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November, 2005 - Cookbooks Plus Newsletter: Recipes, contest, gift ideas & much more!

 

<pre>Your Recipe For Good Cooking: The Newsletter of Cookbooks Plus Contents Store Notes Did you know???? Holiday Cookbooks Special Sale Books Useful Kitchen Tools for Holiday Cooking Great Gift Ideas & Stocking Stuffers The Perfect Gift for Everyone on Your List Thanksgiving Recipes Food Question! Answer correctly and win a discount on a future book purchase! **************************************************** Store Notes You will probably hear from me a few times a year. Each newsletter will give you a heads up on special sales or new items in the store, plus a recipe or two I think you?ll want to make. And as always, if you try these recipes, I would appreciate hearing back from you about how it turned out. Cookbooks Plus is coming up on our 18-month anniversary. We?ve had the pleasure of meeting so many warm, wonderful people, and we enjoy seeing each of you every time you come in. Many of you bring great stories of meals you?ve prepared for the special folks in your lives; some bring questions, which we do our best trying to answer. Barbara and I get a kick out of those of you who scan our shelves and point out which books you have at home, and we remind you that you should be looking for books you don?t have. A lot of you come in looking to replace a book you loaned someone and never got back or a special gift for someone you know. But no matter what brought you in the first time, just know that we?re here for you when you need us. We?re still looking to move the store to a larger location so that we can put in a kitchen to have cooking classes. We think we found a place, but we?re not making any announcements until we sign a lease. So stay tuned for news about this! **************************************************** Did you know???? Cookbooks Plus also sells books about gardening, crafts (sewing, knitting, crocheting, quilting, stained glass and more), pets, home topics, photography, art, collectibles, genealogy, and lots more! The ?Plus? in our name also refers to the vast selection of kitchen items we sell. When you come in, don?t forget to ask us to show them to you. We?ll even give you a demo of the Microplane graters! There are approximately 45 cookbook stores across the U.S. Three of them are in Los Angeles County! **************************************************** Holiday Cookbooks Barbara has been busy moving our holiday books to the end display shelves at the front of the store. You?ll find a wide variety of books on food & cooking, including cookie cookbooks, as well as books on holiday & decorating crafts. Mention you saw this newsletter and we?ll give you an extra 10% off anything in the holiday section. **************************************************** Special Sale Books We have several cartons of books priced to move! There is a box of water-damaged books near the front door marked 80% off! These are still very usable, just not in the condition we usually like to sell them. We?ve also put all of our home decorating books on sale to make room for more cookbooks. We have two cartons of these, all 50% off our regular low prices! Most of these books are new or in like new condition, and they would make great gifts! **************************************************** Useful Kitchen Tools for Holiday Cooking In addition to our Microplane graters and Silpat sheets, we carry quite a few items you will find very handy for your holiday cooking. Porcelain mortar & pestle, both in the traditional style and the new modern design. Stovetop smoker. An ingenious design lets you smoke meat, poultry, seafood and even veggies & cheeses on top of your stove. It?s all enclosed so there?s no smoke in the house, and no smoke alarms blaring. You can even do this in an apartment! Food comes out very moist and delicious! The Polder electronic thermometer will guarantee that your turkey or meat will turn out perfectly the first time and EVERY time. Makes a great gift, but you?ll want one in your own kitchen, too! Recipe cards and canning labels in a variety of designs and sizes. Great for you, and they also make great gifts. Ice cube trays that create ice in a variety of shapes, including trees, seals, Santas, etc. Cookie cutters in Christmas shapes, as well as teapot-shaped. We have food grade silicon flexible tree-shaped molds you can use to form your cold food or bake a cake. These can be frozen or baked in heat up to 500F! **************************************************** Great Gift Ideas & Stocking Stuffers A picnic backpack for two or four people, including dishes, utensils, wine glasses (plastic), and napkins. There is a special holder for the wine bottle, and even a cork remover! Pasta set. Includes a huge serving bowl and 4 large individual bowls, all with a beautiful Italian design in the center. ?Happily Dying of Chocolate? Cookie Jar. No doubt you?ve seen this in the store already. Everyone loves her! Cookbooks and cookware for children. Kids today just love to cook, so we carry a large selection of cookbooks written just for them?for a wide range of ages. We even have a chef?s hat and aprons designed for the smaller set! We have a nice selection of note cards, blank on the inside, fruit labels on the cover! Check out individual serving cream pitchers in fun animal shapes?they make a lovely addition to any table setting! Make your own fortune cookies with the kits we have in