The new and improved Clueless Baker will show beginners how easy it really is to bake from scratch!

When Tai abruptly moves back to Brooklyn, Cher and Dionne follow her to New York and attempt to bring her back, while coping with a city that has a decidedly different fashion sense from their native California.

Provides more than 130 recipes for delicious vegetarian dishes.

Marty Sullivan’s life ends, basically, when her parents enroll her in a private high school. A private, Catholic, girls-only high school. Meanwhile, at their local public school, her best friend, Jimmy, comes out of the closet and finds himself a boyfriend and a new group of friends. Marty feels left out and alone, until she gets a part in the school musical, Into the Woods, and Jimmy and his new crew are in it, too! Things start looking even better when Marty falls for foxy fellow cast member Felix Peroni. And Felix seems to like her back. But the drama is just beginning. . . . Can Marty and Jimmy keep up their friendship? And is Marty’s new beau everything he appears to be? Or is Marty too clueless to figure it all out before it’s too late?

"Whether you're a student, short on time or looking to spruce up your everyday cooking repertoire, Clueless in the Kitchen is the best possible guide to healthy home cooking. Clueless in the Kitchen is designed for students -- and other time-challenged cooks -- who love good food that's cooked from scratch, but also want to have a life. Clueless in the Kitchen gives you the straightforward instructions you need to throw together healthful meals and snacks. There are recipes for everyone in the household -- from vegetarians or to picky eaters. Also included are kitchen survival tips and useful cooking advice, including knife skills every cook needs to know. Clueless in the Kitchen is packed with simple recipes for just about everything you might ever want to eat: lasagna, chili, fajitas, curries, casseroles, hearty soups, lots of great snacks and some truly decadent desserts. Some of the delicious recipes include: guacamole and other dips; sausage and lentil, minestrone and potato soups; authentic Greek, multibean and spicy Asian asparagus salads; pancakes, crepes and scrambled eggs; basic beef stew, shepherd's pie and the ultimate sloppy joe; fried rice and thermonuclear buffalo wings; idiotproof one bowl chocolate cake and classic chocolate chip cookies."--Page [4] of cover.

Get a taste of Texas culinary history with this quirky, diverse community cookbook from Austin’s nineteenth-century residents, plus photos and informative essays. Tacos and barbecue command appetites today, but early Austinites indulged in peppered mangoes, roast partridge, and cucumber catsup. Those are just a few of the fascinating historic recipes in this new edition of the first cookbook published in the city. Written by the Cumberland Presbyterian Church in 1891, Our Home Cookbook aimed to “cause frowns to dispel and dimple into ripples of laughter” with myriad “receipts” from the early Austin community. From dandy pudding to home remedies “worth knowing,” these are hearty helpings featuring local game and diverse heritage, including German, Czech and Mexican. With informative essays and a cookbook bibliography, city archivist Mike Miller and the Austin History Center present this curious collection that's sure to raise eyebrows, if not cravings.

A bursting-with-personality cookbook from Sister Pie, the boutique bakery that's making Detroit more delicious every day. “Everything you want in a pie cookbook: careful directions, baker’s secret tips, inspired combinations, and a you-can-do-it attitude.”—Chicago Tribune IACP AWARD FINALIST • NAMED ONE OF THE BEST COOKBOOKS OF THE YEAR BY THE NEW YORK TIMES AND CHICAGO TRIBUNE At Sister Pie, Lisa Ludwinski and her band of sister bakers are helping make Detroit sweeter one slice at a time from a little corner pie shop in a former beauty salon on the city’s east side. The granddaughter of two Detroit natives, Ludwinski spends her days singing, dancing, and serving up a brand of pie love that has charmed critics and drawn the curious from far and wide. No one leaves without a slice—those who don’t have money in their pockets can simply cash in a prepaid slice from the “pie it forward” clothesline strung across the window. With 75 of her most-loved recipes for sweet and savory pies—such as Toasted Marshmallow-Butterscotch Pie and Sour Cherry-Bourbon Pie—and other bakeshop favorites, the Sister Pie cookbook pays homage to Motor City ingenuity and all-American spirit. Illustrated throughout with 75 drool-worthy photos and Ludwinski’s charming line illustrations, and infused with her plucky, punny style, bakers and bakery lovers won’t be able to resist this book.