control the physiological effects of perimenopause and menopause with mind, diet, and exercise solutions that keep blood sugar levels stable and bodies in the fat-burning zone all day long.In the past, controversial hormonal replacement therapy was the only method by which women could positively affect menopausal symptoms. But Menopause Reset! changes all of that. The program specifically regulates blood glucose with food, exercise, and highly effective stress reduction techniques, allowing women to stop and reverse menopausal weight and fat gain. Based on the successful treatment of tens of thousands of women whose life-changing results are included in the book, Dr. Harpaz has put together an easy, 3-step solution that targets the triggers of menopause and its symptoms.Menopause Reset! teaches women all about their metabolic mechanisms: what they are, how they work, and, most importantly, how to manipulate them to achieve sustainable weight loss and get their bodies back!
The Menopause Diet Plan: A Natural Guide to Managing Hormones, Health, and Happiness
by Hillary Wright Elizabeth M. WardMinimize the symptoms of perimenopause and menopause naturally through a sustainable, enjoyable eating plan, physical activity, and other beneficial lifestyle habits&“My friends and well-respected colleagues have written The Menopause Diet Plan to help you feel healthier, happier, and more confident during this change in your life.&”—Maye Musk, MS, RDN, and author of A Woman Makes a PlanMenopause is uncharted territory for women, and it can be difficult to know how to ease the effects of hormonal changes that can often start in your 40s. With honesty and optimism, The Menopause Diet Plan encourages a positive, fad-free approach to managing your physical and emotional health during perimenopause and menopause. It highlights current scientific knowledge about the best diet and lifestyle choices to manage your weight; keep your heart, brain, and bones healthy; and decrease the risk for cancer and other chronic conditions. It also offers natural strategies to help diminish hot flashes, manage sleep difficulties and mood swings, improve energy, and more. The Menopause Diet Plan takes a unique approach to eating before, during, and after menopause. Registered dietitians Hillary Wright and Elizabeth Ward provide a customizable, plant-based eating plan that is rich in protein, fiber, and other beneficial nutrients, moderate in carbohydrates, and low in saturated fat, sodium, and added sugars. Balancing evidence-based advice with real-life circumstances and personal experience, it combines the best of the world's healthiest diets with the latest nutrition research for women in the menopause transition. Recipes such as Peanut Butter Smoothie, Chicken Italiano, and Chocolate Oatmeal Energy Balls make it easier to eat delicious, satisfying foods that nourish your body. With a comprehensive approach to better health, The Menopause Diet Plan helps women take charge of their well-being and live life to the fullest.
The Menopause Brain: New Science Empowers Women to Navigate the Pivotal Transition with Knowledge and Confidence
by Lisa MosconiAn instant New York Times bestseller!The New York Times bestselling author of The XX Brain shows women how to navigate menopause successfully and come out the other side with an even better brain.Menopause and perimenopause are still a black box to most doctors, leaving patients exasperated as they grapple with symptoms ranging from hot flashes to insomnia to brain fog. As a leading neuroscientist and women&’s brain health specialist, Dr. Mosconi unravels these mysteries by revealing how menopause doesn&’t just impact the ovaries—it&’s a hormonal show in which the brain takes center stage. The decline of the hormone estrogen during menopause influences everything from body temperature to mood to memory, potentially paving the way for cognitive decline later in life. To conquer these challenges successfully, Dr. Mosconi brings us the latest approaches—explaining the role of cutting-edge hormone replacement therapies like &“designer estrogens,&” hormonal contraception, and key lifestyle changes encompassing diet, exercise, self-care, and self-talk. Best of all, Dr. Mosconi dispels the myth that menopause signifies an end, demonstrating that it&’s actually a transition. Contrary to popular belief, if we know how to take care of ourselves during menopause, we can emerge with a renewed, enhanced brain—ushering in a meaningful and vibrant new chapter of life.
Mennonite Men Can Cook, Too: Celebrating Hospitality with 170 Delicious Recipes
by Willard RothWillard Roth is a topnotch cook who grew up in a sprawling Iowa farm family. He has always loved food--growing it, preparing it, eating it. As a Mennonite church leader and journalist, he is as well-known for the dinners he prepares as he is for his sermons or editorials. The man has traveled North America and much of the world, always making notes about the great meals he’s eaten. Then he’s routinely gone home and fiddled around in the kitchen until he can make the dishes he’s loved eating. In this book are recipes inspired by the food made by his Mennonite mother and grandmothers. Other recipes are inspired from the monasteries he’s visited in Ireland and England. There are recipes of the food he’s eaten in Ghana, Jamaica, Cyprus, the Netherlands, India, and Nepal. Roth mixes his keen food memories with his years of experience in the kitchen to create recipes that work for the home cook. Among his Soup recipes are Thai Coconut Shrimp, Chilled Melon Mint, and Hawkeye Corn and Chilies Chowder. His Small Plates recipes include Cheese Grits with Chunky Tomato Sauce, and Corn Leek Bake. Among his Mains are Lemon Turkey Stir-Fry with Pasta, Monastery Cornbread Casserole, Hearty Polenta Florentine, and Pecan Crunch Salmon Bake. Plus Beer-Braised Short Ribs and Balsamic Honey-Glazed Lamb Chops. Cooks will also find Chutneys, Cordials, Rum Sauces, and Relishes. And lots of Vegetables and Salads. You’ll love the tons of Cakes, Candies and Cookies, Pies and Puddings, and Fruit and Frozen Desserts. Willard Roth breathes hospitality and gives us the tools to practice it ourselves, along with unforgettable, easy-to-prepare recipes.
