This completely illustrated cookbook celebrates everyone's favorite street and snack food--tacos--and includes more than 60 delicious recipes to get your kitchen humming. Explore the delicious world of tacos in this uniquely crafted illustrated cookbook. California native Deborah Kaloper goes beyond the basics we've all come to know and love from the iconic Mexican street food and includes some deliciously new ideas to fill soft and hard tortillas (and your belly) in this very cool cookbook (mac-and-cheese tacos, anyone?). Of course, she hasn't forgotten to include classics and well-loved favorites such as Baha fish tacos, blackened chipotle chicken, smoky pulled pork and jalapeño tacos, and slow-cooked braised bean tacos. Also, if you're feeling inclined, Taco-topia also includes recipes for creating your own hard and soft tortillas, salsas bursting with flavor, and hot sauces from scratch. Taco-topia shows that tacos are super versatile, perfectly easy to create, and even easier to eat--what's not to love? With bold illustrations and incredible recipes throughout, this is the most unique taco book you could ever own!

Ramen as you’ve never experienced it before… a deck of cards! It’s time to make ramen! Featuring 28 ramen dishes, plus all the broths, toppings and elements you’ll need (including making noodles from scratch), this fun deck of recipe cards has a soup for everyone. Just pick a card and dive in. . Easy-to-follow recipes . Classics + new twists . Includes plant-based options . Gorgeous illustrations

Freewaytopia: How Freeways Shaped Los Angeles explores how social, economic, political, and cultural demands created the web of expressways whose very form—futuristic, majestic, and progressive—perfectly exemplifies the City of Angels. From the Arroyo Seco, which began construction during the Great Depression, to the Simi Valley and Century Freeways, which were completed in 1993, author Paul Haddad provides an entertaining and engaging history of the 527 miles of road that comprise the Los Angeles freeway system. Each of Los Angeles’s twelve freeways receives its own chapter, and these are supplemented by “Off-Ramps”—sidebars that dish out pithy factoids about Botts’ Dots, SigAlerts, and all matter of freeway lexicon, such as why Southern Californians are the only people in the country who place the word “the” in front of their interstates, as in “the 5,” or “the 101.” Freewaytopia also explores those routes that never saw the light of day. Imagine superhighways burrowing through Laurel Canyon, tunneling under the Hollywood Sign, or spanning the waters of Santa Monica Bay. With a few more legislative strokes of the pen, you wouldn’t have to imagine them—they’d already exist. Haddad notably gives voice to those individuals whose lives were inextricably connected—for better or worse—to the city’s freeways: The hundreds of thousands of mostly minority and lower-class residents who protested against their displacement as a result of eminent domain. Women engineers who excelled in a man’s field. Elected officials who helped further freeways . . . or stop them dead in their tracks. And he pays tribute to the corps of civic and state highway employees whose collective vision, expertise, and dedication created not just the most famous freeway network in the world, but feats of engineering that, at their best, achieve architectural poetry. Finally, let’s not forget the beauty queens—no freeway in Los Angeles ever opened without their royal presence.

This boldly illustrated cookbook is about the world's most beloved and versatile noodle, so you can finally become a legitimate pasta master. Circumnavigate the delicious world of pasta with this one-of-a-kind illustrated cookbook. California-born Deborah Kaloper lays down the law with more than sixty incredible recipes, from rustic Italian classics to New World fusions. Each of the chapters is based on a pasta shape, namely: long pasta, short pasta, flat and ribbon-cut pasta, and so on. Satisfy the whole family with recipes for spaghetti and meatballs, traditional macaroni and cheese. Then experiment with the really long and fun-sounding Italian words: penne arrabbiata, mussels with fregola, gorgonzola gnocchi al forno, and many more. Beautifully bold and detailed illustrations by Alice Oehr make this more than a cookbook--it's a work of pasta art. It's also the third in Alice and Deborah's Topia series, following Ramen-topia and Taco-topia. Pick up a copy and join the cult of Pastafarianism now.

Prevent or reverse taco deficiency. Get that fresh taco-y feeling with over 75 seriously tasty vegan recipes. Tired of the same old cleanse? Instead of feeling rejuvenated are you feeling depleted, anxious, and cranky? (Not to mention . . . hungry?) A group of vegan taco scientists in Austin, Texas, know just how you feel, and now reveal their one-of-a-kind cleansing journey that anybody can follow and stick to—the Taco Cleanse. While the typical cleanse works by depriving you of your favorite foods, the plant-based Taco Cleanse rewards your body with what it naturally craves: tortillas, refried beans, guacamole! Begin with a breakfast taco, the most important taco of the day. Even if you do nothing else, your mood will brighten in just 24 hours. Keep eating tacos and within a week your outlook will be noticeably improved. After 30 days, cleansers report lasting benefits—and you will, too! The Taco Cleanse shows you: How to make everything from the tortilla—flour, corn, and waffle (!)—to the thirst-quenching “Supplements” (margaritas and other beverages) that best complement your tacos What to put in the tortilla— beer-battered portobellos, mac and cheese, even tater tots How to remake popular staples like picadillo, tacos al pastor, carne guisada, and fish tacos using plants instead of, well, animals. The Taco Cleanse is cheap, easy, and delicious. Its recipes are authentically Austin, and are sometimes even inspired by Mexico, where the taco was first created. Everything tastes better folded (exactly once) into a tortilla. Just eat one or more tacos at every meal, adding margaritas as necessary. It’s that simple.

Enjoy the legendary Japanese ramen noodle like never before... as a jigsaw! Not often does a recipe for ramen require 1,000 jigsaw pieces. That's where the Ramen Puzzle comes in... Featuring stunning illustrations by Australian artist Alice Oehr, this jigsaw will have you noodling away for hours. Naturally, this puzzle is best completed alongside some home-delivered ramen from your favorite local Japanese restaurant. Just be careful where you slurp.

Readers are offered an escape into 'dolltopia' in this graphic novel by Lulu Award-winning cartoonist Abby Denson. Tired of being controlled by humans, the dolls escape to form their own free society, where they are eventually forced to take a stand and defend their newfound freedom. An adorable adventure that readers will find both thought-provoking and highly entertaining.