Melissas Hatch Pepper Cookbook

Fresh Hatch Peppers, grown only in the Mesilla Valley of New Mexico, are available for just a few short weeks each year. This cookbook celebrates these legendary peppers, with 95 recipes and a complete how-to guide for preparing both fresh and dried Hatch Peppers.

Peppers are hot-in every sense of the word. They add flavor and spice to thousands of dishes from a variety of cuisines, and inspire near-fanatical devotion in those who have succumbed to their fiery charms. Thanks to the restaurant industry's embracement of the vast variety of peppers beyond the jalapenos, home cooks are now looking to learn more about these piquant seed pods and cook beyond their comfort zone. Melissa's Produce, the largest global distributor of fresh and dried peppers, introduces The Great Pepper Cookbook - which is sure to heat things up in your kitchen and life. This graphic and engaging book offers delicious, everyday recipes that show readers how simple it is to use 38 different fresh and dried chile pepper varieties. Each recipe offers a substitution guide, offering alternate pepper choices for those who prefer more mellow variations-or for those chileheads who want to crank the heat up to the max. Filled with brilliant, colorful photographs, clear recipes and clever tricks for handling the fruit, this book will be useful for readers at any level of experience. A useful bonus feature involves a pepper glossary with images, seasonality, and a Scoville chart heat rating. With The Great Pepper Cookbook, Melissa's will show readers exactly how to harness all the great potential of chiles: the world's hottest fruit. 256 pages include: 150 recipes and over 120 mouthwatering photos Variety of tips and recipes for cooks of all experience levels Comprehensive pepper glossary with exciting facts and images

This encyclopedic guide to cooking the 50 most nutritious fruits and vegetables in the world comes from Melissa's Produce, the largest supplier of specialty produce in the United States. Cooks of all skill levels will love these 150 recipes for simple sides, breakfasts, dinners, and healthful desserts that make the most of fresh, accessible produce, from memory-boosting blackberries to antimicrobial chili peppers to vitamin A–rich watermelon. Featuring health and nutritional information, tips for buying and storage, quick recipe riffs, and gorgeous shots of finished dishes as well as photographs of individual fruits and vegetables, this impressive package is an indispensable resource for home cooks looking to put more fruits and vegetables on the table every day.

"From a chile-laced Bean and Chicken Stew to a coriander-chile infused Zesty Meat Loaf or a Pork Loin in Green Sauce, this packs in chile recipes gleaned from New Mexican cooks' contributions. Enjoy a collection which uses the chile in everything from appetizers to desserts. "(Bookwatch)

Get away from it all— but keep eating well! When it comes time to head out on the trail with a tent in hand, or to hit the road for a rural weekend at the cabin or lake house, there’s no reason to compromise on great food. It’s easy to whip up delicious meals with The Camp & Cabin Cookbook—in addition to supply lists and prep work that can be done ahead of time, the instructions include options for cooking both outdoors over a roaring fire or indoors near a cozy hearth. Recipes include: Hasselback Sweet Potatoes Dutch Oven Lasagna Carne Asada Street Tacos Peach and Blueberry Cobbler The Camp & Cabin Cookbook is a feast for the eyes, with gorgeous photographs for every dish, from breakfast to snacks to dinner. These recipes are keepers, no matter where you enjoy them.

Celebrity chef, Asian cooking expert and TV personality Jet Tila has compiled the best-of-the-best 101 Eastern recipes that every home cook needs to try before they die! The dishes are authentic yet unique to Jet--drawn from his varied cooking experience, unique heritage and travels. The dishes are also approachable--with simplified techniques, weeknight-friendly total cook times and ingredients commonly found in most urban grocery stores today.

Introducing the lifesaving cookbook for every mother with kids at home—the book that solves the 20 most common cooking dilemmas. What’s your predicament: breakfast on a harried school morning? The Mom 100’s got it—Personalized Pizzas are not only fast but are nutritious, and hey, it doesn’t get any better than pizza for breakfast. Kids making noise about the same old lunch? The Mom 100’s got it—three different Turkey Wraps, plus a Wrap Blueprint delivers enough variety to last for years. Katie Workman, founding editor in chief of Cookstr.com and mother of two school-age kids, offers recipes, tips, techniques, attitude, and wisdom for staying happy in the kitchen while proudly keeping it homemade—because homemade not only tastes best, but is also better (and most economical) for you. The Mom 100 is 20 dilemmas every mom faces, with 5 solutions for each: including terrific recipes for the vegetable-averse, the salad-rejector, for the fish-o-phobe, or the overnight vegetarian convert. “Fork-in-the-Road” variations make it easy to adjust a recipe to appeal to different eaters (i.e., the kids who want bland and the adults who don’t). “What the Kids Can Do” sidebars suggest ways for kids to help make each dish.