The timeless guide to culinary creativity and flavor exploration, based on the wisdom of the world's most innovative chefs Eight years in the making, The Flavor Bible is a landmark book that will inspire the greatest creations of innovative cooks and chefs by serving as an indispensable guide to creativity and flavor affinities in today's kitchen. Cuisine is undergoing a startling historic transformation: With the advent of the global availability of ingredients, dishes are no longer based on geography but on flavor. This radical shift calls for a new approach to cooking -- as well as a new genre of "cookbook" that serves no to document classic dishes via recipes, but to inspire the creation of new ones based on imaginative and harmonious flavor combinations. The Flavor Bible is your guide to hundreds of ingredients along with the herbs, spices, and other seasonings that will allow you to coax the greatest possible flavor and pleasure from them. This astonishing reference distills the combined experience of dozens of America's most innovative culinarians, representing such celebrated restaurants as A Voce, Babbo, Blue Hill, Cafe Atlantico, Chanterelle, Citronelle, Gramercy Tavern, the Herbfarm, Jardiniere, Jean Georges, Le Bernardin, the Modern, Moto, and the Trellis. You'll learn to: explore the individual roles played by the four basic tastes -- salty, sour, bitter, and sweet -- and how to bring them into harmony; work more intuitively and effectively with ingredients by discovering which flavors have the strongest affinities for one another; brighten flavors through the use of acids -- from vinegars to citrus juices to herbs and spices such as Makrut lime and sumac; deepen or intensify flavors through the layering of specific ingredients and techniques; and balance the physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual aspects of cooking and serving an extraordinary meal. Seasoned with tips, anecdotes, and signature dishes from the country's most respected chefs and pastry chefs, The Flavor Bible is an essential book for every kitchen library. For more flavor inspiration, look for The Vegetarian Flavor Bible

The long-awaited follow-up to the award-winning international bestseller Persiana The all-new collection of more than 100 fuss-free, crowd-pleasing recipes for everyday eating from the author of the award-winning, Sunday Times bestselling cookbook Persiana. Designed to ensure maximum flavor with the greatest of ease - including no-cook, quick-prep, quick-cook and one-pot dishes, Persiana Everyday is full of generous, inviting and delicious recipes to cook again and again for family and friends. PRAISE FOR SABRINA GHAYOUR "Sabrina Ghayour's Middle-Eastern plus food is all flavour, no fuss - and makes me very, very happy" - Nigella Lawson "I don't think she could write a dull recipe if she tried. Every one an elegantly spiced delight." - Tom Parker Bowles "The golden girl of Persian cookery" - Observer CONTENTS INCLUDES Small Plates Including My Muhammara; Fried feta parcels with honey; My flavor bomb beans on toast Salads for All Seasons Including Chicken & cucumber salad with pul biber & tahini lime dressing; Courgette, apple, peanut & feta salad with basil and pul biber; Jewelled tomato salad Poultry & Meat Including Bloody Mary spatchcocked chicken; Halloumi fatteh; Speedy lamb shawarma Fish & Seafood Including Fragrant roasted haddock; Spicy orange & harissa-glazed cod; Marmalade prawns with barberry, chilli & chive butter Vegetable Love Including Ash-e-Reshteh; Pomegranate & harissa roasted aubergine steak; Sticky tamarind, garlic & tomato green beans Carbs of All Kinds Including Super-quick smoky tomato couscous; Lazy Manti; Tangy bulgur wheat bake with roasted onions Something Sweet Including Rhubarb, rose & pistachio trifle pots; Orange & dark chocolate rubble cake; Cardamom & mocha rice pudding

A collection of fantastic spice dishes for the family from one of the UK's top Indian chefs. Vivek Singh's simple recipes for spice at home are a brilliant marriage between Indian spicing and Western culinary styles. Vivek's mantra is 'evolve' and this 110-strong collection includes both modern dishes from his home in India and his home in Britain, with many that twist the traditions - reflecting two cultures connected by spice. Full of tempting choices for breakfast such as Indian pancakes and duck egg curry, lunch ideas including chilli chicken toastie and spicy fish fingers, and supper selections such as crab and curry leaf risotto and lamb shank rogan josh. With photography by Lara Holmes.

