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Tender spring asparagus. Luscious summer berries. Spicy autumn greens and bright winter citrus. More than any other dish, salad allows the characteristic flavors of each season to shine. A simple combination of fresh ingredients in a salad from your kitchen can be more impressive than even the most elaborate dish. Williams-Sonoma Collection Salad offers more than 40 wonderful salad recipes, grouped by season to emphasize the importance of using ingredients as they reach their natural peak of ripeness. Whether you have a bumper crop of cherry tomatoes in your backyard or a handful of wine-colored beets from the farmers' market, there's a recipe here that offers a delicious way to prepare them. A chapter of portable salads will tempt you to plan a picnic, while a selection of classic salads -- from Cobb salad to celery rémoulade -- rounds out the collection. Full-color photographs of each dish help make the choice an easy one, and each recipe is accompanied by a photographic sidebar that highlights an essential ingredient or cooking technique, making Salad much more than a great collection of simple recipes. An informative basics section and extensive glossary fill in all you need to know to create the perfect salad. Salads bring out the best in fresh seasonal ingredients, whether they are delicate spring lettuces paired with soft goat cheese or crisp autumn apples tossed with toasted pecans. Williams-Sonoma Collection Salad offers more than 40 easy-to-follow recipes, including both classic favorites and fresh new ideas. In these pages, you'll find inspiring salads designed to suit occasions throughout the year -- from an informal summer picnic to an elegant dinner with friends. This vividly photographed, full-color recipe collection, appealing to both novice and experienced cooks, will become an essential addition to your kitchen bookshelf.

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Hearty bistro fare such as crisp pommes frites paired with a sizzling pepper-coated steak. Rustic country dishes, including coq au vin and fragrant seafood stew. Decadent desserts such as crème brûlée and cherry clafoutis. These are the simple recipes that capture the essence of French cuisine. Williams-Sonoma Collection French offers more than 40 delicious and satisfying recipes, from time-honored classics to inspired new ideas, all designed for the way you cook today. When paired with a glass of wine and a fresh baguette, recipes such as caramelized onion tart or endive salad with beets and goat cheese make the perfect light lunch or casual dinner. For special celebrations, serve roasted asparagus with hazelnut oil vinaigrette alongside filets mignons with Roquefort sauce. Whether you enjoy the well-loved dishes of the French countryside or want to entertain with Parisian panache, here are recipes for every occasion. Beautiful full-color photographs of each dish help you decide which one to prepare, and each recipe contains a photographic side note with additional information on key ingredients and techniques. With an informative chapter that covers the basics of French cuisine, as well as an extensive glossary, this essential volume will help you make simple French cooking part of your everyday culinary repertoire.

The tantalizing smoky aroma of food cooking on a hot grill can draw a hungry crowd in a matter of minutes. Who can resist chicken or baby back ribs brushed with a sweet and spicy marinade? Whether you have a charcoal or gas grill in your backyard, an array of delicious grilling recipes awaits you in this cookbook. Williams-Sonoma Collection Grilling offers more than 40 recipes, including updated classic fare and exciting new ideas. Tempt guests with an elegant grilled entrée of scallops brushed with spicy wasabi or perhaps savory portobello mushrooms dressed with herb-infused olive oil. If you're craving a juicy steak or seared tuna, a recipe from the meat or seafood chapters is sure to please. A selection of vegetable recipes provides plenty of ideas, both for healthful accompaniments or stand-alone meals. And, for something a little more unusual, try grilling pears for dessert. Full-color photographs make it easy to decide what to grill, and each dish is accompanied by a photographic side note that highlights a key ingredient or technique, making Grilling much more than just a collection of recipes. An informative basics section and glossary fill in all you need to know to make grilling a favorite way of cooking for every occasion. Mastering the art of grilling is one of the most satisfying ways to share a good meal with family and friends. Whether it's a T-bone steak, a salmon fillet, corn on the cob, or even pizza, virtually any food can be adapted to this versatile cooking technique and grilled with success. Williams-Sonoma Collection Grilling offers more than 40 delicious recipes, including both beloved classics and inspiring new ideas. In these pages, you'll find grilling recipes for any occasion -- from a casual backyard barbecue to a more elegant dinner with friends. This vividly photographed, full-color recipe collection will become an essential addition to your kitchen bookshelf.

