Southern Living Slow Cooker Cookbook or Food Art

Southern Living Slow-Cooker Cookbook

Author: Southern Living Editors

The slow cooker has made a fast comeback in recent years, and why wouldn't it? You get to serve great tasting, home-cooked meals that demand minimal preparation, require only a single pot, and deliver maximum family- or crowd-pleasing fare. All with little oversight on your part. And no one does slow cooker cooking better than Southern Living. This new volume features more than 200 recipes that show you how to maximize this essential appliance for successful make-ahead cooking.

Features:

• All-new slow cooker recipes focused on simplicity, dependability, and versatility
• Handy resources like 15 Minutes or Less, Kids Love It!, Freeze It, or Southern Living Classic
• "Quick Menu" tip boxes throughout help you enhance your slow cooker meals with no-cook or easy-cook side dishes

Interesting book: Microwave Cooking for One or The Professional Chef Study Guide

Food Art: Garnishing Made Easy

Author: John Gargon

Illustrated with over 370 beautiful color photos, John Gargone takes readers step-by-step through the process of creating garnishes that are stunning works of edible art. Follow the straight-forward, systematic instructions and you will produce displays that guests will never forget, including border garnishes, salad and table centerpieces, fruit displays ranging from bird cages to watermelon wedding vases, melon sculpture displays, and masterpieces in cheese, vegetables, and deli spreads. Additionally, this book is packed with knife handling techniques, tricks of the trade, and recipes that will give you the confidence and knowledge to create food arrangements quickly, many of which may be reused over several days. This book is a must for every chef, whether cooking for family and friends or catering to thousands!