Creative Cooking for the Global Kitchen
Traditional Recipes With an International Flavor
by David Marteau
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Pub Date Feb 15 2011 | Archive Date Sep 01 2012
Global Chef Publishing | Bookmasters
Description
Award-winning executive chef David Marteau has been cooking and traveling around the world for over twenty years. His recipes aim to awaken the senses, turn the ordinary into the spectacular, and educate the palettes of his international clientele. Not satisfied with the traditional, well-known recipes of Western cuisine, he reshapes, reconstructs, and delivers on his promise of great food for the most astute food critic to the homegrown foodies looking to spice up their cooking. Born and raised in Normandy, France, he began his career as an apprentice and graduated from the CFA (Centre de Formation des Apprentis) in Le Mans. His work has taken him to world-class cities such as Paris, Brussels, Montreal, and he now lives in Shanghai. In February 2010 David was inducted into the prestigious international gastronomic society, the Chaîne des Rôtisseurs, Shanghai chapter, as a Maître Rôtisseur, and in the summer of 2010 he was inducted into the Canadian Culinary Federation.
Advance Praise
5 Stars
I thought this was a really cool book. A word of warning though, this isn't an "everyday", as the recipes in it were quite exotic. Def. a book which I would use more for entertaining. Also, I didn't see this as a cookbook for beginner cooks, as a better chunk of the recipes were quite complex. I did love that the author included pictures of the dishes. He also broke down the instructions for the recipes really well and put in extra "tidbits" of information to make the finished dish perfection.
Just two words of warning. First, there are some pictures that just simply grossed me out! Second, there are some ingredients which might be more difficult to find in a "run of the mill" grocery store. You might need to plan ahead or figure out a "substitute" for the ingredient.
As I see my entertaining events increasing, this would be a cookbook which I plan to purchase for my more unusual menus and, in fact, I just did!
Mindy Victores
Global Chef Publishing; First edition (February 15, 2011)
Chef David Marteau has worked all over the world and is currently the chef for the Parkyard Hotel in Shanghai, China. As a result, many of his recipes have an Asian flair. Most are supremely simple to prepare. This cookbook is for the real everyday home cook that wants his or her meals to appear as though they were prepared by a fine restaurant.
The book contains sections with recipes categorized as appetizers, soups, salads, risottos, pasta, meat, poultry, fish, sides dishes, and desserts. Crisp, clear and designed photographs depict presentation suggestions for many of the recipes. Although a good number of the recipes are "outside of the box" and unlike those that I have ever encountered before, many are basic, using readily accessible ingredients.
I will be trying several of these over the course of the month and will update this post with my results. Here is a sampling of some that sound wonderful and/or unique:
Romaine Lettuce, Banana, and Granola With Peanut Butter Vinaigrette Chocolate Salami Smoked Salmon and Vodka Risotto Herbed Cherry Tomatoes Three Chocolate Charlottes wWith Chocolate Virgin Martinis Lettuce Mix With Chocolate Vinaigrette and Brownie CroutonsBon Appetit!
Available Editions
| ISBN | 9780986812507 |
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