WINNER: Gourmand World Cookbook Awards (USA Only), Easy Recipes - 2004
Annotations:
For beginners and seasoned cooks alike, "The Gourmet Cookbook" is an eloquent, essential companion in the kitchen--one that will take its place among the classic cookbooks of this generation. Illustrated instructions explain everything from how to cut up a chicken to how to shuck an oyster. Two-color throughout.
Publisher's Remarks:
For the past six decades, Gourmet magazine has shaped the tastes of America, publishing the best work of the foremost names in the world of food. To create this landmark cookbook, editor in chief and celebrated authority Ruth Reichl and her staff sifted through more than 50,000 recipes. Many were developed exclusively in Gourmet's test kitchens. Others came from renowned food writers and chefs and from the magazine's far-flung readers. Then the editors embarked on an extraordinary series of cook-offs, testing and retesting each dish to ensure impeccable results.
This collection, the only one of its kind, spans a vast range of cultures and cuisines. With it, you can go back to the time when Beef Wellington ruled the table or prepare something as contemporary as Crispy Artichoke "Flowers" with Salsa Verde. And whether you're cooking a simple supper for two or throwing a cocktail party for fifty, you'll make every dish with more flavor and more flair using The Gourmet Cookbook. It includes
* 102 hors d'oeuvres, dips, chips, pates, and first courses
* exciting vegetable dishes -- more than 120 in all -- using everything from artichokes to yuca
* versatile recipes for every available kind of seafood, with many suggested substitutes
* hundreds of simple but exceptional dinners
* festive dishes for every occasion, including a perfect roast turkey with stuffings, the ultimate standing rib roast, and even a gorgeous (but easy) wedding cake
* definitive versions of all the classics, from Chicken Kiev to Crcme Brulee and from Bouillabaisse to Pad Thai
* more than 50 pastas and risottos, from quick everyday meals to party dishes
* scores of soups, salads, breakfast dishes, and sandwiches, including the editors' all-time favorite pizza
* a wealth of sauces and salsas, to transform ordinary meals into spectacular ones
* more than 300 desserts: cookies, pies, tarts, pastries, buckles, crumbles, ice creams, puddings, mousses, and cakes galore, including cheesecakes and the nine best chocolate cake recipes Gourmet has ever published
With engaging introductions to each chapter by Ruth Reichl, entertaining headnotes, indispensable information about ingredients and techniques, hundreds of tips from Gourmet's test kitchens, and an extensive glossary, The Gourmet Cookbook is the essential kitchen companion for anyone who wants unforgettable recipes and spectacular results every time.
Product Detail:
Editor: Reichl, Ruth
Consultant: Stewart, Zanne Early
Consultant: Willoughby, John
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin, 9/1/2006
Content Language: English
Book,
Hardcover: 1056 pages
Weight: 5.21 lbs.
Dimensions: L: 10.26 in. x W: 8.26 in. x H: 2.38 in.
Comes with Illustrations
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