Cooking / Cookbooks

Jory, Christiane: The 99¢ Store Cookbook: Gourmet Recipes for Discount Prices, Adams Media, 2008 – This cookbook–sponsored by the popular chain of American stores–features a foreword written by store founder David Gold. Debut Author

House, Bonnie; Fleming, Diane; Brinegar, Linda; Kennedy, Linda; and Newman, Ian Blake: The 30-Day Diabetes Miracle Cookbook: Stop Diabetes with an Easy-to-Follow Plant-Based, Carb-Counting Diet, Perigee, 2008 – with over 200 delicious recipes to stop Diabetes from the Lifestyle Center of America that brought the world The 30-Day Diabetes Miracle.

Reese, Jennifer: Make the Bread, Buy the Butter, Free Press, Fall 2011 – A journalist and food blogger at TipsyBaker.blogspot.com embarks on an adventure budgeting a homemade life and examining whether to make or buy household staples.

Said, Oliver and Chef MikeC.: Kitchen on Fire, DaCapo Lifelong, November 2012 – The wildly popular basics course at Berkeley’s famed Kitchen on Fire! culinary school teaches students ultimate confidence in the kitchen. In this new book, Chefs Olivier Said and MikeC. combine their many years of experience cooking in professional kitchens and classrooms to present all the basic techniques necessary to create great food—complete with full-color illustrations and step-by-step photos throughout. You’ll explore the underlying methodology and alchemy of cooking, from ingredients to prep to heat. You’ll get all the skills to navigate your kitchen with ease and the knowledge to put that cookbook back on the shelf and create your own recipes with whatever ingredients you have on hand.

Sandler, Lori: The Divvies Bakery Cookbook: No Nuts. No Eggs. No Dairy. Just Delicious!, St. Martin’s Press, Fall 2010 – Tasty recipes and fun tips for putting the sweet back in kitchens dealing with the serious business of food allergies, from the Founder and Owner of Divvies, a fun-foods company devoted to baking safe-to-eat, tasty treats for people with life-threatening allergies.

Schlimm, John: The Tipsy Vegan, Da Capo, November 2011 – This cookbook showcases plant-based recipes using favorites from the bar circuit—wine, beer, vodka—as key ingredients. From spiked appetizers, soups, and salads to blitzed main dishes, desserts, and, of course, cocktails, these buzz-worthy recipes make sure you have a blast, whether you’re preparing for a houseful of guests or a party for one.

Schlimm, John: The Ultimate Beer Lover’s Cookbook, Sourcebooks, 2008 – Featuring more than 400 food and drink recipes that all use beer as an ingredient, The Ultimate Beer Lover’s Cookbook is the largest beer cookbook ever published. Written by a member of one of the oldest and most esteemed brewing families in the country, The Ultimate Beer Lover’s Cookbook was awarded both “Best Beer Book in the U.S.” and “Best Beer Book in the World” by the international Gourmand Awards.

Suhanosky, Ron: The Family Table, Kyle Books, September 2011 – Author of Pasta Sfoglia, winner of a 2010 James Beard Award, one of Fall’s Best Chef Cookbook by Bon Appétit and one of the top ten cookbooks of 2009 by Gastronomer’s Guide, Chef Ron Suhanosky shares family-style meals featuring Italian-influenced “new traditional” cuisine with an uncomplicated, family-friendly approach.