The good cook
By: Simon Hopkinson
Edition: First Lyons Press hardcover edition.
Publisher: Lyons Press, an imprint of Globe Pequot Press
Published: 2013
Language: eng
Number of pages: 318
ISBN-13: 9780762792962
Copyright date: 2011
Subjects: Philosophy; Cooking
Other titles: Good cook (Television program)
Description: "Published as the companion volume to the BBC Television show of the same name, The Good Cook is a collection of 100 of legendary chef Simon Hopkinson's favorite recipes, drawn from his childhood, his restaurant career, and his most memorable meals. A good cook, for Simon, is someone who cares as much about eating as cooking. A good recipe becomes a great dish when the cook has thought about the ingredients and treated them well. These ingredients do not have to be expensive. Simon's genius lies in his belief that a cheap cut of meat, for example, cooked with care can often taste nicer than a choice one prepared by indifferent hand. Structured around Simon's love of good ingredients and written with his trademark perfectionism and precision, this book is for anyone who loves to cook and wants to learn from one of the best"--
Notes: "Published by arrangement with The Random House Group Limited, reg. no. 954009"--Title page verso.

Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Anchovy & aubergine; title: Cool cucumber, hot horseradish, bitter endive; title: Cheese & wine; title: Oily vegetables; title: A mix of mushrooms, pasta, garlic & parsley; title: Smoky salty fish; title: Lovely lamb; title: Nice rice; title: Chicken with livers; title: Ham, bacon & a little pig; title: Four small birds, a big duck, a small bit of rabbit; title: Prawns & shrimps on toast, a prawn salad & a creamed lobster; title: Two salmon, a soaked mackerel & a butter sauce for fish; title: Big cow, little cow; title: Scallops & mussels; title: Potato & pulse; title: Desserts & puddings; title: Conversion chart.