The Essential James Beard Cookbook: 450 Recipes That Shaped the Tradition of American Cooking
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The Essential James Beard Cookbook: 450 Recipes That Shaped the Tradition of American Cooking
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Overview
The best recipes from one of America's most influential food personalities in a big, delicious cookbook that delights in every category
Known as the Dean of American Cooking, James Beard set a standard of culinary excellence that's still a benchmark today. He was an early television presence who helped shape what America ate in restaurants and cooked at home, and was both an innovative recipe writer and a scholar of American foodways, preserving classic dishes from the past for his readers to cook in the present. Compiled from twelve of his classic books and freshened for a modern audience, The Essential James Beard will stand with definitive and lively cookbooks such as The New York Times Cookbook and The Joy of Cooking. It covers the best and most necessary recipes in every category:
- appetizers and hors d'oeuvres
- soups
- pastas and noodles
- fish and shellfish
- meat and game
- rice, potatoes and stuffings
- breads
- desserts
- and more
Product Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781250027887 |
|---|---|
| Publisher: | St. Martin's Publishing Group |
| Publication date: | 06/04/2024 |
| Sold by: | Barnes & Noble |
| Format: | eBook |
| Pages: | 401 |
| File size: | 3 MB |
About the Author
JAMES BEARD is why you are a foodie today. He was, with Julia Child, one of the two most influential chefs and food writers in America, championing both French cooking and the preservation and maintenance of great local food traditions to average home cooks. He was a prolific writer, producing twenty-one books, including James Beard's American Cookery and countless magazine articles; a tireless teacher; and early television personality and product promoter. The James Beard Foundation, which administers the industry's most influential awards and meaningful scholarships, was founded in his honor after his death in 1985 and is headquartered in his townhouse in New York City's Greenwich Village.
James Beard (1903–1985) was an American cookbook author, syndicated columnist, teacher, and television personality. Designated the “dean of American cookery” by the New York Times, Beard laid the foundations for generations of amateur and professional food enthusiasts. After publishing his first cookbook in 1940, Beard went on to host the NBC cooking show I Love to Eat. In 1955 he founded the James Beard Cooking School, where he taught for many years. Over the course of his career, Beard wrote countless cookbooks, including several seminal works, and he inspired and influenced chefs throughout the world. His legacy lives on through the James Beard Foundation, established in his honor to provide scholarships and awards recognizing excellence in the culinary arts.
John Ferrone was born in Morristown, New Jersey, on August 14, 1924, to Italian immigrant parents. He graduated from Colorado College, and then Stanford University, where he earned a master’s degree in creative writing. After serving in World War II, Ferrone went on to work for Dell Publishing and Harcourt, Brace & World until his retirement in 1990. He is best known for his tremendous editing work and collaboration with Alice Walker on her Pulitzer Prize–winning novel, The Color Purple. Ferrone has also edited Quentin Bell’s Virginia Woolf: A Biography, Anaïs Nin’s New York Times bestseller Delta of Venus, and Eudora Welty’s National Book Award winner The Collected Stories of Eudora Welty. He has also edited many of James Beard’s kitchen volumes. Ferrone died of complications caused by Parkinson’s disease in Old Bridge, New Jersey, on April 10, 2016.
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CRUDITÉS WITH ANCHOVY MAYONNAISE
MAKES ABOUT 12 SERVINGS
For the Anchovy Mayonnaise
12 to 14 drained anchovy fillets in oil, drained and coarsely chopped
2 garlic cloves, finely chopped
¼ cup chopped fresh flat-leaf parsley
¼ cup chopped fresh basil
1 tablespoon coarsely chopped capers
1 tablespoon Dijon mustard
2 cups Mayonnaise
Thinly sliced cucumbers, sliced tomatoes, sliced onion, whole scallions, match stick carrots, thinly sliced raw beets, or other raw vegetables, for serving
To make the anchovy mayonnaise: Combine the anchovy fillets, garlic, parsley, basil, capers, mustard, and mayonnaise, and taste for seasoning. Use little salt in the mayonnaise; anchovies and capers have plenty. Arrange the vegetables on a platter; dunk in the anchovy mayonnaise.
CAPONATA
MAKES 6 TO 8 SERVINGS
While this Sicilian dish is traditionally served cold as part of the antipasto course, on its own it makes a zesty, refreshing appetizer for a summer meal.
3 globe eggplants, cut into 1-inch cubes, unpeeled
Kosher salt
1 celery heart (about 8 ribs), thinly sliced
½ cup olive oil
1 large yellow onion, sliced
5 large ripe tomatoes, peeled, seeded, and quartered, or one 28-ounce can Italian plum tomatoes, drained and coarsely chopped
1 or 2 pinches dried thyme
1 bay leaf
Freshly ground black pepper
6 to 8 anchovy fillets in oil, drained and chopped
1 cup pitted and coarsely chopped Mediterranean black olives, such as Kalamata
3 tablespoons nonpareil capers
3 tablespoons sugar
2 tablespoons red wine vinegar
2 tablespoons chopped fresh flat-leaf parsley
Freshly grated zest of ½ lemon (optional)
Sprinkle the eggplant with 2 teaspoons salt and let it drain in a colander. Blanch the celery for 1 minute in a large saucepan of boiling water, then drain and plunge into cold water to stop it from cooking further. Drain and pat dry with paper towels.
Heat 2 tablespoons of the oil in a large saucepan over medium-low heat. Add the onion and cook, stirring often, until tender and golden, about 10 minutes. Add the tomatoes, thyme, and bay leaf, and season with salt and pepper. Cook until the tomatoes are tender and thickened into a sauce, about 20 minutes. Rub the mixture through a coarse-mesh wire sieve and discard the seeds and skin.
