Hearty bistro fare such as crisp pommes frites paired with a sizzling pepper-coated steak. Rustic country dishes, including coq au vin and fragrant seafood stew. Decadent desserts such as crème brûlée and cherry clafoutis. These are the simple recipes that capture the essence of French cuisine. Williams-Sonoma Collection French offers more than 40 delicious and satisfying recipes, from time-honored classics to inspired new ideas, all designed for the way you cook today. When paired with a glass of wine and a fresh baguette, recipes such as caramelized onion tart or endive salad with beets and goat cheese make the perfect light lunch or casual dinner. For special celebrations, serve roasted asparagus with hazelnut oil vinaigrette alongside filets mignons with Roquefort sauce. Whether you enjoy the well-loved dishes of the French countryside or want to entertain with Parisian panache, here are recipes for every occasion. Beautiful full-color photographs of each dish help you decide which one to prepare, and each recipe contains a photographic side note with additional information on key ingredients and techniques. With an informative chapter that covers the basics of French cuisine, as well as an extensive glossary, this essential volume will help you make simple French cooking part of your everyday culinary repertoire.

Hearty bistro fare such as crisp pommes frites paired with a sizzling pepper-coated steak. Rustic country dishes, including coq au vin and fragrant seafood stew. Decadent desserts such as crème brûlée and cherry clafoutis. These are the simple recipes that capture the essence of French cuisine. Williams-Sonoma Collection French offers more than 40 delicious and satisfying recipes, from time-honored classics to inspired new ideas, all designed for the way you cook today. When paired with a glass of wine and a fresh baguette, recipes such as caramelized onion tart or endive salad with beets and goat cheese make the perfect light lunch or casual dinner. For special celebrations, serve roasted asparagus with hazelnut oil vinaigrette alongside filets mignons with Roquefort sauce. Whether you enjoy the well-loved dishes of the French countryside or want to entertain with Parisian panache, here are recipes for every occasion. Beautiful full-color photographs of each dish help you decide which one to prepare, and each recipe contains a photographic side note with additional information on key ingredients and techniques. With an informative chapter that covers the basics of French cuisine, as well as an extensive glossary, this essential volume will help you make simple French cooking part of your everyday culinary repertoire.

AMERICANFilled with simple goodness, classic American food always satisfies. Whether you crave a juicy hamburger with fries, a bowl of spicy chili with cornbread, or the rich, sweet finish of a bourbon pecan pie, here are the dishes that represent the country's finest culinary traditions.William-Sonoma Collection American offers more than 40 easy-to-follow recipes, including both old-fashioned favorites and fresh new ideas. In these pages, you'll find tempting fare perfect for every occasion, from tasty starters and classic main courses to delicious side dishes and decadent desserts. This vividly photographed, full-color recipe collections will become an essential addition to your kitchen bookshelf."These treasured regional specialties are made for enjoying withh friends and family."

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The tantalizing smoky aroma of food cooking on a hot grill can draw a hungry crowd in a matter of minutes. Who can resist chicken or baby back ribs brushed with a sweet and spicy marinade? Whether you have a charcoal or gas grill in your backyard, an array of delicious grilling recipes awaits you in this cookbook. Williams-Sonoma Collection Grilling offers more than 40 recipes, including updated classic fare and exciting new ideas. Tempt guests with an elegant grilled entrée of scallops brushed with spicy wasabi or perhaps savory portobello mushrooms dressed with herb-infused olive oil. If you're craving a juicy steak or seared tuna, a recipe from the meat or seafood chapters is sure to please. A selection of vegetable recipes provides plenty of ideas, both for healthful accompaniments or stand-alone meals. And, for something a little more unusual, try grilling pears for dessert. Full-color photographs make it easy to decide what to grill, and each dish is accompanied by a photographic side note that highlights a key ingredient or technique, making Grilling much more than just a collection of recipes. An informative basics section and glossary fill in all you need to know to make grilling a favorite way of cooking for every occasion. Mastering the art of grilling is one of the most satisfying ways to share a good meal with family and friends. Whether it's a T-bone steak, a salmon fillet, corn on the cob, or even pizza, virtually any food can be adapted to this versatile cooking technique and grilled with success. Williams-Sonoma Collection Grilling offers more than 40 delicious recipes, including both beloved classics and inspiring new ideas. In these pages, you'll find grilling recipes for any occasion -- from a casual backyard barbecue to a more elegant dinner with friends. This vividly photographed, full-color recipe collection will become an essential addition to your kitchen bookshelf.

