Top Secret Recipes--Sodas, Smoothies, Spirits, & Shakes: Creating Cool Kitchen Clones of America's Favorite Brand-Name Drinks

Top Secret Recipes--Sodas, Smoothies, Spirits, & Shakes: Creating Cool Kitchen Clones of America's Favorite Brand-Name Drinks Review

Todd Wilbur shares his best-kept secrets for making knockoffs of your favorite drinks-right in your own kitchen and without spending a lot of money. Readers can re-create the delicious taste of America's best-loved brand-name soft drinks, beverages, dessert drinks, mixers, and liqueurs by following Todd's easy, step-by-step instructions. If it comes in a glass, cup, bottle, or mug, it's here for you to clone at home. Discover how to make your own versions of:

* 7-Up®
* Starbuck's® Frappuccino®
* Nestea®
* Sunny Delight®
* Dairy Queen® Blizzard®
* McDonald's® Shamrock Shake®
* 7-Eleven® Cherry Slurpee®
* Grand Marnier® & Amaretto

Plus: Dozens of specialty drinks from T.G.I. Friday's®, Chili's®, Hard Rock Cafe®, Outback Steakhouse®, Applebee's®, House of Blues®, Olive Garden®, Red Lobster®, Claim Jumper®, and many more of your favorite restaurant chains.

"The mission: Decode the secret recipes for America's favorite junk foods. Equipment: Standard kitchen appliances. Goal: Leak the results to a ravenous public." (USA Today)

Fun Stuff Cupcakes

Fun Stuff Cupcakes Review

Fun Stuff Cupcakes Feature

• Most recipes can be made in minutes
• Full-page photos show decoration ideas in clear detail
• Hardover format allows years of use

More than just a simple snack, cupcakes can be dressed up to create a deliciously elegant dessert or can be magically transformed into a playful party animal. Whether you prefer fish or frogs, princesses or pandas, rocky road or raspberry streusel, Fun Stuff Cupcakes has the perfect cupcake for every occasion.

Now you can indulge your passion for cupcakes with easy recipes that will make you the hit of every bake sale, backyard barbecue, or birthday bash. And you won t need to spend all day in the kitchen more than half of the recipes in Fun Stuff Cupcakes start with cake mix and prepared frosting so that they can be whipped up in minutes. Simple candies and decorations take them from ordinary to unforgettable.

Each recipe in this handy hardcover cookbook includes simple directions, plus a full-page color photo of the finished product. If you re crazy for cupcakes, this is the book for you.

Here are just some of the whimsical cupcake recipes you ll discover:
Cookie in a Cupcake
Sunny Side Upcakes
Black Bottom Cupcakes
Cupcake Ornaments
Funny Bunnies

Favorite Brand Name Eagle Brand: 3 books in 1: Cookies & Bars, Cakes & Pies, Desserts

Favorite Brand Name Eagle Brand: 3 books in 1: Cookies & Bars, Cakes & Pies, Desserts Review

A fabulous 3-book collection of EAGLE BRAND® classics and treats.
Over 215 recipes for foolproof fudge, melt-in-your-mouth confections, rich ice creams, creamy cheesecakes, fruit-filled pies, tasty beverages, cookies, chocolate pies and puddings. Over 150 dazzling photos

The Vegetarian Bible

The Vegetarian Bible Review

The Vegetarian Bible Feature

• Tips and techniques for preparing vegetarian and vegan meals.
• More than 130 tested vegetarian and vegan recipes
• Sections include recipes for soups, Asian dishes, pasta, grains and legumes, salads, and party fare.
• Color photography of completed dish accompanies most recipes.

Whether you are a long-time vegetarian or vegan, or you just want to add more meatless meals to your diet, The Vegetarian Bible can help you in the kitchen. The 256-page cookbook offers more than 130 recipes that provide flavor, variety, and satisfaction without meat. Here is a closer look at the various sections in The Vegetarian Bible:
Soups. Includes recipes for Zesty Vegetarian Chili, Oven-Roasted Beet Soup with Orange Cream, and White Bean and Escarole Soup
Pasta and Noodles. Includes recipes for Cheese Ravioli with Wild Mushroom Sauce, Tofu Rigatoni Casserole, and Three-Pepper Fettuccine
Grains and Legumes. Includes recipes for Barley and Swiss Chard Skillet Casserole, Lentil Stew over Couscous and Barley, and Bean and Corn Frittata
Additional chapters for salad and sandwich recipes, and party and special occasion recipes, including light and lively party dishes like tortes, hummus dishes, and wheat gluten skewers

The Vegetarian Bible starts with a 24-page introduction to vegetarian cooking. A color photograph of the completed dish accompanies most of the recipes.

