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Here's why I love cookbooks and think they are worth buying and giving, even as our little black box devices can call up recipes lickety split.  When I buy a cookbook I spend a few weeks cooking only from it.  I read the front parts and the back parts and I don't flip straight to recipes.  Why? Because the reason a publishing house spent tons of hours and dollars in printing and editing and testing this beauty is because this person is good at what they do. Better than me for sure, can't say about you.  Either way, if you read a cookbook and shop its recipes and cook them for a few weeks, you will grasp more deeply how to cook.  Because this chef has developed a noteworthy system of cooking that people find delicious.  There's never one single way to learn to cook, but me - I buy cookbooks and then cook from them.  I've done my best to collect ones you'll love - let me know if I'm missing any, will ya?  read@prairiepathbooks.com

Cookbooks

A Teen Guide to Fast, Delicious Lunches

A Teen Guide to Fast, Delicious Lunches

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Lunch falls right in the middle of your busy day. What can you eat to give you energy to get from morning to night? You can't always count on the cafeteria, and a bag lunch doesn't have to be a flattened PB&J with a bruised apple. Make something awesome to satisfy your mid day appetite. From pizza sandwiches to pita salads, from potatoes to pudding, the Teen Guide to Fast, Delicious Lunches shows you how to energize your afternoon with a delicious and healthy meal.
A Teen Guide to Quick Healthy Snacks

A Teen Guide to Quick Healthy Snacks

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There's an hour to go 'til mealtime, but your stomach is growling like a wild animal. It can't be ignored. It must be fed. But before you start raiding the refrigerator, clearing out the cupboard, or pilfering the pantry, think about what you're grabbing to eat. Find the foods that give your body what it needs. Whether you're on Team Sweet or Team Salty, the Teen Guide to Quick, Healthy Snacks will help you whip up something tasty to tame the growling beast.
A Woman's Drink

A Woman's Drink

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A chic and empowered approach to mixing drinks in style, A Woman's Drink is the ultimate cocktail book for ladies. Filled with gorgeous cocktails and favorite drinks from notable women, this chic package celebrates a new cocktail culture that's distinctly and unapologetically feminine. Inspired by Brooklyn bars Elsa and Ramona, the cocktails here capture the joys and pleasures of making the perfect drink at home. Whether you're drinking solo, drinking with a plus one, or drinking with a crowd, there's a recipe for every occasion. Featuring 50 mixed drinks--including classics like Cosmos and Negronis, as well as new spins like Elderflower Bellinis--the cocktails in this book are strong, spirited, and bold, just like the women who drink them.
Add a Pinch: Easier, Faster, Fresher Southern Classics

Add a Pinch: Easier, Faster, Fresher Southern Classics

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With a foreword by Ree Drummond, this beautiful book has 100 easier, faster, lightened-up Southern recipes, from the blogger behind the popular Add a Pinch website.

A generation ago, home cooks may have had all day to prepare dinner, but most folks now want convenient, fast recipes that don't rely on canned soups or other processed products. Here, fresh ingredients take center stage in slow cooker meals, casseroles and one-dish suppers, salads, soups, and desserts that have deep, satisfying flavors but are a cinch to make. Smart swaps like Greek yogurt for mayo in pimento cheese and cauliflower "rice" put a modern spin on these dishes. With 75 color photographs and lots of sidebars, this is the new Southern cooking handbook.

After Toast

After Toast

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Finally, a cookbook that answers the question all aspiring cooks ask--what can I cook once I've mastered toast? The essential young person's guide to real, and really awesome, food.

Toast is the entry into the kitchen for many cooks--the dish a young cook first learns not to burn, or that they make when there is nobody around to cook for them. It's a reliable culinary introduction. But what comes next? Taking aspiring cooks into the kitchen fray, this cookbook shows young adults what to eat and how to cook. Distilling culinary advice from her own upbringing, the author offers must-know tricks for the new-to-cooking, modernizes classics, and inspires an interest in healthy cooking. Recipes for crunchy, fried mozzarella-stuffed croquettes; French roast chicken; mini cheeseburgers; and proper salads meet ideas for sprawling weekend feasts. This book raises the bar for the packed lunch, serves up new ideas on snacks, shows teens and 20-somethings what to cook for friends or mom, and puts an end to endless fridge searches by answering the perpetual question "What can I eat?."

