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Serving appetizers is an affordable, delicious way to entertain! This practical guide gives you over 75 foolproof recipes for making delectable bite-sized wonders that will suit any occasion – from an informal gathering to a sit-down dinner. You also get party planning tips as well as advice on experimenting with flavors and international cuisines.

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Everybody loves cookies -- eating them and making them! Featuring 100 easy-to-follow, delicious recipes such as Chocolate Chip Cookies, Raspberry-Hazelnut Thumbprints, Mocha-Walnut Coins, and Gingersnaps, this cookbook is perfect for the holidays -- or for anytime at all. It includes cookies to make with kids and cookies for the health conscious, plus scrumptious color photos.

This friendly cookbook helps you choose a grill, understand the health and convenience benefits of indoor grilling, and enjoy 80 great recipes. Find out what all the fuss is about with Indoor Grilling For Dummies -- soon you'll be hooked on year-round grilling for its convenience, great taste, and health benefits.

The book details the types of indoor grilling products, from grill pans to uncovered indoor electric and gas grills to covered grills. It describes easy techniques for grilling (outdoor and indoor), and provides 80 delicious recipes for marinades, spice rubs, and sauces, plus classic favorites like grilled chicken and grilled salmon to entertaining specialties like grilled Cornish hens and leg of lamb. The recipes are written for any indoor grilling device, with notes identifying when technique and timing adaptations may be needed with different products.

Bread Machines are more popular than ever, and Bread Machines For Dummies makes it easy to use this popular kitchen tool to create a variety of homemade breads.

Bread Machines have become a staple of the American kitchen. Over the years as these convenient appliances have dropped in price and increased in quality, they've found their way into millions of American households. But when it comes to creating a variety of delicious homemade breads with this ingenious device, many are at a loss for anything besides your standard white bread.

Look no further! With Bread Machines For Dummies, Tom Lacalamita and Glenna Vance show that a wide variety of delicious homemade baked goods can come from this machine. Clearly explaining the finer points and special features of various machines, even a dummy will be enjoying delicious, freah-baked breads at the touch of a button. Whole wheat, sourdough, nut breads, holiday breads, you name it, with 75 delicious recipes these experts show that there's much more to a bread machine than just your standard white. And even if you are just looking to have a fresh loaf of your favorite sandwich bread waiting for you in the morning, let these experts show you how to get the most out of your bread machine.

TV chef Martin Yan demystifies the art of Chinese cooking!

In this cookbook fromt he bestselling cookbook author and star of PBS-TV's Yan Can Cook," Martin Yan puts a contemporary spin on traditional Chinese cuisine for today's home cooks. Chock-full of tips on ingredients, cookware, and techniques, this basic handbook shows how to cleave vegetables with precision, stir-fry like a pro, and prepare a full menu with ease. In this fun and friendly cookbook, readers will find:

• 100 taste-tested recipes, including classic dishes, regional specialties, and modern adaptations
• Easy-to-understand instructions for cooking with or without a wok, as well as other techniques such as steaming
• Step-by-step line drawings that illustrate the foods and techniques essential to Chinese cooking
• Boxed features on Chinese customs and culture
• Shopping guidelines for ingredients and tools

French Wine For Dummies explores all the major wine regions of France -- from The Rhone Valley to Alsace, with special emphasis on the wines of Bordeaux and Burgundy, the most important wine regions of France (and possibly the world). This friendly guide explains how France names its wines and decodes French wine labels. It describes classic combinations of French wine with foods, with a new look at some versatile French wines with various types of food. Plus, it details how to buy, drink, and store French wines.

140+ gluten-free recipes for adding quinoa to every meal and snack

Touted as "the gold of the Incas," quinoa (pronounced "keen-wah") has many health benefits. It is high in both protein and fiber, gluten-free, and has been known to help those with cardiovascular health problems, as well as people who suffer from migraine headaches. Research also shows that the nutritional composition of quinoa is important in fighting breast cancer, especially in post-menopausal women. It is a great gluten alternative, and provides complete protein in vegetarian or vegan dishes. Not only does it have all of these phenomenal health qualities, quinoa is also delicious and extremely versatile

Quinoa can be made into a breakfast porridge, stuffed into a wrap for lunch, combined with vegetables for a hearty salad, rolled with spices and breadcrumbs to make a delicious burger, and added to an assortment of cakes and breads for an extra protein punch. Cooking with Quinoa for Dummies shows you how you can easily incorporate quinoa into each and every one of your meals and snacks.Offers over 140 gluten-free recipes for incorporating quinoa into breakfasts, lunches, snacks, dinners, and dessertsExplains the health benefits and disease-fighting power of this superfoodProvides the 4-1-1 on how quinoa can help you lose those unwanted poundsIncludes a 16 page color insert with beautiful photos of gluten-free quinoa-packed meals

"Cooking with Quinoa For Dummies" shows you how to use this hot new superfood in all your favourite dishes

Perfect sushi rolls at home are a cinch with this fun and easy guide;There are now more than 5,000 sushi restaurants across America, and Japanese cuisine has never been more popular. Yet many home cooks are reluctant to try making sushi. This friendly cookbook cuts through the mysteries of sushi-making--and shows just how easy it is to create perfect maki (rolls) and nigiri-sushi (individual pieces). From selecting sushi-quality seafood and finding specialized ingredients to cooking perfect sushi rice, slicing ingredients like a pro, adding that essential dab of wasabi, and rolling 'em up, this illustrated guide makes sushi preparation a snap, whether people want to build a basic California roll or serve up a wide range of more exotic sushi fare.;Judi Strada (LaJolla, CA) is Food Editor of San Diego magazine. Mineko Takane Moreno (San Diego, CA), a native of Tokyo, teaches Japanese cooking at Williams-Sonoma and the San Diego Culinary Institute.

Look no further for tips and recipes for whipping up a dazzling array of delicious holiday meals - without stress!

Christmas is the biggest holiday of the year -- and Americans traditionally love to celebrate the season with food, food, and more food. This easy guide shows cooks of every generation how to plan and prepare scrumptious seasonal treats. It includes:

• 100 delicious recipes for hassle-free holiday meals, including Warm White Bean Dip, Four-Cheese
• Spinach Lasagne, and Chocolate Truffle Tart.
• Tips, checklists, and charts, plus step-by-step guides and shopping lists for special holiday meals, including a Christmas Tree-Trimming Party
• A special section on Christmas decorating and food gifts from the kitchen
• 16 pages of color photos featuring holiday meal recipes and kitchen-made gifts and decorations