unprocessed and unrefined) ingredients. Jae Steele is a registered holistic nutritionist; she has also been a professional vegan baker and has worked on an East Coast organic farm. Her life experiences and her love of vegan whole foods are at the heart of Get It Ripe, which not only includes uncomplicated yet delicious animal-free recipes, but advice and information on various aspects of holistic vegan living, including cleansing and detox programs, yoga and meditation, ethical consumerism, and the connections among mind, body, and spirit.The two hundred recipes include Butternut Risotto, Chipotle Black-Eyed Peas with Maple Mashed Sweet Potatoes, Cauliflower Chickpea Curry, Pad Thai, Fettuccini No-Fredo, Cinnamon Pumpkin Soup, Banana Creem Pie, and Cowgrrrl Cookies. Two-color throughout, the book also includes sixteen full-color recipe photographs.Get healthy and energetic with Get It Ripe.In addition to being a registered holistic nutritionist, Jae Steele has authored numerous vegan cookzines and runs the blog Domestic Affair. She lives in Montreal.

    With 365 dishes that can be assembled in minutes, including dozens that require just two minutes or less, this collection is the perfect solution for hectic days and crowded schedules. Tempt your family's palate with favorite entrees like golden beef stroganoff and smothered pork chops, hearty side dishes like buttermilk mashed potatoes, and delectable desserts like hot fudge pudding cake. Perk up tired menus with ethnic delights from Thai peanut noodles to Greek pita folds, and find the perfect soup or stew to please a crowd with minimal prep time. Thanks to this user-friendly guide, dinnertime just got a lot more simple, and a lot more delicious.

    And rare is the author who can do so with the ease and expertise of acclaimed writer and culinary authority Michael Ruhlman. Twenty distills Ruhlman s decades of cooking, writing, and working with the world s greatest chefs into twenty essential ideas from ingredients to processes to attitude that are guaranteed to make every cook more accomplished. Whether cooking a multi-course meal, the juiciest roast chicken, or just some really good scrambled eggs, Ruhlman reveals how a cook s success boils down to the same twenty concepts. With the illuminating expertise that has made him one of the most esteemed food journalists, Ruhlman explains the hows and whys of each concept and reinforces those discoveries through 100 recipes for everything from soups to desserts, all detailed in over 300 photographs. Cooks of all levels will revel in Ruhlman s game-changing Twenty.

    In The Kind Diet, actress, activist, and committed conservationist Alicia Silverstone shares the insights that encouraged her to swear off meat and dairy forever, and outlines the spectacular benefits of adopting a plant-based diet, from effortless weight loss to clear skin, off-the-chart energy, and smooth digestion. She explains how meat, fish, milk, and cheese--the very foods we've been taught to regard as the cornerstone of good nutrition--are actually the culprits behind escalating rates of disease and the cause of dire, potentially permanent damage to our ecology.Yet going meat- and dairy-free doesn't mean suffering deprivation; to the contrary, The Kind Diet introduces irresistibly delicious food that satisfies on every level--it even includes amazing desserts to keep the most stubborn sweet tooth happy. Alicia also addresses the nutritional concerns faced by many who are new to a plant-based diet, and shows how to cover every nutritional base, from protein to calcium and beyond.Whether your goal is to drop a few pounds, boost your energy and metabolism, or simply save the world, Alicia provides the encouragement, the information, and the tools you need to make the transition to a plant-based diet deliciously empowering.

    Perfect for a wide-range of one-pot meals big enough to feed the whole family, the Dutch oven is the ideal cooking vessel for braises, stews, pot roasts, homemade breads, and just about anything else you can think of. In this Dutch oven cookbook, you will find new twists on one-pot Dutch oven classics, as well as recipes for homemade pizza, savory tarts, fruit-filled pancakes, and other out-of-the-box delights.The Modern Dutch Oven Cookbook contains: Over 100 Recipes serving delicious, foolproof and fuss-free recipes for breakfast, lunch, dinner, dessert, and snacks Recipe Key designating gluten-free, vegetarian, dairy-free, vegan, and under 30-minute recipes An Essential Overview covering everything you need to know about cooking with your Dutch oven every day, including how to pick and maintain the perfect Dutch oven for you Recipes in The Modern Dutch Oven Cookbook include: Pumpkin Blueberry Bread, Hearty Beef Stew, Spanish Paella, Duck with Olive Sauce, Braised Rosemary Lamb Shanks, Kale and Squash Lasagna, Pear Crisp, and much more!"This is the ultimate one-pot cookbook for soups, stews, roasts, and so much more...I highly recommend this book to anyone who is bored with the same ol' skillet and pot dinners."–Reader, Amazon Verified Purchase

