Emeril Lagasse was arguably one of the first celebrity chefs, getting his own cooking show in 1997. Lagasse taught America about New Orleans-style cooking. Readers can learn about his restaurants, his television appearances, and his personal life as well as discover the different paths that lead to a career in the culinary arts. Budding chefs can try their hands at some Lagasse-inspired recipes.

Provides tips for having fun and keeping safe in the kitchen, along with dozens of world-famous chef Emeril Lagasse's favorite recipes that families can make and eat together.

Eat as much as you want... and lose 20 pounds fast! Bonus: The meals are hearty, delicious-and ready in 20 minutes! You won't believe it's a diet! Lose weight while dining deliciously on bowl after bowl of rich, varied, stew-like soups-from sausage-and rice-filled jambalaya to cheese-laced minestrone with pasta and beans. Good Housekeeping makes it so easy: even though each soup tastes totally different from the next, they are all built from the...

Vietnamese cooking has become a staple of Crescent City cuisine. Fans of the fresh, flavorful offerings once had to travel to New Orleans East or the Westbank, where there were concentrations of Vietnamese immigrants and family restaurants. Now, however, this cuisine is found throughout the greater New Orleans area. This tantalizing book brings together information and photos on the Vietnamese dishes, culture, and history in New Orleans. Recipes from...

“No Experience Necessary” is Chef Norman Van Aken's joyride of a memoir. In it he spans twenty-plus years and nearly as many jobs-including the fateful job advertisement in the local paper for a short-order cook with "no experience necessary." Long considered a culinary renegade and a pioneering chef, Van Aken is an American original who chopped and charred, sweated and seared his way to cooking stardom with no formal training, but with extra...

Market Research in Practice: The Essential Guide on Niche Marketing. Discover the Right Niche to Focus on for the Success of Your Online Business Niche marketing research has more misinformation surrounding it than just about any topic of marketing on the Internet. Some can't even agree on what exactly is niche research. It's important to learn the facts from the myths so that you will be successful in doing your niche marketing research. Niche research...

"Restaurant manager Vera Abbot has come to The Inn to embark on the job of her dreams. But from the day she arrives, her dream turns into a harrowing nightmare. She hears strange footsteps, sees faceless figures in the dead of night. . .and is tormented by erotic dreams in which a hideous stranger makes love to her. The past never dies. It only sleeps, waiting to unleash a new cycle of bloodshed and terror. For The Inn is a breeding ground for unspeakable...