Kategoria BISAC: Cooking >> Specific Ingredients - Herbs, Spices, Condiments

Cooking with Spices For Dummies is for anyone who's ever wondered how the great chefs whip up their fabulous-tasting dishes--but...

Herbs are the most liberating and confidence-boosting of ingredients: grow some and you feel like a proper gardener, bring some into the kitchen and you feel like a proper cook. They allow you to experiment and bring individuality to your cooking while, at the same time, anchoring you in sound culinary tradition because herbs are often responsible for those key flavours that 'make' a dish. Not only that but they are a step on the road to a more self-sufficient, homegrown, organic way of eating.

In the first part of the book, Nikki explains how to get the most from herbs. She outlines...

Salsa and guacamole wouldn t be the same without cilantro, and you can t make pizza without oregano or a mojito without mint. You can use peppermint to settle an upset stomach, ease arthritis pain with stinging nettle, and heal burns and wounds with aloe vera. And then there is cannabis perhaps the most notorious and divisive herb of all. Despite the fact that herbs are often little more than weeds, cultures around the globe have found hundreds of uses for them, employing them in everything from ancient medicines to savory dishes. While much has been written on cooking and healing with...

Brighten your meals with the tasty tang of homemade vinegar. Chef Bill Collins shows you how to make your own vinegars, including wine, apple cider, malt, white, and rice vinegars, and then flavor them with herbs for exactly the taste you want. You'll also learn how to use your custom-made vinegars in everything from a basic Italian salad dressing to Asian coleslaw, sweet potato salad, caponata, sauerbraten, caprese sliders, pickles, chutneys, and even chocolate chip cookies.

Winner of the 2015 Gourmand World Cookbook Award, Best Easy Recipes

A collection of fantastic spice dishes for the family from one of the UK's top Indian chefs. Vivek Singh's simple recipes for spice at home are a brilliant marriage between Indian spicing and Western culinary styles. Vivek's mantra is "evolve" and this 110-strong collection includes both modern dishes from his home in India and his home in Britain, with many that twist the traditions--reflecting two cultures connected by spice. Full of tempting choices for breakfast such as Indian pancakes and duck egg curry,...