| In association with |
 |
|
Learn to COOK - A New Way to Cook
|
List Price: $24.95
Our Price: $7.94
Your Save: $ 17.01 ( 68% )
Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
|
Average Customer Rating:  
|
|
Binding: Paperback
Format: Bargain Price
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 756
Publication Date: 2003-10-15
|
|
|
|
|
|
Editorial Reviews:
|
Sally Schneider was tired of doing what we all do—separating foods into "good" and "bad," into those we crave but can't have and those we can eat freely but don't especially want—so she created A New Way To Cook.
Her book is nothing short of revolutionary, a redefinition of healthy eating, where no food is taboo, where the pleasure principle is essential to well-being, where the concept of self-denial just doesn't exist.- More than 600 lavishly illustrated recipes result in marvelous, vividly flavored foods. You'll find quintessential American favorites that taste every bit as good as the traditional "full-tilt" versions: macaroni and cheese, rosemary buttermilk biscuits, chocolate malted pudding. You'll find Italian polentas, risottos, focaccias, and pastas, all reinvented without the loss of a single drop of deliciousness. Asian flavors shine through in cold sesame noodles; mussels with lemongrass, ginger, and chiles; and curry-crusted shrimp. Even French food is no longer on the forbidden list, with country-style pâtés and cassoulet.
- Hundreds of techniques, radical in their ultimate simplicty, make all the difference in the world: using chestnut puree in place of cream, butter, and pork fat in a duck liver mousse; extending the richness of flavored oils by boiling them with a little broth to dress starchy beans and grains; casserole-roasting baby back ribs to render them of fat, then lacquering them with a pungent maple glaze.
- Scores of flavor catalysts—quickly made sauces, rubs, marinades, essences, and vinaigrettes—add instant hits of flavor with little effort. Leek broth dresses pasta; chive oil becomes an instant sauce for broiled salmon; a smoky tea essence imparts a sweet, grilled flavor to steak; balsamic vinegar turns into a luscious dessert sauce.
- Variations and improvisations offer infiinite flexibility. Once you learn a basic recipe, it's simple to devise your own version for any part of the meal. "Fried" artichockes with crispy garlic and sage can be an hors d-oeuvre topped with shaved cheeses, part of a composed salad, or as a main course when tossed iwth pasta. It's equally happy on top of pizza or stirred into risotto. And by building dishes from simple elements, turning out complex meals doesn't have to be a complex affair.
- A wealth of tips and practical information to make you a more accomplished and self-confident cook: how to rescue ordinary olive oil to give it more flavor, how to make soups creamy without cream, how to freshen less-than-perfect fish.
So here it is, 756 glorious pages of all the deliciousness and joy that food is meant to convey.
|
|
|
Spotlight customer reviews:
|
Customer Rating:
Summary: baker
Comment: this book has been a very helpful tool to guide my family to better eating without making life too difficult. The recipes are easy and there is a lot of helpful advice.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Not your typical "diet" cookbook
Comment: This book is more of a change of lifestyle book than it is a diet book. The recipes are well written and, so far, every one I have tried has been excellent. There are some really smart, well-conceived methods for reducing fat and calories in each recipe without compromising taste. Schneider makes some very simple suggestions that will change your way of cooking (literally) and thinking without making you feel like you are doing any injustice to your palate. I highly recommend this book.
Customer Rating: 
Summary: recipe ingredient problem
Comment: I tried the Foolproof Pastry recipe in this book and the dough didn't come together. I did go ahead and use it (it was a topping for a deep dish berry pie). It tasted ok, but I looked at a recipe for pastry provided in a class that I'd taken recently and it was nearly identical BUT it included 1/3 cup of water. I think that that's what's missing from this one.
Customer Rating:
Summary: One of my most used Christmas gifts.
Comment: I got a copy of this cookbook for Christmas and then bought 2 copies for gifts. If you are in a rut with meals, this is a great way to add some interest to meal prep. The recipes are easy to follow and usually have substitutions for ingredients to allow for taste and what you may have on hand. This has become the first cookbook I check when I want to make something new. Maybe I shouldn't call it just a cookbook because there are ideas on tools and methods included also.
Customer Rating:
Summary: My favorite
Comment: I have many cookbooks but always reach for this one first. It has easy to follow recipes that don't require hours or ingredients that you won't be able to find. It's a real keeper.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
