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Cooking Books -> Meats
Steak Lover's Cookbook
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by:
Rice, William
Thompson, M. Kathryn (Illustrator)
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Publisher:
Workman Publishing Company
Published: April 1997
ISBN: 0761106316
Format:Hardcover
Pages:256
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Book Description
Amazon.com
The mania for healthy, low-fat eating has led to the demonization of what was once an icon of the American culinary tradition, the steak. Food writer William Rice, author of Where to Eat in America has committed the modern-day heresy of
producing a paean to what he calls the "forbidden fruit" with Steak Lover's Cookbook. Although he may be preaching to the converted, he has created a wonderful book. Passionate about his subject, he waxes eloquent about his favorite cuts of meat,
provides suggestions on the best foods to serve a prior to a big porterhouse, and offers up a host of recipes, classic and modern.
From Publishers Weekly
Rump. Loin. Skirt. Hoof. Chuck. Flank. Butt. Sometimes it's hard to tell whether food
journalist Rice gets greater pleasure from writing these meaty monosyllables or from eating the cuts of beef they name. He's a modified beef purist, which means he accepts the proposition that it's permissible to apply more than fire to a good cut of
meat. He'll subject a porterhouse to a sherry-shallot vinaigrette, whip up a Thai marinade for a flank steak or dress a rib-eye steak with a pinot noir buerre... read more
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