Habanero Pork Roast / Cupcake the Elephant Dog

Well know that I'm back in the working world, I'm going to have to turn more often to my old friend (or in my case friends, as I have 3 sizes) the slowcooker. For this blog post I was inspired to modify a recipe from Better Homes and Gardens Low-Carb Slow Cooker Cookbook. The original recipe was for an Apricot-glazed pork roast with apricot jelly, which I modified for what I had in my fridge.

For my version you'll need:

1.5-2 pound pork roast (mine was a sirloin roast, but shoulder would work too)

Habanero Jelly (5.5 oz or whatever size you can find)

1 red onion, chopped

2 Tbs. Cranberry Mustard

1 orange

First, mix together in a bowl the onion, jelly, juice of the orange and mustard

Then trim the fat from your pork roast and put it in your crockpot (I always coat with a little cooking spray for easier clean up)

Then spoon the mixture over the pork. I put it in the fridge as is to start in the a.m.; but you can just cook from this point, 5-6 hours and high or 10-12 on low

Final Result:

It was nice and fall apart tender and juicy- but I was a little underwhelmed by the habanero flavor- I was hoping for a little more zip- would be yummy tossed with a spicy, fruity bbq sauce though

And now for something completely different:

My poor cupcake woke up looking like the elephant man. Her cute turkey waddle under the neck has ballooned to a bullfrog-like bulge. The vet didn't know exactly what's goin on, but thought it was just an infection with some inflammation and sent her home with some antibiotics- my poor deformed looking baby- reminds me of the Seinfeld episode with the goiter lady

Her mood seems good- just a little more lazy (I didn't think that was even possible:P) so hopefully she'll be on the mend soon

Dueling Cookbooks: French Macarons, Alice Medrich and Fiona Cairns

So I've been seeing these french macarons around the world wide interwebs for awhile now, and finally had to see what all the fuss was about. I decided to play dueling cookbooks and used recipes from two different books: Alice Medrich's "Chewy, Gooey, Crispy, Crunchy Melt-In-Your-Mouth-Cookies", and Fiona Cairn's "Bake and Decorate"

French macarons are basically a meringue with almond meal added. The almond meal is very pricey-$10 for a 1 pound bag. That was really hard for my cheap self to place in the shopping cart:)

The recipes were very similar, but had some differences in ingredients and technique. First up: Alice Medrich's Recipe

First, the almond meal and powdered sugar are mixed together, and then go through a strainer to aerate

I wanted to try the coffee-flavored variety, so I added some coffee powder to the dry ingredients. I only had regular instant coffee, which didn't dissolve much- next time I will definitely use espresso powder.

The egg whites and food color get whipped to stiff peaks. Well, that was what the recipe said: mine just turned into a foamy blobby shape:


Said Foamy blob:

Not sure if I just overbeat? Then the almond meal gets folded into the whipped egg whites:


I was a little nervous at this point that I had failed, since it was kind of a lumpy-looking mess; but as the ingredients were quite expensive I persevered on and put the mixture in a pastry bag and piped it onto parchment-lined cookie sheets:



Then the macarons "rest" for 20-30 minutes before going into the oven. In this recipe, the macarons go into a pre-heated 400 degree oven, which is immediately turned down to 300- the quick blast of 400 is supposed to help give the macaron a "foot" or platform- a desirable macaron quality apparently:P



Then the filling:Nutella:) I try not to buy Nutella too often as I have the tendency to eat it straight from the jar. The flavor combo was soooo good!





Now time for Fiona Cairn's recipe. In her version, the powdered sugar is sifted, and then the almond meal mixed in.

