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The craft of curing meats has been handed down through generations by Italian artisan producers who follow these same careful techniques even today. In PROSCIUTTO, PANCETTA, SALAME, best-selling author of the Italian Artisan cookbook series Pamela Sheldon Johns explores the art of preparing home-made salumi the generic term that encompasses the range of Italian-made cured meats and offers more than 40 recipes for antipasti, primi, and secondi. Featuring Grilled Shrimp and Zucchini Wrapped with Pancetta; Risotto with Grilled Sausages; and Sauteed Broccoli Rabe with Pancetta, Garlic, and Mushrooms; this artisan guide even includes instructions for preparing homemade sausage. PROSCIUTTO, PANCETTA, SALAME offers a new appreciation for the integrity and dedication that goes into every slice.
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fun after the smoking.......2007-02-06
After you make the salami, this is how to eat it. Great meal ideas, nicely presented
Deliciously done PROSCIUTTO is a gem.......2005-09-08
Beautifully produced and informative, and just as lovingly executed as a perfect slice of prosciutto on a thick slice of rye with havarti and a little onion, tomato or sweet pepper.
Nice recipes, but more. This is a gorgeous book for anyone who appreciates excellent, cured meats. Here in the U.S., people tend to think "more is better" even if it is dog food on a piece of cardboard. But, not all of us scarf down junk food all of the time; a good prosciutto is food with a simple elegance and this colorful collection captures it perfectly.
My grandfather was butcher; he smoked sausages and gave them out at the holidays to neighbors and friends. I was lucky enough to see it, taste it, learn some of it and understand the slow process of curing. It is gratifying to see PROSCIUTTO as perfectly done as it is: a wonderful memory of how well foods should be done, but in America, are often overlooked. So, when I visit the local supermarket's deli, I appreciate a smile from the nice Italian lady who knows what a little prosciutto can bring: it's a little class in a pasteurized, prefab society. You won't read PROSCIUTTO as much as absorb it. Well done!
Mark Braun, Associate Publisher
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Delicious treats using Italy's cured meats.......2005-04-13
Pamela Sheldon Johns' "Prosciutto Pancetta Salame: Cooking with the Cured Meats of Italy" is a fascinating book. It starts off with a fair amount of information that explains the intricate differences between the various kinds of cured meats of Italy. It even explains the various little regional differences, and interjects stories of specific families and villages in Italy that produce particular varieties of a product.
There were only a few things about this book that didn't impress me, so I'll get them out of the way first. One or two of the recipes didn't seem to have entirely well-balanced flavors, but that can be a matter of taste. A soup that uses dried chickpeas states that you can substitute with canned, but doesn't say how much you should use if you want to do that. Some recipes state amounts by weight and others by number of slices, which can make purchasing a little more difficult if you're purchasing for multiple recipes at once ("hmm... I need 5 ounces plus 8 slices of prosciutto"). We did try one recipe where we were pretty well convinced that the author wrote ounces but must have meant slices. These are small details, which is why I only docked a point for them, but they are details that make a cookbook more difficult to use.
That said, there is some wonderful material in this cookbook! In addition to all of the fascinating information, some of these recipes are just incredible. The aforementioned peas with prosciutto are quite good. There's a ciabatta sandwich with salame, artichokes and rosemary that's just out of this world. The same with a soup made with chickpeas, pasta and rosemary--neither chickpeas nor rosemary inherently delight me, but I just love that soup. The combination of flavors is absolutely fantastic.
Not every recipe comes with a photo, but many of them do, and the photos are quite lovely--they'll certainly make you hungry! Most of the recipes are fairly simple, meant to showcase the delicious flavors of these products rather than cover them up. Only a few require any real time or effort, and that's comparatively speaking.
In all I'm quite pleased with this cookbook. It contains some imperfections, but it's quite usable and produces delicious treats that make the most of Italy's delightful cured meats.
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- Good Reference
- Hundreds of detailed drawings!
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Field Guide to American Antique Furniture: A Unique Visual System for Identifying the Style of Virtually Any Piece of American Antique Furniture
Joseph T. Butler
Manufacturer: Owl Books
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The Bulfinch Anatomy of Antique Furniture: An Illustrated Guide to Identifying Period, Detail, and Design (Bulfinch Anatomy of Antique Furniture)
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The Antique Hunter's Guide to American Furniture: Chests, Cupboards, Desks & Other Pieces
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The Antique Hunter's Guide to American Furniture: Tables, Chairs, Sofas, and Beds
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Hidden Treasures: Searching for Masterpieces of American Furniture
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Price It Yourself! The Definitive, Down-to-earth Guide to Appraising Antiques and Collectibles in your Home, at Auctions, Estate Sales, Shops, and Yard Sales
ASIN: 0805001247 |
Book Description
With more than seventeen hundred superb drawings, this authoritative book offers a unique visual system for identifying the style of virtually any piece of American antique furniture.
