Nothing cooks better than cast iron. Here at last is a cookbook for this most simple and versatile cookware, favorite of campfires and country kitchens for generations. With complete directions for seasoning and care, "Cast-Iron Cooking" features over seventy-five recipes, from johnnycakes to blackened redfish--all ladled out with A. D. Livingston's unique blend of good humor, savvy cooking sense, and plain talk.

"Cast-iron cooking may be the wave of the past, but A. D. Livingston has brought it back to the future. This book's a dandy, packed with great information and criminally delicious recipes, all well sprinkled with Livingston's peppery wit. So long, wimpy pots and Teflon skillets Cast iron is back "--Patrick McManus, author of "The Night the Bear Ate Goombaw" "A kitchen without cast iron is like a schooner without sails. A. D. Livingston has got his 'old black magic' down to an art--a simmering, aromatic art."--John Egerton, author of "Southern Food"

This is an inspiring collection of recipes celebrating Italy's best-loved fast food. You can enjoy delicious home-made pizzas with more than 30 freshly-prepared recipes. It features toppings for all tastes, from creamy Quattro Formaggi and delicate Salmon & Avocado to spicy American Hot and Chilli Beef. You can ring the changes with unusual ingredients to enliven and enhance your pizza repertoire including mussels, shiitake mushrooms, smoked chicken, feta cheese, and butternut squash. It contains a practical guide to cooking pizzas with step-by-step techniques for making the perfect pizza base and a classic tomato sauce. Originating in Naples as a quick and inexpensive snack, the ever-popular pizza has never looked back since leaving its native city. This fabulous book takes this humble snack to new heights revealing how to make the tastiest pizzas, from simple classics such as Quattro Formaggi and Fiorentina to stunning party pieces like Smoked Salmon Pizzettes and Spinach and Ricotta Panzerotti.There are rich and filling fish and meat pizzas such as Crab & Parmesan Calzonelli and Pancetta, Leek & Smoked Mozzarella, plus lighter vegetarian pizzas such as Spring Vegetable and Pine Nut, and Mushroom & Pesto, making this the perfect book for pizza lovers everywhere.

Katie Workman is a gifted cook, a best friend in the kitchen, and a brilliant problem solver. Now Katie turns her attention to the biggest problem that every family cook faces: how to make everyone at the table happy without turning into a short-order cook. Expanding on one of the most popular features of the first cookbook, her ingenious "Fork in the Road" recipe solution, which makes it so easy to turn one dish into two or more, Katie shows you how Asian Spareribs can start mild and sweet for less adventurous eaters - and then, in no time, become a zesty second version for spice lovers. She shakes up the usual chicken for dinner with Chicken Tikka Masala-ish - and feeds vegetarians, too, by offering a fork where cauliflower is used in place of the chicken. Fettuccine with Shrimp and Asparagus is a blueprint for seven other easy mix-and-match pasta dinner combinations. Crostini for breakfast - truly an aha! idea - can go sweet or savoury, pleasing both types of morning eaters. Have all the ingredients on hand? Make the insanely delicious Chocolate Carrot Cake. Missing chocolate? Don't run out to the store - the basic Carrot Cake is just as satisfying.

The question is as old as parenting itself: How can new moms and dads eat well when all their time and energy is spent on baby? Finally, we have the answer

Specifically designed for frazzled, sleep-deprived parents, every recipe in Parents Need to Eat, Too is nutritious, delicious, satisfying, and EASY. As a bonus each recipe includes instructions for preparing baby food from the same ingredients. Plus every recipe has the added advantage of being tested by a group of more than 100 new parents.

Inside you'll find: Meals you can eat with one hand Recipes for the new parent's best friend: the slow cooker More ambitious recipes, broken down into simple stages to perform while baby naps "Un-Recipes" for parents who can't cook at all Recipes that support breastfeeding Advice from experts, including a pediatric dietitian and a lactation consultant

Here are real solutions for the real problems new parents face in the kitchen. Through comforting, honest, and essential help for stressed out, undernourished moms and pops, Parents Need To Eat Too ensures that nobody will go hungry

Parents Need to Eat Too has been named one of the Best Cookbooks of 2012 by Leite's Culinaria, whose Editor-in-Chief Renee Schettler Rossi called it the "What to Expect After You're Expecting" and said that the book "savvily and sassily helps you extend the efficiency of any time spent in the kitchen."

'I'm just bowled over by this book. It's as fascinating as it is beautiful, and full of food I'm desperate to eat!' NIGELLA LAWSON 'The one and only book you will ever need on Parsi cooking' ANGELA HARTNETT From Dinaz Aunty's incredible tamarind and coconut fish curry, lamb stewed with cinnamon and Hunza apricots, to baked custards infused with saffron and cardamom, Parsi cuisine is a rich fusion of Persian and Indian influences: unique and utterly delicious. In his debut cookbook, Head Chef of St. John Bread & Wine, Farokh Talati, gathers together a selection of classic Parsi recipes from his travels through India and time spent in the kitchen with family, revealing them here for you to discover and enjoy at home. Recipes include: Parsi omelette Charred sweetcorn and paneer salad Persian scorched rice Parsi kheema Kedgeree - a Parsi version Prawn Patio Mango poached in jaggery and saffron Cardamom doughnuts Blending Persian and Indian cookery in a journey from family life in west London all the way to Gujarat and beyond, and told through recipes, stories and photographs, Parsi is much more than a cookbook - it is a love letter to the Parsi culture and its people. 'Sure to be a Parsi classic. Great reading and great eating' FERGUS HENDERSON

The potato has gone gourmet, with a healthy twist! Here are a hundred diverse, exciting yet nutritionally-sound recipes for turning the world's most popular vegetable into a satisfying light meal. Hungry for a different taste? Choose from the Chicken Tarragon Stuffed SPud, Chili Bowl Spud, Ham Quiche Spud, the Pizza Potato and many more to satisfy that appetite. High in vitamins, minerals and fiber, lower in cholesterol, these one-dish meals can be simple or elaborate, economical or extravagant, sinfully indulgent with an eye on what's good for you. For a fresh new kind of meal sure to tickle your palate without giving you a gut, start stuffing spuds!

This is the 30th Anniversary Edition of Susan Branch's classic first cookbook ~ published in 1986, and written at the kitchen table of her little house on Martha's Vineyard. Susan has given us this revised and expanded version of Heart of the Home, Notes from a Vineyard Kitchen, with lots of new illustrations, new recipes, end papers, and cover ~ plus, a red ribbon bookmark, and 16 brand new pages. Homemade, hand-written, artist-crafted and watercolored, this delightful book celebrates the art of the home with delicious recipes such as Tangerine Confetti Cake, Stuffed Pork Chop Casserole with Apples and Sweet Potatoes, Banana Fritters, Onion Pudding, Asian Quinoa Salad, and Garlic Bread that we are assured is "to die for," plus stories from home, such as The Importance of Traditions and How to Make a Kitchen Garden. There is also a special section for Breakfast, including Breakfast in Bed, and recipes for Blueberry Corncakes and Cranberry Marmalade.