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The Complete Idiot's Guide to Cooking Substitutions (Complete Idiot's Guide to)

Ellen Brown

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Total reviews: 4 Average rating: 5.0 of 5

Unstressed in the Kitchen 5 out of 5 stars.
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"The Complete Idiot's Guide to Substitutions" enables me to reproduce great recipes any time, day or night. If I lack something in a recipe I'm following, I can just look up the ingredient and its best substitutions and then keep on cooking. No more last minute runs to the grocery. Really diminished worry about "will it still taste good?"

I plan on giving lots of these books as Christmas presents this year.

Editorial Review:

Accept all substitutions!

In anyone’s kitchen—from that of a chef to an amateur cook—there comes a time when an essential ingredient is missing, or perhaps a substitution is needed for a special dietary requirement. That’s where this book comes in handy, offering replacements for everything from milk, flour, and eggs to seasonings, sweeteners, and wine, as well as handy conversions for weights and measures used in antiquated family recipes.
• Includes vegetarian and vegan substitutions for meat-free dishes
• Kitchen-friendly with wipe-clean paper over-board cover
• Easy-to-use dictionary-style format
• Low-fat and trans-fat substitutions

Fix It In Foil

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Fix It In Foil Cookbook 4 out of 5 stars.
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I loved this cookbook from the minute I got it! We camp a lot and this book will be on board on EVERY camping trip. I highly recommend it.

Editorial Review:

Easy prep, great taste, good nutrition, quick clean-up - what more could you ask for from a meal? Fix It In Foil combines the best of all worlds! Featuring 51 fantastic recipes to make in foil - plus instructions for cooking in an oven, on an outdoor grill, or on a campfire - the meals in this book are sure to shine! Fix it in foil and you can forget about spending so much time scrubbing pots and pans. And, with plenty of substitution suggestions, enjoy a whole new list of recipe possibilities!

Abby Mandel's Cuisinart Classroom

Abby Mandel

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The Pleasures of Slow Food: Celebrating Authentic Traditions, Flavors, and Recipes

Corby Kummer

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Editorial Review:

In a world increasingly dominated by fast food, The Pleasures of Slow Food celebrates heritage recipes, artisan traditions, and the rapid evolution of a movement to make good food a part of everyday life. Slow Food is defined by how it s made: if it s allowed to ripen before it s harvested, prepared by hand and enjoyed among friends, it s Slow Food. It s a philosophy, a way to farm, a way to cook...a way to live. It s also the name of a 65,000-strong international movement, numbering among its members some of the most distinguished names in the food world. The Pleasures of Slow Food showcases over 60 recipes from the world s most innovative chefs for dishes that feature local handmade ingredients and traditional cooking methods. Premier food writer Corby Kummer also profiles Slow Food s luminaries, such as Italian cheese maker Roberto Rubino and Canadian Karl Kaiser, who makes sweet ice-wine. Pairing fantastic recipes with engaging stories, The Pleasures of Slow Food brings the best of the food world to the kitchen table.

La Technique: An Illustrated Guide to the Fundamental Techniques of Cooking

Jacques Pepin

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Total reviews: 3 Average rating: 5.0 of 5

Excellent how to manual for the non phobic 5 out of 5 stars.
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This is a fabulous how-to for those who are somewhat handy with kitchen tools, though by no means does it require those with experience. The photographs and instructions are clear and explicit, and the book is written in an easy to read and non pretentious style. The recipes for pastry's and cakes are easy to follow, and WORK. I first came across this book when working as a bakers assistant at a patisserie, and found that it explained and showed me everything I needed to know for taking home what we were d

Phenomenal effort, if you see a copy of this grab it quick, you won't be disappointed! 5 out of 5 stars.
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A passionate home cook that has been honing her cooking skills for the last 25 years, concentrating on Italian cooking for the last 10 years, writes this review. My favorite cookbooks are "The Professional Chef" by the Culinary Institute and "Culinary Artistry". Even with more than 500 cookbooks in my collection I would not consider giving up this book.

The book is subdivided as follows:
The Basics
Shellfish and Fish
Vegetables
Poultry and Meat
Carving
Desserts and Pastry

This book is not a book of recipes, although there are recipes that are used to illustrate techniques. This book covers all the techniques that anyone can imagine. It begins with how to hold a knife, and ends with angel hair made of sugar. Every step in a technique is described and then photographed. This book is almost a good as a cooking class. The only reason that I say almost is that you have to be self-motivated to go through a book. I have taken many cooking classes and when I come home I find that what I learned was contained in this book had I bothered to review the book; the cooking class would have been unnecessary.

