Nothing fancy : recipes and recollections of soul-satisfying food / Diana Kennedy.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kennedy, Diana, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cooking.

International cooking.

Kennedy, Diana--Anecdotes.

Kennedy, Diana.

Genre:

Cookbooks.

Anecdotes.

Physical Description:

xii, 214 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm

Place of Publication:

Austin : University of Texas Press, [2016]

Summary:

Diana Kennedy is the world's preeminent authority on authentic Mexican cooking and one of its best-known food writers. Renowned for her uncompromising insistence on using the correct local ingredients and preparation techniques, she has taught generations of cooks how to prepare traditional dishes from the villages of Mexico, and in doing so, has documented and helped preserve the country's amazingly diverse and rich foodways. Kennedy's own meals for guests are often Mexican, but she also indulges herself and close friends with the nostalgic foods in Nothing Fancy. This acclaimed cookbooknow expanded with new and revised recipes, additional commentary, photos, and reminiscencesreveals Kennedy's passion for simpler, soul-satisfying food, from the favorite dishes of her British childhood (including a technique for making clotted cream that actually works) to rare recipes from Ukraine, Norway, France, and other outposts. In her inimitable style, Kennedy discusses her addictionseverything from good butter, cream, and lard to cold-smoked salmon, Seville orange marmalade, black truffle shavings, escamoles (ant eggs), and proper croissantsas well as her btes noireskosher salt, nonfat dairy products, cassia "cinnamon," botoxed turkeys, and nonstick pans and baking sprays, among them. And look out for the ire she unleashes on "cookbookese," genetically modified foods, plastic, and unecological kitchen practices! The culminating work of an illustrious career, Nothing Fancy is an irreplaceable opportunity to spend time in the kitchen with Diana Kennedy, listening to the stories she has collected and making the food she has loved over a long lifetime of cooking.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: pt. I Recollections

Introduction

The Making of a Palate

My Betes Noires

Addictions

Equipment I Simply Cannot Do Without

Ingredients

Cookbookese

My Betes Noires Vertes

pt. II Recipes

Appetizers

Soups

Vegetables and Salads

Light Dishes

Cold Meats

Fish

Meats and Poultry

Yeast Breads

Desserts

Tea

Crispy Things

Drinks and Natural Remedies

Preserves

Christmas.

Notes:

Reprint. Originally published: Garden City, N.Y. : Dial Press, 1984.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781477308288

1477308288

OCLC:

920677022

Publisher Number:

99986459264