The tantalizing smoky aroma of food cooking on a hot grill can draw a hungry crowd in a matter of minutes. Who can resist chicken or baby back ribs brushed with a sweet and spicy marinade? Whether you have a charcoal or gas grill in your backyard, an array of delicious grilling recipes awaits you in this cookbook. Williams-Sonoma Collection Grilling offers more than 40 recipes, including updated classic fare and exciting new ideas. Tempt guests with an elegant grilled entrée of scallops brushed with spicy wasabi or perhaps savory portobello mushrooms dressed with herb-infused olive oil. If you're craving a juicy steak or seared tuna, a recipe from the meat or seafood chapters is sure to please. A selection of vegetable recipes provides plenty of ideas, both for healthful accompaniments or stand-alone meals. And, for something a little more unusual, try grilling pears for dessert. Full-color photographs make it easy to decide what to grill, and each dish is accompanied by a photographic side note that highlights a key ingredient or technique, making Grilling much more than just a collection of recipes. An informative basics section and glossary fill in all you need to know to make grilling a favorite way of cooking for every occasion. Mastering the art of grilling is one of the most satisfying ways to share a good meal with family and friends. Whether it's a T-bone steak, a salmon fillet, corn on the cob, or even pizza, virtually any food can be adapted to this versatile cooking technique and grilled with success. Williams-Sonoma Collection Grilling offers more than 40 delicious recipes, including both beloved classics and inspiring new ideas. In these pages, you'll find grilling recipes for any occasion -- from a casual backyard barbecue to a more elegant dinner with friends. This vividly photographed, full-color recipe collection will become an essential addition to your kitchen bookshelf.

This title takes an authoritative and personal look at cheese, acting as both a comprehensive cookbook as well as a helpful primer on the subject. From the key types of cheese, to tips on pairing cheese with beverages and creating the perfect cheese course for any occasion, to enticing cheese-centric recipes, organized by course, this is the ultimate cookbook for any cheese lover who is looking for inspiring ways to showcase this favorite food through cooking delicious dishes.

Creating enticing salads is easy: Start with the freshest fruits and vegetables, season them with adventurous dressings, and you have an exciting new way of thinking about first-course, main course, and side-dish salads. Familiar favorites are the foundations for the forty-four recipes in this book, but each one is reinterpreted with seasonal produce; global flavorings; and simple, but high-impact, cooking methods. Whether it's for a leafy-green, grain-based, seafood-topped, or meat or poultry salad, each recipe explains how and why the innovative ingredient pairings work together to bring exciting new tastes to your tables Dozens of full-color photographs depict each finished dish and reveal a bounty of bold-tasting ingredients that will enliven your cooking. With this book in your kitchen, you have all you need to transform everyday salads into exciting and delicious meals.

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A lush, beautifully illustrated guide with more than 150 recipes inspired by the finest seasonal ingredients for unforgettable entertaining throughout the year. A compendium of the very best recipes from the Williams-Sonoma bestselling Entertaining series, Williams-Sonoma Entertaining with the Seasons provides delicious recipes and stylish ideas for any occasion, from sophisticated dinner parties to laid-back barbecues to fabulous cocktail fetes, any time of the year. Arranged by season so cooks can easily find recipes for the available ingredients, Williams-Sonoma Entertaining with the Seasons offers ideas for everything from Drinks & Starters through Desserts. Springtime produce is showcased with simple dishes like crostini topped with fava bean spread, succulent roast chicken with tender spring vegetables, and a rustic strawberry rhubarb galette. As the weather heats up, cool off with sweet-and-sour margaritas, a colorful caprese salad, and crowd pleasing pan-seared sea bass with herb butter sauce. During the autumn months, bring warmth to the dinner table with clove-spiked apple cider, rich butternut squash soup, and mouth-watering roast turkey with gravy. Wintertime calls for sparkling cocktails and festive foods like cucumber rounds with fresh crab, an impressive standing rib roast, and spicy gingerbread with whipped cream. Packed with tips and sidebars on everything from setting the table to organizing a home bar, Entertaining with the Seasons features 300 stunning photographs and a convenient lay-flat wire-o design that makes this book as functional as it is beautiful, and a sheer pleasure to cook from, whatever the occasion may be.