Whether it's a classic chocolate chip cookie for an afternoon snack at the kitchen table, a tangy lemon bar as a treat after lunch, or a delicate jam-filled cutout cookie shared at a special gathering of friends, we all have a favorite cookie or two that we just cannot resist. Williams-Sonoma Collection Cookies offers over 40 delicious recipes, including time-honored favorites as well as fresh new ideas. Brighten up a rainy day with chocolate cookie sandwiches, tempt guests with light hazelnut meringues after a dinner party, or celebrate the holidays with sweet and sparkly cutout stars. Here, you will find all the classics as well as cookies for making with and enjoying with kids or for sending to faraway friends. If you are planning a party or searching for a cookie to establish new holiday tradition, you'll find plenty of recipes with style inside these pages. In addition, a chapter devoted entirely to decorating provides you with simple ideas for transforming cookies into little works of art. Full-color photographs of each cookie recipe help make it easy to decide which one to bake, and photographic side notes throughout highlight key techniques or essential ingredients, making this book the ideal source to have on hand for making cookies. An informative basics section and glossary fill in all you need to know to create a wide array of irresistible cookies.

From delicate fillets of sole sauced with butter and lemon to flavorful salmon paired with apple and fennel, the variety of fish dishes is nearly endless. And even with so many different ways to prepare it -- sautéed on the stove top, braised in the oven, or grilled over an open fire -- the fresh, clean taste and delicate texture of fish always shine through. Quick and easy to cook, fish is an excellent choice for any occasion. Williams-Sonoma Collection Fish offers more than 40 recipes, including classic fare as well as exciting new ideas. Inside, you'll find simple dishes for quick suppers, intriguing recipes for serving guests, and hearty main courses for satisfying meals. There's even a chapter devoted entirely to other seafood besides fish, including scallops, shrimp, and lobster, rounding out the delicious array of choices. Full-color photographs of each recipe make it easy to decide which to prepare, and each dish is accompanied by a photographic side note that highlights a key ingredient or cooking technique, making Fish much more than just a simple collection of recipes. An informative basics section and extensive glossary fill in everything you need to know to add delicious fish to your cooking repertoire. Lean, healthful, and quick to cook, fish plays an important role in the modern kitchen. Whether you are in the mood for salmon on the grill, traditional trout amandine, or a rustic bouillabaisse, there is always a distinctive and delicious way to prepare any type of fish. Williams-Sonoma Collection Fish offers more than 40 easy-to-follow recipes, including both familiar classics and tempting new ideas. In these pages, you'll find appealing fish dishes for any occasion -- from a casual weeknight supper to a more formal affair. This beautifully photographed, full-color recipe collection will quickly become an essential addition to your kitchen bookshelf.

Creating tempting and innovative appetizers is easy: Start with fresh ingredients, season them with an intrepid spirit, and you have a whole new way of thinking about a meal’s first course. Familiar dishes inspire the forty-four recipes inside this book, but each one is elevated by using seasonal fruits and vegetables, bold, globally inspired flavorings, and simple, but high-impact cooking methods. Whether it’s an hors d’oeuvre, salad, soup, or small plate, each recipe explains how and why the creative ingredient pairings work together to bring exciting new tastes to your table. Dozens of full-color photographs depict each finished dish and reveal the amazing array of ingredients available to reinvigorate your favorite appetizers. With this book as your inspiration, you’ll have all you need to breathe new life into everyday meals, simply, and deliciously.

