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This is the first winter I have ever gone to the beach and walked on snow, maybe not the nineteen inches outside my window, but spectacular nonetheless.

2010 was a wildly better year for Welcome than 2009. Our biggest successes were both glorious (Cooking with Italian Grandmothers and Primal Cuts) and mundane (our return rate dropped so dramatically that our net numbers became triumphant). Random House was flying and we along with them. I have begun to believe deeply in what I am always quoted as saying, “If we don’t make the past our future, we won’t have a future.” I vote we all reduce the number of titles we are publishing and publish them better.

Here are my five best books for the fall of 2011: Lucy Lean’s Made in America: Our Best Chefs Reinvent Comfort Food. Marrying the past and the future, bringing our origins to our greatest chefs who are riffing on our greatest classic recipes, we are celebrating our roots and our ingenuity with ingredients that were local long ago and are local once again. Imagine the brilliance of Tom Colicchio and Chicken Noodle Soup, Charlie Palmer and Baked Beans, Lidia Bastianich and Lasagna, Daniel Boulud and Red Wine-Braised Short Ribs. Lucy is a Renaissance woman. Take it from me.

Marissa Guggiana’s Off The Menu: Staff Meals from America’s Top Restaurants is eclectic, evocative, and entirely familial. Staff is like family. When they are well fed, they’re happy. Marissa takes you behind the scenes and brings you great meals that are original, cost-effective, and, often, made from leftovers. Translated for the home cook, there is nothing downscale here but there is elegant simplicity. From New York’s Paul Liebrandt’s Lamb Shepherd’s Pie (Corton) to New Orleans’ John Besh’s Jumbalaya (La Provence) to the Bay Area’s Christian Caiazzo’s Pork Chili Verde (Osteria Stellina)—it’s an irresistible collection of family-style dishes.

This fall, we are also out and proud in the USA with Scott Pasfield’s Gay in America. Advertising on Craigslist for volunteers, all of whom auditioned with stories of their lives, Scott set out to cover all 50 states, travelling 52,000 miles before bringing us one hundred amazing visual and written stories, including Lieutenant Daniel Choi’s, the young man who helped put Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell above the fold.

And, then there is Love’s Exquisite Freedom, illustrated by the sensuous Pre-Raphaelite Sir Edward BurneJones. What hasn’t Maya done? What hasn’t she excelled at? A dancer and a singer and a San Francisco cable car operator, she stood by Malcolm X and Martin Luther King, she was nominated for Pulitzers and National Book Awards. She acted, wrote books, poetry and screenplays, produced and directed. She taught. She edited. She walked in many shoes, and she always saw love, truth, and integrity as the answer. This book does the same in spades.

Stay with us. We’re just getting started.

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Lastly there is the book that started the whole Little Big Book series twelve years ago: The Little Big Book of Christmas. More than twenty-six titles later it was time to bring this one back. When originally published, it sold 140,000 copies before going OP in 2006. With a whimsical new cover, new introduction and many new recipes and images, it is back – the classic anthology of everything to read, to sing, to bake – poetry, stories, gospel, songs, and recipes.

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love’s exquisite freedom

By Maya Angelou Illustrations by Edward Burne-Jones The newest installment in Welcome Books’ Art & Poetry series, Love’s Exquisite Freedom pairs the lyrical grace of Maya

Angelou with the exquisite art of Edward Burne-Jones. Angelou’s poem of love’s transcendant power finds a striking, sensual complement in Burne-Jones, a star of 19th-century Britain’s Aesthetic movement. Burne-Jones continually examined themes of love, while persuasively arguing for the value of art as an object of beauty. Fittingly, many of his works incorporate depictions of angels in various guises, as manifestations of love, redemption, and guidance, even as the Roman god Cupid. In Love’s Exquisite Freedom, Burne-Jones’ contention that art reveals a “a light better than any light that ever shone” is tempered by Angelou’s naturalism and earnestness. The combination is an enchanting, powerful exploration of the redemptive quality of love and the unbidden pleasure of emotion.

Dr. Maya Angelou is one of the most renowned and influential voices of our time. Hailed as a global renaissance woman, she is a celebrated poet, memoirist, novelist, educator, historian, producer, actor, director, filmmaker, and civil rights activist.

Renowned for her series of autobiographies, the most famous being I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, the list of her published verse, non-fiction, and fiction now includes more than 30 bestselling titles.

Dr. Angelou has served on two presidential committees, has been nominated for the Pulitzer Prize and a National Book Award, was awarded the Presidential Medal ofArts in 2000, the Lincoln Medal in 2008, and received 3 Grammy Awards. Dr. Angelou read her poem “On the Pulse of the Morning” for President Clinton’s inauguration in 1993.

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Sir Edward Burne-Jones (1833-1898) was a British artist and designer associated with the Pre-Raphaelites, who worked closely with William Morris on a wide range of decorative arts. Deeply influenced by Dante Gabriel Rossetti, he had major exhibits in London in 1979 and New York, Birmingham, and Paris in 1998.

