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Unlock the secrets of cooking on a smoker and enjoy the deeply soulful flavors of authentic pit-smoked BBQ made right in your backyard.If you are new to smoke-cooking, you know it is more complicated than grilling. The cooking times are measured in hours, not minutes, and maintaining the perfect low temperature over those hours can be a challenge—especially when your fuel is wood chunks or logs and not propane gas or store-bought charcoal. Smoking serves up expert guidance on these tricky matters in a clear and concise way that even a total newbie can understand. Best of all, it offers 50 flavor-packed recipes that will make you not just use your smoker, but love it. They include:Braggin’ Rights BrisketBarbecued Short Ribs with Olive Oil BasteSlathered and Rubbed Barbecued Chicken Breasts.Kansas City-Style Baby Back RibsSzechuan Smoked DuckHerb-Crusted Barbecued Rack of Lamb with Roasted Garlic SauceAncho and Chipotle–Rubbed Smoked Pork LoinBarbecued Shrimp Pasta Salad with Citrus VinaigretteSmoke-Baked Barbecue Chile PieThis colorful, photo-rich book is the perfect gift for anyone new to smoke-cooking or for BBQ veterans who want to graduate to true pitmaster status. It covers the Southern and Texas classics as well as new-school barbecue that incorporates global flavors and lighter, healthier proteins. You will be enjoying these recipes for years to come.

Discover the incredible number of things—including complete meals!—you can make in your rice cooker.Rice cookers, thanks to a veritable explosion of interest in them among social media influencers, are more popular than ever. But TikTok and YouTube reels rarely include recipes—and, to be frank, the ones you can find are not the most reliable recipes around. Rice Cooker, a colorful, photo-rich, and accessible book with more than 50 recipes and lots of rice cooker tips, tricks, and wisdom, delivers what you need.   For starters, it expands your rice-making skills beyond white and brown rice to include Arborio rice (which is used in risottos), basmati rice, sushi rice, and other varieties. Next, it reveals in delectable recipes that other grains besides rice do quite well indeed in the rice cooker, such as oats and oatmeal, grits, hominy, and polenta, not to mention beans and legumes. Best of all, it shows that you can make full meals, from breakfast through lunch to dinner, right in the rice cooker. The recipes include:Breakfasts to start the day, like Hot Apple Granola or Sweet Breakfast Grits with Fresh FruitPilafs and risottos, such as Bulgur and Cherry Pilaf or Risotto MilaneseOne-dish dinner entrees, from Steamed Chicken Breasts with Warm Mango Sauce and Coconut Rice to Steamed Shrimp and Jasmine RiceDesserts and sweet treats, such as Poached Rhubarb and Strawberries or Steamed Chocolate CustardsMove over slow cookers and Instant Pots. The humblest appliance in our kitchen arsenals turns out to be amazingly easy and versatile and capable of making truly delicious dishes.Ideal for busy working families, The Time-Pressed Cook Series shows home cooks how they can cook faster and with less effort by using widely available kitchen appliances—without sacrificing flavor, and while still having the satisfaction of making a delicious home-cooked meal. The recipes are curated by a leading cookbook publisher with a reputation for best-in-class appliance cookbooks. Currently there are four books in The Time-Pressed Cook Series: Air Fryer Bread MachineRice CookerSlow Cooker

In one concise volume—adapted from Harvard Common Press’ The Ultimate Guide to Canning and Preserving—you can learn and master all the ways to put up food in jars.Whether you are a gardener, a fan of farmers’ markets, or just someone who likes to browse the bountiful produce at the supermarket, canning and preserving are easy, fun, and affordable ways to enjoy fresh-grown foods all year long. Preserving and Canning for Beginners covers every method, from water-bath and pressure canning, pickling and jam-making, and beyond!With clear, easy-to-follow instructions and color photographs, this book provides all the information you need to know to get started today, including:  An overview of canning equipmentBasic steps to canning foods safely and easilyRecipes for preserving everything from tomatoes and jams to soups, sauces, and other hearty mealsTips on how to find the freshest local produceThe 75+ recipes include lots of preparations, both savory and sweet, from blue-ribbon classics to new creations. Preserve and enjoy:  Four variations on Tomato KetchupTaco SauceGreen Tomato ChutneySpicy Dilly BeansSweet and Spicy Ginger Carrot CoinsChicken or Turkey BrothCreamy Squash SoupCherry-Port PreservesApple-Raisin-Walnut ConserveAnd much moreThis accessible book teaches beginners how to get started and gives seasoned veterans new techniques and recipes to try!

