Fun with fondue! In this scrumptious guide, readers will discover a creative collection of information, cooking tips, and succulent recipes. Also included are substitution suggestions for even more variety. * Written by an experienced food and beverage author, who is also the founding food editor of USA Today * Offers precise recipes for fondues, hot dips, and Asian hot-pot cooking along with suggestions for substitutions * Provides easy, time-saving recipes that require less than 20 minutes of hands-on time and fewer than 10 ingredients * Each recipe includes a box containing suggested foods for dipping and recommended substitutions * Do-ahead steps for all recipes minimize planning and preparation time

Over 200 easy-to-prepare recipes for appetizers, soups, stews, vegetables, breakfast and brunch, main dishes, and desserts.

More than 300 sumptuous recipes from an award-winning author and chef. In this revised and expanded edition, award-winning author and chef Ellen Brown gives you all they need to know to make party appetizers such as spicy cheese fondue, easy classics such as Coq au Vin, vegetarian specialties such as slow-cooked black beans, and cobblers and puddings for dessert. Each chapter offers a great mix of easy, intermediate, and complex recipes.

Don't sacrifice taste for time! Designed for cooks who want to eat great, healthy meals without spending all their time in the kitchen, this book is a must-have for every kitchen. With more than 300 recipes, and plenty of time-saving, shopping, and storage tips, The Complete Idiot's Guide® to Fast and Fresh Meals provides everything from quick hors d'oeuvres and appetizers to dessert-all made fresh in record time! -Recipes can be made quickly from fresh ingredients and do not rely on prepackaged foods -More than 300 recipes, many with clever variations -Organized for easy reference -Includes recipes suitable for entertaining, as well as family meals -Will satisfy everyone from hard-core carnivores to vegans

Perfect for young working couples and empty-nesters! This book offers familiar favorites and new dishes to tempt your taste buds . . . all specially developed to serve two, without dealing with leftovers for the next week. Each recipe is created to maximize ingredients and minimize spending, so you buy only what you need, and use all of what you bought. • Ideal for young couples who both work, as well as empty-nesters or a parent and child who are interested in great recipes • Each recipe includes an icon for quick reference to help you decide which dishes best fit the occasion, and features variations sure to please anyone’s palate • Recipes are quick and easy, but do not rely on prepackaged foods • Includes recipes for small-batch baking

Fondue pots offer a simple, but always delicious, casual approach to entertaining and family eating, and this book will give you a vast variety of ways to keep yours filled with creamy cheese fondues, both lean and hearty hot dips, luscious sweet dips, and every manner of "dip-able" warm concoctions.

No matter how well-stocked you keep your kitchen, there is bound to come a time when you're missing an essential ingredient while making a meal. Or perhaps you're reading your great-grandmother's recipe for your favourite pastry, but don't understand how those cryptic terms convert to today's measurements. Maybe you're making changes in your diet and need suggestions on substitutions for fats, meats, sugars...whatever. No matter what your kitchen question may be, The Complete Idiot's Guide to Cooking Substitutionshas the answer! Whether you're an experienced chef or just learning the basics of cooking, this handy little book is a must-have for every kitchen.

Fondue is back, bigger and better than ever, popping up in kitchens everywhere! Rick Rodgers presents more than fifty sensational recipes that combine the newest tastes with traditional favorites, creating versatile and mouth-watering fondues that will thrill fondue lovers. Rediscover the pleasure of cooking food at the table with your friends and family as contemporary flavors and ingredients -- roast garlic, fresh ginger, sun-dried tomatoes, balsamic vinegar, and espresso-are stirred into today's fondue pot. This is great food that is simple to make and perfect for entertaining. If you love the classic cheese version, try dipping cooked shrimp or artichoke hearts into Italian Fontina and Porcini Fondue; or vegetables and apples into Gorgonzola, Port, and Walnut Fondue. Dunk focaccia or Italian salami into Sun-Dried Tomato Pizza Fondue, bite-sized cubes of bread or even chicken breast into Classic Swiss Fondue, made with three cheeses for a deliciously authentic masterpiece. Meat lovers will go for Fondue Bourguignonne, where chunks of table-fried meats (or poultry or fish) are dipped into a variety of quick-to-make sauces. Serve boneless leg of lamb with Balsamic Vinegar-Mint Sauce or turkey breast with Cranberry-Lime Mayonnaise. Many Asian cuisines have their own versions of fondue that are popular choices for communal meals. Known as hot pots, they're an exotic mix of ingredients in a special savory stock. Try the famous Japanese version, Shabu-Shabu, with paper-thin slices of beef and a sesame dipping sauce, or the Classic Chrysan themum Hot Pot, composed of a variety of meats and fish to be dipped in a soy-sherry sauce. For the confirmed dessert fanatic, nothing will please the palate more than sweet and rich tastes from your fondue pot. The choices are intoxicating-fresh strawberries, pineapples, and cherries, and chunks of pound cake can be swirled into Classic Chocolate Fondue. A sinful concoction of peanut butter and milk chocolate is made to be savored with bananas or brownies. And who can resist dipping a cookie or two in Venetian Espresso Fondue? Intense in taste and flavors, innovative in form and preparation, fondue is the way we want to eat today.

Fondue is a great item to serve for a party. The host's work is done well in advance, and the guests can participate in the cozy cooking process around the dinner table. This book features a wide variety of vegetable, cheese, meat, poultry and dessert fondues, as well as accompanying sauces and dips.