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The New Cooks' Catalogue Book

Book lovers, research hounds, and recipe collectors rejoice! Twenty-five years after the original, The New Cooks' Catalogue has arrived. For book lovers, this enormous white hardcover is printed beautifully on handsome paper, filled with full-color photos of every piece of kitchen equipment you can think of, from a set of Endurance spice spoons to the Omega 4000 juice extractor. For research hounds, and really anyone who thinks twice before picking up a new tool or appliance for the kitchen, this is a massive volume of Cliffs Notes. Thinking about a blender? Countertop or immersion? Cuisinart, KitchenAid, Waring, Krups, or Hamilton Beach? What should you look for in terms of design, weight, capacity, noise, power, speeds, and cleaning? What does the UL symbol mean? This volume provides the answers to questions you didn't even know you should ask. Burt Wolfe has been researching kitchen equipment since 1969 and there isn't a question he hasn't thought of. The chapters are broken up by tool category, such as measuring devices, griddles, grill pans and irons, and handheld utensils for beating, mixing, whisking, stirring, and lifting. Peppered with interesting, helpful information on subjects like Japanese knives, strainers, and baking and pizza stones, kitchen gods and goddesses will love nothing better than to curl up with their favorite beverage to peruse the contents. Recipe collectors, do not fear. Wading through this wealth of information rewards you too. Each section includes recipes from famous chefs using that section's equipment. Use your fry pan to make Pork Chops with Cream and Calvados, use a skimmer for Poached Spiced Figs, slice Gravlax with Mustard Sauce with a fish slicer, and make Ginger Ice Cream or Buttermilk Sorbet in your ice-cream maker. With contributions from more than 100 of the world's leading food authorities, among them Bruce Aidells, Julia Child, Rick Bayless, Marion Cunningham, Francois Payard, Nancy Silverton, and Thomas Keller, to name a few, it really is like getting a bonus cookbook with your encyclopedia. And everyone will be entertained by food-related cartoons from The New Yorker, so funny and appropriate you'll find yourself hunting them down when what you really need is a new proofing basket or crème brûlée dish. A great reference guide for kitchen tool collectors and aficionados, as well as anyone outfitting a kitchen from scratch, Wolfe has included so much information, both general and specific, that even when the models described are out of date, you'll still know what to look for, and how to find it. --Leora Y. BloomRead More

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  • Product Description

    Updated, expanded, thoroughly revised, and now in full color--the definitive guide to cooking equipment and utensils

    This 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 include:

    Bruce Aidells
    Lidia Matticchio Bastianich
    Mario Batali
    Michael & Ariane Batterberry
    Rick Bayless
    Daniel Boulud
    Terrance Brennan
    Giuliano Bugialli
    David Burke
    Penelope Casas
    Helen Chen
    Julia Child
    Bernard Clayton
    Shirley Corriher
    Marion Cunningham
    Ariane Daguin
    Rocco DiSpirito
    Alain Ducasse
    Florence Fabricant
    Susanna Foo
    Larry Forgione
    Edward Giobbi
    Dorie Greenspan
    Jessica B. Harris
    Marcella Hazan
    Maida Heatter
    Pierre Hermé
    Ken Hom
    Dr. Ernesto Illy
    Steven Jenkins
    Thomas Keller
    Gray Kunz
    Daniel Leader
    Sarabeth Levine
    Michael Lomonaco
    Nobu Matsuhisa
    Michael McCarty
    Danny Meyer
    Joan Nathan
    François Payard
    Jacques Pépin
    James Peterson
    Alfred Portale
    Paul Prudhomme
    Eric Ripert
    Claudia Roden
    Douglas Rodriguez
    Michael Romano
    Julie Sahni
    Marcus Samuelsson
    Nancy Silverton
    Raymond Sokolov
    André Soltner
    Jane & Michael Stern
    Christopher Styler
    Jacques Torres
    Barbara Tropp
    Margaret Visser
    Jean-Georges Vongerichten
    Alice Waters
    Nach Waxman
    Jasper White
    Paula Wolfert
    Kevin Zraly

  • 0375406735
  • 9780375406737
  • Burt Wolf
  • 1 October 2000
  • Alfred A. Knopf
  • Hardcover (Book)
  • 528
  • 1 Sub
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