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Fish drum is the most interesting book/magazine I have picked up in years. Each page suprises, and it leaves you wanting more. Lovingly crafted by Winson, it's a mini gallery of millenium art. Poems, prose, photos, reviews and Zummer's unusually fun word/drawing things (what are they? fabulous!) A must have, when is 15? Thomas Zummer is my new hero and Suzi Winson is on the A list at my next gathering!

First class customer service. I recently asked them to re-send an article that I had misplaced and they sent color copies immediately!

I have been a subscriber to Fitness magazine for about 3 years now. I absolutely LOVE the magazine and literally read it cover to cover! They have wonderful articles on overall health, nutrition, fitness, and life in general. They help me find balance in my life with work, health (mental and physical), nutrition, and fitness. It truly focuses on mind, body and soul! The magazine includes realistic workouts and the variety is much appreciated! Fitness magazine is the only subscription I have!!!

I was only 7 years old when this book was written but looking at the copy I found in my mother's basement in the 1980's, this book is an A to Z brief encyclopedia of all the major and most of the minor national rock and pop groups of the 1960s.

It appears to have been written for teenage girls but looking at it from the vantage point of another era, it provides one of either gender with the feel of what the times must have been like for people who were a little older than I was then.

It has excellent biographies of the these groups, good brief biographies of the individual members of the major groups, written at THE time, (Beatles, Young Rascals, Rolling Stones, etc.), and nice photographs of all the groups, many of which I have never seen pictures of before. It is in short a small cultural history relic of the era.

I highly recommend it!


Sincerely,
Norman A. Schwartz, MD.

I love these recipes either directly from the book or using them for ideas and modifying them accordingly. This particular year, 2000, has some of the best soups I've seen from these books over the years. My girlfriend loves them and requests them again and again.

Personally, I think dishes, if made from a recipe, should be made as closely as possible to the original the first time (of course altering certain ingredients if you can't eat them or stand them), that way you are more likely to find new and interesting taste combinations that you otherwise probably wouldn't have discovered. After that, as far as I'm concerned, it's open season on modifying it to your taste.

Food & Wine Magazine is well known for their unique recipe selections. Now you can purchase an entire year's worth of recipes in one elegant book. Each year they publish a marvelous collection of the tastiest recipes from all 12 issues of the magazine in the previous year.

This book contains the recipes from the year 2000. There are over 700 recipes in this volume. Everything from hours d'oeuvres and cocktails to main dishes, side dishes and delicious desserts.

All of the recipes have been tested to perfection in the Food & Wine test kitchens, so they have clear, easy step-by-step directions. They also include kitchen hints and many inspirational color photographs.

There are some special symbols in this book. They have marked the "quick, health-conscious and winners" with cute symbols. Each chapter starts with a full list of recipes in that chapter.

The Contents Include:

Hors d'oeuvres - Impress your guests with a colorful Roasted Red Pepper dip or elegant Mushroom and Goat cheese Phyllo Triangles. They also include ceremonial foods like "haroset" which is a fruit-and-nut mixture used to symbolize parts of the Passover story.

First Courses - If you have yet to taste seafood and eggs, the Seafood and Scallion Pancakes on pg. 40 are a good introduction. Who knew shrimp and eggs could taste so good together.

Salads - Balsamic Caesar Salad, Endive and Grapefruit Salad with Smoked Trout, Asparagus Salad with Herbs and Parmesan.

Soups - Curried Butternut Squash and Cauliflower soup is so exotic! If you love cooking with beans, they really have quite a few winter bean soup recipes. If you love seafood, don't miss the smoky seafood chowder.

Eggs - Spinach, Ham and Parmesan Souffle, Omelets and Frittatas

Pasta - Saffon Linguine with Herb Oil and Shaved Manchego Cheese, Mushroom and Tomato Lasagna, Brown Butter Potato Gnocchi.

Fish & Shellfish - Grilled Fish with Sauce au Chien, Grilled Sea Bass with Lemon-Mind Dressing, Baked Turbot with Herbed Hollandaise, Miso-Glazed Salmon and Grilled Tuna with Coriander Seeds and Cilantro.

Chicken and Other Birds - Cumin-Garlic Chicken and Beet Kebabs, Coconut Curry Chicken, Spicy Chicken Salad with Papaya, Chicken Baklava with Spices and Dried Fruit, Chicken Masala..(complete with a list for an Indian pantry), Fried Chicken, Coq au Vin, Jambalay, Thai Green Curry Chicken, Lemon and Garlic Roast Chicken (I must say this is the best recipe in the book).

Pork & Veal - Barbecued Pork Loin, Passion Fruit and Ginger Glazed Pork Tenderloin, Standing Pork Roast with Fresh Herbs, Pork Burgers with Sage, Saltimbocca di Vitello, Grilled Veal Chops with Tasso, Foie Gras and Sorrel, Roasted Rack of Veal. Impressive.

Beef, Lamb & Game - Now we are talking Dinner! Beef Tenderloin with Roasted Garlic Crust with Winter Vegetable Pan Roast, Miami Cuban-Style Steak with Mojo, Beef Stew with Red Wine, Braised Brisket with Rosemary, Shallots and Red Wine, Kalahari Venison Medallions with Plum Sauce, Lamb Tagine with Prunes and Carrots, Spicy Lamb and Bulgur Meatballs. I don't know about you, but this is making me really hungry.