Menja bé, no facis dieta: Receptes delicioses per sentir-te millor
by Sergio Torres Javier TorresUn llibre pensat per empoderar-te a la cuina. Ha arribat el moment de prendre el control sobre el que mengem i de pas deixar enrere uns quants mites sobre la nutrició. Perquè alimentar-se bé no és difícil, ni avorrit, ni car. Menja bé, no facis dieta és un pla global de vint-i-vuit dies amb propostes que van des de l'esmorzar fins al sopar, recomanacions per tenir el teu rebost ordenat, llistes de la compra setmanals i consells per preparar en un sol cop, i en un parell d'hores, el menú de tota la setmana estalviant temps i esforç. Els germans Torres -Javier i Sergio o Sergio i Javier- van saber des de molt joves que la cuina era la seva passió i van posar tot el seu interès a formar-se amb els millors per fer realitat el seu somni: difondre la bona gastronomia com a font de salut i plaer. Aquest llibre n'és la millor demostració. Per primera vegada en el panorama editorial dos cuiners de prestigi es posen el davantal i reuneixen teoria i pràctica per a una alimentació saludable. Sense dogmes, sense mites, sense dietes miraculoses i amb tot el sabor de la cuina Torres: 100% natural, equilibrada i deliciosa.
The Menial Art of Cooking: Archaeological Studies of Cooking and Food Preparation
by Sarah R. Graff Enrique Rodríguez-AlegríaAlthough the archaeology of food has long played an integral role in our understanding of past cultures, the archaeology of cooking is rarely integrated into models of the past. The cooks who spent countless hours cooking and processing food are overlooked and the forgotten players in the daily lives of our ancestors. The Menial Art of Cooking shows how cooking activities provide a window into other aspects of society and, as such, should be taken seriously as an aspect of social, cultural, political, and economic life. This book examines techniques and technologies of food preparation, the spaces where food was cooked, the relationship between cooking and changes in suprahousehold economies, the religious and symbolic aspects of cooking, the relationship between cooking and social identity, and how examining foodways provides insight into social relations of production, distribution, and consumption. Contributors use a wide variety of evidence--including archaeological data; archival research; analysis of ceramics, fauna, botany, glass artifacts, stone tools, murals, and painted ceramics; ethnographic analogy; and the distribution of artifacts across space--to identify evidence of cooking and food processing left by ancient cooks. The Menial Art of Cooking is the first archaeological volume focused on cooking and food preparation in prehistoric and historic settings around the world and will interest archaeologists, social anthropologists, sociologists, and other scholars studying cooking and food preparation or subsistence.
Memphis Barbecue: A Succulent History of Smoke, Sauce & Soul (American Palate)
by Craig David MeekThe lifelong Memphian and food blogger “examines the history of the city one plate of barbecue at a time” (High Ground).The city’s blues and soul music have lifted spirits, while barbecue has been a serious business ever since pork first entered the culinary landscape of Memphis with Spanish explorer Hernando de Soto, who brought the New World its first herd of pigs. Succulent pulled pork and ribs have become part of the fabric of life in Bluff City, and today they are cooked up in kitchens ranging from the internationally acclaimed, like Corky’s, to the humblest of roadside dives. Told through the history of its barbecue is the story of the city of Memphis, from legendary joints like Leonard’s Barbecue, where Elvis Presley hosted private parties, to lesser-known places like William’s Bar-B-Q in the West Memphis, Arkansas neighborhood where wild, late-night blues juke joints served as a red-light district across the river from Beale Street in the 1950s and ’60s. Sink your teeth into this rich history chock-full of interviews and insights from the city’s finest pitmasters and ’cue gurus who continue the long tradition of creating art with meat and flame.“There are some amazing moments in Memphis Barbecue—like Jim Neely speaking quite frankly about his TV celebrity nephew Pat Neely and John Willingham’s widow remembering the barbecue legend’s last day.” —Memphis Flyer
The Memory Diet: More than 150 Healthy Recipes for the Proper Care and Feeding of Your Brain
by Judi Zucker Shari ZuckerIs there anything we can do to prevent Alzheimer’s disease or dementia?Do we have to accept that memory loss is just part of the natural progression of aging?The Memory Diet introduces a powerful, plant-based diet of leafy greens, vegetables, berries, nuts, beans, and whole grains that can slow down or even eliminate cognitive decline. The more than 150 healthy recipes—from awesome appetizers and exceptional entrees to spectacular salads and super soups—are all free of white sugar, processed ingredients, and gluten.The Memory Diet’s brain-boosting recipes are based on the Mediterranean Intervention Neurodegenerative Delay (MIND) Diet, a diet plan that may reduce the risk of developing Alzheimer’s by as much as 53 percent.In addition, you will learn how to cook these foods the correct way, as many cooking methods actually cause biochemical changes in the food we eat that can negatively affect our brain health, accelerate the aging process, and cause memory decline.The Memory Diet also includes:An easy-to-follow, seven-day meal plan.Guidelines for setting up a mindful kitchen.An extensive resource section listing Websites and organizations that support brain health.