A mouthwatering collection of forty traditional and modern cookie recipes, including spicy Gingerbread, Sugar Cookies, French Lemon Wafers, and Mahogany-Iced Brown Bears, provides a captivating history of Christmas cookies and reveals which cookies are best for shipping, fun to bake with kids, and much more.
Stir up some fun at your next gathering with this delightful collection of fondue recipes, featuring cheese fondue, entrée fondues, and dessert fondues. Whether served at festive gatherings or intimate dinners, fondue is a party dish guaranteed to deliver fabulous flavors and fun. Bestselling author Lou Seibert Pappas offers recipes that are easy to make and fabulously delicious. Traditionalists will revel in cheese fondues such as Bagna Cauda and Tuscan Cheese Fondue. Entrée options include Filet Mignon and Shrimp Fondue or Beach Lover’s Fish Pot. Best of all, the host can enjoy the time spent with family and friends, as the cooking is done right at the table. So, without ado, get ready to dip, swirl, and delight in Fondue!
Now, with Jams & Jellies, the time-honored tradition of preserving fresh fruit is a snap, even for today's busy cooks. Best-selling cookbook author Lou Seibert Pappas presents a mouthwatering variety of jams, jellies, conserves, fruit butters, preserves, and marmalades, and offers techniques for making them in small, manageable quantities - without the hassle of complicated canning and sealing. This delightfully illustrated cookbook reveals the secrets of turning ripe, orchard-fresh fruits like cherries and peaches, as well as tropical treats like mango and papaya, into delectable spreads. Want to achieve an exotic effect? Add fresh herbs, chilies, lemon grass, or ginger to your homemade preserves. From Mango-Orange Marmalade with Honey to sweeten your morning toast to a Hot and Sweet Red Pepper Jam guaranteed to spice up your favorite dishes, Jams & Jellies offers marvelously modern adaptations of these classic condiments.
A lovely and tantalizing presentation of recipes for the versatile and glorious Italian cookie. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Fifty Christmas cookie recipes sure to make your next holiday gathering, cookie exchange, or quiet night at home merry and bright. Bake up a batch of festive winter treats! All of the traditional favorites—and some contemporary twists—are included in this handy deck of easy-to-follow recipes, from classic gingerbread and spiced Lebkuchen, to rich Snowflake Brownie Diamonds and delicate Norwegian Lace Cookies. Whether at home or with friends, Christmas Cookies will help you deck your halls with the sumptuous aromas and oven-baked warmth of the season.
Identify 18 of the most common fresh herbs used in today's cooking and learn how to use them. Over 100 recipes feature fresh herbs prominently. Seeking a description of the flavor, color, folklore and suggested foods that each herb complements? This book is your resource. It's perfect for those with proliferating gardens or anyone wishing to add fresh, lively flavor to meals.
Lou Seibert Pappas brings simple elegance to home entertaining in this delightful guide to creamy and crispy crème brûlée. Whether classic, fruity, chocolatey, nutty, or savory, these easy-to-follow recipes add a fine finale to any meal. By mixing new flavors with just a few basic ingredients, first-time cooks and experienced chefs alike can serve showstoppers like Balsamic-Blackberry Crème Brûlé made with Greek-style yogurt, or tartly sweet Cranberry-Orange Crème Brûlé. With advice on choosing ingredients and equipment, tips on technique and presentation, and mouthwatering photographs, Crème Brûlé is a dreamy addition to any dessert repertoire.
Take two classic breakfast favorites to new heights with this book of over 40 pancake and waffle recipes, plus sweet and savory sauces and toppings. What’s better in the morning to share with friends and family than a stack of fluffy pancakes or crisp waffles dripping with butter and warm syrup? Quick-bread expert Lou Seibert Papas mixes up these classics with a yummy variety of light, hearty, sweet, and zesty batters and fillings that’ll inspire you to heat up the griddle and pull out the waffle iron. Satisfy a robust weekend appetite with Classic Buttermilk Pancakes or Waffles. Give brunch a special touch with an irresistible Dutch Baby with Berries and Sour Cream, Apple-Oatmeal Pancakes, or waffles laced with toasted pecans and drizzled with caramel. Looking for a healthful boost? Nibble on wholesome Four-Grain Fitness Pancakes or try the snappy crunch of Sesame Seed Multigrain Waffles. Even where you least expect them, pancakes and waffles can be the perfect fare. Pass blinis topped with sour cream and caviar with flutes of champagne at your next chic celebration. Serve sides of spicy Triple Ginger Pancakes or colorful Savory Vegetable Pancakes for a truly different dinner pairing. Fill delicate crepes with plump, juicy berries and dollops of crème fraiche for elegant desserts. Brighten your holiday spread with crispy cornmeal waffles speckled with dried cherries and pistachios. Pancakes & Waffles—so simple to make you’ll have time to sleep in, but so scrumptious you may just find yourself up with the sun for another serving of perfect pancakes and winning waffles. “For those who hear “pancake” and think “buttermilk” or see “waffle” and expect “Belgian,” Pappas . . . offers dozens of new ways to think about such familiar favorites. . . . Add in clear directions and a clean layout, and you’ve got a little book that promises to break waffles and pancakes out of the breakfast box.” —Publishers Weekly
Lou Pappas shares her time-tested favorites & newer classics like the twice-baked cookie, biscotti. Contains over 120 cookie recipes & includes a special section on tips for baking, storing & shipping cookies.
