Cookbooks, Food & Wine

Rare is the cookbook that redefines how we cook. And rare is the author who can do so with the ease and expertise of acclaimed writer and culinary authority Michael Ruhlman.

The Absolute Best Way to Do Almost Anything in the Kitchen The first book on technique from America's Test Kitchen showcases 100 groundbreaking techniques that will transform your cooking life, paired with more than 200 creative, modern recipes that put the techniques into real-world, home-kitchen practice. From making the most tender burger patties to grill-roasting a leg of lamb, from making pan sauces for cutlets to simmering homemade duck confit, from griddling the fluffiest pancakes to tempering chocolate, making caramel, and baking French pastry, the test cooks of ATK shine their spotlight on simpler, smarter, foolproof strategies. The first section, Essentials Every Home Cook Should Know, covers core techniques. Learn why it's crucial to season with salt properly before and during cooking for the best Roasted Bone-In Chicken Breasts and Crispy Salt and Pepper Shrimp. Cook any piece of salmon to silky perfection through our high-low roasting technique. The middle section, Techniques You Didn't Know You Couldn't Live Without, includes techniques we developed from an unexpected angle of discovery. Bake crusty, golden, bubbly-topped pizza by using a skillet. Fry easy, restaurant-quality homemade French fries by starting the potatoes in room-temperature oil. The final section, The Bucket List, gives you the know-how to make dreamed-about projects come true. Barbecue true Texas beef ribs in a standard kettle grill. Cure your own bacon or gravlax in your refrigerator. Bake, assemble, and decorate a show-stopping layer cake for any special occasion.

A culinary instructor details the six basic techniques needed to successfully cook at home, form learning how to handle a chef's knife to properly cooking leafy greens.

Unlock The Power Of Cooking Technique And Never Again Suffer Through A Boring Meal By learning how to cook, you become the absolute ruler of your results.What you will learn from this book: How to cook 99% of the ingredients you come across by knowing only a few cooking techniques! Impress your friends and family with how great your meals taste after spending mere minutes learning the techniques! A simple technique for cooking chicken perfect every single time. (You'll never again have to eat a "boring" chicken breasts.) How to always develop a "crust" on your steak. How to prepare fish to perfection in less than 10 minutes... every single time. A way to fall in love with your veggies. (And watch your kids do the same!) Why salt isn't "bad" for you like most think... if you always follow my "seasoning" procedure. How to cook an egg 5 ways. (And how you'll regularly want to eat "breakfast for dinner.") The most important aspect of making a healthy dessert. And a few of my staple go-to desserts that keep my annoying sweet tooth at bay! A technique for making large meals with only the push of a button. The basic techniques that I use to do 99% of my cooking. How to use the simplest cooking technique in the book to make over 5 meals for then week... and it only takes 5 minutes of cooking! I'm here to show you how cooking can be dead simple. When you simplify cooking, you'll quickly realize it's not difficult or mysterious or anything like that. You might even start enjoying the process! To key to demystifying the process of cooking is through learning "technique." Learning cooking technique gives you the ability to cook any ingredient without a recipe. By combining whatever ingredients you have on hand with a little "know-how" in the kitchen, you unlock infinite recipe combinations and without a single cookbook. And the crazy part is you can learn each of these techniques in 10 minutes or less. The beauty of cooking technique is you learn it once and then get to use it every time you set foot in the kitchen. And that is the goal: To learn how to cook any ingredient and make it taste good. I believe that if you learn at least three of the basic cooking techniques in this book, you will have the power to unlock the flood gates to your health and fitness results. When you enjoy the food you prepare, you have the ultimate power in choosing what you put in your body. And in case you didn't already know it, food is the key to your body. It all starts with nutrition. The Gym Life Book of Cooking Technique isn't a culinary textbook or a recipe book. It is a fast read that quickly gets to the point: teaching you cooking technique. You will learn the basic techniques I use to enjoy single digit body-fat numbers year round! Give yourself the chance to learn one of the greatest skills you can posses and enjoy the multitude of benefits that come with it. All found in the skill of cooking. Yours in Fitness,-Colin Stuckert

This is the best-selling undergraduate food preparation textbook in the marketplace. It has a long standing reputation for being comprehensive, yet easy for students to understand and follow. Wayne Gisslen's reputation for being able to simply, yet comprehensively, communicate information to beginning chefs is unsurpassed. Professional Cooking, Seventh Edition includes videos that will help further illustrate the correct techniques in the kitchen. On top of that there are over 100 new recipes, some with particular emphasis on international cooking. Enhanced visual program includes over 220 new color photos, including plated dishes, procedures, and products. Approximately 100 new recipes have been added, for a total of 650 recipes plus another 600 variations. More focus on international recipes and variations. Enhanced topical coverage on such things as: food science, molecular gastronomy, international recipes, and culinary maths. Chapter 10, Understanding Meats, now includes all information on meat fabrication in one convenient place. Up-to-date nutrition guidelines. Thoroughly revised and enhanced CulinarE-Companion Recipe Management software contains all recipes from the book – and 90 bonus recipes. The software is available through download with the registration code in the back of the book.

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