These Kindle books on cooking and entertaining are all priced at $3.99 or less! And here’s a tip for using your Fire in the kitchen: seal it in a ziplock bag. You can still use the buttons and swipe the touchscreen, but spills and splashes won’t be a worry.
Art of the Slow Cooker: 80 Exciting New Recipes (4.5/5 stars, currently priced at $3.99)
For the Art of the Slow Cooker, best-selling author Andrew Schloss has developed 80 recipes for soups, stews, succulent braises, vegetarian dishes, even desserts that bring slow-cooked meals to new heights. Slow cooking gives a wonderful velvety texture to meatloaf, an incredible richness to Osso Buco Milanese, and bold and complex flavors to Curried Vegetables and Dal simmered in Indian spices. Each chapter offers recipes for both simple everyday meals and spectacular dishes perfect for entertaining. With cooking charts to help with timing, advice on finding the right slow cooker for every kitchen, and glorious color photographs throughout, the Art of the Slow Cooker will delight readers looking for easy and amazing meals.
Christmas 101 (4/5 stars, currently priced at $2.99)
Everyone knows that the holidays are hectic—but Rick Rodgers, cooking teacher and bestselling cookbook author, knows that they don’t have to be. Christmas 101 offers the busy cook carefree ways to entertain with surefire recipes of old favorites, menus, timetables, make-ahead tips, and more. Rodgers will help you throw fabulous cocktail parties and traditional buffets, cook a perfect roast, and spice up your favorite recipes with a contemporary twist.
You’ll also learn how to make classic breads, candies, and desserts that are the tokens of this special time of year. With patience, kindness, and humor, Rodgers will help you to cook up the very best holiday season yet.
Cookie Swap (4.5/5 stars, currently priced at $1.99)
As a specialized form of pot luck, a cookie swap has all the same traits that make a potluck so effortless to host. Guests share in the baking and cost burden by bringing their favorite recipes. Cookie Swap takes the popular idea of the cookie exchange party to new heights and in new directions. The cookie swap is perfectly suited not only to holiday gatherings but also to garden parties, showers, children’s birthdays, summer get-togethers, and more.
With dozens of decorating and invitation ideas, 58 delectable recipes, mouthwatering photos, and tips on hosting the best swap possible, this book is sure to get readers’ creative juices flowing in bringing together friends through the generosity of food and spirit.
Alternative Vegan: International Vegan Fare Straight from the Produce Aisle (4.5/5 stars, currently priced at $1.99)
Taking a fresh, bold, and alternative approach to vegan cooking without the substitutes, this cookbook showcases more than 100 fully vegan recipes, many of which have South Asian influences. With a jazz-style approach to cooking, it also discusses how to improvise cooking with simple ingredients and how to stock a kitchen to prepare simple and delicious vegan meals quickly. The recipes for mouth-watering dishes include one-pot meals—such as South-Indian Uppama and Chipotle Garlic Risotto—along with Pakoras, Flautas, Bajji, and Kashmiri Biriyani, Hummus Canapes, and No-Cheese Pizza. With new, improved recipes this updated edition also shows how to cook simply to let the flavor of fresh ingredients shine through.
Gingerbread (4.5/5 stars, currently priced at $2.99)
Who says gingerbread is just for the holidays? This unique cookbook shows how gingerbread can be enjoyed for breakfast or dessert year-round. Reflecting the wisdom and creativity of a professional pastry chef and dedicated home cook, Gingerbread collects 60 traditional and modern recipes. Start with simple, yummy treats like Gingerbread Rum Cake and Sticky Toffee Gingerbread, then graduate to building your own gingerbread house for the holidays. Any way you slice it, these gingery goodies are sure to be a hit on any day of the year!
Girl in the Kitchen: How a Top Chef Cooks, Thinks, Shops, Eats & Drinks (4.5/5 stars, currently priced at $3.99)
More than 100 recipes that distill the unique cooking style of Stephanie Izard, Top Chef Season 4 winner and chef/owner of the acclaimed (and scorchingly hot reservation) Girl & the Goat restaurant in Chicago.
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