Native Harvests or Good Cookie

Native Harvests: American Indian Wild Foods and Recipes

Author: E Barrie Kavasch

Practical primer on natural foods not only provides recipes for varied Native American dishes but also describes uses of ceremonial, medicinal, and sacred plants. From clambakes to wild strawberry bread, the volume is simultaneously a field guide, cookbook, and useful manual on herbal remedies. 139 black-and-white illustrations; 8 in color.

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Dating back to 1979, Kavasch's collection assembles a plethora of Native American recipes as well as describes natural bounty used in medicines, cosmetics, poisons, and spirituality. The text is buttressed with numerous illustrations. Copyright 2006 Reed Business Information.

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Good Cookie: Over 250 Delicious Recipes from Simple to Sublime

Author: Tish Boyl

Here is a book that no self-respecting cookie-lover can resist. The Good Cookie shares a fresh and tantalizing selection of 250 recipes from around the world--complete with expert instruction on how to make them. From rugged Cranberry Orange Nut Bars and irresistible Bittersweet Chocolate Biscotti to sophisticated Chocolate-Filled Almond Hearts, readers bake their way through basic drop cookies, beautiful hand-formed cookies, delectable sandwich cookies, complex decorator cookies, and more.

Each recipe features background information on the cookie's history, technique, ingredients, and more. Chockful of information on decorating, wrapping, and shipping cookies for gift-giving, as well as tips on freezing for make-ahead planning, the book also includes a comprehensive list of sources for basic equipment, out-of-the-way places for finding cookie stamps, as well as tips on where to locate hard-to-find ingredients and equipment.

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Boyle, food editor of Chocolatier and Pastry Art & Design magazines, presents more than 250 cookie recipes to satisfy every palate and skill level. Recipes are arranged by type of cookie, including drop, rolled, bar, refrigerator, filled, and decorator, as well as savory cookies and crackers. Readers will relish old favorites like lusty lemon bars and Russian tea cakes, but the strength of this title lies in the author's own imaginative and tempting recipes for orange cream bars, coconut custard squares, raspberry-filled shortbread fingers, monster fudge nut brownies, and other delectables. Recipes are well laid out, instructions are easy to follow, and the color photographs are an inspiration. Baking tips, sources for equipment, storing and shipping guidelines, and a "bite-sized history of the cookie" are informative and will be of particular interest to novices. The "Cookies for Every Occasion" index lists appropriate recipes for everything from "Quick and Easy" to "Bake Sale" to "Over-the-Top Chocolate." Recommended for most cookery collections.-Pauline Baughman, Multnomah Cty. Lib., Portland, OR Copyright 2002 Cahners Business Information.

Table of Contents:

1	Introduction	1
2	Equipment	11
3	Ingredients	21
4	Techniques, Tips, and Troubleshooting	33
5	Storing, Wrapping, and Shipping Cookies	43
6	Drop Cookies	49
7	Rolled Cookies	75
8	Bar Cookies	101
9	Hand-Formed Cookies	149
10	Piped and Molded Cookies	189
11	Refrigerator Cookies	223
12	Filled and Sandwich Cookies	249
13	Decorator Cookies	303
14	Savory Cookies and Crackers	333
15	Basic Recipes	351
	Cookies for Every Occasion	371
	Sources	376
	Index	381
	Metric Conversion Guide	390