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Pork: More than 50 Heavenly Meals that Celebrate the Glory of Pig, Delicious Pig
Pork celebrates the versatility and utter deliciousness of pork in more than 120 tempting recipes. Five chapters are organized by flavor profile, including American, Bistro, Latin, Chinese and Japanese, and South and Southeast Asian. Each recipe is grouped into a set, matching a main course of pork with a complementary grain, pasta, salad, or vegetable. This cookbook encompasses a wide range of techniques for expertly cooking many popular and surprising cuts of pork, from braising, sautéing, roasting, barbecuing, and stewing to serving it encased in soft, warm pasta, buns, or tortillas. Featuring a year's worth of meals for all occasions, Pork will have cooks of all skill levels salivating.
224 pages, Hardcover
First published September 9, 2014
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November 4, 2024
Yep Pork
But nothing is earth-shattering in terms of techniques or ingredients. I'm sure there are better collections out there. Two stars
But nothing is earth-shattering in terms of techniques or ingredients. I'm sure there are better collections out there. Two stars
February 11, 2015
At the start of the book, there’s an intro to the different cuts of the pig, plus info on how to shop for pork and how to cook pork to safe levels – all very useful information!
Because the chapters are divided into different cultures, there are introductions to the culture and notes like what to drink with the dishes, the basic style of cooking, etc.
The photography is neat and clean but I wish there were more photos. There were times when you went PAGES without seeing an image. The book felt clean, but sometimes a little bland.
There are more than 145 recipes in the book. Within the chapters, each recipe is grouped into a set – it starts with a main course of pork and then includes a complementary grain, pasta, salad, or vegetable (hence the 'meals' touted in the book title), which makes meal planning easy. The side dishes are treated (and written) as separate recipes, so it’s very useful and easy to use.
Recipes are introduced with a short blurb and written out in a simple layout. I'm not a fan of the font (an old timey typewriter font), and the font size is a little small, so that might deter some cooks who want something a little easier to read as they're whipping things together in the kitchen and the book is propped up on the counter.
There's a wide variety of recipes included in the book – some are simple and easy to make, while others are a little more complicated and require ingredients that are a little more expensive.
I love the grouping of the recipes into meals – it makes meal planning very easy, and the variety of side dishes included make this a cookbook that's more than 'just pork'.
The extremely wide range of recipes – from simple to complex, from cheap to expensive – makes this a cookbook that will appeal to all budgets, plus the variety of cultural influences keeps things interesting. If Cree had managed to sneak in a pork-related dessert or two (I have no idea how, but it would have been interesting to see), that would have made this book a one-stop shop.
Because the chapters are divided into different cultures, there are introductions to the culture and notes like what to drink with the dishes, the basic style of cooking, etc.
The photography is neat and clean but I wish there were more photos. There were times when you went PAGES without seeing an image. The book felt clean, but sometimes a little bland.
There are more than 145 recipes in the book. Within the chapters, each recipe is grouped into a set – it starts with a main course of pork and then includes a complementary grain, pasta, salad, or vegetable (hence the 'meals' touted in the book title), which makes meal planning easy. The side dishes are treated (and written) as separate recipes, so it’s very useful and easy to use.
Recipes are introduced with a short blurb and written out in a simple layout. I'm not a fan of the font (an old timey typewriter font), and the font size is a little small, so that might deter some cooks who want something a little easier to read as they're whipping things together in the kitchen and the book is propped up on the counter.
There's a wide variety of recipes included in the book – some are simple and easy to make, while others are a little more complicated and require ingredients that are a little more expensive.
I love the grouping of the recipes into meals – it makes meal planning very easy, and the variety of side dishes included make this a cookbook that's more than 'just pork'.
The extremely wide range of recipes – from simple to complex, from cheap to expensive – makes this a cookbook that will appeal to all budgets, plus the variety of cultural influences keeps things interesting. If Cree had managed to sneak in a pork-related dessert or two (I have no idea how, but it would have been interesting to see), that would have made this book a one-stop shop.
November 27, 2014
Just finished reading. Looks scrumptious. Can't wait to try some of these recipes.
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