Cooking in Everyday English

What do you get when you mix a star chef with everyday supermarket ingredients? 150 modern, delicious recipes with global flavors that home cooks can make with ease. Chef Todd English’s recipes are a simple exercise in layering flavors.

Recipes are divided into 10 mouthwatering chapters, including Cocktails and Appetizers; Soups, Salads, and Sandwiches; Vegetables; Starches; Birds and Eggs; Meat; Fish and Shellfish; and Desserts (most recipes have 10 or fewer ingredients).

• Flavor Equations highlight predominant flavors in every recipe.
• The Basics chapter, a beginner’s primer, includes spice rubs, vinaigrettes, compound butters, aiolis, and master pasta and dough recipes that are easy to make yet go beyond the true basics.
• 50 simple essential techniques for a modern cook: From peeling an avocado in seconds to extracting meat from lobster, these are simple skills that save time and effort in the kitchen with an eye on how you cook at home.
• How-Tos throughout the book are like having a personal “cook whisperer” at your side. Todd English walks you through the basic techniques every cook should know.