Wine & War: The French, the Nazis & the Battle for France’s

In 1940, France fell to the Nazis and nearly immediately the German army started a campaign of pillaging one of the assets the French hold most dear: their wine. Like others in the French Resistance, winemakers mobilized to oppose their occupiers, but the tale of their extraordinary efforts has remained largely unknown—until now. Wine and War tells the alternately thrilling and upsetting tale of the French wine producers who undertook ingenious, daring measures to save their esteemed crops and bottles as the Germans closed in on them. By rooting the narrative in the tales of five prominent winemaking

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Quick from Scratch Soups & Salad Cookbook

Soups that simmer for summary, not hours, and salads that know no season: 75 inviting recipes revolutionize this familiar hot-and-cold combo. “Soup’s on!” will become everyone’s favorite words when you serve up luscious Creamy Asparagus with Mushrooms and Gruyere Croûtes; a coconut-flavored and substantial Brazilian Shrimp Soup; Chicken Avogolemo (a Greek specialty), and Mexican Pozole. For attractive salads that aren’t just lettuce, try an incredible Grilled Scallops over Mixed Green and Herb Salad; Chicken with Cucumber and Red Pepper, tossed in Honey Mustard Dressing; and Mixed Greens with Smoked Ham, Black-Eyed Peas, and Roasted Red Pepper Dressing.

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Sugar-free Gluten-free Baking and Desserts: Recipes for Healthy

Enjoyable though they are, baked goods made with instant-metabolising wheat flour and refined sugars come with a hefty price on one’s health—weight-gain, cholesterol and diabetes as well as allergies for many public. Sugar-free Gluten-free Baking and Desserts shows readers how to bring taboo treats back to the baking sheet with savory recipes that swap wheat for wholesome alternatives like quinoa, arrow root and tapioca starch and trade in sugar for natural sweeteners like agave, yacon and stevia. Sugar-free Gluten-free Baking and Desserts: Recipes for Healthy and Tasty Cookies, Cakes, Muffins, Scones, Pies, Puddings, Breads and Pizzas

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Simple But Perfect Salads: The Taste of Summer All Year Round

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The SoNo Baking Company Cookbook: The Best Sweet and Savory

Warm pecan-studded sticky buns; banana streusel muffins; passion fruit mousse served atop a thin layer of sponge cake and garnished with fresh raspberries; decadent chocolate cake covered and iced with smooth, elegant chocolate ganache; red velvet cupcakes; and foccaccia flavored with fresh herbs and topped with tomato, mozzarella, and pesto—these are some of the mouth-watering recipes that John Barricelli shares in The SoNo Baking Company Cookbook.  A regular on The Martha Stewart Show and host of Everyday Baking, John Barricelli is a familiar face to home bakers. When he opened the SoNo Baking Company & Café in South Norwalk, Connecticut

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My Life from Scratch: A Sweet Journey of Starting Over, One

A former Hollywood insider trades the Hollywood Hills for Green Acres—and lives to tell in this area it in this hilarious, poignant treat of a memoir. As head of her celebrity sister’s production company, Gesine Bullock-Prado had a closet full of designer clothes and the ear of all the influential studio heads, but she was miserable. The only solace she found was in her secret leisure activity: baking. With every sugary, sweet confection to emerge from her oven, Gesine took one step away from her glittery, empty existence—and one step closer to her right destiny. Before long, she and her spouse

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Gluten-Free Baking Classics

For celiacs and others unable to eat wheat, it’s not just the dessert tray that’s forbidden: hearty staples like bread and pizza are also off limits. Now, this exciting cookbook allows allergy sufferers to indulge in a wide diversity of baked goods, all tasty and all gluten-free. Featured are more than 100 recipes, including homey treats like biscuits and blueberry muffins; chocolate chip and other cookie jar classics; ancient-fashioned favorites such as eclairs, pie crust, and lemon squares; artisan style breads; and more than 20 cakes, from a simple vanilla layer cake to a decadent German chocolate cake. A thorough

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I Love Macarons

Cute-as-can-be, sweet macarons capture the whimsy and elegance of Paris, where they’re traditionally served with tea or wrapped up in ribbon to give as a gift. But the secrets of making perfect macarons have long eluded home bakers until now! In I Like Macarons, renowned Japanese pastry-maker Hisako Ogita brings her extensive experience to the art of baking macarons with fully illustrated foolproof step-by-step instructions. This charmingly designed guide is sure to have pastry lovers everywhere thumping up these colorful confections at home, using ordinary baking equipment and simple ingredients to make myriad flavors of perfection.

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Best American Side Dishes (Best Recipe)

Cooks today are looking for more creative ways to prepare side servings of vegetables, rice or grains. They still want the basics like how to make fluffy white rice and mashed potatoes, but they also want to know how to make really excellent risotto or I don’t know a fresh-flavoured dip for crudites. With “Best American Side Dishes”, the editors of “Cook’s Illustrated” provide more than 500 recipes for dishes to round off every kind of meal – from weeknight suppers to special celebrations. Packed with more than 250 illustrations, “Best American Side Dishes” shows you step-by step how to

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101 Things to do with Salad (101 Things to Do with A…)

Everybody knows that a excellent salad makes a meal perfect and now with this new addition to the 101 line, a salad is never more than a few ingredients away! The book includes Leafy Salads, Main Course Salads, Pasta Salads, BBQ and Picnic Salads, Veggie Salads, Fruit Salads, and Dessert Salads, with an incredible diversity of recipes and flavors to suit all occasions. Try cute Fiesta Salad, Chinese Chicken Salad, Chicken Caesar Pasta Salad, Cauliflower Shrimp Salad, Cool Pear Salad, Pistachio Salad, and Best Ever Frog-Eye Salad!

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