The Cook's Companion

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Viking, 1996 - Cooking - 816 pages
A 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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