"Betty Crocker Big Book of Slow Cooker, Casseroles, and More! combines slow cooker, comfort food and one dish meals into one big compendium, with a focus on ease and convenience, answering consumer demand for simple mealtime solutions in an affordable, high-value package.This book collects favorite recipes Betty Crocker readers have come to trust for simple solutions for home-cooked meals and modern twists to comfort food classics. Every recipe delivers on this no-fuss promise, utilizing convenience appliances such as a slow cooker, or only one essential pot or pan, like a casserole dish or skillet, to get dinner on the table quickly and efficiently. More than 250 no-fuss recipes, from comforting casseroles and pasta favorites to hearty soups and stews and light and fresh accompaniments, with beautiful 4-color photos throughout. Bonus dessert and appetizer chapters offer clever ideas for holiday and entertaining meals. Special features in each chapter will offer valuable advice on making crowd-pleasing dishes for entertaining, big batch cooking ideas, clever ways to use up leftovers, and I-didn't-know-I-could-do-that snacks and drinks made with a slow cooker. Icons to highlight vegetarian dishes and super-fast recipes that can be prepared in 30 minutes or less. Introductory section will include helpful tips and information on optimizing a slow cooker, make-ahead recipe suggestions, and ways to speed up dinnertime prep."--

"A close look at cloud computing's transformational role in business Covering cloud computing from what the business leader needs to know, this book describes how IT can nimbly ramp up revenue initiatives, positively impact business operations and costs, and how this allows business leaders to shed worry about technology so they can focus on their business. It also reveals the cloud's effect on corporate organization structures, the evolution of traditional IT in the global economy, potential benefits and risks of cloud models and most importantly, how the IT function is being rethought by companies today who are making room for the coming tidal wave that is cloud computing. Why IT and business thinking must change to capture the full potential of cloud computing. Topics including emerging cloud solutions, data security, service reliability, the new role of IT and new business organization structures. Other titles by Hugos include: Business Agility: Sustainable Prosperity in a Relentlessly Competitive World and Essentials of Supply Chain Management, 2nd Edition. Practical and timely, this book reveals why it's worth every company's time and effort to exploit cloud computing's potential for their business's survival and success."--