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TV Chefs
 Italian Grill
Mario Batali
As those old Dominion store commercials said, ”It’s mainly because of the meat.” While the antipasti and vegetable side dishes here do appear delicious, it is the huge hunks of well-seasoned meat that are irresistible. Whether it is spit-roasted prime rib, pork shoulder, veal chops, or leg of lamb, it looks like something you would want to try. Other than the seasoning, the recipes have few ingredients, and require little preparation. Colour photos with most of the recipes. Hardcover, 246 pp. $31.95.
 Delia’s How to Cheat at Cooking
Delia Smith
As Nancy Silverton did before her (Twist of the Wrist, $37.95),
the iconic Delia Smith shows how, despite lack of cooking skills, just about
anyone, with the judicious use of cans, bags, bottles, and tubes, can create
a delicious dinner. Louisiana crab cakes with red pepper mayonnaise, lightning
lasagna, and fast fruit brulee are samples of Delia’s ingenuity. Colour
photos. Softcover, 244 pp, $39.95.
 Spilling the Beans
Clarissa Dickson Wright
The living half of the revered Two Fat Ladies, Clarissa Dickson Wright’s unflinching memoir is full of paradises gained, lost, and regained. The offspring of a gifted but alcoholic surgeon and an Australian heiress, she became, at age 21, the youngest woman ever called to the Bar. After her legal career drowned in a sea of alcohol following the sudden death of her mother, Dickson Wright found solace and then fame, though not always fortune, in cooking. Paper, 328pp, $29.95.
 Jamie at Home
Jamie Oliver
Since Jamie Oliver established his family in Essex, his stove finds it must compete
with the garden for attention. Oliver’s dual love of gardening and cooking
comes together in this collection, organized by season, featuring recipes built
on available produce. Each section ends with advice for producing seasonal crops:
courgettes (zucchini), potatoes, broad beans… Homemade ketchup with steak
and chips, smashed peas and broad beans on toast, and plum Bakewell tart offer
a hint of the fresh pleasures in the 100 new recipes. Colour photos. Hardcover,
407 pp, $41.95.
 Nigella Express
Nigella Lawson
All of the dishes in Nigella’s Express require little preparation. However, some cook quickly while others give the cook time to relax in a hot bath or curl up with a good book to the enticing aroma of dinner bubbling away in the oven. Some of the recipes are old favorites from earlier books, some will become new favorites, but all have the interplay of texture, colour, and contrasting flavours that have given Nigella Lawson’s vision of comfort food an international profile. Colour photos. Hardcover, 390 pp, $50.00.
 Bobby Flay's Mesa Grill Cookbook
Bobby Flay
Since opening his first Mesa Grill in 1991, Bobby Flay has been the “face” of
contemporary southwestern cooking with its mélange of hot, smoky, earthy,
and sweet flavours. The recipes range from mango-glazed bacon to smoked shrimp
cakes with roasted corn and poblano relish and cilantro vinaigrette. Desserts
are high on the gooey, sticky scale: e.g., chocolate custard corn pone with freshly
whipped cream and a warm chocolate cake with dulce de leche. Colour photos. Hardcover,
278 pp. $44.00.
Ciao Italia: Slow and Easy
Mary Ann Esposito
Fans of Mary Ann Esposito's PBS show Ciao Italia will find plenty to cook in this book, which focusses on slow-cooked one dish meals. Recipes such as Skillet Lasgne with Artichokes and Cheese and Sicilian-Style Chicken Pie are just what's needed on a cold winter's night. Clear layout and straightforward preparation make this book one to turn to when you're low on energy and ideas. Hardcover, 142 pp. $32.50.
 Rachel’s Food for Living
Rachel Allen
An instructor at the Ballymaloe Cookery School and television chef, Rachel Allen creates the sort of dishes on which family memories are built. Mouthwatering offerings include burgers with guacamole, bacon and cucumber relish, cheesy soda bread, and a truly gilded lily chocolate sticky toffee pudding. Very much in the style of books by Nigella Lawson, Tessa Kiros, and Tamasin Day-Lewis, this one is a rainbow-hued feast for the eyes. Hardcover, 239 pp, $39.95.