Favorite Brand Name Best Loved Recipes of All Time

Favorite Brand Name Best Loved Recipes of All Time Review

This book has been published by International Publications,

KitchenAid Baking Basics: Techniques for Perfect Baking

KitchenAid Baking Basics: Techniques for Perfect Baking Review

Beautiful and delicious baked goods have one thing in common: a cook who knows good baking basics. KitchenAid Baking Basics: Techniques for Perfect Baking can help you master the art of baking basics. The cookbook presents more than 100 recipes, along with value baking instruction, including:
Definitions of common baking terms, such as blanch, deglaze, and simmer.
Tips and tricks for baking with herbs, using cocoa powder, whisking over heat, and other baking techniques.
How-to photos that provide a visual guide for recipe steps and basic techniques.

KitchenAid Baking Basics: Techniques for Perfect Baking is spiral-bound and lies flat when open for easy use. It includes a recipe index for at-a-glance convenience and a metric conversion chart. Here is a sampling of recipes from the cookbook:
Bars & Brownies offers Key Lime Bars and Caramel Chocolate Chunk Blondies.
Cakes & Frostings includes Cookies & Cream Cupcakes and Sage Cake with Strawberries.
The Cookies chapter offers Oatmeal S mores Cookies and PB&J Thumbprint Cookies.
Muffins has many treats, including Streusel-Topped Blueberry Muffins and Ginger Squash Muffins.
Pies & Tarts includes Lattice-Topped Cherry Pie and Rustic Plum Tart.
The Quick Breads chapter offers Dill Sour Cream Scones and Chocolate Chip Zucchini Bread.
Yeast Breads includes Scrumptious Sandwich Bread and Egg Bagels.

Simple 1-2-3 Kids Recipes

Simple 1-2-3 Kids Recipes Review

Simple 1-2-3 Kids Recipes is packed with 75 foolproof recipes specially designed with kids in mind. From creative breakfasts to snacks to dinners, this cookbook s recipes are sure to please the most finicky eaters.
Cooking for kids can be challenging. Most parents want to prepare meals and snacks for their children that are quick, healthy, and tasty. Sometimes it s difficult to balance the three, especially if kids are picky eaters. Simple 1-2-3 Kids Recipes solves these problems, with dozens of recipes for wholesome, homemade dishes that will appeal to kids in both taste and appearance.
You ll find great alternatives to fast food for every meal of the day. The Rise & Shine chapter showcases kid-friendly breakfast dishes like waffles, muffins, and parfaits. Surprise kids with unique after-school treats with the creative recipes in the Snack Time section. For new ideas for weekday lunches, make the funny face sandwiches, snake sandwiches, and more in Lunchbox Delights. The What s for Dinner? chapter has tried-and-true kid favorites that incorporate fun shapes and characters. The last chapter, Sweet Treats, is devoted to a variety of delectables that are simple to prepare.

Each recipe in Simple 1-2-3 Kids Recipes has easy-to-follow directions and a full-color photo. Plus, many recipes feature brand-name ingredients that are found in most kitchens. The cookbook lies flat while you re cooking, thanks to its practical spiral-bound format. Entice your picky eaters with these and other kids recipes:
Breakfast Pizza
Bunny Pancakes with Strawberry Butter
Honey Crunch Popcorn
Kids Quesadillas
Silly Snake Sandwich
Tasty Turkey Turnovers
Ham & Cheese Shells & Trees
Surfin Salmon
Lazy Daisy Cupcakes

Kings Don't Get Report Cards (Favorite Brand Name Recipes)

Kings Don't Get Report Cards (Favorite Brand Name Recipes) Review

A collection of forty meditations on some of the kings of Israel and Judah including Asa, Jehoshaphat, Hezekiah, Ahab, Rehoboam, and Jeroboam.

