The Complete Guide to Cooking Techniques: Practical Handbook

There are times when everyone, be they novice cooks, occasional dabblers, or experienced chefs, would love for cooking techniques and methods to be laid out clearly and logically, which is why the Complete Guide to Cooking Techniques, a wonderful encyclopedia of clearly and simply presented cooking techniques, was created. This volume contains over 200 recipes, and each technique is detailed in step-by-step photographs. It reveals that there are no mysteries to fine, successful cooking - tasks previously considered complex or difficult are shown to be delightfully and impressively simple, find the recipes that illustrate and develop each technique prove that superb quality and results can be achieved every time by any cook.Nearly all of the cookbooks produced annually assume a prior knowledge and understanding of many cooking skills and terminologies. Yet it is quite possible that most cooks do not know how to bread fish for frying, dress a chicken, make gravy, clarify butter, peel tomatoes, mince garlic, cook rice, make an omlette, melt chocolate, toast nuts, line a cake pan, make a sponge cake, or knead bread dough. All of these techniques, along with many more, are fully explained in the Complete Guide to Cooking Techniques. Any cook can follow the instructive photographs to create delicious dishes with confidence. The wealth of recipes, recipe ideas, and detailed methods described in this wonderful book allow readers to learn, practice, and perfect a wide variety of cooking skills. Anyone who wants to cook, has to cook, or enjoys cooking will find this handbook incredibly valuable.