Pamela Sheldon Johns Boeken

Risotto is the ideal comfort food--an appealing combination of tender, chewy rice, creamy sauce, cheese, and a whole host of delicious embellishments. This collection of recipes for risotto dishes ranges from Italian classics to contemporary favorites. Color photos.

With a wonderful collection of over 200 recipes that combine low-fat, low-salt, and low-sugar cooking with high-flavor produce, this cookbook proves that healthy cooking need not come at the expense of great taste. New, low price!

A comprehensive description and analysis of vegetarian food and how vegetarian food is cooked;Each recipe includes an evocative full-color photograph. The opening pages explain how to cook with the seasons, plan healthy menus, and select and prepare the finest seasonal produce. Includes an illustrated glossary, and describes essential vegetarian ingredients.

Appetizers are the new entrees." -- New York MagazineStarters, amuses-bouche, antipasti, hors d'oeuvres, mezes, antojitos, dim sum, tapas, canapes, finger foods--no matter what you call them, people everywhere are choosing small plates over traditional entree-based meals.Internationally acclaimed chef and culinary instructor Pamela Sheldon Johns presents 50 festive appetizers and practical party-planning advice on presentation, preparation, decoration, and food safety to inspire many successful gatherings. Also included are 10 themed menus featuring recipes for Middle Eastern mezes, farmers market morsels, Mexican antojitos, vegetarian plates, and more.The recipes in this handy and giftable cookbook are categorized according to cooking method, including those that are topped and dipped, grilled and skewered, stuffed and rolled, or plated and sauced. Mouthwatering four-color photographs illustrate the book throughout.Recipes include Stuffed Grape Leaves with Dilled Yogurt, Heirloom Tomato Bruschetta, Roasted Poblano Chilies Stuffed with Shrimp and Crab, Tea-Smoked Chicken Wings, and much more.

A new collection of authentic Italian pasta recipes discusses the secrets of creating the finest pasta dishes and presents more than fifty regional specialties that include Penne Rigati in Gorgonzola Sauce from Lombardy, Farfalle with Peas and Proscuitto from Emilia-Romagna, and southern Italy's fusilli with Sausage and Olives, among others.

Featuring more than 50 simple and authentic recipes from the Silver Spoon kitchen, Sicily is a culinary journey through an island that is unique among the many regions of Italy. Sicily's position away from the mainland, its blend of Arabic and Mediterranean influences and its sun-drenched climate have led to the evolution of one of the country's most distinct and exciting cuisines. Each chapter examines one of Sicily's provinces, with fascinating narrative texts examining the key produce and ingredients that are found in each area, such as pasta with sardines from Palermo, and couscous from Trapani, interwoven with the recipes. Each recipe is accompanied by a stunning image of the finished dish, and the beautiful and diverse landscape of Sicily, its produce and its people are illustrated in specially commissioned photographs.