Review:thank you for this wonderful book. i have just begun to learn to cook Indian food...and as I am to marry a man in India soon, this is perfect. I have made several recipes so far and they are delicious. Just bought a pressure cooker to cook the lentils faster and softer. This is key. Read more

Review:this new hardcover, written by michael ruhlman is excellent. the first section in particular is truly gripping(esp. if you are a food nut like i am!) the almost blow by blow account of a group of chefs trying to pass a series of incredibly arduous tests (a ten day herculean nightmare)in order obtain the title of master chef from the Culinary Institute of America makes the Iron chef challenge look like a stroll though the park! one of the main themes of the book is the quest for
perfectio... Read more

Review:I was not impresed with this book. While everything is sorted it is still kind of piled together(small print and crapping newprint paper with no space between anything). I looked up some of my favorite and the recipes were messed up. Read more

Review:I bought this book because I like to improvise when cooking. As I hoped, the ratios are helpful in improvising in more areas (such as sauces and baking). I'm vegetarian, so the section on sausages and whatnot doesn't do me any good; at least the stock section includes tips for vegetable stock as well as meat stocks.

I haven't yet made anything using the ratios, but it's an interesting read and I expect it to be helpful. Read more

Review:It's very difficult to read considering they have typos like crazy. They reference Italian fish by the wrong name, so you're really getting a lot of misinformation. Overall, the title is misleading. It's more a series of small interviews and insights into some professional chefs, with a general theme that runs throughout the pages that "less is more." There are a few ideas on how some of the chefs construct their menus, and ingredients that go together. Read more

Review:I thought I was conversant with most of these flavor laden species . . . But no! I found many I had never heard of or thought they came from different sources. Excellent introduction to this "flavorful world" or a dictionary with "helps" for the experts. If you want to find out more about flavors and their sources you will find it here. Read more

Review:The best cookbook ever. Perfect for a kindle since you'll want to use the search button on kindle a lot to navagate this book. If you want better then Mrs. Fields chocolate chip cookie the recipe is in here. If you want a roast that cooks exactly the same all the way through from the first cut to the last the science know how is in here. Between this book and The America's Test Kitchen "Big Red Book" you really don't need many other cook books. Read more

Review:BEST cookbook in years! Far more than just sauces, as the the title humbly sugests. As soon as I got it, I realised it was special & showed it to my mom, (who, btw, is a great cook & has been cooking for years) & she wanted to keep it. I had to order another one for myself. GET IT--you will thank yourself---it completely rocks! Read more

Review:It's a fascinating and immensely helpful book for those who want to make not just good cocktails but great cocktails. Even if you only care about an Old Fashioned or a Manhattan, Dave's pages (yes pages) on these two are amazingly useful. Sure, you can just use the pages of recipes and formula tables to make your drinks but really this is a book for those who want to know a bit more about what makes a good drink. Dave tackles everything from the basic classics that require nothing but booze, ice... Read more

Review:Sorry, Rach, but I'm very disappointed in this book. Other reviewers had commented on the lack of a decent amount of pictures and I will have to agree. As a matter of fact, there are even less than that. There are less than a handful and, like other reviewers, I like to see what the finished "product" is supposed to look like. The title implied to me that this would be a family meal type cookbook. Sunday dinners include everyone, right? I find that a very good percentage of the recipes are f... Read more