The Cook's CompanionA collection of recipes gained during more than 25 years in professional kitchens and 40 years of cooking. This is a book for those who love good food. It contains ideas about the food that the author cooks for her family and friends as well as the recipes learned from her mother. It provides information on more than 100 common ingredients and 700 recipes, plus quick ideas for food. Includes colour photographs by Earl Carter, bibliography and index. |
Contents
acknowledgements | 4 |
basics | 14 |
apples | 45 |
apricots | 51 |
asparagus | 60 |
bacon | 69 |
basil | 79 |
beans dried 87 beans fresh | 93 |
oxtail | 480 |
oysters | 485 |
parsley | 491 |
parsnips | 496 |
pasta | 505 |
pears | 523 |
and noodles 505 peaches and nectarines 516 | 543 |
plums and prunes | 548 |
beef | 99 |
berries and currants 115 bok choy | 125 |
cheese 174 | 131 |
chives 219 | 138 |
cabbages and brussels sprouts 149 carrots | 157 |
celery and celeriac | 168 |
chervil 192 chestnuts | 195 |
chicken and the christmas turkey | 207 |
coriander 231 corn | 235 |
cumquats | 257 |
dill | 265 |
eggs | 283 |
fennel | 297 |
figs | 303 |
fish | 308 |
garlic | 319 |
ginger | 326 |
grapes and vine leaves | 332 |
honey | 347 |
jerusalem artichokes | 353 |
kidneys | 362 |
leeks 380 lemons and limes | 385 |
lentils | 397 |
liver | 401 |
mint 414 mushrooms 418 mussels | 429 |
nuts | 435 |
olives and olive oil | 455 |
oranges mandarins and grapefruit | 461 |
oregano | 476 |
pork | 555 |
potatoes | 569 |
prawns | 580 |
pumpkins | 589 |
quail and squab pigeons 597 quinces | 608 |
rhubarb 622 rice 626 rock lobsters | 635 |
rosemary | 643 |
sage | 649 |
salad greens | 653 |
sausages | 659 |
scallops | 667 |
silver beet 673 spinach 677 squid calamari cuttlefish and octopus | 684 |
sweet potatoes | 692 |
tarragon | 697 |
thyme | 701 |
tomatoes | 704 |
tongue | 714 |
tripe | 720 |
tropical fruit | 726 |
trotters | 736 |
turnips and swedes | 742 |
vinegar | 758 |
witlof | 763 |
yoghurt | 774 |
zucchini and squash | 781 |
bibliography | 789 |
list of plates | 792 |
index | 795 |
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