2015 James Beard Foundation Book Award Winner for Focus on Health
Discover the delicious science behind healthy cooking! Too often, home
cooks with good intentions sacrifice flavor and texture in an attempt to
make their favorite recipes healthier. Mad Delicious shows readers how
to maximize flavor and texture through 120 new recipes, witty and funny
narrative, insight on the nature of ingredients, and a fresh, innovative
perspective on the science of cooking with illustrated explanations. The
results are mad delicious!
Mad Delicious takes the kitchen science genre to the next level: It's
not just about chemistry and molecules. Schroeder teaches home cooks
about the nature of ingredients, how to maximize texture and flavor with
clever cooking techniques (try steaming beef-then soaking it in wine
sauce for the most tender steak ever!), smooth moves in the kitchen for
better work flow, and how all the sciences-geography, meteorology,
chemistry, physics, botany, biology, even human sociology and
anthropology-can help home cooks master the science of light cooking.
Every recipe is a fun adventure in the kitchen resulting in mad
delicious eats: Learn how to cook pasta like risotto for a silky sauce
and enjoy Toasted Penne with Chicken Sausage. Other recipes include
Lower East Side Brisket, Fish Sticks!, Cocoa-Crusted New York Strip,
Georgia Peanut Fried Chicken, Red Sauce Joint Hero Sandwiches, Spicy
Crab Fried Rice, Tandoori Chicken, and Bourbon Steamed Peaches.
