Seriously Simple Holidays


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Bestselling author Worthington offers all the secrets for stress-free entertaining during the holidays. Each festive recipe is designed to reduce prep time and streamline cooking techniques, so hosts can spend more time at the party and less in the kitchen.




Seriously Simple


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The subtitle says it all. One of the biggest challenges for the good home cook is creating delicious, healthy meals using just a few ingredients and simple steps. And good cooks know that Diane Worthington is an expert at finding the one strong flavor component that will turn a ho-hum dish into something memorable—without spending the whole day in the kitchen. In Seriously Simple: Easy Recipes for Creative Cooks she does it again. Here are over 90 recipes for everything from Butternut Squash Soup with Chipotle Creme to Lemon-Lime Pound-cake that come together in a snap. Gorgeously photographed, Seriously Simple is full of practical tips for saving time without sparing the savor, such as advice on developing a busy cooks pantry, making one-pot meals, and creating sauces, rubs, and marinades that will spice up any dish in a flash. Guaranteed to cut down on the prep time, streamline techniques, and pump up the flavor, heres a new kitchen standby thats seriously fast, seriously delicious... Seriously Simple.




Traveling Spirit Masters


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The sacred and musical phenomenon of trance




Seriously Simple Parties


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From the author of Seriously Simple comes another collection of enticing recipes and useful tips that will help make throwing a party just as much fun as attending one. Using straightforward ingredients, minimized prep time, and streamlined cooking techniques, hosts can serve festive meals with ease. Sample menus—organized seasonally for a variety of groups and occasions—and mix-and-match recipes for every course allow cooks of every skill level to make merry year-round. With great advice on everything from stocking a party pantry to setting an elegant table, plus vivid photos that will entice party planners into the kitchen, this book gives everyone a reason to celebrate.




Gluten-Free and Vegan Holidays


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Entertaining friends and family can be a challenge when you’re vegan and gluten-free. It can be even trickier when you’re not, but a family member or close friend is. So what do you do when you want to prepare a gluten-free and vegan holiday dinner for eight? Turn to Gluten-Free and Vegan Holidays for help! Jennifer Katzinger, author of the popular Flying Apron’s Gluten-Free & Vegan Baking Book makes celebrating the holidays simple and stylish with seventy delicious, satisfying recipes for our most cherished holidays. Here you’ll find both sweet and savory gluten-free and vegan menus for Thanksgiving and Christmas feasts, for a romantic Valentine’s Day dinner for two, for springtime Easter and Passover celebrations, a 4th of July picnic, and many more. Whether you’re gluten-free and vegan or not, you’ll please the ones you love with these simple yet sophisticated and pleasing menus.




Holidays on Ice


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David Sedaris's beloved holiday collection is new again with six more pieces, including a never before published story. Along with such favoritesas the diaries of a Macy's elf and the annals of two very competitive families, are Sedaris's tales of tardy trick-or-treaters ("Us and Them"); the difficulties of explaining the Easter Bunny to the French ("Jesus Shaves"); what to do when you've been locked out in a snowstorm ("Let It Snow"); the puzzling Christmas traditions of other nations ("Six to Eight Black Men"); what Halloween at the medical examiner's looks like ("The Monster Mash"); and a barnyard secret Santa scheme gone awry ("Cow and Turkey"). No matter what your favorite holiday, you won't want to miss celebrating it with the author who has been called "one of the funniest writers alive" (Economist).




Super Simple Holidays (Set)


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Each festive Super Simple Holidays book explores one holiday, from its history to its current traditions. Then, easy-to-follow steps show readers how to create fun holiday cards, decorations, and more. Each title also includes a recipe for a tasty holiday treat to share with family members and friends. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Super Sandcastle is an imprint of Abdo Publishing, a division of ABDO.




A Taste of Georgia


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In 1977, the members of the Newnan Junior Service League decided to put together a collection of triple-tested recipes and cooking tips to support their various philanthropies. Twenty-two years and an astounding 260,000 copies later, A Taste of Georgia has become an award-winning classic, full of tried-and-true southern recipes and unique gourmet dishes. A Taste of Georgia has been awarded membership in the Southern Living Hall of Fame and the McIlhenny Tabasco Community Cookbook Awards Hall of Fame. Since 1977, sales of A Taste of Georgia and its 1994 companion volume, Another Serving, have raised approximately one million dollars in support of Newnan Junior Service League projects. These include college tuition scholarships for local students, cultural programs for the community, a local shelter for battered women and children, Habitat for Humanity, and the Newnan chapter of the Boys and Girls Clubs, Inc. We appreciate your support of Georgia's "best loved" cookbooks and hope this edition will quickly become your favorite cooking guide. So look inside and savor A Taste of Georgia! Book jacket.




Young House Love


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This New York Times bestselling book is filled with hundreds of fun, deceptively simple, budget-friendly ideas for sprucing up your home. With two home renovations under their (tool) belts and millions of hits per month on their blog YoungHouseLove.com, Sherry and John Petersik are home-improvement enthusiasts primed to pass on a slew of projects, tricks, and techniques to do-it-yourselfers of all levels. Packed with 243 tips and ideas—both classic and unexpected—and more than 400 photographs and illustrations, this is a book that readers will return to again and again for the creative projects and easy-to-follow instructions in the relatable voice the Petersiks are known for. Learn to trick out a thrift-store mirror, spice up plain old roller shades, "hack" your Ikea table to create three distinct looks, and so much more.




Chocolate Holidays


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The award-winning author of BitterSweet and Chocolate and the Art of Low-Fat Desserts turns her attention to dozens of memorable dessert recipes for holidays and special occasions throughout the year and includes an extensive section on ingredients, equipment, decorative touches, and how to customize a recipe to use the chocolate of one's choice. Original.