The Everyday Gourmet

Chef Bill Briwa teaches 24 comprehensive lessons designed to expand you knowledge of the basics of cooking and delves into some fresh tactics that are sure to spark your interest. Focusing on techniques rather than recipes the newfound knowledge about cooking can be transferred to other dishes outside the ones listed in this book. This book acts as a campanion text to the DVD set of the same name.

The best modern cooking combines fresh ingredients, healthy outlook and creative simplicity. Gerry Galvin, restaurateur, award-winning chef, poet and author of this collection of delicious and simple recipes offers 80 of his favourites -- all tried and tested in his country house restaurant just outside Galway, and guaranteed easy to prepare. Try a simple cheese soup with celery sticks or go all out on baked avocado with fish mousse and curried coconut sauce. There's a section of mouth-watering vegetarian dishes, some innovative one-pot dishes plus a dessert pizza with fruit, chocolate and mint topping. There are also 12 essential items that you should never let your kitchen be without.

That summer mainstay the humble hamburger leaps off the grill with the help of Ted Reader’s unique innovations in preparation and presentation. With more than 100 recipes, he lets readers go far beyond the basic burger. Tips and tricks for cooking on an uncovered grill, using the right meat binders, and seasoning and chilling meat properly are explained in detail. BBQ pros learn to grill burgers that are moist and juicy every time with recipes like Texas Smoked Brisket Burger, Prime Rib Burger with Horseradish Compound Butter, and Carolina BBQ Pulled Pork Burgers with Mustard Slaw.

Celebrity chef Ted Reader knows good grilling -- and in his bestselling cookbooks (including The Art of Plank Grilling), it definitely shows. Reader maintains that anything at all can be cooked with gas or charcoal, from delectable hors d'oeuvres to hearty main dishes, from perfectly grilled vegetables to unique (but delicious) desserts. The 125 detailed, step-by-step recipes presented here are enough to satisfy any appetite, and, as always, the author loves to include his useful tips and tricks to achieve grill perfection. Reader may be a rare breed of grill expert, but luckily for us, he's willing to share his expertise!

Take the stress out of weeknight dinners by letting a well-stocked pantry, fridge and freezer do the work for you. Justine Schofield shows you how, with more than 100 simple meals based on everyday staples. Meet your new go-to meals: easy-cheesy spinach gratin (frozen spinach + breadcrumbs + cheese); fish and potato cakes with tangy tartare (canned fish + potato + yoghurt + pickles); and a lemony Greek chicken and pea tray bake (chicken + frozen peas + lemons + dried oregano). With dinners this simple you even have time for dessert! Add some weeknight magic with baked apple slippers (apples + puff pastry + sugar) or tropical rice pudding (rice + milk + pineapple + spices). Fast, delicious weeknight dinners have never been easier. This is a specially formatted fixed-layout ebook that retains the look and feel of the print book.

Everyday Raw is an exciting new cookbook that will introduce the benefits and pleasure of eating healthful food that is organic, fresh and good for you! Preparing and eating raw food does not mean bland, whether it is a smoothie, a salad, or a mid-morning snack, you will love the tantalizing and delicious recipes included here. Filled with luscious photography, Chef Matthew Kenney has been preparing raw food for years and offers up a variety of delectable recipes including-Chocolate-Cherry Smoothie, Red-Chile Pineapple Dipping Sauce, Sesame Cashew Dumplings, Portobello Fajitas, and a Lemon Macaroon Cheesecake Tartlet that will leave you wondering why you haven't started eating raw food sooner! Update! Ice Cream Cone recipe directions (pg 134): Blend all ingredients in Vita-Mix until smooth. Spread thinly into 5 to 6-inch rounds on dehydrator Teflex sheets. Dehydrate 5 or 6 hours until dry but very pliable. Remove from Teflex sheets and shape each round into cones; press edges together. If needed, use paper clips to secure the edges. Place cones on dehydrator screens and dehydrate for 24 more hours until crisp.

Nothing beats slow cooking when it comes to convenience. With minimal preparation, simple ingredients and just one pot, you can set and forget, then enjoy hearty, wholesome meals every night of the week. Indulge in the joy of preparing simple, hearty, sustaining meals, with a healthy dose of family favourites in the mix, too. From tagines and tacos to pot roasts, pies and puddings, all recipes include conventional stovetop or oven instructions as well as those for slow-cooker machines. These dishes, even if they're new to you, will give you the warm, fuzzy feeling of having come home. So, it's time to roll up those sleeves, switch on the slow cooker or fire up the oven and get cooking. Slow cooking is clever cooking ... and, as they say, good things come to those who wait. Recipes include: - Eggplant and mushroom cottage pie - Slow-cooked honey-mustard salmon - One-pot chicken parmigiana - Japanese chicken curry - Pork and pineapple tacos - Spiced ginger beer ham hocks - Beef pho - Pot au feu - Greek lamb and risoni stew - Lamb biryani - Sticky date pudding - Lemon delicious This is a specially formatted fixed-layout ebook that retains the look and feel of the print book.

YOU ALWAYS REMEMBER YOUR FIRST TIME...as gourmand and gourmet author William Maltese proves in this charming memoir, wherein he reminiscences about his first-time encounters with thirty of his favorite menu items during his extensive world travels. Maltese, author of six cookbooks and his WILLIAM MALTESE WINE TASTER'S DIARY volumes for mainstream publisher Wildside/Borgo Press' "Traveling Gourmand" series, takes you on a fascinating culinary journey from the pubs of Ireland, to the lemon groves of Saudi Arabia, to the beaches of Korea, to dining with American working cowboys on day-long, pit-roasted short ribs served up from a chuck wagon on the grazing lands of the US southwest. With his creative skills, and those of his fellow chef and co-author Bonnie Clark, Maltese has duplicated the recipes for all thirty of these memorable Maltese firsts--so that you, too, can enjoy them without journeying beyond the comfort of your own kitchen. You won't stay hungry after sampling these culinary delights!

Looking for new ways to prepare the wild game you harvested this season? Do you need tips for processing your venison that will all but guarantee top-notch flavor? America s most respected chefs share their favorite recipes covering a menagerie of wild meats and a world of flavors. This illustrated cookbook features easy, step-by-step recipes that will please the most discriminating eaters. Napa winemaker Marc Mondavi lends his expertise to suggest wine pairings for each recipe."