The Culinarian: A Kitchen Desk Reference - Couverture souple

Kipfer, Barbara Ann

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 047055424X ISBN 13 : 9780470554241

Editeur : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2011

Synopsis

A culinary reference packed with thousands of straightforward definitions and fun tips and trivia

Perfect for cooks, food lovers, and even trivia buffs, The Culinarian is a wide-ranging kitchen reference that no cupboard should be without. With plain-English definitions of everything from Absinthe to Zucchini, it includes fascinating culinary history, etymologies, and tips on selecting, storing, and using virtually every ingredient and piece of kitchen equipment imaginable.

In addition to vital information like unit conversions and yields and equivalents, the book also includes cooking tips, lists, and trivia, from the heavily practical, such as common meat cuts and labeling terms, to the just plain entertaining, like lists of aphrodisiac foods and fun food cliches.

• Holds the answers to thousands of culinary questions, from how to choose a ripe mango or scale a fish to how they get the cream center inside a chocolate candy
• Includes descriptions and definitions of nearly 3,500 food terms, from ingredients and equipment to culinary techniques
• Compiled by expert researcher, lexicographer, and food lover Barbara Ann Kipfer
• Helpful cooking tips and sidebars on cooking quick meals, as well as shopping, storing, prepping, and garnishing

If you've ever wondered how to trim an artichoke or what the difference between a sweet potato and a yam is, The Culinarian has all the answers you need.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Barbara Ann Kipfer is a lexicographer and an enthusiastic culinarian. The bestselling author of 14,000 Things to Be Happy About and other list, reference, archaeology, and spiritual books, she holds PhDs in linguistics, archaeology, and Buddhist studies and has worked as a lexicographer and ethnographer for more than thirty years. Her website is thingstobehappyabout.com.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
• Date d'édition: 2011
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 047055424X
• ISBN 13: 9780470554241
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 640
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible