Wednesday, January 14, 2009

Berry Fruit or Sweet Treats

Berry Fruit: Value-Added Products for Health Promotion

Author: Yanyun Zhao

Valued for its unique flavors, textures, and colors, berry fruits is a rapidly-growing crop that provides significant health benefits due to its high antioxidants. Berry Fruit: Value-Added Products for Health Promotion provides an understanding of its functional chemicals, shelf-life and microbial safety concerns, as well as its applications in the food industry. Written by international experts, each chapter presents scientific background, research results, critical reviews of relevant issues, and case studies. Readers will learn about bioactive food constituents and their potential health benefits, methods of enhancing food quality, and potential uses of berry processing by-products.



Table of Contents:
Bioactive compounds of berry fruit     1
Berry crops: Worldwide area and production systems   Bernadine C. Strik     3
Chemical components of berry fruits   Stephen T. Talcott     51
Berry fruit phytochemicals   Luke R. Howard   Tiffany J. Hager     73
Natural pigments of berries: Functionality and application   M. Monica Giusti   Pu Jing     105
Antioxidant capacity and phenolic content of berry fruits as affected by genotype, preharvest conditions, maturity, and postharvest handling   Shiow Y. Wang     147
The potential health benefits of phytochemicals in berries for protecting against cancer and coronary heart disease   Rui Hai Liu     187
Quality and safety of berry fruit during postharvest handling and storage     205
Quality of berries associated with preharvest and postharvest conditions   Elizabeth Mitcham     207
Microbial safety concerns of berry fruit   Mark A. Daeschel   Pathima Udompijitkul     229
Postharvest handling, storage, and treatment of fresh market berries   Cynthia Bower     261
Processing technologies for developing value-added berry fruit products     289
Freezing process of berries   Yanyun Zhao     291
Dehydration of berries   Fernando E. Figuerola     313
Commercial canning of berries   Hosahalli S. Ramaswamy   Yang Meng     335
Berry jams and jellies   Fernando E. Figuerola     367
Utilization of berry processing by-products   Yanyun Zhao     387
Index     411

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Sweet Treats: 12 Delectable Quilts from 2 Easy Blocks

Author: Sandy Bonsib

Mmm, mmm, good! In Sweet Treats, popular teacher Sandy Bonsib shows how to create tasty effects with just two simple blocks--four-patch blocks and half-square triangle blocks. The resulting quilts, following principles of color and value, look intricate and sophisticated. As an added bonus, there are ten recipes for decadent desserts. It's a quilting party in a book!

* Tasty results with just four-patch and half-square triangle blocks

* Includes 10 yummy recipes for Chocolate Decadence, Blueberry Cobbler, and more



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