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The celebrated chef of Upland explores the fundamental techniques of braising, roasting, and grilling—and shows you how to see them in new ways, to learn the rules to break them.
The chapters begin with thorough lessons on these basic methods. From there, the recipes evolve to feature variations on the techniques, altering ratios of moisture, intensities of heat, reversing expected processes. Sometimes the techniques are surprising, like...

"A Food & Wine Best New Summer Cookbook A Book Riot Most Anticipated Cookbook of 2023 How to cook flexibly and fight food waste, with 80 recipes and 150 ideas to use up what you have. You're standing in front of your refrigerator, a week after your last trip to the supermarket. You've got a bunch of random veggies, some wrinkly fruit, near-expired milk, and those pricey fresh herbs you bought for that one recipe and don't know how to use up. For...

The author brings readers into his weekend home, where he cooks simple, delicious dishes that leave him plenty of time to enjoy the company of friends and loved ones. With 100 recipes and 100 color photographs--all taken at his country house--"Home Cooking with Jean-Georges" will inspire home cooks with fantastic accessible dishes to add to their repertoires.

"The 75 delicious recipes divided into five chapters: Crunchy, Boozy, Sweet, Spicy condiments, pickles and snacks, and Jams, Jellies, and other Preserves-- with plenty of packaging tips..."--P. [4] of cover.

Picnic in Provence is the story of everything that happens after the happily ever after: an American learning the tricks of French motherhood, a family finding a new professional passion, and a cook's initiation into classic Provencal cuisine.

After more than a dozen years developing recipes for food and health magazines and collaborating with noted pastry chefs, Genevieve Ko was determined to create treats that were just as indulgent as their original counterparts, as well as more full flavored and nourishing. In a word, better. Healthful oils prove superior to butter, giving Mocha Chip Cookies crisp shells and molten insides, liberating the citrus in Lemon Layer Cake with Olive Oil Curd,...

"Since its humble opening in 2005, Xian Famous Foods has expanded from one stall in Flushing to 14 locations in Manhattan, Brooklyn, and Queens. CEO Jason Wang divulges the untold story of how this empire came to be, alongside the never-before-published recipes that helped create this New York City icon. From heavenly ribbons of liang pi doused in a bright vinegar sauce to βatbread αlled with caramelized pork to cumin lamb over hand-pulled Biang...

Ellen DeGeneres' personal chef, Roberto Martin, shares over 125 delicious vegan recipes he's created for Ellen DeGeneres and Portia de Rossi that he hopes will make healthy vegan cooking accessible and easy for everyone. Portia de Rossi explains in her foreword, "Roberto taught me that the key to making good food vegan is substitution...you can enjoy all your favorite foods and never feel deprived." Some of the standouts Martin, a Culinary Institute...

"A feast of healthy, simple and flavoursome recipes from Lebanon using vegetables and pulses cooked in the traditional way."--Publisher.