Since Roman times, cultures around the world have been enchanted with cooking in clay and the juicy, full flavors it preserves in any dish. Today's healthminded cooks will find an added bonus: Clay pot cooking is practically foolproof and often fat-free. In The Best of Clay Pot Cooking, Dana Jacobi takes a fresh look at cooking in clay pots and comes up with over 40 easy and delectable recipes, from soups and stews to breads and desserts. Some reflect traditional uses for the clay pot, such as roasting poultry and beef; others are inventive new dishes drawing on ethnic influences --...

Few people would dispute the old Florentine proverb "Even a bedroom slipper tastes good when it's fried," but many try to stay away from deep-fried foods because of the at foods absorb during cooking.

When the technique has been mastered, however, deep-fried foods can -- and should -- be crisp, light, and delectably nongreasy. As fryers gain popularity, it's even easier to deep-fry at home, and now Phyllis Kohn shows you how to achieve flawless frying feats every time.

The Best Fryer Cookbook Ever delves into the hows and whys of deep-frying: the best (and potentially...

Exciting flavors include an assortment of vanillas of varying degrees of richness, several great chocolates, Butter Pecan, Sensational Strawberry, Peaches 'n' Cream, Utterly Peanut Butter and Double Ginger to mention only a sampling. For an extra flourish, there's a collection of ice creams with add-ons -- swirls...

Under pressure to get a tasty, nutritious dinner on the table in a flash? Like the idea of preparing fork-tender beef stew in thirty minutes and pot roast in under an hour? All this and more is made possible by the pressure cooker, a magical appliance that produces soul-satisfying, homemade food in one-third (or less) the standard cooking time.

In Pressure Perfect, Lorna Sass, the country's leading authority on pressure cooking, distills her two decades of experience into one comprehensive volume. First learn everything you need to know about buying and using today's 100%...

Get that great taste of wood-smoked food using the top of your kitchen stove.

Contains everything you need to know about smoking foods at home, using a stovetop smoker.

Chris serves up 36 master recipes for smoking everything from whole chickens to shrimp, plus 95 recipes for soups, salads, and sides that use smoked ingredients. There's Tea-Smoked Duck; Smoked Eggplant Soup; and Fettuccine with Smoky Salmon, Peas, and Leeks to name just a few. The possibilities are limited only by your imagination and your love for smoky flavor. With Chris Styler's tips, techniques, and...

Process This is the award-winning cookbook for the new generation of food processors. With 150 recipes for everything from guacamole to strawberry shortcake, plus dozens of time-saving tips and techniques, Process This is one-bowl mixing at its best.

Over 100 inventive recipes for year-round family meals-including side dishes and desserts--from the authors of the top-selling Bread Machine Magic

SLOW COOKER MAGIC will give you fresh ideas for a familiar appliance--every page is packed with tips, tricks and over 100 inventive recipes for meals everyone will love to eat and you will love to make. The recipes in SLOW COOKER MAGIC can be made in every brand of slow cooker on the market--you'll learn to prepare not just the soups and stews of winter, but also chilis and casseroles for summer picnics and potlucks all year...

Hearty stews. Rib-sticking chilis. Tender pot roasts. The real secret is a long, slow simmer at a constant temperature, and no appliance does this better than the slow cooker. If your old slow cooker recipes disappointed you, throw them away The Slow Cooker Ready and Waiting Cookbook is for people who love good food

Rick Rodgers has adapted an eclectic array of American and ethnic dishes for the slow cooker. They're all here: fancy fare (Farmer's Market Lobster and Corn Chowder, Sweet and Sour Brisket, Erna's Sauerbraten), everyday favorites (Ground Beef Chili with...

More than 380 recipes for appetizers, beverages, soups, stews, main dishes, and desserts.

Bonus chapters offer 5-ingredient recipes and one-dish meals.

• Great value--hundreds of tested and perfected recipes, informative tips, plus two bonus chapters--all-in-one economical resource for time-crunched cooks from the brand they know and trust.
• More than 400 recipes for appetizers, beverages, soups, stews, main dishes, and desserts.
• Bonus chapters offer 5-Ingredient Recipes and One-Dish Meals.
• Plenty of timesaving tips and advice for smoother meal prep.
• Easy-to-follow format.

• More than 400 delectable recipes for your beloved, time-saving slow cooker.
• Two must-see bonus chapters: Light and Healthful Favorites and 5-Ingredient Recipes.
• Numerous tips, hints, and ideas throughout to help you achieve successful slow cooking results every time.
• Popular lay-flat binding for easy reference while cooking.

Low fat cooking with tasty results.

Cooking meals in a conventional oven can add unnecessary fat to your favorite meals. By switching to rotisserie ovens, millions of people have reduced the fat in their diets while also enjoying great tasting food. A rotisserie oven seals in food's natural juices while cooking. Now many rotisseries are also very energy efficient, cooking food in far less time than a conventional oven.

No wonder the top manufacturer of rotisserie ovens has sold more than three million units over the last several years.

Suitable for either a...