Synopses & Reviews
Martha Stewart’s Cooking School Now a PBS SeriesImagine having Martha Stewart at your side in the kitchen, teaching you how to hold a chef’s knife, select the very best ingredients, truss a chicken, make a perfect pot roast, prepare every vegetable, bake a flawless pie crust, and much more.
In Martha Stewart’s Cooking School, you get just that: a culinary master class from Martha herself, with lessons for home cooks of all levels.
Never before has Martha written a book quite like this one. Arranged by cooking technique, it’s aimed at teaching you how to cook, not simply what to cook. Delve in and soon you’ll be roasting, broiling, braising, stewing, sautéing, steaming, and poaching with confidence and competence. In addition to the techniques, you’ll find more than 200 sumptuous, all-new recipes that put the lessons to work, along with invaluable step-by-step photographs to take the guesswork out of cooking. You’ll also gain valuable insight into equipment, ingredients, and every other aspect of the kitchen to round out your culinary education.
Featuring more than 500 gorgeous color photographs, Martha Stewart’s Cooking School is the new gold standard for everyone who truly wants to know his or her way around the kitchen.
Review
"This comprehensive introduction to cooking overflows with helpful instruction in all matters culinary....The sequence of recipes follows a thoughtful lesson plan so that basic techniques build on one another." Booklist
Synopsis
Imagine having Martha Stewart at your side in the kitchen, teaching you how to hold a chef's knife, select the very best ingredients, truss a chicken, make a perfect pot roast, prepare every vegetable, bake a flawless pie crust, and much more.
In Martha Stewart's Cooking School, you get just that: a culinary master class from Martha herself, with lessons for home cooks of all levels.
Never before has Martha written a book quite like this one. Arranged by cooking technique, it's aimed at teaching you how to cook, not simply what to cook. Delve in and soon you'll be roasting, broiling, braising, stewing, sautéing, steaming, and poaching with confidence and competence. In addition to the techniques, you'll find more than 200 sumptuous, all-new recipes that put the lessons to work, along with invaluable step-by-step photographs to take the guesswork out of cooking. You'll also gain valuable insight into equipment, ingredients, and every other aspect of the kitchen to round out your culinary education.
Featuring more than 500 gorgeous color photographs, Martha Stewart's Cooking School is the new gold standard for everyone who truly wants to know his or her way around the kitchen.
Synopsis
Arranged by technique, this resource is designed to teach someone how to cook, not simply what to cook. Thoroughly covering cooking methods, the text also includes 200 sumptuous new recipes that put the lessons to work.
Synopsis
The Culinary Institute of Americas flagship reference for home cooks, completely revised and updated.
Synopsis
Cooking at Home with the Culinary Institute of America is an accessible, comprehensive reference for home cooks who want to take their skills to the next level. Filled with a wealth of expert guidance, it shares all the basic information on equipment, ingredients, and techniques that every great home cook should know. Every vital skill and technique is included, from basic knife skills to essential cooking methods like braising and grilling. Techniques are explained in simple, step-by-step detail accompanied by extensive color photographs. The book features hundreds of recipes, ranging from the very basic to the more complex, and covers almost every kind dish, including soups, starters, salads, meat, poultry, fish, grains, breads, and desserts.
Professional chefs the world over rely on the CIA as the gold standard of culinary education. With this new and fully updated edition of Cooking at Home, any cook can now learn from the very best and master the art of cooking.
About the Author
Martha Stewart is the author of dozens of bestselling books on cooking, entertaining, gardening, weddings, and decorating. She is the host of
The Martha Stewart Show, the Emmy-winning, daily national syndicated program, and founder of Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia, which publishes several magazines, including
Martha Stewart Living; produces Martha Stewart Living Radio, channel 112 on SIRIUS Satellite Radio; and provides a wealth of ideas and information on www.marthastewart.com.
Sarah Carey graduated from the Culinary Institute of America. In 1999, she joined MSLO, where she is food editor of Martha Stewart Living and a regular contributor to Everyday Food magazine. She is also one of the hosts of the PBS television show Everyday Food.