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More from Magnolia

Author: Allysa Torey

Eight years ago, Alyssa Torey brought the comfort of grandma's kitchen to New York City when she opened the Magnolia Bakery. Located on Bleecker and 11th, in the heart of Greenwich Village, it quickly became a popular destination; in the evening the line of people craving one of Magnolia's world famous cupcakes or a cup of banana pudding extends down the block. The success of the bakery gave birth to The Magnolia Bakery Cookbook, written by Alyssa and her then-partner. Published by Simon & Schuster in 1999, it's gone through 7 printings and has over 46,000 copies in print. Today the bakery is busier than ever (they sell about 15,000--yes, 15,000--cupcakes a week), and Alyssa has finally succumbed to the pressure to write a second book. In More From Magnolia Alyssa offers home cooks 75 of the bakery's most requested recipes, discontinued treats, and favorite sweets from her own home kitchen. Craving Magnolia's Red Velvet Cake or the decadently creamy Banana Pudding? Miss having a Raspberry Cream Cheese Breakfast Bun with your morning coffee? (The bakery had to discontinue all their breakfast items to keep up with the demand for cupcakes.) You'll find those recipes here. Of course, there are the recipes for the Chocolate and Vanilla cupcakes and Buttercream Frosting, but you'll also find Apple Cake with Butterscotch Cream Cheese Frosting, Devil's Food Cake with Seven Minute Icing and Coconut, and Chocolate Pecan Pudding Pie. Not to mention Blueberry Coffee Cake with Vanilla Glaze, Pumpkin Walnut Cookies with Brown Butter Frosting, White Chocolate Pecan Bars, Nectarine Double Crust Pie, and Pumpkin Cheesecake with Gingersnap Pecan Crust. There are even recipes for Magnolia's best-loved ice creams. Whether you're a regular visitor or just dream of making a pilgrimage, More from Magnolia brings the delights of the bakery to your very own kitchen.

Table of Contents:

	Foreword	xiii
	Introduction	xv
	Helpful Hints	1
	Cottee Cakes, Quick Breads, and Breakfast Buns	7
	Apple Cake with Cinnamon Sugar Topping	9
	Banana Bread with Coconut and Pecans	10
	Pear Streusel Breakfast Buns	11
	Zucchini Walnut Bread	12
	Blueberry Coffee Cake with Vanilla Glaze	13
	Cream Cheese Crumb Buns	14
	Brown Sugar Pecan Cake	16
	Raspberry Cream Cheese Breakfast Buns	17
	Cookies	19
	Chocolate Chocolate Chip Drop Cookies	21
	Iced Ginger Cookies	22
	Coconut Oatmeal Drop Cookies	23
	Snickerdoodles	24
	White Chocolate Pecan Drop Cookies	25
	Raspberry Hazelnut Linzer Cookies	26
	Toffee Pecan Drop Cookies	28
	Oatmeal Peanut Butter Chip Cookies	29
	Pumpkin Walnut Cookies with Brown Butter Frosting	30
	Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Pecan Cookies	32
	Brownies and Ban Cookies	33
	White Chocolate Pecan Bars	35
	Apple Bars with Oatmeal Crumb Topping	36
	Blondies with Cream Cheese Swirl and Pecans	38
	Walnut Brown Sugar Squares	40
	Chocolate Fudge Brownies with Butterscotch Chips and Pecans	41
	Apricot Cream Cheese Streusel Bars	42
	Coconut Pecan Shortbread Squares	44
	Hello Dolly Bars	45
	Chocolate Brownies with Caramel, Peanut Butter, and Pecans	46
	Shelly's Cherry Squares	48
	Blondies with White and Dark Chocolate Chunks	49
	Pumpkin Bars with Cream Cheese Icing	50
	Pies and Tants	51
	Apple Tart with Hazelnut Brown Sugar Topping	53
	Strawberry Double-Crust Pie	54
	Nancy's Prize-winning Blueberry Pie	56
	Chocolate Pecan Pudding Pie	58
	Nectarine Double-Crust Pie	60
	Plum Tart with Almond Streusel Topping	62
	Jill's Apple Pie	64
	Pumpkin Pie	66
	Cheese Pies and Cheesecakes	67
	Strawberry Cream Cheese Pie with Graham Cracker Crust	69
	Caramel Apple Pecan Cheesecake	70
	Cream Cheese Pecan Pie	72
	Pumpkin Cheesecake with Gingersnap Pecan Crust	74
	Peaches and Cream Pie with Sugar Cookie Crust	76
	Coconut Pecan Cheesecake	78
	Cupcakes and Layen Cakes	81
	Black Bottom Cupcakes	83
	Strawberry Shortcake	84
	Red Velvet Cake with Creamy Vanilla Frosting	86
	Magnolia's Vanilla Cupcakes	88
	Devil's Food Cake with Seven-Minute Icing and Coconut	90
	Banana Cake with White Chocolate Cream Cheese Icing	92
	Caramel Pecan Layer Cake	94
	Magnolia's Chocolate Cupcakes	96
	Carrot Cake	98
	Devil's Food Cupcakes with Caramel Frosting	100
	Apple Cake with Butterscotch Cream Cheese Frosting	101
	Ice Creams and Icebox Dessents	103
	White Chocolate Peanut Brittle Ice Cream	105
	Old-fashioned Chocolate Chip Ice Cream	106
	Vanilla Sandwich Creme Cookie Ice Cream	107
	Caramel Toffee Pecan Icebox Pie	108
	Heavenly Hash Ice Cream Pie	110
	Cherry Jamboree	112
	Magnolia's Famous Banana Pudding	113
	Lemon Pudding with Raspberries and Gingersnaps	114
	Icings, Frostings, and Sauces	115
	Vanilla Buttercream	117
	Cream Cheese Icing	118
	Caramel Frosting	119
	White Chocolate Buttercream	120
	Sweet Vanilla Whipped Cream	121
	Chocolate Buttercream	122
	Butterscotch Cream Cheese Frosting	123
	Caramel Sauce	124
	Seven-Minute Icing	125
	Creamy Vanilla Frosting	126
	White Chocolate Cream Cheese Icing	127
	Metric Equivalencies	129
	Index	131