Learn to love your air fryer even more with 50 creative, easy-to-make, and incredibly delicious recipes.Everyone is getting an air fryer these days, but few of us realize how versatile and powerful an appliance it is. This authoritative, inventive, and colorful photo-packed book reveals the hidden potential of the air fryer, along with the amazing breadth of things you can cook in it. The recipes include: French Toast Sticks with Cinnamon Mascarpone SauceCrispy Latkes with Sour Cream and AppleRoasted Garlic Guacamole with Homemade Tortilla ChipsCrispy Vegetable Spring RollsLoaded Baked Potatoes with Broccoli and Cheddar Cheese SauceButtermilk Fried Chicken and WafflesMushroom Turkey Burgers Teriyaki Salmon and BroccoliBaja Fish TacosCheesy Cauliflower BakeChurros with Chocolate Dipping SauceCaramelized Peach ShortcakesWith recipes for breakfast, brunch, lunch, dinner, and desserts, along with parties and bedtime snacks, you will soon find yourself using this convenient and easy device all day, every day. The book includes both down-home and familiar comfort foods and exciting new recipe ideas from all of the world’s tastiest cuisines. And, unlike other air-fryer cookbooks that focus on traditional “fried foods,” this book emphasizes low-oil and low-fat recipes throughout. There are even a dozen delectable and super-healthy vegan and vegetarian main courses. It’s the perfect gift for a friend or family member who is new to air-frying—or even for yourself!Ideal for busy working families, The Time-Pressed Cook Series shows home cooks how they can cook faster and with less effort by using widely available kitchen appliances—without sacrificing flavor, and while still having the satisfaction of making a delicious home-cooked meal. The recipes are curated by a leading cookbook publisher with a reputation for best-in-class appliance cookbooks. Currently there are four books in The Time-Pressed Cook Series:Air FryerBread MachineRice CookerSlow Cooker

Discover a big, bold, brimming-with-flavor world of new grilling recipes in this authoritative, creative, and photo-rich cookbook.You probably grew up watching your family and neighborhood grill jockeys slinging burgers, steaks, and hot dogs on the grill. As a result, you can do that, too, and you don’t need a book. However, if you’ve ever given a thought to grilling delectably new and different things, Grilling is the book that you need. It includes such inventive recipes as:Hickory-Grilled Shrimp Skewers with Horseradish SauceBarbecue-Glazed Pork Chops and SteaksKiss of Smoke Ribeyes, Sirloin, Strips, or T-Bones with Bacon Blue Cheese ToppingDressed-Up Butterflied Leg of LambChicken Breasts with Chèvre and Yellow Pepper PureeTuna Steaks with Green Olive SauceCedar-Planked Salmon with Chimichurri SauceCrispy-Skinned Grilled Duck Breast with Citrus ChutneyYou’ll even find amazing ideas for grilled vegetables, plus a full chapter of fruits and cheese from the grill, from Grill-Roasted Foil-Pack Vegetables to Caramelized Fruit Kabobs. Whether you are expanding your own fire-cooking skills or need a handsome and idea-packed gift for your favorite griller, you will find a lifetime of new ideas in these pages.

“An expansive collection that celebrates the versatility of the Mediterranean diet… Busy home cooks would do well to check this out.” —Publishers Weekly Discover just how easy it is to cook and enjoy the world’s healthiest diet—without spending hours shopping for ingredients or cooking in your kitchen. Fad diets come and go, but the Mediterranean Diet is the diet that doctors and nutritionists consistently recommend, year after year. It has, after all, ranked #1 for eight years straight in the US News and World Report survey of health professionals. They like it because it provides nutritional completeness, reduces health risks, helps manage weight effectively over the long term, is easy to sustain, and is evidence-based. What could be better than all that? How about delectable foods from some of the world’s tastiest cuisines—French, Italian, Spanish, Greek, and Middle Eastern, for starters? 5-Ingredient MediterraneanCookbook makes it easy to embrace this unrivaled diet with 80 delicious throw-together recipes, each with a mouthwatering photograph. The recipes include:Citrus-Marinated SalmonMediterranean Grilled ShrimpRoman Roasted ChickenPolenta with Porcini MushroomsChickpea FrittersFennel TzatzikiProvencal Herb TartletsPoached Vanilla-Scented PearsAlthough many dishes from the great Mediterranean cuisines have unwieldy ingredient lists, tricky techniques, and long cooking times, that’s not the case for these amazing recipes—carefully curated to require a maximum of five ingredients and a minimum of time and fuss. Eat in the healthiest way possible without spending all day at the store or in the kitchen with the 5-Ingredient Mediterranean Cookbook.

