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Learn to COOK - Alfred Portale's Twelve Seasons Cookbook: A Month-by-Month Guide to the Best There is to Eat
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List Price: $45.00
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Manufacturer: Broadway
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Binding: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 641.5
EAN: 9780767906067
ISBN: 0767906063
Label: Broadway
Manufacturer: Broadway
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 448
Publication Date: 2000-10-17
Publisher: Broadway
Release Date: 2000-10-17
Studio: Broadway
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"When it comes to cooking, there are twelve seasons," says Alfred Portale, the world-renowned chef of the Gotham Bar and Grill restaurant. To him, each month is a season unto itself--not just because crucial ingredients peak at different points during the traditional four seasons, but also because each month carries with it a unique set of emotions and associations.
Alfred Portale's 12 Seasons Cookbook takes the home cook on a deeply personal journey through the year in food. Many chapters are ingredient-driven, such as May, which Portale dubs "The Big Bang of the Culinary Year," because of the proliferation of vegetables such as fava beans, asparagus, and morel mushrooms. August, entitled "Seize the Day," presents recipes that lend themselves to late-summer entertaining. "November--Giving Thanks" is devoted entirely to Portale's interpretations of Thanksgiving standards while "December--Celebrations" shares elegant holiday dishes as well as a selection of canapés and food to give as gifts. Portale also offers his unique approach to months like September in which he responds to the post-Labor Day return to work and school with "Recipes for Busy Times."
As in his award-winning Alfred Portale's Gotham Bar and Grill Cookbook, Portale provides instructions for planning ahead and for how to vary or expand recipes to accommodate ingredient availability and seasonality. He also includes essays on favorite foods and techniques, tips on preserving, advice on what to drink, and suggestions for thematic menus. Brought to breathtaking life with more than one hundred full-color photographs, Alfred Portale's 12 Seasons Cookbook captures the glory and possibility of every month of the year.
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Summary: easy to follow
Comment: One of my best friends told me about this book after I had dinner in her house. I just loved the dish that I could not wait to buy the book. I have no much experience cooking but my first recipes I did amazed my family. I would say... BUY IT!!!!
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Summary: Ok
Comment: This cookbook is not as good as I expected to be, but does offer some decent recipes & good ideas for what best accompanies certain main dishes. The majority of the recipes are easy enough to do.
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Summary: Great Visuals and Inspiration, lacks Proper Detail
Comment: This is a fantastic book written by a fantastic chef. The physical quality of the book is terrific as is the layout of the pages. Especially striking are the pictures that accompany every recipe (Portale is known for creating some of the most stunning visuals in culinary, and all the recipes are captured splendidly). However, although he explains why he chooses a particular recipe for each of the "12 seasons", he does not go into any detail concerning the ingredients used. I was hoping for more of a "where and why" for the ingredients that make up each recipe. I will have to complement this book with another that details the peak seasons for ingredients that make up the recipes as well as how to select the best of them.
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Summary: Don't be afraid - dive in and mess up every pan you own.
Comment: I received this book as a gift from my mom for Christmas 2000...the timeline goes something like this: Voraciously read every recipe and narrative, groaning in ecstacy at the photos for the first 2 months. Displayed on cocktail table for guests to do the same for 2 months. Finally overcame intimidation and tried the recipes in 5th month! Dinner guests, who previously ooh-ed and ahh-ed over my cooking were stunned by the new circle of culinary bliss I had acheived. The recipes may be a bit initimidating, like you could possibly find baby turnips at the local supermarket to go with seared duck and roasted peaches (a winner - I subbed cubed, peeled turnips to good effect), but are well worth the effort. Honestly, invite guests who will be so grateful for the plates you set before them that they will jump up and volunteer to help clean up the kitchen later! Every recipe is worth the challenge and the mess... and its a good excuse to add new items to your kitchen equipment collection. If you don't cook, buy this book as a gift for your most kitchen-accomplished friend and ingratiate yourself in hopes of an invitation.
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Summary: Mouth-watering recipes suitable for all occasions
Comment: Alfred Portale is the world-renowned chef of the Gotham Bar and Grill who draws upon his many years of experience and expertise to present a remarkable, impressive, extensive collection of mouth-watering recipes suitable for all occasions, from simple family dining to special event celebrations. From Grilled Lobster with Grilled Corn, Potatoes, and Roast Garlic-Tarragon Butter, Grilled Tenderloin of Beef with Corn, Chanterelles and Chervil, and Pumpkin and Sweet Garlic Custards to Squab Roasted with Potatoes, Pancetta, and Sage, Roast Cod with Savoy Cabbage, White Beans, and Black Truffle, and Duck Confit with Frisse, Green Lentils, Beets, and Roquefort, Alfred Portale's 12 Seasons Cookbook has palate pleasing cuisines for all seasons and segments of the calendar.
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