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Today, with fridges, freezers and vacuum packaging you don't need to preserve your meat and vegetables, yet many food enthusiasts crave the unique tastes that develop from the chemical changes that occur during the curing process. Learn the treasured age-old techniques for smoking, salting, spicing, marinating, spicing, drying, pickling and potting by following detailed step-by-step instructions, guidelines, hints, tips and artfully displayed color photos. Whether you're a home cook, fishermen, wild game hunter or an inspiring chef, you can give as much of yourself as you like to these artisan crafts.
In recent years there has been a global explosion of culinary interest in the age-old traditions of eating raw fish, seafood and meat. Suddenly, it seems, sashimi, ceviche, tartare and carpaccio have become the inspiration and focus for young chefs around the world. This book gives you all these recipes, plus many more modern fusion dishes, so you can create globally inspired raw food in your own kitchen. This book has a wealth of ideas for preparing and presenting raw fish, meat, vegetables and fruits, but also provides variations if you prefer them lightly cooked, whether fleetingly applying the searing heat of a griddle, the flame of a blow torch, a waft of hot or cold smoke, a surge of bubbling stock, or a brief encounter with a pickling potion, merely to seal the succulence within. Raw and Rare is raw gastronomy for the home cook, inspired by simple age-old culinary traditions. It provides in-depth ideas on how to use healthy, seasonal raw fruit, vegetables and salads as well as fish, seafood and meat to prepare fresh, highly nutritious, top-quality and stunningly presented dishes.
Delicious alcoholic and soft drinks to make at home The taste and flavours of freshly made drinks cannot be beaten. Farm shops and delis now stock craft-made, authentic products that retain the integrity of the ingredients they are made with. Artisan Drinks celebrates the pleasure to be had from making your own drinks – a pursuit that gets under your skin, encouraging you to create more and more, and one that equips you with new skills and a wealth of expertise. Lindy Wildsmith takes a wholesome approach to sourcing natural ingredients for infusing, macerating, pressing, brewing and fermenting your own drinks, both with and without alcohol, and enthuses on the pleasures of the outdoors and...
Anyone who has strolled around Venice in search of something to eat will surely have come across cicchetti. They are served in bars, bàcari, and other eateries from late morning onward and are the Venetian equivalent of Spanish tapas and French canapés; irresistible little snacks of every imaginable configuration. Cicchetti is for those of you in love with Italy and Italian food. Many people find sitting around a table with friends and family to be one of the great joys in life. This book will help bring what wonderful Italian tradition home with regional recipes from all over Italy prepared in irresistible bite-sized portions. "Small plates" have become popular for both restaurants and no...
Anyone who has strolled around Venice in search of something to eat will have come across cicchetti. Irresistible little morsels full of local flavour, they are served in bars, bacari and other eateries from late morning onwards and are the Venetian equivalent of Italian antipasti, Spanish tapas, French canapés, Thai street food or English finger food. Made using traditional methods and produce, these meat, seafood, and vegetable treats are the best of Italian cooking in miniature. This gorgeous cookery book is a comprehensive collection of authentic and innovative recipes that will set your taste buds tingling.
Parisian chef Stephane Reynaud writes beautiful recipes that stretch from simple home cooking to fanciful dishes. In Ripailles - French for 'Feasts' - he presents the best of the French kitchen and delves into the very roots of French cuisine. Ripailles is gorgeously designed and is bursting with photographs and whimsical illustrations. More than just a cookbook, it's a treasure to adore.
Curing is enjoying a widespread revival as authentic produce becomes a desirable part of everyday life and the Slow Food movement gains momentum.
This classic collection of nursery rhymes, chosen and illustrated by Brian Wildsmith, will provide hours of enjoyment for young children everywhere.
The minute the weather is warm enough, everyone wants to get outdoors. All that fresh air brings on an appetite - and food always tastes better when eaten outside.For elegant Al Fresco, try appetizers such as Pasta with Crayfish and Chile, Salmon and Mascarpone Crumble, or entrees such as Spiced Chicken with Pistachios and Caramelized Fruit. Follow these with Nectarines in Sambuca and Lime Juice or Blueberry Frangipani Tart. Family Spreads features simple dishes for the hungry hordes; for brunch or lunch try three ways with Crostini or refreshing salads like Herbed Black Bean and Avocado Salad.The greatest al fresco entertaining is Grilling. The main event could include Japanese Teriyaki-style Spareribs or Foil-wrapped Trout with Vegetables. Accompaniments include Mango and Kiwi Salsa. Serve with great salads like Sicilian Fennel with Orange, Mint, and Olives, and vegetables such as Sesame Sweet Potato Packages. Ideas for Picnics include pizzas and pies straight from the oven, dips and spreads, salads, and sweet treats.
Modern Peruvian cuisine - with soul Food is a serious business in Lima and restaurateur Martin Morales, whose top Soho restaurant opened to wide acclaim in 2012, has travelled the length and breadth of Peru to discover the country's best dishes. This collection is his life's passion; it will inspire home cooks to try fresh, healthy and delicious new recipes. From sizzling barbecued anticuchos, superfood quinoa salads, delicate baked corn breads, juicy saltados and lucuma ice, CEVICHE brings the colours and tastes of Peru to the home kitchen. With its uniquely tactile design, it is impossible not to love.