Cooking Know-how: Be a Better Cook with Hundreds of Easy Techniques, Step-by-step Photos, and Ideas for Over 500 Great Meals - Hardcover

Weinstein, Bruce; Scarbrough, Mark

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0470180803 ISBN 13: 9780470180808

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Ltd, 2009

Synopsis

Bruce Weinstein and Mark Scarbrough, the creators of the bestselling Ultimate cookbook series, are known for their great recipes. But in their exciting new book, Weinstein and Scarbrough provide more than just recipes: they demonstrate the essential techniques people need to become more confident in the kitchen. Cooking Know–How is organized around 65 "master recipes" for a wide range of dinnertime favorites, from Filet Mignon, Ribs, and Pot Roast to Enchiladas, Thai Curry, and Vindaloo. The authors use each master recipe as a jumping–off point to teach basic techniques, providing detailed step–by–step instructions along with full–color how–to photographs. Once cooks understand the techniques, they can try out one of the eight recipe variations the authors provide at the end of each master recipe section (for Bean Soup, for example, the eight choices range from Black Bean Soup to Minestrone). Or, even better, they can start improvising their own variations. Filled with authoritative how–to instructions, lively advice and asides, over 300 illuminating color photographs, and more than 500 terrific recipes, Cooking Know–How is a one–of–a–kind how–to cookbook––the ideal kitchen companion for both cooking beginners and veteran home chefs seeking to expand their skills and repertoire. Bruce Weinstein and Mark Scarbrough (Colebrook, CT) are the authors of the bestselling series of single–topic Ultimate cookbooks, including The Ultimate Ice Cream Book (978–0–688–16149–1). They are contributing editors to Eating Well and columnists for Cooking Light, Today′s Health and Wellness, weightwatchers.com, and Relish. Weinstein and Scarborough also write regularly for other magazines and newspapers and have appeared on the Today show, the CBS Early Show, and The View , among other programs.

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Product Description:

Paperback. Pub Date: 2009 Pages: 416 Publisher: John Wiley Welcome to a whole new kind of cookbook. Knowing how to Cook has challenged lots of men. WOMEN Too What most people Learn is a specific Recipe: how to make this pasta sauce. or that loaf of ead. What about learning how to cook in general And not just the 'how' but the 'how come' That requires a technique book. What you'll find in this book is an alphabetical list of sixty-five recipe-driven. technique-centered explications that build out into hundreds of dishes. Armed with the knowledge of the simple mechanics of a dish. the five or so steps it takes to make it. you can walk into the market. find what's fresh (or on special). ing it home. and have dinner on the table without any worries. any overly romantic pretensions. or any cookbooks piled on the floor: fresh every time-and your way. too.-from the Introduction The...

Review:

In this unconventional, friendly cookbook, Weinstein and Scarbrough, the authors of the Ultimate cookbook series, have selected 65 basic savory dishes that, taken together, make up a diverse, international repertoire of nightly dinners. A “How to Use” section orients readers to the particular of the book and some important considerations for translating the general explication to the specific recipe. Each general dish, be it a bean soup or tagine, begins with a description of the basic technique, with photos illustrating each step. Included in the description are suggestions for the cook who wants to improvise with different spices or needs to use up that lone parsnip in the refrigerator. Following the recipe is a chart with multiple variations: eight different versions of enchiladas (including turkey and walnut) or eight different meals cooked in parchment packets, such as ratatouille–style fish and Japanese–style chicken. The recipes are structured without being fussy and the majority are relatively easy. This is a welcome rarity, imparting a useful, innovative framework as well as the confidence to depart from it. (Apr.) RED STAR REVIEW ( Publishers Weekly , December 15, 2008)

About this edition

• Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Ltd
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 0470180803
• ISBN 13: 9780470180808
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 416