COOKING LIGHT THE COMPLETE QUICK COOK

We've teamed up with COOKING LIGHT to offer a manual of over 250 recipes, 400 photos, hundreds of tips, and tons of fun, all to make you a fast, efficient, and (yes) healthy cook. Click on the book to get your copy!

GET YOUR GOAT

The first-ever, all-goat book: meat, milk, and cheese. Click the jacket to get your copy of this ground-breaking book on the world's most consumed--and here's the kicker: most sustainable--animal.

THE ULTIMATE CHOCOLATE COOKIE BOOK

More holiday baking ideas! This time, for the cookie jar. Click the picture of the jacket to get your copy.

SEVEN STEPS TO GET OFF PROCESSED FOOD

Click on the book jacket for your copy. Simple steps, a hundred recipes, lots of motivational help, all in an easy plan that starts small and could change your life!

COOKING FOR TWO

Every dish for just two--and no waste. Cut it, open it--and use it. It's a feast for twosomes.

THE ULTIMATE PARTY DRINK BOOK

Up, shaken, frozen, pitcher punches, shooters--here's a guide to drinks to make your next party a splash!

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MARK (AKA The Writer)

 

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OUR ULTIMATE TOME WITH 900 NEW RECIPES

Our big compendium cookbook--900 new recipes, tons of cooking tips. You'll be an ultimate cook in no time.

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Our Youtube Channel

Want to see more? Come on over to our youtube channel. We're cooking up a storm! Check it out here.

THE ULTIMATE MUFFIN BOOK

Get your muffins! The chocolate chip ones soon became a holiday tradition in our house.

THE ULTIMATE PEANUT BUTTER BOOK

America's favorite spread? Yes, but also the world's. Wait until you see all the no-cook Asian sauces, the African stew, the Filipino braise, and a host of favorites from breakfast to dessert!

FIRE UP THE GRILL FOR GREAT PIZZA

Our brand-new pizza book. That's the squash, caramelized onion, and pine nut pie. And there are 89 more.

THE ULTIMATE POTATO BOOK

Spuds forever! We love everything about the potato--and in this book, we made our favorite vegetable front and center since every recipe is a main course with spuds aplenty.

WE TAKE DOWN THE TOP 101 FOOD AND COOKING MYTHS!

Check out our fractured take-down of the top 101 food myths! Does an avocado pit stop guacamole from turning brown? Do you gain more weight if you eat at night? Do microwaves cook from the inside out? Has your grandmother been lying to you? No, no, no . . . and probably. Click the pic to order your copy today!

THE ULTIMATE CANDY BOOK

Start your holiday baking! It's one of our best-selling books--and a sure way to fill your holidays with treats galore!

LOOK WHAT BOOK GOT NOMINATED FOR A JAMES BEARD AWARD THIS YEAR!

Our hymn to porky backsides: American country ham, European dry-cured hams, wet-cured hams, and even fresh hams, the best pork roasts ever. FINE COOKING calls the book "a witty ode to pork." Click on the cover to get your copy.

IT'S ALL ABOUT THE RECIPES.
LEARN THE ART AND SCIENCE OF COOKING.

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    DANCING WITH A COLLIE

    brought on no doubt by that empty bottle of wine on top of the fridge

    THE ULTIMATE SHRIMP BOOK

    A one-book compendium for America's favorite seafood

    THE ULTIMATE ICE CREAM BOOK

    The book that started a whole career. A quarter million copies in print and still going strong!

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    Monday
    Apr192010

    Crème Anglaise

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    I promised lots of people who commented via facebook and email that I'd offer up that almond cake recipe I talked about this past weekend. And I will. But because it's a cake without a frosting, this happens to be the first step.

    Which I can't BELIEVE is missing from this blog. Good grief, no crème anglaise. Are you kidding me?

    It's my all-time favorite beverage . . . er, dessert sauce, I mean.

    It's rich, creamy, delicious: melted ice cream for the plate. Best of all you can make it ahead. Here's how to whip up 3 cups of the stuff, a whole bowl of it, enough to put under slices of that almond cake, with some left over for. . . . Well, you use your imagination.

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    Wednesday
    Jan272010

    Paris-Brest, Part 2

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    And so it's on to the second part of our dessert classic, the stand-out in the Paris-Brest, this French fantasy of cream. We've already built the cake itself, discovering ways to make pâte à choux work, light and airy every time. Now it's time to start filling it.

    And thus, the nougatine.

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