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Has it really been 40 years since Julia Child rescued Americans from dreary casseroles? This reissue, clad in a handsome red jacket, is what a cookbook should be: packed with sumptuous recipes, detailed instructions, and precise line drawings. Some of the instructions look daunting, but as Child herself says in the introduction, 'If you can read, you can cook.
內容簡介
This is the classic cookbook, in its entirety—all 524 recipes.
"Anyone can cook in the French manner anywhere," wrote Mesdames Beck, Bertholle, and Child, "with the right instruction." And here is the book that, for more than forty years, has been teaching Americans how.
Mastering the Art of French Cooking is for both seasoned cooks and beginners who love good food and long to reproduce at home the savory delights of the classic cuisine, from the historic Gallic masterpieces to the seemingly artless perfection of a dish of spring-green peas. This beautiful book, with more than 100 instructive illustrations, is revolutionary in its approach because:
--it leads the cook infallibly from the buying and handling of raw ingredients, through each essential step of a recipe, to the final creation of a delicate confection;
--it breaks down the classic cuisine into a logical sequence of themes and variations rather than presenting an endless and diffuse catalogue of recipes; the focus is on key recipes that form the backbone of French cookery and lend themselves to an infinite number of elaborations—bound to increase anyone's culinary repertoire-it adapts classical techniques, wherever possible, to modern American conveniences;
--it shows Americans how to buy products, from any supermarket in the United States, that reproduce the exact taste and texture of the French ingredients, for example, equivalent meat cuts, the right beans for a cassoulet, or the appropriate fish and seafood for a bouillabaisse;
--it offers suggestions for just the right accompaniment to each dish, including proper wines.
Since there has never been a book as instructive and as workable as Mastering the Art of French Cooking, the techniques learned here can be applied to recipes in all other French cookbooks, making them infinitely more usable. In compiling the secrets of famous cordons bleus, the authors have produced a magnificent volume that is sure to find the place of honor in every kitchen in America.
作者簡介
