Tuesday, January 27, 2009

7 Centuries of English Cooking or Well Dressed Salad

7 Centuries of English Cooking

Author: Maxime De La Falais

The hundreds of recipes in Maxime de la Falaise's delightful book triumphantly attest to the virtues of Anglo-Saxon gastronomy. Rich with the historical sense of taste, this book allows you to cook the rudiments of a medieval royal banquet, an Elizabethan nursery breakfast, or an eighteenth-century tavern lunch.



Read also Homemade in Half the Time or Shiok

Well-Dressed Salad: Contemporary, Delicious and Satisfying Recipes for Salads

Author: Jennifer Joyc

Over eighty delectable recipes.

Salads can be so much more than a side dish.

Elevating salads to their rightful place as stylish, healthy, satisfying dishes, The Well-Dressed Salad offers more than eighty recipes exploring exciting textures and zingy flavors.

As well as putting a fresh spin on classic salads, such as Caesar salad, the book brings together unusual salad dishes from around the world where salads are an art form: the Mediterranean, North Africa, Asia and South America.

The chapters are organized by ingredient, from beans, lentils and grains, leaves and greens, to vegetables, fruit, noodles and rice to meat, fish and poultry. Each recipe is accompanied by:


• Advice on possible variations
• Serving ideas and advance preparation
• Classification of each salad as an appetizer, main course or side dish
• Recipes for tasty dressings and vinaigrettes
• Tips on choosing and using ingredients.

Each recipe has been tested twice to guarantee a stunning success every time.



Table of Contents:

Introduction
Salad Basics
World Flavors
Salad Leaves (Greens)

In the Beginning -- Anitpasti, Mezze and Tapas

Using Your Bean... and Lentils and Grains Too
Pod Power

You Say Tomato...
Tomato Intelligence

Leaves, Greens and Other Things

Bring on the Vegetables

Oodles of Noodles and Rice
Asian Noodle Know-how

Something Substantial -- Meat, Fish and Poultry

Sides, Slaws and Potato Salads

Juicy Fruit

Must-have Dressings and Vinaigrettes
The Sweet and Sour -- Oils and Vinegars
Accessories Make the Salad

Index
Acknowledgements

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