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Geminiforone · 12-22-2019, 05:27 PM

I dont mean that as a specific title but as a subject matter. But it sounds like it would make a good title. Any books?

5-all · 12-22-2019, 05:53 PM

On Food and Cooking by Harold McGee will tell you more than you ever wanted to know. The revised edition is @ 900 pages of info.

For somthing less intense Kenji Lopez-Alt's The Food Lab is excellent. Here are some of his posts on Serious Eats.: https://www.seriouseats.com/editors/j-kenji-lopez-alt

weezycom · 12-23-2019, 04:45 AM

Alton Brown's cookbooks, or cookbooks from America's Test Kitchen will have a lot of the science and techniques for proper results. ATK, in particular, will not be adventurous or high-end style cooking, more American classics.

blueherons · 12-23-2019, 01:03 PM

The Professional Chef.

It's a required textbook for most culinary schools and gives you the basics like how to butcher, the five mother sauces, etc.

Nerys52SoSilver · 12-25-2019, 04:56 AM

BHG cookbook the old one from 1978 has a lot of tips very useful.

VTsnowbird · 12-25-2019, 02:04 PM

https://www.amazon.com/How-Cook-Ever...-search&sr=8-4

There you go. $1.75 for a used one.

jlawrence01 · 12-25-2019, 06:56 PM

https://www.amazon.com/Jacques-P%C3%...=books&sr=1-12

Jacques Pepin's Complete Technique is a very good book if you are trying to learn some of the finer techniques of cooking. It i one that I used for years ... until I lent it to my nephew and never saw it again.

This is NOT a book for those who struggle to boil water or who have to be told that you need to crack the egg into the pan BEFORE frying.

Gerania · 12-26-2019, 09:31 PM

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Originally Posted by VTsnowbird

https://www.amazon.com/How-Cook-Ever...-search&sr=8-4

There you go. $1.75 for a used one.

I have that book. It's one of the few that I've kept.

Geminiforone · 12-29-2019, 01:19 PM

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Originally Posted by blueherons

The Professional Chef.

It's a required textbook for most culinary schools and gives you the basics like how to butcher, the five mother sauces, etc.

Thank for the suggestion I have just ordered it.

Sydney123 · 12-29-2019, 01:43 PM

The phone book... I can make reservations for any type cuisine I desire.