WINNER: IACP Crystal Whisk Award, General - 2008
Annotations:
Oliver, the high-energy chef, bestselling author of "The Naked Chef," star of the Travel Channels "Jamies Great Italian Escape," and "Today" show cooking expert, returns with his latest guide to help anyone become a better cook.
Publisher's Remarks:
Jamie Oliver believes this should have been his first book: & nbsp; a crash course in the ???basics of food, shopping, and cooking with great ingredients.???& nbsp; Treating the reader as he would one of the students in his inspirational ???Fifteen??? restaurants, where he transforms ordinary youths into great chefs, Oliver explains it all???from the best equipment, to shopping tips, right down to how to recognize and prepare different cuts of meat (essential knowledge, in Oliver??'s book) & nbsp; Each chapter covers an essential food category, the building blocks on which to build a respectable repertoire as a burgeoning chef, and is prefaced by a mini-introduction to the category, including tips for getting started.& nbsp; In the chapter on salads, for example, Oliver explains not only the best leaves, vegetables and herbs, but also how to make basic dressings; in the fish chapter, he details different types of fish, and how to be more discerning at the market.& nbsp; Oliver has created a truly important book for anyone, at any stage in life, who just wants to cook better and have fun in the process.& nbsp; As he says, ???if you???re going to eat three times a day for the rest of your life, you might as well learn to cook properly and enjoy it & nbsp; More than 175 recipes.
Product Detail:
Author: Oliver, Jamie
Photographer: Loftus, David
Photographer: Terry, Chris
Publisher: Hyperion Books, 10/1/2007
Content Language: English
Book,
Hardcover: 447 pages
Weight: 3.52 lbs.
Dimensions: L: 10.05 in. x W: 7.5 in. x H: 1.75 in.
Comes with Illustrations
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