Customer Reviews:
Great Info book!.......2006-01-13
Get this one. It shows and tells what a novice needs to learn about antique furniture. Also...a great refresher for long-time antiquers.
Good Reference.......2002-01-29
This book is good for a quick reference. It is filled with sketches that are grouped into categories (chairs, tables, beds).
It can help you identify the style of a piece of furntiture, but doesn't help authenticating the piece.
Hundreds of detailed drawings!.......2000-04-13
Excellent and easy to use reference book, illustrates styles in thier purest form. Does not treat the subject of authenticity but notes characteristics and idiosyncracies of various examples.
Book Description
Antique furniture searches are easier than ever with this valuable tool!
This take-it-with-you collecting resource is jam-packed with more than 5,000 detailed listings of chairs, dressers, wardrobes, desks, and more from the early 19th to mid 20th centuries. American and European furniture is featured, including styles such as Art Deco, Chippendale, Classical, Federal, Hepplewhite, Modernism Era, Queen Anne, and William and Mary.
A glossary of must-know furniture terms guides both experienced and novice collectors alike. Detailed drawings of legs, feet, construction details, and hardware are also featured.
• Up-to-date prices for more than 5,000 pieces of American and European furniture
• Quick reference for collectors on the go
• More than 500 detailed illustrations and photos make on-the-spot appraisals easy
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From the Back Cover:.......2006-01-20
At last, a guide you can really carry along to flean markets and antique stores, comtaining hundreds of illustrations and photos to make on-the-spot appraisals easy. Hundreds of listings including up-to-date prices. Over 400 photos and illustrations. Quick-find furniture caregories and styles. Dating chart, furniture terms, construction details and more.
Book Description
This beautifully illustrated guide to American, British, and continental European furniture allows easy identification and authentication of every type of free-standing furniture from the late Middle Ages to 1940.
Customer Reviews:
good book.......2003-11-23
This book has lots of pictures, black and white as well as color. All pictures are crisp and clear, and there are some drawings sprinkled in to get certain specific details. It covers European, English and New World styles and it definitely has a lot in it. It has dates as well as information of how the style would have looked in say the 1750s, then how it may have been changed slightly in the 1800s, and then how it was changed again in say the 1850s. They tried to do a price guide (which I ignore) in the back but thankfully they only put in a few pages of that (prices are out dated before the books get to print). Overall, a neat refernce that has some good history (e.g. wash basins were first introduced in the 1740s when hygene became more of a priority) The only thing I wish the book had was more discussion of reproductions since we see more and more of that all the time.
Concise and clear field guide - lots of good practical info.......2002-01-22
An excellent guide. This is a very well organized book containing style guides, some recommendations as to recognizing woods, finishes, and lots more. The bulk of the book contains a straight-forward guide to furniture organized according to type, origin, and age. There are plenty of very good illustrations, including a middle section in colour. Definately a book that is handy to bring along when you are antique hunting. The only slight criticism is that it seems to be very English/US based, i.e. would have liked to have seen more material on e.g. Italian and French items (although this is broadly covered in the 'European' section).
Very good........1999-10-22
Very good book for those in the field. Illustrations and explanations make it easier to understand the decorative arts.
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Antique American Country Furniture: A Field Guide
Thomas M. Voss
Manufacturer: Barnes & Noble Books-Imports
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Binding: Hardcover
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ASIN: 0064640612 |
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You can complete a miniature quilt in such a short time that the pleasure of making one may change your quilting habits forever. How-to-information, hints and tips make them easy. Instructions for over 20 remarkable miniature quilts included.
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More than ever before, interior design is a global affair. And more than ever, Westerners are eager to try out elements of Asian design. This book is the ultimate resource for professional and amateur designers seeking to recreate the mysterious elegance, balance, and beauty of Asian design. Through the magic of Masano Kawana's beautiful full-color photography, New Asian Style explores more than 30 stunning contemporary houses and homes from Singapore, all of which stand as examples of decorating and style that transcend their Eastern origins. In an effort to help designers pick up Asian ideas for their own settings, Jane Marsden's essays examine what elements make Asian style and how they might be captured in new settings anywhere in the world.
Customer Reviews:
New Asian Style.......2007-01-16
I found this book disappointing, but then again, I was looking for Asian design ideas for my home. This book focuses on more on tropical outdoor living, and if I wanted ideas for patios, spa areas or pools, I think there are much better books to be found.
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Compact Living
Wim Pauwels
Manufacturer: ACC Us Distibution Book Titles
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Binding: Hardcover
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Contemporary Living
ASIN: 9077213546 |
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Compact living is a necessity for some people, but for many it is a conscious choice. This book presents a multitude of useful, space-saving ideas in eighteen projects created by leading interior architects and designers.
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Japan has always intrigued the world with its deceptively simple blending of architecture, landscape and design. Zen temples, the famous tea ceremony, formal gardens, the use of wood, paper and other materials in the form of screens and floors all have evolved over the years to create a varied, yet indisputably unique style. Of the 40 homes profiled in this book, each home represents in its own way the changing face of Japanese interior design and architecture.
