Start Here: Instructions For Becoming A Better Cook

Sohla El-Waylly

£30.00

Packed with practical advice and scientific background, helpful tips, and an almost endless assortment of recipe variations, along with tips, guidance, and how-tos, Start Here is culinary school – without the student loans.

Hardback

Cookbooks > Non-Fiction

ISBN: 9781529914078

Description

Change the way you think about cooking!

In this epic guide to better eating, chef, recipe developer, and video producer Sohla El-Waylly reimagines what a cookbook can be, teaching home cooks of all skill levels how cooking really works.

A practical, information-packed, and transformative guide to becoming a better cook and conquering the kitchen, Start Here is a must-have masterclass in leveling up your cooking.

Across a dozen technique-themed chapters – from “Temperature Management 101” and “Break it Down & Get Saucy” to “Mix it Right,” “Go to Brown Town,” and “Getting to Know Dough” – Sohla El-Waylly explains the hows and whys of cooking, introducing the fundamental skills that you need to become a more intuitive, inventive cook.

A one-stop resource, regardless of what you’re hungry for, Start Here gives equal weight to savory and sweet dishes, with more than 200 mouthwatering recipes, including:

Crispy Skinned Salmon with Radishes & Nuoc Cham.

Charred Lemon Risotto.

Chilled Green Tahini Soba.

Lemon, Pecorino & Potato Pizza.

Fruity-Doodle Cookies.

Masa & Buttermilk Tres Leches.

Foreword by Samin Nosrat, author of Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat.

A book to return to again and again and again’ – Yotam Ottolenghi

An instant classic’ – Dan Levy

Sohla has improved my cooking’ – Samin Nosrat

 

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Weight 1 kg
Dimensions 25 × 17 × 8 cm