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| The Good Stuff | |
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| What's good to eat? | |
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| One set of notions | |
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| Custom Charcuterie | |
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| Transforming meats and poultry into pate, mousse, confit, hearty spreads, updated sausages, smoked viands, & more | |
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| Seafood Feasting | |
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| Fisherman's luck, diner's pleasure: Seafood sausages & pates | |
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| seafood variously dill-cured, potted, salted, marinated, or smoked | |
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| salmon pastrami, plus others | |
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| Savory Whets-From The Vegetable Kingdom | |
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| Great starters from fruits of the earth | |
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| Caponata, dried tomato tapenade & pesto, deviled or curried nuts, olive tapenade, olivata, potted mushrooms, roasted peppers & tomatoes, & even more | |
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| Bread & Beyond: Home Baking For The Joy Of It | |
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| For baking mavens or beginners, two groups of breadstuffs beyond the ordinary: | |
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| Bread in Loaves & in Special Shapes | |
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| A breadmaking primer, plus loaves starring bulgur, Cheddar, sun-dried tomatoes, or semolina | |
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| Chocolate-filled rolls, English muffins, crumpets, bagels, focaccia, tortillas, soft pretzels, & more besides | |
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| Crisp & Savory Breadstuffs & Biscotti Hard pretzels, cocktail biscotti, corn chips, grissini, crackers (cheese, wine, sesame, ginger, rye), oatcakes, digestive biscuits, & other crunchy items | |
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| Savory Saucery | |
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| A four-part basketful of sauces, relishes, & condiments: | |
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| Salsas Hot, mild, or in between, for summer or winter, devised to taste | |
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| Aioli, Pesto, Seasoned Butters, & Mayonnaise Suave celebrations of emulsion sauces & their variations | |
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| Barbecue Fixin's, Hot Sauces, & Other Meat-Mates For saucing barbecue, steak, or burgers, here are starting points (or the last word) | |
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| Also country chili sauce, harissa, pepper sauces, and more enhancements | |
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| Uncommon Relishes, Ketchups, & Chutneys All these, plus garlic jelly, red rosemary or hot red pepper jelly, sherried onion marmelade, & other fillips | |
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| Seasonings Subtle and Smashing | |
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| Flavor-crafting for curious cooks | |
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| Marinades, spice & herb blends; seasoned salts & dry rubs; seasonings for curries, chili, gumbo, & jerk; mushroom essence, & more good things | |
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| Dairying-A Few Simple Delicacies | |
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| Modest ventures into a bucolic craft: Potted cheese, fresh white cheese, herb-marinated cheese; making and using yogurt & crSme fraiche | |
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| Pickling-Sweet & Tart, Salty, Pungent, & Spicy Tidbits | |
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| Sampling a world of pickles: Cornichons, grapes with tarragon, cured lemons | |
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| pickled mushrooms, cherries, hot peppers, shallots | |
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| cocktail vegetables | |
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| young ginger Japanese style, & other bagatelles | |
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| Big Flavors-Special Vinegars, Mustards, & Oils | |
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| Custom-crafted condiments and seasonings | |
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| Wine vinegars from scratch, vinegars flavored with fruits or herbs | |
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| oils infused with garlic, Chinese seasonings, hot peppers, or herbs | |
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| many mustards, roasted garlic paste, & more | |
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| The Pleasures of Pasta Making | |
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| A master recipe for semolina pasta, plus offbeat noodling | |
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| Pastas redolent of green herbs, sweet or hot peppers, nut paste, porcini, garlic, or saffron | |
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| Preserving-Sweet Stuff In Neat Jars | |
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| Preserving how-to's; classic & inventive recipes metamorphosing berries, fruits, pumpkin, tomatoes, wine, honey, or fresh ginger into classic preserves, butters, jams, jellies, conserves, and marmalades | |
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| Confectionery-A Small Banquet Of Sweetmeats | |
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| Sweet guidance for fashioning chocolate truffles, toffee, glazed or spiced nuts, marzipan, ginger (crystallized, coated with chocolate, or in syrup), plus other kickshaws | |
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| Great Cookies and a Cake or two | |
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| Sugar baking from airy amaretti to pfeffernusse, by way of real macaroons, classic & innovative biscotti, three-ingredient almond bars, Florentines, panforte, fine shortbreads, Pavlova cake, & other delights | |
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| Topping off With Dessert-Sauces & Beyond | |
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| Creating grand finales with chestnuts in Cointreau, Nesselrode or Melba sauces, chocolate butter, berry syrups, Cumberland rum butter, toppings of fudge, caramel mocha, or rum & raisins, among other indulgences | |
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| Mail-Order | |
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| Sources Index | |