Customer Reviews:
Eye-candy -- but also brain-candy.......2006-01-31
I've long been interested in the Japanese approach to design of all sorts, but especially architecture. Coming from a much different tradition, the solutions to problems and needs for shelter are often very different than those arrived at by architects with Euro-American tastes and training. Some of the examples depicted so beautifully and discussed so shrewdly in this volume are rooted strongly in Japan's history, such as an old farmhouse relocated to Tokyo and fitted into an urban neighborhood. Others are playful, like the house with a lawn on the peaked roof, watered by a sprinkler system on the ridgepole, and with the courtyard floored in clay roof tiles. There's a two-story "miniature" house with a footprint not much larger than two parking spaces, but which still manages to be a very comfortable environment for actually living in. And, naturally, there are structures *so* experimental, you might not realize they were houses if you weren't told. There are homes in this collection I would love to live in, and others that would probably give me nightmares, but all of them are fascinating.
Examples of Truly Innovative Design.......2004-04-24
This book provides total eye candy for design enthusiasts. Not your typical formulaic shoji screen stuff. Very original solutions to design problems from a Japanese perspective. I find it very inspiring and look at it all the time.
Stunning spaces!.......2002-02-08
This book is filled with page after page of stunning rooms and living spaces in Japan. A must for anyone who believes all Japanese live in cramped, dark, unattractive homes. An excellent conversation starter and coffee table book.
Book Description
For over 25 years, Tricia Guild has been at the cutting edge of contemporary design. Her ability to mix vibrant color and pattern and her imaginative use of modern arts and crafts translates particularly well to city living. With the help of Elspeth Thompson’s stimulating essays and Gilles de Chabaneix’s luminous photos, Trisha Guild in Town presents a blueprint for modern urban living.
Customer Reviews:
I wish Tricia Guild would get out of town!.......2002-12-12
I was not impressed with this book, and I like color. The text was not useful. If there are no tips or they are not informative, I will still buy a book if it has beautiful pictures. However, I was not creatively inspired by this book. I think the design choices are boring. I'm glad I did not buy this book.
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Another of Tricia Guild's books titled Think Color is so much better. Her bold use of color in this book is both refreshing and inspiring.
a challenge.......2000-03-26
BEAUTIFUL! , this book encouraged me to transform my old house without necessarily changing the beauty of it. Tricia Guild made me dare to bring new colors to my house and giving my family a bright place to live. THEY LOVED IT! .
Delicious book.......1998-07-28
Much better than her other books in her use of bold, imaginative color. Not for the timid. Don't worry about the urban bit, good design is welcome everywhere :-)
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Modern Space is book about fundamental structure and the life-enhancing transformations that can be made by rethinking the space within which you live. Jane Withers and Christoph Kicherer provide the inspiration and advice you need to make your home work for your modern lifestyle.
* The first book of its kind to examine the inner conversion of the traditional home structure to take full advantage of the space to accommodate the modern lifestyle.
* Provide ideas on how to make maximum use of your modern living space.
* A unique sourcebook of visual inspiration and detailed practical advice for anyone contemplating a major change in their home.
* Demonstrates how a range of international homeowners have converted their living spaces to better suit their modern lifestyles.
* Features more than 30 actual conversion stories, illustrated with stunning photographs.
* Offers inspiration and advice to homeowners - no matter what style of interior they prefer.
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Redwood Decks: Ideas and Plan for Contemporary Outdoor Living (Schiffer Design Book)
Tina Skinner
Manufacturer: Schiffer Publishing
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Building a Deck (Build Like A Pro)
ASIN: 0764305107 |
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Redwood Decks: Ideas and Plans for Contemporary Outdoor Living is absolutely packed with more than 200 big, full-color photographs of fabulous decks from around the country, along with plans and building instructions for do-it-yourselfers. These great deck photos serve as a valuable resource for homeowners shopping around for exciting deck ideas. Here you can find ideas for overcoming problem slopes, incorporating treasured trees, encircling spas, creating conversation pits, and enhancing gardens. It shows how simple additions, such as stylized railings or varied floor patterns, can evoke images of Japanese gardens or colonial elegance. For those who want to undertake their own construction project, there's a cut-out planner along with blueprints and lots of helpful hints to get you started. Redwood Decks is a complete start-up kit for anyone looking for ways to refocus their life in the great outdoors.
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Home Designs for Contemporary Living
Dianne Talmage , and
Home Styles
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ASIN: 1565470028 |
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This beautifully photographed, innovative interior design book gathers together a diverse range of home-makeover projects for every room in the house which, together with personal anecdotes, will inspire everyone from novice to expert into a whole new century of Do-It-Yourself.
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This collection showcases an impressive lineup of more than 280 modern dwellings that deliver what everyone looks for in a home: clean, striking exteriors; open and livable interiors; refreshing outdoor spaces that delight the soul and mind. Complete construction blueprints available.
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