Cooking the English Way
Part of the Easy Menu Ethnic Cookbooks series
English cuisine is often regarded as unexciting, but with flavorful dishes such as tender roast beef and Yorkshire pudding, buttery scones, tasty fish and chips, and sweet trifles, it's anything but bland. Relying on fresh, simple ingredients to highlight the natural flavors of foods, English dishes are hearty and delicious.
Cooking the Thai Way
Part of the Easy Menu Ethnic Cookbooks series
Most Thai consider food to be an art form, and the dishes they prepare are spicy and rich with a characteristic sweet/sour/salty taste that makes their cuisine unique. With flavors ranging from mild to searingly hot, Thai food is wonderful to smell, exciting to see, and delicious to taste.
Cooking the Mexican Way
Part of the Easy Menu Ethnic Cookbooks series
Mexico is a large, rich, and culturally diverse country. Over the years, a combination of ancient native foods combined with European customs to produce the authentic, delicious dishes that are associated with Mexico. Discover the beauty and flavor of this country through its traditional meals and ingredients--such as corn, peppers, chocolate, and beans.
Cooking the Spanish Way
Part of the Easy Menu Ethnic Cookbooks series
Isolation, landscape, climate, and availability of ingredients all contributed to the development of the many distinctive styles of cooking in Spain. To use the freshest possible ingredients, Spanish cooks often shop daily for their foods. With delicious recipes and enticing photographs, discover Spain through its history, culture, and food.
Cooking the South American Way
Part of the Easy Menu Ethnic Cookbooks series
With twelve independent countries, the Falkland Islands, and French Guiana, the many cultures of South America feature a variety of dishes. Focusing on recipes from countries like Argentina, Brazil, and Chile, this delectable cookbook offers a sampling of tastes from across the continent.
Holiday Cooking around the World
Part of the Easy Menu Ethnic Cookbooks series
Featuring foods, cultures, and holidays from around the world, go on a tour of international kitchens as cooks prepare traditional holiday dishes. With easy-to-follow recipes from many different countries, readers are given a sampling of the celebrations held in each featured country.
Cooking the Israeli Way
Part of the Easy Menu Ethnic Cookbooks series
Israeli food is a blend of many different cooking traditions. This tasty collection of recipes includes delicious dishes such as felafel, Passover popovers, and cheese blintzes.
Cooking the German Way
Part of the Easy Menu Ethnic Cookbooks series
With its appealing sausages and roasts, savory dumplings and spaetzle, and rich pastries and tortes, Germany has been known for its delicious cuisine. Focusing on the food and traditions found in western Germany, this tasty cookbook illustrates that in Germany, cooking is an art.
Cooking the Turkish Way
Part of the Easy Menu Ethnic Cookbooks series
Bordering the Mediterranean, the Middle East, Europe, and Asia, Turkey draws on the cuisine traditions of each different area. The resulting combination of fruits, savory spices, meats, and vegetables is uniquely Turkish. Featuring ingredients such as lamb, pida, olives, and eggplant, Turkish dishes are rich and savory. With recipes for Gözleme, kebabs, baklava, and Lokum, sample the tastes of Turkey.
Cooking the Australian Way
Part of the Easy Menu Ethnic Cookbooks series
As a part of the British Commonwealth, Australia's culture shares many similarities with British culture--and their menu is no exception. Paired with the cuisine of the Aboriginal peoples that first populated the island, Australian dishes often feature meats and fruits, many of which naturally thrive in the warm temperatures found throughout the country. This standard fare has evolved in the years since World War II as more and more immigrants settle down under.
Cooking the Caribbean Way
Part of the Easy Menu Ethnic Cookbooks series
With abundant textures and tastes that differ from island to island, the food of the Caribbean is a delicious blend of traditions. Reflecting the cultures of a diverse population, Caribbean cuisine has a fresh variety of flavors for every occasion.
Cooking the Middle Eastern Way
Part of the Easy Menu Ethnic Cookbooks series
The Middle East boasts a long, intricate history and a vibrant modern culture that is reflected in their cuisine. Lamb is the most commonly used meat and locally grown beans, rice, dates, and nuts are popular ingredients. Some dishes are shared by many countries in the region, but each nation also has its own specialties, leading to a diverse and interesting blend of dishes.
Cooking the Polish Way
by Danuta Zamojska-Hutchins
Part of the Easy Menu Ethnic Cookbooks series
Over the years, the hearty flavors and rich textures of Polish cooking have been influenced by a strong farming tradition, available food resources, and contact with other cultures. With menus that feature fish, grains, and vegetables, Polish people express their great love of national culture.
