Michael Ruhlman's groundbreaking "New York Times" bestseller takes
us to the very "truth" of cooking: it is not about recipes but
rather about basic ratios and fundamental techniques that makes all
food come together, simply.
When you know a culinary ratio, it's not like knowing a single
recipe, it's instantly knowing a thousand.
Why spend time sorting through the millions of cookie recipes
available in books, magazines, and on the Internet? Isn't it easier
just to remember 1-2-3? That's the ratio of ingredients that always
make a basic, delicious cookie dough: 1 part sugar, 2 parts fat,
and 3 parts flour. From there, add anything you want--chocolate,
lemon and orange zest, nuts, poppy seeds, cinnamon, cloves, nutmeg,
almond extract, or peanut butter, to name a few favorite additions.
Replace white sugar with brown for a darker, chewier cookie. Add
baking powder and/or eggs for a lighter, airier texture.
Ratios are the starting point from which a thousand variations
begin.
Ratios are the simple proportions of one ingredient to another.
Biscuit dough is 3:1:2--or 3 parts flour, 1 part fat, and 2 parts
liquid. This ratio is the beginning of many variations, and because
the biscuit takes sweet and savory flavors with equal grace, you
can top it with whipped cream and strawberries or sausage gravy.
Vinaigrette is 3:1, or 3 parts oil to 1 part vinegar, and is one of
the most useful sauces imaginable, giving everything from grilled
meats and fish to steamed vegetables or lettuces intense flavor.
Cooking with ratios will unchain you from recipes and set you free.
With thirty-three ratios and suggestions for enticing variations,
"Ratio" is the truth of cooking: basic preparations that teach us
how the fundamental ingredients of the kitchen--water, flour,
butter and oils, milk and cream, and eggs--work. Change the ratio
and bread dough becomes pasta dough, cakes become muffins become
popovers become crepes.
As the culinary world fills up with overly complicated recipes and
never-ending ingredient lists, Michael Ruhlman blasts through the
surplus of information and delivers this innovative,
straightforward book that cuts to the core of cooking. "Ratio"
provides one of the greatest kitchen lessons there is--and it makes
the cooking easier and more satisfying than ever.
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