The Encyclopedia of Cooking Skills & Techniques: An Accessible, Comprehensive Guide to Learning Kitchen Skills, All Shown in Step-By-Step Detail

Whether you are a complete novice or an occasional dabbler, whether you merely need a little help with a tricky technique or want to improve your skills, this book reveals the secrets of successful cooking. All the basics are explained, including how to peel tomatoes, cook rice, make scrambled eggs, line a flan tin, roast a chicken, cut up a mango, make a sponge cake, and knead bread dough. You can follow the step-by-step photographs and create delicious meals with confidence, and the wealth of recipe ideas will enable you to perfect the skills you are learning. If you want to achieve fabulous, tasty results, this book will help you every step of the way. An accessible, comprehensive guide, this wonderful manual of basic and more advanced cooking skills and techniques is clearly and simply presented with step-by-step photographs and over 200 recipes and variations. It explains how to bread fish for frying, butterfly a chicken, make gravy, clarify butter, peel tomatoes, mince garlic, cook rice, melt chocolate, toast nuts, line a tart pan, make a sponge cake, knead bread dough, and much more. Every technique is used in exciting example recipes to try them out, from simple soups to tasty main courses and dramatic desserts. The book includes classic techniques, handy tips for coping with tricky procedures, and modern innovations - so you can choose the most effective methods for every task.

Author: Norma MacMillan
Publisher: Southwater Publishing
Published: 08/07/2018
Pages: 256
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 2.89lbs
Size: 11.67h x 9.05w x 0.73d
ISBN: 9781840385380

About the Author
Norma MacMillan worked as an editor on the Grand Diplome Cooking Course magazine, and has been a contributing editor on the Time-Life Healthy Home Cooking series, and Anne Willan's Look & Cook series. She is a member of the International Association of Culinary Professionals and the Guild of Food Writers. Carole Clements, consultant editor, attended the Ecole de Cuisine La Varenne in Paris, where she received the Grande Diplome Culinaire. A freelance food writer, editor and consultant, Carole co-authored Traditional American Cooking, and the Time-Life Healthy Home Cooking series.


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