Cooking, diets, and thoughts on both in these new books at AFPLS!
November brings thoughts of food to most Americans: what we can, should, or want to eat. In keeping with the season, the New Books Newsletter is happy to offer suggestions along these lines. Whether you're interested in using kitchen scraps to reduce waste or entertaining like a pro, we've got you covered. If all the talk of food has you thoughtful, try explorations of cultural attitudes surrounding the holiday season in two books that consider our traditional ideas around family meals. For those who have simply had too much, we've got you covered with the latest in diet trends. All this and a beautiful new give away in this week's New Books Newsletter!
In her new cookbook, Cook Like a Pro, Ina Garten shares a brand-new collection of recipes, tips, and techniques, so readers can cook with confidence no matter how much experience they have in the kitchen. 

For Ina, cooking like a pro also means hosting like a pro. Along with tips on how to tell when a filet of beef is perfectly cooked, readers will find dozens of other great ideas to boost cooking and entertaining skills. Learn how to set up an elegant home bar, or how to make an impressive Raspberry Baked Alaska that can be completely prepared ahead of time so all you need to do is finish it for your guests before serving. Beginner and advanced cooks alike will love Ina's delectable recipes. If you have questions along the way, don't worry--Ina's practical cooking advice talks you through every detail, as though she were right there by your side.

With beautiful photos and a treasury of pro tips that span prepping, making, and serving, as Ina says, "You don't have to be a pro to cook like one!"
When her newborn daughter stopped eating after a medical crisis, Virginia Sole-Smith spent two years teaching her how to feel safe around food again -- and in the process, realized just how many of us are struggling to do the same thing.

Some parse every bite they eat as good or bad, and judge their own worth accordingly. This book offers an exploration, both personal and deeply reported, of how we learn to eat in America's toxic food culture.

The Eating Instinct visits kitchen tables around America to tell Sole-Smith's own story, as well as the stories of women recovering from weight loss surgery, of people who eat only nine foods, of families with unlimited grocery budgets and those on food stamps. Every struggle is unique. But Sole-Smith shows how they're also all products of our modern food culture. And they're all asking the same questions: How did I learn to eat this way? Why is it so hard to feel good about food? And how can I make it better?
In her ultra-viral article "Women Aren't Nags--We're Just Fed Up," shared by millions of readers, Gemma Hartley gave much-needed voice to the frustration and anger experienced by countless women. Now, in Fed Up, Hartley expands outward from the everyday frustrations of performing thankless emotional labor to illuminate how the expectation to do this work in all arenas--private and public--fuels gender inequality, limits our opportunities, steals our time, and adversely affects the quality of our lives.

More than just name the problem, though, Hartley teases apart the cultural messaging and asks how we can shift the load. Rejecting easy solutions that don't ultimately move the needle, Hartley offers a nuanced, insightful guide to striking real balance, for true partnership in every aspect of our lives. Reframing emotional labor not as a problem to be overcome, but as a genderless virtue men and women can all learn to channel in our quest to make a better, more egalitarian world, Fed Up is surprising, intelligent, and empathetic essential reading for every woman who has had enough with feeling fed up.
Unlike many other ketogenic programs that require challenging restrictions and deprivation or offer misinformation, Mark Sisson, bestselling author of the #1 paleo blog MarksDailyApple.com, presents a unique two-step approach for going keto. Sisson's program takes as little as twenty-one days to reprogram your metabolism to burn fat for fuel, by ditching processed grains, sugars, and refined vegetable oils in favor of nutrient-dense, high fat, primal/paleo foods. Next, you'll fine-tune with intermittent fasting and then foray into full ketogenic eating. 

With The Keto Reset Diet, you can eat to total satisfaction by enjoying rich, high-satiety foods, and even weather occasional slip-ups. You'll use keto as a lifelong tool to stay trim, healthy, energetic, and free from the disastrous health conditions caused by the typical American diet.

With step-by-step guidance, daily meal plans and a recipe section with over 100 delicious keto-friendly meals, this is the definitive guide to help the keto-beginner or the experienced health enthusiast understand the what, why, and how to succeed with ketogenic eating.
From the food-stoked star of the A&E series Scraps and the National Chef of Sur La Table, a ground-breaking cookbook that reshapes the way you look at ingredients and makes the most out of every resource in the kitchen, featuring 150 color photographs and 100 ingenious recipes that expand your mind, the way you cook, and how you live.

Have you ever felt guilty throwing out food? Of course, you have, but that's all about to change. The stuff you always thought of as trash just became the main course. Look into the fridge. At first glance it might not look like there's much to eat, just a mishmash of ingredients that don't go together. But carrot tops can be pesto and brown bananas are the start of an incredible cake. Suddenly you have uncovered an undiscovered treasure chest for making the most out of "nothing."

This book explains not just how to use all ingredients to their max, but how to make the most of every resource in your kitchen. Flip over that cast-iron skillet for a stellar pizza stone. Don't throw away those apple cores, shrimp shells, or leftover pickle juice. Transform them into gorgeous meals, such as Apple Core Butter Roasted Duck, Shrimp Shell Chowder, or Pickle Juice Brined Pork Chops.
Not all the promotional copies we receive are destined to become part of our circulating collection, even when we like them very much. Such is the case with The Little Tea Book, a lovely slim volume that we've decided to give away to New Book Newsletter readers.

From orange pekoe to pu-erh, tea expert Sebastian Beckwith provides surprising tips, fun facts, and flavorful recipes. Along with writer and fellow tea-enthusiast Caroline Paul, Beckwith walks us through the cultural and political history of the elixir that has touched every corner of the world. Featuring colorful illustrations and photographs, enjoy this book yourself or give it to a loved one during the holidays. Just over 100 pages long, The Little Tea Book can be enjoyed alongside its namesake beverage.

You can win a rare hardcover promotional copy of this title by emailing us within 24 hours of the New Books Newsletter email. Just put "Tea Book Give Away" in the subject line of your email to Collection.Development@fultoncountyga.gov. We'll pick a winner at random from messages received between 8:30am Monday, 11/12/18 and 8:30am Tuesday, 11/13/18. 

The winner will be notified via email and must be able to pick the book up at an AFPLS branch within one month.
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