Breads, Pizzas, Sandwiches & Tortillas - A unique chapter for sure. You will find recipes for Cornmeal Crackers with Pumpkin Seeds, Squash and Stilton Biscuits, Corn Bread, White Bread, Garlic and Thyme Croutons, Pumpernickel waffles, Four Cheese Panini, Cuban Roast Pork Sandwiches with Mojo Sauce, Grilled Fish Tacos.

Vegetables - If you have been looking for a creamed spinach recipe, this one has shallots and parmesan cheese. There are recipes for the cutest stuffed zucchini with pecorino sauce that are a visual delight. White Asparagus with Pitachio Polonaise is most elegant. Do you want a few "lentil" recipes. Here they have a lentil salad and a fragrant Toor dish with Garlic and Tomato.

Potatoes & Grains - If you love potato gratin, here are a few delicious variations. Then there are potato cakes and even a potato soufflé. The Tomato Risotto is on my list of dishes to make with fresh vine ripened tomatoes.

Sauces & Condiments - Everything from a garlic vinaigrette to a Fourth-of-July Firecracker Salsa. They also have some sauces and chutneys like Tamarind and Date Chutney for serving with curry.

Cakes, Tarts & Cookies - If you are looking for new ideas for "semolina" there is a cake complete with a cherry sauce. Then you have gingerbread, a country cake with strawberries and whipped cream (my husband's favorite recipe in this book) and a rather interesting "Giraffe-Spot" Cake for the adventurous. Looking for a recipe for those soft chocolate cakes? The Custard-Filled Crostat with Amaretti looks incredible. Now, what I was really enticed by was the idea of adding "passion fruit" to a Lemon Meringue Pie.

Fruit Desserts - Summer Bliss! Apricots in Vanilla Cardamom Syrup, Warm Apple Charlottes, Golden Strawberry Gratin, Honey-Carmelized pears with Orange-Vanilla Flan, Banana-Bread-and-Butter Pudding, Frozen Lime Souffle.

Other Desserts - Chocolate Fonue with Fresh Fruit, Chocolate-Filled Bomboloncino, the cutest "chocolate sweethearts," Coconut Flans with Rum, Molasses-Cinnamon Cake Doughnuts, Hazelnut Meringue Ice Cream Sandwiches and Coffee Granita with Lemon Cream.

Beverages - Lemonade, Hot Chocolate with Whipped Cream, Masala Chai, Smoothies, Punch, etc.

This is almost a guide to what the top chefs were doing in the past year so you can keep up on food trends. Dana Cowin is the wonderful magazine editor who also serves on the board of directors of Women Chefs and Restaurateurs, so she knows where to find all the tasty food secrets. Judith Hill was once the director of publications for La Varenne Ecole de Cuisine in Paris and this book has a rather French appeal in the design.

There is a unique "quick" guide to special recipes. The Index is very easy to use and the entire book format is very organized and appealing.

Sensual exoticism to delicious traditional American food.

These Cookbooks are worth collecting!

~The Rebecca Review

I bought this book by chance. I live in Italy, so I have never seen a copy of Food & Wine magazine, but I noticed the book on Amazon.com, and, after reading reviews for other "members of the family" I bought this one, because it was the cheapest on Marketplace.
I got it on the day before Easter and immediately decided to try the recipe for guinea hen with plums and grapes. It is very easy, because the ingredient list is really short: Guinea hen, a little butter, salt, pepper, plums and grapes. That's it, really simple, almost too simple, it left me wondering how it would turn out. It was absolutely delicious! The grapes cooked down to a thick and chunky sauce to serve with the meat, which was really tasty and juicy... yummy! Everybody loved it.
Then I tried the Deep Dark Chocolate and Coconut Cake, which was also a great success: Extremely chocolaty with a bright white coconut and condensed milk filling (it is not cloying, I can assure you).
I tried one of the chicken recipes and a couple of others, but there's a lot more on my "things to do" list!

The book is hard cover with glossy paper pages and many pictures. It is divided into several sections: drinks, appetizers, salads, soups, the different ones for meat and so on.
I don't like the layout very much, the recipes are crammed in newspaper-like columns, but I suppose it would be impossible to give each recipe its own page. Anyways, this is a minor fault, in my opinion, since they are so fresh and original. They all carry colour-coded dots to help you identify each type of special recipe: fresh, make ahead, healthy and best new cook. They are also accompanied by a wine or beverage suggestion to help you pair your creations.
Menu suggestions are scattered here and there and they all seem really appealing, but I haven't tried any so far.
All of the recipes seem fairly easy and the ingredients are not too exotic, there are many meals that you would be able to cook on a week night without much fuss, but there are also dishes and menus fit for entertaining.

In short, I'm really satisfied of my purchase. I loved everything I cooked so far and even the things I haven't tried yet sound yummy to me. I am actually thinking about buying some more annual cookbooks, they are a really good idea. The pictures are gorgeous and the recipes easy (and there's plenty to choose from), so... what are you waiting for?

This book is great! ! It is a must have for anyone who has an interest in learning about different wines. The author Steven Miller really helped me to choose some great tasting wines for my wine collection. This wine guide was very well written and easy to read. I recommend this book for all wine novices.

I buy this wine guide every year. It's very helpful and easy to use.

This is the second edition of this book we have purchased. It is not comprehensive but is easy-to-read, portable and very useful. Appropriate for persons with less or more knowledge of wine.