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Love’s Exquisite Freedom

By Maya Angelou Illustrations by Edward Burne-Jones 32 pages, 9 ½ x 11 ½ Hardcover, $19.95 ($22.95 CAN) 26 full color illustrations ISBN 978-1-59962-103-6 On Sale: 10/4/2011 POETRY / ART

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Edited by Lena Tabori Long out of print, the definitive Christmas anthology is back...deeply revised with new images, recipes, jacket, and introduction.

Lavishly illustrated throughout with nineteenth- and twentieth-century artwork, this book is everything you want Christmas to be—loving, warm and celebratory. Timeless and adorable, beautifully designed, The Little Big Book of Christmas is a great big stocky little book—stuffed with stories to read, carols to sing, biblical verse to share, recipes to make and bake, and Christmas history and lore to learn. Inside you’ll find: j Gospel stories, including those of St. Luke and St. Matthew. j Poetry of William Shakespeare, John Milton, Robert Frost, Clement Clarke Moore, Ogden Nash, W. H. Auden, and Lewis Carroll. j Stories from Louisa May Alcott, Hans Christian Andersen, Charles Dickens, O. Henry, Langston Hughes, Norman Vincent Peale, Lincoln

Steffens, and Selma Lagerlof.

j Christmas lore from Dorothy Thompson, Norman Vincent Peale, and Francis P. Church. j Carols galore including “O Little Town of Bethlehem,” “Silent Night,” “The First Noel,” “Joy to the World,” and “The Twelve Days

of Christmas.”

j The best holiday recipes, including New England Eggnog, Classic Sugar Cookies, Hot Chocolate with Peppermint Sticks, A Brownie

Christmas Tree, Swedish Gingerbread Cookies, Refrigerator Cookies, and Scandinavian Glogg.

A Carol for Children

God rest you merry, Innocents, Let nothing you dismay, Let nothing wound an eager heart Upon this Christmas day.

Yours be the genial holly wreaths, The stockings and the tree; An aged world to you bequeaths Its own forgotten glee.

Ogden Nash

Soon, soon enough come crueler gifts, The anger and the tears; Between you now there sparsely drifts A handful yet of years.

9. The ninth day of Christmas my true love sent to me Nine ladies dancing, 10. The tenth day of Christmas my true love sent to me Ten lords a-leaping,

Oh, dimly, dimly glows the star Through the electric throng; The bidding in temple and bazaar Drowns out the silver song.

11. The eleventh day of Christmas my true love sent to me Eleven pipers piping, 12. The twelfth day of Christmas my true love sent to me Twelve drummers drumming, T

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can be enhanced with lemon or orange zest, but even These plain, they are the perfect holiday treat.

Lena Tabori is publisher of Welcome Books. She has conceived and edited numerous titles, including The Little Big Book for Moms, The Little Big Book for Grandmothers, and Love: A Celebration in Art and Literature (Stewart, Tabori & Chang).

1 cup butter (2 sticks), at room temperature 1 cup sugar 2 eggs 1 teaspoon vanilla extract 3 cups flour

1. Cream the butter and sugar.

Beat in the eggs and add the vanilla. Add the flour and mix well.

Refrigerate for at least 2 hours.

2. Preheat the oven to 375°F and line baking sheets with parchment paper.

3. Roll the dough out on a lightly floured surface (marble or wood) and cut with a cookie cutter.

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Faint in the reek of burning flesh Sink frankincense and myrrh.

Gaspar, Balthazar, Melchior!

Where are your offerings now?

What greetings to the Prince of War, His darkly branded brow?

Two ultimate laws alone we know, The ledger and the sword— So far away, so long ago, We lost the infant Lord.

Only the children clasp His hand; His voice speaks low to them, And still for them the shining band Wings over Bethlehem.

God rest you merry, Innocents, While Innocence endures.

A sweeter Christmas than we to ours May you bequeath to yours.

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to cookie sheets. If you are going to decorate without icing, decorate with sprinkles and move the sheets into the oven. Bake for approximately 10 minutes. When the cookies are beginning to brown, remove them from the oven and slide the parchment off the baking sheet. When the cookies have cooled a bit, slide them off the parchment. Cool the cookie sheets before using them again.

If you have baked the cookies without decorations, wait until they are completely cool before icing.

(See Snow Icing recipe on page 281 and Icing Hints on page 351.)

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The Little Big Book of Christmas Edited by Lena Tabori 352 pages, 6 ½ x 6 ½ Hardcover, $24.95 ($27.95 CAN) 100 vintage illustrations ISBN 978-1-59962-100-5 On Sale: 9/27/2011

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Gay in America

By Scott Pasfield Introduction by Terrence McNally & Tom Kirdahy

In this first-ever photographic survey of gay men in America, stereotypes are laid to rest and an intimate, honest picture of contemporary gay life is revealed through stunning portraits and personal narratives.

Photographer Scott Pasfield traveled 52,000 miles across all fifty states over a three-year span gathering stories and

documenting the lives of 150 gay men from all walks of life. At turns joyful and somber, reflective and celebratory, each narrative and image in Gay in America is an enlightening look into the variety of gay life in the United States.

Pasfield’s striking and perceptive portraits reflect the same beautiful diversity found in any sampling of our population.