If you ever run across a copy of this book grab it before someone else does. Time has not affected the usefulness of this book. I highly recommend this book to anyone that is serious about cooking.

Bon Appetit Every Night Cooking: Fast and Fun: A Real-life Guide to Getting Dinner on the Table

Bon Appetit Editors

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Total reviews: 10 Average rating: 3.5 of 5

Editorial Review:

Continuing the magazine’s respected series of topical books, Bon Appétit Every-Night Cooking offers recipes and ideas to help even the busiest cooks put together an appealing and imaginative dinner every night of the week.

Bon Appétit Every-Night Cooking is for everyone who wants to serve dinners that make it look as if they were cooking all day, when nothing could be further from the truth.

The editors of Bon Appétit start by providing tips on stocking the pantry, shopping, budgeting, storage, menu planning, and making dinner preparation as easy as possible to help save time. They present Dinner Plans—including Instant Stir-Fries, Main Course Salads, Quick Pastas, and Skillet Suppers—in a variety of styles, all with suggestions for variations and preparing ingredients ahead of time. Why not try Breakfast for Dinner, with ideas for omelets, pancakes, and French toast? Or a night of Big Sandwiches? Health Appreciation Night and Meatless Night offer plenty of flavor along with good nutrition. Got a crazy schedule? Maybe a Make-Ahead Casserole or Back-of-the-Stove Stew will fit right in.

With so many options, preparing dinner after a long day will not only be less of a chore, it will be more delicious and fun.

Origami for the Connoisseur

Kunihiko Kasahara, Toshie Takahama

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Editorial Review:

Here at last is an origami book intended solely for the advanced paperfolder. Groundbreaking in concept and challenging in content, it presents sixty-five ingenious projects by respected masters working in a variety of themes and origami genres. From Toshikazu Kawasaki's Unique Iso-area Folding Method to David Briil's remarkable "bottle" to Peter Engel's playful "kangaroo," the featured designs have been carefully chosen to test the refined sensibilities and stimulate the artistic appetites of the origami devotee.
If you are an accomplished paperfolder you will be inspired by the beauty and logic of the geometric form as discovered in such designs as Hourglass, Rotating Tetrahedon, Brain Ticklers, and Extraterrestrial Being. You will delight in the wit and poetry of representational origami as you create delicate and winsome patterns for Kitten, Goose, Pelican, Giraffe, Camellia, Spiral Snail Shell, Ground Beetle, Pine Cone, Fox, and many more designs. What's more, you will find the key to successfully mastering numerous intricate techniques and complex paper fold...with ease!
This is no ordinary origami workbook. Complicated processes are made highly accessible-yet remain daring-through clear, concise instructions and highly detailed diagrams. One of the unexpected joys of the book is that its mentally invigorating text will serve as an ongoing inspiration to novel approaches and new origami adventures - even after you have completed a project.

Timing Is Everything: The Complete Timing Guide to Cooking

Jack Piccolo

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Cooking shouldn't be a research project, forcing you to read through recipes to find answers to the simplest of questions: How long? Now, Timing Is Everything, the ultimate guide to timing and storage, provides easy answers at a glance.  

Author Jack Piccolo has assembled chart after chart offering invaluable, at-your-fingertips cooking times for grains, fruits and vegetables, meat, poultry, fish, sausage, even nuts! Taking into consideration size, weight, and thickness, each food's cooking time is listed alongside brief, easy-to-follow instructions on each particular cooking method. In an instant, you can find, for example, how long to broil a piece of salmon, toast pine nuts, or boil fettuccine (fresh or dried). In addition, general directions on cooking methods--from baking to deep-frying to stir-frying--and sections on storing and freezing foods are included for quick reference.

Separate chapters on microwaving, pressure cooking, and storing foods supply important information in the same easy chart format. Who hasn't wondered about defrosting and reheating in the microwave, or relying on frozen meats and vegetables? By definitively answering these questions, Timing Is Everything takes the guesswork out of cooking so home cooks can be more confident in the kitchen and concentrate on making the most out of their ingredients and preparing a delicious meal.  