Whether it's a classic chocolate chip cookie for an afternoon snack at the kitchen table, a tangy lemon bar as a treat after lunch, or a delicate jam-filled cutout cookie shared at a special gathering of friends, we all have a favorite cookie or two that we just cannot resist. Williams-Sonoma Collection Cookies offers over 40 delicious recipes, including time-honored favorites as well as fresh new ideas. Brighten up a rainy day with chocolate cookie sandwiches, tempt guests with light hazelnut meringues after a dinner party, or celebrate the holidays with sweet and sparkly cutout stars. Here, you will find all the classics as well as cookies for making with and enjoying with kids or for sending to faraway friends. If you are planning a party or searching for a cookie to establish new holiday tradition, you'll find plenty of recipes with style inside these pages. In addition, a chapter devoted entirely to decorating provides you with simple ideas for transforming cookies into little works of art. Full-color photographs of each cookie recipe help make it easy to decide which one to bake, and photographic side notes throughout highlight key techniques or essential ingredients, making this book the ideal source to have on hand for making cookies. An informative basics section and glossary fill in all you need to know to create a wide array of irresistible cookies.

Brand New, Never Used, Still in Factory Box.Purchased from Williams - Sonoma.PUMPKIN POCKET MOLD A pumpkin-shaped tool for making mini pies that can be baked or deep-fried to golden-brown perfection.You'll receive one mold as shown in first picture.A clever pumpkin pocket pie mold is the simple secret to portable pies for family fun and easy entertaining. Perfect for parties, potlucks and lunch boxes. The individual pies can be filled with your favorite sweet and savory fillings - from fresh fr

With stylish, delicious recipes and charming, imaginative flourishes, Alison & Jamie share their entertaining know-how with a heady enthusiasm and a healthy dose of humor. As experienced personal chefs and two of New York's most sought-after food stylists, Alison Attenborough and Jamie Kimm have spent years planning and cooking menus for dinner parties and cocktail fêtes for a long list of clients. They've sought out the best purveyors at the greenmarket, finessed ingredients, and created unique touches for every dish they serve, and then stamped it all with a signature panache. What they've learned along the way is that simple and seasonal are always best. They also know a thing or two about how to show their own friends a great time and still keep hosting duties light. When these two professionals invite people over, they distill all they've discovered on the job into their own style: smashingly simple yet invariably special. Their parties are festive events imbued with a strong appreciation for well-made food and an infectious dash of gaiety. One way they inspire fun is by presenting a favorite recipe-a shaved salad, a plate of crostini, a granita, a Bellini-in a brand-new guise, dressing it up for the occasion, the season, or both. Alison and Jamie's prescription for a memorable meal is straightforward: fresh ingredients, minimal fuss, and, most important, good friends, good wine, and good conversation. They know how to make their guests feel welcome (a drink anda nibble on arrival), how to feed them well according to the season and the mood, and how to win them over with a delectable dish presented in a singular way, such as summer cherries on ice or yellowtail crudo layered with avocado and basil. In Cooking for Friends, Alison and Jamie share their clever ideas, their love for food, and their indomitable spirit for fun with the rest of us. After flipping through these pages, it's impossible not to start plotting the menu for your next gathering, giddy with anticipation that it may be the best dinner party you'll have ever served.