Creating tempting and innovative appetizers is easy: Start with fresh ingredients, season them with an intrepid spirit, and you have a whole new way of thinking about a meal’s first course. Familiar dishes inspire the forty-four recipes inside this book, but each one is elevated by using seasonal fruits and vegetables, bold, globally inspired flavorings, and simple, but high-impact cooking methods. Whether it’s an hors d’oeuvre, salad, soup, or small plate, each recipe explains how and why the creative ingredient pairings work together to bring exciting new tastes to your table. Dozens of full-color photographs depict each finished dish and reveal the amazing array of ingredients available to reinvigorate your favorite appetizers. With this book as your inspiration, you’ll have all you need to breathe new life into everyday meals, simply, and deliciously.

When it comes to preparing memorable meals for milestone events and holidays, knowledgeable chefs and cooking aficionados alike turn to Special Occasions. It offers 150 of the best, most elegant recipes from the original series, each illustrated with gorgeous four-color photography. Entertain family and friends with appealing appetizers, main dishes, and desserts, plus creative ideas for complementary beverages and sides, culled from a range of cooking experts and international culinary traditions. Features 150 kitchen-tested recipes to celebrate life`s special occasions Expert tips on preparation, cooking, serving, and storing Includes an illustrated glossary of key ingredients, cooking procedures, and equipment

Four new, exciting titles build upon the vastly popular, collectible Food Made Fast series from Williams-Sonoma (Desserts, Simple Suppers, Small Plates, & Vegetarian) . Featuring delicious food that is simply prepared, each book is designed for today`s busy but taste-conscious cook. Welcome solutions make it easy to plan ahead and cook healthy, home-cooked meals in as little as 20 to 30 minutes, so your family can enjoy great-tasting dishes every day of the week, and you can enjoy more time with your family. Food Made Fast Desserts shows you how to treat your family and friends to a simple yet elegant finale to a meal. Discover tempting desserts for any occasion that can be both satisfying and effortless all at once. Elinor Klivans is an award-winning pastry chef. She is the author of several cookbooks and a co-author of Williams-Sonoma Essentials of Baking.

Cooking today is multidimensional: it's about creating soul-warming comfort food for friends and family; making healthy, flavorful meals in a limited amount of time; inviting the flavors of ethnic cuisines into our kitchens; and preparing tasty, sumptuous meals for holidays and special occasions. The increasing availability of high-quality, local, and exotic ingredients has transformed the way we cook with delicious results. This comprehensive volume, with its tremendous breadth of recipes, reflects this new diverse interest in food. Among its more than 370 recipes are time-tested classics, fresh new favorites gleaned from restaurant menus, popular ethnic dishes customized for the home cook, and dozens of breakfast and dessert choices, from the simple to the spectacular. In short, The Williams-Sonoma Cookbook celebrates the pleasures of cooking in all its forms. Whether you are stir-frying a spicy basil-scented chicken dish for a simple weeknight supper, grilling fish steaks for a summer cookout, preparing a standing rib roast as the centerpiece for a multicourse special-occasion meal, or simply looking for a recipe for classic chocolate chip cookies or the ultimate cheesecake, this book is the perfect resource. The recipes are organized into twelve chapters so you can easily find the right dish for your needs. These include: Appetizers; Soups; Salads; Fish and Shellfish; Poultry; Beef and Veal; Pork and Lamb; Vegetables; Breads; Desserts; and Breakfast and Brunch. Sumptuous photographs for every recipe will show you how the finished dish should look. Dozens of photographed sidebars throughout the book illuminate cooking techniques, explain how to work with unfamiliar ingredients, and suggest flavorful sauces or condiments to accompany the main recipe. Among the recipes are classics that you will come back to again and again, like stuffed mushrooms, Cobb salad, potato gratin, Louisiana-style gumbo, bistro-style roast chicken, eggs Benedict, and devil's food cake. You will also find many dishes inspired by international flavors, such as pot stickers, gazpacho, tabbouleh, carnitas, tandooristyle chicken and tiramisu -- all destined to become new favorites in your home. Look, too, for plenty of kid-friendly recipes such as baked macaroni and cheese, chicken potpie, spaghetti and meatballs, and chocolate brownies, all of which could become some of the most-requested dishes in your cooking repertory. In addition to the recipes, a comprehensive reference section in the back of the cookbook offers dozens of the basic recipes you'll need for stocks and sauces, bread, pasta, and pie doughs, and dessert sauces and frostings. Also included are a full glossary of cooking terms and ingredients as well as cooking charts that will make it easy for you to find ingredient substitutes, doneness temperatures for meat and poultry, measurement equivalents, and more. No matter the occasion, The Williams-Sonoma Cookbook will provide the perfect recipe and plenty of inspiration for many years to come.

