“Ever wondered why professional chefs can appear to throw a few ingredients together and yet create a dish that looks wonderful and tastes superb? The reasons are somple – good cooking technique, an understanding of which cooking methods best suit which ingredients, and a knowledge of how those ingredients work together.
One of the world’s leading chefs, Shaun Hill is nonetheless equally at ease in both a domestic and a professional environment, making him uniquely well suited to bringing professional skills into the home kitchen. “How To Cook Better” is a practical, accessible and inspirational guide to improving your cooking and gaining confidence in the kitchen. Shaun shows how the success of a dish depends on a combination of factors, from choosing great quality ingredients to good timing in the kitchen and getting a successful balance of flavours. He also considers how best to store food and demonstrates the expert’s way to prepare it in its raw state.
In the second part of the book, Shaun explains how to bring pout the best and freshest flavours in your ingredients by using the most appropriate cooking methods and techniques, illustrating these with photographs and showing how each can enhance the taste and texture of a dish.
Since cooking is all about creating fabulous food, Shaun provides a wide array of delicious recipes to cover the full complement of ingredients, making this both an invaluable kitchen handbook and an inspirational cookbook.”
“Ever wondered why professional chefs can appear to throw a few ingredients together and yet create a dish that looks wonderful and tastes superb? The reasons are somple – good cooking technique, an understanding of which cooking methods best suit which ingredients, and a knowledge of how those ingredients work together.
One of the world’s leading chefs, Shaun Hill is nonetheless equally at ease in both a domestic and a professional environment, making him uniquely well suited to bringing professional skills into the home kitchen. “How To Cook Better” is a practical, accessible and inspirational guide to improving your cooking and gaining confidence in the kitchen. Shaun shows how the success of a dish depends on a combination of factors, from choosing great quality ingredients to good timing in the kitchen and getting a successful balance of flavours. He also considers how best to store food and demonstrates the expert’s way to prepare it in its raw state.
In the second part of the book, Shaun explains how to bring pout the best and freshest flavours in your ingredients by using the most appropriate cooking methods and techniques, illustrating these with photographs and showing how each can enhance the taste and texture of a dish.
Since cooking is all about creating fabulous food, Shaun provides a wide array of delicious recipes to cover the full complement of ingredients, making this both an invaluable kitchen handbook and an inspirational cookbook.”