Greg Patent Livres

Soufflés are light and airy, flavored baked dishes with a creamy texture. And Greg Patent has been baking them for decades. Through soufflé basics, a lesson on beating egg whites, and a review of sauce bases, Patent develops the home cook’s skills and confidence in creating a wide array of hot and cold, savory and sweet, molded and unmolded show-off dishes following basic French culinary techniques.Savory recipes include Leek and Pancetta, Fennel, Salmon and cheese soufflés. Sweet recipes begin with some classic hot renditions of Chocolate, Vanilla Bean, Fresh Strawberry, and Soufflé à la Liqueur, then move into scrumptious cold recipes of Passion Fruit, Ste. Germaine Lime, Almond and Praline Soufflé Floating Islands!

A tart-sweet, sun-crisped apple plucked from a hundred-year-old tree and eaten out of hand. A mug of hot curried apple soup enjoyed as an autumn lunch. Cider-braised duck legs with onions and cabbage. Warm deep-dish apple pie topped with a melting scoop of apple-cinnamon ice cream. Everyone has tasted Golden Delicious and Granny Smith apples, but how about Esopus Spitzenbergs or Sweet Sixteens? With more apple varieties available than ever before, how do you choose the right apple for eating, cooking, and baking? In A Is for Apple you'll discover the many pleasures of America's favorite fruit. Filled with helpful hints on how to grow, select, and cook a wide variety of apples, this bountiful collection presents more than 200 recipes for everything from soups, salads, and salsas to crisps, cobblers, and cheesecakes.