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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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.

WINNER OF THE 2009 GOURMAND AWARD at the Paris cookbook show for the "BEST COOKBOOK IN THE WORLD" for "easy recipes." Also a main selection of the Good Cook Book of the Month Club, a selection by NPR as one of the best cookbooks of 2009, and a favorite of the San Jose Mercury--they called us "culinary wonks."

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Bruce's Blog

Bruce has his own blog. A knitting blog. Knits Men Want. It's a companion site to his new knitting book: ten rules every woman should know before she knits for a man--plus ten patterns men are guaranteed to like. And I do. I have some of the sweaters. And I wear them. Imagine that. Check on the cover to check it out.

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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!

    • Food Blogs

      • 5 Second Rule
        Cheryl Sternman Rule's smart and mouthy food blog. Truly, I adore her.
      • A Mingling of Tastes
        I started with the vodka lemon drops and have been reading ever since.
      • American Feast
        A spectacular blog that presents the issue of sustainability without finger-wagging or snarkiness.
      • Caviar and Codfish
        I'm late to this party but quickly fell for the comforting, careful food.
      • Cooking After Five
        I love the breezy, easy attitude--as well as the mission statement: "surviving the workweek once recipe at a time."
      • Cooking With The Single Guy
        Ben never stares you wrong with great eats in the Bay Area.
      • Desert Candy
        Jaw-droppingly gorgeous Middle Eastern treats--and more. Some of the most honest writing on the net.
      • Fig Jam and Lime Cordial
        What is it about Aussies and food? They rule the blog world, in my opinion. This is one of the best.
      • Fleur de Sel
        Who cooks like this on a daily basis? Thank God Dana does.
      • Food Gal
        Carolyn Jung's Bay Area food news with terrific recipes to boot. Plus her über-sophisticated take on life. Can anyone beat that?
      • Food Politics
        Marion Nestle's informative and newsy blog. It may be one of the internet's best-kept secrets.
      • He Cooks, She Cooks
        Nobody, but nobody, cooked like this when I was in college. He's sort of out of the picture now, but she's still cooking up a storm.
      • Nancy Baggett's Blog
        Love the wisdom, love the recipes. What more could anyone want?
      • Homesick Texan
        All I can say is, well, "me, too."
      • I Dine Alone
        Great blog for those who cook in what the Marquess of Salisbury called "splendid isolation."
      • Jennifer McLagan's Blog
        Jennifer is my kind of cook: honest, careful, and ridiculously indulgent. Her blog is a veritable wonderland of fat, organs, bones, and all the best bits from animals.
      • Not Quite Nigella
        Well, first off, there's the name. Then there's the Australian dream life I wish I lived. Need I say more?
      • Pictures and Pancakes
        I love the simplicity of this blog: good recipes, a great eye, and simple techniques gussied up a bit.
      • Sassy Radish
        I'm late to every party, apparently. But I love the food here, too. I wish I could stay for dinner.
      • Stone Soup
        Here's the real minimalist--a food scientist who never goes wrong, doesn't rely on staff, and works it all out with straightforward science.
      • Tangled Noodle
        I love the honest, straightforward, maximalist prose. I feel as if I want to get a cup of coffee and just listen. Which is what I usually do.
      • The Wednesday Chef
        Luisa Weiss's savvy food blog. Love the ballsy attitude to take on the business' biggies.
      • The Way the Cookie Crumbles
        I really like Bridget's eye in the photographs--and love the way she can "effortlessly" weave those pictures into her recipes.
      • Use Real Butter
        Can you resist the title? And wait until you see the photography. Some of the best of any blog, no questions asked.

    • Foods You Gotta Try

      • David Coffaro Wine
        We buy futures every year. No doubt, some of the best reds at a great value. Go for the Escuro or the Terre Melange.
      • Finchville Farms
        A bit of a rarity--an American country ham that's not smoked. Ridiculously good ham steaks!
      • Marshall's Farm Honey
        We order this honey by the case. Love the star thistle and the eucalyptus.
      • Nervous Nellie's Jams and Jellies
        The best blueberry jam in Maine. And don't miss the hot tomato chutney.
      • Newsom's Country Hams
        Nancy Newsom is a force of nature--and her 24-month aged prosciutto stopped me in my tracks during my ham tour of Kentucky.
      • North Hollow Farm
        Julie Bowen's beef is pretty good--but her pork and goat are even better. And the maple syrup? Probably the best in Vermont.
      • Whippoorwill Farm
        Robin and Alan Cockerline's grass-fed beef farm.

    • Places You Gotta Go

      • Rural Intelligence
        Without a doubt, the best coverage of my part of the world: where Connecticut, Massachusetts, and New York meet.
      • A Taste of Spain
        Culinary tours and explorations for one of the world's best food destinations. One trip out with them to the Dehesa to see the iberico pigs and taste the iberico ham will make you a convert forever!