Entertaining really can be easy. Whether you are hosting a dinner for a few friends or a cocktail party for a crowd, all you need is a good guide that gives you stylish, reliable recipes that don't require hours in the kitchen and simple hosting secrets that save time and eliminate last-minute stress. You'll find all that and more in Williams-Sonoma Easy Entertaining. Ten lavishly illustrated chapters offer complete menus for the most popular kinds of entertaining occasions, from a Casual Breakfast and a Backyard Barbecue to a cozy Midweek Dinner, a Wine & Cheese Party, and a Celebratory Buffet. Each chapter includes recipes, tips, shopping notes, step-by-step style ideas, and a detailed work plan, as well as beautiful photographs illustrating inspired serving presentations. Simply put, you'll find everything you need to know to entertain with confidence and style, and it's all stunningly easy. The more than 45 recipes offer fresh, flavorful dishes and drinks reinvented for the way real people cook today. You'll discover such appealing ideas as Creamed Broccoli Leek Soup, Roasted Halibut with Chive Butter and Caviar, and luscious Chocolate Espresso Crèmes made with just four ingredients. The menus offer tips on shortcuts and take full advantage of today's popular prepared foods, showing you how to add easy touches to make them your own. There are also reference sections packed with helpful guidelines for party planning, shopping, decorating, and organizing your time and home. Williams-Sonoma Easy Entertaining is all about achieving one simple, irresistible goal: take the stress -- and much of the work -- out of entertaining so that you can relax and enjoy the company of your friends and family.

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Entertaining really can be easy. Whether you are hosting a dinner for a few friends or a cocktail party for a crowd, all you need is a good guide that gives you stylish, reliable recipes that don't require hours in the kitchen and simple hosting secrets that save time and eliminate last-minute stress. You'll find all that and more in Williams-Sonoma Easy Entertaining. Ten lavishly illustrated chapters offer complete menus for the most popular kinds of entertaining occasions, from a Casual Breakfast and a Backyard Barbecue to a cozy Midweek Dinner, a Wine & Cheese Party, and a Celebratory Buffet. Each chapter includes recipes, tips, shopping notes, step-by-step style ideas, and a detailed work plan, as well as beautiful photographs illustrating inspired serving presentations. Simply put, you'll find everything you need to know to entertain with confidence and style, and it's all stunningly easy. The more than 45 recipes offer fresh, flavorful dishes and drinks reinvented for the way real people cook today. You'll discover such appealing ideas as Creamed Broccoli Leek Soup, Roasted Halibut with Chive Butter and Caviar, and luscious Chocolate Espresso Crèmes made with just four ingredients. The menus offer tips on shortcuts and take full advantage of today's popular prepared foods, showing you how to add easy touches to make them your own. There are also reference sections packed with helpful guidelines for party planning, shopping, decorating, and organizing your time and home. Williams-Sonoma Easy Entertaining is all about achieving one simple, irresistible goal: take the stress -- and much of the work -- out of entertaining so that you can relax and enjoy the company of your friends and family.

A lush, beautifully illustrated guide with more than 150 recipes inspired by the finest seasonal ingredients for unforgettable entertaining throughout the year. A compendium of the very best recipes from the Williams-Sonoma bestselling Entertaining series, Williams-Sonoma Entertaining with the Seasons provides delicious recipes and stylish ideas for any occasion, from sophisticated dinner parties to laid-back barbecues to fabulous cocktail fetes, any time of the year. Arranged by season so cooks can easily find recipes for the available ingredients, Williams-Sonoma Entertaining with the Seasons offers ideas for everything from Drinks & Starters through Desserts. Springtime produce is showcased with simple dishes like crostini topped with fava bean spread, succulent roast chicken with tender spring vegetables, and a rustic strawberry rhubarb galette. As the weather heats up, cool off with sweet-and-sour margaritas, a colorful caprese salad, and crowd pleasing pan-seared sea bass with herb butter sauce. During the autumn months, bring warmth to the dinner table with clove-spiked apple cider, rich butternut squash soup, and mouth-watering roast turkey with gravy. Wintertime calls for sparkling cocktails and festive foods like cucumber rounds with fresh crab, an impressive standing rib roast, and spicy gingerbread with whipped cream. Packed with tips and sidebars on everything from setting the table to organizing a home bar, Entertaining with the Seasons features 300 stunning photographs and a convenient lay-flat wire-o design that makes this book as functional as it is beautiful, and a sheer pleasure to cook from, whatever the occasion may be.

