Forecasting: September 2005

Culinary-related books which sold to publishers in September 2005. Garnered from a variety of sources.

*Bob Skilnik's THE COMPLETE HISTORY OF BEER AND BREWING IN CHICAGO, to Barricade, for publication in Spring 2006.

*Eileen Yin-Fei Lo's MY GRANDMOTHER'S CHINESE KITCHEN: Lessons and Recipes for My Granddaughter, presenting 100 "heirloom" recipes along with family stories about her beloved grandmother, to Perigee, for publication during Chinese New Year 2007.

*Actor Morgan Freeman's MORGAN FREEMAN & FRIENDS: Caribbean Cooking for a Cause, which will benefit the Grenada Relief Fund and feature island recipes from celebrity friends, including Hilary Swank, Tom Hanks, Alicia Keys, and Michael Douglas, to Rodale.

*Dave DeWitt's THE LEONARDO DA VINCI COOKBOOK, a food history with recipes that details the story of Leonardo's career as cook, kitchen innovator, and gourmand, to Broadway. Dave DeWitt's The Spicy Food Lover's Bible : The Ultimate Guide to Buying, Growing, Storing, and Using the Key Ingredients That Give Food Spice with More Than 250 Recipes from Around the World, co-written with Nancy Gerlach was released in May of this year.

*Radio host and cookbook author Lynne Rossetto Kasper, producer Sally Swift and Minnesota Public Radio's THE SPLENDID TABLE GUIDE TO WORK-NIGHT MENUS, a compendium of culinary wisdom culled from Kasper's show, The Splendid Table, to Clarkson Potter. Kasper's earlier book, The Splendid Table: Recipes from Emilia-Romagna, the Heartland of Northern Italian Food, published by Morrow in 1992, was a winner of the IACP and James Beard Awards.

*Food writer Adeena Sussman's illustrated history of the post-war boom in mass-produced prepared foods, from Jell-O to boxed baking mixes to TV dinners, to Collector's Press.

*Jane Stern and Michael Stern's AMERICA'S 100 BEST SANDWICHES, serving up favorite sandwiches encountered coast to coast and where to find them, to Houghton Mifflin.

*Walter Staib's BLACK FOREST FUSION: Classic Cuisine from the Heart of Europe, featuring the traditional and eclectic cuisine of Germany's Schwarzwald, to Running Press. This publisher has previously released Staib's City Tavern Cookbook (1999).

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