4 Ingredient Cookbook (Favorite Brand Name Recipes)

4 Ingredient Cookbook (Favorite Brand Name Recipes) Review

The 4 Ingredient Cookbook, compiled by the editors of Favorite Brand Name Recipes, presents more than 300 recipes for delicious dishes most with four ingredients or less that are easy to prepare and sure to please. The collection includes recipes for appetizers, drinks, brunch, lunch, entrées, side dishes, cakes, pies, cookies, and other desserts. Many recipes for appetizers, side dishes, or desserts are so simple they can be prepared while the main course is cooking.

The 4 Ingredient Cookbook features color photographs of many of the recipes, plus dozens of hints, tips, food facts, and serving suggestions. Here is a sampling of recipes from the cookbook:
Bandito Buffalo Wings
Vegetable Stir-Fry
Apricot-Glazed Chicken
Wasabi Salmon
Jalapeno Pepper Steak
Banana Cream Pie

Favorite Oriental Brand Name Recipes

Favorite Oriental Brand Name Recipes Review

Favorite Oriental Brand Name Recipes Feature

• By the Editors of Consumer Guide
• Brand Name Recipes
• Your Favorite Oriental Recipes
• Easy-to-Use Index
• One Fantastic Volume for your Cooking Pleasure

If you love Oriental food, this cookbook is for you! Experience the exciting world of Oriental food with this appetizing cookbook. Hundreds of recipes for delicious dishes including appetizers, main dishes, vegetables, salads and desserts! Imagine the compliments you'll receive when you serve Chinese Spring Rolls, Tempura, Teriyaki Beef Kabobs, Tuna Lo-Mein, Sweet & Sour Pork, Japanese Chicken Sukiyaki - and so many others. Now you can serve delectable Oriental meals at home - from everyday meals to elegant company dinners. All the recipes you need are here!

Incredibly Easy Weeknight Meals

Incredibly Easy Weeknight Meals Review

Incredibly Easy Weeknight Meals Recipes helps you create delicious, hearty meals quickly and easily. With dozens of recipes for salads, soups, casseroles, and other dishes, it’s the perfect cookbook for those with hectic schedules. You’ll find recipes for a wide variety of weeknight meals, including supper salads, hearty soups, ground meat main dishes, after-work dinners, pasta dishes, versatile vegetables, grilled meals, and easy desserts.

Incredibly Easy Weeknight Meals Recipes helps you whip up a great meal in a snap even if your weeknights are busy with extra hours at the office, kids’ events, and household chores. Here is a small sampling of the collection’s tasty recipes:

• Near East Steak Salad
• Italian Bean and Tomato Soup
• Turkey Meat Loaf
• Potato Tuna Au Gratin
• Paris Pasta

Each meal is incredibly easy to make, requiring a few simple steps and everyday ingredients. This spiral-bound cookbook lies flat when open for easy use in the kitchen. Colorful photos throughout show how the finished dishes will look.

KitchenAid Recipe Collection

KitchenAid Recipe Collection Review

KitchenAid Recipe Collection Feature

• More than 400 recipes.
• Striking photography with every recipe.
• 5-ring binder allows you to remove and add recipe pages.
• Cookbooks organized into 22 tabbed chapters.

The KitchenAid Recipe Collection features more than 400 recipes from one of the most trusted names in cooking. This all-encompassing cookbook opens a world of culinary possibilities. In addition to the hundreds of recipes, it contains an extensive glossary of cooking terms that will help budding chefs master or refine basic cooking skills, such as blanching, deglazing, and scalding. Every tool you ll need to become a master of the kitchen is included in the pages of this cookbook.

The KitchenAid Recipe Collection is comprehensively divided into 20 categories: a glossary of cooking terms; breakfast and brunch; biscuits and scones; muffins and coffee cakes; appetizers; breads; salads; soups and stews; pasta; beef entrees; fish and seafood entrees; pork entrees; poultry entrees; vegetarian entrees; side dishes; brownies and bars; cakes, cupcakes, and frostings; cookies; pies, tarts, and cobblers; and desserts. Handy tabs make it easy to find a specific chapter, and each tab lists the chapter s recipes.

