Think Like a Chef by Tom Colicchio

Think Like a Chef by Tom Colicchio

With Think Like a Chef, Tom Colicchio has created a new kind of cookbook. Rather than list a series of restaurant recipes, he uses simple steps to deconstruct a chef's creative process, making it easily available to any home cook.

He starts with techniques: What's roasting, for example, and how do you do it in the oven or on top of the stove? He also gets you comfortable with braising, saut ing, and making stocks and sauces. Next he introduces simple ingredients -- roasted tomatoes, say, or braised artichokes -- and tells you how to use them in a variety of ways. So those easy roasted tomatoes may be turned into anything from a vinaigrette to a caramelized tomato tart, with many delicious options in between.

In a section called Trilogies, Tom takes three ingredients and puts them together to make one dish that's quick and other dishes that are increasingly more involved. As Tom says, Juxtaposed in interesting ways, these ingredients prove that the whole can be greater than the sum of their parts, and you'll agree once you've tasted the Ragout of Asparagus, Morels, and Ramps or the Baked Free-Form Ravioli -- both dishes made with the same trilogy of ingredients.

The final section of the books offers simple recipes for components -- from zucchini with lemon thyme to roasted endive with whole spices to boulangerie potatoes -- that can be used in endless combinations.

Written in Tom's warm and friendly voice and illustrated with glorious photographs of finished dishes, Think Like a Chef will bring out the master chef in all of us.

TOM COLICCHIO was named Best New Chef by Food & Wine before opening the acclaimed Gramercy Tavern in 1994. He received the 2000 James Beard Award for Best Chef in New York City and for Best General Cookbook in 2001 for his first book, Think Like a Chef. His groundbreaking restaurant, Craft, was awarded three stars by the New York Times and named the James Beard Foundation's Best New Restaurant in America in 2002. The Craft restaurant family has grown to include Craftbar, Craftsteak, and 'wichcraft sandwich shops in New York City, San Francisco, and Las Vegas. Colicchio is also the head judge of the hit Bravo reality show Top Chef and an avid lover of sandwiches. He lives in New York City.

SISHA ORTUZAR is a graduate of the Culinary Institute of America. After cooking in Chile, New Orleans, and New York City's Gramercy Tavern, he cofounded 'wichcraft with Tom Colicchio in 2003. He lives in New York City.

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ISBN 13	9780307406958
ISBN 10	0307406954
Titel	Think Like a Chef
Autor	Tom Colicchio
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Bindungsart	Paperback
Verlag	Random House USA Inc
Erscheinungsjahr	2007-11-13
Seitenanzahl	272
Preise	Winner of James Beard Award 2000
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