Williams-Sonoma Tools & Techniques - Hardcover

Keller, Thomas

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1934533033 ISBN 13: 9781934533031

Publisher: Weldon Owen, 2005

Synopsis

Williams-Sonoma Tools & Techniques is your road map to cooking success. A comprehensive guide to basic tools and equipment for the home kitchen, with special features explaining the differences among cookware materials and a primer on cutlery styles and uses, and a step-by-step tutorial on key cooking tasks--cutting vegetables into a variety of shapes; boning and skinning a chicken breast; filling and frosting a layer cake and moreit is a must-have for every kitchen.Also included are more than 50 recipe staples: perfect poached salmon, classic roast chicken, homemade chicken and beef stock, and dozens of vinaigrettes and sauces. Even when using a recipe from another cookbook, Williams-Sonoma Tools & Techniqueswill be your guide to scores of kitchen tasks. With friendly explanations of 250 techniques, 200 tools, and over 1500 full-color photographs, whether you are anovice inthe kitchen or a seasoned home cook, this book is the ultimate source of kitchen wisdom.

About this title

About the Author:

Newens is a Certified Culinary Professional, and is a graduate of the Culinary Institute of America.

Thomas Keller was named "America's Best Chef" by "Time magazine and is the only person to receive consecutive "Best Chef" awards from the James Beard Foundation. "The French Laundry Cookbook (Artisan, 1999) won an IACP trifecta: "Cookbook of the Year," "Best First Cookbook," and "Best Photography." Keller has opened a Bouchon at the Venetian Hotel in Las Vegas and two Bouchon Bakeries--one in Napa and one in New York City, where he has also opened Per Se.

About this edition

• Publisher: Weldon Owen
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 1934533033
• ISBN 13: 9781934533031
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 368