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Books > Food & Drink > General cookery > Cookery dishes & courses > Soups & starters
Every day, noodle shops around the globe ladle out quick meals that
fuel our go-go lives. But Ken Albala has a mission: to get YOU in
the kitchen making noodle soup. This primer offers the recipes and
techniques for mastering quick-slurper staples and luxurious
from-scratch feasts. Albala made a different noodle soup every day
for two years. His obsession yielded all you need to know about
making stock bases, using dried or fresh noodles, and choosing from
a huge variety of garnishes, flavorings, and accompaniments. He
lays out innovative techniques for mixing and matching bases and
noodles with grains, vegetables, and other ingredients drawn from
an international array of cuisines. In addition to recipes both
cutting edge and classic, Albala describes new soup discoveries he
created along the way. There's advice on utensils, cooking tools,
and the oft-overlooked necessity of matching a soup to the proper
bowl. Finally, he sprinkles in charming historical details that
cover everything from ancient Chinese millet noodles to that
off-brand Malaysian ramen at the back of the ethnic grocery store.
Filled with more than seventy color photos and dozens of recipes,
Noodle Soup is an indispensable guide for cooking, eating, and
loving a universal favorite.
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