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Get the very best from the ingredients that you cook with everyday at home.
Perfect for home cooks, keen to ensure they choose the very best and get the best results. Learn how to buy, store, prepare, cook, preserve and eat over 2,500 ingredients. Plus you'll learn about the best seasonal ingredients and discover complementary flavour pairings.
Over 250 classic recipes from making pesto to fruity jams, with easy-to-follow, step-by-step instructions that you'll love making again and again.
Written by a team of global culinary experts, The Cook's Book of Ingredients brings together their collective expertise to showcase key ingredients from around the world, from Italian and Indian to French and British.
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21 of 21 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
This 544 page cook book just published by Dorling Kindersley arrived on my doorstep a few days ago and I have been flicking through it constantly ever since. The idea behind this cook's companion is to provide detailed information, normally including at least one photograph, of over 2,500 ingredients from all over the world, items both familiar and exotic. There are also over 200 recipes although this is not, in my opinion, the reason why you would buy this book. All the pages have multiple full colour photographs of the majority of ingredients accompanied with some explanatory text alongside the photos.
There are 10 chapters covering: Fish and Seafood; Meat; Vegetables; Herbs; Nuts and Seeds; Spices; Dairy and Eggs; Fruits; Grains, Rice, Pasta and Noodles; and finally Oils, Vinegars and Flavourings.
Each chapter starts off with some general "Essentials" information such as how to buy, store, prepare and cook the items contained therein. This includes recognising different cuts of meat, for example, and the best cuts for different cooking methods and general timings. After this general section, each chapter then goes on to individual ingredients in more detail e.g. types of fish, their sustainability statistics, alternatives, how best to eat that particular ingredient i.e. roast, grill etc. Also the best time to buy the ingredient for seasonality, how to store, flavour pairings information which gives some examples of other flavours that marry well with the main ingredient e.g hake goes well with olive oil, garlic, smoked paprika, butter and lemon. Finally there is a "Classic recipe" which gives you an idea of the well known classics that a certain ingredient is used in e.g veal and osso bucco. As mentioned previously, in 200 cases there is the actual recipe in full for the "Classic recipe" information.
The Index section is split into two - the general index which includes the recipes in italic print and a secondary index which is solely the recipes for ease of navigation. Finally there are a couple of pages with the contact details of various suppliers who helped to provide the ingredients including their website addresses for any online ordering, if applicable.
I have found this comprehensive book very enlightening on some of the lesser know ingredients as well as informative as a central place to come to, to check cooking times, best cuts etc for the more usual ingredients. You will even find information such as which type of apple to use for different classic recipes, which fall apart on cooking and which hold their shape etc. I am very happy with my purchase and will be dipping into this book both just for the pleasure of reading and learning as well as for using it as a reference book when I come across new ingredients in other recipe books or in the supermarket that I am not familiar with. Highly recommended and would make a fabulous gift too, not just for foodies but for those who are just learning to cook and source ingredients.
There are 10 chapters covering: Fish and Seafood; Meat; Vegetables; Herbs; Nuts and Seeds; Spices; Dairy and Eggs; Fruits; Grains, Rice, Pasta and Noodles; and finally Oils, Vinegars and Flavourings.
Each chapter starts off with some general "Essentials" information such as how to buy, store, prepare and cook the items contained therein. This includes recognising different cuts of meat, for example, and the best cuts for different cooking methods and general timings. After this general section, each chapter then goes on to individual ingredients in more detail e.g. types of fish, their sustainability statistics, alternatives, how best to eat that particular ingredient i.e. roast, grill etc. Also the best time to buy the ingredient for seasonality, how to store, flavour pairings information which gives some examples of other flavours that marry well with the main ingredient e.g hake goes well with olive oil, garlic, smoked paprika, butter and lemon. Finally there is a "Classic recipe" which gives you an idea of the well known classics that a certain ingredient is used in e.g veal and osso bucco. As mentioned previously, in 200 cases there is the actual recipe in full for the "Classic recipe" information.
The Index section is split into two - the general index which includes the recipes in italic print and a secondary index which is solely the recipes for ease of navigation. Finally there are a couple of pages with the contact details of various suppliers who helped to provide the ingredients including their website addresses for any online ordering, if applicable.
I have found this comprehensive book very enlightening on some of the lesser know ingredients as well as informative as a central place to come to, to check cooking times, best cuts etc for the more usual ingredients. You will even find information such as which type of apple to use for different classic recipes, which fall apart on cooking and which hold their shape etc. I am very happy with my purchase and will be dipping into this book both just for the pleasure of reading and learning as well as for using it as a reference book when I come across new ingredients in other recipe books or in the supermarket that I am not familiar with. Highly recommended and would make a fabulous gift too, not just for foodies but for those who are just learning to cook and source ingredients.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
I have a lot of Doring and Kindersley books on a variety of subjects and I just love them. This new book on ingredients does not disappoint, laid out in the usual DK format it has lovely pictures and detailed information. A great book for anyone who likes food!
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
I bought this book last week and both my husband and I have been leafing through it ever since. It's beautifully produced. Clearly laid out with bright pictures, interesting facts and informative tips, this makes a great reference book for any kind of cook. If you have seen something new in your local supermarket and want to know how you might prepare and cook it, what other foods it would normally be served with, how to store it and how long it will keep for, this book will tell you. It can be a source or inspiration. Anyone who enjoys food will find learning about the huge variety of foodstuffs covered strangely absorbing until you realise you've whiled away half an hour when all you intended to do was to see what potato varieties are especially good for roasting.
This book would be a fantastic addition to every kitchen, and in fact, is a great coffee-table book too. After all, most people enjoy food and eating, even if they aren't hugely keen or adventurous cooks, and there's a lot to learn about food from this book. A great gift idea too. I'm really pleased with this. I own a lot of cookery books but this is probably going to out-last them all in terms of general usefulness.
This book would be a fantastic addition to every kitchen, and in fact, is a great coffee-table book too. After all, most people enjoy food and eating, even if they aren't hugely keen or adventurous cooks, and there's a lot to learn about food from this book. A great gift idea too. I'm really pleased with this. I own a lot of cookery books but this is probably going to out-last them all in terms of general usefulness.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
foodies
Very good. Was purchased as a gift for someone else but had a flick through before wrapping it up! Very good pics and descriptions. The recipient enjoyed the book. Read more
Published 12 months ago by new2nuvi
Cooks Book of Ingredients
Great for finding out exactly what can be done with certain if not all ingredients. The variety of uses could be questionable but in general a very useful tool for budding chefs. Read more
Published 13 months ago by Ingrid
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