Against All Grain - Old version

Against All Grain - Old version

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Having battled an autoimmune disease the modern-medicine way for many years, Danielle Walker took matters into her own hands and set out to regain her health through the medicine of food. After four years of turning her kitchen into a laboratory for revamping her culinary point of view, Danielle mastered the art of grain- and dairy-free cooking--and improved her well-being, virtually eliminating all her ailments.A self-trained chef, Danielle is the new face of grain-free cooking, tempting foodies of all stripes with her accessible recipes for vibrant Paleo food. Paying homage to the dishes she loved in her pre-Paleo life, she has ingeniously recreated all her favorites without grains or dairy in her first cookbook.Complementing her innovative recipes with elegant photography, Danielle takes you on a culinary Paleo journey that includes everything from quick breakfasts to sinful desserts, with a long list of hearty entrees in-between. And because Danielle knows she's not the only one with a finicky toddler at home, she has included a special section filled with healthy recipes that kids will be eager to eat and moms will be just as eager to serve.These recipes are sure to leave you feeling satisfied and exhilarated, rather than discouraged and deprived. Danielle proves that omitting grains, gluten, dairy, and refined sugar doesn't correlate with sacrificing taste; in fact, just the opposite. This book will show you that you can go against the grain in the culinary world and enter a paradise of gourmet foods with exciting flavors.
Against the Grain: Extraordinary Gluten-Free Recipes Made from Real, All-Natural Ingredients

Against the Grain: Extraordinary Gluten-Free Recipes Made from Real, All-Natural Ingredients

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Revolutionary all-natural recipes for gluten-free cooking--from the owner of Against the Grain Gourmet.

Nancy Cain came to gluten-free cooking simply enough: Her teenage son was diagnosed with celiac disease. After trying ready-made baking mixes and finding the results rubbery and tasteless, she pioneered gluten-free foods made entirely from natural ingredients--no xanthan or guar gums or other mystery chemical additives allowed. That led her to adapt many of her family's favorite recipes, including their beloved pizzas, pastas, and more, to this real food technique. In Against the Grain, Nancy finally shares 200 groundbreaking recipes for achieving airy, crisp breads, delicious baked goods, and gluten-free main dishes.
For any of these cookies, cakes, pies, sandwiches, and casseroles, you use only natural ingredients such as buckwheat flour, brown rice flour, and ripe fruits and vegetables. Whether you're making Potato Rosemary Bread, iced Red Velvet Cupcakes, Lemon-Thyme-Summer Squash Ravioli, or Rainbow Chard and Kalamata Olive Pizza, you'll be able to use ingredients already in your pantry or easily found at your local supermarket.
With ample information for gluten-free beginners and 100 colorful photographs, this book is a game changer for gluten-free households everywhere.

All Time Best Holiday Entertaining

All Time Best Holiday Entertaining

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Celebrations call for meals that impress, and with thousands of meticulously tested recipes to our name, the experts at Cook's Illustrated are no strangers to pulling off a great holiday feast. In this timeless collection, we have gathered 75 spectacular, foolproof recipes from over 20 years of testing to help you confidently pull off a holiday meal to remember.

Chapters devoted to each course (Starters, Centerpieces, Shareable Sides, and Sweet Endings) make planning easy, whether you're ­feasting with extended family, hosting a small-scale celebration, or simply bringing along a standout dish. Reimaging the Thanksgiving table? Find that new go-to side, such as Roasted Cauliflower Gratin or Wild Rice Pilaf with Pecans and Cranberries. Baking Christmas cookies or other treats for gift-giving? You'll find the perfect cookie recipes (butter and gingerbread) as well as a foolproof method for producing luscious Chocolate Truffles. Hosting an intimate New Year's Eve dinner? Our showstopper recipes, whether a Spiced Pumpkin Cheesecake, Italian-style Porchetta, or Boneless Rib Roast with Yorkshire Pudding, guarantee success. Invite Cook's Illustrated to your holiday table this year and watch new traditions take root.