 First Crack Your Egg!
John Burton Race & Angela Hartnett
You let the pot run dry when trying to boil water. The baked potato exploded in the oven. With the companion to the BBC’s Kitchen Criminals, Michelin star chefs John Burton Race and Angela Hartnett (also a Gordon Ramsay sidekick) will whip you into culinary shape. From choosing equipment and learning basic techniques to producing roast pheasant with pearl barley or plum and almond tart, this book offers the clearly written instructions that will inspire beginners and the experienced cook alike. Colour photos. Hardcover, 255 pp, $54.95.
 De|Constructing the Dish
David Adjey
There may be a pretty face on the cover but David Adjey, host of the Food Network’s Restaurant Makeover offers so much more. Each recipe begins with a simple ingredient a chop, a piece of fish, a chicken. With precise instructions, Adjey offers a primer in creating visually appealing dishes with layers of flavors and textures. Recipes include veal chop with arugula, parmesan mushrooms, and cipoline onions; arctic char with fennel braise, icile radish, and Yukon gold dumplings; poussin in salt crust with Tuscan bread salad, and garlic rapini. Colour photos, bright graphics, small print. Softcover, 160 pp. $35.00.
 Dish Entertains
Trish Magwood
Dish cooking school/catering maven Trish Magwood's first cookbook is brimming with simple food with maximum visual impact to wow guests everytime. Like Martha Stewart and Donna Hay, Trish Magwood takes familiar dishes - eg gazpacho - and ups the ante with an unexpected twist to its presentation. Colour photos. Hardcover, 247pp, $44.95.
 Gordon Ramsay: Recipes from a Three-Star Chef
Gordon Ramsay
After several books playing to the fans of his various television series, this slipcased extravaganza marks a return to Gordon Ramsay’s professional kitchen roots. The portfolio of photographs and complete recipes of 50 of his classic dishes demonstrate how and why Ramsay has amassed 10 Michelin stars. It is a must for both young and seasoned chefs. Colour photos.Hardcover, 256 pp, $85.00.
 Gordon Ramsay's Fast Food
Gordon Ramsay with Mark Sargeant and Emily Quah
Gordon Ramsay brings the same intensity and high standards to home
cooking that he applies to his Michelin-starred restaurants. Each of the
15 sections (topics soups, salads, fast fish & chips, Indian
spice…) features a five recipe menu with game plan. The squinty-eyed
among us will appreciated the bright graphics and large type. Colour
photos. Import, hardcover, 255 pp. $35.00.
 Gordon Ramsay's Playing with Fire
Gordon Ramsay
Following in the wake of Humble Pie (aka Roasting in Hell’s Kitchen, $32.95),
the second installment of Gordon Ramsay’s autobiography, Gordon Ramsay’s
Playing with Fire, focuses more on the business aspects of his life from how
he went from sous-chef to chef-owner to international television star with a
Bentley in the drive and two kitchens in his house. Coloured slices of Ramsay’s
life. Softcover, 296 pp. $17.95.
 Everyday Pasta
Giada De Laurentiis
With her trademark simplicity, Food Network megastar Giada De Laurentiis shares her love and knowledge of pasta. The recipes offer a good mix of the classicsrigatoni with sausage, peppers, and onions with newer combinations like her turkey and cranberry ravioli. Complemented with sections on side dishes and a brief intro to Italian wine, the recipe-per-page format makes this book another winner. Colour photo for almost every recipe. Hardcover, 240 pp, $39.95.
 Lidia's Italy
Lidia Matticchio Bastianich and Tanya Bastianich Manuali
In concert with PBS, much-loved Italian food expert Lidia Bastianich and her
art historian daughter guide us on an art-laced culinary tour of Italy. Lidia's
Italy begins in the northeast with her home region of Istria, now part of Croatia,
where sauerkraut with pork is one of the hearty signature dishes. In contrast,
across the country in the northwest, Piemonte is truffle mad. Organization is
everything in this book. Not only is there the usual alphabetical index in the
back, in the front of the book recipes are listed by course. In addition recipes
are listed at the beginning of each region. Colour photos. Hardcover, 364 pp,
$41.95.
