Whether you’re looking for easy-to-prepare appetizers, simple between-meal snacks, or elegant starters, you’ll find a satisfying selection of dips, spreads, and hot and cold tidbits served up in this book. Choose from more than 200 recipes—all designed for the busy cook who wants make-ahead convenience along with sophisticated good taste. Each recipe includes preparation and cooking times as well as a nutritional analysis.

Asian Cooking
112 Pages
80 Photos

This book contains a delicious sampling of recipes and menus from China, Japan, Korea, and nine nations of Southeast Asia. With an emphasis on fresh ingredients, bold seasonings, and attractive presentation, here you will find more than 150 recipes from which to choose. Step-by-step color photographs help you prepare favorites such as WonTon Soup, Tea-smoked Duck, and Sushi.

Cookies
96 Pages
84 Photos

Everyone loves cookies! For holiday entertaining, school lunchboxes, elegant desserts, or late-night snacking, cookies are always a perfect choice. This easy-to-use cookbook features cookie recipes by the dozen—from traditional favorites to fancy party fare; from chocolaty-rich confections to wholesome treats made with fruits and nuts. The step-by-step photo sequences—plus tips on equipment selection, standard shaping techniques, and baking—will help you make picture-perfect cookies every time.

Crockery Cook Book
96 Pages
24 Photos

This book comes straight to the aid of people who love good food but don’t have much time for cooking. Thanks to the convenience of an electric slow cooker, you can enjoy the robust pleasures of Stout-hearted Beef with Garlic Mashed Potatoes, the elegance of Chicken Breasts Calvados, the creamy goodness of Nordic Potato Soup with Ham, no matter how busy you are. Each of the more than 125 savory and satisfying recipes from fresh-tasting main-dish soups to sturdy stews to cozy desserts cooks untended for 7 to 10 flavor-making hours. All recipes include preparation and cooking times and a nutritional analysis.

Pasta: Fresh Ways with
96 Pages
24 Photos

Whether you serve it bathed in a delicate sauce for an elegant meal opener, combined with meat or poultry for a robust main course, or tossed with vegetables for a filling salad, pasta is a favorite with everybody. In addition to some of the best Italian recipes, the more than 125 recipes in this book reflect international appeal, such as a Chinese-inspired won ton salad, Middle Eastern moussaka made with fettuccine, Norwegian-style meatballs and sauce served over linguine, and a Mexican version of lasagne. Preparation and cooking times and nutritional analysis allow you to plan quick, nutritious meals.

Recipe Annual - 2004 Edition
384 Pages
400 Photos

Release Date: November 2003

A perpetual favorite, Sunset’s Recipe Annual makes its 16th appearance with the new 2004 edition. Continuing a winning format, it consolidates every recipe from a full 12 months of Sunset magazines. From quick and easy suppers to elegant party buffets, old favorites are balanced with the latest trends, including healthy, low-fat options.

Salad: Fresh Ways with
96 Pages
47 Photos

For the freshest and healthiest meals, many people turn to salads. From simple garden greens to hearty entrées, the contemporary salad is anything but predictable. It appears as the main course at lunch or dinner, as a substantial side dish using pasta or rice, as a showy fruit dessert, and even as a make-ahead molded creation. Beautiful color photographs throughout this book present the appetizing results. Each of the more than 125 recipes includes a nutritional analysis.

Seafood
128 Pages
97 Photos

With its comprehensive A-to-Z guide to choosing, preparing, and cooking more than 65 types of fish and shellfish, Seafood is one of Sunset’s most popular cookbooks. Helpful step-by-step color photographs illustrate basic preparation techniques for baking, grilling, frying, and steaming fish and shellfish. Appetizers, soups and stews, salads, main dishes, and sauces and butters are featured in the more than 120 recipes.

Wok Cook Book
96 Pages
33 Photos

Featuring over 130 recipes from around the world, Wok Cookbook showcases the versatility of a wok. It can be used for stir-frying, deep-frying, and steaming with mouth-watering effect. Step-by-step instructions make cooking with a wok easy and rewarding. A nutritional analysis is provided for each recipe—from appetizers to desserts.