Six Basic Cooking Techniques: Culinary Essentials for the Home Cook
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Language: English
Published by HCNY Press, 2018
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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
- Paperback
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0998979201
- ISBN 13
- 9780998979205
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:
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:
Six Basic Cooking Techniques is a valuable guide for building the confidence all home cooks are looking for in their kitchen.
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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About the Author
Jennifer Clair is a culinary instructor and founder Home Cooking New York, a recreational cooking school in New York City. She honed her culinary and editorial chops as a Food Editor at Martha Stewart Living and the Recipes Editor at The Wall Street Journal. She is the author of Gourmet Cooking on a Budget. She lives in the Hudson Valley, New York.
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