 Roasting in Hell's Kitchen
Gordon Ramsay
Titled Humble Pie in the UK, Gordon Ramsay's autobiography is an unflinching look back at a difficult home life, the football career that almost was, and the wildly successful cooking career that is. Yes, he employs the "s" and "f" words almost as frequently in writing as he does in speaking. Colour and black and white photos trace his life from the angelic-looking four year old he was to the furrow-browed businessman he has become. Softcover, 284 pp. $17.50.
 Rice, Spice and All Things Nice
Reza Mahammad
Offspring of a restaurant family, star of Channel 4’s Delhi Belly, Reza Mahammad is determined to make Indian cooking as popular in the home kitchen as it is in restaurants. With its general cooking rules, ingredients glossary,and clearly organized recipes that include salmon with green mango, cashews in a rich coconut sauce, and tamarind rice,this is an inspired intro to Indian cooking. Written with a sense of humour and illustrated with vibrant photos of people, places, and food, Rice, Spice and All Things Nice is a delightful book even if it , and you, never enter the kitchen. Colour photos. Hardcover, 176 pp. $37.95.
 Grilled to Perfection
Chris Knight & Tyler J. Smith
This is the cookbook companion to the Food Network show Licence to Grill with Rob Rainford, so if you like the show you will certainly like this. If you can't remember all the hints and tips talked about on the show they are written out for you, and the recipes have detailed, step-by-step instructions so you won't make any wrong turns before your food reaches the table. Colour photos. Softcover, 230 pp. $29.95.
 Cooking From The Hip
Cat Cora
This is the book for young condo-dwellers who have moved beyond Rachael Ray. Like Ray, Cat Cora is a Food Network star; she is to date the only female Iron Chef winner. Again like Ray, she emphasizes speed, easy, and fun. Where they part company is that Cora ‘s recipes have an element of sophistication to them - sometimes in preparation, sometimes in ingredients used - pomegranate-glazed Cornish hens with wild rice and chestnut stuffing, salmon and scallop skewers with romesco sauce. Colour photos. Hardcover, 256 pp. $39.95.
 Quick Fix Meals
Robin Miller
The host of the Food Network’s Quick Fix Meals shows time-poor cooks three methods for getting family favorites on the table in a hurry: by doing some pre-cooking and bagging a few days ahead of time; by the creative use of leftovers to make extra meals from one preparation time; by using fast cooking ingredients for meals in under 15 minutes. Sesame chicken thighs, sweet-and-sour pork chops , and wilted baby spinach with honey-maple vinaigrette are among the classics. Softcover, 264 pp. $24.95.
 Cook
with Jamie
Jamie Oliver
This latest offering from Jamie Oliver has shot to number one on the bestseller
list since being released this month in the UK. School lunch reform completed,
Jamie is set to improve home cooking. Solid information and simply sensational
recipes, perfectly synthesizing Oliver's English heritage and River Café Italianate
training, will help any cook build confidence in the kitchen. The Ultimate Gingerbread
recipe is to die for! Colour photos. Hardcover, 447 pp. $37.50.
 The
Delia Collection Italian
Delia Smith
A collection of the best Italian recipes from 34 years of iconic brit food writer
Delia Smith. Excellent, easy to follow recipes you can trust. Other titles in
the series include vegetarian, chicken, and soup.136 pp. $22.95.
 The
Delia Collection Pork
Delia Smith
A collection of the best pork recipes from 34 years of iconic brit food writer
Delia Smith. Excellent, easy to follow recipes you can trust. Other titles in
the series include chicken, italian, and soup.136 pp. $22.95.
