As with all the cookbooks in the Leiths series the emphasis is on proper technique to ensure success everywhere. Especially helpful is the fact that all measurements are given in imperial and metric, and all temperatures in Fahrenheit as well as Celsius. With everything from avocado and rocket gazpacho, Jamaican black bean pot and Swiss chard quiche to fig crumble cake, strawberry tequila sorbet and rich chocolate peach cake, this mighty cookbook covers all culinary eventualities. The recipes are simply laid out and very easy to follow - especially if, like me, you often modify or combine recipe ideas depending on what ingredients you have.

To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average. Read more about the condition New: A new, unread, unused book in perfect condition with no missing or damaged pages. The other book I have is this one and I turn to it time and time again - if you ever wanted one book to cover everything from essential utensils, boning a chicken to making a meal for 3 to 30 then this is it. Leiths Vegetable Bible” is the perfect companion not just for vegetarians but for anyone who wants to give vegetables a central role in the kitchen.The technical storage or access is strictly necessary for the legitimate purpose of enabling the use of a specific service explicitly requested by the subscriber or user, or for the sole purpose of carrying out the transmission of a communication over an electronic communications network.

Leith's School of Food and Wine was established in 1975 to provide professional training for career cooks and short courses for amateurs. Also included are useful sections on the preparation of all the main types of meat and fish, though for more detailed coverage of kitchen craft Leiths Techniques Bible is the place to go.Leiths Baking Bible covers every aspect of baking from bread, pâtisserie and pastry to cakes, scones, buns, and biscuits. You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie preferences, as described in the Cookie notice. I grew up eating my grandmother's British cooking and have been trying to find satisfactory recipes for some of the basics - scones, Yorkshire puddings, pasties, etc, and of course also the special occasion puddings and hot cross buns. I used to pour over her recipes in a magazine series she did years ago and I can't tell you how much time I spent reading about her food and dreaming of the day I would have the equipment/ingredients/audience to be able to prepare her dishes.

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Leiths Vegetable Bible” offers almost 1,000 delicious vegetarian recipes, ranging from the simple to the sophisticated. In it you will find a perfected recipe for almost any dish you are looking for – Steak Tartare, Beef Bourguignonne, Peking Duck, Gazpacho, Dauphinoise Potatoes, Chicken Kiev, Thai Red Curry, Cassoulet – and for any occasion, be it a quick supper or cocktail party, picnic, three course meal or afternoon tea. Remarkables REMARKABLES Intriguing, stunning, or otherwise remarkable books These include fine editions, foreign publications exceptional for their interest or production, special editions and some first-rate books from very small publishers. It's not that the recipes are out of date--though the traditional favourites such as roast beef and Yorkshire pudding are present and correct--but that this isn't a volume written around gorgeous colour photographs so perfect they actually put the average home chef off even attempting the dishes for fear of failure. Remarkables REMARKABLES Intriguing, stunning, or otherwise remarkable books These include fine editions, foreign publications that are exceptional for their interest or production, special editions and some first-rate books from very small publishers.In addition there are clear, illustrated instructions on how to perform every culinary operation from preparing a game bird to skinning a squid. I have never had a cook book that I will go back to again and again, I trust that the recipes are accurate and work so I’m tempted to push myself with new things. The cover may have some limited signs of wear but the pages are clean, intact and the spine remains undamaged. This is a no-nonsense, easy to follow guide to how to cook most dishes in the common repertoire of English/French cooking. It gives the user the ability to produce the standard, classic repertoire, with a few new things thrown in.