Keys to Good Cooking

There s no shortage of recipes available today and Keys to Good Cooking will help you make the most of them by telling you what works, and why. Written by award-winner Harold McGee, this book acts as a companion to your recipe books, providing answers to all your kitchen questions why should I fry-off beef before making a casserole? How do I prevent my sauce from separating? How can I be sure my eggs are fresh? Easy-to-use and authoritative, Keys to Good Cooking is a guide to the techniques, ingredients and gadgets with which you turn recipes into delicious meals. Praise for Harold McGee On Food and Cooking : One of the greatest cookery books ever written. Heston Blumenthal A goldmine of information about every ingredient and cooking process, answering all the questions you will ever have about food. Without a single recipe in it, I think it s one of the most important food books ever written. Jamie Oliver One of the most important books ever written about food, and one of the most enjoyable... McGee has become a godfather figure for all right-thinking chefs and food-writers Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall