Gifts Cooks Love: Recipes for Giving Review

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(More customer reviews)With all sorts of recipes and gift ideas you better believe these are Gifts Cooks Love. The recipes range from the savory, Rustic Rosemary Parmesan Crackers, and onion marmalade, to making your own olive oil and herb-cured albacore tuna for tuna salad-I can hardly wait to try this one out. Let's not forget the sweet gifts, jams and preserves, candied apples, biscotti, Mexican hot chocolate and double fudge brownie pops.
Scrumptious is the word that comes to mind. I have yet to make anything from the book. There will be plenty of recipes that I will try out. In perusing the book, the recipes all seem quite easy with readily available ingredients and instructions that have wonderful cooking tips. My only criticism is I found one recipe that called for corn syrup. I am the enemy of corn syrup. It is the cheapest cooking ingredient around with evil lurking about-just think fat. Unhealthy and unnatural.
That said, I am rather enticed by the thought of making dried porcini mushrooms and panforte.
What I believe that sets this book apart from other gift giving recipe books is the the presentation of the final product and ideas for gift baskets. You could give someone a smores basket, making your own chocolate, graham crackers and marshmallows, or how about an Italian basket, with pasta, sauce and mushrooms.

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From Orange Cardamom Marmalade and Salmon Gravlax to Rustic Rosemary Parmesan Crackers and Blueberry-Blackberry-Basil Margarita Puree, the recipes in Gifts Cooks Love will help you create the perfect gift for any occasion. Because making a handmade gift takes time--one of life's most precious commodities--Gifts Cooks Love emphasizes that giving a handmade offering expresses something very personal.In this beautifully presented book, Sur La Table and Diane Morgan offer something for every level of cook, providing accessible recipes delivered with helpful kitchen tips and ingredient notes, as well as guidance for artfully wrapping and presenting these edible gifts. Gorgeous full-color photographs encourage and motivate creativity, while the 40 recipes inside Gifts Cooks Love are certain to please all palates any time of year, from the sweet and simple to the gourmet. Some of the techniques include preserving fruits, dehydrating fresh mushrooms, smoking and curing meat and fish, and creating spirited beverages. For the beginning cook, there are even simple-to-make no-cook food gifts. And because tasteful treats deserve equally tasteful presentations, each delicious recipe comes with a beautiful packaging idea. Gifts Cooks Love will show you how to turn your handmade gifts into homemade hugs with a few slices of art paper, colorful twists of ribbon, or quick strokes of a brush.

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14 Day Gourmet Cleanse & Rejuvenation Program Review

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(More customer reviews)I met Eloise Nelson 2 years ago and decided to do her 14 day gourmet cleanse program just as a way to start off the spring season. At the end of the 14 days, I felt so amazing, there was no going back. I have been mostly raw for 2 years now and, while I use many cookbooks, this is my "go to" raw cookbook. Everything is simple, amazingly tasty and so good for you!! Eating raw doesn't mean giving up flavor or the enjoyment of eating. Give it 2 weeks - you'll be glad you did!

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In The 14-Day Gourmet Cleanse & Rejuvenation Program, a well-designed detoxification diet that features epicurean foods, Eloise Nelson Ph.D. offers readers a complete body-cleanse in a fortnight. With recipes like stuffed grape leaves, Italian wild rice with marinated collard greens, and a decadent mango pudding, as well as succinct directives on how to detoxify one's body, this wellness guide is perfect for food lovers and health nuts. In six easy to manage and highly readable chapters with titles such as "Things to Know Ahead of Time," "Gourmet Cleanse Tips," and "Day 1-14 Gourmet Cleanse Recipes," the author helps readers lose weight and rid their bodies of toxins. What's most fascinating about this diet guide is that the author has identified hundreds of super foods that naturally help the body eliminate waste, and while all the recipes are nutrient rich, raw or low temperature, vegan, grain free, gluten free, processed-soy free, starch and sugar free-they're also delicious.

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Raw Fusion: Better Living Through Living Foods Review

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(More customer reviews)I can so relate to what the author states: "Food has always been a huge part of my life: if the raw food diet were boring or tasteless, there is no way that I would have stuck with this lifestyle." The author has an advanced degree in psychology, and through interviews with raw foodies has learned that nearly everyone benefits psychologically from the diet. They gain more self-confidence, self-awareness, self-control, and self-respect. In addition, diseases can be prevented and even reversed. All of this motivated her to write this book and share this great health secret with the world.
This book is a wonderful introduction to the raw life, and even though I have read several dozen books on the raw diet (writing even two of them myself), I found myself learning new tricks, such as how to get the most from juicing, how to best dehydrate food, and how dehydrating food can actually save you money!)
What LindaJoy illustrates in this book, for all newbies scared to go raw, is that you can benefit so much by just going to a higher level of raw: "Raw Fusion is a hybrid of the best of the raw foods world, intermingled with an informed and conscious mainstream lifestyle. Individuals who find a high raw diet too limiting can find ways to integrate more variety into their meals without compromising nutrition. High raw foodists seeking healthy ways to add cooked foods into their diets will enjoy the versatility and variety of these tips. Families or individuals accustomed to more mainstream meals, but searching for tasty and convenient ways to increase their nutritional intake, will be surprised at how effortlessly one can fuse more raw ingredients into meals".
The four cornerstones of raw fusion, which the book details, include green smoothies, creative green-ing, the main meal salad, and raw desserts.
Raw Fusion covers all you need to know to get started on your raw, high raw, or "raw fusion" journey. You are taught how to equip our kitchen and pantry, how to properly combine foods for efficient digestion, all about superfoods, and the all important sprouting and soaking. This book will lead you to a world beyond cravings, an attitude of gratitude for your body, and how to cook lightly to avoid toxic byproducts from the heat. There is even an excerpt from my book that warns about how cooking has led to disease.
There are interviews with or essays by 15 other raw leaders.
What I love most about this book is that the author is too smart to get stuck in dogma. She realizes that people vary in their nutritional needs. While some do well on a vegan or vegetarian diet, others don't. She also warns about overeating carbohydrates and high glycemic treats, which is a common error in the raw food movement.
This is a great book for everyone on the road to raw! There is even a companion recipe book which is spiral bound.


