Herbs & Spices is the essential cook’s companion, now redesigned and updated with all new recipes.
A classic reference, the best-selling Herbs & Spices is a trusted resource in the kitchen, with more than 200 unique herbs and spices from around the world showcased alongside gorgeous, full-color photography, flavor notes, and pairings. This new, updated edition includes the newest herbs, spices, and flavorings influencing global cuisine today, plus more than 180 recipes for main dishes, marinades, pastas, pickles, and sauces.
Part spice cookbook, part kitchen encyclopedia, Herbs & Spices offers handy seasoning how-tos:
- How to identify and choose the best herbs, spices, and other flavorings.
- How to prepare and cook with them to ensure you are making the most of their flavors.
- How to make your own blends, spice rubs, sauces, and more — then customize them for your family’s palate.
Herbs & Spices is perfect for beginning cooks just setting up a kitchen, foodies exploring the deliciously exotic mash-ups of today’s modern cooking, and experts looking for ways to experiment with new flavor combinations. This practical illustrated reference book gives you all the guidance you need to become a master of seasonings and to make tantalizing food from around the world.
Product Features
- DK Publishing Dorling Kindersley
Superb Single Cooking Reference for Herbs The format of Herbs and Spices is wonderful, and the content is – well, let’s just say that it’s wonderful depending on what you are looking for.We considered several herb books before selecting this one. There are other that are more detailed. Some that are health-oriented. Still more that focus on gardening. All good, all interesting. What we wanted, however, was a useful, but still survey-level reference with a cooking focus. Herbs and Spices is just that, with a page or…
Not what I was looking for It is ok, but not what I was looking for. I was looking for more of a how spices and herbs blend for the book to explain what spices complement each other and which combinations to avoid. I was also looking for advice of good substitutes if you can’t find the actual spice or herb. The organization of the book isn’t well explained either, I cannot figure out what the page colors mean or if they mean anything at all. The book is very informative and I did gain a lot of knowledge but I do not keep…