    With over 175 gluten-free and Paleo-friendly recipes, a 28-day food and fitness plan, portion guides, program guides and supplemental online tools, Fed & Fit provides readers a foundation for lasting success. Joy's recipes were hand selected to complement each of 'The Four Pillars' and include step-by-step instructions, full-color photos and personalized guides to help you achieve your individual wellness goals. Fed & Fit offers meal preparation guides and incorporates practical application tools that are centered around the 'Pillars' to ensure complete success and make transitioning to a healthy lifestyle a positive and rewarding experience.  Fed & Fit also features expert techniques and fitness recommendations from New York Times Bestselling author and fitness coach Juli Bauer.  Cassy Joy also incorporates detailed advice for parents, students, and professionals that can be tailored specifically to situational needs including: shopping lists, stocking your pantry, make-ahead tips, doubling recipes, cooking for just one and best practices for storage, freezing, and reheating Readers will walk away from Fed & Fit with a new, practical, lasting lease on their healthy lifestyle. They will feel empowered to make positive decisions and confident with a new mastery of obtaining life-long health.

    And why not? "Joy" in hand, tens of millions of people -- from novices to professionals -- have learned to do everything from make a meat loaf to clean a squid to frost a wedding cake. For decades, "Joy of Cooking" has taught America how to cook, serving as the standard against which all other cookbooks are judged. "All About Chicken" upholds that standard. In the conversational and instructional manner of the flagship book, "All About Chicken" is organized by technique. Chapters that cover roasting, broiling, baking, sauteing and stir-frying, braising, frying, and grilling chicken incorporate more than 100 of "Joy's" best-loved recipes -- Casserole Roasted Chicken with Forty Cloves of Garlic to Broiled Lemon Garlic Chicken to Chicken Breasts Baked on Mushroom Caps. You'll also find recipes for a dozen or more stuffings, sauces, marinades, and gravies, as well as techniques for carving, preparing, buying, and storing chicken. Add to that more than 150 original photographs, specially commissioned for this volume, presented in the most easy-to-use design imaginable.Whether you belong to one of the millions of American households that already own a copy (or two) of "Joy, " or you have never cracked the spine of a cookbook before, "Joy of Cooking: All About Chicken" is for you. It is a spectacular achievement, worthy of its name. "Joy" has never been more beautiful."The Indispensable Kitchen Resource...All-New, All-Purpose, and now All-in-Color"

    OR SO IT SEEMS. In reality, there's an enormous amount of Japanese food that is inherently vegan or can be made vegan with just a few simple substitutions. And it's not just abstemious vegan Buddhist temple fare (although that is very lovely) – you can enjoy the same big, bold, salty-sweet-spicy-rich-umami flavours of Japanese soul food without so much as glancing down the meat and dairy aisles. Because Japanese cooking is often inherently plant-based, it's uniquely vegan-friendly. The oh-so satisfying flavours of Japanese cuisine are usually based in fermented soybean and rice products, and animal products were seldom used in cooking throughout much of Japanese history. Yes, there is fish in everything, in the form of dashi, but you can easily substitute this with a seaweed and mushroom-based version that's every bit as delicious.   This book won't so much teach you how to make dubious 'vegan versions' of Japanese meat and fish dishes – because it wouldn't be good, and there's no need! Instead, Vegan JapanEasywill tap into Japan's wealth of recipes that are already vegan or very nearly vegan – so there are no sad substitutions and no shortcomings of flavor.

    Who knew it was possible to create a satisfying ice cream-like dessert without the milk and cream? Jeff Rogers and his vice cream to the rescue! VICE CREAM offers more than 70 scrumptious recipes for all the vegans out there who’ve been missing scoop after scoop of mouthwatering ice cream. For the first time, you can make truly creamy and delectable ice creams using purely vegan ingredients—the milks come from nuts, the sweeteners are maple syrup and dates, and the flavors are just amazing. Recipes include favorites like chocolate, vanilla, chocolate chip, mocha, and peanut butter, as well as fresh fruit flavors like blueberry, raspberry, lemon, and strawberry, and many more. After your first spoonful, you’ll be astonished at just how tasty and rich this healthy alternative to the heaviness of “real” ice cream can be. With vice cream in the freezer, you’ll never yearn for milk-based ice cream again. More than 70 recipes for pure vegan ice creams, including preparation and ingredient tips. Includes a whole section devoted to raw vice creams. The Vegetarian Resource Group estimates that 2,900,000 Americans (or 1 percent of the population) are vegans. According to the National Institutes of Health, 30 to 50 million Americans are lactose intolerant.

