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Quick Dishes
 Fresh Flavor Fast
Everyday Food
Everyone's favourite cookbook for everyday, fuss free cooking, returns! This is the second cookbook from Martha Stewart's Everyday Food Magazine, and it is just as full of easy weekday breakfasts, lunches, dinners, and treats, as its predecessor, Great Food Fast. The meals on offer here are quick and generally healthy, getting the best from ingredients which are easily available in any grocery store. Braised chicken with shallots is perfect for guests, but contains ingredients you're more than likely going to have in your kitchen already. Similarly, spinach linguine with creamy walnut sauce looks impressive, but contains just seven ingredients (including oil and seasoning). There are also lots of lovely desserts; the glazed chocolate cake already has the Cookbook Store seal of approval and the creamy lemon squares are on our to-do list. Colour photos throughout. Softcover, 384 pp. $29.99.
 Emeril 20-40-60
Emeril Lagasse
Food Network favourite Emeril Lagasse here compiles a range of recipes based on how much time you have to spend in the kitchen; 20, 40, or 60 minutes. In 20 minutes or less you could have classic moules mariniere or lamb t-bones with rosemary balsamic butter sauce, if you have 40 minutes you can look forward to oven crispy french fries with paprika-parmesan salt, and with a whole hour can make seared salmon with lentils, or roast chicken with shallot-garlic butter. Colour photos. Softcover, 257 pp. $32.99.
The 30 Minute Vegan
Mark Renfield
A vegan cookbook for the short on time, The 30 Minute Vegan is full of recipes for quick and easy vegan food. Recipes include white bean-tarragon soup, chipotle chile-rubbed southwest tempeh, homey vegetable stew with dumplings, and many more. There are also some raw food options. No food photography. Softcover, 348 pp. $24.00.
 The Weeknight Cook
Williams Sonoma
New from the Williams-Sonoma team comes this binder packed full of weeknight cooking. The recipes are divided by course and ingredient (appetizers, soups, pasta and grains, vegetables, seafood, poultry, meat, etc) and the recipes are simple without being boring; cuban chicken stew, potato and gruyere tartlets, and minestrone with pesto are all feasible dishes for after work cooking, but don't sacrifice flavour for speed. The likes apricot clafoutis and blackberry fool should satisfy the sweet of tooth. Full colour photographs. Binder, 432 pp. $41.95.
 Quick from Scratch Italian Cookbook
Food & Wine Magazine
From Food & Wine magazine comes a book which promises good, quick, Italian cooking from scratch. There are soup and antipasti recipes for something light, and lots of pastas, risottos, meat and fish dishes which don't require too many ingredients and aren't too time intensive, from the hearty sausages, potatoes and artichoke hearts in tomato broth, to the more sophisticated tuna steaks with lemon caper sauce. A full colour picture for every recipe. Hardcover, 192 pp. $29.95.
 Kitchen Express
Mark Bittman
Although Bittman seems to have new books every six months, he is definitely not in the category of "churning them out". Each book is well thought out and has something new to say each time. This latest one is no exception. Each chapter is set up via season and the recipes are written in a minimalist style for maximum efficiency in prep time and cooking. Hardcover, 233 pp. $32.00.
Dinner in a Dash
Lindsey Bareham
Here is the perfect book for the harried home entertainer. Veteran British food writer Lindsey Bareham has devised 50 internationally inspired dinner menus, which she promises will feed six in under an hour. The first section of the book is devoted to the menus plus a shopping list and game plan. The recipes are arranged by type at the back. Colour photos. Softcover, 144 pp. $29.95.
 Gordon Ramsay's Fast Food
Gordon Ramsay with Mark Sargeant and Emily Quah
Gordon Ramsay brings the same intensity and high standards to home cooking that
he applies to his Michelin-starred restaurants. Each of the 15 sections
(topics soups, salads, fast fish & chips, Indian spice…) features
a five recipe menu with game plan. The squinty-eyed among us will appreciated
the bright graphics and large type. Colour photos. Import, hardcover, 255 pp.
$35.00.
 The Bon Appetit Fast Easy Fresh Cookbook
Barbara Fairchild
After the huge success of the Bon Appetit Cookbook ($37.95) two years ago this latest book from the magazine will undoubtedly find its way onto the shelves of many in need of a push in the right direction to good ingredients with the added caveat of fast prep/cooking time. Hardcover, 770 pp. $37.95.
 Express Aisle Gourmet
Bill Dertouzos
Promising quick meals prepared with 12 grocery items or less, this is a good choice for those who need a little inspiration at the dinner table but not a lot of time. Lots of classic, homey dishes like lemon chicken, turkey meatloaf, and pork tenderloin will satisfy picky eaters but there are fancy items too, like filet mignon with blue cheese to satisfy more advanced tastes. Colour photos. Softcover, 120 pp. $18.95.
 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.
