Acclaimed chef Gerald Hirigoyen's sophisticated and delectable small plates, served at his restaurants, Bocadillos and Piperade, set the standard for tapas in San Francisco. This book features 75 distinctive California-inflected versions of Spanish tapas and French Basque dishes (including Salt Cod with Piperade, Roasted Beets with Moroccan Spices ...
New to the Williams-Sonoma Collection and an essential addition to every kitchen bookshelf, "Roasting" discusses this all-important aspect of a cook's knowledge. Forty wonderful recipes show how roasting enhances the flavors of meats, poultry, fish, and vegetables. Color photos.
The White House pastry chef for 25 years teaches home cooks the art of creating the perfect dessert. "At once an indispensable guide to preparing desserts and fascinating armchair reading."--"Publishers Weekly." 300+ recipes. of color photos. 50 line drawings.
More than 40 recipes, including favorite classics and fresh new ideas, are included in this collection--plus a chapter devoted entirely to chocolate! Full-color photographs of each dessert help make it easy to decide which to prepare, and each recipe is accompanied by a photographic side note that highlights a baking technique or key ingredient.
Brie and apricot jam on a baguette, spinach and goat cheese on a croissant, blue cheese and fresh figs on crusty Italian bread--this is not your average grilled cheese sandwich! Each of these 50 innovative recipes includes instructions for making the sandwiches on stovetop, grill, or sandwich maker.
As the second title in Sur LaTable's namesake cookbook series, "The Art & Soul of Baking" focuses on the largest specialty demographic within the culinary market--baking.
In this book, Michael shares his professional secrets and techniques so that home cooks can reproduce his amazing confections with confidence and success. The book opens with a complete discussion of chocolate, and then offers detailed instructions for creating dipped chocolates, truffles, and molded chocolates. Included are Michael's signature ...
Whether shopping at gourmet markets or at the supermarket, consumers are seeing a growing, even dizzying, array of new cheeses. But as the number of cheeses has grown, so has the intimidation factor. Recognizing this disparity between our voracious appetite for cheese and our often-sketchy knowledge of it, acclaimed cheese expert Laura Werlin ...
This illustrated cookbook is full of irresis table enhancements to a favourite modern ritual. No matter w hat your taste there is a coffee cake for you. '
Award-winning chef Deborah Schneider invites readers to embark on a culinary adventure to Baja California, a region in Mexico stretching from the U.S. border to Cabo San Lucas at the peninsula's southern tip, featuring 2,000 miles of ocean coastline, a huge wine-producing area, hundreds of specialty farms, and a unique food heritage - all waiting ...
What can compare to the flavor of seasonal vegetables picked and cooked at their peak of ripeness? "Vegetable" offers more than 40 recipes, organized by season, that bring out the best in nature's bounty for any occasion. Color photos.
Packed with clever ideas, delicious recipes, and gorgeous color photography, "Williams Sonoma Entertaining" is the ultimate guide to a successful party. The secrets of easy entertaining are demystified with helpful sections such as planning menus, buying quality ingredients, coaxing the best flavors out of food, and stocking the bar. 0-8487-2781-9 ...
"Salad Dressings" offers simple, delicious recipes for quick and light vinaigrettes, creamy dressings, and dressings bursting with exotic flavors. With 40 dressing recipes, 12 bonus salad recipes to go with them, plus a few quick toppings like croutons and spiced nuts to bring them all together, this useful little cookbook will be a mainstay in ...
The newest addition to the Williams-Sonoma Collection, "Christmas" offers treats for everything from soups to nuts, including Crab Bisque and Red Oakleaf Frisee Salad, Standing Rib Roast with Yorkshire Pudding, Gratineed Leeks and Creamed Spinach, English Trifle, and special holiday breakfasts and drinks.
Over 60 recipes will show how to use each of the 11 attachments that are made for the Kitchen Aid mixer. The dishes are all technique-based and provide simple instructions for using the pasta maker, shredder/slicer, sausage stuffer, meat grinder, grain mill, The majority of recipes will use the three attachments - paddle, dough hook, whisk - that ...
Hearty bistro fare such as crisp pommes frites paired with a sizzling pepper-coated steak. Rustic country dishes, including coq au vin and fragrant seafood stew. Decadent desserts such as creme brulee and cherry clafoutis. These are the simple recipes that capture the essence of French cuisine. Williams-Sonoma Collection "French" offers more than ...
Mexico's rich and diverse culinary traditions include countless complex and vibrant dishes. In these pages, you will find recipes that capture the best of the cuisine, from mole poblano, a long-simmered blend of chiles, seeds, and spices, to bright-flavored ceviche dressed with fresh citrus juice. A chapter on desserts also tempts, whether you ...
Enjoy your favorite Chinese dishes at home tonight - and not a takeout menu in sight! Author Nancie McDermott shows you how to bring the delicious flavors of China into your kitchen with ingredients that are readily available and using just a few simple techniques. The vibrant flavors of Grilled Ginger Shrimp are terrific with Tangy Plum Sauce for ...
Buttercup or crookneck pattypan or sugar pumpkin squashes and pumpkins are delicious additions to muffins breads soups salads pastas entrees and sweets. Just as good in the morning as at night the recipes in this beautiful cookbook include such gems as Cranberry-Walnut Pumpkin Coffee Cake Grilled Chicken Breasts Stuffed with Zucchini and Goat ...
The Complete Coffee Book is completely revised from the 1991 edition with all-new recipes and photographs. Sections include descriptions on the origins of coffee beans, choosing beans, types of roasts, brewing techniques, and equipment. The espresso chapter has been substantially updated to reflect the increased popularity of espresso-based drinks ...
Award-winning cookbook author Denis Kelly puts a new twist on one of America's favorite summer traditions, the barbecue. Starting, literally, from the ground up, Kelly explores the history of barbecue and its evolution from cooking on the ground over an open flame to grilling as we know it today. The use of equipment and barbecue techniques, ...
In this full-colour cookbook, television chef Roy Yamaguchi introduces a comprehensive pantry that describes his favourite ingredients in detail and carefully explains how flavours, textures, and colours play off and complement each other on the plate. Fresh, Hawaiian-grown ingredients combine with French cooking techniques to produce a mouth ...
In 1992 Nan McEvoy planted the first olive tree seedlings on her ranch in Northern California. Today McEvoy Ranch is renowned for their high quality extra-virgin olive oil and is one of the few California olive oil producers to hold organic certification. Also producing lavender and honey, and maintaining an extensive kitchen garden, the ranch has ...
With simple, delicious recipes Cat Cora has gathered together her most memorable dishes, perfect for sharing with family and friends. Family and friends gathered around a table laden with laughter and good food. What could be better? Join Cat Cora in the kitchen for meals and memories to share and remember. Cat's food is simple and delicious. ...
American olive oil is experiencing a renaissance. With profiles of 15 new olive oil pioneers (small, family-run operations to state-of-the-art growers and producers) and 75 recipes tailored to the differing kinds of olive oil now available, "The New American Olive Oil" provides an extensive overview of the way the landscape of American olive oil ...
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