Mastering Spice: Recipes and Techniques to Transform Your Everyday Cooking

Beautiful book by author: Lior Lev Sercarz has many spice blend recipes. Most recipes offer many variations for vegetables, poultry, seafood and meats. Recipes look easy and many are quick to make. The glossary of spices is a treaure! I look forward to cooking these recipes and also the many recipes on his spice company's La Boite website.

ist mit diesem englisch-sprachigen Buch gut bedient. Früher kannte ich vor allem Pfeffer und Salz sowie ein paar typische Gartenkräuter. Lior Sercarz führt verständlich in die Welt der Gewürze ein und beschreibt genau was man damit machen kann. Die Rezepte sind gut nachvollziehbar, einfach nach zu kochen und eröffnen geschmacklich neue Welten. Viele der eingesetzten Gewürze muss man allerdings im Internet bestellen da sie im normalen Handel nicht erhältlich sind. Auch meine Englisch-Kenntnisse haben sich verbessert, endlich weiss ich was fenugrek und caraway bedeutet und kann Fahrenheit in Celsius umrechnen. Der Schreibstil ist unterhaltend und mit tollen Bildern aufgelockert, man kann das Buch auch einfach mal so lesen.

This is the best cookbook that I have ever purchased. I am a culinary school grad and this book and its approach have taken every thing to another level. Highly recommend to buy and try.

I am still reading book on spices so far so good I still have to purchaseNew spices to try recipes

This is one of the best cookbooks I've ever bought. When you first look at the number and quantity of spices used in the recipes, you think "Wow, that's a lot." But the combinations in these recipes are perfect blends that enhance each other. No spice tend to overwhelm any of the dishes I've cooked, and I have cooked several. One of his cooking methods for chicken (p. 178) starts with a cold pan. I use skin-on, bone-in thighs because I really don't care for chicken breast, but this is now my go-to method of cooking chicken. It comes out incredibly juicy! Each recipe is actually a set of five variations, and you can get creative by working with the whole mix. Yes, you will probably have to add to your spice collection (and he sells them. I use a company out of Chicago). But it's worth it! You will not be disappointed in this book,if you like a little adventure in your kitchen!