Bryan and Michael Voltaggio
Teoksen VOLT ink.: Recipes, Stories, Brothers tekijä
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- Teokset
- 1
- Jäseniä
- 52
- Suosituimmuussija
- #307,430
- Arvio (tähdet)
- 3.1
- Kirja-arvosteluja
- 1
- ISBN:t
- 1
Well. A more pretentious cookbook I have never come across. Almost every recipe requires a thermal immersion circulator, a vacuum sealer and bags, and a long list of specialty ingredients. Above the beautifully photographed food read quotes from one or the other of the brothers, in a block of all-cap text in varying levels of boldness and point size, with some words reading vertically rather than horizontally, all clearly meant to show how important (and quirky) it all is (sample:
FOR THIS DISH I WANTED TO
MAKE A RICE
PAPER
THAT REALLY
TASTED LIKE SOMETHING
SO I MADE MY OWN
OUT OF JASMINE RICE STOCK)
My favorite quote,
ONE NIGHT AT BAZAAR
JOSE DEMANDED ONLY
SALT EGG WHITES
AND A FISH
IT WAS AN IMPORTANT LESSON
ABOUT SIMPLICITY AND
USING THE BEST INGREDIENTS
was attached to a recipe for Salt-Crusted Snapper, Cinnamon Eggplant, and Charcoal Vinaigrette, which had 26 ingredients, including Meyer lemon, petite cinnamon basil leaves, white sesame seeds, and smoked Maldon salt, and required the use of said thermal immersion circulator and vacuum sealer and bags, as well as a deep fryer.
I bought this book in Barnes & Noble, but I have a hard time picturing any home cook making use of it.… (lisätietoja)