Each of these men is unique and whole, complex and fallible, just as we all are. They come in every size and shape, every religion, color, profession, and background. There are farmers, writers, doctors, lawyers, artists, teachers, students; there are fathers and husbands, activists, and business men. Some are successful, some are struggling, some are political, some are wealthy, some are wounded, and some are deeply content.

Their commonality draws from a single shared trait: their homosexuality. These are men who are attracted to men, and have chosen not to disguise that truth. For many, there have been harsh consequences to this decision, but also deep rewards.

The message that prevails is one of great hope that true equality is close within our reach, if only we would grasp it.

“Love. That’s what it means to be gay in America.” — Lieutenant Dan Choi

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community on campus. So I gave up on trying to fit into

when I was growing up, except when Ellen

the campus community. This was the little corner of religion

DeGeneres came out of the closet on ABC. Her

which I found, that sustained me and assured me that God

show was a shared indulgence for my parents and

loves me as I am and wants me to learn and grow from

me (which was important to have in a family of more than

this challenge.

ten kids). This media milestone inspired my father to refer to her derisively as Ellen ‘Degenerate.’ It got under my skin that

I tackled coming out pretty forcefully—sharing with close

gays (and polygamists like my Islamic parents) couldn’t have

friends and family, joining a coming out support group and

their relationships recognized and secured by the law like

seeking counseling for the less-positive responses I got,

any other couple.

volunteering at the campus LGBT office, and so on. All this exposure and experience helped me adjust to my identity with

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It would take two years before I would go on my first date

respect. Still, it took some work to get used to the idea that

but it didn’t stop me from being an activist and a community

I might be gay and remain moored in my faith. I prayed. I

organizer. I find that establishing a deep and meaningful re-

fasted. I tried integrating in the local Muslim student asso-

lationship is the most fundamental and challenging aspect of

ciation at my college and masjid. I tried reading the Qur’an

‘doing’ gay (in the sense that we are what we do, not what we

closely for homophobic and queer-friendly messages. I stud-

say). My work as a community organizer on gay issues and

ied the historical context of queer sexuality in Islam. At times

volunteering on gay causes has made the continued process

it felt like an impossible task, until I realized that my parents,

of coming out a bit easier, especially when I have been single

even in matters of religion, had always walked to the beat of

(considering in my head that being gay, like being a dancer,

their own drum. I focused in on a series of themes from my

somehow requires regular practice for continued membership

faith, and my parents’ approach to teaching it: community,

in the tribe in my head). Whatever the questions and issues

honesty, and above all else, mercy. Ultimately, I found this

the continued process involves, it will surely require self-rec-

more in my father’s teachings and the Qur’an than in the

ognition, remembrance, and religious reconciliation.

Gay in America

by Scott Pasfield Introduction by Terrence McNally & Tom Kirdahy 224 pages, 9 ¼ x 11 ½ Hardcover, $45.00 ($51.00 CAN) 100 full color photographs ISBN 978-1-59962-104-3 On Sale: 9/27/2011 Photography / Gay & Lesbian / Biography

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Scott Pasfield is a New York-based photographer who specializes in portraiture. His work has appeared in numerous publications, from BlackBook to Fortune, Poz to Gotham. His clients include the Independent Film Channel, Time, Inc., and the American Red Cross. Scott has taught at the Sante Fe Photography Workshops and is a member of Platon’s celebrated Nutopia Forum. He and his partner Nick divide their time between New York City, Long Island, and Vermont.

Made in America

By Lucy Lean Introduction by Joseph Bastianich

Made in America: Our Best Chefs Reinvent Comfort Food features updated classic recipes from the most innovative and remarkable chefs working today.

Inspired by turn-of-the-20th-century regional American cookbooks, Lucy Lean, former editor of edible LA, has delved

through thousands of traditional recipes to define the 100 that best represent America’s culinary legacy, and challenged today’s master chefs to deconstruct and rebuild them in entirely original ways. The result is the ultimate contemporary comfort food bible for the home cook and armchair food lover.

Lean has traveled America, photographing and interviewing master chefs, and collecting recipes—many of which have never been published before or were created especially for this book. Each recipe is enhanced with an introduction that includes the background and origin of the dish and a unique profile of the chef who has undertaken it, as well as sumptuous photographs of the dish, chef, and restaurant.

Representing the entire United States, chefs have been selected for their accomplishments, talent, and focus on local and sustainable cooking. From Ludo Lefebvre’s Duck-Fat-Fried Chicken with Piquillos Ketchup to Alain Ducasse’s Gratinéed French Onion Soup to Mario Batali’s Pappardelle Bolognese to John Besh’s Jumbo Louisiana Shrimp to April Bloomfield’s Spicy Ginger Whoopie Pies, Made in America showcases our favorite dishes as conceived by our finest chefs.

Brennan’s Bananas Foster L a z on e R a n d ol p h [ Brennan’s, New Orleans, Louisiana ] BreNNaN’s BaNaNas foster: Ripe bananas, brown sugar, rum, butter and cinnamon all caramelize together before being set on fire with a flourish and served over cold vanilla ice-cream. It’s a winning combination of ingredients that has been copied and reinvented many times over. Whilst in New Orleans I came across many iterations of Bananas Foster inspired by the classic flambéed original at Brennan’s.

