The cook's book of ingredients
7/24/2016
Featuring useful information on buying, ripening, storing, and working with unusual ingredients, The Illustrated Cook's Book of Ingredients serves as an invaluable reference for food lovers and cooks intent on making the most of all the ingredients available today.
With more than 250 recipes featuring key ingredients, along with background information about the journey from field to plate, The Illustrated Cook's Book of Ingredients is perfect for foodies and home cooks looking to take their cooking to the next level.
Perfect for home cooks, keen to ensure they choose the very best and get the best results. Learn how to buy, store, prepare, cook, preserve and eat over 2,500 ingredients. Plus you'll learn about the best seasonal ingredients and discover complementary flavour pairings.
Over 250 classic recipes from making pesto to fruity jams, with easy-to-follow, step-by-step instructions that you'll love making again and again.
Written by a team of global culinary experts, The Cook's Book of Ingredients brings together their collective expertise to showcase key ingredients from around the world, from Italian and Indian to French and British.
More details are in this reader's review:
I bought it as a gift for my wife who sells professional quality kitchen tools. She enjoys being a true expert on all things food for her customers and friends and this book no doubt will enhance her knowledge on that score. Why do I like this book? It's organized. It's practical. It's FULL of 2500+ beautiful pictures, anecdotes, and information on exotic as well as everyday foods.
Organized - There are 10 chapters: Fish & Seafood; Meat; Vegetables; Herbs; Nuts & Seeds; Spices; Dairy & Eggs; Fruits; Grains, Rice Pasta & Noodles; and Oils, Vinegars & Flavorings. Sharing their knowledge with you are 20 contributing authors from around the world, who have travelled extensively and are highly accomplished in their respective fields.
Practical - Regardless of chapter each food group contains a set of "Buy", "Store" and "Eat" set of suggestions so you know characteristics to look for, how to properly store your purchases and how to prepare/use them. Also unique and useful are the many "flavor pairing" suggestions for each ingredient. While there are few actual recipes in the book, there are "Classic Recipes" throughout each chapter.
The whole is greater than the sum of the parts - While this is a reference book at heart, it encourages you to browse and learn. If you can't travel to place you always wanted to go, you can taste some of its common foods that you may or may not have heard of. Some of these foods or ingredients may spark ideas on how you might change-up one of your own recipes by using something you never thought of before.
As mentioned in the introduction, there has been an explosion of unique foods that have become available due to advances in technology and our ever shrinking world. Where this book adds value, "It takes you on a fascinating journey and opens your eyes to the vast global pantry...provides you with all you need to know to choose the best ingredients...enabling you to shop with authority and cook with confidence." Enjoy!
Organized - There are 10 chapters: Fish & Seafood; Meat; Vegetables; Herbs; Nuts & Seeds; Spices; Dairy & Eggs; Fruits; Grains, Rice Pasta & Noodles; and Oils, Vinegars & Flavorings. Sharing their knowledge with you are 20 contributing authors from around the world, who have travelled extensively and are highly accomplished in their respective fields.
Practical - Regardless of chapter each food group contains a set of "Buy", "Store" and "Eat" set of suggestions so you know characteristics to look for, how to properly store your purchases and how to prepare/use them. Also unique and useful are the many "flavor pairing" suggestions for each ingredient. While there are few actual recipes in the book, there are "Classic Recipes" throughout each chapter.
The whole is greater than the sum of the parts - While this is a reference book at heart, it encourages you to browse and learn. If you can't travel to place you always wanted to go, you can taste some of its common foods that you may or may not have heard of. Some of these foods or ingredients may spark ideas on how you might change-up one of your own recipes by using something you never thought of before.
As mentioned in the introduction, there has been an explosion of unique foods that have become available due to advances in technology and our ever shrinking world. Where this book adds value, "It takes you on a fascinating journey and opens your eyes to the vast global pantry...provides you with all you need to know to choose the best ingredients...enabling you to shop with authority and cook with confidence." Enjoy!
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