While the tomato mixture is cooking, rinse the eggplant cubes and pat them dry with paper towels. Heat the remaining 6 tablespoons oil in a large saucepan over medium-high heat until very hot but not smoking. Add the eggplant and cook, stirring occasionally, until the eggplant is browned, adding more oil as needed. They should just cook through. Add the tomato mixture, blanched celery, anchovies, olives, and capers. Dissolve the sugar in the vinegar and stir into the eggplant mixture. Add the parsley and lemon zest, if using.
CHILI CON QUESO
MAKES 8 TO 12 SERVINGS
Editor: When this recipe was first published in Menus for Entertaining (1965), corn chips, such as Fritos, were the norm, and mass-produced tortilla chips were waiting in the wings. The truth is, you can dip just about anything crunchy (including the suggested bread sticks and celery) in chili con queso, and it would be addictive.
For the Cream Sauce
2 tablespoons unsalted butter
2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
1 cup Chicken Stock, heated
½ cup heavy cream
One 28-ounce can Italian plum tomatoes
2 garlic cloves, finely chopped
Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper
Two 4-ounce cans chopped green chilies, drained
1 pound shredded Monterey Jack or Cheddar cheese
Corn chips, bread sticks, and celery sticks, for serving
To make the cream sauce: Melt the butter over low heat in a heavy-bottomed medium saucepan. Mix the flour into the butter with a whisk or spoon and cook slowly, stirring all the time, for 2 to 3 minutes, or until the roux is well blended and frothy. Gradually stir in the stock. Increase the heat to medium and cook, whisking all the time, until the sauce is smooth, thick, and at the boiling point. Let the sauce simmer, stirring, for 3 or 4 minutes. Stir in the cream and simmer for a few more minutes.
Combine the tomatoes and garlic in a medium saucepan and season with salt and pepper. Cook down for 20 minutes over medium heat, stirring occasionally to break up the tomatoes. Add the chilies. Cook until the juices evaporate and the mixture is thick and pasty, about 15 minutes. Add the cream sauce and cheese, and stir well until the cheese melts. Place in a chafing dish or electric skillet over warm heat. Serve with the chips, bread sticks, and celery.
Anchovy-Parsley Dipping Sauce
Makes about 2 cups
Editor: As with Anchovy Mayonnaise, serve this with raw vegetables.
1 cup extra-virgin olive oil
½ cup packed fresh flat-leaf parsley leaves
18 anchovy fillets in oil, drained
Freshly grated zest of 1 lemon
3 garlic cloves, crushed under a knife and peeled
1 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
Kosher salt
Combine all of the ingredients in blender and whirl for 1 minute. Correct the seasoning with salt and more pepper.
SKORDALIA
(GREEK GARLIC SAUCE)
MAKES ABOUT 1¾ CUPS
Skordalia is basically a mayonnaise with a great deal of garlic, further thickened by finely ground almonds (you can make these by chopping blanched almonds in a blender or food processor until they are pulverized to the consistency of very fine bread crumbs). Traditionally, the sauce is made with a mortar and pestle. First the whole garlic cloves are ground to a paste with the pestle, then raw egg yolks are pounded into the garlic with the pestle until thick and sticky, then the olive oil is pounded in drop by drop until it forms a mayonnaise. The other ingredients are then mixed into the mayonnaise.
I find it much easier to be less traditional and make the sauce in a blender or food processor. It is delicious with hot or cold poached fish, with fried fish, as a dip for shrimp, raw vegetables, or artichokes, and as a sauce for rather bland vegetables such as cauliflower and boiled potatoes.
4 to 6 garlic cloves, very finely chopped
2 large eggs
3 or 4 tablespoons freshly squeezed lemon juice
1 teaspoon kosher salt
1 cup olive oil or half olive oil and half peanut oil
½ cup finely ground blanched almonds
1 tablespoon finely chopped fresh flat-leaf parsley
Put the garlic (the amount depends on your taste), eggs, 2 tablespoons of the lemon juice, and the salt into a blender or food processor and blend or process until just mixed. Add the oil in a thin, steady stream, according to the directions for blender or food-processor Mayonnaise. Transfer to a bowl and stir in the ground almonds. Mix in more lemon juice to taste, and then the parsley. Chill before serving.
VARIATIONS
THICK SKORDALIA: For a thicker sauce, stir in 1 cup fresh white bread crumbs with the ground almonds.
POTATO SKORDALIA: Instead of ground almonds, mix 1 cup plain mashed potatoes (with no butter or milk added) into the sauce. After the mayonnaise is made, put the potatoes into the blender or processor and blend until just combined.
Copyright © 2012 by Reed College and John Ferrone
Foreword copyright © 2012 by Betty Fussell, adapted from her book Masters of American Cookery
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments ix
Foreword: Cooking with James Beard Betty Fussell xi
Introduction: "An American Attitude Toward Food" James Beard 1
Notes from the Editor 7
First Courses and Cocktail Food 11
Soups 35
Salads 51
Beef and Veal 65
Pork 99
Lamb 113
Poultry and Game Birds 127
Fish and Shellfish 161
Eggs 179
Pasta 193
Vegetables 223
Rice, Grains, and Beans 253
Yeast and Quick Breads 267
Fruits 289
Hot, Cold, and Frozen Desserts 297
Cakes 311
Pies and Tarts 323
Cookies and Bars 335
Basic Stocks and Sauces 345
Index 359