Every full-page recipe has simple, numbered preparation steps and a helpful color photo. The book s hardcover, five-ring-binder format is designed for durability. The KitchenAid Recipe Collection lies flat for practical use in the kitchen, and each recipe can be removed by simply opening the binder rings.

With so many recipes, the KitchenAid Recipe Collection is a must-have for novice and experienced cooks alike. Here is just a small sampling of the book s recipes:
Orange-Cinnamon Rolls
Minestrone Salad
Mustard Crusted Rib Roast
Drunken Roast Chicken
Cocoa Brownies
Lemon Drops

Campbell's Busy Family Recipes

Campbell's Busy Family Recipes Review

Campbell's Busy Family Recipes Feature

• More than 115 recipes that can be prepared quickly.
• Grocery shopping tips.

Need a great source for dinner ideas at 5 p.m.? Want easy answers when your family asks you what s for dinner? Campbell s Busy Family Recipes helps with all your mealtime dilemmas, providing easy recipes that are simple to prep, quick to cook, and sure to please your family.

Campbell s Busy Family Recipes offers more than 115 recipes. You can prepare a dish in 20 minutes, choose a dish with four ingredients or less, whip up a quick one-dish favorite, make a do-ahead dish, and even prep in the morning and come home to a slow cooker meal. The cookbook s Guide for Busy Cooks tells how to make the most of a trip to the grocery store, prep for the week, and use leftovers creatively. You ll want to try these family favorite recipes:
Chicken Broccoli Pockets
Sicilian-Style Pizza
Skillet Vegetable Lasagna
Homestyle Chicken and Biscuits
Now-and-Later Baked Ziti
Turkey Fajita Wraps
Creamy Baked Carrots

Campbell s Busy Family Recipes is spiral-bound and lies flat for convenient use, and the embossed, high-gloss hard cover stands up to repeated use. A helpful recipe index and a handy metric conversion chart provide at-a-glance convenience.

25 Years of Favorite Brand Name Baking

25 Years of Favorite Brand Name Baking Review

Special Collection 25th Anniversary

Slow Cooker Recipes (Favorite Brand Name Recipes)

Slow Cooker Recipes (Favorite Brand Name Recipes) Review

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Imagine coming home to a hot dinner that only took minutes to prepare. Slow Cooker Recipes, from the editors of Favorite Brand Name Recipes, shows you how to prepare meals for your family with little effort. Get more than 275 recipes for main dishes, side dishes, appetizers for a crowd, and desserts that take the stress out of meal preparation. The cookbook also includes hints and tips for slow-cooking success.

Full-page photographs illustrate many of the slow-cooker recipes, and a recipe index and a metric conversion chart offer at-a-glance convenience. Here is a sampling of recipes from Slow Cooker Recipes:
Creamy Artichoke-Parmesan Dip
Roast Tomato-Basil Soup
Fiery Chile Beef
Lemon Pork Chops
Mexicali Chicken
Broccoli & Cheese Strata
Shredded Apricot Pork Sandwiches
Slow-Roasted Potatoes
Peach Cobbler

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Incredibly Easy Chinese

Incredibly Easy Chinese Review

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Incredibly Easy Chinese Cooking Recipes contains dozens of recipes for delicious Chinese dishes. Best of all, each recipe is simple and can be prepared in just a few steps. This timesaving cookbook is divided into sections on poultry, beef, pork, seafood, vegetables, appetizers, soups, and salads. The wide range of dishes includes tried-and-true takeout favorites as well as more exotic fare.

Thanks to its practical spiral-bound design, the cookbook lies flat when it’s open for easy use in the kitchen. Plus, many of the recipes call for ingredients that you probably have on hand in your pantry or refrigerator. And to help you make sure that you’re on the right track, the book contains colorful full-page photos of the finished dishes.

Why order takeout when you can make great Chinese food at home in no time? The variety of easy recipes in Incredibly Easy Chinese Cooking Recipes is sure to please family and friends alike. Here is a small sampling of the cookbook’s tasty treasures:

• Chinese Chicken Salad
• Luscious Lo Mein
• Cashew Beef
• Beijing Fillet of Sole
• Moo Shu Vegetables

 

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