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The Improvisational Cook
by Sally Schneider
ISBN: 0060731648
ISBN-13: 9780060731649
Format: Hardcover
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Summary
Sally Schneider’s main goal with her inventive and helpful IMPROVISATIONAL COOK is to give home cooks the freedom to experiment with new flavors and combinations while understanding the mechanics of a dish. Each is accompanied by a series of recipes that build from the original, and an Understanding section explains the nuts and bolts of the basic recipe. For example, Post-Modern Fries transform into Smokey Fries, Rosemary Fries, Parsnip Fries, Parmesan Fries, and even Pasta "Fries." With ravishing, full-color photographs.
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"Schneider offers an original, practical and well-executed plan for improvisational cooking-experimenting, cooking creatively, playing with ingredients and recipes...[A] creative way to teach readers to think more like chefs."
Bibliographic Details
Publisher: William Morrow & Co
Published date: 2006
Size: 7.75 x 9.25 inches
Weight: 2.8 pounds
Pages: 392
Publisher's Notes
A collection of easy-to-follow recipes demonstrates how to use atypical food and flavor combinations in order to enhance basic dishes, in a volume that demonstrates how to transform French toast into French Toast Gratin and roasted tomatoes into Puttanesca Sauce. 50,000 first printing.
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William Morrow & Company, 2006-01-01. Hardcover. Like New. BookCloseouts scratch & dent version. New book that may have some cosmetic damage (i.e. shelf-wear, torn or missing dust jacket, dented corner...). Otherwise excellent specimen - guaranteed! ( more information) Offered by BookCloseouts.com (Canada)
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William Morrow Cookbooks, 2006-10-01. Hardcover. Like New. Near Fine w/Remainder Mark. In The Improvisational Cook, Sally Schneider helps home cooks declare their independence from recipes and set lists of ingredients and offers an invitation to a fun, more spontaneous way to cook with whatever is on hand. But how do you become an improvisational cook?Once you understand how a basic technique or a recipe works, you can then begin to improvise. Start with one of The Improvisational Cook's essential recipes, such as Caramelized Onions. A special "Understanding" section follows, explaining the internal "logic" of the recipe and its creative possibilities. With that in mind, a savory onion jam; a real onion dip; a quick bruschetta topped with the onions, anchovies, and olives; or a rustic onion soup with dried porcini mushrooms is just a step or two beyond. Sally's notated improvisations illustrate simple, clever approaches and can be followed as is or used as a jumping-off point.The possibilities are endless. Slow-roast fish at 300 degrees, along with some cherry tomatoes and olives for a sauce. Prepare a savory lemon jam to go with lamb or veal chops, or turn it into a cake filling. Roast a whole lobster instead of a fish in a salt crust. Add minced rosemary or Earl Grey tea to butter cookie dough. Turn a brownie batter into an elegant pepper-scented chocolate cake. ( more information) Offered by Soconik Books (United States)
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