Then the egg whites get whipped with the food color. Note to self- in future use a LOT more food color to get the garish macaron colors you see in pictures (usually I don't like to go overboard on food color in baked goods- but something about those bright, bright cookies makes me smile:)

Cairn's recipe differs from Medrichs as it uses a little superfine sugar with the egg whites. (I don't have superfine sugar in my kitchen, so I just put some for a spin in my coffee grinder and Voila! superfine sugar)




Then, the almond mixture is folded in, and piped onto the prepared pans:



Let rest for 20-30 minutes. The baking instructions also differ a bit from the other recipe. In this recipe, the oven is pre-heated to 325 degrees, and baked with the door slightly ajar- she recommends putting a wooden spoon handle in the door.





The Cairn's recipe gives guidelines for different floral fillings: lavender, rose water, and orange flower. I tried the lavender. It is basically a white chocolate ganache, but the cream is first heated, then dried lavender is stirred in and steeps for 30 minutes to add flavor. It smelled so good in my kitchen:)



Very yummy, although the 1/3 cup cream to 3 ounce of white chocolate ratio is too runny. It also makes waaay more than needed. I was going to try and make a truffle with it, but managed to drop the bowl on my kitchen floor:(

The verdict? Both were delicious. I'd say the Medrich recipe is a little easier - no messing with superfine sugar- just the powdered, and turning the oven down seems better to me than leaving the door slightly open. Only the coffee macarons had the coveted "foot" but I'm not sure if that was because I erred on the side of under-beating the eggs since I feared I had overbeat the first ones. Both books are excellent and I can't wait to try more recipes from both.

Can't wait to make more varieties- the lemon flavor with lemon curd filling and cocoa flavored with ganache filling from Alice Medrich sound divine, as does the rose-water filling :)from Fiona Cairns

And I leave you with some cuteness to go with the sweetness:)

Cookbook post 3 : Carole Walter's Great Cookies

Well, It is definitely cookie season, so for my next cookbook post/review I'll be using Carole Walter's "Great Cookies: Secrets to Sensational Sweets". I got this cookbook a year or two ago and have made not nearly enough of the recipes (the problem is I can't stop eating them if I make them)

You can visit Carol Walter's website here: http://www.carolewalter.com/index.htm

For this endeavor I chose to make "Carole's really great chocolate chip cookies" and "Chocolate chocolate chip cookies" (find the second recipe her on her website: http://www.carolewalter.com/chocolate_chocolate_chip_cookies.htm

Ghirardelli 60% chips are my grocery store fave (plus I'm poor so no premium chocolate for me:( )
For some reason my picture of the sugar and oatmeal in my food processor disappeared, so you will have to take my word for it. I love the addition of oatmeal to the flour, you can't really taste "oatmeal" but I think it adds a nice flavor ( dare I say complexity?) As I was only making a half batch, I used the crappy hand-held mixer instead of my beloved Kitchen Aid:

Halving the recipe called for half an egg. Usually in these situations I just opt for either the yolk or white, but decided to use my little measuring glass (Wal-Mart special- I love these and buy two at a time since I tend to break them regularly) to find exactly half:

Side tangent upon taking apart the food processor: beware the food processor blade: they are nasty little buggers. I don't know if you can see the barely perceptible scar below my ring-finger knuckle- but my one and only injury requiring stitches was due to said blade. Of all things, I managed to slice through my hand while drying dishes: the blade was sitting in the drying rack, and as I turned to get another dish I impaled my hand through the knuckle. Yes, I am accident prone. I once also nearly gave myself a concussion while flushing a toilet, but that's a whole nother story:

I usually hate using ice-cream scoops to do cookie dough, but in this case it worked well, just dipping the scoop into water after each 2 or 3 cookies

Mmmmm!

What the book promised looks-wise:

My cookies: The recipe warns to not overbake, but I like to live on the edge (i.e. get distracted by shiny/stupid things on the computer and not get the cookies out of the oven fast enough)

I had used my silicone mats instead of parchment, and had a sneaking suspicion that might have been part of the problem; so for the chocolate chocolate chip cookies I baked one half on parchment and one half on silicone. You be the judge:

Parchment it is. The only change I made from the original recipe was to use Ande's mint chips instead of just regular chocolate.