Gary Paul Nabhan takes the reader on a vivid and far-ranging journey across time and space in this fascinating look at the relationship between the spice trade and culinary imperialism. Drawing on his own family's history as spice traders, as well as travel narratives, historical accounts, and his expertise as an ethnobotanist, Nabhan describes the critical roles that Semitic peoples and desert floras had in setting the stage for globalized spice trade. Traveling along four prominent trade routes-the Silk Road, the Frankincense Trail, the Spice Route, and the Camino Real (for chiles and chocolate)-Nabhan follows the caravans of itinerant spice merchants from the frankincense-gathering grounds and ancient harbors of the Arabian Peninsula to the port of Zayton on the China Sea to Santa Fe in the southwest United States. His stories, recipes, and linguistic analyses of cultural diffusion routes reveal the extent to which aromatics such as cumin, cinnamon, saffron, and peppers became adopted worldwide as signature ingredients of diverse cuisines. Cumin, Camels, and Caravans demonstrates that two particular desert cultures often depicted in constant conflict-Arabs and Jews-have spent much of their history collaborating in the spice trade and suggests how a more virtuous multicultural globalized society may be achieved in the future.

Be transported to the bountiful islands of Indonesia by this collection of fragrant, colourful and mouth-watering recipes. 'An exciting and panoramic selection of dishes and snacks' - Fuchsia Dunlop, author of The Food of Sichuan 'Start with Lara's fragrant chicken soup, do lots of exploring on the way whilst dousing everything with spoonfuls of sambal, and end with her coconut and pandan sponge cake' - Yotam Ottolenghi, author of SIMPLE Coconut & Sambal reveals the secrets behind authentic Indonesian cookery. With more than 80 traditional and vibrant recipes that have been passed down through the generations, you will discover dishes such as Nasi goreng, Beef rendang, Chilli prawn satay and Pandan cake, alongside a variety of recipes for sambals: fragrant, spicy relishes that are undoubtedly the heart and soul of every meal. Lara uses simple techniques and easily accessible ingredients throughout Coconut and Sambal, interweaving the recipes with beguiling tales of island life and gorgeous travel photography that shines a light on the magnificent, little-known cuisine of Indonesia. What are you waiting for? Travel the beautiful islands of Indonesia and taste the different regions through these recipes. 'An incredibly delicious Indonesian meal on your table every time' - Jeremy Pang, chef and founder of School of Wok

The new edition of the IACP-award-winning book on spice.

Cooks everywhere use spices and herbs to enhance food flavors and to create new taste combinations and sensations. From bay leaves to lemongrass to vanilla beans, a well-stocked kitchen must have a wide selection of herbs and spices.

This expanded and completely revised new edition is the culmination of Ian Hemphill's lifelong experience in the spice industry. It is a fascinating and authoritative guide. Hemphill describes a wide range of global herbs and spices used in modern kitchens either alone or in wonderful blends. He completely demystifies the art of combining herbs and spices and home cooks can meet and enjoy a world of flavors previously found only at internationally inspired restaurants. He provides the "inside story" based on his extensive experience in this ancient and stimulating industry.

The third edition features 6 new spice entries (for a total of 97), 102 new recipes, 33 new curry spice blends and 17 new spice blends. There is also a new and fascinating section, "Travels in the Spice Trade," that includes his personal anecdotes and travel stories. The interior pages have been completely redesigned and reorganized with full color throughout.

All the entries are listed alphabetically with a detailed color photo of every herb and spice. There are also comprehensive and handy storage suggestions with details for every herb and spice. A full-circle culinary experience in the world of herbs and spices, this new edition is still the definitive reference in its field.

The UK's leading gardening publisher brings you a horticultural handbook to fulfil your every need and seed! Get your gardening gloves on and join the green-fingered journey to growing herbs successfully at home. A must-have volume for first-time gardeners, Grow Herbs has tonnes of tips and tricks to sow, grow, plant and propagate a diverse range of herbs, from parsley to peppermint, bay leaves to basil, this grower's guide truly has it all! With passion in every page, you can enjoy: -A jargon-free practical guide to harvesting home-grown herbs -Easy to follow step-by-step instructions of fundamental gardening techniques -Exploration of popular herbs as well as lesser-known options A recent study suggests 38% of British adults use their gardens to grow herbs and vegetables. But with the ever-growing pressure of balancing family life with a career, a lot of today's green-fingered gardeners simply lack time for growing herbs. We believe it's time to change that! Whatever your horticultural hopes may be, award-winning author Stephanie Mahon brings you a herb-growing guide that is sure to shape first-time gardeners like never before, full of top tips to help your garden thrive! An ideal gift for first-time gardeners, budding botanists or the green-fingered lover in your life, make sure to get those gardening gloves on, and join the journey today! At DK, we believe in the power of discovery. If you like Grow Herbs, why not try the other titles in our Grow series? Learn how to brighten your garden all year round with Grow Bulbs, enjoy a no-fuss guide to container gardening with Grow Containers or minimise garden waste with Grow Eco-Gardening. Ready, set, let's grow!