All Time Best Sunday Suppers

All Time Best Sunday Suppers

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After 20 years of turning out roasts, stews, and comfort-food casseroles, the experts at Cook's Illustrated are the ultimate resource for foolproof Sunday suppers. In All-Time Best Sunday Suppers, we have gathered 75 perfect recipes from our extensive archives to help make everyone's Sundays the happiest day of the week.
All-American Paleo Table: Classic Homestyle Cooking from a Grain-Free Perspective

All-American Paleo Table: Classic Homestyle Cooking from a Grain-Free Perspective

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Scrumptious Paleo Recipes for Traditional American Favorites

Celebrating the rich and diverse American food culture, Caroline Potter, food blogger and Nutritional Therapy Practitioner, presents an incredible collection of healthy and wholesome twists on classic American dishes to feed your family and friends throughout the year. Whether you're gathered with friends to cheer your favorite team on game day, bringing a dish to a summer barbecue, hosting Thanksgiving, throwing a Christmas party or simply cooking up something quick and flavorful on a busy weeknight, All-American Paleo Table has got you covered.

Bring some all-American flair to your table with over 100 grain-free, refined sugar-free and Paleo-friendly dishes like these:

- Fried Chicken
- Banana Chocolate Chip Griddle Cakes
- Chicken Pot Pie and Biscuits
- Cowboy Skillet Hash
- Maple Sugar Christmas Morning Cinnamon Rolls
- White Sausage Gravy with Biscuits
- Smoked Baby Back Ribs
- Slow-Cooked Pulled Pork Sandwiches
- Skillet Peach Cobbler
- Classic Pepperoni Pizza
- Cider Mill Donut Holes

Life is celebrated at the table - and if you are working through health issues or just trying to eat healthier, the memories of food and fellowship can often be missed! All-American Paleo Table proves just how tasty and delightful a healthy lifestyle can be. Each recipe is designed to spark your tastebuds and your memories, taking you back to your American roots. So gather around because these dishes are finger lickin' good!

All-In-One Dutch Oven Cookbook for Two: One-Pot Meals You'll Both Love

All-In-One Dutch Oven Cookbook for Two: One-Pot Meals You'll Both Love

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With one-pot meals specifically designed for duos, the All-In-One Dutch Oven Cookbook for Two is your ultimate solution to unwanted leftovers.

Many Dutch oven cookbooks offer recipes meant to serve 6 or more. But why overspend on pricey ingredients or waste time in the kitchen you're only cooking for two? The All-In-One Dutch Oven Cookbook for Two will show you how to create the wholesome, delicious meals you want without all the leftovers you don't.

  • More than 90 creative Dutch oven recipes that go beyond chili and stews, offering new perfect-for-two favorites like Butternut Squash Risotto and Chicken and Herb Dumplings
  • Meals prep in less than 15 minutes and cook in under 45 minutes and use only your Dutch oven for a nearly hands-off cooking experience
  • A sample weekly meal plan perfectly-portioned for two covers breakfasts, mains, vegetarian options, and even desserts
  • Created by culinary instructor and food writer Janet Zimmerman, the All-In-One Dutch Oven Cookbook for Two calms the common stressors that can go along with cooking for two. You'll buy only what you need, use just one pot, and wipe your hands clean after the quickest cleanup ever.

    "My new favorite cookbook! I especially love that these meals are meant for two people and my husband and I don't end up with a ton of uneaten leftovers. A great cookbook for couples!"-- Holly S., Amazon Customer

    All-Time Best Appetizers

    All-Time Best Appetizers

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    Hosting a party is overwhelming enough; let the experts at Cook's Illustrated reduce some of the strain with this perfectly curated selection of only the best: the 75 best appetizer recipes ever to come out of the test kitchen. An innovative organization makes it simple to put together a well-balanced spread that hits all the high points, from something dippable to snacks to munch by the handful to elegant two-bite treats. Chapters mix cocktail party classics and modern finger foods and satisfy a variety of menus, abilities, and styles. Invite Cook's Illustrated to your next soiree to guarantee the all-time best party for you and your guests.