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Hot, Sour, Salty, Sweet: A Culinary Journey Through Southeast Asia

Author: Jeffrey Alford

Luminous at dawn and dusk, the Mekong is a river road, a vibrant artery that defines a vast and fascinating region. Here, along the world's tenth largest river, which rises in Tibet and joins the sea in Vietnam, traditions mingle and exquisite food prevails.

Award-winning authors Jeffrey Alford and Naomi Duguid followed the river south, as it flows through the mountain gorges of southern China, to Burma and into Laos and Thailand. For a while the right bank of the river is in Thailand, but then it becomes solely Lao on its way to Cambodia. Only after three thousand miles does it finally enter Vietnam and then the South China Sea.

It was during their travels that Alford and Duguid—who ate traditional foods in villages and small towns and learned techniques and ingredients from cooks and market vendors—came to realize that the local cuisines, like those of the Mediterranean, share a distinctive culinary approach: Each cuisine balances, with grace and style, the regional flavor quartet of hot, sour, salty, and sweet. This book, aptly titled, is the result of their journeys.

Like Alford and Duguid's two previous works, Flatbreads and Flavors ("a certifiable publishing event" —Vogue) and Seductions of Rice ("simply stunning"—The New York Times), this book is a glorious combination of travel and taste, presenting enticing recipes in "an odyssey rich in travel anecdote" (National Geographic Traveler).

The book's more than 175 recipes for spicy salsas, welcoming soups, grilled meat salads, and exotic desserts are accompanied by evocative stories about places and people. The recipes and stories are gorgeouslyillustrated throughout with more than 150 full-color food and travel photographs.

In each chapter, from Salsas to Street Foods, Noodles to Desserts, dishes from different cuisines within the region appear side by side: A hearty Lao chicken soup is next to a Vietnamese ginger-chicken soup; a Thai vegetable stir-fry comes after spicy stir-fried potatoes from southwest China.

The book invites a flexible approach to cooking and eating, for dishes from different places can be happily served and eaten together: Thai Grilled Chicken with Hot and Sweet Dipping Sauce pairs beautifully with Vietnamese Green Papaya Salad and Lao sticky rice.

North Americans have come to love Southeast Asian food for its bright, fresh flavors. But beyond the dishes themselves, one of the most attractive aspects of Southeast Asian food is the life that surrounds it. In Southeast Asia, people eat for joy. The palate is wildly eclectic, proudly unrestrained. In Hot, Sour, Salty, Sweet, at last this great culinary region is celebrated with all the passion, color, and life that it deserves.

Table of Contents:

The River, the People, the Food (7)

Dishes for Every Occasion (19)

Sauces, Chile Pastes, and Salsas (23)

Simple Soups (47)

Salads (64)

Rice and Rice Dishes (87)

Noodles and Noodle Dishes (113)

Mostly Vegetables (146)

Fish and Seafood (171)

Poultry (192)

Beef (215)

Pork (234)

Snacks and Street Food (261)

Sweets and Drinks (289)

Glossary of Flavorings (308)

Glossary of Ingredients (313)

Mail-Order Sources (325)