Thai Cooking Made Easy brings over 60 magnificent Thai treats into your kitchen. From fiery hot soups to tangy seafood dishes, this book captures the savory tastes and heavenly flavors of Thai cuisine. Step-by-step recipes show you how to make evergreen Thai dishes such as tom yam soup, pineapple fried rice, and jub chai (mixed vegetables stew). More than 60 full-color photographs bring each dish to life on the page, with flavorful sauces, delicious salads, tempting main dishes and sinful deserts making this the perfect introduction to Thai cuisine. The important elements of this book-the straightforward recipes, careful ingredient listings, and step-by-step instructions-will have you cooking up a Thai culinary storm in no time at all!

"When it comes to love, there are a million theories to explain it. But when it comes to love stories, things are simpler. A love story can never be about full possession. Love stories depend on disappointment, on unequal births and feuding families, on matrimonial boredom and at least one cold heart. Love stories, nearly without exception, give love a bad name . . . .

It is perhaps only in reading a love story (or in writing one) that we can simultaneously partake of the ecstasy and agony of being in love without paying a crippling emotional price. I offer this book, then, as a cure for lovesickness and an antidote to adultery. Read these love stories in the safety of your single bed. Let everybody else suffer."—Jeffrey Eugenides, from the introduction to My Mistress's Sparrow Is Dead

All proceeds from My Mistress's Sparrow is Dead will go directly to fund the free youth writing programs offered by 826 Chicago. 826 Chicago is part of the network of seven writing centers across the United States affiliated with 826 National, a non-profit organization dedicated to supporting students ages 6 to 18 with their creative and expository writing skills, and to helping teachers inspire their students to write.

Vietnamese Cooking will show you how easy it is to create the delicate taste of Vietnam in your own kitchen, using a unique blend of fresh herbs with sweet and salty sauce dressings. Simple step-by-step instructions, beautiful photographs, and an extensive guide to Vietnamese ingredients makes it easy to prepare vibrant salads, delicious main dishes and refreshing drinks and sweets.

A quen lle amarga un doce? Iso é o que Mariano García e Fina Casalderrey se preguntan no limiar de Repostería en Galicia, un libro clásico na literatura gastronómica galega, revisado e actualizado nesta nova edición que ofrece a colección Xerais Gastronomía. Desde os doces sinxelos que se poden facer na casa, sen precisar experiencia na cociña, aos de maior complexidade na súa elaboración, e desde os sabores de longa tradición aos máis innovadores, toda a repostería do país se dá cita nestas páxinas.
Logo dun minucioso traballo de investigación, que levou os autores a percorrer física e bibliograficamente Galicia, aquí está o resultado; un libro esencialmente práctico que se divide en catro partes: unha historia da repostería en Galicia; trucos e advertencias; cremas, masas e outros complementos; e un impresionante inventario de 219 receitas, acompañadas dun pequeno comentario sobre a orixe, evolución e características do prato. As rosquillas, as deliciosas canas fritas, o clásico roscón, os melindres, a gorentosa bica, as natillas, os biscoitos, as chulas, os amendoados, a marmelada, a torta de chicharróns, as orellas, o arroz con leite, o queixo de tetilla, o flan de ovo, as papas de millo...

22 full-color, full-page spreads convey the power and strength of the most ordinary things in a unique and amazing way.

Did you know that if the strands of a spider's web were increased to the width of a pencil -- a pencil! -- it would be able to stop a 747 plane in mid-flight? That's strong, and it's the kind of "oh wow!" information brought to life with a stunning visual punch this series is known for.

Other examples include:

-How strong is gravity?

-How strong is a shark bite?

-What is the strongest magnet? The strongest glue?

-How strong is the world's strongest animal -- and what is it?