Cooking the Russian Way
Part of the Easy Menu Ethnic Cookbooks series
Once a part of the vast Soviet Union, life in Russia has seen many changes. One thing that has remained the same is the varied and interesting food found there. Rich, filling, and most of all, plentiful, Russian cuisine is filled with dishes like borsch (beef stew), pirozhki, chicken Kiev, and studen.
Vegetarian Cooking around the World
Part of the Easy Menu Ethnic Cookbooks series
With savory vegetarian recipes from around the world, this versatile cookbook provides a wealth of dishes that are exciting, easy-to-prepare, and delicious. Take a taste-filled trip to countries like Egypt, Greece, Australia, France, and India to discover a sampling of tempting meatless cooking.
Cooking the French Way
Part of the Easy Menu Ethnic Cookbooks series
Cooking is a fine art in France. With savory recipes and interesting background information on French regions, peoples, and traditions, readers are introduced to the sutleties of French culture.
Cooking the Indonesian Way
Part of the Easy Menu Ethnic Cookbooks series
The world's largest archipelago, Indonesia is made up of over seventeen thousand islands. Located along the lines of ancient trade routes, Indonesian culture has been saturated by the cultures of many different countries from around the world. With staples such as rice, saté, and gado-gado salad, Indonesian menus feature tropical fruits and vegetables grown throughout the islands and savory spices such as cumin and turmeric.
Cooking the West African Way
by Bertha Vining Montgomery
Part of the Easy Menu Ethnic Cookbooks series
Focusing on the cuisine of several West African countries--including Nigeria, Cote D'Ivoire, Sierra Leone, and Ghana--this book describes why most meals cooked in West Africa are either soups or stews. With each recipe, you will get to know the traditions and cultures of these unique and intriguing countries.
Cooking the Central American Way
Part of the Easy Menu Ethnic Cookbooks series
The seven countries of Central America share many culinary traditions, while offering their own unique specialty dishes. The region is home to a wide range of resources, including various crops and fresh seafood. Many of their traditional dishes and meals are a blend of Spanish, Caribbean and Native Central American influences, offering the diner a varied and unique dining experience.
Cooking the Korean Way
Part of the Easy Menu Ethnic Cookbooks series
Korea is a land where ancient and modern traditions coexist. Although split politically, North and South Korea continue to share a varied cuisine that is both healthy and delicious. Often highly seasoned, Korean dishes such as cold cucumber soup, san jok (grilled beef and vegetable skewers), and ho bak jon (zucchini pancakes) are unique and appealing.
Cooking the North African Way
Part of the Easy Menu Ethnic Cookbooks series
The countries of North Africa--Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, and Egypt--feature delicious cuisine, rich in colorful spices. A variety of different peoples brought a mosaic of customs, religions, and foods to the area, but the Arabs had the greatest impact. A stopping point on the spice trade route between Europe and the Far East, North African cooks adopted many spices into their cuisine. With tasty dishes such as couscous, falafel, and hummus, this delightful sampling of North African foods will tempt your taste buds.
Cooking the Southern African Way
Part of the Easy Menu Ethnic Cookbooks series
Southern Africa is a diverse land. It is home to many groups of native Africans, each with its own traditions, culture, and foods, as well as European and Asian settlers that arrived in the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries. The various cultures have combined to make eating in Southern Africa a delightful adventure.
Cooking the Italian Way
Part of the Easy Menu Ethnic Cookbooks series
Before modern transportation methods, the people of Italy were isolated into regions that each developed its own customs--especially when it came to cooking. For this reason, Italians have created very distinctive cooking styles and recipes.
Cooking the Chinese Way
Part of the Easy Menu Ethnic Cookbooks series
The oldest continuing civilization in the world, China is not much larger in area than the United States. However, its population is over four times as large. With only 13 percent of its land available for growing, food is highly valued. Discover the importance that culture, landscape, and tradition play in Chinese cooking.
Cooking the East African Way
by Bertha Vining Montgomery
Part of the Easy Menu Ethnic Cookbooks series
Featuring the cooking of several East African countries--Ethiopia, Uganda, Kenya, and Tanzania--discover the significance of the two main meals eaten daily in each of these countries.
Cooking the Lebanese Way
Part of the Easy Menu Ethnic Cookbooks series
Lebanon is a tiny country found in the very heart of the Middle East. Especially famous for a cuisine that emphasizes fruits, vegetables, and grains, Lebanese cooking is as delicious as it is healthy and versatile. Lamb, bulgur, and almonds are common in many Lebanese dishes, and mezze, or appetizers, are a very important part of their cuisine.