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Any outdoor meal, no matter how casual or spur of the moment, can have a sense of style and fun. All you need are fresh-tasting recipes that are outdoor friendly and creative ideas for decorating, lighting, and serving alfresco. And that's just what you'll find in Williams-Sonoma Outdoor Entertaining. In the following pages are seven complete parties, including a picnic dinner on the beach, a family-reunion backyard barbecue, a poolside cocktail party, an elegant brunch in the garden, and a trio of easy alfresco dinners to enjoy with family and friends. Each includes failproof recipes, practical tips, step-by-step decorating ideas, and a detailed work plan, all richly illustrated with full-color photographs that show you how to create inspired serving presentations with minimal time and effort. You'll discover more than 40 recipes for the kinds of seasonal dishes and drinks that taste best -- and work best -- when served outdoors. From grilled foods to easy made-ahead items, they showcase the contemporary flavors everyone loves to eat today, such as Rosemary Sage Pork Tenderloin with Fried Capers; Curried Chickenand Mango Cocktail Tartlets; and Grilled Corn on the Cob with Chipotle Butter and Lime. An introductory reference section provides helpful strategies for planning, decorating, and organizing an outdoor meal anywhere. And to round out each menu, there are quick, colorful beverage recipes, wine recommendations, and delightful outdoor dessert ideas, like a do-it-yourself Ice Cream Sundae Bar. Whether you re-create an entire party or mix and match recipes, you'll find everything you need to entertain outdoors with confidence and style.

Williams-Sonoma Guide to Good Cooking gives you instant access to 1,000 delicious answers. Whether you are an experienced cook or a novice, Guide to Good Cooking will help you streamline and organize the entire cooking process as it inspires you to create delicious meals. Every feature of Guide to Good cooking reflects the good taste an quality millions of cooks have come to associate with Williams-Sonoma. Beautifully illustrated, practical and easy to use, it's the ultimate culinary resource! Features: Choose from 1,000 Tempting Recipes Mouth-watering photos and a simple index make it a pleasure to browse and select recipes for all occasions, from appetizers to desserts. Each recipe includes a feature that automatically-and accurately- scales the recipe to different number of servings. Get Quick Answers to Culinary Questions When you come across any cooking term or ingredient you're not familiar with, just click on it and a glossary explanation will appear on the screen. From al dente to zucchini, Guide to Good Cooking has it covered. Print Shopping Lists, Recipes, and Menus Your shipping list is already written! Just print it out for any individual recipe. And, of course, each recipe can be printed for your convenient use in the kitchen. You can even print decorative menus to present to guests at parties! Instantly access ideal recipes with a powerful search tool that lets you specify ingredients, cooking method, time, season, region, or dietary preferences. The Recipe Finder will provide all the recipes that match. Dozens of step-by-step video demonstrations help you master culinary techniques, from dicing onions to rolling pastry dough.System Requirements: Windows 95/98/Me (NOT compatible with NT,2000, or XP). 66MHz 486DX2 or better 16MB RAM, 37MB hard disk space 2X CD-ROM drive or faster SVGA monitor/display card (640x480), thousands and millions of

STEAK & CHOPJuicy New York strip steak grilled to perfection and topped with blue cheese butter. Pan-roasted pork chops glazed with a zesty citrus sauce. Veal cutlets sautéeed with wild mushrooms and sherry. The most comforting of comfort food, steaks and chops are easy to prepare and quick to cook -- and their versatile nature allows them to be paired with a wonderful range of flavors.William-Sonoma Steak & Chop offers more than 40 easy-to-follow recipes, including classic preparations and fresh new ideas. In these pages, you'll discover tempting options for every occasion, from cozy weeknight suppers and casual summer barbecues to festive dinner parties. This vivid, full-color recipe collection, appealing to both novice and expert cooks, will become an essential addition to your kitchen bookshelf."Enjoying a tender grilled steak or delicious panfried chop is one of life's simple pleasures."