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The original and definitive guide to blending delicious, nutritious raw ingredients with favorite traditional meals. Raw Fusion:Mix one part plant-based raw foods with one part healthy mainstream meals. Raw Fusion: Better Living through Living Foods guides you through the maze of modern-day food choices to make more informed decisions about how to best fuel your family's vitality. Raw Fusion shows you everything you need to know to implement a nutritious eating program to boost your energy, please your palate, and tap your highest potential. This easy to follow, step-by-step guide includes: * Cutting edge contributions from 25 raw food leaders, including Angela Elliott, Tera Warner, Susan Schenck and Dr. Ritamarie Loscalzo * Foreword by Victoria Boutenko * Fantastic 7 day meal plans * Advanced therapeutic techniques to help you achieve your goals * Creating a raw fusion kitchen, pantry and toolkit * Tips to turn nutritious foods into delicious foods * How individual foods impact your body, mind and well-being * Satisfying healthy alternatives for your favorite comfort food cravings * Colorful full-page greens chart and food combining chart * Gluten-free, allergy-friendly dishes (no soy, wheat, dairy) * Accompanying recipe book features 150+ healthy, easy-to-prepare, mouth-watering meals and snacks, from fast and easy to gourmet and sophisticated

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Home Food Dehydrating Review

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(More customer reviews)The most frustrating experience one might have with this book is how cheaply it is bound. From the beginning the pages literally starting dropping in my lap as I read.
I didn't get too far into this tomb before I realized I would need a rubber band to continue.
No matter, there is really nothing very impressive so why bother to continuing as the pages fall about. Pardon my pun, but my conclusion for "Home food Dehydrating" is that lacking all else one can eat their loss.

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This valuable book has become a standard text for owners of home dehydrators and is held in high esteem in the food storage industry and by home users everywhere. It presents the basic principles of the dehydrating art with clarity, and provides many useful tips, a host of valuable suggestions, and dozens of delicious recipes for all types of meals.After explaining the nutritional aspects of dehydrating foods, dehydration methods and basic techniques are examined in detail by the authors. The use of preservatives is considered in simple terms.Explanations are then given which tell how to dehydrate various types of foods. Chapters are devoted to dehydrating fruit and making fruit leather. Other chapters tell how to dehydrate vegetables, herbs, and meats. Methods for storing the food after it has been dehydrated are also given.Then come the recipes - simple, delicious, and exciting! They cover the entire array of menus, too: Breads, Desserts, Meats, Milk Shakes, Cakes, Dressings, Pies, Soups, Cereals, Fruits, Sauces, Vegetables, Cookies, Ice Creams, Toppings, and One-dish Dinners.Home Food Dehydrating, a valuable basic guide to the techniques of food preservation, belongs on every homemaker's bookshelf. It holds the keys to success in this vital home-making art.

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Real Life Raw: Kids in the Kitchen: Make wonderful memories by getting your kids in the kitchen, creating healthy versions of the delicious foods they love most. (Volume 1) Review

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(More customer reviews)I purchased this book because my teenage daughter has started to gain a lot of weight.I wanted to be able to help her and myself learn how to prepare healthy meals. I've been hearing a lot about raw foods and thought I'd give this book a try. Well let me just share my delight with you.Not only was my daughter excited about making some of the recipes, so was I and they were darn good!I absolutely love how connected my daughter and I now are.We really had a blast learning together and that says a lot when your teenager wants to actually spend sometime with you, in the kitchen no less! The photos are also fabulous in this book.

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Wish you could get wholesome organic foods into your little ones' diets and don't know how? With the growing popularity of reality shows like 'Too Fat for 15" and 'Honey We're Killing the Kids" and an obesity rate steadily on the rise, something must be done! The old excuse, 'I'm doing the best I can" obviously isn't working.We all know that raw vegan food is healthy but many don't realize how delicious raw can be!In 'Real Life Raw: Kids in the Kitchen," top raw vegan chef and nutrition enthusiast, Tina Jo Stephens, has put her heart and soul into creating wholesome and nutritious raw versions of foods kids love most. With Tina Jo's recipes you will learn to make pizza, spaghetti and 'meatballs" and every kid's favorite - macaroni and cheese that you can feel good about. And it's not just comfort foods you'll learn about here! Chef Tina Jo is well known for her decadent desserts which you can guiltlessly serve for breakfast. If the recipes themselves don't tantalize your taste buds, the photos sure will! As always, Chef Tina Jo provides beautiful color photos of all 25 recipes in the book.

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Field Dressing and Butchering Deer: Step-by-Step Instructions, from Field to Table Review

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(More customer reviews)The book could have gotten more in depth with the subject of butchering, but overall it is still a good book for the novice butcher. I am no novice, but still picked up a tip or two.

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An instructional guide for bringing deer from field to table.

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Solar food dryer: Preserves food for year-round use, using solar energy (Rodale plans) Review

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The Solar Food Dryer book is well organized. The blueprints and cutting diagrams are excellant. The pouch within the book that holds the blueprints after they are detached from the book has meant that my copy, more than 15 years old, is still intact.
The faults lie in the suggested glazing materials for the solar collector. The book was published in 1981, and after a thorough search I have not been able to locate any of the plastic films in the materials list. Feel free to e-mail me with glazing suggestions.

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