Cooking Recent Picks
March 2008
The title-underlined links will take you directly to our catalogue.
Some featured items are linked via a book cover to enable you to read more reviews.
The food you crave : luscious recipes for a healthy life, Ellie Krieger.
"The Food You Crave is all you'll need to change the way you eat and change the way you feel. It contains 200 recipes that cover every meal of the day and every craving you might have. Every recipe contains a complete nutritional breakdown, as well as tips on ingredients and techniques that will keep you eating smart and eating well." (Global Books)
Sweet myrtle & bitter honey : the Mediterranean flavors of Sardinia, by Efisio Farris with Jim Eber; food photography by Laurie Smith; location photography by Rohan Van Twest.
"Chef Efisio Farris is poised to become the next great ambassador of Italian regional cuisine. To promote the cooking of his native Sardinia, he has appeared on the Food Network, given demonstrations at food festivals across the country, and even launched his own company that imports Sardinian specialties for his restaurants and for retail. It is Mediterranean cooking at its purest, making liberal use of olive oil, fish, and fresh vegetables. But it's also distinguished by indigenous ingredients that are becoming hot trends in America: pecorino, flatbread, fava beans, fregula, and bottarga." (Global Books)
Cheese slices, by Will Studd.
"This is a sumptuously illustrated look at the secrets and stories behind the world's greatest cheeses.It features a dedicated mailing and e-mail campaign to targeted food & drink related media.If you're partial to the odd hunk of cheddar or wedge of brie, you'll love this intelligent and sumptuously illustrated volume in which Master of Cheese, Will Studd, reveals the stories and secrets behind one the world's oldest man-made foods. "Cheese Slices" presents readers with the perfect guide to understanding the world's best cheeses - their production, development, and origin. Discover who makes the very best English cloth-bound cheddar, the easiest way to tell Parmigiano Reggiano, Grana Padano, and Pecorina Toscana apart, and explore the cheese ripening caves of Tallegio, the underground cellars of Gorgonzola and the alpine delights of Gruyere." (Amazon)
Gastroanomalies : questionable culinary creations from the golden age of American cookery, by James Lileks.
"In Gastroanomalies, James Lileks gathers another remarkable assortment of dishes that once inspired cooks to brave new heights but now inspire sour stomachs and thoughts of how did I survive? Highlighted with excerpts from bizarre cookbooks (like Joan Crawford shilling for Bisquick), dubious images (is it meat or chocolate ice cream?), ads heralding the latest in kitchen technology (how about a bacon-egger?), and Lileks's acerbic, off-the-wall commentary (Put your ear close, and you can actually hear the meat screaming in terror), Gastroanomalies is an irresistible retro documentation of a bygone era when artisanal cheese and vegetables lightly steamed (not boiled to mush) were still light-years away. Gastroanomalies will have foodies, baby boomers, and lovers of kitsch in stitches." (Global Books)
A passion for parties, by Carolyne Roehm.
"At Home with Carolyne Roehm proved once again that Roehm's tens of thousands of admirers love to experience her exquisite lifestyle vicariously through her books. A gifted designer, Roehm is a renowned hostess and party giver. Celebrating life with her unerring sense of style, Carolyne shows how to make a Valentine's day dinner for two or an Autumn Barn Dance for 70 equally memorable. Organised seasonally, the book features a fantasy birthday party for children, a beach party, a luncheon in Paris, a Fourth of July dinner with fireworks, a spooky Halloween for kids, a cozy Thanksgiving for family and friends, a sophisticated Christmas cocktail party in Manhattan, a red on red family Christmas dinner, a winter white dinner party, and much more." (Global Books)
Don't forget your scroggin : a how-to handbook for New Zealand tramping, by Sarah Bennett & Lee Slater.
Feast bazaar : India, Morocco, Syria, by Barry Vera.
Edmonds More Food for Flatters, by Sally Cameron.
There's an idiot in my kitchen, by Dorothy Darling.
Skinny bitch in the kitch : kick-ass recipes for hungry girls who want to stop cooking crap (and start looking hot!), by Rory Freedman and Kim Barnouin.
Crescent City cooking : unforgettable recipes from Susan Spicer's New Orleans, by Susan Spicer with Paula Disbrowe.
The ultrametabolism cookbook : 200 delicious recipes that will turn on your fat-burning DNA, by Mark Hyman ; recipes by Donna Boland.
Wharekauhau : lodge and country estate New Zealand | taste and flavour , [text by Shelley-Maree Cassidy ; recipes by Robert Cullen] ; photographs by Grant Sheehan.
Check your card I New fiction, DVD and cd lists I How to place a reserve I Borrowing I Contact us
