Beard on Food: The Best Recipes and Kitchen Wisdom from the Dean of American Cooking

Beard, James/ Bittman, Mark (Introduction by)

ISBN 10: 1596914998 / ISBN 13: 9781596914995

Published by Bloomsbury Pub Plc USA, 2012

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reprint edition. 335 pages. 8.25x5.50x1.00 inches. In Stock.

Seller Inventory # 1596914998

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Beard on Food: The Best Recipes and Kitchen Wisdom from the Dean of American Cooking
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Pub Plc USA
• Publication Date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1596914998
• ISBN 13: 9781596914995
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: Brand New
• Weight: 0.32 kilograms

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Synopsis

The return of a classic food book: James Beard's own selection of his favorite columns and recipes, distilling a lifetime of culinary knowledge into one volume.

In Beard on Food, one of America's great culinary thinkers and teachers collects his best essays, ranging from the perfect hamburger to the pleasures of oxtails, from salad dressing to Sauce Diable. The result is not just a compendium of fabulous recipes and delicious bites of writing. It's a philosophy of food-unfussy, wide-ranging, erudite, and propelled by Beard's exuberance and sense of fun.

In a series of short, charming essays, with recipes printed in a contrasting color (as they were in the beloved original edition), Beard follows his many enthusiasms, demonstrating how to make everyday foods into delicious meals. Covering meats, vegetables, fish, herbs, and kitchen tools, Beard on Food is both an invaluable reference for cooks and a delightful read for armchair enthusiasts.

About the Author

Often referred to as the dean of American cookery, James Beard authored dozens of books on cooking and food before his death in 1985. Today, his Greenwich Village town house is home to the James Beard Foundation, the country's preeminent performance space and center for the culinary arts.