Desserts around the World
Part of the Easy Menu Ethnic Cookbooks series
Featuring recipes from twenty countries around the world, this tasty sampler presents brief descriptions of where, what time of year, and why certain desserts are prepared. With recipes for Moroccan date cake, Sacher Torte from Austria, Venezuelan flan, Lebanese stuffed pancakes, and much more, Desserts around the World presents delicious desserts for every occasion.
Cooking the Norwegian Way
Part of the Easy Menu Ethnic Cookbooks series
Norwegian cooking has been shaped by its climate, many natural resources, and landscape, with long coastline surrounding over two-thirds of the country and hundreds of fjords jutting inland. Fish is an important staple of the Norwegian diet. Although Norway is a modern, technologically advanced country, its people, holidays, and dishes are deeply rooted in the past and reflect the cycles of nature.
Cooking the Indian Way
Part of the Easy Menu Ethnic Cookbooks series
The contrasts of geography, climate, religious beliefs, and population in India result in its strong and distinct culture. These differences have greatly influenced Indian menus. However, one thing that all Indian dishes do have in common is the abundant variety of spices used to create them. Sweet, hot, and savory, spices are so important to Indian cooking, they are often prepared in special ways.
Cooking the Greek Way
Part of the Easy Menu Ethnic Cookbooks series
Greek cuisine is both exciting and rich in tradition. Influenced by both western European and Middle Eastern foods, contemporary Greek dishes reflect an interesting combination of old and new customs. Featuring such staples as honey, almonds, olives, feta cheese, and lemon juice, Greek dishes are delicious and unique.
Cooking the Cuban Way
Part of the Easy Menu Ethnic Cookbooks series
Combining the cultural traditions of Spain, indigenous Cubans, Africans, and various other immigrants, Cuban cuisine is simple and filled with flavor. Rich spices such as garlic, oregano, and cumin combine with fresh produce, staples such as rice and beans, and pork or fresh seafood to fill Cuban menus. Although the people of Cuba are divided along class lines, they enjoy the same food-Salsa Criollos, Frijoles Negros, Tostones, and Cerdo Asado.
Cooking the Brazilian Way
Part of the Easy Menu Ethnic Cookbooks series
The fifth largest country in the world, Brazil stretches across nearly half of South America. Home to a vibrant blend of indigenous, African, European, and immigrant cultures, Brazil boasts a diverse cuisine. Beans, rice, manioc, tropical fruits, meats, and fresh vegetables form the basis for many traditional Brazilian dishes. With delicious recipes for Brazilian staples such as Farofa, Xinxim, and Feijoada, discover the spicy flavors of Brazil.
Cooking the Hungarian Way
Part of the Easy Menu Ethnic Cookbooks series
Completely landlocked, Hungary has endured many invasions by foreign powers and has lived under many kinds of government. Through it all, music and food have remained important parts of Hungarian life. With delightful dishes such as goulash, chicken paprika, and strudel, Hungarian cuisine is savory and inviting.
Cooking the Japanese Way
Part of the Easy Menu Ethnic Cookbooks series
Employing only the freshest foods, Japanese cooks strive to show their deep respect for nature. By using principles of freshness, simplicity, and beauty, Japanese cooks prepare and serve food they consider art.
Cooking the Mediterranean Way
Part of the Easy Menu Ethnic Cookbooks series
The area around the Mediterranean Sea is rich with natural beauty and has a fascinating history and culture. With its mild climate and fertile soil, this region produces a wealth of fresh grains, fruits and vegetables, while its coastline offers plenty of fresh seafood. Each of the more the 15 countries in this area offer their own unique dishes and traditions, resulting in a varied and delightful cuisine.
Cooking the Austrian Way
Part of the Easy Menu Ethnic Cookbooks series
Over the centuries, Austria was settled by many different groups and became the center of a large empire. Each group brought its own customs and cuisine, eventually mixing to create the rich heritage of food and culture now found in Asutria. Discover some of Austria's most delicious dishes, such as Wiener Schnitzel, Nockerln, Lebkuchen, and more.
Cooking the Vietnamese Way
Part of the Easy Menu Ethnic Cookbooks series
Vietnam's warm climate allows for an abundance of rice, fresh fruits, and vegetables that are the mainstays of Vietnamese meals. Its seas yield the fish that produce the fish sauce that is a trademark of Vietnamese cooking. Discover the distinctive flavors of Vietnam and its dishes.