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Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat: Mastering the Elements of Good Cooking

Samin Nosrat reads “The Four Elements of Good Cooking”, part one of her New York Times best seller Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat: Mastering the Elements of Good Cooking

A visionary new master class in cooking that distills decades of professional experience into just four simple elements, from the woman declared “America’s next great cooking teacher” by Alice Waters.

In the tradition of The Joy of Cooking and How to Cook Everything comes Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat, an ambitious new approach to cooking by a major new culinary voice. Chef and writer Samin Nosrat has taught everyone from professional chefs to middle school kids to author Michael Pollan to cook using her revolutionary yet simple philosophy. Master the use of just four elements – salt, which enhances flavor; fat, which delivers flavor and generates texture; acid, which balances flavor; and heat, which ultimately determines the texture of food – and anything you cook will be delicious. By explaining the hows and whys of good cooking, Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat will teach and inspire a new generation of cooks how to confidently make better decisions in the kitchen and cook delicious meals with any ingredients, anywhere, at any time.

Echoing Samin’s own journey from culinary novice to award-winning chef, Salt, Fat Acid, Heat immediately bridges the gap between home and professional kitchens. With a lighthearted approach to kitchen science, Samin demystifies the four elements of good cooking for everyone.

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The Haven’s Kitchen Cooking School: Recipes and Inspiration to Build a Lifetime of Confidence in the Kitchen

The Must-Have Manual for Every Aspiring Home Cook
Learning to cook has never been simpler—or more delicious—thanks to The Haven’s Kitchen Cooking School. Each of the book’s nine chapters centers on a key lesson: in the eggs chapter, readers will learn about timing and temperature while poaching, frying, and scrambling; in the soups chapter, they will learn to layer flavors through recipes like Green Curry with Chicken. The rigorously tested recipes—including wholesome lunches, dinner-party showstoppers, and delectable desserts—will become part of readers’ daily repertoires. Beautiful photographs show both the finished dishes and the how-to techniques, and helpful illustrations offer further guidance.

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Diabetes – 30 Day Guide To Managing Diabetes – Diabetic Cooking, Diabetic Meal Plans, Diabetic Exercise, & Motivation To Live A Healthy Lifestyle

For readers convenience of choice, this guide book is printed both in paperback, & eBook formats.

This motivational 30 day guide, can help aid you, in achieving management of diabetes.

Under your Doctors supervision, you will achieve your goals of managing diabetes.

This 30 day guide contains a vast amount of information, to go along with motivation, that you can use around the clock.

THIS IS NOT YOUR TYPICAL INFORMATIONAL STUDY GUIDE.

Take a look at some of the topics discussed inside…

About Diabetes- Types of Diabetes – Signs and Symptoms of Diabetes – Risk Factors – Diabetes Management – Medications and Treatment – Oral Medications – Diabetes Complications – The Importance of Diet and Exercise – Dietary Factors – Understanding Macronutrients – Carbohydrates – Lipids – Proteins – Understanding Micronutrients – Exercise – 30 Day Guide to Managing Diabetes — Introduction and Cautionary Statements- The 30-Day Guide- Day 0- Planning to Tackle Your 30-Day Commitment- Keep a Daily Record of your Achievements- Week 1 – Tough Start- Day 1 – Things to Do on your First Monday- Day 2 – Educate Your Body- Day 3 – Remind Your Body- Day 4 – Keep Going- Day 5 – Keep Going: Aim for the Weekend- Day 6 and 7 – The Weekend- Week 2 – Reinforcing New Habits- Day 8 – Back to Work- Day 9 – Stay Motivated- Day 10 – A Third of the Way There- Day 11 – Keep Going to the Weekend- Day 12 – End of the Work Week- Day 13 and 14 – The Second Weekend- Week 3 – Almost There!- Day 15 – Half-way Point- Day 16 – Keep Going Through Week 3- Day 17 – Half-Way through the Work Week- Day 18 – Almost There- Day 19 – Week 3 Work Days Completed!- Day 20 and 21 – Weekend of Week 3- Week 4 – The Final Week- Day 22 – Commit to the Finish Line- Day 23 – Keep Going- Day 24 – So Close- Day 25 – Almost There- Day 26 – Just 4 More Days; Two until the Weekend- Day 27 – End of the Week 4 Work Week- Day 28 and 29 – The Final Weekend- Day 30 – Victory Day-

Order your copy today, & help educate others, based on your own experiences, and knowledge.

Order your copy today, and start your journey to a healthier you.

Take care

Risk Factors The risk factors for the different types of diabetes are behavioral, environmental and genetic. The onset of type 1 diabetes in childhood points to a genetic predisposition. Indeed research into the clinical population has revealed variations in genes involved in immune cell function and regulation 12,13, as well as genes encoding insulin 14. Environmental factors in type 1 diabetes show indirect evidence implicating viral and bacterial infection as triggering aberrant immune responses, but more work needs to be done before direct conclusions can be made14. Another way environmental agents can affect immune function is through nonpathogenic commensal bacteria – the population of bacteria that live in the gut and are involved in our physiology. These commensal bacteria populate the gut in newborns and they come to exist in a balanced system with the body’s immune cells – regulating the immune system to some extent. They also respond to environmental stimuli including ingested food, therefore their potential impact on diabetic symptoms is currently under investigation 14. Type 2 diabetes has a strong behavioral component because it is often linked to obesity and a lifestyle lacking physical activity 15–17. Obesity is a state of metabolic dysfunction that results from an imbalance in the amount of calories consumed and the amount actually used. Two major consequences the body experiences with obesity are hyperlipidemia (abnormally high levels of lipids) and hypertension (abnormally high blood pressure). Obesity is also associated with hyperinsulinemia and insulin insensitivity.

