My Favorite Ingredients An Enticing Collection of Recipes [A Cookbook]

by Gyngell, Skye

• ISBN13: 9781580080507
• ISBN10: 1580080502
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2010-02-23
• Publisher: Ten Speed Press

Summary

At Londonrs"s acclaimed Petersham Nurseries Cafeacute;, head chef Skye Gyngell creates dishes that follow the ebb and flow of nature. The restaurant composes its menus daily, after the fresh fruits and vegetables arrive and the kitchen staff chooses the most tempting of the bunch. This produce-driven ethos is the basis forMy Favorite Ingredients, which highlights sixteen of Skyers"s most-loved foods. Each chapter stars one delicious ingredient--from asparagus to fish to cheese to honey--and offers diverse recipes based on a wide range of natural pairings, such as Crab Cakes with Corn Puree and Chili Oil, Goat Cheese Souffleacute; with Lemon Thyme, and Chicken with Figs and Honey. In this very personal collection of more than one hundred recipes, Skye shares her simple ways of combining foods to coax out their purest flavors. These dishes draw on Skyers"s long-standing relationships with local suppliers and farmers (the restaurant works with forty-seven different providers) to highlight unusual varieties of familiar staples like tomatoes, leafy greens, and vinegar that are well worth discovering. This charming cookbook showcases the beauty and bounty that we find in nature--and helps us incorporate a bit of that natural abundance in our own kitchens.

Author Biography

Skye Gyngell is the head chef at the award-winning Petersham Nurseries CafT in southwest London. She is also an established food writer with a weekly column featuring recipes for the Independent on Sunday. Born in Australia, Skye has worked as a chef in Sydney, Paris, and London. In 2007, Skye’s first cookbook, A Year in My Kitchen, was named Cookery Book of the Year by the Guild of Food Writers and the Best Food Book at Le Cordon Bleu World Food Media Awards.

Table of Contents

CONTENTS
 
Introduction 7
Asparagus 10
Cherries 26
Fish & shellfish 40
Olive oil 60
Leaves 70
Citrus 86
Beans & grains 106
Tomatoes 120
Nuts 140
Vinegar 158
Garlic 166
Game birds 178
Apples 194
Cheese 206
Honey 224
Chocolate 234
Index 250
Acknowledgments 255