Brennan’s lays claim to this dessert created by Chef Paul Blange back in 1951 and named after Richard Foster—a loyal customer and good friend of Owen Brennan, the founder of the restaurant. However, dig back a little in history and there are many examples from the late nineteenth century of recipes for the home cook to prepare Cheddar Cheesecalled Risotto with onions, sausages, apple, and Cheez-its pan-warmed bananas (or their close relative, plantains). These recipes invariably for little else than butter and perhaps a sprinkle of sugar—a Gr ahfar amcryE lfrom l i otBrennan’s B ow l e s [ Graham Elliot, Chicago, Illinois ] transcendent banana dessert.

Watching Chef Lazone Randolph cook up Bananas Foster tableside in the resthe larger thaN life, heavily tattooed young Graham Elliot Bowles taurant’s dining room is pure theatre as the flames leap up to the ceiling and diners bounces around his restaurant kitchen with the energy and playfulness of a giant gasp in awe. Randolph is very tall, add to this a towering pristine toque and it’s not just puppy. The walls are lined with neatly arranged rows of spice jars, glass beakers more the flames that seem to graze the giant chandeliers. He started in the kitchen working commonly found in a laboratory, copper pots and pans of every sort, an oversized fork under Chef Blange in the early sixties, honing his skills and working his way up to and spoon, and bright color-block paintings by a local artist. I feel like I have stepped take the reigns after his mentor passed away. Like many chefs he’s a man of few words from the chic grown up dining room in the dining room. Happy to perform the flambé ritual that he’s done countless times through the looking glass into an Alice before, he hides behind the spectacle. After posing for a few photographs and greeting in Wonderland playground complete a table of regulars he hurries back to his comfort zone of the large kitchen to oversee with a tiny set of copper pots suitable for the Sunday brunch rush at this always-packed 550-seat restaurant. The most requested Barbie. item on the menu: Bananas Foster.

Bowles is having fun “juxtaposing four-star cuisine with humor and accessibility” to give the world “bis1/4 cup (1/2 stick) butter 1. Combine the butter, sugar, and cinnamon in a flambé pan or skillet. Place tronomy.” His ever-changing menu re1 cup brown sugar the pan over low heat and cook, stirring, until the sugar dissolves. flects this, it’s an expression of who he is and his belief that cooking is an art form.

1/2 teaspoon cinnamon 2. Stir in the banana liqueur, then place the bananas in the pan. When the 1/4 cup banana liqueur Bowles takes American classic food and popular culture as his foundation, and then banana sections soften and begin to brown, carefully add the rum.

4 bananas, cut in half ® gets creative: 3. Continue to cook the sauce until the rum is hot, then tip the he pangarnishes slightly toWisconsin Cheddar risotto with Cheez-Its , his deconlengthwise, then halved salad comes 1/4 cup white rum ignite the rum. When the flames subside, lift the structed bananas Caesar out of the pan and with a savory brioche “Twinkie,” and dessert harks back 4 scoops vanilla ice cream place four pieces over each portion of ice cream.to childhood memories of summers spent at sleep-away camp roasting marshmallows great with his indoor campfire s’mores made with Graham 4. Generously spoon warm sauce over the top of the in icethe cream andoutdoors, serve immediately. crackers—obviously. ®

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Cheese with Rice As Bowles and I flicked through recipes from the late 1800s, the eyes behind his signature designer white glasses almost popped out of his head when he came across a recipe for ‘Cheese with Rice’ in Mrs. Lincoln’s Boston Cookbook (1884), topped with ‘buttered cracker crumbs.’ “I have to tackle this recipe—it’s so close to what I do with Wisconsin Cheddar and rice. On Top Chef Masters I did a version of this with Cheez-Its®.” So here you have in all its rich creamy cheesy deliciousness, an entirely modern Bowles “bistronomic” version of Mrs Lincoln’s Cheese with Rice.

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Made in America: Our Best Chefs Reinvent Comfort Food

by Lucy Lean Introduction by Joseph Bastianich 320 pages, 8 x 10 Hardcover, $40.00 ($45.00 CAN) 150 color photographs ISBN 978-1-59962-101-2 On Sale: 10/4/2011 Introduction by Joseph Bastianich

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“Made in America is a celebration of the contemporary American food landscape.

Be inspired by some of this nation’s finest and most influential chefs as they help you navigate from coast to coast.”

— Bobby Flay Chef and restaurateur

“Lucy Lean has given us a unique perspective on classic American dishes, bringing a modern chef’s twist to our nationally-treasured favorites.”

— Joe Bastianich Restaurateur and winemaker

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Lucy Lean is the former editor of edible Los Angeles, a quarterly magazine that explores local food news and issues, a food judge for the Gordon Ramsay Fox hit TV show Masterchef (seasons 1 and 2), a charter contributor to the food and wine culture website Zester Daily, and contributor to LA Weekly and Meatpaper magazine. She lives in Hollywood Hills, California, with her husband (son of Chef JeanJacques Rachou of La Côte Basque) and two children, where she blogs their culinary adventures on her website, LadlesandJellyspoons.com.

