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FOOD NETWORK MAGAZINE GREAT EASY MEALS

Name: FOOD NETWORK MAGAZINE GREAT EASY MEALS
Author: Food Network Magazine
ISBN: 978-1-4013-2419-3

250 FUN & FAST RECIPES

by Food Network Magazine ‧ RELEASE DATE: March 15, 2011

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A popular cooking channel unveils an eclectic collection of quick and simple meals.

Food Network Magazine launched in 2008, offering tasty, easy-to-make food, tips on entertaining and commentary from the channel’s on-air celebrity chefs. This debut volume collects the best and brightest of the magazine’s kitchen-tested, “foolproof” recipes. Sprinkled among the uncomplicated dinner items are useful extras like the “Mix and Match” feature pairing classic dishes like macaroni and cheese, chicken soup, pizza and stir-fry dinners with enticing ingredient substitutions. For Food Network fans, six short profiles reveal the kitchen secrets of culinary personalities like Guy Fieri, Ted Allen and the Neelys. Recipe pages feature precise cooking times, serving sizes and nutrition information alongside low-calorie options and helpful hints like alternative cooking techniques, side-dish suggestions, intriguing flavor combinations (think microwave “tomato jam”) and ideas for leftovers. In “Soups and Stews,” Vietnamese Noodle, Pistou (French pesto) and Thai Corn Chowder add international flare. The “Poultry,” “Pasta,” and “Fish and Seafood” sections are jazzed up with recipes like “Inside Out Chicken Cordon Bleu,” “Curried Salmon Cakes” and “Skillet Lasagna,” all prepared in under an hour. A section on “10-Minute Desserts” is not as impressive, however, with most ideas feeling overly simplistic. Perhaps most unique and helpful are the thumbnail “finished-product” photographs fronting the book, providing readers a useful tool when they need to quickly plan a meal. Eye-pleasing, well-balanced compilation of accessible recipes and cooking guidelines for on-the-go home chefs.

Pub Date: March 15, 2011

ISBN: 978-1-4013-2419-3

Page Count: 416

Publisher: Hyperion

Review Posted Online: April 4, 2011

Kirkus Reviews Issue: Feb. 15, 2011

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GENERAL NONFICTION

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NUTCRACKER

by E.T.A. Hoffmann ‧ RELEASE DATE: Oct. 28, 1996

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This is not the Nutcracker sweet, as passed on by Tchaikovsky and Marius Petipa. No, this is the original Hoffmann tale of 1816, in which the froth of Christmas revelry occasionally parts to let the dark underside of childhood fantasies and fears peek through. The boundaries between dream and reality fade, just as Godfather Drosselmeier, the Nutcracker's creator, is seen as alternately sinister and jolly. And Italian artist Roberto Innocenti gives an errily realistic air to Marie's dreams, in richly detailed illustrations touched by a mysterious light. A beautiful version of this classic tale, which will captivate adults and children alike. (Nutcracker; $35.00; Oct. 28, 1996; 136 pp.; 0-15-100227-4)

Pub Date: Oct. 28, 1996

ISBN: 0-15-100227-4

Page Count: 136

Publisher: Harcourt

Review Posted Online: May 19, 2010

Kirkus Reviews Issue: Aug. 15, 1996

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GENERAL NONFICTION

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THE NUTCRACKER AND THE MOUSE KING
by E.T.A. Hoffmann ; adapted by Natalie Andrewson ; illustrated by Natalie Andrewson

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THE NUTCRACKER
by E.T.A. Hoffmann & illustrated by Julie Paschkis

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TO THE ONE I LOVE THE BEST

EPISODES FROM THE LIFE OF LADY MENDL (ELSIE DE WOLFE)

by Ludwig Bemelmans ‧ RELEASE DATE: Feb. 23, 1955

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An extravaganza in Bemelmans' inimitable vein, but written almost dead pan, with sly, amusing, sometimes biting undertones, breaking through. For Bemelmans was "the man who came to cocktails". And his hostess was Lady Mendl (Elsie de Wolfe), arbiter of American decorating taste over a generation. Lady Mendl was an incredible person,- self-made in proper American tradition on the one hand, for she had been haunted by the poverty of her childhood, and the years of struggle up from its ugliness,- until she became synonymous with the exotic, exquisite, worshipper at beauty's whrine. Bemelmans draws a portrait in extremes, through apt descriptions, through hilarious anecdote, through surprisingly sympathetic and understanding bits of appreciation. The scene shifts from Hollywood to the home she loved the best in Versailles. One meets in passing a vast roster of famous figures of the international and artistic set. And always one feels Bemelmans, slightly offstage, observing, recording, commenting, illustrated.