Smoking Salmon Trout or Chocolate On The Brain

Smoking Salmon & Trout: Plus Canning, Freezing, Pickling & More

Author: Jack Whelan

Everything you need to know from the moment you land a salmon or trout to the moment you serve it to your family or friends. Step-by-step instructions with more than 400 illustrations show you:

• Cleaning: How to fillet a fish like a pro and guard the fresh flavor of your catch.
• Smoking: Smokers, wood selection, salting, kippering, barbecuing - it's all here.
• Freezing: Insiders' info known only to commercial processors lets you get the most out of your home freezer.
• Canning: How to smoke fish for canning, and how to can fish SAFELY.
• Marinating or Pickling: How to make those tasty deli specialties at a fraction of the cost.
• Recipes: More than 80 mouthwatering dishes to serve family and friends.

...and much, much more.

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Chocolate On The Brain: Foolproof Recipes for Unrepentant Chocoholics

Author: Kevin Mills

For all those who crave chocolate but don't have time to get a degree in pastry making, this book will hit the spot. CHOCOLATE ON THE BRAIN contains more than one hundred recipes to satisfy the most profound lust, from Instant Chocolate Mousse Fix to "weapons-grade" extravaganzas like Cherry-Chocolate Truffle Pie and You-Deserve-It Fudge Cake. There are cookies and brownies, pies and tarts, puddings and mousses, and simple candies, sauces, and drinks. There are even recipes to start a chocoholic's day off right, including Chocolate Chip Mini-Bagels, Chocolate-Filled Baby Brioches, and Orange-Chocolate Breakfast Cake. With helpful "Mom Tips" and "Mom Warnings" and a zany timeline highlighting events in chocolate history, this is the perfect gift for all those who agree that when it comes to chocolate, more is more.

Publishers Weekly

The quirky mother-and-son team of the Help! My Apartment Has a Kitchen Cookbook is back with unsophisticated yet satisfying treats for the end of the meal. These chocolate desserts are about as far from haute cuisine as you can get: they're gooey and sweet, and most can be produced quickly (a handy index ranks the recipes by preparation time). There's nothing new about Almost Flourless Chocolate Cake or Triple Chocolate Brownies, but the tone here is cheery and appealing. Clearly, any book that gives recipes for Chocolate Pizza and Brownie Fudge Pie is not meant to be a comprehensive volume along the lines of Nick Malgieri's Chocolate, but a brief overview that includes quick fixes for those who eat straight from the Nutella jar. Kevin Mills contributes an introduction that begins, "I don't trust people who say they don't like chocolate," while Nancy Mills is a little more subdued in her "Mom Tips," which include time-saving suggestions like using bottled lemon juice in Chocolate-Lovers' Lemon Squares. A few lengthier recipes, such as Chocolate-Filled Baby Brioches, are challenging, but mostly this is unabashedly geared to beginners. (Oct.) Copyright 2000 Cahners Business Information.

Library Journal

The Millses are the son-and-mother team behind Help! My Apartment Has a Kitchen Cookbook, for novice cooks, and Help! My Apartment Has a Dining Room Cookbook, for novice hosts, but their latest book is for anyone who likes chocolate, with both easy and more complicated recipes. There are still "Mom Tips" and even a few "Mom Warnings," though, as well as a selection of recipes that take no more than 30 minutes or so from start to finish. Along with rich and indulgent brownies, mousses, cakes, pies, candy, and more, there's also a chapter of "Chocolate for Breakfast" recipes, such as Chocolate-Filled Baby Brioches. For most baking collections. Copyright 2000 Cahners Business Information.

School Library Journal

Adult/High School-An adult son and his chocoholic-enabling mom make chocolate history. Actually, they make treats of all kinds but include historical factoids about their sweets of choice. They also include step-by-step instructions and put "mom tips" in the margins to maximize the ease of each recipe. New confectioners or experienced cooks will have success with these desserts by following the "foolproof" cautions and cooking glossary at the end of the book. Each recipe includes the timing involved with preparation, baking, waiting, and/or chilling. A rating ranging from "very easy" to "not so easy" is also used as an indicator.-Karen Sokol, Fairfax County Public Schools, VA Copyright 2001 Cahners Business Information.