    From a white loaf to quick-to-make muffins, bread is a well-loved staple. The Big Book of Bread is a complete resource for both new and experienced cooks, with more than 200 recipes and 100 color photos. New bakers will find clear and easy-to-follow instructions, tips, techniques, and how-to photos to bake a range of breads, from classic yeast breads to friendly quick breads. More experienced bakers will enjoy new flavors and techniques to add to their repertoire. This one-stop bread book will delight and encourage bakers of all levels of experience, with recipes for artisanal breads, no-knead breads, coffee cakes, scones, gluten-free recipes, bread machine recipes, pizza dough, and more.

    Times have changed. Today we have an overwhelming array of ingredients and a fraction of the cooking time, but Anderson believes the secret to getting dinner on the table lies in the past. After a long day, who has the energy to look up a recipe and search for the right ingredients before ever starting to cook? To make dinner night after night, Anderson believes the first two steps--looking for a recipe, then scrambling for the exact ingredients--must be eliminated.  Understanding that most recipes are simply "variations on a theme," she innovatively teaches technique, ultimately eliminating the need for recipes.Once the technique or formula is mastered, Anderson encourages inexperienced as well as veteran cooks to spread their culinary wings.  For example, after learning to sear a steak, it's understood that the same method works for scallops, tuna, hamburger, swordfish, salmon, pork tenderloin, and more. You never need to look at a recipe again. Vary the look and flavor of these dishes with interchangeable pan sauces, salsas, relishes, and butters.Best of all, these recipes rise above the mundane Monday-through-Friday fare.  Imagine homemade ravioli and lasagna for weeknight supper, or from-scratch tomato sauce before the pasta water has even boiled.  Last-minute guests? Dress up simple tomato sauce with capers and olives or shrimp and red pepper flakes. Drizzle sautéed chicken breasts with a balsamic vinegar pan sauce. Anderson teaches you how to do it--without a recipe. Don't buy exotic ingredients and follow tedious instructions for making hors d'oeuvres. Forage through the pantry and refrigerator for quick appetizers. The ingredients are all there; the method is in your head. Master four simple potato dishes--a bake, a cake, a mash, and a roast--compatible with many meals. Learn how to make the five-minute dinner salad, easily changing its look and flavor depending on the season and occasion. Tuck a few dessert techniques in your back pocket and effortlessly turn any meal into a special occasion.There's real rhyme and reason to Pam's method at the beginning of every chapter: To dress greens, "Drizzle salad with oil, salt, and pepper, then toss until just slick. Sprinkle in some vinegar to give it a little kick." To make a frittata, "Cook eggs without stirring until set around the edges. Bake until puffy, then cut it into wedges." Each chapter also contains a helpful at-a-glance chart that highlights the key points of every technique, and a master recipe with enough variations to keep you going until you've learned how to cook without a book.

    Her vegetable recipes are sophisticated and daring, beloved by omnivore, vegetarian, and vegan diners alike. Dirt Candy: A Cookbook shares the secrets to making her flavorful dishes—from indulgent Stone-Ground Grits with Pickled Shiitakes and Tempura Poached Egg, to hearty Smoked Cauliflower and Waffles with Horseradish Cream Sauce, to playfully addictive Popcorn Pudding with Caramel Popcorn. It also details Amanda’s crazy story of building a restaurant from the ground up to its currently being one of the hardest-to-get reservations in New York City—all illustrated as a brilliant graphic novel. Both a great read and a source of kitchen inspiration, Dirt Candy: A Cookbook is a must-have for any home cook looking to push the boundaries of vegetable cooking.