 Barefoot
Contessa Cooks at Home
Ina Garten
When we say more of the same we mean this in good in a good way. Contessa fans
will not be disappointed. Garten has also included four pages of food places
to visit when touring the Hamptons. Hardcover, 256 pp, $43.95.
 Rachel's Favourite Food at Home
Rachel Allen
Ballymaloe veteran Rachel Allen is another of the gorgeous members
of the Yummy Mummy School of Cooking. Think Tessa Kiros, Tamasin
Day-Lewis, and, of course, yummiest mummy Nigella Lawson. Straightforward
techniques employing the freshest ingredients are the foundation
of family meals stir in a dash of international flavouring for entertaining.
Colour photos. Hardcover, 224 pp. $39.95.
 Dave’s
Dinners
Dave Lieberman
The star of the Food Network’s Good Deal bases his home cooking on
fresh ingredients. There are plenty of pastas, soups, and one dish
meals but the standouts are the finger foods which work either for
a casual family
meal or for entertaining.Colour photos. 212 pp. $36.95.
 The
Dave Myers and Si King Hairy Bikers’ Cookbook
Imagine mixing a dollop of Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall with a
dash of Anthony Bourdain then welding the result to the Two Fat Ladies.
What you end up with
is a thoroughly entertaining account of the food, bike culture, and history
of countries from Ireland to Vietnam as viewed from a motorcycle. When
not collecting
recipes for whore’s coddle or tortilla soup, the amiably dishevelled
authors are involved in film production. Colour photos. Hardcover, 256pp, $39.00.
 Weekend
Cooking
Ricardo
Ricardo is a popular TV cook in Quebec and if the book is any indication we can
see why. A beautifully photographed book of recipes you want to make now! Softcover,
191 pp, $29.95.
 Express
Lane Meals
Rachael Ray
Does this woman never stop? A new tv show, a new magazine (which we carry) and
a book-a-week it seems! More recipes of the style her fans love, easy technique,
easy to find ingredients and the all important quick to do. Softcover, 248 pp,
$24.95.
 Giada's
Family Dinners
Giada de Laurentiis
What's a best selling author (Everyday Italian, $42.00) and
Food Network star to do for an encore? Write another book of course. If you
liked the first one you'll like this one as well. More straightforward recipes
that will always work. Kudos for making this a book that doesn't feel like
a collection of recipes that didn't make it into the first effort. Hardcover,
256 pp, $39.95.
 Soup
Kitchen
Editors Annabel Buckingham and Thomasina Miers
Everyone who is anyone on the British food scene - Delia Smith, Antonio Carluccio,
Fergus Henderson, Gordon Ramsay, Jamie Oliver - contributed to this well-illustrated
collection of soup recipes in support of charities for the homeless. Hardcover,
224 pp, $39.95.
  Anna & Michael
Olson Cook at Home
Anna (star of Sugar) and Michael (Inn in the Twenty, Niagara Fallsview
Casino) are food professionals who also love to cook at home. The two
share their cooking
savvy in seasonal menus built around people, occasions, adventures —even
necessity. Colour photos. Softcover, 288 p, $39.95.
 Chef
at Home
Michael Smith
The Food Network star takes his show off the road right into his Prince Edward
Island home. Along with recipes for the hearty dishes he likes to serve to
family and friends, Michael Smith tries to impart all the hints the home cook
will need to cook without recipes. Colour photos. Softcover, 176 pp, $29.95.
 Jamie's
Italy
Jamie Oliver
One of the great delights of this business has been watching the
maturation of Jamie Oliver. Despite the great and early fame which
came to him in his 'Naked Chef' incarnation, he has retained a
sense of whence he came. In this culinary tour of Italy he celebrates
the food which played a major part in his early career with Rose
Gray and Ruth Rogers at the River Café, with Gennaro Contaldo,
with Antonio Carlucci. There are some less familiar versions of
well-known dishes including some particularly seductive risottos,
one with
artichoke,
another with cauliflower. Not just content to pass along recipes,
Oliver also creates a sense of the place and of the personalities
which have
shaped them and perhaps himself. Wonderful photograph of landscapes,
food, and people. Hardcover, 319 pp, $37.95.
