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.

Introducing the lifesaving cookbook for every mother with kids at home - the book that solves the 20 most common cooking dilemmas. What's your predicament: breakfast on a harried school morning? The Mom 100's got it - Personalized Pizzas are not only fast but are nutritious, and hey, it doesn't get any better than pizza for breakfast. Kids making noise about the same old lunch? The Mom 100's got it - three different Turkey Wraps, plus a Wrap Blueprint delivers enough variety to last for years. Katie Workman, founding editor in chief of Cookstr.com and mother of two school-age kids, offers recipes, tips, techniques, attitude, and wisdom for staying happy in the kitchen while proudly keeping it homemade - because homemade not only tastes best, but is also better (and most economical) for you. "The Mom 100" is 20 dilemmas every mom faces, with 5 solutions for each: including terrific recipes for the vegetable-averse, the salad-rejecter, for the fish-o-phobe, or the overnight vegetarian convert. "Fork-in-the-Road" variations make it easy to adjust a recipe to appeal to different eaters (i.e., the kids who want bland and the adults who don't). "What the Kids Can Do" sidebars suggest ways for kids to help make each dish.

In Everyday Thai Cooking, Katie Chin--a chef hailed as the 'Asian Rachel Ray' by her many fans--shares her recipe secrets along with tips, tools, and techniques that enable you to bring delectable homemade Thai dishes to your table effortlessly! As the daughter of award-winning restaurateur Leeann Chin, Katie's heritage has been deeply rooted in the cultivation of fine Thai cuisine. Katie has since taken the culinary world by storm as a well-respected food writer, television personality, and now published author. Katie is a leader among the cooking community. However, her real reward stems from her success at home. As a working mother of toddler twins, Katie realized a need for simple, easy and delicious Thai recipes that call for convenient ingredients and Everyday Thai Cooking delivers just that. This Thai cookbook offers basic recipes for staple dishes that include both homemade and store-bought options. From appetizers to desserts, each step-by-step recipe lists preparation times (most within thirty minutes) and alternates for less accessible ingredients. Illustrated with mouthwatering color photographs, Everyday Thai Cooking features more than 100 simple recipes for delicious Thai food. Favorite Thai recipes include: Crunchy Siam Spring Rolls Tom Yum Goong Crispy Mango Chicken Shaking Beef Fragrant Coconut Fish in Banana Leaves Mee Krob