From the Anatomy of the nut to the history of the almond in world culture, the cultivation of almond orchards in California and nutrition provided by a favourite nut. Bryant & Fentress provide a wealth of information about the versatile high protein diet-friendly almond. Scrumptious recipes for appetizers, entrees and desserts lift the almond ......
We all know that processed foods, such as refined wheat, lack the nutritional goodness of whole-grain foods—but did you know that many whole grains provide similar, if not stronger, health benefits than fruit and vegetables? Most of us choose our food for flavor rather than nutrition, and whole foods have had an ......
Chef Matthew Kenney takes the raw food lifestyle to exquisite new heights in Everyday Raw Gourmet. Combining his love of art and his philosophy on food, Kenney creates recipes for outstanding raw food dishes that will titillate the tastebuds of all your guests. The recipes in Everyday Raw Gourmet span many ethnicities, ......
The 30 bestselling authors whose stories are told in this book have sold, by any reasonable estimate, around five billion copies of their books. None has sold fewer than 50 million, and one has sold 40 times that number. Five billion... it is a phenomenal number. But what would have happened if John Grisham had ......
Before the development of modern medicine, infectious diseases posed a major public health threat. The only known means of protecting communities from outbreaks was to isolate sufferers and those with whom they had been in contact. For immigrants in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries who had already endured the long voyage to ......
Great, Grand & Famous Chefs and their signature dishes traces the story of the 20th century’s most famous chefs through the line of succession, beginning with the incomparable Antonin Caréme and therootsofFrench ......
Discover Les Trois Rois—a thousand year old Swiss hotel that continues to welcome guests today—or Rambagh Palace, a palatial hideaway first built as a sanctuary for the female consorts of the Maharaja of Jaiphur. Read about hotels that have defied war and natural disaster, such as Tokyo’s Imperial Hotel—which survived the devastating Great ......
We all know that greens are good for us. Nutritional powerhouses, greens are low in kilojoules and are among the richest sources of fibre, protein and essential vitamins around. Yet these humble vegetables are usually overlooked in everyday meals. Too often we’re content to drizzle dressing on a few lettuce leaves and call ......
Journeys of the Heart is a book about love and compassion and the resilience of the human spirit. It is a serious but uplifting book; it is the beginning of a conversation about the value of being a carer in today’s world. In 2012, Jodi Rose cared for her beloved husband Murray in his final months of life. She describes the experience as her ......
