Tools for Cooks

by Christine McFadden

With the burgeoning selections of tools and kitchen gadgets now available, many cooks find it necessary to go back to basics and learn how to choose the best tool for each job, in turn producing better cooking skills and results. There is no substitute for a well-crafted tool and this book provides the essential information for evaluating and choosing new tools and cookware—whether it is the humble potato peeler or an expensive food processor. Featuring basic cooking gadgets, recipes from both the author and guest chefs, and tips for a complete kitchen, this is the essential culinary manual for today's cook. Illustrations of more than 100 key cookery techniques accompanies expert guidance for the novice and proficient cook on using every tool featured.

Genres: Cookbooks, Cooking

336 pages, Hardcover

First published February 18, 2010

About the author

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Christine McFadden is well known for her inspiring cookbooks, regular magazine features on local food producers, and lively cookery classes. She has a passion for spices and seasonings, and a particular interest in the historical impact such ingredients have had on culture, politics and economics.

Five times short-listed for international cookbook awards, Christine is former Vice-Chair of the Guild of Food Writers and has written sixteen books, including ‘Pepper: the Spice that Changed the World’, ‘Cool Green Leaves and Red Hot Peppers’, ‘The Farm Shop Cookbook’ and ‘Tools for Cooks’.

Christine runs hands-on cookery classes in her 17th-century home in the exceptionally beautiful hamlet of Littlebredy, close to Dorset’s famous Jurassic Coast. She was a finalist in the British Cookery School Awards: Best Use of Local Produce category. She also achieved a hard-won second place in the UK Cookery School Awards: Best Cookery School Tutor category.

Nothing satisfies Christine more than sharing her in-depth knowledge of food, either by teaching or writing about it, or growing it. When not writing or teaching, Christine spends her time gastro-traveling – exploring food markets and attending cookery schools in far-flung parts of the world.