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Learn to COOK - Bistro Cooking at Home
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Manufacturer: Broadway
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Binding: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 641.5973
EAN: 9780767912761
ISBN: 0767912764
Label: Broadway
Manufacturer: Broadway
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 352
Publication Date: 2003-10-14
Publisher: Broadway
Release Date: 2003-10-14
Studio: Broadway
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Bistro cooking—bold and full-flavored—is more like the best home cooking than restaurant fare, featuring slow-cooked stews, exquisitely roasted chickens, perfectly seared steaks, vibrant salads, fresh fruit tarts, and comforting custards. Now Gordon Hamersley of acclaimed Hamersley’s Bistro in Boston helps home cooks bring these classic dishes into their own kitchens.
Bistro Cooking at Home offers a complete menu of versatile selections for cooks who crave sophisticated but easy-to-prepare comfort food. Many of the dishes allow for “walk-away cooking,” such as stews, roasts, or braises. And many of these same dishes taste best if prepared a day or two ahead, making entertaining foolproof. Although the accent is French, dishes such as hamburgers stuffed with blue cheese and Pear Cranberry Crumble reflect Gordon Hamersley’s all-American roots.
Start a bistro meal at home with Hamersley’s classic Onion Soup au Gratin or signature Wild Mushroom and Roasted Garlic Sandwich. For a main course there is roast chicken (you can cook it ahead and reheat it under the broiler), New England Bouillabaisse with Rouille and Croutons, or Moroccan lamb shanks. Pasta, polenta, and risotto are given French finesse in dishes such as Lemon-Scented Risotto with Morels and Chives and Oven-Baked Penne with Onions, Walnuts, and Goat Cheese. The Savory Tarts, Gratins, and Galettes chapter holds such richly satisfying dishes as Portobello Mushroom and Roquefort Galette or Creamy Bistro Potato and Leek Gratin, each practically a meal in itself. Even vegetables are made exciting in dishes ranging from Roasted Artichokes with Garlic and Pancetta Bread Crumbs to Garlicky Mashed Potato Cakes. Bistro-inspired desserts include Maple Crème Brûlée, Profiteroles with Easy Chocolate Sauce, and a dense Chocolate Truffle Cake.
All the main dishes are accompanied by knowledgeable, down-to-earth wine recommendations from Fiona Hamersley, Gordon’s wife, who runs the wine service at the restaurant. With the Hamersleys’s expert guidance every step of the way, you can re-create the romance of bistro dining—at home.
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Summary: My Go-To Cookbook for Dinner Parties
Comment: Cooking is my true passion. There is nothing I enjoy more than creating beautiful and delicious dishes at home, and sharing them with friends and family. I own a hundred cookbooks, and this is my hand's down favorite, especially for entertaining. The recipes are easy to follow, economical, big on flavor and presentation, and great for entertaining. Let me explain in more detail.
Easy to follow - The dishes are all beautiful and look very difficult, but they are far from it! Gordon Hamersley has really designed some wonderful recipes that are very easy for even the most novice home cook. The book is also full of great tips throughout. Many cookbooks will just instruct you to do something, for example, "Caramelize the onions", but they won't tell you how. Hamersley not only tells you how, but he goes a step further by providing tips on how to make them even darker and sweeter.
Economical - I have made many recipes from this cookbook, and I've never had trouble finding the ingredients in my local supermarket. Roast chicken, coq au vin, braised short ribs, beef bourginion - these dishes will not bust your budget, but they will come out looking like they did. A few of the dishes have some more expensive ingredients, but if you are hosting a dinner party or holiday dinner, you might want to splurge on those special ingredients, to give your friends and family something new and different to try.
High on flavor and beautiful presentation - All of the dishes I have made have been both visually appealing and delicious. His use of fresh herbs and slow braising techniques give the dishes a wonderful depth of flavor and an incredible "wow" factor. When I lifted the lid off the braised short ribs, all of my family gathered around in awe of how beautifully caramelized they were. The dish was finished by pouring the sauce over the ribs (a red onion sauce, reduced from the braising liquid). The ribs were as tender as butter and just fell off the bone. Other favorite recipes of mine include ALL of the risotto recipes (butternut squash being my favorite, and the wild mushroom risotto with red wine is a close second), the onion soup au gratin, peach galette, wild mushroom and roast garlic sandwich, roasted asparagus with pancetta and shallots, and the seared scallops with garlic, tomato and olive compote. They all come out looking as beautiful as the photo in cookbook. The flavor combinations are outstanding - there is a little bit of sweet, salty and savory in every recipe - all well balanced, and each has interesting and appealing texture. For example, the roasted asparagus are savory, but they are complemented with the saltiness of the pancetta and the sweetness of the shallots. The ribs, also savory, are complemented by a sweet, rich and slightly salty (but not overly so) red onion sauce. The scallop dish pairs the saltiness of the scallops and olives with sweet and tangy garlic, tomatoes and balsamic vinegar.
Great for entertaining - Many of these main dishes roast or braise for hours, low and slow in the oven, which means you do all of the work ahead of time and you have more time to visit with your company!
This is a wonderful cookbook, a real standout! Buy it; you won't be disappointed.
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Summary: Outstanding
Comment: I have several cookbooks, and enjoy them all, but this far outstrips all of them. There are a few special projects, but the vast majority are everyday dishes that are relatively easy and can be made on an average weeknight. Having been to the restaurant, I admit I got the book for the lemon and parseley chicken, and that recipe alone would make the book worth the price, but have made many other dishes which have been equally outstanding.
In addition to the recipes themselves, there are several useful tips for improving your cooking skills, and virtually every ingredient is readily available.
Overall just an outstanding book.
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Summary: Superior autumn/winter cookbook
Comment: A truly great cookbook. Not something I reach for during the hot summer months but one I reach for routinely the rest of the year. He's in love with heavy cream as an ingredient, something I try to avoid normally, but I have had success substituting half the heavy cream called for in several recipes with evaporated skim milk and that has worked out just fine and made me feel better about lightening the fat content.
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Summary: Hamersley's in your home!!
Comment: If you've ever been to Hamersley's you know what a gift this book is to the culinary world. If you have never been there... get the book. You'll then understand. Magnificent!
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Summary: Fabulous Cookbook
Comment: Great cookbook. Really tasty recipes that appeal to modern tastes. So far no recipe takes more than about 45 minutes.
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