Product Description

Good cooking takes a totally modern, inspirational look at fresh new ways to combine familiar flavors with much-loved classics. Jill Dupleix reinvents old-fashioned, basic recipes and gives them a faster, simpler approach, but keeps the flavors fresh, colors bright, and ingredients healthy. You don't need heavy cream, pastry or deep-frying--instead, look for great lasting extra-virgin olive oil, fresh cheeses, flat breads, and lots of grains, greens, fresh herbs, and spices. Lively features throughout the book highlight versatile ingredients, and new essential, basic recipes and techniques are revisited, reinvented, and clearly explained. Good cooking is an exciting, original cookbook that will supersede outdated traditional basic cookbooks on the kitchen shelf.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1035602 in Books
• Published on: 2005-01-01
• Format: Illustrated
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 176 pages

Review
"'Always manages to create new and exciting recipes' UK Food Newsletter; 'A thoroughly modern cook' The Good Web Guide"

From the Publisher
Silverback’s Basic Cooking was an international bestseller. But as times and tastes change, so too do the basics of cooking. International bestselling author Jill Dupleix’s brilliant new basic cookbook modernizes the art of traditional cooking, making it easier and healthier than ever before.

From the Author
Jill Dupleix is the author of 12 best-selling cookbooks and is the award-winning food columnist for the London Times. She will be embarking on a 6-city U.S. promotional tour of her book this year.

Customer Reviews

DVD makes this cookbook a whole new experience
First of all, I admit freely to being a bit behind the time when it comes to modern technology. So perhaps cookbook/DVD combinations are not all that uncommon, but until picking up this book up in a store recently I had never before seen anything like it.

Let me first say that the book itself is a real find, with stunning, high-quality photogaphy (my favorite feature of any cookbook). The recipes might seem a bit edgy at first glance, but I urge you to try them - so far, they are incredible (I'd heard about Jill Dupleix's cranberry blondie recipe from a friend who reads her column in the London Times, so I made them first. They tasted terrific, and made the whole house smell lovely!)

The DVD addition, however, makes this book an absolute must-have. It's like having your own personal TV cooking show right in your kitchen. Unlike TV, however, you can actually follow along with this program, since the disk can be paused, re-wound, fast-forwarded, skipped, searched, etc. And Jill Dupleix is delightful to watch. She's made sure to include lots of helpful cooking tips and techniques which can't really be conveyed any other way except by visual demonstration - how to thin-slice veggies, for example.

This was by far the best cookbook purchase I made this year. Get this set if you love watching cooking shows and want a new experience!

COOKDISC IS A MUST HAVE!!!!!
I absolutely LOVE the cookdisc. It was easy to use, had really great recipes, and was totally user-friendly. I am not much of a chef, but people were all impressed by the meals Jill Duplex (the host) taught me to make. I found the dvd so helpful and the recipes are truly fabulous. A must have. Also makes a great gift for house warming or wedding registry!