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If the garlic is too strong, and the tender chives too weak, if your onions make you cry, Take a Leek! It's not exactly an onion. And it's not a chive. The leek – big, simple, and often under-appreciated and misused – is in fact an indispensable flavor component to many of the most pleasing dishes that can be cooked in a kitchen. First You Take a Leek is fantastic light-hearted, leek-centric cookbook. It features 16 recipes for soups, stews, fish, meat, poultry, bread, salads, and more. Recipes include:Leek and split pea soupGarlic breadLeek soupVichyssoiseChicken with leeks casseroleLeeks au gratinLa Paloma PaellaAnd many more! The light-hearted approach and whimsical illustrations make this cookbook a joy to read.

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With its clear defined photos and easy to read recipes, Quick & Easy Asian Tapas and Noodles contains everything you need to know to create over 80 delicious and authentic Asian dishes. This cookbook contains recipes for a variety of dishes that are both healthy and appetizing. Quick & Easy Asian Tapas and Noodles features recipes for condiments, sauces, dips, fritters, patties, noodle soups, noodles with sauce, skewered & grilled meats, stir-fried noodles, wraps, and rolls. Recipes include:Sweet lime chutneyShrimp paste dipThai crab cakesThai glass noodle soupGrilled lemongrass beef noodle saladChicken tikka kebabsClassic pad thai noodlesSteamed shrimp wontonsAnd many more favorites! Also included are unit conversion tables, dual measurements, and an overview of the basic necessities for cooking authentic and appetizing Asian food. Each recipe includes cook time, prep time, and serving sizes. Enjoy!

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With its clear defined photos and easy to read recipes, Quick & Easy Asian Vegetarian Recipes contains everything you need to know to create over 60 delicious and authentic vegetarian dishes. This cookbook contains recipes for a variety of dishes that are both healthy and appetizing. Quick & Easy Asian Vegetarian Recipes features recipes for curries, stews, soups, noodles, rice, bread, salads, vegetables, stir-fries, tofu, and desserts. Recipes include:Eggplant curryShaved ice with palm sugar syrupRed rice with coconutBean sprouts with sesame garlic dressingOkra with tangy ginger dressingGarlic ginger eggplant stir-fryStir-fried tofu with ginger and mushroomsAlso included are unit conversion tables, dual measurements, and an overview of the basic necessities for cooking authentic and appetizing vegetarian food. Each recipe includes cook time, prep time, and serving sizes. Enjoy!

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Learn the essentials of tropical Balinese fruits with this useful and portable reference book.Bali's Succulent Tropical Fruits make a vivid ans lasting impression on every visitor. Fruits of Bali is a field guide to this cornucopia of exotic shapes, tastes, and smells—providing photographs and descriptions of some 50 varieties, as well as fascinating botanical and background information and tips on buying and preparing the fruits yourself. Even familiar fruits acquire a distinct taste and texture in the island's tropical environment, and those unique to the region provide a surprising and delicious experience.

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"Christophe Megel's food is perfect for today. It is savory, tempting, and deliciously simple. His wide experience in Asia is reflected in each tasty morsel. Who can ask for more?"—Ken Hom, award-winning chef and author of Exploring China: A Culinary Adventure Using an abundance of the fresh, seasonal ingredients and a harmony of flavors, Anton Kilayko and executive chef Christophe Megel offer a collection of recipes in this Asian cookbook that will excite anyone yearning after new and delicious ways to approach the tastes of the East. Cultural lines blur as they explore the breadth of Asian cuisine to bring you dishes inspired by the cooks of Bali, Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam, Japan, and many more. The food is imaginative, approachable and can just as successfully be brought to life at a sophisticated dinner, a lazy lunch, or a cool party—or very simply as a tasty little snack. These Asian recipes of appetizers and finger foods, illustrated with the cutting-edge photography of Edmond Ho, are exquisitely presented to provide huge impact. Sure to ignite the creative spirit in those who love to cook, Asian Tapas will have you eager to get into the kitchen to chop, slice, mix and blend your way through its imaginative and enthralling recipes to recreate the flavors of the East. Tapas Recipes include:Tangy Crab Salad SandwichesAromatic Lamb Seekh KebabsWagyu Beef Salad RollsHar Kow Shrimp Focaccia BunsAbalone Windmill DumplingsGrilled Chicken and Fish Tandoori StripsCrisp Starfruit and Asparagus Salad with Sweet Chinese SausagesRoast Duck Vegetable Rolls with Lemon Soy DipTropical Mango SushiSashimi Salad Rolls with Wasabi DipFlaky Cashew Nut Puff Pastry SquaresSpiced Sumatran Coffee (Cafe Brulot)

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Enjoy the authentic flavors of Asia with ease and in your own kitchen. Asian Cooking Made Easy features over 50 delicious recipes from the kitchens of China, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Singapore and Vietnam. Use this Asian cookbook to treat yourself to the authentic tastes and sensations of Asian food, from delightful starters such as Crabmeat Omelet to tasty seafood and noodle recipes including Fish Steaks in Fragrant Coconut Gravy and Singapore Hokkien Mee. Taste the subtle blends and rich flavors of Asian cuisine with this handy cookbook. Featuring easy, clear recipes and step-by-step photographs, along with a glossary of ingredients, Asian Cooking Made Easy will help ensure fantastic results every time! This book of Asian recipes includes instructions for: basic recipes, salads, appetizers, soups, noodles, rice, poultry, meat, seafood, vegetables, and desserts. Inside, you'll be treated to 53 recipes of authentic favorites from all over the Asian continent. Also included in this book are unit conversion tables, dual measurements, over 50 detailed photos, and an overview of basic Asian ingredients needed to create these delicious Asian favorites. Enjoy! Recipes include: Miso soup with clamsGreen papaya soup with shrimpSingapore braised noodlesClassic Chinese fried riceSweet soy chicken and egg on riceBarbecued chicken breasts with misoBraised soy duckFragrant lamb curryJapanese pan-fried fishAnd many more favorites!

