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Leiths Techniques Bible [Illustrated] (Hardcover)

by Susan Spaull (Author), Lucinda Bruce-Gardyne (Author)
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  • Hardcover: 800 pages
  • Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC; illustrated edition edition (18 Aug 2003)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0747560463
  • ISBN-13: 978-0747560463
  • Product Dimensions: 24.6 x 19.8 x 5.4 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 10,516 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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Founded in 1975, Leiths School of Food and Wine has trained many professional and amateur cooks and is now recognised as a centre of culinary excellence mixing classical tradition with fresh innovation. This is the ultimate reference guide to culinary techniques. Rivalling the indomitable Le Cordon Bleu, it offers advice on every facet of the chef's world: menu planning and quantity calculation, using specific ingredients such as chocolate, caramel and custard, how to prepare and carve meat and what knife to use, pastry making and much, much more. In clear, concise prose it imparts the years of knowledge and expertise of the two authors, both Leiths educated, who in Leiths tradition are keen to encourage a genuine enthusiasm for the subject. Including recipes and advice on why things can go wrong and how to correct them, this would be a gem of a gift for a serious cook keen to learn more on the subject. - Lucy Watson


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"Leith's Techniques Bible" is the ultimate cookery reference book. Here is all the information taught during the year-long diploma course at Leith's School of Food and Wine. Learn how to prepare meat and fish, make perfect pastry and bread, as well as equip a kitchen. Understand what makes recipes work and what has happened when they haven't. With answers to every cookery question from how to make perfect mashed potatoes to making a spun sugar cage, this is an indispensable book for everyone from the novice cook to the experienced chef.
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61 of 62 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars A Definitive Book!, 23 Jan 2004
As a chef, I found this to be one of the most useful books I own - for technique it is always the first one I reach for. It gives you a very thorough grounding in the fundamentals - e.g. stocks, sauces, bread, pasta, baking - which you can then build upon. It is an excellent alternative to cookery courses. Compared to £20K for a cookery course, this book starts to look like extremely good value!

It covers subjects such as making bread, pasta and sauces in more depth than any other book I have seen, and it tells you what to watch out for, as well as what has gone wrong when the recipe does not turn out as expected. The book contains hundreds of valuable recipes but they are (very sensibly) for each fundamental technique (bread recipes, stock recipes etc.) rather than recipes for 'main courses' like most books.

The book is certainly not only for professionals - it is of just as much value to home chefs as it demystifies so many subjects and gives you so many fundamental 'building block' recipes.

Despite being vegetarian, I have found that most of the book is still relevant and seems to provide well for vegetarian alternatives - I was pleased to find a recipe for 'brown vegetable stock' for making gravies etc!

One aside though - if you only ever buy one cookery book, make it Leith's 'Cookery Bible' - it contains a lot of the information in the 'techniques bible' but also nearly every recipe you will ever need.

Many thanks to Leith's!
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18 of 19 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars covers it all !, 8 Dec 2004
The best cooking book I ever read. Filled with explanations and techniques. take your time to read every chapter over and over and you'll be surprised the new things you learn every time you read it. Almost all the basics are here, don't look any further
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18 of 20 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Most Useful Cookbook Ever, 10 Aug 2005
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Included in the Waitrose Food Illustrated List of 10 Most Useful Cookbooks Ever, Leiths Techniques Bible is just that. Here all the expertise of Leiths legendary cookery school is condensed into a no-nonsense manual. With hundreds of recipes it is the perfect book for both the beginning cook and the experienced chef. The beauty of the volume is that it arms you with the basics you need to be able to use other recipe books well. The layout is incredibly clear and the panels on 'What has gone wrong when...' make it really user friendly.
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5.0 out of 5 stars A 'Must Have' Cook Book
This book is just what its title suggests and is an invaluable reference book.

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Published 1 month ago by Mark Weston

5.0 out of 5 stars Comprehensive quide.
This is a fantastic book that covers cooking and cooking skills. It is a fantastic reference, a great example of this is I wanted a hollandaise sauce recipe and the book mentions... Read more
Published 16 months ago by J. Henderson

5.0 out of 5 stars Cooking course made easy
If you master Leiths techniques, baking and cookery bible you will have become one of the great cooks. I'm still working on it.
Published 17 months ago by Rodger Edwin Atkin

3.0 out of 5 stars A useful addition to your collection
My reason for purchasing this book was to break away from most cook books that teach you little more than how to replicate a certain recipe. Read more
Published on 11 Feb 2007 by Mr. A. Thomson

3.0 out of 5 stars Leith covers all
The market for fully comprehensive cookbooks is crowded. This latest is a worthy addition but it comes at a price that, to this reviewer, has to be discounted to be competitive. Read more
Published on 26 Aug 2003 by yorkshireperson

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