Restaurant Favorites at Home (The Best Recipe) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0936184671 ISBN 13: 9780936184678

Publisher: America's Test Kitchen, 2003

Synopsis

The editors of the popular magazine offer 150 favorite restaurant recipes reworked and tested for the home kitchen.

About this title

About the Author:

Founded in 1980, Cook's Illustrated has emerged as 'America's Test Kitchen', renowned for its near obsessive dedication to finding the best methods of home cooking. The editors of Cook's Illustrated are also the authors of the range of best-selling cookbooks and they present America's Test Kitchen cooking show on public broadcast TV. The show features editors, test cooks, equipment testers and food tasters and has its own web site www americastestkitchen.com

From Publishers Weekly:

The editor and founder of Cooks Illustrated magazine and his devoted staff turn their culinary skills to the deconstruction of complicated restaurant recipes in this solid cookbook, which captures "the magic of five-star recipes without the madness of their execution." With the intention of simplifying and clarifying restaurant fare, the authors tested and retested complicated instructions and ingredients and pared them down to their essential elements. Thus, Insane Truffle Soup, served at Tru in Chicago, becomes Sane Truffle Soup, a recipe that keeps the essence of truffle flavor without blowing the home cook's budget. And Le Bernardin's Tuna Tartare with Piquillo Peppers, Roasted Tomatoes and Spicy Sweet Potato Tuiles becomes Tuna Tartare with Sweet Potato Crisps, where the roasted tomato garnish is replaced with sweet potato chips, which can even be purchased at a store. Hard-to-find or expensive ingredients and kitchen tools are substituted and replaced with easier to find equipment, and vague instructions are made more precise. Kitchen tips abound: among other suggestions, the editors offer advice on how to shred cheese without making a mess, peel and segment an orange and choose the correct cooking oil for any recipe. The novelty of some of these dishes, such as Green Eggs and Ham, will delight enlightened eaters. A fine addition to Cook's Illustrated's excellent book series, this volume should please cooks of all stripes.
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About this edition

• Publisher: America's Test Kitchen
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0936184671
• ISBN 13: 9780936184678
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 418
• Editor: Cook's Illustrated Magazine