Both cookies, yes, even the ones I overbaked, were delicious- I definitely have to work my way through this one cover to cover.

Cookbook Problem, Part Two

I already mentioned that I have a cookbook problem, and I decided to confront that problem and actually take a count. Not as bad as I had thought: 240 242 (missed 2)(Though there are 5 on order;)
Then for some horribly stupid reason I decided to make a list. Of course, as soon as I started said list I realized it would be a horrible, time-consuming, and tedious process. But did I stop? No, no I did not:(

Here it is, in all its glory/shame: (There are some out of order numbers as I placed the same book in multiple categories on occasion (just to make it more difficult on myself)

Some of the lay-out /fonts look a little goofy- but I swear they look perfect in editing mode so you'll just have to live with it:)

Baking/Cake Decorating

Cake Decorating:

                Colette Peters:

                                1. Colette’s Birthday Cakes 
                                           this is the one that really got me interested in cake decorating

                                2. Colette’s Christmas

                                3. Colette’s Wedding Cakes

                Liv and Kaye Hansen: 
                                       love their advanced chocolate method

                                4. The Whimsical Bakehouse

                                5. Little Cakes from the Whimsical Bakehouse

                Karen Tack and Alan Richardson: Super cuteness:)

                                6. Hello, Cupcake

                                7. What’s New, Cupcake?

                8. Cake Pops by Bakerella, Angie Dudley More cuteness, but harder than it looks

                9. The Artful Cupcake, Marcianne Miller

                10. Hot Cakes, Debbie Brown

                11. Sugarcraft Flowers, Claire Webb

                12. Cakewalk: Adventures in Sugar, Margaret Braun (out of print)
                                            goreous sugarcraft
                                                                                     I LOVE to look at this one, but way out of my league skills wise

                13. Wedding Cake Art and Design, Toba Garrett

                14. Sweet Celebrations, Sylvia Weinstock

                15. The Homemaker’s Pictorial Encyclopedia of Modern Cake Decorating,
                                McKinley and Norman Wilton (12th Printing, 1959)

                91. Martha Stewart’s Wedding Cakes 
                                    short on actual decorating how-to's but tons of breathtaking cakes and good recipes
Cake/Dessert Baking:

                Anne Bryn: For when you're in a hurry, also great flavor combo ideas

                                16. The Cake Mix Doctor

                                17. Cupcakes from the Cake Mix Doctor

                Rose Levy-Beranbaum: Must haves!

                                18. The Cake Bible

                                19. Rose’s Heavenly Cakes

                20. All Cakes Considered, Melissa Gray 

                21. The Pastry Queen, Rebecca Rather and Alison Oresman

                22. Perfect Light Desserts, Nick Maglieri and David Joachim

                23. Small Batch Baking, Debby Maugans Nakos

                24. Sweet Miniatures, Flo Braker
                81. Booze Cakes,  Krystina Castella and Terry Lee Stone
                                            very fun book

Cookies:

                25. Cookie Craft: From Baking to Luster Dust, 
                                     Valerie Peterson and Janice Fryer

                26. Great Cookies, Carole Walter

Chocolate:

                Alice Medrich: Love the author, she introduced me to cacao nibs!

                                27. Chocolate Holidays

                                28. Bittersweet

                29. Greatest Ever Chocolate, Parragon Publishing

Candy:

                30. Candy Hits by ZaSu Pitts 
                                        very interesting, candy recipes from a silent film start

                31. Homemade Candy, Farm Journal

General Baking:

                32. Baking In America, Greg Parent

                33. How to Bake, Nick Maglieri

                34. Home Baking, Jeffrey Alford and Naomi Duguid 
                                          (more books by authors in Asian)
               
                35. Baking, James Peterson

               

Bread:

                Jeff Hertzberg, M.D., and Zoe Francois: got me to embrace bread-baking!

