| The Cook's Bible: The Best of American Home Cooking Contributor(s): Kimball, Christopher (Author) |
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ISBN: 0316493716 ISBN-13: 9780316493710 Publisher: Little Brown and Company OUR PRICE: $40.85 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: October 1996 Annotation: The Cook's Bible takes the mystery out of preparing a great meal. What's the ideal ratio of oil to vinegar in a vinaigrette? Kimball gives you the answer: 4 1/2 to 1. What's the secret to perfect roast chicken? A 375(degree) oven and a 170(degree) internal temperature for the thigh. How about the toughest kitchen challenge of all, piecrust? Kimball makes it easy with the right ingredients (including Crisco and butter) and illustrated step-by-step instructions. For these and the rest of America's best-loved dishes - vegetable soup, poached salmon, roast beef, barbecued ribs, homemade pizza, waffles, chocolate chip cookies, and many others - Kimball has tested and retested to deliver the definitive recipes. In addition to these master recipes, Kimball also serves up a generous helping of appealing variations - nearly 450 recipes in all. Throughout, Kimball elucidates kitchen procedures - butterflying a chicken, for instance, or dicing an onion - with more than 250 beautifully rendered step-by-step illustrations. And he also provides lucid guidance on what kitchen equipment you need and what you can live without - a microwave oven is optional, but good knives are essential - including brand names, model numbers, and prices. From recipes to techniques to equipment, here is a one-volume master class in American home cookery, a cooking school in print for beginners and experienced cooks alike. |
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| BISAC Categories: - Cooking | Regional & Ethnic - French |
| Dewey: 641.5 |
| LCCN: 95048467 |
| Physical Information: 1.21" H x 7.44" W x 10.37" (2.19 lbs) 464 pages |