This elegant and practical cookbook reveals how oils enhanced with the essence of herbs, spices, fruits, and vegetables captured at their peak can add an aromatic, gourmet touch to practically any dish. Low in saturated fats and easy to use, flavored oils make healthful rnalternatives to mayonnaise and sauces in everything from marinades and vinaigrettes to appetizers and entrees. Written by Michael Chiarello, renowned chef and creator of a popular line of infused oils, flavored oils presents a dazzling array of tempting recipes, from a heady rosemary rnand roasted lemon marinade to a delicate beet salad with tarragon and orange oil to a savory pork tenderloin with molasses, bacon, and porcini vinaigrette. Brimming with inventive ideas and lavishly illustrated with full-color photographs, this unique volume makes a welcome companion for the home cook, as well as a lovely gift.

From classic balsamic and red wine vinegars to innovative elixirs infused with fruit, savory, and herbal essences, rnflavored vinegars are as perfect for gift-giving as they are for enlivening favorite dishes. In Flavored Vinegars --an enticing companion volume to the best-selling Flavored Oils --acclaimed chef Michael Chiarello proves once again that great food can be pure simplicity: it's as easy as drizzling a few drops of balsamic vinegar on a ripe slice of melon or rnbrushing mango vinegar on fish as it goes to the grill. Heady and aromatic, a flavored vinegar intensifies the taste of many dishes rnwithout added fat or calories. This delectable collection includes over 50 quick and easy recipes for making and using a fabulous array rnof vinegars to create inspired appetizers and salads, pastas and entrees, marinades, and even desserts. Brimming with inventive ideas and vibrant, full-color photographs, flavored vinegars provides all the inspiration to add a tasty accent to any meal.

Think that herbs are only foliage plants to be clipped and used in the kitchen? Jo Ann Gardner wants to change that notion and show that herbs should be prized for their flowers too. 80 herbs that belong in the flower garden are described.