Recipe Fever

* The Book Club Cookbook: Recipes and Food for Thought from Your Book Club's Favorite Books and Authors by Judy Gelman and Vicki Levy Krupp read by Barbara Pinolini

4 cassettes

Each of 100 entries includes a synopsis of a popular book club selection, an explanation of the role food plays in that book, recipes based on those foods, and a profile of the recommending book club. 2004.

* How to Cook without a Book: Recipes and Techniques Every Cook Should Know by Heart BR 15544

by Pam Anderson

3 volumes

Using the concept that most recipes are variations on a theme, Anderson provides techniques and formulas that allow cooks to create meals from on-hand ingredients. She suggests basic pantry and refrigerator staples and outlines "easy-to-grasp" methods for preparing soups, omelets, sauces, appetizers, and desserts. 2000.

* Cookoff: Recipe Fever in America.

by Amy Sutherland.

read by Colleen Delany.

3 cassettes.

Intrigued by the 2000 Pillsbury Bake-Off contest, journalist Sutherland follows a group of contestants around the country for a year. She describes chili cook-offs, county fairs, and other competitive cooking events while recounting the participants' backgrounds and motivations. Includes winning recipes. 2003.