Cooking

Cooking
by James Peterson

Cooking
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Author: James Peterson
Edition: Hardcover
Published: 2007-10
ISBN: 1580087892
Number of pages: 534
Publisher: Ten Speed Press

Book Reviews of Cooking

Book Review: it's all there
Summary: 5 Stars

I own Mr. Peterson's sauce book and lean on it a lot. This book is no different, just more inclusive. I recommend it to anyone who is interested in a culinary career. Peterson simplifies some techniques that are often difficult to get through. It is well presented. Good reading and a great learning tool.

Summary of Cooking

Put simply, Cooking is a revelation. No other cookbook so deftly illustrates as broad a scope of classic culinary methods and flavors as you'll find here. As a veteran chef and award-winning cookbook author, James Peterson is uniquely qualified to take food lovers into the modern kitchen and turn them into passionate, precise, intuitive cooks. What's most impressive about a book of this breadth and size (540 pages and 600 recipes, brought to life with 1500 vivid color photographs) is how accessible and fun it is to read. Every recipe in Cooking sings with a deep knowledge of the ingredients at hand, encouraging cooks not just to follow the recipe but to really understand and relish in the process, and the result is a terrific turn-to reference for any cook seeking inspired instruction. --Anne Bartholomew


Luscious Recipes from Cooking


Artichoke and Toasted Walnut Salad


Braised Short Ribs

Classic French Apple Tart



In an era of outfitted home kitchens and food fascination, it's no wonder home cooks who never learned the fundamentals of the kitchen are intimidated. Twenty years ago, James Peterson could relate, and so he taught himself by cooking his way through professional kitchens and stacks of books, logging the lessons of his kitchen education one by one. Now one of the country's most revered cooking teachers, Peterson provides the confidence-building instructions home cooks need to teach themselves to cook consistently with ease and success. COOKING is the only all-in-one instructional that details the techniques that cooks really need to master, teaches all the basic recipes, and includes hundreds of photos that illuminate and inspire.

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