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Best Sellers September 2007
 1. Great Food Fast
From the Kitchens of Martha Stewart Living
One should take a moment to remember that this year marks the 25th anniversary of the publication of Martha Stewart’s first book, Entertaining, ($34.95tr). She is still, after all these years and a spot of trouble, at the top of her game. This book, at the other end of the opulence scale from her first book, is the first collection of recipes from the digest-sized Everyday Food. Simple recipes roasted salmon with lemon relish, steak and onion sandwiches, mushroom tartin a clean format, each with a colour photo help make getting dinner on the table a snap. Colour photos.Paper, 384 pp, $30.00.
  2. De|Constructing the Dish
David Adjey
There may be a pretty face on the cover but David Adjey, host of the Food Network’s Restaurant Makeover offers so much more. Each recipe begins with a simple ingredient a chop, a piece of fish, a chicken. With precise instructions, Adjey offers a primer in creating visually appealing dishes with layers of flavors and textures. Recipes include veal chop with arugula, parmesan mushrooms, and cipoline onions; arctic char with fennel braise, icile radish, and Yukon gold dumplings; poussin in salt crust with Tuscan bread salad, and garlic rapini. Colour photos, bright graphics, small print. Softcover, 160 pp. $35.00.
 3. The Complete Light Kitchen
Rose Reisman
Over the last 15 years, Rose Reisman has built a career as a health and wellness expert while raising over $1 million dollars for the fight against breast cancer. Here she combines new recipes with the best from her 17 previous books her signature stir fries and hearty salads among them. The introduction encompasses many of the topics that ease the transition to and maintenance of a healthier lifestyle. Colour photos. Softcover, 391 pp. $29.95.
  Vij's
Elegant and Inspired Indian Cuisine
Vikram Vij and Meeru Dhalwala
Indian by birth, European by culinary training, Vikram Vij fuses
the two cultures into addictively unique dishes. Seared striped bass with
sour cream curry, sautéed Brussels sprouts with red bell pepper,
paneer and cashews and beef short ribs in cinnamon and red-wine curry
are typical
creations. Colour photos. Softcover, 205 pp. $40.00.
 5. The New Food Lover’s Companion
Fourth Edition bySharon Tyler Herbst and Ron Herbst
Once again, the Companion starts with abalone and ends with zwieback. There are approximately 700 new entries covering ethnic and exotic ingredients and techniques. Among the useful features are the conversion charts covering British terminology, pan sizes, and microwave. A must for both beginners and seasoned cooks. Sharon Tyler Herbst who began writing the Food Lover’s Companion in 1988 died in early 2007. Softcover, 829 pp. $19.99.
 6. Dish Entertains
Trish Magwood
Dish cooking school/catering maven Trish Magwood's first cookbook is brimming with simple food with maximum visual impact to wow guests everytime. Like Martha Stewart and Donna Hay, Trish Magwood takes familiar dishes - eg gazpacho - and ups the ante with an unexpected twist to its presentation. Colour photos. Hardcover, 247pp, $44.95.
 7. The Silver Palate Cookbook 25th Anniversary Edition
Julee Rosso, Sheila Lukins & Michael McLaughlin
How time flies when one is enjoying oneself in the kitchen.! The quintessential cookbook of the eighties, the book which changed cookbook design forever, is now officially a classic. All the favorite recipes are still here - yes the chicken Marbella in all its glory - the only change is the addition of colour photos and some lovely testimonials. Hardcover, 450 pp. $25.95.
 8. The Recipe of Love: An Ethiopian Cookbook
Aster Ketsela Belayneh
A dab of history and a pinch of philosophy accompany the recipes from the owner of Toronto's Addis Ababa Restaurant. Built on grains, pulses, and vegetables embellished with spices, Ethiopian dishes offer an exotic addition to a healthy diet. Colour photos. Softcover, 186 pp. $29.95.
 9. Chocolate & Zucchini
Clotilde Dusoulier
The genesis of this book is rooted in the reverse of the classic California girl goes to France and falls in love with food story. This time the Parisian girl went to California. Her food affair begat a popular blog and now an absolutely enchanting book. Though diminutive, it is packed with pleasure: for the joy the author finds in her subject; for her tips for the contemporary cook; and finally, for the recipes, some of them seldom seen in other books (pasta cooked like risotto) and others that offer a new interpretation of standards (tomato and sardine club sandwich). Perhaps not so luscious as Nigella Lawson, Clotilde Dusoulier, nonetheless, brings the same sensibility to French food that Nigella has applied so successfully to British and Mediterranean food. Colour photos. Paper, 244 pp, $24.95.
 10. Alone in the Kitchen with an Eggplant
Edited by Jenni Ferrari-Adler
Subtitled Confessions of Cooking for One and Dining Alone, this collection, sometimes poignant, often exhilarating, confirms that eating alone and being lonely do not need to equate. M.F.K, Fisher, Ann Patchett, Laurie Colwin, Marcella Hazan, Mary Cantwell, and Nora Ephron are among the stellar writers who have realized the pleasures and myriad ways of feeding oneself. Hardcover, 272 pp. $28.50.
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