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Book

200 skills every cook must have : the step-by-step methods that will turn a good cook into a great cook

Call Number

  • 641.5 P3242 (CEN)

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Publication Information

Richmond Hill, Ontario : Firefly Books, 2013.

Physical Description

256 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm

Summary

An illustrated guide to the most important tips and techniques that are the key to cooking with confidence and consistency. The book explains and illustrates every important technique, from impressive knife skills to creating perfect pastry, and gives cooks a new level of comfort with tricky dishes like lobster and soufflé.

Notes

Includes index.

Contents

  • Essential equipment
  • Sauce skills
  • Vegetable skills
  • Fruit and nut skills
  • Meat skills
  • Poultry skills
  • Seafood skills
  • Egg skills
  • Pastry and baking skills
  • Pasta, grain, legume and bread skills
  • Broth skills
  • Spice skills
  • Glossary of ingredients
  • Dictionary of terms
  • Resources
  • Conversion charts.

Subjects

Added Authors

Eric Treuille