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Whether it's a classic chocolate chip cookie for an afternoon snack at the kitchen table, a tangy lemon bar as a treat after lunch, or a delicate jam-filled cutout cookie shared at a special gathering of friends, we all have a favorite cookie or two that we just cannot resist. Williams-Sonoma Collection Cookies offers over 40 delicious recipes, including time-honored favorites as well as fresh new ideas. Brighten up a rainy day with chocolate cookie sandwiches, tempt guests with light hazelnut meringues after a dinner party, or celebrate the holidays with sweet and sparkly cutout stars. Here, you will find all the classics as well as cookies for making with and enjoying with kids or for sending to faraway friends. If you are planning a party or searching for a cookie to establish new holiday tradition, you'll find plenty of recipes with style inside these pages. In addition, a chapter devoted entirely to decorating provides you with simple ideas for transforming cookies into little works of art. Full-color photographs of each cookie recipe help make it easy to decide which one to bake, and photographic side notes throughout highlight key techniques or essential ingredients, making this book the ideal source to have on hand for making cookies. An informative basics section and glossary fill in all you need to know to create a wide array of irresistible cookies.

Any outdoor meal, no matter how casual or spur of the moment, can have a sense of style and fun. All you need are fresh-tasting recipes that are outdoor friendly and creative ideas for decorating, lighting, and serving alfresco. And that's just what you'll find in Williams-Sonoma Outdoor Entertaining. In the following pages are seven complete parties, including a picnic dinner on the beach, a family-reunion backyard barbecue, a poolside cocktail party, an elegant brunch in the garden, and a trio of easy alfresco dinners to enjoy with family and friends. Each includes failproof recipes, practical tips, step-by-step decorating ideas, and a detailed work plan, all richly illustrated with full-color photographs that show you how to create inspired serving presentations with minimal time and effort. You'll discover more than 40 recipes for the kinds of seasonal dishes and drinks that taste best -- and work best -- when served outdoors. From grilled foods to easy made-ahead items, they showcase the contemporary flavors everyone loves to eat today, such as Rosemary Sage Pork Tenderloin with Fried Capers; Curried Chickenand Mango Cocktail Tartlets; and Grilled Corn on the Cob with Chipotle Butter and Lime. An introductory reference section provides helpful strategies for planning, decorating, and organizing an outdoor meal anywhere. And to round out each menu, there are quick, colorful beverage recipes, wine recommendations, and delightful outdoor dessert ideas, like a do-it-yourself Ice Cream Sundae Bar. Whether you re-create an entire party or mix and match recipes, you'll find everything you need to entertain outdoors with confidence and style.

Tender spring asparagus. Luscious summer berries. Spicy autumn greens and bright winter citrus. More than any other dish, salad allows the characteristic flavors of each season to shine. A simple combination of fresh ingredients in a salad from your kitchen can be more impressive than even the most elaborate dish. Williams-Sonoma Collection Salad offers more than 40 wonderful salad recipes, grouped by season to emphasize the importance of using ingredients as they reach their natural peak of ripeness. Whether you have a bumper crop of cherry tomatoes in your backyard or a handful of wine-colored beets from the farmers' market, there's a recipe here that offers a delicious way to prepare them. A chapter of portable salads will tempt you to plan a picnic, while a selection of classic salads -- from Cobb salad to celery rémoulade -- rounds out the collection. Full-color photographs of each dish help make the choice an easy one, and each recipe is accompanied by a photographic sidebar that highlights an essential ingredient or cooking technique, making Salad much more than a great collection of simple recipes. An informative basics section and extensive glossary fill in all you need to know to create the perfect salad. Salads bring out the best in fresh seasonal ingredients, whether they are delicate spring lettuces paired with soft goat cheese or crisp autumn apples tossed with toasted pecans. Williams-Sonoma Collection Salad offers more than 40 easy-to-follow recipes, including both classic favorites and fresh new ideas. In these pages, you'll find inspiring salads designed to suit occasions throughout the year -- from an informal summer picnic to an elegant dinner with friends. This vividly photographed, full-color recipe collection, appealing to both novice and experienced cooks, will become an essential addition to your kitchen bookshelf.