The Encyclopedia Of Homemade Dips

An introduction to dips, including types of dips, when and how to serve dips, and a collection of recipes.

Home cooks and gourmets, chefs and restaurateurs, epicures, and simple food lovers of all stripes will delight in this smorgasbord of the history and culture of food and drink. Professor of Culinary History Andrew Smith and nearly 200 authors bring together in 770 entries the scholarship on wide-ranging topics from airline and funeral food to fad diets and fast food; drinks like lemonade, Kool-Aid, and Tang; foodstuffs like Jell-O, Twinkies, and Spam; and Dagwood, hoagie, and Sloppy Joe sandwiches.

Liven up your mealtime with different kinds of dips, dressings, and sauces! This book will help you enhance the flavors of your meat, fish, chicken, or vegetables with a handful of herbs, spices, oils, and other liquid bases. Learn how to make homemade Hummus, Mayonnaise, Hollandaise Sauce, Pesto Sauce, Pizza Sauce, Chicken Gravy and a lot MORE! From savory sauces, yummy dressings, and versatile dips to sweet sauces for your desserts, this book got you covered! Don't hesitate. Grab your copy NOW!

With every recipe shown step-by-step to ensure success, this title includes recipes for all the classic sauces, plus creamy dips, hot and fiery salsas, tasty relishes, spicy marinades and simple dressings.

This comprehensive collection of international recipes for dips, salsas, relishes and other savory condiments features simple snacks as well as elaborate treats for special events. Each recipe is illustrated with step-by-step color photos. Includes a Glossary of ingredients.

Here are recipes for more than 500 sauces of every variety--from bearnaise and hollandaise to ketchup and anchovy sauce. Especially tantalizing are the dessert sauces using liquor, fruits, cinnamon, or chocolate. Only simple ingredients are required and each recipe can be made in just 10 minutes. 33 line drawings.

Demonstrating a variety of easy-to-make, delicious sauces, an illustrated collection offers more than 150 recipes, including practical preparation advice, comprehensive instructions, and a chart that suggests tasty food and sauce combinations.

The Encyclopedia of Foods: A Guide to Healthy Nutrition is a definitive resource for what to eat for maximum health as detailed by medical and nutritional experts. This book makes the connection between health, disease, and the food we eat. The Encyclopedia describes more than 140 foods, providing information on their history, nutrient content, and medical uses. The Encyclopedia also describes the "fit kitchen", including the latest in food safety, equipment and utensils for preparing fit foods, and ways to modify favorite recipes to ensure health and taste. Details healthy eating guidelines based on the RDA food pyramid Provides scientific basis and knowledge for specific recommendations Beautifully illustrated Extensive list of reliable nutrition resources Describes the fit kitchen from the latest in food safety to equipment and utensils for preparing fit foods to ways to modify favorite recipes to ensure health and taste

From the bestselling authors of The Encyclopedia of Natural Medicine, the most comprehensive and practical guide available to the nutritional benefits and medicinal properties of virtually everything edible As countless studies have affirmed, diet plays a major role in both provoking and preventing a wide range of diseases. But just what is a healthy diet? What does the body need to stay strong and get well? In The Encyclopedia of Healing Foods, Michael T. Murray, N.D., and Joseph Pizzorno, N.D., two of the world¹s foremost authorities on nutrition and wellness, draw on an abundant harvest of research to present the best guide available to healthy eating. Make healthy eating a lifetime habit. Let The Encyclopedia of Healing Foods teach you how to: design a safe diet use foods to stimulate the body¹s natural ability to rejuvenate and heal discover the role that fiber, enzymes, fatty acids, and other dietary components have in helping us live healthfully understand which food prescriptions will help you safely treat more than 70 specific ailments, including acne, Alzheimer¹s disease, immune system depression, insomnia, migraine headaches, PMS, and rheumatoid arthritis prepare foods safely in order to prevent illness and maximize health benefits select, store, and prepare all kinds of healthful foods Providing the best natural remedies for everyday aches and pains, as well as potent protection against serious diseases, The Encyclopedia of Healing Foods is a required daily health reference.