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By Marissa Guggiana

Marissa Guggiana, author of Primal Cuts, the definitive guide to America’s best butchers, turns her attention to the best-kept secret of the restaurant world: what the staff eats for dinner!

For every dinner service, there is a staff meal. Family-style celebrations prepared by chefs for their crew, the meals are never

on the menu, but are designed to show appreciation, provide energy for the evening, and more importantly, please even the pickiest palate. Marissa has once again traveled the country, this time to bring you behind-the-scenes profiles of the country’s top restaurants, and explore the tradition of the staff meal. Each night, sous chefs, line cooks, waiters, busboys, dishwashers, and managers all gather to eat, socialize, and plan before opening for business.

Ranging from small plates to multi-course extravaganzas, from an inspired use of leftovers or entirely new offerings, the concept is simple: a well-fed staff is a happy one. The best chefs in the best restaurants take their limitations—affordability, ingredients, and time—and transcend them to create meals worthy of their compatriots. Marissa has taken the most remarkable, soulful, and mouthwatering of these dishes—from Paul Liebrandt’s Lamb Shepherd’s Pie and John Besh’s Jumbalaya to Zingerman’s Beer and Cheese Soup and Aquavit’s Swedish Veal Stew—and translated them for the home cook.

Inside Off the Menu you will find 100 recipes from 50 of the nation’s top restaurants. Each entry includes profiles of the restaurants, Q&As with the chefs, behind-the-scenes trips to the kitchens, and dining out tips, restaurant tricks, and cooking techniques from the cream of the culinary crop. Pull back the curtain on the staff meal, and find new, exciting ways to feed your family from the best in the business.

Included in Off the Menu are:

• 50 Profiles of America’s Top Restaurants.

• 50 Interviews with America’s Best Chefs.

• Behind-the-scenes at America’s best restaurants, featuring tips and tricks from the nation’s best chefs.

A crisp is an apt expression of pantry cooking, which makes it a natural dessert for a staff meal. Though it is a forgiving and adaptive dish, you would do well to follow this version to the letter.

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Preheat the oven to 375˚F. In a medium bowl, combine the apple filling ingredients. Cover the bowl and allow to stand at room temperature for 30 minutes.

What was the first meal you made that you were proud of?

August of 1978—my first omelet.

What was your favorite food as a kid? The brookie: half brownie, half cookie. My invention.

Transfer the fruit filling into a pie dish. Remove the topping from the refrigerator and spread the topping evenly over the filling, breaking up the dough into small, grape-size pieces if necessary.

What would you eat at your last meal, if you could plan such a thing? Pasta and tomato sauce, assuming I could also plan the season.

Bake for 30 minutes on the center rack of oven until the crust is golden brown. Serve warm with ice cream, creme fraiche, or caramel sauce.

Serves 6 to 8

What chef do you most admire? Michel Rostang. He’s a brilliant chef from a whole line of brilliant chefs.

What music do you like to hear when you cook? None.

Where the Chefs Eat, Drink & Shop

What is your favorite midnight snack? Before the drive home from Stone Barns, I reach for sweets, like handfuls of petits fours or cookies from the cafe. I crash about halfway to the city.

What’s your favorite place to go for: • Sweets: Does home count? My wife is an incredible baker.

What kitchen utensil is most indispensable to you? A spoon.

I’m very particular about the spoons we use—both for plating the food, and for tasting it.

• Hamburgers: Our dog Jackson satisfies my hamburger craving for me.

If you could do one other job, what would it be? A bouquiniste—one of those street booksellers in Paris.

• Happy hour: I just realized I’ve never been to a happy hour.

What do you most value in a sous chef? I read that Warren Buffet once said: “In looking for people to hire, you look for three qualities: integrity, intelligence and energy. And if they don’t have the first, the other two will kill you.” That’s about right.

• Late night/after work meal: I have whatever I’ve stashed in my cup holders on the ride up that morning.

What food trend would you erase from the annals of history?

“Comfort food.” All food should be comforting.

What one food would you take with you on a desert island?

GORP—granola, oats, raisins, and peanuts trail mix.

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What book most informs your food, cookbook or otherwise?

Margaret Visser’s Much Depends on Dinner.

Add the crisp topping ingredients to a medium bowl.

Using fingertips, work the butter into the mix until the mixture has a flakey consistency. Refrigerate for 30 minutes.

½ cup dried figs 88 For the topping: ½ cup all purpose flour ½ cup red fife flour ½ cup confectioner sugar ½ cup unsalted butter, cut into ¼-inch cubes 3 tablespoons sliced almonds 1 pinch salt ¼ teaspoon ground cinnamon ¾ teaspoon vanilla extract

What is your favorite ingredient? Maybe a new breed of tomato, because they have to compete with everyone’s idealization of heirlooms. There will always be a place for Brandywines and Green Zebras, but a great plant breeder can take the best genetics from those older varieties and make them even better.

blue hill at stone barns

• Greasy spoon: Los Dos Toros in the Denver Airport. If I have to have a layover, I want it there.

