- Hardcover: 304 pages
- Publisher: Simon & Schuster Ltd; First Edition / First Impression edition (6 May 2003)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0743220536
- ISBN-13: 978-0743220538
- Product Dimensions: 25.6 x 18.8 x 3.4 cm
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 555,411 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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A definitive collection by a young Michelin-starred chef who is passionate about puddings. Phil Vickery - one of the most highly regarded young chefs in Britain - is particularly celebrated for his fabulous puddings. Puddings are his personal passion. As he says in his introduction, "I have cooked, eaten and prepared thousands of puddings and desserts in my twenty-three of cooking professionally, and I can truthfully say that no other section of the modern kitchen inspires me so much. Desserts are comforting, satisfying, and deeply enjoyable. I just want to take the fear out of puddings and to show why it is that puddings are so wonderful to cook, and eat." Though he is a chef Phil Vickery's style of cooking is much closer to good, simple home cooking than to restaurant food. Proof Of The Pudding is a collection of 200 unfussy recipes, all of which are easily achievable at home. Phil Vickery covers the whole range of sweet cooking and draws on various culinary traditions, including British and Continental. His book is at once comprehensive and authoritative. It touches on the history of desserts and puddings, their ingredients, processes and techniques. Every sort of pudding is represented here, including flans and tarts, sponge puddings, milk and cream puddings, meringues, mousses and cheesecakes, souffles, fruit purees and compotes, and sweet breads. The design of Proof Of The Pudding is luxurious and contemporary, and the colours - sugar-almond pink, eggy yellows, creamy whites and chocolatey browns - evoke the visual pleasures of puddings.
About the Author
For several years now Phil Vickery has been acclaimed as one of Britain's most exciting chefs. While he was Head Chef and Director of the Castle Hotel in Taunton the restaurant was awarded a Michelin star for four successive years. In 1995 he was the Egon Ronay Dessert Chef of the Year, and in the same year the Castle Hotel was "Times Restaurant of the Year". Phil has recently been ranked as one of Britain's top twenty chefs by the AA Restaurant Guide. Phil Vickery regularly appears on British television. He is resident chef on ITV's This Morning. He has done two series of Phil Vickery's Pudding Club for Anglia TV and 12 programmes of Who'll do the Pudding? He has made over 70 appearances on Ready, Steady, Cook and Celebrity Ready, Steady, Cook. He considers it is his mssion to demystify cooking and enable everyone to share his love of good food.
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The proof of the pudding is what the British have been missing out on for the last twenty years. Read the first page
Front Cover | Copyright | Table of Contents | Excerpt | Index | Back Cover
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14 of 14 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
Phil Vickery writes with a real passion for puddings and each recipe has a chatty introduction with lots of background about his cooking career and his personal favouites. The book has great photographs and is perfect if you love to try new puddings as well as many traditional favourites like spotted dick,rice pudding and baked alaska. A must for your collection if you have a sweet tooth, as Mr Vickery is the king of puds!
10 of 13 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
I bought this book on the strength of the mince pie recipe alone
pastry is not my thing but even I couldnt mess this up. We have
been eating mince pies daily for the past two weeks - need I say
more. I cant wait to try out the rest of the recipes.
pastry is not my thing but even I couldnt mess this up. We have
been eating mince pies daily for the past two weeks - need I say
more. I cant wait to try out the rest of the recipes.
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