660 Curries
Author: Raghavan Iyer
Curry is Salmon with Garlic and Turmeric. Curry is Grilled Chicken with Cashew-Tomato Sauce. Curry is Asparagus with Tomato and Crumbled Paneer. Curry is Lamb with Yellow Split Peas, Chunky Potatoes with Spinach, Tamarind Shrimp with Coconut Milk, Baby Back Ribs with a Sweet-Sour Glaze and Vinegar Sauce, Basmati Rice with Fragrant Curry Leaves. Curry is vivid flavors, seasonal ingredients, a kaleidoscope of spices and unexpected combinations. And 660 Curries is the gateway to the world of Indian cooking, demystifying one of the world's great cuisines.
Presented by the IACP award–winning Cooking Teacher of the Year (2004), Raghavan Iyer, 660 Curries is a joyous food-lover's extravaganza. Mr. Iyer first grounds us in the building blocks of Indian flavors—the interplay of sour (like tomatoes or yogurt), salty, sweet, pungent (peppercorns, chiles), bitter, and the quality of unami (seeds, coconuts, and the like). Then, from this basic palette, he unveils an infinite art. There are appetizers—Spinach Fritters, Lentil Dumplings in a Buttermilk Coconut Sauce—and main courses—Chicken with Lemongrass and Kaffir-Lime Leaves, Lamb Loin Chops with an Apricot Sauce. Cheese dishes—Pan-Fried Cheese with Cauliflower and Cilantro; bean dishes—Lentil Stew with Cumin and Cayenne. And hundreds of vegetable dishes—Sweet Corn with Cumin and Chiles, Chunky Potatoes with Golden Raisins, Baby Eggplant Stuffed with Cashew Nuts and Spices. There are traditional, regional curries from around the subcontinent and contemporary curries. Plus all the extras: biryanis, breads, rice dishes, raitas, spice pastes and blends, andrubs.
curry, n.—any dish that consists of either meat, fish, poultry, legumes, vegetables, or fruits, simmered in or covered with a sauce, gravy, or other liquid that is redolent with any number of freshly ground and very fragrant spices and/or herbs.
Publishers Weekly
Iyer (The Turmeric Trail) makes the enormous spectrum of Indian curry dishes enticing and accessible in this hefty tome, bound to be a must-have for lovers of Indian cuisine. Cooks already familiar with this food will be inspired as they cook through its pages. The term "curry" encompasses a vast range of dishes, and Iyer has uncovered the best from the subcontinent's many regions and cultures, working his way from Goa (chicken in coconut milk sauce) to Kashmir (hearty braised lamb shanks in broth), Calcutta (tilapia in yogurt sauce), Kerala (spinach in pigeon pea-coconut sauce), and everywhere between. The largest chapter features an extraordinary selection of curries using India's rainbow of legumes, but Iyer includes meat, cheese, fish and vegetable curries, plus appetizers and snacks, biryanis and elegant rice variations and breads. Access to a well-stocked Indian grocery is vital, but past that hurdle Iyer makes the recipes quite approachable thanks to his chatty introductions, many thoughtful preparation tips and helpful ingredient glossary. (May)
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Iyer grew up in Mumbai (Bombay), but he has lived in the United States for most of his adult life. He's an acclaimed cooking teacher and the author of several other cookbooks, and his impressive new title is a wide-ranging guide to the curries of the Indian subcontinent, including Pakistan, Nepal, and Sri Lanka. Iyer explains that Indian curries are not based on a can of curry powder and that the term "curry" refers to any dish simmered in or covered with a fragrant, spicy (though not necessarily hot) sauce or gravy. The hundreds of recipes include appetizer curries such as Skewered Chicken with Creamy Fenugreek Sauce, main-course curries like Yogurt-Marinated Lamb with Ginger and Garlic, and "contemporary curries" such as Wild Salmon with Chiles, Scallions, and Tomato; there are also recipes for "curry cohorts"-rice, bread, and other accompaniments. Highly recommended.
Book review: Complete Book of Home Preserving or Fit for Life
On Cooking: A Textbook of Culinary Fundamentals
Author: Sarah R Labensky
Attractively designed and extensively illustrated with color photographs, line drawings, charts and tables, this contemporary introduction to cooking and the culinary arts focuses on information relevant to today's students. Comprehensive and well written, and now offering a strong Media Program, On Cooking, 4/e emphasizes an understanding of cooking fundamentals, explores the contemporary dining option of vegetarian cooking, discusses nutrition and special health issues, and provides information on other relevant topics such as culinary history and food science.
KEY FEATURES
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Test Kitchen Program offers over 140 in-chapter recipes tested by culinary schools assures recipe accuracy.
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Approximately 50 new recipes and expanded recipe variations add greater variety of recipes and offer additional basic, competency-based recipes.
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A strong Media Program packaged with each text includes:
DVD ROM—an interactive assessment tool
Cost Genie CD—a cost management tool
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New chapter Flavor and Flavorings explores distinguishing and understanding how flavoring affects taste & smell of foods; helps students develop flavor perception and be able to describe tastes.
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New section on the Flavors of Wine and Spirits located within the Flavors and Flavoring chapter identifies the major wine varieties and illustrates how to use wines and spirits in cooking.
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New chapter Vegetarian Cooking brings into focus an important contemporary dining option.
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Over 1800 original color photographs and line drawings illustrate preparation and presentationtechniques and identify fresh foods and ingredients, tools, and equipment.
Table of Contents:
Part 1 Professionalism
Chapter 1 Professionalism
Chapter 2 Food Safety and Sanitation
Chapter 3 Nutrition
Chapter 4 Menus and Recipes
Part 2 Preparation
Chapter 5 Tools and Equipment
Chapter 6 Knife Skills
Chapter 7 Flavors and Flavoring
Chapter 8 Dairy Products
Chapter 9 Mise en Place
Part 3 Cooking
Chapter 10 Principles of Cooking
Chapter 11 Stocks and Sauces
Chapter 12 Soups
Chapter 13 Principles of Meat Cookery
Chapter 14 Beef
Chapter 15 Veal
Chapter 16 Lamb
Chapter 17 Pork
Chapter 18 Poultry
Chapter 19 Game
Chapter 20 Fish and Shellfish
Chapter 21 Eggs and Breakfast
Chapter 22 Vegetables
Chapter 23 Potatoes, Grains and Pasta
Chapter 24 Vegetarian Cooking
Part 4 Garde Manger
Chapter 25 Salads and Salad Dressings
Chapter 26 Fruits
Chapter 27 Sandwiches
Chapter 28 Charcuterie
Chapter 29 Hors D’Oeuvre and Canapés
Part 5 Baking
Chapter 30 Principles of the Bakeshop
Chapter 31 Quick Breads
Chapter 32 Yeast Breads
Chapter 33 Pies, Pastries and Cookies
Chapter 34 Cakes and Frostings
Chapter 35 Custards, Creams, Frozen Desserts and Sauces
Part 6 Presentation
Chapter 36 Plate Presentation
Chapter 37 Buffet Presentation
Appendix IProfessional Organizations
Appendix II Measurement and Conversion Charts
Appendix III Fresh Produce Availability chart
Bibliography and Recommended Reading
Glossary
Index
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