num_pages: 528
description: Updated, expanded, thoroughly revised, and now in full color--the definitive guide to cooking equipment and utensilsThis book offers detailed evaluations of more than a thousand items of kitchen equipment--from paring knives to grill pans to espresso machines--providing you with practical information about brands, models, size, function, and performance. Each entry is accompanied by a color photograph and includes features and tips on care and usage. Also included are sections on what to look for when purchasing, as well as recipes and sidebars by more than a hundred culinary celebrities.Whether you are setting up a kitchen for the first time or adding to a long-standing collection, you will find The New Cooks' Catalogue an invaluable and entertaining guide to making the right selections.Contributors  Bruce AidellsLidia Matticchio BastianichMario BataliMichael &amp; Ariane BatterberryRick BaylessDaniel BouludTerrance BrennanGiuliano BugialliDavid BurkePenelope CasasHelen ChenJulia ChildBernard ClaytonShirley CorriherMarion CunninghamAriane DaguinRocco DiSpiritoAlain DucasseFlorence FabricantSusanna FooLarry ForgioneEdward GiobbiDorie GreenspanJessica B. HarrisMarcella HazanMaida HeatterPierre HerméKen HomDr. Ernesto IllySteven JenkinsThomas KellerGray KunzDaniel LeaderSarabeth LevineMichael LomonacoNobu MatsuhisaMichael McCartyDanny MeyerJoan NathanFrançois PayardJacques PépinJames PetersonAlfred PortalePaul PrudhommeEric RipertClaudia RodenDouglas RodriguezMichael RomanoJulie SahniMarcus SamuelssonNancy SilvertonRaymond SokolovAndré SoltnerJane &amp; Michael SternChristopher StylerJacques TorresBarbara TroppMargaret VisserJean-Georges VongerichtenAlice WatersNach WaxmanJasper WhitePaula WolfertKevin Zraly
language: English
title: The New Cooks' Catalogue
titlecomplete: The New Cooks' Catalogue
genres: Reference, Food, Cooking, Cookbooks
ratings_count: 20
publisher: Knopf