Christopher Kimball's Milk Street: The New Home Cooking - Hardcover

One of the Best Books of the Year - NPR, New York Times Book Review "The dishes are bold, fresh, and easy to prepare... frees home cooks from thinking they need to know rules or need to be star chefs for their food to be valid."--Atlanta Journal-Constitution Milk Street "is a story of how the world cooks. Let's join them."--Kate McDonough, The City Kitchen "The book is so beautiful... I can't wait to try it."--Rachael Ray "New, exciting, and revolutionary... with recipes that reflect the multicultural world we live in, Christopher Kimball's Milk Street: The New Home Cooking embraces global flavors with a fervor... [its] smart, encompassing recipes... [are] game-changing."--Houston Chronicle "Thankfully, really good."--Adam Gopnik, Grub Street "This approachable book compiles an array of global recipes that are bold in flavor, yet simple enough for the home cook. Try the mouth-watering soups, such as Spicy Red Lentil Stew and Spanish Garlic. And be sure to pay attention to the technical tips along the way."--RealSimple "Making simple, healthy, and exciting food is more accessible than ever."--Rewire "Geeky gourmands will find Milk Street to be mandatory reading... Cultures collide on plates [and] layered spices unleash flavors just as well as slow cooking unlocks them."--Boston Herald "Bound to cause his fans to rejoice... even though its production values may be in the coffee-table league--a full-color image appears opposite every recipe--this book is designed for hard, occasionally sloppy, countertop duty. Recipes and accompanying photographs are contained on a single two-page spread, meaning that there is no frustrating flipping back and forth... The book fulfills its promise of sourcing the world's cuisines in search of flavor bombs that are made easy to produce in American kitchens."--The Wall Street Journal a "brand-new title that's going to make you love being in the kitchen."--Library Journal "I love it. And if you're intrigued by international cooking, you will love it too... The recipes are easy and uncomplicated, but they introduce you to a new way of looking at ordinary dishes."--Donna Maurillo, Santa Cruz Sentinel "Features a vibrant global grab bag of flavors and methods, made accessible for the home cook through more than 125 thoughtful recipes."--Boston Magazine "Overall gold... You already know and trust him from his years leading the way on America's Test Kitchen. Now, he's adding a different kind of spice to life... through his recipes and his research, he aims to connect us all."--Tasting Table "Fans...will find much to love in Kimball's... approach here, explaining the whys and hows of recipe revisions to consistently produce the best results at home... Overall, with its testing notes, short ingredient lists, and firm directions (each recipe has a "don't" section), this volume is a trustworthy and easy-to-use collection of international flavors from one of the nation's best cooking teachers."--Booklist "All the recipes offer the reliability that Kimball is famous for, and there are lists of pantry staples and cooking tips included with some recipes to help readers get dinner on the table with ease...Egg dishes go from a simple scramble cooked in olive oil to curry braised eggs that promise to reinvent breakfast, and possibly dinner. Vegetable recipes are particularly interesting... [and] Kimball's fans will be pleased with this latest cookbook."--Publishers Weekly "As the leader of an elite squad of talented recipe doctors, Kimball tossed aside inherited cooking truisms in favor of insights... earned through countless hours clocked in the, yep, test kitchen."--Epicurious