"This book is just about food. Nothing flashy, no expensive equipment and gizmos. It's entirely about flavours and understanding. Food in its entirety is more than about filling your stomach; it's about stories, history, and those shared moments." - Hasan Semay Grounded and honest (and a little bit sweary), Hasan Semay (a.ka. Big Has) is a bright and talented North-London based chef and YouTube presenter. Having dropped out of school and tried his hand at odd jobs from plumbing to security, Has was accepted onto the prestigious Jamie Oliver "15" programme in 2011 which unearthed a true passion and flair for cooking. HOME is his debut cookbook and a celebration of the dishes, the places and the people that have made him who he is today. Fans of Hasan's Instagram page and enormously popular YouTube series 'Sunday Sessions' will recognise his ability to make incredible restaurant-quality food available to the masses, teaching his viewers how to appreciate ingredients and understand cooking not through dull step-by-step methods but by connecting more intuitively with the process. In this debut cookbook, Has takes those principles to the next level talking you through the stages of lighting a BBQ and how to prepare a variety of dishes from small plates to Turkish Cypriot classics as well as meat and fish straight off the grill. His food is beautiful and robust with familiar Mediterranean influences from his Cypriot heritage as well as from his time working in professional kitchens across London - think grilled butter-milk chicken thighs with chermoula, flame-licked steak and salsa verde, marinated lamb chops with salsa rossa, all countered by neat folds of glistening home-made pasta and the occasional jaw-dropping dessert. Now don't think this means flashy, fiddly food - this is real food, treated with respect and cooked right - no tablecloths or fancy china, just your friends, round the BBQ proper Sunday session style, because food is a celebration of coming together. Peppered with anecdotes about working in professional kitchens and the characters and inspiration behind his food, HOME is a refreshing and accessible cookbook from a uniquely bold chef.

Make the most of the international curry culture and expand your culinary horizons with this sizzling collection of 500 of the world's best curry dishes. Cook the classics with recipes for Chicken Satay or Coronation Potatoes, and then try something a little unusual, like Mackerel in Tamarind or Lamb Korma with Mint. In addition, the book has a wonderful selection of spicy appetizers, side dishes, salads, relishes, rice dishes and accompanying breads. A plentiful range of vegetarian options is also included. Whether you like your curries red-hot or prefer a milder, more complex taste, there are recipes here to suit every palate.

There is so much to love in MiMi Aye's wonderful Mandalay - Nigella Lawson One of the Financial Times' Best Books of 2019 One of the Observer's 20 Best Food Books of 2019 A flavour explosion Influenced by its neighbours and the countries closest to it, Burmese food draws techniques and ingredients from Thailand, India and China but uses flavours of its own to make something subtle, delicious and unique. The food of Burma is little known, but MiMi seeks to change that within these pages, revealing its secrets and providing context to each recipe with stories from her time in Burma and her family's heritage. Beginning with a look at the ingredients that make Burmese food unique - as well as suitable alternatives - MiMi goes on to discuss the special techniques and equipment needed before delving into chapters such as fritters, rice and noodles, salads, meat and fish and sweet snacks. Within these pages you'll find 100 incredible recipes, enabling you to create a taste of Burma in your own kitchen.

