How to Cook Everything: 2,000 Simple Recipes for Great Food

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This guy is simple, honest, casual and creative. No crazy ingredients you can't find, no recipes that tie you to the kitchen for hours. Just simple recipes for real people using real food. And he offers TONS of variations on his recipes, and coaches you how to substitute other ingredients if you have to. Lots of vegan options too. I am giving my copy of this book away today at a book swap. Why? Not because I want to spread the love of vegetarian cooking or lifestyle. It's purely selfish. I've been torn about getting rid of this book because (a) I have many friends who swear by Mark Bittman's recipes and (b) there are SO many recipes in here there has to be something that I can get to work, and (c) there is actually some good advice in this book about basic things like how to blanch various vegetables. Homemade gingerbread and biscuits with a high sugar content have a tendency to soften over time, even when kept in an airtight tin. To keep biscuits crisp and crunchy, add a handful of pasta or rice to the bottom of the storage tin to absorb the excess moisture. 85. How to make perfect shortcrust pastry For a small quantity of glace icing that can be used to decorate biscuits, or for drizzling on cakes and buns, put 100g icing sugar in a bowl and stir in 1tbsp cold water, to make a glossy, runny icing. 67. How to blowtorch and brûlée Well. No, not exactly. I still have a deep affection for take out pizza. I don't use fresh herbs. I screwed up a dip recipe by making it so spicy literally no one was able to eat it. Sometimes what I make tastes good, but it looks a bit like it was dropped from a great height. And I still haven't made a pancake that doesn't have the consistency of a flip flop.

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Deep-fry foods in oil to make them crispy on the outside. Deep-frying involves completely immersing the food in hot oil. With this type of frying, the food does not need to be flipped over halfway through cooking, as the coating of oil allows it to cook evenly on all sides. Cooking classes are one of my favorite ways to learn to cook. And you have two choices when it comes to taking classes: in person or online. In Person Cooking Classes This is more than JUST a good recipe book. This is more than JUST another teach your self to cook book. As a combined unit it is a very comprehensive, great basic primer for the beginner, the adventurous cook and, dare we say it, even for the person who thinks they know everything but might just admit that they could always see ‘how someone else does things….’Animal, Vegetable, Junk tells the story of humans through the lens of food, offering a view of how the need to eat has driven human history to slavery, colonialism, famine, and genocide. It brings us to the present, in which industrial agriculture has become a public health menace that exacerbates climate change and otherwise poisons the planet. The battle isn’t lost, of course, and Bittman attempts to reveal not only how food has shaped our past, but how we can reclaim our future. A four-book box set of more than 160 easy, delicious recipes from "The Minimalist" column in the New York Times. It’s the perfect gift for novice and experienced cooks alike. The Minimalist Cooks Dinner showcases Mark Bittman’s signature ease and imagination, and focuses on center-of-the-plate main dishes. And, in this new volume, he also provides recipes for classic, versatile side dishes as well as recommendations for wine and food pairings. With a majority of its main dish recipes taking less than thirty minutes to prepare, this is truly the book every busy cook has been waiting for. Every recipe in The Minimalist Cooks Dinner is big on flavor, drawing on the global pantry and international repertoire that sets Bittman apart. Cilantro is very popular in Asian and Latin cooking. Its raw leaves are used to add a fresh, bright flavor to cooked dishes, while its roots are used for making Thai curry pastes.

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Roll pastry out until it’s a few inches bigger than the tin you’re lining. Use a rolling pin to lift the pastry up by loosely rolling the pastry around it and lifting it up, then carefully unroll it over the tin. Lift overhanging dough with one hand while pressing it gently but firmly into corners of tin and up sides. Don't stretch dough while pressing down otherwise pastry will shrink during baking. Roll the rolling pin over the top of tin to remove the excess pastry. Chill pastry until solid. 87. How to bake blind Nothing is taken for granted. The author starts with a great overview about setting up your pantry (store cupboard) and your kitchen with the necessary (rather than “desirable” or “faddy”) tools. It was pleasing to see the tool list split between the “absolute minimum” and “other handy tools” – a good thing if you are on a tight budget. A further extensive list of items for baking and roasting is made for those who want to try their hand at that – if you don’t, don’t buy the stuff. Simple, huh? Cooking is a learned skill, and if you're wondering how to learn to cook, I'm going to share with you 7 ways. Salted and unsalted butter have different culinary uses. Unsalted has a lower water content, so is great for frying as it doesn’t spit so much when heated. It’s also useful for making buttercream icing and cakes where you don’t want to impart too much saltiness or want to be able to control the amount of salt added. Salted butter is great for bringing a rich flavour and seasoning at the same time - even in some sweet things - but because the amounts of salt can vary, it’s better for general cooking where the salt levels aren’t so perceptible. 29. How to stop macaroni cheese from being dryWhat happens when a four-star chef and a culinary minimalist decide to join forces to create something different? They invent a new style that adapts to every occasion and every level of cooking expertise Look for those friends for whom cooking comes naturally, and just ask. Most likely, they will be honored and thrilled to teach you. Watch cooking shows. Our guide to perfect omelettes tells all, but the most important things you can do when making an omelette: beat the eggs with seasoning really well beforehand, don’t skimp on the fat used for cooking, use a medium-high heat, push the mixture a little whilst still wet to create folds and texture, scatter over the filling whilst the top is still a little undercooked, then fold the sides in and slide out of the pan (preferably on to a warmed plate). 6. Always use the size of eggs stated in recipes Break chocolate into small pieces or chop with a knife. Put into a dry, heatproof bowl. Set the bowl over a pan of barely simmering water, making sure that the water doesn’t touch the bottom of the bowl. Stir the chocolate occasionally and don’t overheat the chocolate. 74. How to temper chocolate using our cheat's method