Shut up and Eat or V Cuisine

Shut up and Eat!: Mangia with the Stories and Recipes from Your Favorite Italian-American Stars

Author: Tony Lip

Now in paperback: Recipes you can't refuse from Chazz Palminteri • James Gandolfini • Robert Loggia • Drea de Matteo • and more!

For the first time, Italian-American actors share their secret recipes and stories of growing up in families where a meal is an experience, with Tony Lip as the host making every Italian dish a big hit.

These mouthwatering recipes are passed down through generations, from the shores of Italy to the old neighborhoods in New York City. Enjoy a whole range of dishes from Danny Aiello's mother's Lentil Soup to Joe Mantegna's Mussels Mantegna. Also included are recipes from The Copacabana, Patsy's, and Lombardi's, as well as the sets of The Godfather and The Sopranos.

Interesting book: Chasing Ghosts or FDR v Constitution

V Cuisine: The Art of New Vegan Cooking

Author: Angeline Linardis

The health and taste benefits of a meatless diet come together in V Cuisine by Angeline Linardis: Imaginative vegetarian cuisine that is quick, easy and delicious.

Written in an upbeat, informal style, the book's infectious excitement will propel even novice chefs into the kitchen. The creative selection of ingredients and the easy preparation of soups, like the best lentil soup on the planet, will eliminate canned soup in any cupboard. New salads take on mythic proportions with accompaniments like sesame ginger dressing.

Gone will be the terror of tofu as a difficult ingredient. Try the new versions of wholesome fries—healthy food with a tasty twist.

Among the delicious vegetarian fare:

• Mega minestrone soup
• Creamy sunshine corn chowder
• Apollo Greek salad
• Brilliant beet salad
• Sweet corn and spelt dinner salad
• New potatoes in almond cream
• Tomato and onion chutney
• Tofu carob brownies.

Table of Contents:

Introduction     9
The Scoop on Soups     12
Sexy Salads     24
Superior Salad Dressings     44
Anytime Appetizers     58
Pasta Perfection     68
Terrifying Tofu     80
Potato Oasis     86
Courageous Curries     96
Super Sides!     104
Guiltless Grains     114
Modern Mains     122
Life of the Party Fare     144
Funderful Condiments     162
Kidfood     172
Breakfast Bites     182
Bodacious Baking     190
Sweet Talk     198
The Perfect V Cuisine Pantry     212
Index     218