                                36. Artisan Bread in 5 Minutes a Day

                                37. Healthy Bread in 5 Minutes a Day

                38. My Bread, Jim Lahey with Rick Flaste continued my new-found love of yeast breads

General Cooking

Magazine Books:

Cooking Light Magazine Books:
                    The best cooking magazine around, don't let the "light" part scare you away

                                39. Annual Recipes 1990

                                40. Annual Recipes 1991

                                41. Annual Recipes 1992

                                43. Annual Recipes 1993

                                44. Annual Recipes 1994

                                45. Annual Recipes 1995

                                46. Annual Recipes 1996

                                47. Annual Recipes 1997
                                 
                                48. Annual Recipes 1998

        49. Annual Recipes 1999

                                50. Annual Recipes 2000               

                                51. Annual Recipes 2001

                                52. Annual Recipes 2002

                                53.Annual Recipes 2003

                                54. Annual Recipes 2004

                                55. Annual Recipes 2005

                                56. Annual Recipes 2006

                                57. Annual Recipes 2007

                                58. Annual Recipes 2008

                                59. Annual Recipes 2009

                                60. Annual Recipes 2010

                                61. Superfast Suppers

                                62. Five Star Recipes

                                63. Slow Cooker

                                64. Best Ever Kitchen Secrets

Reader’s Digest:

                65.Kitchen Secrets 
                     great general resource- I've turned to this countless times

Better Homes and Gardens:

                                66. Low-Carb Slow Cooker Recipes

                                67. Cook Once, Eat Twice

                                68.Gifts From Your Kitchen

                                69. Test Kitchen Favorite, Vol. 1

                                70.Annual Recipes 2002

                                71.Annual Recipes 2003

                                72. Annual Recipes 2004

                                73. Annual Recipes 2005

Southern Living/Sunset:

                                74. Southern Living Homestyle Cooking

                                75. Sunset Pasta Cookbook

Gourmet:

                                76.Gourmet’s Parties

                                77. Gourmet’s Holidays and Celebrations

Betty Crocker: I enjoy the old, cheesy, sexist volumes :)

                78.Betty Crocker’s Cake and Frosting Mix Book (1966)

    79.Betty Crocker’s Outdoor Cookbook (1961)

    80.Betty Crocker’s Hostess Cookbook (1967)

    82.Betty Crocker’s New Cookbook (late 90’s) 

    83.Betty Crocker’s New Picture Cookbook (1961)

    84.Betty Crocker’s Low-Fat, Low-Cholesterol Cookbook

    85. Betty Crocker’s New International Cookbook (1994) Broadened my culinary horizons

The Culinary Institute of America: 
                       beautiful and great to read (though I can't say I've used them yet)

                86. Baking at Home With the Culinary Institute of America

                87. Breakfast and Brunches with the Culinary Institute of America

                88. Gourmet Meals in Minutes with the Culinary Institute of America

                89. Hors d’Ouvres at Home with the Culinary Institute of America

                90. One Dish Meals with the Culinary Institute of America

Authors/Celeb Chefs:

                Martha Stewart:
                        I actually did not care for Martha pre-jailbird days, but now I respect the lady

                        91. Martha Stewart’s Wedding Cakes    

92. Martha Stewart’s Healthy, Quick Cook

93. Christmas with Martha Stewart Living, vol. 4

94. Christmas with Martha Stewart Living, vol. 6

95. The Best of Martha Stewart Living: Great Parties

96. Entertaining

                Alton Brown: One of my favorite chefs of all time

                                97. I’m Just Here for the Food

                                98. I’m Just Here for More Food

                                99. Good Eats: The Early Years

                                100. Good Eats: The Middle Years

                Julia Child:

                                101. The Way to Cook

                                102. Julia’s Kitchen Wisdom

                                103. Julia Child and More Company

Wolfgang Puck:

104. Wolfgang Puck Makes it Easy

Jacques Pepin:

105. Fast Food My Way

Emeril Lagasse:

106. Prime Time Emeril,

Paulette Mitchell:

                                107. A Beautiful Bowl Of Soup

                                108. 15 Minute Gourmet: Vegetarian

                                109. The 15 Minute Chicken Gourmet

                Rozanne Gold:

                                110. Recipes 1-2-3

                                111. Recipes 1-2-3 Menu Cookbook

                                112. Healthy 1-2-3

Barbeque:

            Steve Raichlen (more by author in Mexican): YUM!

