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The Essential Guide to Culinary Creativity, Based on Wisdom of America's Most Imaginative ChefsGreat cooking goes beyond following a recipe--it's knowing how to season ingredients to coax the greatest possible flavor from them. Drawing on dozens of leading chefs' combined experience in top restaurants across the country, Karen Page and Andrew Dornenburg present the definitive guide to creating "deliciousness" in any dish.
Thousands of ingredient entries, organized alphabetically and cross-referenced, provide a treasure trove of spectacular flavor combinations. Readers will learn to work more intuitively and effectively with ingredients; experiment with temperature and texture; excite the nose and palate with herbs, spices, and other seasonings; and balance the sensual, emotional, and spiritual elements of an extraordinary meal.
Seasoned with tips, anecdotes, and signature dishes from America's most imaginative chefs, this is an essential reference for every kitchen.
My Review:
This heavy, almost 400-page tome is a great idea for someone who is already a good cook, but who would like to become a gourmet. It's divided into three sections: Learning the Language of Food, Communicating Via the Language of Food, and The Charts, which focuses on the matchmaking of flavors. It's quite detailed. Why there's ten pages on cheese! It's a culinary reference book for the chef at heart.
The folks at Hachette Book Group are allowing me to host this book giveaway for five (5) copies!
- Winners are restricted to the US and Canada. No PO Box mailing addresses, please.
- I must have a way of contacting you, so be sure to leave your email address in code in your comment (Please do not ask me to look it up!)
- I'll close the comments at 6 PM EST December 20th and pick the five winners. I will contact the winners via email to get their mailing information. The winners will have three days to respond. If I do not hear from them within three days, I will select another winner(s).
- If you're interested, just say so in a comment with that all-important email address in code.
Example of email in code: you[at]yourmail[dot]com
39 comments:
I'd like one!! ruthjoec at aol dot com
Oh how I love cooking. This looks amazing! lishybug [at] gmail [dot] com
Oh, I would looove a book like this! Thanks for the opportunity to win! :-)
Lindsey
ladyufshalott at yahoo.com
Sally, I really hope that you don't mind that I enter all your book give-aways. They just all sound so good. And I have a secret for you. I am NOT a good cook. Maybe this one would help.
shimmywith4[at]yahoo[dot]com
*hugs*
My husband is a great cook and I think this would be a terrific way for him to advance his skills even more!
doot65{at}comcast[dot]net
Another wonderful book my husband would enjoy. We have so many various seasonings in our kitchen, that it takes two lazy susans to hold them!
Please enter me in your delightful cookbook giveaway drawing. Many thanks, Cindi
jchoppes[at]hotmail[dot]com
I hope it's okay to enter all your book give-aways. I love all books, but specially cookbooks.
cat_white_cloud (at)yahoo(dot)com
This book sounds amazing. A really great giveaway. I would love to be entered. jessica(at)fan(dot)com
I could definitely use some instructions on spicing things up!!LOL
I'd love to be entered to win one!!
thanks!!
nicolemarielum @gmail.com
thanks so much for the chance to win! i'd love to!!
glittergurl04(at)hotmail.com
wow i'd love to be entered into this contest! sounds like a good book!!
glamorchick_007(at)hotmail(dot)com
oh my goodness, I would LOVE this one!!!
sarawbowyer at msn dot com
This one looks fabulous!
diane.soroko@gmail.com
This looks great for my creative cooking husband!
patvz(at)aol(dot)com
I saw this book a couple of weeks back and I have been wanting it ever since. Is it too late to add it to my Christmas list? Hopefully I won't have to! I'd love to win this! :)
ihchicky[at]gmail[dot]com
Please enter me to win a copy of this book.
hawkes(at)citlink.net
My dear friend's husband would love this book. Please enter me.
libneas[at]aol[dot]com
Ohh I would love to win this book for my chef husband for Christmas! He only reads food books and nothing else. Please enter me, thank you. :D
dreamsongpoem at gmail dot com
Thanks for the opportunity to win this book.
nite-swimming [at] hotmail [dot] com
Just thought of someone who would love this book, Sally ~ Thanks for these giveaways. I love them.
cathyls7(at)gmail(dot)com
I've been drooling over this book since I first heard about it!
WordLily AT gmail.com
I love to cook, just need more people to eat it once I do....
1prizewinner@gmail.com
add me in:)
toadlillyinbloom@yahoo.com
looks like a wonderful book thanks for the contest
minsthinsatoptonlinedotnet
Fabulous book which would be so practical and useful. Thanks for this great giveaway.
saubleb(at)gmail(dot)com
Impressive and beautiful book which appeals to me greatly. Thanks.
rojosho(at)hotmail(dot)com
Thaks for this chance. What an ideal book. Just special. bencanada1(at)yahoo(dot)com
Mmmm, I can almost taste it! yes, I'm interested.
I could really use this, my use of seasonings is pretty basic. Thanks for the giveaway.
lmillitch(at)gmail(dot)com
I enjoy cooking and experimenting and learning. Thanks so much.
elliotbencan(at)hotmail(dot)com
I would love this one!
vdeliz(at)gmail(dot)com
I would love this
smelkoski (at) yahoo (dot) com
I would LOVE to win this book! My email is:
veb (dot) frankton (at) gmail (dot) com
Thanks for the contest. Please enter me...Sararush (at) hotmail (.) com
I believe that spices are the key to any meal - and I would love to have this book in my kitchen as a reference. Thanks!
kellifrobinson2 AT gmail DOT com
Came here through Callapider Days ... GREAT blog! Adding you to my Google Reader!
Sounds like a great book! I'm interested!
gajabra25 AT yahoo DOT com
The winners are:
RAnn
Sara
"Claire"
Carla
Colorado lady
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