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My Halal Kitchen: Global Recipes, Cooking Tips, and Lifestyle Inspiration

Yvonne Maffei is the founder of the hugely popular cooking blog and Islamic lifestyle website My Halal Kitchen. Her new book, My Halal Kitchen: Global Recipes, Cooking Tips, and Lifestyle Inspiration, celebrates halal cooking and shows readers how easy it can be to prepare halal meals. Her cookbook collects more than 100 recipes from a variety of culinary traditions, proving that halal meals can be full of diverse flavors. Home cooks will learn to make classic American favorites and comfort foods, as well as international dishes that previously may have seemed out of reach: Coq without the Vin, Shrimp Pad Thai, Chicken Tamales, and many more.

The book also includes resources that break down the basics of halal cooking and outline common non-halal ingredients, their replacements, and how to purchase (or make) them. As Maffei often says to her million-plus social media followers, halal cooking elegantly dovetails with holistic living and using locally sourced, organic ingredients. In the halal tradition, every part of the farm-to-fork cycle has importance. This book is an ideal resource not only for Muslim home cooks, but also for any home cook looking to find delicious and healthy recipes from around the globe.

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Studio Spaces: Projects, Inspiration & Ideas for Your Creative Place (Better Homes and Gardens Cooking)

Create, update, and organize your creative workspace

With the economy still in a slump, handmade isn’t going anywhere. In the online and print crafting worlds, craft and art studios and workspaces are extremely popular topics—and storage and organization is a perennially hot topic. Combining the two brings together the best of both worlds in a collection of inspiration, how-to, projects, and sneak peeks into the studios of favorite designers.

With a unique combination of designer studios, inspiration, helpful projects, and creative how-to, you’ll find clever and helpful ideas to corral your crafting supplies, update your creative spaces, and spend more time creating and less time combating clutter. You’ll get an inside look at the studios of top designers and crafters Dozens of projects to help contain, organize, and manage craft supplies and stash Dozens of inspirational stories on studio and workspace organization Countless clever and unique tips and tricks for wrangling clutter and getting the most out of the space you have, freeing up time for more creativity

No matter what your craft or experience, Studio Spaces offers the inspiration and ideas you need to better organize and decorate your home studio and let the creativity flow.

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Cook in Israel: Home Cooking Inspiration

Nutritionist, cooking instructor, and culinary tour guide Orly Ziv is pleased to announce the release of her first cookbook, Cook in Israel: Home Cooking Inspiration with Orly Ziv. Filled with 100 kosher, mostly vegetarian Israeli recipes accompanied by beautiful color photographs (including many step-by-step illustrations), the cookbook shows that healthy and delicious home cooking doesn’t need to be time consuming or complicated.
Drawing on her Jewish-Greek heritage and the Middle Eastern and Mediterranean flavors of her Tel Aviv home, Orly focuses on fresh flavors and simple techniques that are as suitable for weeknight meals as they are for entertaining. Through her company, Cook in Israel, Orly welcomes people from around the world into her city and her home to get to know her culture through food and cooking. Now, this experience is available to anyone, anywhere through her cookbook.

Winner of the 2013 Gourmand Award for Best First Cookbook – Israel

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Vegan’s Daily Companion: 365 Days of Inspiration for Cooking, Eating, and Living Compassionately

“Full of wisdom, intelligence, and thoughtfulness, Vegan’s Daily Companion is one of those books that inspires you to be a better person with each page you read.”—John Robbins, bestselling author of The Food Revolution, Diet for a New America, and The New Good Life

“An unfettered, unabashed daily affirmation of the joy of being vegan. An invitation and a promise, a process and a guide for creating a compassionate world. And some darn good recipes, too!”—Carol J. Adams, author of The Sexual Politics of Meat

“As a vegan advocate for nearly two decades, I was pleasantly surprised to learn a wealth of brand new and fascinating information in this completely unique book that combines practical tips and insightful wisdom for eating healthfully and living joyfully. Full of stunning photos and interesting facts about animals in history and literature, this is a fantastic resource for vegans as well as for curious, compassionate non-vegans.”—Melanie Joy, Ph.D., author of Why We Love Dogs, Eat Pigs, and Wear Cows

Live a joyful, compassionate life, every day of the year with Colleen Patrick-Goudreau’s new-in-paperback guide, Vegan’s Daily Companion!

Mondays: For the Love of Food – A celebration of familiar and not-so-familiar foods to spark enthusiasm for eating healthfully.

Tuesdays: Effective Communication – Techniques and tactics for speaking on behalf of veganism effectively and compassionately.

Wednesdays: Optimum Health for Body, Mind, and Spirit – Care and maintenance for becoming and remaining a joyful vegan.

Thursdays: Animals in the Arts: Literature, Film, Painting – Inspiration across the ages that reflects our consciousness of and relationship to non-human animals.

Fridays: Stories of Hope, Rescue, and Transformation – Heartening stories of people who have become awakened and animals have found sanctuary.

Saturdays + Sundays: Healthful Recipes – Favorite recipes to use as activism and nourishment.