You'll find satisfying soups of all kinds as well as basic chicken, beef and fish stock recipes; cold soups; mostly vegetable soups; seafood soups; meaty soups; thick and creamy soups.
The author presents dishes from the past and combines over 120 recipes with today's fresh herbs, produce and condiments. Cooks of all ages should enjoy these dishes from the past recreated here with modern cooking styles.
A perfect primer on pumpkins and squash, from how to buy, cook, and store them to forty recipes that let you enjoy them any time of day. Buttercup or crookneck, patty pan or sugar pumpkin, squashes and pumpkins are delicious additions to muffins, breads, soups, salads, pastas, entrées, and sweets. Just as good in the morning as at night, the recipes in this beautiful collection include such gems as Cranberry-Walnut Pumpkin Coffee Cake, Grilled Chicken Breasts Stuffed with Zucchini and Goat Cheese, and Five-Spice Pumpkin-Ginger Cake. With forty wonderful recipes, a glossary of the types of squash, basic cooking instructions, and useful tips on how to buy and store them, these versatile, delicious gourds make for year-round goodness.
This classic trio of egg dishes is the cook's secret weapon. Marvelously versatile, they can feature an amazing variety of ingredients and flavors. They're quick and easy to whip up, and they are perfect for a leisurely weekend breakfast or light repast. Yet they are also certain to impress guests, evoking sighs of rapture around the table. Egg cookery never went out of style among good cooks, but now with good news on the health front these dishes are all the rage. In scores of tempting recipes, Lou Seibert Pappas shows how easy it is to master these creations, from the classic french omelette with gruyere cheese and chives to a hearty wild mushroom frittata and a fluffy, tart lemon souffle. In all their forms, eggs bring delight to your table at breakfast, lunch, or dinner. Book jacket.
The author of Fondue presents a festive guide for the classic American holiday—from planning and preparation to Turkey Day recipes for every taste. Thanksgiving explores over 50 of your favorite holiday recipes, offering both traditional and contemporary dishes—from starters to stuffings and leftover ideas. With helpful tips for organizing the meal, working with turkey, and creating an inspired menu, this volume will ease the stress, making way for a wonderful Thanksgiving. Whether you prepare and host Thanksgiving dinner every year or you are new to the experience, the task can be a daunting one. Finding the perfect turkey, timing the oven use just right, and estimating how much food and drink you need are just some of the tips and techniques that can be found in the pages of Thanksgiving.
Trust the author of Biscotti to deliver the secrets of great kuchen in the kitchen! Traditional coffee cakes, delicious new flavors, quick recipes, and more elaborate yeast breadsthey're all here, and they're all perfect for breakfast, brunch, picnics, and desserts. From sweet morning surprises such as Strawberry Coffee Cakes or Sticky Caramel Pinwheels to savories such as Ruby Grape Focaccia or Gruyre Cheese Brioche Braid and treats such as Dark Chocolate-Almond Cake, here are more than 50 simply-can't-go-wrong pleasers. Tips for baking techniques including preferred ingredients, how to manage dough, and how to store and serve coffee cakes are included in this gorgeously photographed collection. Bringing comfort to the table is made easyall it takes is Coffee Cakes!
Nothing beats homemade ice cream, and making it from scratch is a charming summertime tradition whose time has come again. Ice Creams & Sorbets offers nearly 50 recipes for simple and sophisticated frozen desserts: old-fashioned classics such as vanilla bean, strawberry, and bittersweet chocolate; contemporary delights such as Lavender-Honey Ice Cream and Lemongrass-Wine Ice; and sinfully exquisite treats like White Chocolate-Framboise Truffle Gelato. With handy ingredient guides, serving tips, and the rundown on how to select and use ice cream makers, this fabulous book is a recipe for delicious new-fashioned fun.
Contains a variety of recipes for appetisers, sandwiches, pastas and pizzas, as well as sauteed, stir-fried, grilled, broiled, roasted and baked chicken entrees.
A 30-year best-seller, "Extra Special Crockery Pot Recipes" now includes current products and new thinking about nutrition. The 120 recipes in this collection have international flair and include unusual items you can make in a slow cooker, such as cakes and jams.
Bestselling author Lou Pappas offers fast, fresh cooking for singles and couples, with quick and delicious choices for every course. Includes imaginative, almost-instant platter dinners that are ready in 10 minutes, dishes that are "heart healthy", plus nutritional analysis of every recipe.
Our popular cookie book is updated, with new cookie recipes in addition to the old favorites. Pappas has added a chapter on biscotti in response to the national interest in this twice-baked Italian specialty.
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