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Avg. Customer Rating: 5.0 / 5.0
The only cookery book I consider indespensible. A row is brewing. Your daft *****/******* of a wife/husband and you are trying to come to terms with the fact that only one of you will get to decide what to do with the Jerusalem Artichokes/ Lamb chops... McGee settles it. Ask McGee. He WILL have the answer, and then a whole lot more. I mean it people, this book could save your marriage. In point of fact, if your going to get stranded on a desert island, take this along, IT COULD SAVE YOUR LIFE! Everything you or anyone else will ever ask... more info
astonishingly interesting book this book covers just about everything you were curious about, or didn't know yet that you were curious about, with respects to food, its history and its preparation.
Ultra! This book is perfect. I wish all non-fiction books were created like this. It is technically accurate in every detail, this immediately comes across in the brilliant writing and vocabulary. It contains such a wealth of knowledge in every concise, impartial paragraph. This evening I enjoyed the section on "utensil materials." Where else can you read about so much collected knowledge in such a pleasingly presented manner. Definitely something to dip into every few days. Now I just need to find a book... more info
prefer American edition This is a great book, with lots of useful detail that will help anyone wanting to improve their cooking skills. Yes, it contains information about the molecular structure of milk. However, in an encyclopaedic tome one can simply skip the parts that don't appeal, and instead focus on the main points (like what happens when baking a soufflé, and what this means in terms of doing things in the kitchen -- no, it won't necessarily collapse if you open the oven). A pity, then, that the British edition... more info
