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Barbarians at the Plate: Taming and Feeding the American Family

by Marialisa Calta

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ISBN13: 9780399531521
ISBN10: 0399531521
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Publisher Comments:

A wry and practical guide to the family meal.

Veteran food writer and columnist Marialisa Calta offers advice, strategies, and recipes from families across the country, addressing the peculiar challenges and delights of enjoying dinner as a family.

Part cookbook, part survival manual, part humor book, part voyeuristic peek into our neighbors' kitchens, Barbarians at the Plate is a field guide to an all-too-endangered species these days: the family meal.

Barbarians at the Plate covers:

- Last-minute meals

- Slow-cookers and other effort-saving appliances

- Barbecuing

- Making the most of leftovers

- Accommodating picky eaters

- Creating mealtime traditions

- Getting everyone to participate in cooking and clean-up

- Insights into the ways families survive and thrive around the dinner table

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Tales from America's kitchens and tips for bringing the family together around the dinner table. Includes 75 simple, family-friendly recipes.

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Part cookbook, part survival manual, part humor book, part voyeuristic peek into others' kitchens, this is a field guide to the family meal. Includes 75 simple, family-friendly recipes.
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About the Author

Marialisa Calta is a syndicated food writer whose column, "Food," appears in 100 newspapers across the country. Her articles on food, travel, and lifestyles have appeared in New York Times, Gourmet, Wall Street Journal, Food and Wine, and Woman's Day. She is a co-author of The River Run Cookbook (with Jimmy and Maya Kennedy), and helped create the recipes for Al Roker's Big Bad Book of BBQ: 100 Easy Recipes for Backyard Barbecue by Al Roker. She lives with her husband and her two mostly civilized daughters.
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Product Details

ISBN:
9780399531521
Subtitle:
Taming and Feeding the American Family
Author:
Calta, Marialisa
Publisher:
Perigee Trade
Subject:
Quick and easy cookery
Subject:
Dinners and dining
Subject:
Methods - Quick & Easy
Subject:
Parenting - General
Subject:
Parenting
Publication Date:
20050607
Binding:
Paperback
Grade Level:
General/trade
Language:
English
Illustrations:
Y
Pages:
240
Dimensions:
9.28x6.98x.65 in. .66 lbs.
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