Julia Child was born in Pasadena, California. She was graduated from Smith College and worked for the OSS during World War II in Ceylon and China, where she met Paul Child. After they married they lived in Paris, where she studied at the Cordon Bleu and taught cooking with Simone Beck and Louisette Bertholle, with whom she wrote the first volume of Mastering the Art of French Cooking (1961). In 1963, Boston's WGBH launched The French Chef television series, which made her a national celebrity, earning her the Peabody Award in 1965 and an Emmy in 1966. Several public television shows and numerous cookbooks followed. She died in 2004.
Julia Child(1912-2004)是美國著名廚師,作傢及電視節目主持人.她通過她的第一本烹飪書《掌握烹飪法國菜的藝術》,和隨後她的電視節目(其中最有名的為1963年首播的《法國廚師》)把法式烹飪介紹給美國大眾.
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《The Secrets of Sourdough: From Starter to Loaf in 28 Days》 解鎖自然發酵的奇妙世界:從培養酵頭到烤齣完美酸麵包的28天精通指南 書籍概述 在當代烘焙領域,酸麵包(Sourdough)無疑占據著核心地位。它不僅代錶著一種古老、健康的製作工藝,更象徵著對風味、質地和過程的深度追求。然而,對於許多渴望在傢中復製齣那標誌性酸味、蜂窩狀組織和酥脆外殼的烘焙愛好者來說,酸麵包的製作過程往往充滿瞭神秘和挫摺感——酵頭的培養、水閤度的控製、發酵溫度的把握,每一步都如同精密的科學實驗。 《The Secrets of Sourdough: From Starter to Loaf in 28 Days》並非又一本簡單的食譜集,而是一本係統化的、全方位的酸麵包烘焙教科書。本書旨在消除製作酸麵包的神秘感,將復雜的科學原理轉化為可操作的日常步驟。作者以其深厚的麵點學知識和多年的烘焙實踐經驗,構建瞭一個為期四周的漸進式學習計劃,確保即便是初次接觸酸麵包的新手,也能在28天內建立起對酸麵包製作的完整認知和紮實技能。 本書的核心特色 1. 酵頭(Starter)的完整生命周期管理 成功的酸麵包始於一個強健且活躍的酵頭。本書將投入大量篇幅,詳盡介紹如何從最基礎的麵粉和水開始,一步步培養齣一個穩定的、具有強大升力和風味潛力的天然酵頭。 第1-7天:啓程與觀察: 詳細指導不同類型麵粉(全麥、黑麥、白麵)對酵頭啓動的影響,記錄每日觀察指標,如氣泡産生、酸度變化和氣味特徵。 酵頭的“健康”診斷: 教授如何識彆酵頭的活力高峰和低榖,並提供針對性的“喂養”策略(如1:1:1、1:2:2、1:3:3的喂養比例),以適應不同季節和環境溫度。 長期維護與儲存: 涵蓋冰箱儲存、冷凍休眠以及如何在需要時快速喚醒休眠酵頭的實用技巧。 2. 漸進式的28天烘焙裏程碑 本書的結構基於一個精心設計的28天時間錶,將學習過程分解為易於消化的階段,確保每一步的成功都為下一步打下堅實基礎。 第一周:基礎理論與水閤度探索: 專注於理解麵團的“觸感”(Feel),從低水閤度(65%)開始,學習基礎的揉捏、摺疊和基礎發酵原理。 第二周:風味與發酵的深度控製: 引入中高水閤度麵團(75%),重點講解冷發酵(Cold Retardation)對風味(酸度平衡)和麵團處理(操作性)的決定性影響。 第三周:造型藝術與烤箱潛力: 深入探討各種造型技巧(Bâtard, Boule, Oblong),以及如何通過精確的“預成型”(Preshape)和“最後發酵”(Final Proofing)來控製最終麵包的張力(Tension)。 第四周:爐溫、蒸汽與最終呈現: 揭示烤箱內部環境的秘密。詳細解析蒸汽對形成酥脆外殼(Crust)和最大化膨脹(Oven Spring)的關鍵作用。教授使用荷蘭鍋、烤石闆以及專業蒸汽係統的最佳實踐。 3. 科學解析:烘焙中的生物化學 本書深入淺齣地解釋瞭酸麵包背後的科學,使讀者能夠“思考”而非僅僅“跟隨”食譜。 乳酸菌與醋酸菌的平衡: 解釋這兩種關鍵微生物如何共同作用,産生從溫和的乳酸味到尖銳的醋酸味的豐富光譜,並教導讀者如何通過喂養頻率和溫度來偏嚮期望的風味。 澱粉糊化與美拉德反應: 詳盡闡述麵團在高溫下內部結構如何轉化以及外殼顔色和風味形成的原因。 麵筋網絡強度: 闡釋水閤作用、揉捏(或摺疊)如何構建麵團中的蛋白質結構,以及為什麼強壯的麵筋是實現“大孔洞”(Open Crumb)的先決條件。 4. 突破性配方與進階挑戰 在掌握瞭基礎的純白酸麵包(Pain au Levain)後,本書提供瞭一係列令人興奮的進階配方,鼓勵讀者拓展技能邊界: 全麥高比例混閤(Whole Grain Blends): 針對高比例(如50%以上)全麥粉的使用技巧,解決全麥麵團容易坍塌的問題。 榖物與種子浸泡法(Soaker & Preferments): 如何預先處理榖物(如燕麥、亞麻籽)以增強口感,並介紹使用前發酵麵團(Poolish, Biga)與天然酵母的混閤發酵法。 風味注入: 介紹加入蜂蜜、啤酒、香料、乾果和奶酪等配料時,如何調整水閤度和發酵時間,以應對不同添加物對酵母活性的影響。 目標讀者 渴望掌握天然酸麵包製作核心技術的傢庭烘焙愛好者。 經常因酵頭不活躍或麵團發酵失控而感到沮喪的烘焙新手。 希望從單純的食譜模仿者轉變為理解烘焙科學的進階製作者。 總結 《The Secrets of Sourdough》承諾的不僅僅是一本食譜書,它是一份為期四周的、結構嚴謹的烘焙訓練營。通過係統地學習酵頭管理、麵團處理、發酵控製和烤箱技術,讀者將獲得無可替代的信心和技術,最終烤製齣超越期待的、擁有深厚風味和完美質地的自製酸麵包。翻開這本書,您將開啓一段通往烘焙藝術巔峰的實踐之旅。