                        113. BBQ USA

                        114. The Barbecue Bible

                        115. Indoor Grilling

            116. Boy Gets Grill, Bobby Flay

117. The Ultimate Barbecue Sauce Cookbook , Jim Auchmutey and Susan Puckett

            118. Marlboro Cook Like A Man Cookbook

            119. The Complete BarbecueCookbook, Murdoch Books

Slow Cooker:

                120. The Italian Slow-Cooker, Michele Scicolone

                121. Not Your Mother’s Slow Cooker Recipes for Two, Beth Hensperger

                122. The Ultimate Slow Cooker Cookbook, Carol Heding Munson

Bacon:

                123. The Bacon Cookbook, James Villas

Wild Game:

                124.The NAHC Wild Game Cookbook 1997

                125. The Sporting Chef’s Favorite Wild Game Recipes, Scott Leysath

Spicy:

                 126. Some Like it Hot, Spicy Favorites from the World's Hot Zones, Clifford A. Wright

                127. Hot and Spicy, Linda Fraser

                128. Red Hot Chili Pepper, Jenni Fleetwood, ed.

           

Healthy Cookbooks:

Richard Simmons: (Yes, he of the short shorts and white-guy afro Richard Simmons)
                  (these are worth purchasing for the pictures alone)

129. Sweetie Pie

        130.Farewell to Fat Cookbook

Evelyn Tribole:
 kind of old, so heavier on the fat free and margarine subs than I like, but good stuff nonetheless

                      131. Healthy Homestyle Desserts

         132. Healthy Homestyle Cooking

Todd Wilbur: Fun reads

            133. Top Secret Recipes Lite!

134. Low-Fat Top Secret Recipes

135. Prevention’s Ultimate Quick and Healthy Cookbook

22. Perfect Light Desserts, Nick Malgieri and David Joachim

Around the World

Mexican/Hispanic:

               

Rick Bayless: another of my favorite chefs:)

                         136.  Mexican Everyday this book is WONDERFUL!

137.  Fiesta at Rick’s just got this one, can't wait to try out the recipes

138. Authentic Mexican: Regional Cooking from the Heart of Mexico

                139. What’s Cooking: Mexican, Marlena Spieler

                140. High-Flavor, Low-Fat Mexican Cooking, Steve Raichlen (more books for author in BBQ)

                141. Frida’s Fiestas, Guadalupe Rivera and Marie-Pierre Cole

                142. Rosa Mexicano, Josefina Howard

                143. In a Cuban Kitchen, Alex Garcia

Mary Sue Miliken and Susan Feniger: Lots of good recipes in these two

144. Mesa Mexicana

145. Too Hot Tamales

                146. The Ecuador Cookbook, Christy Buchanan and Cesar Franco
           241. Tacos, Mark Miller : two thumbs up:)

Indian:

            Madhur Jaffrey: another great, great chef

                147. Indian Cooking with Madhur Jaffrey
                        240.From Curries to Kebabs: Recipes from the IndianSpice Trail

            148. The Enclyclopedia of Indian Cooking, Khadid Aziz

            149. Great Indian Dishes, Rafi Fernandez

Italian:

                Mario Batali:

                                150. Simple Italian Food

                                151. Italian Grill

                152. Fat-Free Italian, Ann Sheasby

                153. Italia in Cucina, McRae Books

                154. Italian Slow and Savory, Joyce Goldstein 
                                     (other books by author in Mediterranean, Jewish)
                155. Sopranos Family Cookbook, Allen Rucker

                156. Trattoria Grappolo, Leonardo Curti and James Fraoli
                             beautiful pictures and delectable recipes

                157. Buca de Beppo: Into the Sauce

                158. Bottega Favorita, Frank Stitt
                
                242.