This is a wonderful collection of 25 recipes featuring all types of vinegar from balsamic to white wine varieties. It offers a concise introduction looks at the history, production and fermentation of vinegar including a directory of vinegar types. You can learn about the amazing health benefits from drinking vinegar - from aiding digestion to helping with weight loss. It includes expert culinary tricks that utilise vinegar in the kitchen from perfecting the poached egg and descaling fish to cooking pasta and storing cheese. You can create your own home-made vinegars using vegetables, herbs, spices, fruit and flowers. Recipes feature all varieties of vinegar for making dressings and chutneys to sauces, baking and drinks. Easy-to-follow, step-by-step instructions ensure complete success with every dish. Vinegar, in particular cider vinegar, has a long-standing reputation for promoting wellbeing and the health benefits of a regular dose of vinegar is currently enjoying a resurgence of interest. It is also an invaluable store cupboard ingredient.Whether it is used for marinating, braising, dressing, deglazing, sharpening, or even raising cakes, the addition of vinegar will enrich many dishes. Choose from Sweet-and-Sour Lamb or Cranberry and Onion Relish, to Minted Gooseberry Jelly or Currant and Walnut Tart, and you will be surprised at how useful and versatile vinegar can be. With clear instructions throughout, this cookbook is the perfect introduction to vinegar.

Fire and spice: Over 150 great curries from India and Asia. This is the definitive guide to mouthwatering, authentic curries from all corners of the Indian subcontinent, from Thailand, Burma, Vietnam and Malaysia, and the islands of Indonesia and the Philippines. It includes an extensive introduction that focuses on the cultures of India and South-east Asia, and demystifies curries with a guide to using and preparing key ingredients, such as herbs, spices and aromatics, curry powders and pastes. It features over 150 traditional recipes for meat, poultry, fish and vegetarian curries, rices, noodles and breads, pickles, chutneys, raitas and sambals, including world classics and unusual regional specialities. Step-by-step recipe presentation takes you through each stage of preparation, with sumptuous photographs for every featured dish, and uncomplicated cooking methods to encourage novice cooks. India and South-east Asia have long been known as the spice headquarters of the world, and this book brings together an inspirational collection of recipes and shows how easy it is to make delicious and authentic curries at home. There is useful information on using key ingredients such as root ginger, tamarind, coconut milk and lemon grass, as well as how to make curry pastes and cook perfect rice and noodles. Signature dishes from India include Tandoori Chicken, Lamb Korma and Tarka Dhal, while Asian classics include Mussaman Curry, Beef Rendang and the Filipino meat soup known as Puchero. Making sensational hot and spicy curries has never been so easy.

Within these pages you'll find a pungent array of fantastic tips on all things spice, with useful advice from the basics of storing, and how long to keep certain spices, to methods for cutting, chopping, grating and grinding. Follow simple recipes for classic spice mixes, learn how to tell your garam masala from your chermoula and pick up tips for how to battle against colds, sore throats and even indigestion. This little book is peppered throughout with spice wisdom.

A sweeping culinary journey across the Islamic world, and a celebration of its most iconic recipes.

A diverse and rich culinary tradition has evolved in every place touched by Islam, always characterised by deliciousness and fragrance, a love of herbs and the deft use of spices.

Anissa Helou's Feast represents an extraordinary journey through place and time, travelling from Senegal to Indonesia via the Arab, Persian, Mughal or North African heritage of so many dishes. This exploration of the foods of Islam begins with bread, and its myriad variations, from pita and chapatti to Turkish boreks and Lebanese fatayer. From humble grains and pulses come slow-cooked biryanis, Saudi Arabia's national dish of Lamb kabsa and magnificent jewelled rice dishes from Iran and Pakistan. Instructions for preparing a whole lamb or camel hump sit alongside recipes for traditional dips, fresh salads and sharp pickles. And numerous sugary sweet treats suitable for births, weddings, morning coffee and after dinner glint irresistibly from the pages.

With more than 300 recipes, spectacular food photography and interspersed with enchanting anecdotes, Feast is a comprehensive and dazzling mosaic of Islamic food culture across the globe.

Each chilli demands and deserves to be known in its own right. With hundreds of varieties, and a dizzying array of flavours, shapes, sizes and colours, chillies are a key ingredient in everything from our favourite curries to drinks and desserts. But even the most experienced chilli fanatic needs a guide to which variety to choose and how hot to go on the infamous Scoville scale. This essential kitchen companion profiles 100 versatile chilli varieties, chosen to showcase their impressive range of shape, colour, flavour and heat, ranging from milder everyday favourites such as the jalapeno, ancho and bell pepper to exotic new superhots including the Dorset Naga and Carolina Reaper. Organized by heat level on the infamous Scoville scale, An Anarchy of Chillies tells the story of each variety and offers advice on how to identify, grow and prepare them. The striking illustrations, in a vivid graphic style inspired by the CMYK process, make this not only a go-to reference but also a beautiful art piece. Written and illustrated by Caz Hildebrand, author of the successful Herbarium and The Grammar of Spice, this is a wonderful gift book for any cook, gardener or chilli lover.

