Mere Mortal's Guide to Fine Dining: From Salad Forks to Sommeliers, How to Eat and Drink in Style Without the Stress
Author: Colleen Rush
From aperitif to digestif, approach every meal with savvy and grace.
We’ve all experienced Fancy-Pants Restaurant Jitters at some point – the fear that you will unknowingly commit some fine-dining crime, whether it’s using the wrong fork, picking an amateur wine, mispronouncing foie gras, or gasping when your fish entrée arrives with its head still attached. Relax. The Mere Mortal’s Guide to Fine Dining is the ultimate antidote to restaurant anxiety.
Where does your napkin go when you leave the table? Should you sniff the wine cork? And why, pray tell, are there so many forks? This comprehensive and accessible primer answers these and dozens of other questions and offers the basics on every aspect of fine dining, including:
* How to navigate a place setting
* Speaking menu-ese and the language of fine food
* A refresher on polite and polished table manners
* 911 for wine novices
* A carnivore’s guide to beef, pork, lamb, and veal
* What local, sustainable, and organic really mean
* Japanese dining dos and don’ts
* Who’s who on a restaurant’s staff
* How to be a regular—or get the perks like one
* Top restaurants across the country
* What the food snobs know (and you should, too)
* And much more…
With a little help, any Mere Mortal can order wine with confidence, get great, attitude-free service, decipher menus, and finally, truly, savor any dining experience.
Library Journal
This is a comprehensive handbook for people who are new to the world of refined dining. Rush, a contributing writer for Cosmopolitan magazine, offers hints on how to handle restaurant staff, proper table manners, how to read a menu (with tips on food in foreign languages), basic wine education, which drinks are appropriate for which course, how to order cheese, as well as where to go for more information. Rush's writing is clear and concise, with a soup on of humor, as she ably demonstrates her way around fine eateries. Whether you just got a fantastic job, are trying to impress future in-laws, or perhaps will be traveling to a new city and would like to have a nice meal, this is the book for you! All libraries should order a copy for their shelves. Jennifer A. Wickes, Garden Plate Magazine, Pine Beach, NJ Copyright 2006 Reed Business Information.
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Crepes
Author: Camille Le Foll
Quick and delicious delicacies for breakfast, lunch and evening snacks.
Endlessly versatile, crêpes are delicious anytime of the day -from early breakfast through to a late-night snack. These simple-to-make delicacies can be sautéed, rolled around all kinds of fillings, or served plain.
Crêpes includes everything needed to know for making the perfect crêpe, from using the freshest eggs to choosing the right pan. Both simple and sophisticated, crêpes can be eaten plain with lemon and sugar or maple syrup, or they can be filled with a host of delicious sweet or savory fillings. Crêpes are easy to prepare using ingredients in the pantry, and they're also great for entertaining -- both sumptuous and impressive.
Crêpes has 40 mouthwatering recipes for every occasion, among them:
- Ham and Gruyère crêpes
- Crêpes suzette
- Buckwheat crêpes with caramelized figs, goat cheese and honey
- Savory Florentine layer
- Sweet cheese crêpes with sour cherry compote
- Chocolate and banana crêpe torte.
From the traditional to the new and exotic, this handy little book offers crêpe recipes sure to please everyone.
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