• Bread: Red fife brioche from Alex Grunert, Blue Hill pastry kitchen.

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Margarita’s Chili Verde This is a homey, family recipe that Margarita often had as a child in Michoacán. The restaurant before Stellina was a white man’s version of a Mexican restaurant and the only highly regarded dish was Margarita’s chili verde. She has even won a local cooking competition with it.

For the stew: 2 cups regular olive oil (not extra virgin) for frying 5 pounds Niman Ranch or other local pork butt, or fat part of the leg, trimmed of all but 10% of the outside fat and cut into 1½ inch chunks 2 heads garlic, chopped Salt & pepper 1 large yellow onion, diced 1 large bunch cilantro, roughly chopped For the salsa: 5 pounds tomatillos, peeled from paper but not skins, raw 2 to 6 fresh jalapenos, to taste 4 cloves garlic, peeled 1 large yellow onion, peeled and quartered 4 quarts water

Use a large, thick-bottomed braiser pot, approximately 18” diameter with 6” sides, suitable for slow-frying and stewing. Heat the oil over medium high heat and add the pork, garlic, and salt and pepper before the oil is too hot. Bring to a boil and lower to a simmer. (The entire mixture should be at a bubbly simmer.) Slow fry the pork in the oil for approximately 1 hour. When the pork has a bit of brown color, and has been cooked well on all sides, remove about 90% of the oil. Add the diced onions and cook for another 2 minutes.

While the pork is cooking, prepare the salsa. Put the tomatillos, jalapeno, garlic, onion, and water into a large container. Using a hand mixer, coarsely chop all ingredients together. The mixture should be chunky and not too fine.

When the pork, garlic , and onion mixture is ready, add the salsa and cook for approximately 1½ to 2 hours more at a good simmer. Check the seasoning a few times while cooking and salt and pepper to taste. Check the doneness of the meat at 1½ hours. The pork should be well braised and easy to bite through; the tip of a small knife inserted into the meat should be easy to insert and withdraw. The meat should be “falling off the bone” tender.

Check seasoning once again for final time, then add cilantro to finish. Serve with bread, rice, or warm corn tortillas.

Serves 8 to 10

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A Brides’ Book of

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First Christmas

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A Bride’s Book

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Home Keeper: The Ultimate Organizer • Hardcover, $27.50 ($32.00) • 3-ring binder, 8 color tabs with storage pockets • 16 plastic storage sleeves • 160 pages, 10-1/2" x 11-1/2", Shrink-wrapped • ISBN 978-1-59962-065-7 www.welcomebooks.com/homekeeper

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Humor The Little Big Book of Laughter

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Memories for My Grandchild: A Grandmother’s Keepsake Journal

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Life The Little Big Book of

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The Little Big Book of Birds

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curses spells

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A Little Box of Books

Nature The Big Book of Dinosaurs

Flying Flowers

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The Little Big Book for Grandmothers Edited by Alice Wong and Lena Tabori • Hardcover, $24.95 ($28.95) • 110 color and 150 line illustrations • 352 pages, 6-1/2" x 6-1/2", ribbon marker • ISBN 978-1-59962-068-8 Winner: Book of the Year, Foreword Magazine www.welcomebooks.com/littlebigbookforgrandmothers

Memories for My Grandchild (see Journals • Organizers • Keepsakes, page 12)

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MoM’s Book of Lists 100 Practical Lists for Raising Your Kids

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Buddha

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Pets • Animals Animal House

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The Big Book of Dogs Edited by J.C. Suarès • Hardcover, $24.95 ($38.95) • 230 duotone photographs • 384 pages, 7-1/2" x 7-1/2" • US/CAN/Open Mkt only • ISBN 978-1-932183-21-4

The Big Book of Horses Edited by J.C. Suarès • Hardcover, $24.95 ($38.95) • 230 duotone photographs • 384 pages, 7-1/2" x 7-1/2" • US/CAN/Open Mkt only • ISBN 978-1-59962-013-8

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The Little Big Book of Cats

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Photography American Farmer: The Heart of Our Country Photographs by Paul Mobley Text by Katrina Fried Introduction by Michael Martin Murphy • Hardcover, $50.00 ($57.50) • 150 color and b/w illustrations • 276 pages, 10-1/4" x 13", Shink-wrapped • ISBN 978-1-59962-047-3 • Winner 2009 Western Heritage Award, Rose Award www.welcomebooks.com/americanfarmer

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Flying Flowers (see Nature, page 13) The Fourth Wall

By Amy Arbus Introduction by John Patrick Shanley • Hardcover, $50.00 ($57.50) • Over 80 black-and-white photographs printed in tritone • 160 pages, 11" x 11", Shrink-wrapped • ISBN 978-1-59962-044-2 www.welcomebooks.com/fourthwall

India: In Word and Image Photographs by Eric Meola Introduction by Bharati Mukherjee • Hardcover, $60.00 ($69.00) • Over 200 color illustrations • 272 pages, 10" x 13", Shrink-wrapped • US/CAN/UK & Commonwealth only • ISBN 978-1-59962-049-7 www.welcomebooks.com/india