Vegetarian food is popular all over India, and people are growing to love the fresh, spicy and sweet flavours of authentic Indian cooking. Dan Toombs, The Curry Guy, has been on a quest to learn and develop the most celebrated meat-free Indian recipes, and in The Curry Guy Veggie he presents over 100 recipes that focus on taste and simplicity. Much vegetarian food at curry houses is unappealing and unimaginative. Curry Guy Veggie showcases how exciting Indian vegetarian food can be with mouth-watering starters, classic curries, idlis, dosas and fried breads, as well as the delicious side dishes that we all know and love. All of the ingredients are accessible and easy to find in supermarkets, Asian grocers and online - and with Dan's detailed step-by-step instructions, you'll be making your own vegetarian curry feasts in no time at all.

A beautiful and accessible seasonal guide to herbalism from the historic botanic garden. Discover the best times of the year for growing specific healing herbs and also when and how to forage for wild medicine, such as water mint, St John's Wort, hawthorn berries and rosehips. Recipes are included for how to use these herbs, along with folklore stories from herb wives and hedge witches, the meanings behind their names and the history of how these natural medicines were discovered. There are plenty of tips for how to create your own medicinal herb garden, even with just a few pots, along with a biodynamic guide for sowing, planting and harvesting. Including detailed hand-drawn line illustrations to help deepen your understanding, The Herb Almanac is the perfect gift for any nature lover. CONTENTS INCLUDES: Introduction Including using herbs as seasonally appropriate remedies and tonics, an overview of herbs in folklore, wild medicine, magic, superstition, ritual, tradition and literature and herbs in religion and floriography (the language of flowers) Gathering and Using Herbs Including safe, legal and successful foraging, a brief introduction to growing your own herbs and preparing, drying and preserving herbs Witches' Brews: Poisonous Plants Including an overview of herbs with interesting stories that cannot be easily used, e.g. wormwood, hemlock and mandrake Herb Encyclopedia Including detailed information on over 50 different herbs

THE 25TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION OF THE CLASSIC JEWISH COOKBOOK WITH NEW RECIPES AND MATERIAL In this internationally acclaimed book, Claudia Roden interweaves more than 800 recipes with the stories and histories that have shaped Jewish cooking over the centuries. The recipes are treasures garnered from almost sixteen years of Roden's research around the world, enjoying the immense diversity of traditional Jewish food. Roden shares the most essential dishes from her native Egypt and beyond, taking us on a journey through the Jewish Diaspora: from the Ashkenazi world there is hallah bread, wine-poached salmon and luscious plum tarts, and the Sephardi chapter boasts an array of tabbouleh, falafel and the inimitable orange Passover cake. The result is a cookbook unlike any other: a learned, loving and delicious tribute to the variety and vitality of Jewish culture the world over. With new material for this special twenty-fifth anniversary edition, this is the definitive book of Jewish cuisine; a celebration of the food, and the people, that have shaped our culinary world as we know it.

This book offers a feast of spicy and aromatic dishes from India and South-east Asia. How to cook authentic curries that take you only minutes to prepare. It includes recipes for all tastes, from mild kormas to fiery, chilli-spiced keemas. It features classic dishes such as Chicken Madras and Lamb Masala Keema, as well as unusual recipes including Malaysian Fish Curry and Chicken with Paneer & Peas. You can discover a mouthwatering range of fish, chicken, meat and vegetarian curries. It contains a helpful guide to ingredients and basic recipes for Curry Paste and Garam Masala. The popularity of curries continues to grow, and we now enjoy spicy dishes not only from India and Pakistan, but also from South-east Asia - Thailand, Malaysia and Indonesia. This book allows you to create authentic curries in your own home, using the plethora of Asian ingredients that are readily available all over the world. From quick-and-easy suppers such as Spicy Fish Fillets to impressive dinner party creations such as Citrus Beef Curry, there is a main course for every occasion. There are also delicious vegetarian classics to try, such as Aloo Saag and Tarka Dhal.Packed with aromatic ideas, this book offers a kaleidoscope of tastes and textures.