Four new, exciting titles build upon the vastly popular, collectible Food Made Fast series from Williams-Sonoma (Desserts, Simple Suppers, Small Plates, & Vegetarian) . Featuring delicious food that is simply prepared, each book is designed for today`s busy but taste-conscious cook. Welcome solutions make it easy to plan ahead and cook healthy, home-cooked meals in as little as 20 to 30 minutes, so your family can enjoy great-tasting dishes every day of the week, and you can enjoy more time with your family. Food Made Fast Small Plates is the tasteful complement for busy people who love to entertain. Recipes are designed to easily and elegantly please a crowd for either a quick get-together or a stylish affair, so you spend less time in the kitchen and more time enjoying yourself with your family and friends. Author Brigit Binns began her culinary education during a 10-year residence in Europe and has authored more than 14 cookbooks.

Enjoy a wide-range of delicious grilling and roasting recipes in this comprehensive collection of kitchen-tested recipes. Each has a full-color photo, along with straight forward preparation tips to ensure success. Grilling & Roasting includes delicious recipes for poultry, beef, lamb, pork, fish, shellfish, and vegetables. An illustrated glossary describes key ingredients and explains cooking procedures in detail.

Four new, exciting titles build upon the vastly popular, collectible Food Made Fast series from Williams-Sonoma (Desserts, Simple Suppers, Small Plates, & Vegetarian) . Featuring delicious food that is simply prepared, each book is designed for today`s busy but taste-conscious cook. Welcome solutions make it easy to plan ahead and cook healthy, home-cooked meals in as little as 20 to 30 minutes, so your family can enjoy great-tasting dishes every day of the week, and you can enjoy more time with your family. Food Made Fast Simple Suppers provides a welcome respite to weekday meal-time stress and puts to rest the notion that a healthy, home-cooked meal is a difficult undertaking. You`ll find recipes that show how the simplest ingredients, when prepared correctly, can create quick, satisfying, and creative meals for any day of the week. Author Melanie Barnard is a renowned food writer and is author or co-author of a variety of cookbooks, including the James Beard Award-winning American Medical Association Family Cookbook and 365 More Ways to Cook Chicken.

Whether you're an enthusiastic novice or a seasoned aficionado, this new cookbook from grill master Willie Cooper offers a fun and novel approach to outdoor cooking. With lush full-color photography, On the Grill delivers inspiration and sound advice each step of the way on everything from buying a pair of tongs to spit-roasting a pig. Chef Willie invites you to come along on several action-packed grilling adventures, showing you how to plan and pull off a memorable lakeside feast, a perfect summer picnic, a sun-splashed beach bash, a spit-roasting extravaganza, a spirited tailgate party, a Thanksgiving dinner with all the trimmings, and more. From corn on the cob rubbed with sweet butter to steak topped with caramelized onion jam to down-home pulled chicken, On the Grill boasts more than 130 lavishly photographed classic and creative grill recipes, all expertly cooked to order for you with fire and smoke by Chef Willie.

Designed for the busy home cook, Food Made Fast is the latest collectible series from Williams-Sonoma. Using a straightforward approach to everyday cooking, Food Made Fast is about delicious food, simply prepared, with easy-to-follow recipes and tips. Each book emphasizes keeping a well-stocked pantry, planning ahead, and using fresh ingredients as the keys to cooking delicious meals with a minimum of time and effort. Dedicated to a single subjectfrom Soup to Pasta to Weeknighteach volume makes it simple to plan, cook, and enjoy great-tasting food throughout the week. The recipes are both simple and inspired, making quick cooking a truly satisfying experience.

