Great cooking goes beyond following a recipe--it's knowing how to season ingredients to coax the greatest possible flavor from them. Drawing on dozens of leading chefs' combined experience in top restaurants across the country, Karen Page and Andrew Dornenburg present the definitive guide to creating "deliciousness" in any dish. Thousands of ingredient entries, organized alphabetically and ...

Manufacturer: Little, Brown and Company
Written By: Karen Page, Andrew Dornenburg

With little skill, surprisingly few ingredients, and even the most unsophisticated of ice-cream makers, you can make the scrumptious ice creams that have made Ben & Jerry's an American legend. BEN & JERRY'S HOMEMADE ICE CREAM & DESSERT BOOK tells fans the story behind the company and the two men who built it-from their first meeting in 7th-grade gym class (they were already the two widest kids ...

Manufacturer: Workman Publishing Company
Written By: Ben Cohen, Jerry Greenfield, Nancy Stevens

"Good cooking depends on two things: common sense and good taste." In England, no food writer’s star shines brighter than Simon Hopkinson’s, whose breakthrough Roast Chicken and Other Stories was voted the most useful cookbook ever by a panel of chefs, food writers, and consumers. At last, American cooks can enjoy endearing stories from the highly acclaimed food writer and his ...

Manufacturer: Hyperion
Written By: Simon Hopkinson

This book unlocks the rice cooker's true potential. It thoroughly explains how this appliance works and how to prepare every kind of rice, grain, and dried bean.

Manufacturer: Harvard Common Press
Written By: Beth Hensperger, Julie Kaufmann

In this follow-up to the smash sensation Roast Chicken and Other Stories, Simon Hopkinson re-creates his winning formula by taking forty-seven completely new favorite ingredients--from apples to cocoa, lobster to truffles, and fennel to mint--and presenting an exotic array of tastes and ingredients from all over the world. His recipes, which have in common the love of good food prepared to ...

Manufacturer: Hyperion
Written By: Simon Hopkinson

The classic home cheese making primer has been updated and revised to reflect the increased interest in artisanal-quality cheeses and the availability of cheese making supplies and equipment. Here are 85 recipes for cheeses and other dairy products that require basic cheese making techniques and the freshest of ingredients, offering the satisfaction of turning out a coveted delicacy. Among the ...

Manufacturer: Storey Publishing, LLC
Written By: Ricki Carroll

The only book for home cooks offering a complete introduction to the craft.Charcuterie—a culinary specialty that originally referred to the creation of pork products such as salami, sausages, and prosciutto—is true food craftsmanship, the art of turning preserved food into items of beauty and taste. Today the term encompasses a vast range of preparations, most of which involve ...

Manufacturer: W. W. Norton
Written By: Michael Ruhlman, Brian Polcyn

For New York Times bestselling author Giada De Laurentiis, pasta has always been one of the great pleasures of the table: it’s healthy and delicious; it can be light and delicate or rich and hearty; it’s readily available and easy to prepare--everything you want in a meal. And nothing satisfies a craving for Italian food quite like it! In Everyday Pasta, Giada invites you to ...

Manufacturer: Clarkson Potter
Written By: Giada De Laurentiis

Winner of the James Beard Foundation Award for Cookbook of the Year for the 1991 First Edition "It's the single contemporary reference on the subject that is both comprehensive and comprehensible. I love Jim's recipes (and there are gems all over the place here), but what's special about Sauces is the text: it reads so well that this is the kind of book you can take to bed." ...

Manufacturer: Wiley
Written By: James Peterson

300 ways to make cooking and eating vegetables interesting in this fun format--a truly unique product.Each book corresponds to two vegetables and an additional feature of the box are the dividers which separate the books - each has a list of recipes contained in the corresponding book for quick reference.

Manufacturer: Hamlyn
Written By: Keda Black