The Last Good War: The Faces and Voices of World War II Photographs by Thomas Sanders Text by Veronica Kavass Introduction by Hampton Sides • Hardcover, $45.00 ($53.00) • 200 full color and black and white photos • 224 pages, 8-1/4" x 11-1/2" • ISBN 978-1-59962-085-5 www.welcomebooks.com/lastgoodwar

My Mother’s Clothes (see Fashion, page 11) New York Deco (see Travel, page 16) New York Deco, Deluxe Edition (see Deluxe Editions, inside back cover)

Ngorongoro

Wild Birds of the American Wetlands

Photographs by Reinhard Künkel Foreword by Benjamin William Mkapa, President of Tanzania • Hardcover, $75.00 ($100.00) • Over 300 color photographs • 336 pages, 10-1/4" x 13-7/8", Shrink-wrapped • US/CAN only • ISBN 978-1-59962-018-3 Leo Press

The Oxford Project

Photographs by Peter Feldstein Text by Stephen G. Bloom • Trade Paperback with flaps, $29.95 ($34.00) • More than 200 black and white photographs • 256 pages, 8-1/2" x 11" • ISBN 978-1-59962-087-9 • Reading and Teacher’s Guide www.welcomebooks.com/oxfordproject

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Tuscan Country: A Photographer’s Journey (see Travel, page 16) Vintage San Francisco (see Travel, page 16)

Buddha (see Photography, page 14)

Romance • Weddings A Bride’s Book (see Journals • Organizers • Keepsakes, page 12) * da n c i n g t i p s * p o p u l a r r e a d i n g s a n d vows * t h e m e s *

A Brides’ Book of

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* w e d d i n g d ay e m e r g e n c y k i t c o n t e n t s *

g u e s t fav o r s

A Bride’s Book of Lists

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The Little Big Book of Love Edited by Lena Tabori and Natasha Tabori Fried • Hardcover, $24.95 ($27.95) • More than 150 color illustrations • 352 pages, 6-1/2" x 6-1/2", ribbon marker • ISBN 978-1-59962-052-7 www.welcomebooks.com/littlebigbookoflove

Off to Sea: A Romance

By Richard Stine • Hardcover, $15.95 ($24.95) • 55 color illustrations • 64 pages, 10-1/4" x 7-1/4" • ISBN 978-0-941807-01-2

Spanish/Language Primera Navidad

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B AC K L I ST

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The Book of Exodus, Limited Edition (see Limited Editions, inside back cover)

W E LCO M E

Slow: Life in a Tuscan Town

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* q u e s t i o n s t o a s k y o u r c at e r e r * s o n g a n d m u s i c l i s t s * r i n g s

The Oxford Project

The Book of Exodus

the meaning of flowers

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Religion

* wedding traditions * tipping guide * dress shopping

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c h e c k l i st f o r yo u r p h oto g r a p h e r

On the Street: 1980 – 1990

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The Little Big Book of Ireland

Sports The Little Big Book of Baseball Edited by H. Clark Wakabayashi • Hardcover, $24.95 ($38.95) • 200 color & 100 line illustrations • 352 pages, 6-1/2" x 6-1/2" • ribbon marker • ISBN 978-1-932183-91-7

Travel California the Beautiful Photographs by Galen Rowell Edited by Peter Beren Preface by Dan Jacobson of Environment California • Hardcover, $19.95 ($24.95) • 85 color photographs • 160 pages, 7-1/4” x 7-1/4” • ISBN 978-1-59962-074-9 www.welcomebooks.com/californiathebeautiful

Canyon Wilderness of the Southwest, Mini Edition

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Canyon Wilderness of the Southwest, Deluxe Edition (see Deluxe Editions, inside back cover)

Cooking with Italian Grandmothers (see Food and Entertaining, page 11)

B AC K L I ST W E LCO M E

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New York Deco Photographs by Richard Berenholtz Introduction by Carol Willis • Hardcover, $19.95 ($24.95) • 100 color photographs • 160 pages, 7-1/2" x 7-1/2" • ISBN 978-1-59962-078-7 www.welcomebooks.com/nydeco

New York Deco, Deluxe Edition (see Deluxe Editions, inside back cover) Paris: Wish You Were Here!

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Slow: Life in a Tuscan Town (see Photography, page 15)

Hidden Napa Valley, Revised and Expanded

Tuscan Country: A Photographer’s Journey

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Vintage San Francisco

Hidden Sonoma

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Edited by Christopher Measom and H. Clark Wakabayashi • Hardcover, $24.95 ($29.95) • 150 color & 100 line illustrations • 352 pages, 6-1/2" x 6-1/2", ribbon marker • ISBN 978-1-59962-021-3

Photographs by Wes Walker • Hardcover, $17.95 ($26.50) • 100 color photographs • 160 pages, 6-1/2" x 6-1/2" • ISBN 978-1-932183-92-4

