Kitchen knife skills : techniques for carving, boning, slicing, chopping, dicing, mincing, filleting /

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Author / Creator:Lumb, Marianne.
Imprint:Richmond Hill, Ont. : Firefly Books, 2009.
Description:176 p. : col. ill. ; 21 cm.
Language:English
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/7936515
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ISBN:9781554074877
1554074878
Notes:Includes index.
Summary:A step-by-step guide for the home cook on how to choose and use knives.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Safe working practices
  • Anatomy of a knife
  • Types of knives
  • Other cutting implements
  • Cutting boards
  • Sharpening knives
  • Ten rules for sharpening knives
  • Core cutting methods
  • Vegetables and herbs
  • Vegetable and herb knives
  • Onions
  • Spring onions and leek
  • Garlic
  • Carrots
  • Common brassicas
  • Celery and fennel
  • Zucchini
  • Squashes
  • Cucumber
  • Swede, celeriac and turnip
  • Leafy vegetables
  • Potatoes
  • Tomatoes
  • Peppers and chilies
  • Eggplant
  • Turning vegetables
  • Mushrooms
  • Ginger
  • Beans: runner and French
  • Artichoke
  • Herbs
  • Fruit
  • Fruit knives
  • Avocado
  • Mango
  • Pineapple
  • Lemons and limes
  • Orange and grapefruit
  • Apples
  • Pears
  • Stoned fruits
  • Meat and Poultry
  • Meat and poultry knives
  • Chicken, turkey and duck
  • Beef and veal
  • Lamb
  • Pork
  • Fish and seafood
  • Fish and seafood knives
  • Flatfish
  • Roundfish
  • Salmon
  • Monkfish
  • Tuna
  • Oysters
  • Scallop
  • Shrimp
  • Lobster
  • Squid
  • Bread, pastries and cake
  • Bread, pastries and cake knives
  • Bread
  • Pastries and cake
  • Glossary
  • Index
  • Credits