Asian:

                Nicole Routhier: Yet another fave author

                                159. The Foods of Vietnam one of my favorite cookbooks

                                160. Cooking Under Wraps (wrapped food in general, not just Asian)

                 161. Cookshelf Thai, Christine France 
                                        looks like a generic bargain book, but the food is terrific!

                Jeffrey Alford and Naomi Duguid:
                                         great books, gorgeous photos, I read these all the time

                                162. Hot Sour Salty Sweet: 
                                                                 A Culinary Journey Through Southeast Asia
                                163. Mangoes & Curry Leaves: 
                                                                      Culinary Travels Through the Great Subcontinent
                                164. Beyond the Great Wall: 
                                                                      Recipes and Travels in the Other China
                165. Betty Crocker’s New Chinese Cookbook

                166. The Japanese Kitchen, Kimiko Barber
                         this one I haven't used yet since it requires a lot of weird ingredients (and this
                                  is coming from someone who has a cache of unusual ingredients and spices)

                167. The Complete Stir-Fry Cookbook, Murdoch Books

Mediterranean:

                168. Mediterranean Fresh, Joyce Goldstein 
                                                                       (more by author in Italian, Jewish)              

                Paula Wolfert: (more by author in African and European)So good!

                                169. Mediterranean Cooking

                                170. The Cooking of the Eastern Mediterranean (delicious!)

                                171. The Slow-Mediterranean Kitchen

                172. The Glorious Foods of Greece, Diane Kochilas

                173. Mediterranean Light, Martha Rose Shulman

                174. Classical Turkish Cooking, Ayla E. Algar
                175. A Biblical Feast: Ancient Mediterranean Flavors for Today’s Table, African:

                                                Kitty and Owen Morse, with Tershia d’Elgin

        

                Kitty Morse: Great books!

                                176. Cooking at the Kasbah: Recipes from My Moroccan Kitchen                               
                                177. The Vegetarian Table: North Africa

                                178. The Scent of Orange Blossoms: Sephardic Cuisine From Morocco                  
           179. A Taste of Africa, Dorinda Hafner

                180. Fresh Moroccan: Nada Saleh

Middle Eastern:

            181. Middle Eastern Cooking, Rose Dosti

            182. The Art of Persian Cooking, Forough Hekmat

            183. The Best of Baghdad Cooking, Daisy Iny

            184. Lebanese Cooking, Dawn, Elaine, and Selwa Anthony

Other European/Eastern European:

                185. A Taste of Portugal, Shirley Sarvis

                186. The Czechoslovak Cookbook, Joza, Brizova

                187.  The Cooking of Southwest France: Recipes from France's Magnificent 
                      Rustic Cuisine, Paula Wolfert (more by author in Mediterranean, African)

            188. The Armenian Table: Highly recommended!!!
                    More than 165 Treasured Recipes that Bring Together Ancient Flavors

                     and 21st-Century Style, Victoria Wise

            189. The Veselka Cookbook:
                     Recipes and Stories from the Landmark Restaurant in New York's

                                East Village, Tom Birchard and Natalie Danford

               190. The Irish Pub Cookbook ,Margaret Johnson and Leigh Beisch

            191. Spanish Cooking, Pepita Aris

            192. Russian, Polish, and German Cooking, Lesley Chamberlain

                       

Other International:

            85. Betty Crocker’s New International Cookbook (1994)

            Time-Life Books: (the 1970's)

                        193. The Cooking of Germany

                        194. The Cooking of Vienna’s Empire

                        195. Latin American Cooking

                        196. The Cooking of the Caribbean Islands

                        197. Recipes: Russian Cooking

                              198. Recipes: African Cooking

                              199. Meat-filled Pastries, Noodles and Dumplings, Party Beverages

                200. To All My Grandchildren: Lessons in Indonesian Cooking,
                                                                                                        Leonie Samuel-Hool

