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Other than Salt Fat Acid Heat (mentioned elsewhere in this thread), any recommendations for building that baseline knowledge? Step-by-step videos are great for
by dehrmann 3y ago
Other than Salt Fat Acid Heat (mentioned elsewhere in this thread), any recommendations for building that baseline knowledge? Step-by-step videos are great for making that one dish, but are pretty inefficient for reaching a skill baseline.
- civilitty 3y agoI'd recommend The Professional Chef by the CIA.
- gingerrr 3y agoThis is a bit of a loaded recommendation - I own it and it's a fantastic compendium of literally all western cooking knowledge you might want to ever know. It's also like 20lb and over a thousand pages and usually sells for textbook prices, so only invest in it if you really want to level up and have the time to read/work through it.
- wampwampwhat 3y agoThe Food Lab, by J Kenji Lopez-Alt should be on the shelf of any HN reader who likes to cook. dives deep into the 'why' behind each recipe, includes a lot of A/B testing results (e.g. differences roasting russet potatoes vs gold vs red)
- garof 3y agoWhere Cooking Begins, by Carla Lalli Music. It's similar but less verbose than SFAH.
- throw9away6 3y agoIf you want to deep dive read the modernist cuisine 5 volume tome though you really most need the first couple. I don’t think I made a single recipe out of it. The recipes are too elaborate, but the knowledge and explanation of why things were done the way they were was really magical