Make 100 easy, perfectly cooked meals using today's hot appliance: the sous vide! As affordable sous vide machines become widely available, an appliance once used only in fine-dining restaurants or on competitive cooking shows has entered home cooks' kitchens. Using a vacuum-sealed bag and temperature-controlled, circulating water, it cooks food gradually, making it easy, foolproof, and convenient for weeknight cooking. This comprehensive but compact introduction teaches you everything you need to know about sous vide preparation, including cooking times, and provides 100 inspired recipes for meat, poultry, seafood, vegetables, and desserts that go beyond the basics.

Are you looking for an easy way to amaze your friends? Do you have a whipping siphon but are afraid you are not getting the most out of it? If you nodded your head Yes then this book was written for you Modernist Cooking Made Easy: The Whipping Siphon focuses on presenting the 3 main uses of the whipping siphon: Foaming, Infusing, and Carbonating. It delivers the information you need to understand how the techniques work and provides you with over 50 recipes to illustrate these techniques while allowing you to create great dishes using them. Plus, these techniques can produce an amazing array of dishes that anyone can easily use to experience the joys of modernist cooking as well as to blow their diners away Whether you have an iSi Whipping Siphon, a culinary whipper, a Whip-It, or any other cream whipper or whipped cream dispenser this book will help you get the most out of it. From thick, rich foams to thin, flavorful froths and from fizzy grapes to highly-nuanced alcohol infusions, a whipping siphon can create food that plays with all of the senses. It is an awesome way to easily wow your family and friends What You Get in This Book: - An in-depth look at the three main uses of the whipping siphon: foaming, infusing and carbonating. - An overview of how the whipping siphon works and a detailed look at what ingredients work best with it. - A troubleshooting guide to help you overcome any issues that arise. - More than 50 recipes providing a wide variety of delightful taste sensations. They include: Foams, mousses, soups and dips Infused alcohols, oils and vinegars Carbonated beverages and fruits - A comprehensive primer on foaming including different types of foams, foaming ingredients and uses of foams. - Detailed summary charts with the different applications for various ingredients and what ratios they should be used in. If you want to master the whipping siphon, delight your taste buds, and amaze your friends, then this is the book for you

Are you interested in molecular gastronomy and modernist cooking but can't find any accessible information for getting started? Are you looking for an easy to understand introduction to the techniques, ingredients, and recipes of modernist cooking? If you nodded your head "Yes" then this book was written for you
Modernist cooking is quickly gaining popularity in high end restaurants and working its way into home kitchens. However, there has been very little accessible information about the techniques and ingredients used. This book aims to change that by presenting all the information you need to get to get started with modernist cooking and molecular gastronomy. It is all presented in an easy to understand format, along with more than 80 example recipes, that can be applied immediately in your kitchen. "Modernist Cooking Made Easy: Getting Started" covers popular modernist techniques like foams, gels, and spherification as well as many of the ingredients including agar, xanthan gum, and sodium alginate. There are also more than 80 high quality, black and white photographs providing a visual look at many of the recipes and techniques. What You Get in This Book: An in-depth look at many of the most popular modernist ingredients such as xanthan gum, sodium alginate, carrageenan, and agar agar. A detailed exploration of modernist techniques like spherification, gelling, foaming, thickening, and sous vide. More than 80 recipes for gels, foams, sauces, caviars, airs, syrups, gel noodles and marshmallows. Directions for how to use modernist techniques and ingredients to make your everyday cooking more convenient. More than 400 sous vide time and temperature combinations across 175 cuts of meat, types of fish and vegetables. If you want to get started with modernist cooking then this is the book for you

Do you take pride in cooking great food for yourself, your family, and friends? Are you an extremely busy individual that is on the go all day long? If you nodded your head "Yes" then this book was written for you Sous vide has many benefits for people who are busy during the day. Once you understand how to take advantage of these benefits you can get great meals on the table while working around your schedule. That's where Sous Vide: Help for the Busy Cook comes in Using the techniques presented in this book and more than 100 recipes, along with a little planning, and even the busiest person can create great meals. Explore the three stages of sous vide cooking and how they can be integrated into your hectic schedule Get more than 100 recipes written specifically to fit around your busy lifestyle Learn how the wide margin of doneness can be used to counteract meetings and errands that run late Five different recipe types are presented that range from a couple of hours to a couple of days, perfect for any schedule Master the cook, chill, and hold process so you can always have great food on the table in a flash Over 400 sous vide time and temperature combinations across 175 cuts of meat and types of fish and vegetables The basics of sous vide safety that are critical to know Our Cooking By Thickness charts showing exactly how long a certain type of meat has to be cooked If you want to serve your family great meals, even on your busiest days, then this book is for you

Many people feel that sous vide is just for fancy foods. In Sous Vide Grilling we prove that sous vide can be used with the most basic and fun of cooking methods: Grilling Do you want perfectly cooked food but with the flavors of the grill? Do you want to impress your friends and neighbors at your next BBQ party? Are you tired of slaving over the grill instead of spending time with your guests? Then Sous Vide Grilling Is For You It's packed with 95 different recipes that combine sous vide and grilling and it has specific chapters on grilling favorites such as kebabs, hamburgers and grilled sandwiches, sausages and hot dogs, salads and classic BBQ dishes. We've taken some of the favorite recipes from our Beginning Sous Vide book and modified them for grilling as well as added about sixty brand new recipes Sous vide can do more than just cook traditional foods. It can also be a great time saving device and help make parties and BBQs go more smoothly. It's also fantastic when used on grilled or BBQ'd foods. We will teach you how the sous vide process can be applied to many grilled foods and how to use it to optimize your next BBQ and allow you to spend more time with your friends instead of hovering over the grill. Sous vide has many benefits over traditional cooking but it can be hard to replace the flavors of the grill. Sous Vide Grilling will show you how to use the best of both worlds to produce great food, save time, and impress your friends and family at your next BBQ party. Sous Vide Grilling Includes - A general overview of sous vide cooking - Ninety-five recipes covering everything from salads and steaks to leg of lamb and pulled pork - A whole section on how to take advantage of sous vide for your next BBQ party to save time and impress your friends - Over 400 sous vide time and temperature combinations across 175 cuts of meat and types of fish and vegetables - The basics of sous vide safety - Over 20 of our best tips and tricks for grilling and sous vide cooking - Temperature conversion chart to easily move between Celsius and Fahrenheit so you can cook in either one - Our Cooking By Thickness charts showing exactly how long a certain type of meat has to be cooked So grab your apron, lighter and tongs and get started using sous vide with your grilling today

Sous vide cooking is finally hitting the mainstream thanks to several popular chefs and TV shows. It's even easy to do at home! We will teach you how sous vide works and what you need to know to get started using it at home. We cover the whole spectrum of sous vide equipment from $1,000 immersion circulators to using ziploc bags for free on your stove. We also include over 100 of our favorite sous vide recipes to get you started sous viding right away! This Book Includes The history of and science behind sous vide cooking More than 100 recipes for beef, pork, fish, vegetables, chicken, duck, lamb, and turkey Over 400 sous vide time and temperature combinations across 175 cuts of meat and types of fish and vegetables Comparisons of common sous vide setups including our recommendation for the "Beginning Home Setup," which only costs a few hundred dollars The basics of sous vide safety Over 30 of our best tips and tricks for successful sous vide cooking Temperature conversion charts to easily move between Celsius and Fahrenheit