What do you do if you come out with a successful cookbook like Mad About Muffins? If you're writer Dot Vartan and artist Shelly Reeves Smith, you go back into the kitchen and back to the drawing board to create the perfect companion piece, Is It Soup Yet?That's exactly what this creative duo did in 1996, and their hardcover version of Is It Soup Yet? has since sold more than 42,000 copies. Readers agree that Dot and Shelly have their soup in the pot! This season marks the first time that this marvelous collection for soup lovers appears in paperback. The same winning combination of thorough directions and mood-setting illustrations guarantees that this one will be another top seller.Is It Soup Yet? offers up everything necessary to go from common ingredients to a hearty bowl of soup for lunch or dinner. Nearly 120 different recipes range from chicken and vegetable to cheese and creamed soups. A variety of cooking techniques are included as well as today's much-needed chapter on twenty-minutes soups. From how to transform leftovers to capturing simmering flavors from around the globe, this book offers something for every cook or soup lover. Is It Soup Yet? You bet it is!

Is It Soup Yet?

Cookbooks, Food & Wine

Vartan, Dot

Main Courses & Side Dishes

Andrews McMeel Publishing

When AMP's Mad About Muffins came out in hardcover in 1996, muffin mavens couldn't snatch it up fast enough. In fact, more than 33,000 copies of that edition have sold to experienced cooks, those looking for easy access into the world of freshly baked muffins, friends seeking the ideal cooking gift, and many others.After eight years of fantastic muffins, it's time for the paperback edition of Mad About Muffins. This full-sized version includes the more than 100 super-simple recipes that Dot Vartan created and found for the original collection. Also included are the richly colored and warmly detailed illustrations that Shelly Reeves Smith conceived as the perfect counterpart for the mouthwatering ingredients.Dot launched Mad About Muffins after her favorite bakery closed and she was forced to find or create another source for her own muffin craving. That aficionado's focus and enthusiasm is obvious throughout the book, as is her intention to make this simple and fulfilling food easy to create. Clear instructions, shortcuts, and cooking tips abound, making this one of the easiest ways to create everything from mini to extra-large muffins in less than an hour.

Mad About Muffins

Smith, Shelly Reeves

Baking

From classic Chicken Noodle to Grilled Chicken with Artichoke and Sun Dried Tomato to Green Bean Potato Soup, a beautifully illustrated cookbook features more than one hundred delicious soup recipes that range from the simple to exotic.

Is It Soup Yet? A Cookbook for Soup Lovers

Classic, down-home recipes for mouth-watering desserts are featured in this cookbook. Offering something for everyone—be it cakes, crisps, pies, baked fruit, bars, or cookies—this wide range of easy-to-prepare recipes using one or more of 12 popular fruits will tantalize home bakers. A brief history on each fruit and tips on selecting, preparing, and storing the fruit in order to create the tastiest desserts are also included.

Delicious Fruit Desserts: More Than 150 Classic and Unique Desserts for 12 Favorite Fruits : Dorothy Jean's Home Cooking Collection

Desserts

Dorothy Jean Pub Inc

Ideally suited to today's concept of lighter and healthier eating, this guide provides recipes with the salad as the main course by featuring poultry, meat, fish, and pork combined with vegetables, lettuce, grains, and pasta to create a healthy, hearty dish. Recipes for accompaniments, such as muffins, biscuits, and rolls combine with suggestions for desserts, including cookies and fruit, to help round out the dinner menu. In addition, a chapter on salad parties provides recipes for eight different gatherings—from a barbecue or a picnic to a football party—where a main dish can be perfectly complemented with suggestions for side salads. Easy-to-prepare recipes appeal to all levels of home cooks any season of the year. With a variety of simple, healthy recipes, readers are sure to have smiles at the dinner table all year round.

Delicious Salad Meals: Main Dish Salads Dressed Up With Breads And Sweets To Make A Complete Meal (Dorothy Jean's Home Cooking Collection)