Designed for the busy home cook, Food Made Fast is the latest collectible series from Williams-Sonoma. Using a straightforward approach to everyday cooking, Food Made Fast is about delicious food, simply prepared, with easy-to-follow recipes and tips. Each book emphasizes keeping a well-stocked pantry, planning ahead, and using fresh ingredients as the keys to cooking delicious meals with a minimum of time and effort. Dedicated to a single subject - from Soup to Pasta to Weeknight - each volume makes it simple to plan, cook, and enjoy great-tasting food throughout the week. The recipes are both simple and inspired, making quick cooking a truly satisfying experience.

Book annotation not available for this title.Title: Williams-Sonoma Food Made FastAuthor: Williams Sonoma (COR)/ Carreno, Carrolyn (CON)/ Williams, Chuck (EDT)/ Tucker & Hossler (PHT)Publisher: Little Brown & CoPublication Date: 2008/05/01Number of Pages: 111Binding Type: HARDCOVERLibrary of Congress: bl2008014054

Nothing evokes the comforts of home better than freshly baked treats straight from the oven. But too many home cooks believe they don't have the time to bake except for the occasional special dessert. If you are one of them, this comprehensive baking collection, with nearly 400 recipes for everything from homespun favorites and bake-shop sweets to popular restaurant-style desserts, is guaranteed to change your mind. In this inspired book, you will find recipes that both fit into your busy schedule and suit nearly every occasion, from quick dessert for weeknight suppers to fancy cakes for holiday tables. Whether you are dreaming of buttery shortbread for an afternoon snack, a luscious berry pie for a midsummer get-together, a buche de Noel for a Christmas Day buffet, or a batch of rolls for Sunday supper, you will discover how to make it in these pages. The recipes are organized into eight comprehensive chapters: Cookies and Bars; Muffins and Quick Breads; Coffee Cakes, Scones, and Biscuits; Cakes and Tortes; Pies and Tarts; Yeasted Breads; Fruit Desserts; and Custards and Egg Dishes. Each chapter provides an array of flavor options to match the seasons and to accommodate a variety of tastes. Every recipe includes a photograph of the finished dish, so you can see how it will look, as well as photographs illustrating key baking task, ingredients, and/or equipment. Classics enjoyed by adults and kids alike are here, such as lemon bars, chocolate-studded cookies, blueberry muffins with brown-sugar topping, buttermilk biscuits, birthday cake with fudge frosting, pumpkin pie, and country-style cinnamon rolls. Detailed directions for baking chocolate cupcakes, bagels, and madeleines make these typical bakery specialties easy to prepare at home. A large selection of recipes for special occasions, such as almond-flecked chocolate cake with caramel sauce, pear torte with fresh ginger, and cherry cheesecake with a biscotti crust, provides plenty of ideas for holiday and dinner-party tables. Rounding out the book are dozens of recipes for savory baked items, from Roquefort-laced popovers and goat cheese muffins to olive bread and mushroom quiche. An extensive reference section at the end of the book includes basic recipes, such as pie and tart doughs, dessert sauces and glazes, and cake frostings and fillings. Also included is a tips-and-techniques primer, with photographed step-by-step instructions on everything from rolling out pie dough, making decorative crusts, and frosting a cake to kneading bread dough in a stand mixer. Cooking and ingredient charts and a comprehensive glossary complete the section. With The Williams-Sonoma Baking Book on your kitchen shelf, you will find yourself baking more often, with results that are always both delicious and rewarding.

Cook well, eat well, and feel great. Williams-Sonoma shows you the way with Essentials of Healthful Cooking. This teaching volume takes a broad look at cooking healthfully, focusing not on excluding ingredients from a cook's repertory, but using ingredients creatively for maximum freshness, flavor, and nutrition. The book includes over 130 tempting dishes, with an emphasis on classic recipes that are modified for the healthful kitchen. Full-color photography showcases the finished dishes. Authors Mary Abbott Hess, Dana Jacobi, and Marie Simmons are highly regarded cooking experts with a flair for healthier fare. A nutrient guide and recipe analysis support the emphasis on quality eating.

