Salt to Taste: The Key to Confident, Delicious Cooking

Monday, October 11, 2010 6:11 AM Posted by AMATA...

Salt to Taste: The Key to Confident, Delicious Cooking Review



Deceptive. Most of the recipes are simple for any cook who goes beyond throw-some-stuff-in-a-crockpot or put-some-soup-and-hamburger-in-a-casserole recipes. All are in reach of a caring cook of any amount of experience who will simply read, take care with ingredients and try the techniques. But it's more than that. The instructions for plain, everyday veal Marsala (I made chicken) raised my usual results to another level. Then one day my husband, who makes great risottos, made his best one ever. "I think it was the broth," he said. The next week, my risotto was outstanding. It WAS the broth--the brodo from A Taste of Salt. Another favorite recipe from this book is the Summer Eggplant Parmesan. This is how I first experienced eggplant parm by real Italian cooks in a tiny neighborhood joint many years ago. Every time I order it, I hope to taste something as good again, but all I get it breaded fried, begrudging slivers of eggplant you can hardly find overloaded with sauce and cheese. Marco's recipe gets the balance right. It's so good, I had leftovers cold for breakfast. The butternut squash, romaine and Gorgonzola salad... another simple but wonderful dish. And the short ribs in Barolo--serve with a nice gremolata to sprinkle and go straight to heaven. I've made about 20 recipes so far and all were excellent. Some I will amend (cut the lemon in the picatta a bit), some I will transfer to other ingredient combinations when whatever's fresh calls for it. This is the kind of cookbook that gives you exact recipes and the confidence to fool around and be creative. And some recipes, well, I will happily repeat just as they are. Buy and love this book. It's a lot more than it seems.



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Salt to Taste: The Key to Confident, Delicious Cooking Overview


The key to confident cooking lies not in learning to follow intricate recipes but rather in mastering a select handful of truly appealing yet straightforward dishes that invite experimentation and improvisation to reflect the seasons and the cook’s own palate.

In Salt to Taste, Chef Marco Canora presents a tempting repertoire of 100 soulful recipes that embody this philosophy perfectly: food that is comforting and familiar but with a depth of flavor and timeless appeal that mark the dishes as true essentials of the contemporary table. Each meticulously written recipe offers insightful lessons drawn both from memories of his mother’s cooking and his years as one of New York’s most respected chefs, guiding the way to a delicious dish every time. Extensive chef’s notes suggest ways to streamline the process and enhance the savory results, marrying the precision of the professional kitchen with the warmth of home cooking.

Those looking to elevate their cooking from merely good to truly spectacular will find much here to inspire them, while those in need of culinary coaching will learn that creating greatness is within reach. With a little forethought, care, practice, and observation, any cook can quickly gain the confidence to "salt to taste."




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