Six Basic Cooking Techniques: Culinary Essentials for the Home Cook

This is the culinary manual for home cooks, written by 20-year culinary veteran Jennifer Clair. She is the founder of Home Cooking New York, a popular cooking school in New York City, and the host of the cooking podcast, "Kitchen Radio."   

Winner of the 2019 IPPY Award for "Best Cookbook." 

Six Basic Cooking Techniques: Culinary Essentials for the Home Cook focuses on the six essential skills needed to create a strong foundation so that any home cook can maximize their culinary potentials:
 

• Knife Skills
• Cooking Meats to Perfection
• Making Delicious Pan Sauces
• Roasting Vegetables
• Blanching Green Vegetables
• Cooking Leafy Greens 

 
Author and sought-after culinary instructor Jennifer Clair knows exactly what questions burn in the minds of home cooks and answers them in the "Students Ask" pages peppered throughout the book. She covers: 
 

• What salt you should use for cooking: kosher, table, or sea salt?
• How to remove the smell of garlic from your fingertips?
• Why you should never mince basil or mint?
• How to achieve restaurant-worthy crispy chicken skin?
• How to check the internal temperature of meat?
• Which vegetables should be roasted together and why?
• Why blanching green vegetables is better than steaming them? 

 
 
Six Basic Cooking Techniques is a valuable guide for building the confidence all home cooks are looking for in their kitchen.