Tea of the Sages or Fix It and Forget It Recipes for Entertaining

Tea of the Sages: The Art of Sencha

Author: Patricia Jane Graham

The Japanese tea ceremony is generally identified with chanoyu and its bowls of whipped, powdered green tea served in surroundings influenced by the tenets of Zen Buddhism. Tea of the Sages is the first English-language study of the alternate tea tradition of sencha. At sencha tea gatherings, steeped green leaf tea is prepared in an atmosphere indebted to the humanistic values of the Chinese sages and the materialistic culture of elite Chinese society during the Ming and Qing dynasties. This exceptionally well-illustrated volume explores sencha's philosophy and arts from the seventeenth century to the present.

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Fix-It and Forget-It Recipes for Entertaining: Slow Cooker Favorites for All the Year Round

Author: Phyllis Pellman Good

Fix It and Forget-It Recipes for Entertaining is for busy people who still want to have guests -- dinner with neighbors, weekend visitors, friends after a chilly soccer game, a birthday party, a slow-cooker carry-in buffet.

Get rid of the last-minute pressures of putting food on the table. Visit with your guests until it's time to eat. Little fuss, lots of flavor.

This cookbook -- in the Fix It and Forget-It tradition -- has more than 580 irresistible recipes (and no duplicates with the original Fix It and Forget-It Cookbook).

Table of Contents:

About Fix-It and Forget-It Recipes for Entertaining

The Main Course

Beef Main Dishes

Pork Main Dishes

Chicken Main Dishes

Turkey Main Dishes

Meat and Bean Main Dishes

Other Main Dish Favorites

Soups

Vegetables

Sweets

The Extras

Appetizers, Snacks, and Spreads

Beverages

Breakfast Dishes

Index

About the Authors