India: In Word and Image (see Photography, page 14) The Little Big Book of California Edited by Natasha Tabori Fried • Hardcover, $24.95 ($35.95) • 150 color & 100 line illustrations • 352 pages, 6-1/2" x 6-1/2", ribbon marker • ISBN 978-1-932183-70-2

By Wes Walker Introduction by Piero Antinori • Hardcover, $29.95 ($37.95) • 100 color photographs • 160 pages, 8-1/2" x 8-1/2" • ISBN 978-1-59962-022-0 Photographs by Moulin Studios Edited by Peter Beren • Hardcover, $16.95 ($26.50) • Over 100 historic b/w photographs • 160 pages, 6-1/2" x 6-1/2" • ISBN 978-0-941807-31-9

The Vineyard Cookbook (see Food & Entertaining, page 12) Yosemite & the Eastern Sierra Photographs by Gary Crabbe Edited by Peter Beren • Hardcover, $16.95 ($24.95) • 100 color photographs • 160 pages, 6-1/2" x 6-1/2" • ISBN 978-1-932183-24-5

deluxe Canyon Wilderness of the Southwest

PHOTOGRAPHY/LANDSCAPES– PHOTOGRAPHY/NATURE & WILDLIFE

By Jon Ortner Introduction by Greer Chesher • $195.00 ($224.00 CAN) • 248 pages, 16" x 12" • More than 200 color photographs; includes 10 gatefolds; each copy includes a signed & numbered print; shrink-wrapped with individual shipping carton.

• Limited to 6,000 copies • ISBN 978-1-59962-056-5 www.welcomebooks.com/ canyonwildernessdeluxe

e d itio n s New York Deco

PHOTOGRAPHY– ARCHITECTURAL

Photographs by Richard Berenholtz Introduction by Carol Willis • $125.00 ($144.00 CAN) • 184 pages, 10" x 10" • 120 color photographs; includes six gatefolds; 3-piece hardcover case, slip-cased (10-3/8" x 10-1/2") with foil stamping & debossed handtipped 4-color image; each copy includes a signed & numbered print; shrink-wrapped • Limited to 5,000 copies • ISBN 978-1-59962-053-4 www.welcomebooks.com/nydecodeluxe

New York City landmarks were born during two most stylish and dazzling decades: the 1920s and 1930s. The Chrysler Building, the Empire State Building, Rockefeller Center, and the Waldorf-Astoria—as well as dozens of lesser-known but equally stunning office buildings and apartment houses grace this edition.

Richard Berenholtz’s photographs of the finest examples of New York City’s art deco architecture are accompanied by literary text from the era.

This awe-inspiring visual odyssey through one of the world’s greatest treasures is an extraordinary publishing achievement. Beautifully photographed by renowned photographer Jon Ortner, this deluxe, numbered edition showcases over 200 images, including 100 panoramas and 10 gatefolds that open to four feet.

Shot in over 60 locations across a 130,000-square-mile area, the images cover national parks, national monuments, state parks, wilderness areas, and tribal lands, including the Grand Canyon, Bryce Canyon, and Petrified Forest.

lim ite d The Constitution

HISTORY

Inscribed & illustrated by Sam Fink • $500.00 ($675.00 CAN) • 65 loose folios, each 15" x 22" in a 16-1/4" x 23-1/4" x 1-1/4" clamshell box; includes a signed and numbered print • Limited to 1,500 signed & numbered copies • ISBN 978-1-59962-016-9 www.welcomebooks.com/ constitution/limitededition

It’s a beautiful thing, our country’s Constitution, and this extraordinary limited edition gives it its due. Nonagenarian Sam Fink’s unadorned, classically simple calligraphy and exquisite illustrations—originally done in pen-and-ink in 1987 and newly painted in color for these imposing folios (15" x 22")—are approachable and profoundly affecting, underscoring what an elegantly simple document our forefathers had the wisdom and forethought to craft.

Housed in an exquisite deep clamshell box (16-1/4" x 23-1/4") and lined in blue Saifu cloth, it also contains a limited-edition print of the entire Constitution, newly calligraphed onto one sheet, signed and numbered by Sam Fink. It is a worthy addition to any home.

e d itio n s Inscribed & illustrated by Sam Fink • $500.00 ($645.00 CAN) • 45 loose folios, each 22" x 16-3/4", in a 23-1/4" x 18" x 1-1/4" clamshell box; includes a separate folio with the English translation and a print signed and numbered

by Sam Fink • Limited to 1,000 signed and numbered copies • ISBN 978-1-59962-040-4 ART/RELIGION–JUDAISM www.welcomebooks.com/exodus The Book of Exodus was originally conceived by artist Sam Fink as a gift to his family, now living in Israel. Fink created forty original watercolor skyscapes, one for each chapter in the book of Exodus. This extraordinary text details the Jews’ enslavement in Egypt, their harrowing journey with Moses out of bondage, and the new laws established for them by their God. In these folio prints Sam Fink reaches his family across an ocean—and readers around the world—with breathtaking images that speak to this powerful story. Each watercolor is meticulously hand-lettered with the Old Testament text, in Hebrew and in the Jewish Publication Society’s 1917 English translation. Housed in a blue cloth-covered clamshell box.

The Book of Exodus