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Notes on cooking : a short guide to an essential craft / Lauren Braun Costello, Russell Reich.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Costello, Lauren Braun.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Cooking--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
- Cooking.
- Cooking--Quotations, maxims, etc.
- Physical Description:
- xxvii, 143 p.
- Place of Publication:
- New York, N.Y. : RCR Creative Press, 2009.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- "Notes on Cooking" is an essential primer that can help anyone become a better cook without a single recipe. The books 217 notes deliver indispensable culinary truths, the highest standards of conduct, and timeless gems of cooking wisdom that have been taught and passed down by top chefs for generations. Includes an afterword by Dorothy Hamilton, founder & CEO of The French Culinary Institute, a recommended equipment list, an annotated reading list, and an index.
- Contents:
- Understanding the recipe
- The cook's role
- Tools & equipment
- Procurement & storage
- Mise en place
- Building blocks
- Temperature
- Pantry
- Stocks & sauces
- Produce
- Seafood
- Poultry
- Meat
- Bread & pastry
- Dairy & eggs
- Wine & spirits
- Repairing food
- Presentation
- Last thought
- Afterword / by Dorothy Hamilton
- Appendices. Flavor lexicon ; Classic combinations ; Cooking essentials
- Recommendations [for further reading].
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 127-130) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0-9724255-6-X
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