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Forgotten Skills Of Cooking: The Lost Art Of Creating Delicious Home Produce, With Over 600 Recipes (2010)

by Darina Allen(Favorite Author)

4.32 of 5 Votes: 4

ISBN

1906868069 (ISBN13: 9781906868062)

languge

English

genre

Food & Cookbooks

publisher

Kyle Cathie Limited

review 1: A good friend gave me this book for my birthday this year. Knowing the kind of cook I am - interested in food, all the steps taken to getting it, and its unique preparation were reasons she chose it for me. It was a spot-on, thoughtful gift.The book is focused on food that comes from or is found in the UK and Ireland. I was raised in the US, but I live in England now and have a growing fascination with the wild foods and traditional dishes that are found and made here. British food has had a bad wrap, but I am quickly finding that much of that is unfounded. So far, this book has taught me how to find and prepare easily gathering foods (free food!), such as wild greens and fruits. It has also shown me how to make simple cheeses and prepare preserves/syrups/chutneys - all th... moreings I was once afraid to try. It may take me a while to get into the preparation of offal, but this book has already made me face up to some of my food hypocrisy and give the seemingly unappetizing ingredient a chance. I began with nettles, but by Christmas I may even attempt suet.It would have been more helpful with additional photos and details on how to ensure that the food you are finding is safe to eat. I would also add some kind of color coding to the margin for seasonality.
review 2: There can't possibly be enough good to say about this cookbook/tutorial tome. It's fantastic. Fan. Tas. Tic. She has a whole chapter on Foraging (yes, foraging! wild food. growing randomly. in the wild) and how to use what you've found. Each chapter covers one basic unit: Foraging, Breads, Lamb, Beef, Pork, Fish, Chicken (and how to keep your own hens), etc etc etc. Her advice and instructions are practical and down-to-earth: how to gut and fillet a fish, how to prepare a duck or pigeon for the oven, how to cure your own ham, where to find the best wild blueberries - and on an on.I'm reading it page by page (unlike most cookbooks), because it's totally engrossing and totally fascinating. And - believe it or not, I think with her step-by-steps I can likely do most of all the things she mentions. Really - fabulous. A serious kitchen must-have-on-hand. less

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