 The Best Make-Ahead Recipe
Cook's Illustrated
Another volume from the ever-prolific editors at Cook's Illustrated. These are recipes that can be frozen, stored, and reheated without sacrificing flavour or texture. Now you might have heard this claim before, but no one tests recipes like the America's Test Kitchen gang (some would say over-test) so you can trust that your meat dishes stay juicy and nothing turns to mush. As usual, there are also equipment and ingredient reviews and helpful hints. Colour plates. Hardcover, 435 pp. $43.95.
 Cupboard
Love
Tom Norrington-Davies
There is no need to dial out when tasty curries, burgers, stir-fries,
soups and stews are as near as the kitchen cupboard. British cook and
food writer Tom Norrington-Davies demonstrates how the judicious use
of canned and packaged foods can mean delicious meals in minutes. Colour
photos. Hardcover, 255 pp, $55.95.
 Faster! I'm Starving!
Kevin Mills
The mother/son duo who brought us Help! My Apartment has a Kitchen ($21.95) is back with 100 solutions to getting dinner on the table in under 25 minutes. Red beans with rice, barbecued chicken thighs, and devilled salmon patties are a few of the quick but satisfying choices. They also suggest the pantry, refrigerator, and spice rack items to keep on hand so that you are always able to create a meal “out of nothing”. No photos. Softcover, 264 pp. $23.95.
The Dinner Fix
Sandi Richard
Sandi Richard, author of Cooking for the Rushed and host of the Food Network's Fixing Dinner, here brings more helpful hints and yummy recipes for the busiest, pickiest families. With recipes classified by how long they take to make this book is full of kid-friendly food that is good for you too, complete with nutritional information. For diabetics both Canadian and American exchanges are included. Softcover, 192 pp. $29.99.
 A Twist of the Wrist
Nancy Silverton
Famed for desserts as Spago’s pastry chef and for breads as founder of La Brea Bakery, Nancy Silverton is not the first name one would associate with corrugated cuisine - ingredients from cans, boxes, bags and jars. Using just such ingredients, she shows time-pressed cooks a delicious way out or the order-in rut. Besides recipes, she has included a lengthy list of have-on-hand staples. Hardcover, 262 pp. $37.95.
 Quick Fix Meals
Robin Miller
The host of the Food Network’s Quick Fix Meals shows time-poor cooks three methods for getting family favorites on the table in a hurry: by doing some pre-cooking and bagging a few days ahead of time; by the creative use of leftovers to make extra meals from one preparation time; by using fast cooking ingredients for meals in under 15 minutes. Sesame chicken thighs, sweet-and-sour pork chops , and wilted baby spinach with honey-maple vinaigrette are among the classics. Softcover, 264 pp. $24.95.
 Hands-Off Cooking
Ann Martin Rolke
Great for those always juggling priorities this book is full of recipes that require little preparation and then cook unattended, leaving the cook free for other things. Lots of soups, stews, roasts, and casseroles, as well as a variety of savory pies the dishes are family-friendly but nice enough for company. Perfect for those hosts who hate to still be in the kitchen when the guests arrive. Line drawings. Softcover, 184 pp. $21.99.
  Cook Once A Week
Theresa Albert-Ratchford
Shopping lists, menus and recipes will keep you eating for 12 weeks.
Includes nutritional analysis, lists of quick, freezer and make-ahead
meals. Softcover, 152 pp, $22.95.
 The
Best Kitchen Quick Tips
Editors of Cook’s Illustrated
From almond paste on the first page to zucchini on the final page,
these 534 tips, illustrated by line drawings, will improve your performance
in the kitchen. Softcover, 402 pp, $27.95.
 Cooking 'Round the Clock
Rachael Ray
Ray perks up retro recipes with contemporary ingredients to create
tasty meals in under 30 minutes. Buffalo chicken salad, pita-zas
(toaster oven pizzas) and long-grain and wild rice with artichokes
are typical
of the recipes in this all-occasion cookbook. Colour photos. Softcover,
237 pp, $21.95.
 The
Simpler The Better
Leslie Revsin
The first female chef to work at the Waldorf Astoria pares preparation down to
three steps in recipes as diverse as chilled melon soup with fresh basil and
rustic onion rolls. Colour photos. Softcover, 226 pp, $35.99.
 Rachael Ray's 30 Minute Meals 2
Rachael Ray
The tremendously popular host of a Food Network program of the same
name continues to create fast, flavourful meals for the masses. This volume
contains uncomplicated
menus for entertaining, plus a chapter on "Healthy Hunger Busters." The
simple Indian spiced fruit on page 53 is a lovely surprise. Softcover,
243 pp. $24.95.
 New Food Fast
Donna Hay
The latest book from Australia's favourite food writer. Quick, elegant
and easy, the recipes in this book are a delight to the eye and the
palate. Colour illustrations. $34.95.
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