stock. Small enough for stocking stuffers. And speaking of stocking stuffers, we have two items every cook will adore: Microplane Grate-N-Shake nutmeg graters are terrific for putting a dusting of nutmeg on your coffee, espresso, cocoa or egg nog! There?s even a place to store the unused portion of the nutmeg! Everyone goes wild for these little measuring spoons, whether you?re looking for a dash, a pinch or a smidgen! And don?t forget Fido! We have a cookbook for great dog biscuits?it even includes the biscuit/cookie cutter. Or if you just want a biscuit cutter, we sell a two-sided one: one side cuts a large biscuit that says ?I love you?; the other side cuts two small biscuits at a time! Everybody seems to love sushi, but it can be expensive to eat out all the time, so why not learn to make it yourself! We sell a kit that includes an instruction booklet, a rolling mat, a rice paddle, and 4 sets of chopsticks. Once you get past the basics, you can try your hand at the more advanced sushi rolls with one of the several books we have here, everything from simple to the unbelievable Encyclopedia of Sushi Rolls, which shows you how to spell out words with sushi, as well as create pictures of all kinds of things! You?ll truly be amazed. It?s worth a trip to Cookbooks Plus just to see it! I can?t think of a better way to dress up the fridge than with the beautiful fruit and vegetable magnets in our jars. Very realistic & priced to sell! **************************************************** The Perfect Gift for Everyone on Your List Don?t know what to get someone on your gift list? What about the Rachael Ray fan?you know this person doesn?t have all of RR?s books, but which one do you buy? And what do you get when you?re the Secret Santa for the club member or at the office? The solution is simple: A Cookbooks Plus Gift Certificate! Purchase as many as you like in any denomination you wish. We?ll print the certificate on the spot, including the person?s name, and she or he can choose the exact item they want. No fuss. No disappointments. No exchanges. **************************************************** Thanksgiving Recipes Three Corn Casserole ? 1/2 cup butter, softened ? 1 cup dairy sour cream ? 1 egg ? 1 can (16 oz) whole kernel corn, drained ? 1 can (16 oz) cream style corn, undrained ? 1 package (9 oz) corn muffin mix ? 1 cup grated Cheddar cheese In large bowl, mix together butter, sour cream and egg. Stir in cans of corn and corn muffin mix. Spoon mixture into buttered 2-quart casserole dish. Bake in preheated 375-degree oven, 45 minutes. Add cheese; stir well. Cook additional 15 minutes, or until dish is slightly puffed. Note: I like to use the Marie Callender?s cornbread mix in the canister and double everything else. Add a drained can of diced green chilies for a Southwestern flavor. Orange Praline Yams This recipe makes THE BEST yam casserole we've ever eaten. When I announced that I'd misplaced the recipe, my family stopped talking to me. Fortunately, I'd shared it with enough people that I could recover it. ? Two 2-lb 8oz cans of yams, drained, or 4 lbs. cooked, peeled fresh ? 2/3 cup orange juice ? 1 T grated orange rind ? 5 T. brandy or rum ? 2 t. salt ? freshly ground pepper to taste ? 1 t. ground ginger ? 4 T. butter, melted ? 1/3 c. light or golden brown sugar, packed ? 3 egg yolks 1. Beat yams till smooth. Add rest of ingredients and beat till smooth. 2. Place in greased casserole and smooth top. Praline topping: ? 2/3 cup light or golden brown sugar ? 1 stick butter, melted ? 1 c. chopped pecans ? 1 t. cinnamon 1. Mix and spread evenly over top of casserole. 2. Bake 350F for 45-50 min. till golden brown and bubbly. Notes: Use a 12" shallow quiche dish. The night before, make sweet potato part. Recipe may be doubled or tripled, but do not make in a deeper dish or the ratio between potatoes and topping will be off. A single recipe makes 8 to 12 servings, depending on the amount of other foods being served. Abigail Van Buren's Pecan Pie >From the world-famous advice columnist, Abigail Van Buren ? 1 9-inch unbaked pie crust ? 1 cup light corn syrup ? 1 cup firmly packed dark brown sugar ? 3 eggs, slightly beaten ? 1/3 cup butter, melted ? 1/2 t. salt ? 1 t. vanilla ? 1 heaping cup pecan halves Heat oven to 350 degrees. In a large bowl, combine corn syrup, sugar, eggs, butter, salt and vanilla; mix well. Pour filling into unbaked pie crust; sprinkle with pecan halves. Bake for 45 to 50 mins or until center is set. (Toothpick inserted in center will come out clean when pie is done.) If crust or pie appears to be getting brown, cover with foil for the remaining baking time. Remove from oven and cool. You can top it with a bit of whipped cream, but even plain, nothing tops this! **************************************************** Food Question! Answer correctly and win a gift & a discount on a future book purchase! December is Christmas Cookie Time! What ingredient do you need to change in a cookie recipe if you want to make a crisp cookie soft, or vice versa? Drop by and give us your answer. The first ten people who answer correctly will win a gift, 10% off any book in stock on that visit, and 10% off any book in stock on a future visit. **************************************************** Thanks for shopping at Cookbooks Plus. A portion of every tax dollar goes right back into our community Cookbooks Plus 18919 Soledad Canyon Rd Santa Clarita, CA 91351 (661) 296-4455</pre>

 

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