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Amuse-bouche (pronounced ah-myuz boosh) are today what hors d'oeuvres were to America in the 1950s: a relatively unknown feature of French culinary tradition that, once introduced, immediately became standard fare. Chefs at many fine restaurants offer guests an amuse-bouche, a bite-sized treat that excites the tongue and delights the eye, before the meal is served. Nobody does it better than the celebrated executive chef/partner of Chicago’s Tru, Rick Tramonto. Amuse-bouche are a fa-vorite of diners at Tru, many of whom come expressly to enjoy the “grand amuse"--an assortment of four different taste sensations.
Amuse-Bouche offers an array of recipes, from elegant and sophisticated to casual and surprising—but always exquisite—that will inspire home cooks to share these culinary jewels with their guests. From Black Mission Figs with Mascarpone Foam and Prosciutto di Parma to Curried Three-Bean Salad, from Soft Polenta with Forest Mushrooms to Blue Cheese Foam with Port Wine Reduction, Tramonto’s creations will embolden the novice and the experienced cook alike to experiment with unfamiliar ingredients and techniques.
Organized by type of amuse and season of the year, the book also includes a directory of sources for specialty products. With more than a hundred recipes and with fifty-two full-page color photographs by James Beard Award--winning photographer Tim Turner, Amuse-Bouche enchants the eyes as much as an amuse pleases the palate.
Amuse-Bouche offers an array of recipes, from elegant and sophisticated to casual and surprising—but always exquisite—that will inspire home cooks to share these culinary jewels with their guests. From Black Mission Figs with Mascarpone Foam and Prosciutto di Parma to Curried Three-Bean Salad, from Soft Polenta with Forest Mushrooms to Blue Cheese Foam with Port Wine Reduction, Tramonto’s creations will embolden the novice and the experienced cook alike to experiment with unfamiliar ingredients and techniques.
Organized by type of amuse and season of the year, the book also includes a directory of sources for specialty products. With more than a hundred recipes and with fifty-two full-page color photographs by James Beard Award--winning photographer Tim Turner, Amuse-Bouche enchants the eyes as much as an amuse pleases the palate.
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13 of 13 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
After purchasing this book to use as research, i have found the recipes to be typical american style all flourish and no depth. As a chef these recipes are what we practice
in our daily work, but for the home cook many of these recipes seem to be a little out of reach. I find the flavors to be very insipid or very salty, so do taste as you go. The photography is great, but all and all i was very underwhelmed from start to finish, we have seen most of these things done before and done much better. There are many recipes which have italian themes e.g fig and proscutto with foam, rather than muddle your way through this and other recipes use the same flavours without messing about with them too much and you can have an equally beautiful starter, amuse or antipasto.
in our daily work, but for the home cook many of these recipes seem to be a little out of reach. I find the flavors to be very insipid or very salty, so do taste as you go. The photography is great, but all and all i was very underwhelmed from start to finish, we have seen most of these things done before and done much better. There are many recipes which have italian themes e.g fig and proscutto with foam, rather than muddle your way through this and other recipes use the same flavours without messing about with them too much and you can have an equally beautiful starter, amuse or antipasto.
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
Great book with many varied modern ideas. Very few photographs of finished dishes for those who need them. Measurements are American. Some ingredients were difficult to source but still a comprehensive and useful book.
62 of 69 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
This book is the first book I've seen on the subject Amuses-Bouches. Amuses-Bouches are not "just" appetizers - it's appetizers on a very high level. Therefore a lot of the recipes in the book are quite advanced.
Im must say though that most cooking interested people will find a lot of inspiration in the book - and a few of the recipes are even quite easy to make.
The only reason I didn't rate this book to 5 stars is, that it is not always consistent on the numbers of servings for a recipe. In recipes where you have to combine several things he recipe for one of the things might be for 6 servings as stated in the "main" recipe while another part makes enough for 20 servings.
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Little Bites
An Ok book on food. Disappointed that it had a limited selection of ideas for Amuse-Bouche. However it wets the appetite for one's own ideas.
Published 5 months ago by Major James A. Doherty
Expensive amuse!
This book has no conversion table for readers in Europe and it also uses expensive ingreadients. I always get dissapointed when buying books from the U.S. Read more
Published on 28 Feb 2006 by Andrew Taylor
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