Full Description
Bruce Weinstein and Mark Scarbrough, the creators of the bestselling Ultimate cookbook series, are known for their great recipes. But in their exciting new book, Weinstein and Scarbrough provide more than just recipes: they demonstrate the essential techniques people need to become more confident in the kitchen. Cooking Know-How is organized around 65 "master recipes" for a wide range of dinnertime favorites, from Filet Mignon, Ribs, and Pot Roast to Enchiladas, Thai Curry, and Vindaloo. The authors use each master recipe as a jumping-off point to teach basic techniques, providing detailed step-by-step instructions along with full-color how-to photographs. Once cooks understand the techniques, they can try out one of the eight recipe variations the authors provide at the end of each master recipe section (for Bean Soup, for example, the eight choices range from Black Bean Soup to Minestrone). Or, even better, they can start improvising their own variations. Filled with authoritative how-to instructions, lively advice and asides, over 300 illuminating color photographs, and more than 500 terrific recipes, Cooking Know-How is a one-of-a-kind how-to cookbook--the ideal kitchen companion for both cooking beginners and veteran home chefs seeking to expand their skills and repertoire. Bruce Weinstein and Mark Scarbrough (Colebrook, CT) are the authors of the bestselling series of single-topic Ultimate cookbooks, including The Ultimate Ice Cream Book (978-0-688-16149-1). They are contributing editors to Eating Well and columnists for Cooking Light, Today's Health and Wellness, weightwatchers.com, and Relish. Weinstein and Scarborough also write regularly for other magazines and newspapers and have appeared on the Today show, the CBS Early Show, and The View , among other programs.
Contents
Acknowledgments. Introduction. Bean Soup. Beef Stew. Biryani. Boneless Center-Cut Pork Chops with a Pan Sauce. Boneless Skinless Chicken Breasts with a Pan Sauce. Braised Bone-in Chicken Breasts or Thighs. Braised Bone-in Pork Chops. Brunswick Stew. Burgers. Cacciatora. Chicken and Rice. Chicken Soup. Chili. Chilled Fruit Soup. Creamy Vegetable Soup. Duck Breasts with a Fruit Sauce. East Indian Curry. Enchiladas. Escabeche. Filets Mignons and Other Red Meat Medallions with a Simple Sauce. Fish Fillets with a Simple Pan Sauce. Fricassee. Fried Rice. Frittata. Gratin. Hash. Jerk Casserole. Lo Mein. Macaroni and Cheese. Marinara. Meatballs. Mediterranean Fish Stew. Mussels. New England Chowder. Omelet. Oven-Frying. Packets. Pad Thai. Paella. Pan-Frying. Pasta in a Cream Sauce. Picadillo. Pizza. Poached Fish Fillets. Pot Pie. Pot Roast. Rack of Lamb. Ribs. Risotto. Roasted Birds 1: Under 4 Pounds Each. Roasted Birds 2: Large Birds. Roasted Fish. Roasted Meat. Roasted Shrimp. Scallops or Shrimp with a Pan Sauce. Scaloppine. Shanks and Bones. Skewers. Souffle. Steaks 1: Strips and Sirloins with Herb Butter. Steaks 2: Rib-Eyes, T-Bones, Veal Chops, and Other Bone-In Steaks. Steamed Whole Fish. Steam-Roasted Duck and Goose. Stir-Frying. Strata. Tagine. Tetrazzini. Thai Curry. Veggie Burgers. Vindaloo. Index.
