50 Great Pasta Sauces or Braise

50 Great Pasta Sauces

Author: Pamela Sheldon Johns

Living on a farm in Tuscany, Pamela Sheldon Johns knows more than a little about Italian cooking, and 50 Great Pasta Sauces showcases some of her best sauces collected throughout her extensive culinary career. The recipes are divided into four mouthwatering categoriesїvegetable sauces, meat sauces, seafood sauces, and dairy saucesїeach designed to be the centerpiece of an irresistible, unforgettable meal.

Readers can practically taste the flavorful pasta dishes pictured in the rich, four-color photographs that accompany the recipes. The fragrant sauces virtually leap off the page, begging to be savored. Who could resist?

The recipes, ranging from familiar, traditional standbys to creative new favorites, include:

Carbonara sauce

Browned butter and sage sauce

Rosemary-lamb sauce

Garlic shrimp and wine sauce

Roasted tomato sauce

Asparagus and butter sauce

Creamy goat cheese sauce

50 Great Pasta Sauces gives readers and cooks a delicious, easy, and affordable taste of Italy, right in their own homes.

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Braise: A Journey Through International Cuisine

Author: Daniel Boulud

Daniel Boulud's BRAISE is the superstar chef's guide to braising. Featuring braising recipes from around the world, this book will become an instant classic and the definitive cookbook on the technique, bringing one pot meals to a whole new level.

BRAISE is Daniel Boulud's definitive cookbook on the time–honored cooking technique of braising. Braising is "moist heat" cooking, where a small amount of liquid is cooked along with the food in a closed container over long periods of time. A successful braise mingles the flavors of the food being cooked with the liquid it is cooked in, and, because the cooking takes place slowly without burning the food, the technique results in rich, aromatic flavors.

Daniel Boulud has collected the world's best recipes for BRAISE. Featuring dishes from Thailand, Italy, Mexico, Turkey, Lebanon, France, Russia, China and many other places, BRAISE is a comprehensive guide to braising. With simple recipes for all kinds of braises –– from meat to fish to vegetables –– the book is sure to please cooks of every skill level. Whether you're interested in the ordinary (Pot Roast) or the exotic (Quiabebe from Brazil), Boulud's expert guidance and easy to follow recipes bring the world of braise to your fingertips with welcome simplicity and intense flavour.

Publishers Weekly

As Chef Boulud explains in the introduction, "Every chef has a dish so fundamental to the psyche that whenever he tastes, smells, or even just imagines its flavors, it immediately brings him to where he had it first." Hence, he offers this personal and informative cookbook that focuses on braised meat. Boulud begins with notes on the technique, key equipment, ingredients and helpful tips before embarking on the more than 100 neatly organized recipes such as Veal Breast with Cinnamon and Green Olives; Milk-Braised Pork Loin with Hazelnuts and Pepper; and Royal Shoulder of Lamb with Saffron, Raisins and Pistachios. (Some recipes include nonbraised sides like Celery Root Salad.) There are also chapters on poultry and rabbit, seafood (e.g., Spiced Grouper with Fennel, Cashew and Mango; Sea Scallops with Salsify, Shiitake Mushrooms and White Miso), vegetables and beans, and even desserts, like the unexpected Sweet Eggplant with Pistachios. Headnotes give insight into the cultures that inspired these recipes all of which, as one would expect from Boulud, are intriguing and innovative and side notes on ingredients help make exotic dishes less intimidating. (Nov.) Copyright 2006 Reed Business Information.