Product Description: In Food for Cooks, Clare Ferguson guides the reader through the new global larder and selects the essential store-cupboard ingredients for today's eclectic cooking styles. Covering over 500 items, from wasabi paste to wind-dried duck, from pomegranate molasses to quinoa, she explains what to look for in terms of taste, quality and nutritional value, and describes the role each ingredient plays in different cuisines...read more

Filled with great techniques and time honored tips from the region, this guide to Mediterranean cooking covers dishes from Spain, Italy, France, Cyprus, Turkey, Lebanon, Syria, Israel, Egypt, Tunisia, Algeria, and Morocco, with advice on using a wide variety of spices and ingredients. (view table of contents)

Product Description: Cheese is a major food trend, and there are more types on display at the supermarket than ever. Cheese takes some of the mystery out of all those tantalizing new cheeses, and encourages you to try some of the more unfamiliar flavors...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)