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Sauces : Classical and Contemporary Sauce Making
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by:
Peterson, James
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Publisher:
John Wiley & Sons
Published:
ISBN: 0471292753
Format:Hardcover
Pages:624
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Book Description
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Back in 1991, when the first edition of Sauces was published, it's as though James Peterson said, "Okay, this is what we know so far. Where do you want to go from here?" The "what we know so far" part started with the Greeks and Romans,
moved through the Middle Ages, into the Renaissance, through the 17th and 18th centuries, and right on into time as we know it, time that can be tasted in the sauce.
The "where do you want to go" part continues to evolve, as it always will, but
remains just as evident in the way we sauce our creations, both elegant and fundamental. In the second edition of Sauces, released seven years after the first, the "we" has expanded beyond Frenchmen and their disciples, and now includes the broader range
of flavors experienced by Italians as pasta sauces, as well as New World cooks and their counterparts in the Middle East and throughout greater Asia. The solid base from which all this grows, however, remains the lessons learned in the French
kitchen--and a better kitchen for such lessons has never been developed.
To cook is one thing, to sauce another. The right sauce lifts the right dish to a wholly different plateau of dining than would be the case if the cook didn't bother. This
can be a humble pasta sauce created as a perfect balance of ingredients on hand, or a carefully considered sauce the ingredients of which have been developed at the stove over days, not mere hours.
In the sauce can be seen the reflection of the
cook. There is no room to hide. In the well-crafted sauce can be found the ultimate expression of simplicity, which leaves even less room to hide. It is James Peterson's great talent that he can draw the home cook and professional cook into his dialogue
on sauces, and teach them both how to stay afloat in such shallow waters.
Peterson gives the reader--in close to 600 pages, mind you--the continuum on which sauces have been based in culinary history. He gives the reader the kitchen science that
allows sauces to work. He gives the reader the techniques necessary to follow along where many a cook has already whisked up a splendid creation. But most of all, he gives the reader permission to go ahead and be creative, to cut loose with knowledge and
technique in hand and discover for oneself the way an inkling of a flavor idea can find its way to a dish and make the combined ingredients lift off the plate. Or not. Finding out what doesn't work can be just as important.
This is a book that can
be taken to bed and savored, page by page, sauce by sauce. It is a book that should be on the shelf in any kitchen, professional or homebody alike. It is not a book to ever gather dust and need dusting. --Schuyler Ingle
Ingram
"Sauces", former
winner of the prestigious James Beard Cookbook-of-the-Year award and the ultimate reference for saucemaking, is now available in a new, updated, and revised edition. With more 325 recipes in all, "Sauces" includes all-new chapters on Asian sauces and
pasta sauces, plus new recipes that cater to lighter, contemporary tastes. Includes a 32-page color insert with more than 100 color photos of sauce-making techniques Pub: 10/97. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
Book Description
Winner of the 1991 James Beard Cookbook of the Year Award.
"James Peterson has done for sauces that which Escoffier did for the cuisine of La Belle Epoque...Sauces is a manual for the professional cook and, as such, it
will rapidly become a classic and indispensable reference."—Richard Olney, from the Foreword.
"...another cookbook that can stand among the best reference works."—Gourmet Magazine.
"This is a book I wish I had written
myself...Every few decades a book is written that says all there is say on a subject, or has all the information and passion that sets the standard for professional and amateurs alike. Sauces is one of the best culinary books of this century in
English."—Jeremiah Tower, Stars Restaurant.
The ultimate reference for sauce making is now better than ever. This updated and exp
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