Cooking With The Seasons At Rancho La Puerta

Great cooking--using fresh, seasonal, local ingredients--is at the heart of the experience offered by Rancho La Puerta, Baja California's premier resort spa. Cooking with the Seasons transports that regenerative experience to your own home kitchen, changing the way you think about food and cooking--and, just possibly, changing your life. This is no "diet cookbook," however. For Rancho's founder, Deborah Szekely, and co-author Deborah Schneider, food is the very force of life, and eating simply and healthfully is one of life's most profound pleasures. The book's 120 recipes are organized as a series of complete--and luscious--seasonal menus. As spring rouses the earth, you'll awaken your taste buds with Sorrel and Spinach Salad with Roasted Cumin-Orange Vinaigrette. When summer arrives, your senses will dance with Poached Wild Salmon with Avocado-Tarragon Aioli. You'll revel in fall's brilliant colors with Carrot and Ginger Soup with Pears. And, in winter, you'll welcome the new year with Mayan Chocolate Sorbet. Throughout, sidebar tips give valuable advice on everything from choosing the most healthful grains and flours, to preserving summer's goodness with dried herbs and homemade jams.

Popular cable TV chef Georgia Sarianides adapts healthy and delicious Old World Greek recipes to new American ingredients and lifestyles in a book that introduces the cuisine of Greece in a fun and engaging way. Approximately 175 recipes and cooking tips.

From glittering palazzos to humble seaside bars, from the derelict and forgotten islands to thriving vineyards, Manuela Darling-Gansser's journey across Italy reveals authentic recipes and long-held food traditions. Like its landscape, Italy's food is one of contrasts - rich spices, fresh herbs, exquisite cheeses, hearty pastas, decadent desserts, and plenty of oranges, lemons and pistachios. And all Italians would agree, the best food is cooked at home. Drawn from the best of Italian cuisine, Manuela's recipes are always tempting and make it easy to introduce the flavours of Italy into your home. Divided into four chapters: Spring, Summer, Autumn and Winter, this collection of Manuela's favourite recipes is sure to become a kitchen favourite.

Award-winning Cal-A-Vie Health Spa has done it again! Enjoy their second cookbook, which is a larger, more colorful volume, including interesting spa information and healthy cooking tips. Healthy never tasted so good.

Just a few miles south of the border in Baja, the Rancho La Puerta spa has been attracting guests to its tranquil environment and renowned program for more than fifty-five years. But after mountain hikes timed to watch the sunrise, stretch-and-tone classes, and massages, what guests look forward to most is the stunning spa cuisine created by chef Bill Wavrin. The breakfast buffet features the spa's famous Rancho La Puerta Granola, Persian Pancakes, and Banana Bran Muffins. Leisurely lunches on the patio bring Curried Carrot Soup with Dill or Lentil and Sun-dried Tomato Salad. And dinner selections include Enchiladas with Salsa Mexicana, Pasta with Shiitake Mushrooms and Moroccan Lemons, or Butternut Squash with Mushrooms. Now, everyone can prepare these unique low-fat, high-flavor dishes at home. Inspired by the vibrant flavors of the Southwest and northern Mexico, with a sprinkling of other international cuisines, The Rancho La Puerta Cookbook is the next best thing to spending a sun-drenched week at the spa.

Traditional dishes from the Mexican countryside by the coauthor of the James Beard Award-nominated cookbook, Cooking with the Seasons at Rancho La Puerta. With 100+ delicious, easy-to-follow recipes, a pantry primer and more, Rustic Mexican is the perfect cookbook to help you discover the diverse cuisine of Mexico. Full-color photography, illustrations, and ingredient guides accompany recipes throughout, making it a comprehensive roadmap to discovering all the great flavors that Mexico has to offer. Recipes include: Spicy Nuts & Seeds with Michelada Cocktail Halibut Ceviche with Avocado Blackened Salmon Tacos Creamy Poblano Chile Soup with Corn & Mushrooms Saffron Rice with Clams Chilaquiles with Poached Eggs Savory Layered Tortilla Cake Red Chile Enchiladas Grilled Tomatoes with Mexican Chimichurri Sauce Jicama, Grapefruit & Avocado Salad Blistered Serrano Chiles with Caramelized Onions Roasted Habanero & Tomato Salsa Mango-Chile Ice Pops Sopaipillas “A lovely and delicious book.” —Cooking by the Book

"Sound nutrition is the cornerstone of any healthy lifestyle," writes Michel Stroot, and he should know. As the executive chef at southern California's famed Golden Door Spa, he has perfected the art of conscious cooking and nourishment and now shares over 150 of his unique and delicious recipes in Golden Door Cooks Light and Easy. The Golden Door Spa is one of America's most exclusive holistic wellness retreats, and the celebration of food-from garden to table-is a cornerstone of the spa's "simplicity is luxury" ideology. Stroot's recipes are not only nutritionally balanced, but also imaginative, aromatic, and always delicious. In keeping with the Golden Door Spa philosophy, he aims to "provide the hurried person a cuisine of simple and enticing meals that will renew physical and mental energy," with recipes that use only fresh, healthy ingredients, allowing creativity and spirit to enhance every meal. With guidelines for creating well-balanced meal plans, advice on how to cut time in the kitchen, and ways to reduce fat while enhancing flavor, Golden Door Cooks Light and Easy surpasses so many other cookbooks that amount to nothing more than a list of exotic ingredients from a fancy kitchen. From breakfast to beverages, appetizers to sauces, salads to seafood and easy desserts, Chef Stroot shares his favorite menus as he reflects on the Golden Door belief that "it is necessary to maintain a balance between what goes into our bodies and what we can expect to get out in terms of energy, enthusiasm, and enjoyment."Classically trained, Chef Michel Stroot honed his skills as the executive chef at the Golden Door Spa for more than two decades. His food has been praised by the New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Gourmet, and Vogue. Stroot has been called "a kitchen genius" and his creations "tantalizing and singularly inspiring." Originally from Belgium, he lives in San Marcos, California.

The first full-color cookbook from the renowned Golden Door spa lets cooks recreate the flavorful fresh recipes of the destination spa--dishes that are so tasty, it's almost impossible to think of them as healthy.

With best-selling cookbook author Joie Warner in charge, everybody's favorite staple is the stuff great meals are made of. Emphasizing variety and simplicity, Warner offers 65 adventurous ways to transform this pantry stand-by into a delicious dish, including recipes for starters, soups, sandwiches, salads, and entrees. With over a dozen tantalizing tuna sandwich fillings to choose from, featuring ingredients like sun-dried tomatoes, pesto, and even a curried mango chutney stuffing for pita pockets, the lunchbox will never be the same. Other recipes include a tempting tuna and cheese souffle; a tangy pasta sauce with black olives, capers, and lemon juice; and a comforting tuna and sweet corn chowder. Boasting versatile and inspired ideas on every page, Take a Tin of Tuna is the catch of the day, every day.