Seventy recipes that let you savor the flavor of bacon any time of day, plus bacon lore, bacon tips, and resources for finding great bacons. From classic breakfast treats like Daddy’s Fluffy Scrambled Eggs with Bacon to elegant main courses of Linguine and Bacon with Vodka Sauce, each savory dish is better than the last. Even desserts are improved with a few bits of this tasty treat. Double-Crunch Peanut Butter Cookies will keep everyone guessing about the secret ingredient! Discover intriguing bacon lore and other practical tips, from the origin of the phrase “bringing home the bacon” to some surprising nutritional facts (seems those tasty little strips aren’t so bad for the hips after all). No matter how you slice it, Everything Tastes Better with Bacon.

Perry shares 65 recipes that celebrate glorious garlic. There's also a handy resource guide with farm and garden sources, a year-round calendar of garlic festivals and tips on interesting books and Web sites.

Everything tastes better with bacon. One of those flavor-packed, umami-rich, secret-weapon ingredients, it has the power to elevate just about any dish, from soups to souffle ́s, braises to bread pudding. Peter Kaminsky and Marie Rama know just how to employ it. Peter is the author of both Pig Perfect—a paean to the noble swine—and, most recently, Culinary Intelligence, which argues that the healthiest way to eat is to eat less but really well. He and Marie know that adding irresistible bacon transforms an ordinary dish into an extraordinary one. Bacon Nation is a bacon-lover’s dream, a collection of 125 smoky, savory, crispy, meaty, salty, and sweetly sensuous recipes that go right through the menu. Starters like Spiced Nuts with Bacon; Bacon and Butternut Squash Galette; Bacon, Pear, and Humboldt Fog Salad. Main courses featuring meats—Brawny Bacon Beef Bourguignon, Saltimbacon; poultry—Paella with Chicken and Bacon; fish—Flaky Cod Fillets with Bacon and Wine-Braised Fennel; and pasta, including an update of the classic Roman dish Bucatini all’Amatriciana. Even dessert: Rum Ice Cream with Candied Bacon Chips and Chocolate-Peanut-Bacon Toffee. Or, as Homer Simpson would say, Mmmm, bacon.

"The science of taste and how to improve your sense of taste so that you get the most out of every bite"--

Explore the power of garlic in every course with this zesty collection of recipes from the author of Everything Tastes Better with Bacon. The marvelous aroma and mouthwatering flavors of garlic are waiting to be discovered. Author Sara Perry’s rendition of treasured favorites like Caesar salad, chicken with forty cloves (and counting), old-fashioned garlic bread, and mesmerizing mashed potatoes are all here, along with sassy newcomers such as Grilled T-Bone Steaks with Garlic Bourbon Barbecue Sauce, Garlic Risotto with Baby Peas and Truffle Oil, Six Cloves Mac and Cheese, Coney Island Hot Dogs with Damn-Good Garlic Sauce, and quick-as-you-please Crispy Garlic Potato Chips. In addition to the delicious, you’ll also find handy lists featuring all things garlic, including books and informative websites, garlic farms and garden sources, and a year-round calendar of garlic festivals to help you explore garlic in its many guises. No matter how you chop, mince, grate, press, sauté, roast, or cook it, everything tastes better with garlic. “This is a charming volume from which to pick and choose.” —Publishers Weekly

Bacon is such a beautiful thing, one of the best parts of life. Normally eaten as just a sidekick to eggs or pancakes or stuffed as a compliment to a burger, this cookbook takes it to another level. Finally here in your soon-to-be greasy and very happy hands is a simple cookbook that showcases recipes for this beautiful strip of life known as bacon that you can take to the grocery store with you, quickly find the ingredients, take home, cook, eat, and go to bed much happier than you were when you woke up. For the Love of Bacon: The Bacon Cookbook will not be just one of the best cookbooks you’ll buy this year but one of the best books of any kind you’ll buy

Whether it's a grilled cheese sandwich with tomato soup or a salted caramel coated in dark chocolate, you know when food tastes good. Now here's the amazing story behind why you love some foods and can't tolerate others. Whether it's a salted caramel or pizza topped with tomatoes and cheese, you know when food tastes good. Now, Barb Stuckey, a seasoned food developer to whom food companies turn for help in creating delicious new products, reveals the amazing story behind why you love some foods and not others. Through fascinating stories, you'll learn how our five senses work together to form flavor perception and how the experience of food changes for people who have lost their sense of smell or taste. You'll learn why kids (and some adults) turn up their noses at Brussels sprouts, how salt makes grapefruit sweet, and why you drink your coffee black while your spouse loads it with cream and sugar. Eye-opening experiments allow you to discover your unique "taster type" and to learn why you react instinctively to certain foods. You'll improve your ability to discern flavors and devise taste combinations in your own kitchen for delectable results. What Harold McGee did for the science of cooking Barb Stuckey does for the science of eating in Taste--a calorie-free way to get more pleasure from every bite.

A collection of 150 recipes selected as the best from hundreds of sources, including appetizers, soups, salads, breakfast and brunch foods, main and side dishes, breads, desserts, and drinks.

In this action-packed thriller, the 1 st of a 3-book series Deonte Jackson, a thief and self-proclaimed community activist, robs the wrong house. This triggers a gun fight that leaves 3 security guards dead after they tried to kill him. TO CATCH A THIEF Deonte Jackson is on the run for his life from a team of cops from the Lower Merion Township police department. He has stolen from the wrong people, the international crime syndicate and the FBI. Instead of winding up dead or in jail for the next 15 years he turns himself in and decides to take the plea deal offered to him by DA Dwayne Lewis and the beautiful ADA Jessica Seahorn. Deonte joins the team of cops and chases the syndicate out of the Philadelphia, PA suburb. The twists and turns Deonte takes to stay one step ahead of the police is a thrill ride like no other. When the team joins forces to stay one step ahead of the syndicate's masked men is a must read that you won't be able to put down.

Everything is better with bacon, and our new all-bacon book is out to prove it! Bacon Everything features appetizers, sides, main dishes, and even desserts, this is a mouthwatering collection of recipes you'll turn to again and again. Bacon, bacon, and more bacon! Embrace your love of all things bacon with more than 50 indulgent recipes in this cookbook. From cheesy bacon- topped casseroles and hearty roasts to bacon-filled breads, flavorful sides, and even desserts, Bacon Everything is for the bacon fan in all of us. Bacon is a flavor bomb that transforms every dish it touches. The combination of smoky and salty flavors with that irresistible crispiness makes bacon the perfect ingredient for taking your favorite recipe to the next level. There's no limit to the delicious dishes that bacon can make even better. Flip through these pages and pick your own favorite recipes that we've wrapped, topped, flavored, and baked with bacon.