Appetizers gives more than just a little taste--it offers 150 of the best appetizer recipes from the original Lifestyles series, each illustrated with stunning four-color photography. Devoted to the way people who love good food cook, dine, and entertain today, the titles in this popular series were written by leading chefs and authors worldwide. Appetizers features classically inspired yet contemporary recipes drawn from an international palette of culinary traditions. Features: 150 kitchen-tested appetizer recipes with four-color photography Expert tips on preparation, cooking, serving, and storing Includes an illustrated glossary of key ingredients, cooking procedures, and equipment

A fresh look at a timeless subject, Williams-Sonoma Wine & Food approaches wine and food pairing from the perspective of the cook. Organized around flavor groups instead of grape varietals, and lavishly illustrated with full-color photographs, this book shows just how easy it can be to incorporate wine into everyday meals. Joshua Wesson, a leading wine and food pairing expert and the co-founder of Best Cellars, tackles the basics of wine -- from regions, to grape varietals, to evaluating a wine using all your senses. He also offers a primer on wine and food pairing, which deconstructs both into their respective building blocks -- aromas, tastes, and textures. Through clear text and colorful, evocative images, you'll learn the simple art of complementing and contrasting these sensual elements to form an array of pleasing matches.Wine & Food includes fifty easy, delicious recipes for all types of plates -- from appetizers, to sea food, to poultry, to pork, to desserts. Organized around unique wine styles with common flavor profiles, each recipe offers suggestions for specific wines from both old and new regions, as well as alternative wines from other chapters. The book also includes sample menus for entertaining, or you can create your own -- the possibilities are endless!

Williams-Sonoma Desserts presents over 200 recipes, from cakes and confections to frozen desserts and pies, making it a comprehensive guide, complete with a Basic Recipes and Techniques section and illustrated glossary. Desserts provides delicious finales for any meal.

The fourth volume in the Williams-Sonoma Essentials series offers a complete look at cooking in the dry heat of an oven. Over 130 recipes, including meats, poultry, fish, shellfish, fruits, and vegetables, are supplemented by thorough discussions of roasting techniques and equipment. Each recipe is paired with a photograph of the finished dish and many feature additional images illuminating a confusing recipe element. The authors include Melanie Barnard, Rick Rodgers, and Bob & Coleen Simmons. Key Features: * Over 130 delicious recipes; beautiful full-color photographs for every recipe; how-to photographs illuminating challenging tasks * Intuitive recipe organization, from simple to complex * Reader alerts for advance prep time, oven temperature, and hard-to find ingredients

Packed with practical tips and stunning photography, Williams-Sonoma Essentials of B & B is the latest in the popular Essentials series. It offers a range of recipes for meals served from early morning through lunchtime. The book includes information on seasonal ingredients and pantry essentials, entertaining ideas, instructional tips on how to make the perfect cup of coffee or tea, and helpful suggestions for setting up an omelet and bagel bar. Eight sample menus cover several occasions, from a summertime breakfast to a holiday brunch. The recipes feature both classic favorites and exciting new creations. Features: Over 130 delicious recipes; full-color photography Suggestions for alternative ingredients, recipe variations, and accompaniments Comprehensive glossary of ingredients and culinary terminology

Designed for the busy home cook, Food Made Fast is the latest collectible series from Williams-Sonoma. Using a straightforward approach to everyday cooking, Food Made Fast is about delicious food, simply prepared, with easy-to-follow recipes and tips. Each book emphasizes keeping a well-stocked pantry, planning ahead, and using fresh ingredients. Dedicated to a single subject--from Grill to Asian to Seafood--each volume makes it simple to plan, cook, and enjoy great-tasting food throughout the week.

Based on the Christmas illustrations of celebrated Norwegian artist Svein Solem, the earthenware figures are painted by hand in red and green Setting the table with these jolly little fellows is sure to get your holiday dinner off to a lively start 2 Elfs have Red hats & gloves and the other 2 Elfs have Green hats and gloves in each box Each ring measures 2 3/4"H x 3"W Made of earthenwear. Dishwasher safe