               201. The Philippine Cookbook, Reynaldo Alejandro
           
            202.Food of Burma: Authentic Recipes from the Land of the Golden Pagoda
            
            203. Carribbean Cooking: Elizabeth Lambert-Ortiz

Jewish:

                204. A Drizzle of Honey, David M. Gitlitz and Linda Kay Davidson
                      very interesting reading, about the Spanish "hidden" jews in the time of the Spanish Inquisition)
                                                       (No one expects the Spanish Inquisition!)

                205. Cucina Ebraica, Joyce Goldstein (more by author in Italian, Mediterranean)

                206. Harriet Roth’s Deliciously Healthy Jewish Cooking
                
                 178. The Scent of Orange Blossoms: Sephardic Cuisine From Morocco ,
                                                      Kitty Morse                 

 Drinks:

                207. Holiday Cocktails, Jessica Strand

                208. Skinny Tinis, Teresa Marie Howes

Just For Fun:

                209. White Trash Cooking, Ernest M. Mickler

            210. Are You Hungry Tonight? Elvis' Favorite Recipes, Brenda Butler

            211. In the Kitchen With the Chippendales: More Than 70 Romantic Recipes 

                      To Tempt, Tease, and Tantalize.           
            212. I Like You: Hospitality Under the Influence,Amy Sedaris

Dog/Cat Food:

                213. Doggy Desserts, Cheryl Gianfrancesco

                214. The Ultimate Cat Treat Cookbook, Liz Palika

                215. Pupsnacks, Stephanie Mehanna

                216. Barker’s Grub, Rudy Edalati

                217. Cooking the Three Dog Bakery Way, Mark Beckloff and Dan Dye

                218. The Natural Pet Food Cookbool, Wendy Nan Rees

Miscellaneous (Theme Ingredient):

               

                219. Coffee Cookery, Ceil Dyer

                220. Anheuser Busch: Great Food, Great Beer

                221. Edamame, Anne Eagan

            222. Waffles: From Morning to Midnight, Dorie Greenspan

            223. Take a Tin of Tuna, Joie Warner

            224. Pomegranates: 70 Celebratory Recipes, Ann Kleinberg            

               225, Quick Pickles: Easy Recipes for Big Favor, Chris Schlesinger & Susie Cushner

Miscellaneous (Other):

226. Edible Flowers: A Kitchen Companion,
                                 Kitty Morse (more by author in Jewish and African)

            227. Japanese Garnishes , Yukiko  and Bob Haydock

            228. Artisnal Cooking:
                     A Chef Shares His Passion for Handcrafting Great Meals at Home,

                         Terrance Brennan, Andrew Friedman, and Christopher Hirsheimer

            230. Bistro Cooking at Home , Gordon Hamersley

231. Foods of the Americas:  Native Recipes and Traditions,
                 Smithsonian American Indian, Fernando and Marlena Divina

             232. Simple Soirees: Seasonal Menus for Sensational Dinner Parties, Peggy Knickerbocker

             233. Don't Panic - Dinner's in the Freezer:
                                           Great-Tasting Meals You Can Make Ahead,
                                           Susie Martinez, Bonnie Garcia , and Vanda Howell

                234. Finger Food, Elsa Petersen-Schepelern

                235. What to Cook, Arthur Schwartz

                236. Recipes to the Rescue,
                                     Thrilling Kitchen Adventures...Just in the Nick of Time?,
                                      Chuck Smothermon and Lou Brooks, eds.

                237. Ethnic Cooking, Wisconsin Style, American Cancer Society

                238. The Joslin Diabetes Quick and Easy Cookbook, Bonnie Polin Frances Giedt

    239.The Complete Vegetarian Cookbook, Murdoch Books