Betty Crocker ultimate Bisquick cookbook : hundreds of new recipes plus back-of-the-box favorites. <641.5 B565> is the latest cookbook from Betty Crocker. Check it out today to see all the wonderful recipes, and ideas for your next meal.

If you have a creative spirit and want to try your hand at cake and cupcake decorating, Cake Art is for you. Chefs from the CIA’s prestigious Baking and Pastry faculty describe the various techniques and provide easy-to-follow instructions so the home baker can create beautiful cakes and cupcakes. Cake decorating is an activity that can be enjoyed by everyone and children can help with 8 of the 27 projects included in Cake Art.

Tired of just plain butter on your popcorn? Then check out myrecipes.com “7 ways with popcorn” here

Well doesn’t that sound boring? Yet in Peter Reinhart’s  Whole Grain Breads <641.8 R371p 2007> boring isn’t a word you’ll be using. Instead with its easy to follow recipes, visual step-by-step imagery and stunning result pictures, you’ll be thinking; “amazing”, “mouth-watering”, and “I can’t wait you make that!” So why not check it out.

Cakes are becoming one of the most main stream Culinary art careers. With reality shows, books, and nation wide competitions, cakes have become an “extreme sport” in the culinary world. Now you too can learn to make some crazy cakes with Cakes to Dream On <641 P481c>. Filled with recipes, and cake layouts your sure to find a cake that will wow the judges. (even if the judges are just your friends)

In the July 2007 issue of Chronicle of Higher Education, an article entitled: From Bland … to Grand, takes you through the steps of the high pressure cooking competition known as The Culinary Challenge. Just to give you a hint of what’s in store… this years main ingredient was tofu!

Theory and Practice of Good Cooking (available through Net Library) Teaches how to become a great cook with the most important tools any cook can own, their hands. “Hands can beat, cream, fold, knead, pat, press, form, toss, tear, and pound. They are so sensitive that the instant your fingers touch or feel something, they transmit messages to your brain about texture and temperature.”~James Beard

Looking for the top Burger recipies before summer comes to an end? Than look no further than the July 15th issue of Restaurant & Institutions. “Bugermania!” found on page 33 lists the top 50 burgers from the top 400 food chains.

Stuck on what to make for dinner, or looking for a fun you dish to try out? Then check out www.kraftfoods.com. With great features like allergen alerts, meal planners, shopping lists and a completely customizable recipe box that lets you add your own recipes for safe keeping, you can’t go wrong using this site.  There are even ways to search recipes by the amount of ingredients, total time preparing, and a healthy living option that allows you to choose foods low in fat, calories, sodium and more. Check it out today!  �

Summer will be here soon….. be ready for it and go to turkeyhill.com for some great homemade ice cream recipes.