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In the green kitchen : techniques to learn by heart / Alice Waters ; photographs by Hirsheimer & Hamilton.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : Clarkson Potter/Publishers, 2010.Edition: 1st edDescription: 151 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 26 cmISBN:
  • 0307336808
  • 9780307336804
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Contents:
What is the green kitchen? -- Stocking the organic pantry -- Washing lettuce -- Dressing a salad -- Flavoring a sauce -- Pounding a sauce -- Whisking mayonaise -- Making bread -- Toasting bread -- Poaching an egg -- Simmering a stock -- Peeling tomatoes -- Boiling pasta -- Cooking rice -- Simmering beans -- Wilting greens -- Blanching greens -- Steaming vegetables -- Pickling vegetables -- Skinning peppers -- Shucking corn -- Roasting vegetables -- Filleting a fish -- Roasting a chicken -- Braising -- Grilling a steak -- Baking fruit -- Seasoning for flavor -- Cooking equipment.
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Adult Book Adult Book Main Library NonFiction 641.563 W329 Available 33111006254045
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Alice Waters has been a champion of the sustainable, local cooking movement for decades.nbsp; To Alice, good food is a right, not a privilege. nbsp; In the Green Kitchen presents her essential cooking techniques to be learned by heart plus more than 50 recipes--for delicious fresh, local, and seasonal meals--from Alice and her friends.nbsp; She demystifies the basics including steaming a vegetable, dressing a salad, simmering stock, filleting a fish, roasting a chicken, and making bread. An indispensable cookbook, she gives you everything you need to bring out the truest flavor that the best ingredients of the season have to offer.
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Contributors: Darina Allen * Dan Barber * Lidia Bastianich * Rick Bayless * Paul Bertolli * David Chang * Traci Des Jardins * Angelo Garro * Joyce Goldstein * Thomas Keller * Niloufer Ichaporia King * Peggy Knickerbocker * Anna Lappé & Bryant Terry * Deborah Madison * Clodagh McKenna * Jean-Pierre Moullé * Joan Nathan * Scott Peacock * Cal Peternell * Gilbert Pilgram * Clair Ptak * Oliver Rowe * Amaryll Schwertner * Fanny Singer * David Tanis * Poppy Tooker * Charlie Trotter * Jerôme Waag * Beth Wells

"In the Green Kitchen presents her essential cooking techniques to be learned by heart, plus more than 50 recipes -- for delicious, fresh, local, and seasonal meals -- from Alice and her friends"--P. [4] of cover.

Includes index.

What is the green kitchen? -- Stocking the organic pantry -- Washing lettuce -- Dressing a salad -- Flavoring a sauce -- Pounding a sauce -- Whisking mayonaise -- Making bread -- Toasting bread -- Poaching an egg -- Simmering a stock -- Peeling tomatoes -- Boiling pasta -- Cooking rice -- Simmering beans -- Wilting greens -- Blanching greens -- Steaming vegetables -- Pickling vegetables -- Skinning peppers -- Shucking corn -- Roasting vegetables -- Filleting a fish -- Roasting a chicken -- Braising -- Grilling a steak -- Baking fruit -- Seasoning for flavor -- Cooking equipment.

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