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Spilling the Beans: Cooking and Baking with Beans and Grains Everyday

Learning to cook delicious meals using healthy ingredients is a snap in this new cookbook. With humorous anecdotes and current factoids on health, Julie and Sue explain everything from the truth behind beans and flatulence to demystifying the simple process of soaking and cooking dried beans and lentils. At a time when eating foods that are as good …

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Quinoa 365: The Everyday Superfood

One of the world’s healthiest foods, quinoa contains a perfect balance of all eight essential amino acids, and is a great source of protein, making it an increasingly popular food choice for those looking to incorporate superfoods into their everyday diets. Gluten-free, wheat-free, and nutrient-packed, quinoa is ideal for those who are health-conscious, vegetarian, and/or physically active, as …

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The Canadian Craft Beer Cookbook

David Ort, author of the popular blog Food with Legs, gives us a lively and engaging introduction to craft beer as well as an across-the-board set of recipes that use craft beer as an ingredient. Starters and snacks, noodles and rice, seafood and meat and poultry, even beer cocktails and sweets and desserts make an appearance (Oak-Aged Old-Ale …

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9000 Years of Wine: A Short History

Wine has a history far larger than that of any mere beverage. Present at the earliest recorded points of human history, it has been heralded as the height of sophistication or the depths of debauchery, a precious part of religious ritual or a free-flowing social lubricant. This new edition explores the tourism and terroir driven global industry of …

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Basic Thai Cooking

Adopt the simple techniques and quick recipes that are the staple of Thai cooking. In the last 10 years, the popularity of Thai food has exploded. With its bold use of fresh herbs and vegetables, it’s no wonder the number of Thai restaurants has increased a hundredfold in cities from Los Angeles to London. Basic Thai Cooking takes …

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