    Gluten-free foods are hard to find, do not always taste very good and many people who have to avoid gluten feel overwhelmed and depressed by the fact that they have to follow this diet. Vegan Gluten-free Family Cookbook contains over 80 vegan gluten-free salad, soup, main dish and breakfast recipes, simple and easy to follow. They are guaranteed to provide maximum energy and keep you strong, active, and naturally healthy. Table of Contents: Vegan Gluten-free Salads and Appetizers Apple, Walnut and Radicchio Salad Apple, Celery and Walnut Salad Spinach Stem Salad Fresh Greens Salad Beet and Bean Sprout Salad Warm Quinoa Salad Quinoa and Black Bean Salad Roasted Vegetables Quinoa Salad Quinoa with Oven Roasted Tomatoes and Pesto Cucumber Quinoa Salad Fresh Vegetables Quinoa Salad Warm Mushroom Quinoa Salad Quinoa Tabbouleh Quinoa and Asparagus Salad Warm Cauliflower and Quinoa Salad Quinoa, Zucchini and Carrots Salad Spicy Buckwheat Vegetable Salad Mediterranean Buckwheat Salad Buckwheat Salad with Asparagus and Roasted Peppers Roasted Broccoli Buckwheat Salad Baby Spinach Salad Greek Chick Pea Salad Bulgarian Green Salad Cabbage Salad Red Cabbage Salad Okra Salad Cucumber Salad Beetroot Salad Simple Broccoli Salad Carrot Salad Roasted Eggplants and Peppers Salad Green Bean Salad Haricot Bean Salad Roasted Peppers with Garlic and Parsley Vegan Gluten-free Soups Beetroot and Carrot Soup Minted Pea Soup White Beans Soup Brown Lentil Soup Moroccan Lentil Soup Lentil Cabbage Soup Pumpkin and Bell Pepper Soup Spicy Carrot Soup Mushroom Soup Tomato and Quinoa Soup Spinach, Leek and Quinoa Soup Vegetable Quinoa Soup Spinach and Mushrooms Soup Broccoli and Potato Soup Creamy Potato Soup Leek, Rice and Potato Soup Shredded Cabbage Soup Mediterranean Chickpea Soup Carrot and Chickpea Soup Roasted Red Peppers Soup Spring Nettle Soup Gazpacho Avocado Gazpacho Vegan Gluten-free Main Dishes Spinach and Lentil Quinoa Stew Eggplant Stew Eggplant and Chick Pea Stew Green Pea Stew Green Pea and Mushroom Stew Leek Stew Potato and Leek Stew Zucchinis and Rice Stew Spinach with Rice Vegetable Stew Baked Haricot Beans Rice Stuffed Bell Peppers Stuffed Red Bell Peppers with Haricot Beans Stuffed Grapevine Leaves Green Beans and Potato Stew Cabbage and Rice Stew Rice with Leeks and Olives Rice and Tomatoes Roasted Cauliflower Stuffed Cabbage Leaves Potato and Zucchini Bake New Potatoes with Herbs Okra and Tomatoes Casserole Roasted Brussels Sprouts Roasted Butternut Squash Roasted Artichoke Hearts Beet Fries Grilled Vegetable Skewers Vegan Gluten-free Breakfasts and Desserts Quinoa Banana Pudding Raisin Quinoa Breakfast Berry Quinoa Breakfast Baked Apples Pumpkin Baked with Dry Fruit

    Unwilling to sacrifice eating healthy and well—and armed with a degree in nutritional science—Beth began tracking her costs with obsessive precision, and soon cut her grocery bill in half. Eager to share her tips and recipes, she launched her blog, Budget Bytes. Soon the blog received millions of readers clamoring for more. Beth's eagerly awaited cookbook proves cutting back on cost does not mean cutting back on taste. Budget Bytes has more than 100 simple, healthy, and delicious recipes, including Greek Steak Tacos, Coconut Chicken Curry, Chorizo Sweet Potato Enchilada, and Teriyaki Salmon with Sriracha Mayonnaise, to name a few. It also contains expert principles for saving in the kitchen—including how to combine inexpensive ingredients with expensive to ensure that you can still have that steak you’re craving, and information to help anyone get acquainted with his or her kitchen and get maximum use out of the freezer. Whether you’re urban or rural, vegan or paleo, Budget Bytes is guaranteed to delight both the palate and the pocketbook.

    In his restaurant, he calls out the names of the cooks--Vietnamese, Korean, Indian, and others--who have inspired him, and in his book, he teaches you how to work with those flavors and cultures with respect and creativity. Houston's culinary reputation as a steakhouse town was put to rest by Chris Shepherd, the Robb Report's Best Chef of the Year. A cook with insatiable curiosity, he's trained not just in fine-dining restaurants but in Houston's Korean grocery stores, Vietnamese noodle shops, Indian kitchens, and Chinese mom-and-pops. His food, incorporating elements of all these cuisines, tells the story of the city, and country, in which he lives. An advocate, not an appropriator, he asks his diners to go and visit the restaurants that have inspired him, and in this book he brings us along to meet, learn from, and cook with the people who have taught him.The recipes include signatures from his restaurant--favorites such as braised goat with Korean rice dumplings, or fried vegetables with caramelized fish sauce. The lessons go deeper than recipes: the book is about how to understand the pantries of different cuisines, how to taste and use these flavors in your own cooking. Organized around key ingredients like soy, dry spices, or chiles, the chapters function as master classes in using these seasonings to bring new flavors into your cooking and new life to flavors you already knew. But even beyond flavors and techniques, the book is about a bigger story: how Chris, a son of Oklahoma who looks like a football coach, came to be "adopted" by these immigrant cooks and families, how he learned to connect and share and truly cross cultures with a sense of generosity and respect, and how we can all learn to make not just better cooking, but a better community, one meal at a time.