Mastering Sauces: The Home Cook's Guide to New Techniques for Fresh Flavors

Named a Best Cookbook of the Year by the Washington Post and the Chicago Tribune

"A fantastic resource for the home cook and an extensive collection of recipes for adding exciting flavors to any dish." ―Eric Ripert, chef and co-owner, Le Bernardin, New York

In Mastering Sauces, Susan Volland teaches home cooks how to make sauces like Homemade Sriracha, the Endlessly Adaptable Stir-Fry Sauce, Dan’s "Instant" Canned Tomato Salsa, and Thai Coconut Curry Sauce. Including extensive reference tables for selecting thickeners, alternative seasonings, and expert advice on how to recover a sauce gone wrong, Mastering Sauces is "a must buy, and an essential one, for any serious cook." (James Peterson, James Beard Award-winning author of Sauces: Classical and Contemporary Sauce Making.)

16 pages of color photos

Susan Volland is a classically trained chef and cookbook collaborator based in Seattle. She is the author of Searing Inspiration and Mastering Sauces, named a Best Cookbook of the Year by the Washington Post and the Chicago Tribune.