Gourmet Food Books

Over 150 Recipes With Instruction on How to Buy, Store, and Serve All Your Favorite Cheeses Paula Lambert Description From The Publisher: Paula Lambert is a godsend to cheese lovers everywhere. She so yearned for delicious cheese that she built her own factory, the Mozzarella Company, in Dallas, Texas. The Cheese Lover's Cookbook and Guide is her indispensable resource on buying, storing, cooking, and serving cheese, and even making your own cheese at home. In more than 150 recipes, Lambert presents a down-to-earth approach to cooking with many varieties, whether it's Gruyere, Camembert, or just tried-and-true Cheddar. Learn to put the cheeses you love into every meal, from appetizers like a Savory Herbed Cheesecake to such desserts as an Orange-Ricotta Almond Tart. With so many wonderful cheeses available, it can be difficult to choose among them. To help navigate this abundance of riches, The Cheese Lover's Cookbook and Guide contains descriptions of a hundred cheeses by taste, texture, country of origin, and type of milk used to make them, as well as suggestions on selecting cheeses and putting together a cheese course when entertaining.

Hugh Carpenter and Teri Sandison Description From The Publisher: The authors of the immensely popular HOT series put their taste for international flavors and visual flair on the fast track to quick, easy-to-prepare appetizers with dazzling results. Each of the 100 recipes in FAST APPETIZERS, from spring rolls to pizza to caviar, can be made in a flash, most in under 15 minutes. Whether you're hosting a cocktail party or an intimate dinner, Carpenter and Sandison deliver maximum flavor in minimum time. The first title in a fresh new series from Ten Speed's most popular cooking duo. As with the HOT series, bonus pages full of tips for quick cooking and presentation enliven this book. Includes dramatic color photos in Teri Sandison's signature style. About the Authors Hugh Carpenter , one of America's most popular cooking instructors and writers, teaches at cooking schools throughout North America and at his own school in California's Napa Valley. Hugh's wife, Teri Sandison is adjunct instructor in food photography and food styling at the Culinary Institute of America, Greystone campus and lives in the Napa Valley community of Oakville, California.