Making & Using Vinegar Recipes That Celebrate Vinegar's Versatility. A Storey BASICS® Title

by Collins, Bill

• ISBN13: 9781612123813
• ISBN10: 1612123813
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2014-08-12
• Publisher: Storey Publishing, LLC

Summary

Brighten your meals with the tasty tang of homemade vinegar. Chef Bill Collins shows you how to make your own vinegars, including wine, apple cider, malt, white, and rice vinegars, and then flavor them with herbs for exactly the taste you want. You’ll also learn how to use your custom-made vinegars in everything from a basic Italian salad dressing to Asian coleslaw, sweet potato salad, caponata, sauerbraten, caprese sliders, pickles, chutneys, and even chocolate chip cookies. 

Author Biography

Bill Collins is the author of Making & Using Caramel, How to Make Chocolate Candies, Knife Skills, and Making & Using Vinegar. A graduate of the Cambridge School of Culinary Arts, he cooked at the old Ritz-Carlton Hotel in Boston and directed new product development at Harbor Sweets (Salem, Massachusetts) prior to establishing Chef Bill, Inc., in 2001. He has been a professional chef, a personal chef, a food industry consultant, and a cooking instructor, giving classes everywhere from community colleges to Whole Foods to Stonewall Kitchen. As Chef Bill, he has written newspaper columns on kitchen skills. He lives in Pelham, Massachusetts.

 

Table of Contents

Part One:  Introduction to Vinegar

What is Vinegar?
The Essential Kitchen Vinegars
Noncooking Uses for Vinegars

Part Two:   Homemade Vinegar and Beyond

Making Your Own Vinegar - Making Vinegar Infusions -
Infused Vinegar Recipes - Shrubs - Pickling

Part Three:   Cooking With Vinegar

Vinaigrettes, Dressings, and Sauces - Chutneys - 
Chilled Salads and Slaws - Appetizers and Soups - 
Side Dishes and Main Courses - Desserts

Resources
Metric Conversion Chart
Index