 Eat
This Book
Tyler Florence
TV personality and good time guy has pulled his latest book together from his
culinary travels. Lots of international scope to the flavours with very manageable
recipes. Hardcover, 287 pp, $45.00.
 Martin
Yan Quick & Easy
Martin Yan
Before there was a food network, before there was an Emeril, there
was Martin Yan. Despite all the young upstarts, he is back with a
new series on PBS. This companion book features 150 fast feasts including
three-alarm
firecracker chicken, tea-smoked salmon and sweet coconut rice with
caramelized pineapple. Clearly presented with colour photos. Softcover,
240 pp, Call for availability.
 I'm
Just Here for More Food
Alton Brown
The Gen-X science nerd poster boy makes a convincing case for the importance
of mixing with recipes for everything from cookies to popovers to make his point.
Lots of charts and bright graphics. Hardcover, 335 pp. $50.00.
 Cooking
'Round the Clock
Rachael Ray
Ray perks up retro recipes with contemporary ingredients to create tasty meals
in under 30 minutes. Buffalo chicken salad, pita-zas (toaster oven pizzas) and
long-grain and wild rice with artichokes are typical of the recipes in this all-occasion
cookbook. Colour photos. Softcover, 237 pp, $21.95.
 Cooking
Rocks!
Rachael Ray
Kids, preschool to teens, get cooking with Rachael Ray's geared-to-age colour
coded sections featuring dishes from crunchy oven-baked chicken toes, green noodles & ham,
to rocky road hot-and-cold cocoa. Colour illustrations. Hardcover, 224 pp, $21.95.
 Nigella
visits The Cookbook Store
 Feast:
Food that Celebrates Life
Nigella Lawson
The Yummy Mummy’s fifth book is the best since her first. As in How
to
Eat ($63.00,$37.50) this book appeals to both the cook and the
reader. Nigella’s feasts range from a funeral reception to a Passover
seder always using tempting
yet simple dishes. Colour photos. Hardcover, 416 pp, $55.00.
 Nigella Bites
Nigella Lawson
The UK's latest, & certainly most stunning, celebrity food personality.
Let the backbiting begin in earnest. There are too many author photos, too
much borrowing
( but at least she cites her sources ), and what's with the trash cooking
( Elvis's infamous fried peanut butter and banana sandwich again)? However,
a
taste of
slow-roasted pork shoulder, aromatic lamb shank stew or raspberry and lemongrass
trifle will stop the critics cold. Give us more! $50.00. Recipe: Pasta
with Meatballs
 How to be a Domestic Goddess
Nigella Lawson
Woman-about-the-arts and confirmed coobook addict Jane Marsland has given her
stamp of approval to Nigella Lawson's Domestic Goddess based on the
banana loaf.Since, like us, her previous gold standard for same was James Beard's
recipe (the one without the nuts) in Beard on Bread ($21), we respect
her opinion. Like the late Richard Sax, Lawson writes with the voice of a good
friend offering suggestions rather than rules which must be followed because
she knows best. Colour photos. Hardcover, $35.00.
 How to
Eat
Nigella Lawson
A former restaurant critic for the Spectator, current food columnist for British Vogue,
a Booker Prize judge, a sidekick of Nigel Stalter, and beautiful too. Could
we be more jealous? Subtitled The Pleasures and Principles of Good Food,
Lawson gives us plenty to digest for the brain as well as the stomach. With
chapters covering cooking in advance, feeding small children, small quantity
and low-fat cooking, she has hit upon all the flash points for today's busy
lives. Rather idiosyncratic photos. Softcover, 39.95
 Forever Summer
Nigella Lawson
Forever Summer has the practical appeal of a cookbook as well as the lure of
a travel book, the sort one might flick through longingly in winter, dreaming
of much-needed sunshine. There is a delightful chapter on ice creams and a
rich, luscious White Chocolate Almond Cake recipe onpage 214. Softcover, 279
pp. $35.00.
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