All Consuming : Derek

Good Bread

nobody@allconsuming.net (Derek) — Sun, 16 Jul 2006 00:38:39 GMT

by Edward Espe Brown

A bit dated but one of the best “1st” bread making books out there.

Why I recommend "Heat: An Amateur's Adventures as Kitchen Slave, Line Cook, Pasta-Maker, and Apprentice to a Dante-Quoting Butcher in Tuscany"

nobody@allconsuming.net (Derek) — Thu, 29 Jun 2006 17:04:39 GMT

Heat: An Amateur's Adventures as Kitchen Slave, Line Cook, Pasta-Maker, and Apprentice to a Dante-Quoting Butcher in Tuscany

by Bill Buford

If you ever wanted to work in a NY times 3 star resturant or a butcher’s in Tuscany, this is the book for you. It is an engrosing read about Bill Buford’s journey from a home cook to a line cook at Babo (Mario Batali’s resturant in New York) to Betta’s where he learns pasta making to L’Antica Macelleria Cecchini in Tuscany where under Dario Cecchini and The Maestro (an amazing man) he begins to master the Pig and studies the thigh.

Why I recommend "The Unprejudiced Palate: Classic Thoughts on Food and the Good Life (Modern Library Food)"

nobody@allconsuming.net (Derek) — Thu, 15 Jun 2006 13:31:39 GMT

The Unprejudiced Palate: Classic Thoughts on Food and the Good Life (Modern Library Food)

by Angelo M. Pellegrini

I need to live in a house. A house with a basement. A basement where I can make wine and cheese. A house with a yard so I can have fruit trees and a garden with fresh herbs and trucks pulling up to my house to drop off 1000 lbs of grapes and I shoo my chickens away as I move the grapes to the press.

This book is informative and belly laugh funny. It is full of common sense and culinary delights. Read this book and you will be a better person.

How "The Silver Spoon" changed my life

nobody@allconsuming.net (Derek) — Wed, 19 Apr 2006 01:07:41 GMT

The Silver Spoon

by Phaidon Press

I have alot of cookbooks, but I think this is my favorite. I can look in the fridge see what I have on hand and then take a look in the Silver Spoon and lo and behold, a plethora of dishes I can make.