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.

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

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.

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

“Magician in the kitchen” Marlene Koch is back with the third book in her bestselling “Eat What You Love” series. Eat What You Love–Everyday! offers 200 brand-new guilt-free recipes for every day, every occasion—and everyone! No one knows the foods Americans love to eat best, or makes fat, calories, and sugar “disappear” like Marlene. With easy-to-make great tasting recipes, and gorgeous mouthwatering images, Eat What You Love—Everyday! is the golden ticket for anyone who wants to eat the foods they love, and still look and feel their best, including those on weight loss or diabetes diets. Includes amazing makeovers from restaurants like Panda Express, Cheesecake Factory, and Starbucks, complete with compelling comparisons (Pasta Carbonara for 335 calories—not 1,440!), special occasion dishes, comprehensive nutritional analysis including Food Exchanges and Weight Watcher plus points comparisons for every recipe, and new options for all-natural, sugar-free sweeteners and glutenfree eating. Incredible Testimonials from Marlene's fans: “I am happy to let you know I have lost 52 pounds and 4 dress sizes due to your wonderful recipes.” “I have a very picky husband and with each recipe he goes back for seconds! Thank you for making your recipes easy to follow and SO YUMMY.” “I have lost over 40 pounds since March of this year and my A1Cs have dropped from 9.6 to 6.2 in 6 months.”

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.