Discover the amazing range of things you can cook on your outdoor griddle with this concise volume—packed with color photos and incredibly delicious recipes—at your side.There’s a new favorite in the backyard-cooking arsenal: the “flattop” griddle. Flattops get the heat out of the kitchen and into the open air, where they turn out outstanding quick-grilled meals in mere minutes. They use high heat and a minimum amount of oil, which, in addition to being fast and convenient, is a very healthy way to cook. The recipes in this inventive and eminently useful book include:Sizzling breakfasts, from Breakfast Crepes to Grilled Cheese Breakfast BurritosTacos, quesadillas, stir-fries, and other recipes that make flattop cooking an adventuresome, truly global way to cookSeveral distinct recipes for the most iconic flattop recipe of all—the smash burgerLoads of beef, chicken, and seafood main courses that ensure your family and friends are very well-fed indeedFun snacks, such as State Fair Funnel Cakes and Cheesesteak Egg RollsWith lots of tricks and tips for how to maintain, clean, and use your flattop, alongside the griddle-tested recipes sure to please eaters of any age, this is a fun and authoritative book that will make you truly happy you invested in an outdoor griddle.

Elevate your campsite cuisine with outstanding, amazingly delicious recipes anyone can master.Camp Cooking offers ideas for all types of outdoor cooking: directly over an open fire or its embers; cooking on a grill grate; cooking with a Dutch oven, a skillet, or a griddle; or cooking with a propane-fueled camp stove. Enjoy these recipes while car-, trailer-, or RV-camping or as a backpacker on a tough hike. You can even use these ideas for picnicking during an easygoing day hike. This inventive and expertly curated book includes:Tips and tricks for planning, outfitting, and packing to ensure optimally successful cooking at your campsiteFire-building guidance for all kinds of environmentsLots of foil-pack recipes, such as Foil-Pack PearsSnacks and quick lunches from Maple-Blueberry Fruit Leather to Curried Tuna SaladHearty open-air breakfasts to start the day, including Just-Add-Water Pancakes and ChilaquilesDinnertime feasts, such as Grilled Chicken Fajita Kebabs and Cod Wrapped in BaconDrinks and desserts, like Flask Old-Fashioned and Campfire Bananas FosterFeaturing a compact, portable format, a color photo for every recipe, and plenty of recipe ideas both for camp-cooking rookies as well as for cooking-under-the-stars veterans, this is a fun and inspiring companion for whenever and wherever you cook outdoors.

Discover just how convenient and versatile your slow cooker can be with this concise, photo-packed collection of inventive and delicious recipes.Air fryers and Instant Pots have their place, to be sure. But the slow cooker remains the most popular and oft-used countertop cooking appliance in the world—with good reason: It’s the one that has dinner waiting for you at the end of a long and busy day. You did the prep work in the morning before you left, and there’s nothing remaining for you to do but kick back and enjoy a fantastic meal.For people who put their slow cooker away a few years ago to give the air fryer or Instant Pot a try, Slow Cooker will make you fall in love with your old friend all over again. For younger people who have enjoyed the many viral slow cooking reels on TikTok, this book serves up a full repertoire of reliable, kitchen-tested, and delectable recipes to enjoy. Those recipes include:Blueberry Date OatmealBrown Sugar Mashed Sweet PotatoesChicken Enchilada SoupSunday Pot RoastSweet Jalapeño-Pineapple Pulled PorkGinger-Coconut Shredded BeefWhite Bean ChiliMango Salsa TilapiaPumpkin Spice Cake with Chocolate Pecan StreuselNut-Free Fudgy Brownie CakeFrom a homey and comforting Fresh Frittata to start the day to a decadent Pumpkin Praline Bread Pudding for an after-supper treat, Slow Cooker has the whole day covered, every day, for years to come.Ideal for busy working families, The Time-Pressed Cook Series shows home cooks how they can cook faster and with less effort by using widely available kitchen appliances—without sacrificing flavor and while still having the satisfaction of making a delicious home-cooked meal. The recipes are curated by a leading cookbook publisher with a reputation for best-in-class appliance cookbooks. Currently there are four books in The Time-Pressed Cook Series:Air Fryer Bread MachineRice CookerSlow Cooker