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Cook delicious and authentic Japanese meals in the comfort of your own home with this easy-to-use homestyle Japanese cookbook! At twenty-eight years of age, Sarah Marx Feldner quit her job, sold her house, and moved to Japan to pursue her passion for Japanese food and cooking. A Cook's Journey to Japan is the result of her adventures traveling throughout Japan, sampling home-cooked meals and collecting recipes from Japanese friends and avid cooks she met along the way. A Cook's Journey to Japan is a totally unique Japanese cookbook that tells the story of the everyday dishes that Japanese people eat at home—including many popular standards such as: Salmon Teriyaki Tonkatsu Chicken Yakitori Sushi Hand Rolls Miso Soup with Baby ClamsYaki Udon (Stir-Fried Noodles)The difference is that these homestyle dishes are ones you will never see in any other cookbook. And as we know, foods prepared at home by experienced cooks are far tastier—and also more healthy—than the restaurant versions found in most Japanese cooking books.Sarah's fascinating stories about her travels, and her heartfelt and sometimes humorous insights about the people she met who shared their recipes and kitchens with her will entice you to take up your knife and cutting board to begin your own journey through the kitchens of Japan. Her detailed menu suggestions, clear instructions and reassuring tone make it incredibly easy to prepare delicious Japanese cuisine in your own kitchen at home just the way the Japanese do.

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With its clear defined photos and easy to read recipes, Healthy and Simple Asian Recipes contains everything you need to know to create over 50 delicious, easy, and authentic vegetarian dishes. This cookbook contains recipes for a variety of dishes that are both healthy and appetizing. Healthy and Simple Asian Recipes features recipes for appetizers, salads, soups, noodles, rice, poultry, meat, fish, vegetables, and tofu. Recipes include:Thai green papaya saladChinese hot & sour soupVietnamese chicken noodle soupBeef in sweet soy brothGrilled Tutaki tunaMapo tofuVegetable biryani riceChinese pickled vegetablesAlso included are unit conversion tables, dual measurements, and an overview of the basic necessities for cooking authentic, simple, and appetizing Asian food. Each recipe includes cook time, prep time, and serving sizes. Enjoy!

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Perfect for beginning cooks this beautifully illustrated Vietnamese cookbook provides easy-to-follow directions for quick and delicious Vietnamese dishes. Famous for its lively, fresh flavors and artfully composed meals, Vietnamese cooking is the true «healthy cuisine» of Asia. Abundant fresh herbs and greens, delicate soups and stir-fries, and well-seasoned grilled dishes served with rice or noodles are the mainstays of the Vietnamese table. Even the beloved snacks or desserts are often based on fresh fruits served with sweetened rice or tapioca. Rarely does any dish have added fats.Along with its delicate freshness, Vietnamese cooking is also subtle and sophisticated. At its best when its flavors are balanced between salty, sweet, sour and hot, Vietnamese cooks strive for a balance of flavors so no one taste outranks any other. Vietnamese Cooking Made Easy features over 50 recipes, from delicate soups and stir-fries to well-seasoned grilled foods served with rice or noodles and are packed with fresh herbs and spices. Stunning photography and simple step-by-step instructions make this cookbook the perfect introduction to the world of Vietnamese cuisine. From chapters introducing basic Vietnamese ingredients to sections devoted to appetizers, noodles, seafood and poultry, this handy little book features a spiral binding, making it an easy-to-use addition to your cookbook library. Easy Vietnamese recipes include: Grilled Lemongrass Chicken SataysGlass Noodle SoupFish in Caramel SauceSpicy Lemongrass Tamarind ChickenSesame Beef with Bamboo ShootsSweet Glutinous Rice with Coconut and Red Beans Modern cooks will find preparing a Vietnamese meal both rewarding and relatively easy. And with the widespread popularity of Asian foods, locating ingredients is not a challenge—most supermarkets now carry such basics as fresh ginger, lemongrass and chilies. Making delicious Vietnamese food at home has never been easier!

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Fabulous Party Cakes and Cupcakes, by award-winning cake decorator Carol Deacon, is a perfect beginner's introduction to the often intimidating world of cake decorating, sugarcraft and fondant. Carol provides simple step-by-step instructions that anyone can use regardless of experience level. Whether it's an elegant Chocolate Butterfly cake, a Silly Soccer cake or colorful racing cars on frosted cupcakes, Deacon has a cake or cupcake for any occasion. Birthdays, baby showers, anniversary celebrations or any opportunity for a party will be transformed by a fabulously decorated cake or cupcake. Deacon includes her secrets and tips for baking delicious, moist cakes and cupcakes, then details the process for combining frosting with imagination to create a feast for the eyes and the taste buds.

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