Never overcook another steak, serve pasta that is too al dente, or worry about food safety again. Once you get your hands on this book, you'll be amazed you ever cooked without it.  

The Professional Chef's (c) : Techniques of Healthy Cooking

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Total reviews: 9 Average rating: 4.5 of 5

Another classic from the people at CIA 5 out of 5 stars.
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To put this review into perspective for you, it is written by a serious student of cooking that has been actively studying food on their own for 25 years. I have been focusing on Italian food for the last 10 years. My favorite cookbook is "The Professional Chef" by the Culinary Institute of America.

This book is laid out as follows:
Section One: Healthy Cooking
1. The language of nutrition
2. The pyramids
Section Two: The Principles of Healthy Cooking
3. The elements of flavor
4. Fruits and vegetables, grains and legumes
5. Cooking with less fat
6. Moderating Salt
7. Sweeteners
8. Beverages
9. The techniques of healthy cooking
10. Agricultural issues in ingredient selection
Section Three: Creating and Marketing Healthy Menus
11. Menu and recipe development
12. Analyzing the nutrient content of recipes
13. Nutrition Labeling in menus and advertisements
14. Staff training and customer satisfaction
Section Four: The recipes

The book is geared to the professional kitchen. However, there is much information in this book for the home cook beyond the recipes. Many of the same considerations that the restaurant must address should be part of the menu development in the home.

If you are looking for ways to improve the "health quotient" of the meals you prepare your family, you will enjoy this book. All the recipes in this book have complete nutrition stats including: calories, total fat, saturated fat, cholesterol, sodium, total carbohydrate, dietary fiber, sugar, and protein.

The book does a nice job of explaining smoking and the flavors given to foods by various wood chips. Their recipe for oven-smoked tomatoes (without purchasing a separate smoker, I used a heavy lidded roaster) was extremely easy to follow and turned out wonderfully.

The recipe section is more than 2/3's of the book. The recipes are developed for larger quantities than most home cooks will prepare. I have not had any difficulty reducing the size of the recipes to accomodate my family. The recipe for Risotto Cakes and Green Beans with Chanterelles was fabulous, as was the one for Chianti Granita. The recipe for pasta that uses only egg whites is also very nice, and versatile. Of the recipes that I have prepared so far, all of them have been very good.

I consider this book to be a valuable addition to my cookbook library. If you want to cook more healthfully, you will enjoy this book.

Editorial Review:

This handbook enables home gourmets to create delicious, healthy foods using the same techniques as professional chefs. The book includes nearly 300 easy-to-follow recipes that should help even modestly talented cooks to prepare nutritious meals that complement today's active lifestyles. The recipes feature regional American and international specialities, from sauces to main entrees, with an emphasis on fresh ingredients. The book provides a basic introduction to the principles of healthy cooking, with nutritional guidelines that offer answers to the most commonly asked questions regarding yield and content, including how to moderate the use of fat, salt and sodium.

The America's Test Kitchen Family Cookbook: Featuring More Than 1,200 Kitchen-Tested Recipes

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Many years in the making, this comprehensive cookbook delivers more than 1,200 foolproof recipes for classic American family fare in a clear, accessible style. Beautiful step-by-step photos illuminate every conceivable technique from chopping shallots and skinning salmon to cutting up a chicken and tying a roast. In fact, just about anything you want (or need) to do in the kitchen will be explained in these pages in the test kitchen’s approachable, no-nonsense voice. In addition, the recipes will keep you busy (and your friends and family happy) for years to come since we’ve included hundreds of easy weeknight dishes (like Skillet Lasagna and One-Pot Chicken and Rice), company and holiday-worthy dinners (like Beef Burgundy, Roast Leg of Lamb, and Fresh Fruit Trifle), dozens of menus, shopping tips, equipment ratings and more.

A cooking tutorial between two covers, The America’s Test Kitchen Family Cookbook is the one and only basic cookbook you'll need, covering every course, from appetizers to desserts, and including chapters on breakfast, sandwiches, sauces and condiments, and beverages. Friendly test kitchen tips accompany nearly every recipe and point out either where you might go wrong or a special technique or ingredient that makes the recipe successful. Helpful charts (like a primer on steaming vegetables or cooking grains) and Cooking 101 pages (covering topics like brining, cheese, and crudité) make this a reference unlike any other. Bound to get America back into the kitchen again, this is a family cookbook for generations to come.