Six Basic Cooking Techniques: Culinary Essentials for the Home Cook
Language: English
Published by HCNY Press, 2018
- Softcover
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- Title
- Six Basic Cooking Techniques: Culinary Essentials for the Home Cook
- Author
- Clair, Jennifer
- Publisher
- HCNY Press
- Publication year
- 2018
- Condition
- very_good
- Binding
- Soft cover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0998979201
- ISBN 13
- 9780998979205
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.
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