Starting With Ingredients

Once every generation, a cookbook comes along that transforms the way we cook. Starting with Ingredients is a touchstone of modern cooking. Its revolutionary approach will transform the way we shop, prepare, cook, and even think about food. With each of its 100 chapters focusing on a single ingredient, the recipes in Starting with Ingredients demonstrates the broad range of culinary possibility for each ingredient, using varied cooking methods, flavors, and ethnic inspirations. This culinary masterpiece is the product of Chef Green’s ceaseless culinary curiosity and ability to create crowd-pleasing dishes. This invaluable chef's resource brings together Green's in-depth knowledge of ingredients with the clear and imaginative recipes she's developed. With this innovative approach to the kitchen, experienced and fledgling home chefs will be able to recognize how foods should look and behave, their fragrance and feel, their seasonal changes, how they are transformed by different cooking methods, and their flavor affinities. Extensive sidebars satisfy the most curious epicure.