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Out of This World Cooking with Star Wars Galaxy’s Edge Official Cookbook

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While it isn’t feasible for most people to go to Disney World every time they crave their favorite treat, the struggle is definitely real and the urge to visit the world of Mickey and Friends is incredibly tempting. Thankfully, you can bring a little of the magic of the Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge set-up home with you thanks to the Star Wars Galaxy’s Edge: The Official Black Spire Outpost Cookbook by Chelsea Monroe-Cassel and Marc Sumerak. There is something about …

International Cuisine

Downton Abbey Dining with the Show’s Official Cookbook by Annie Gray

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Calling all avid fans of the award-winning British historical drama! If you’re among them, then this official guide to Downton Abbey dining is a must-have. I thought I knew what to expect from the book at the first sighting of its title: The Official Downton Abbey Cookbook. You’d expect a plethora of recipes filled to the brim with history, right? The colorful cookbook, however, exceeded my expectations thanks to the warm tone of author Annie Gray.  Gray argues that she …

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Is Vegan Soul Food a Thing? Memphis Chef Bryant Terry Says Yes.

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Vegan soul food? There’s no such thing! Tennessee food activist and vegan chef Bryant Terry begs to differ. Terry’s Vegan Soul Kitchen cookbook is a journey into the core of Southern soul food that you never knew you needed to take.  It begins with a poem, complete with musical notes to help you turn it into a prayer, and opens up the world of African-American cuisine – sans lard and deep fryers.  Filling his pages with fresh, whole foods, Terry …

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Exploring Authentic Vegetarian Mexican Dishes in ‘La Vida Verde’

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The quest for vegetarian Mexican dishes has proven to be harder than I thought. “We were hungry the entire trip.” “We just ate beans all day.”“They didn’t know how to serve a meal without meat; they were confused.” This is a glimpse of a conversation I had with my vegetarian friends after their trip to Mexico. Consequently, as a vegetarian myself, I sadly crossed yet another country off my bucket list. Was I doomed to limp leaves of lettuce and …

Asian Cuisine

Mastering Asian Dumplings with Andrea Nguyen’s Award-Winning Cookbook

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If you’re like most people, chances are you adore Asian dumplings. And in the 2020 state of things, odds are you aren’t used to making them at home and miss them dearly. Mention crafting homemade dumplings of any type to the average home cook and they’ll most likely run for cover. Like most common dishes and staples of various national cuisines though, Asian dumplings aren’t at all hard to make. You just have to know and learn from the right …

Healthy Diet Mediterranean Cuisine

Healthy Meets Delicious in ‘The 30-Minute Mediterranean Diet Cookbook’

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If you think the descriptives ‘delicious’, ‘easy’, and ‘healthy’ can’t possibly be used in the same sentence, Philadelphia dietitians Deanna Segrave-Daly and Serena Ball will prove you wrong, in just one cookbook. Though it has its minor faults, The 30-Minute Mediterranean Diet Cookbook: 101 Easy, Flavorful Recipes for Lifelong Health features a whopping one hundred and one mouth-watering Mediterranean recipes that are indeed possible to recreate in the average kitchen – and quickly. What’s so special about The 30-Minute Mediterranean …

Basic Cooking Italian Cuisine

‘Let’s Cook Italian’: Gennaro’s Guide to Essential Italian Cuisine

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Picking a favorite Italian cuisine cookbook is hard, if not impossible. Only a couple, however, have managed to remain on my top ten favorite cookbooks list in the last decade. And Let’s Cook Italian by chef Gennaro Contaldo is one of them. What’s real Italian cuisine? No other national cuisine is quite as ubiquitous as Italian. I’ve encountered very few people who flat out don’t like it and nary a person who has never tasted a variety of Italian dishes. …

Basic Cooking Michelin Chefs

Our Must-Have Cookbook of 2020 Pick: ‘Marcus Everyday’ by Chef Marcus Wareing

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As if whipping up a meal for your family nearly every single day of the year weren’t intimidating enough, here’s a must-have cookbook from a two-time Michelin star chef to stir things up for you. But set all your feelings of culinary inadequacy aside and crack open this cookbook for a fun and useful read. This book really is the everyday, run-of-the-mill version of a guy named Marcus, living and cooking for his family in his East Sussex country abode. …

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