Description | Leiths Cookery Bible is the most authoritative and comprehensive cookbook there is for seasoned cooks, beginners, chefs, and caterers from the celebrated Leiths School of Food and Wine. Covering soups, first courses, vegetable dishes, salads, main courses, stocks, sauces, dips, spreads, puddings, cakes, breads, biscuits, preserves, canapes, snacks, and garnishes, Leiths Cookery Bible is truly exhaustive. In it you will find a perfected recipe for almost any dish you are looking for—Steak Tartare, Beef Bourguignonne, Peking Duck, Gazpacho, Dauphinoise Potatoes, Chicken Kiev, Thai Red Curry, Cassoulet—and for any occasion, be it a quick supper or cocktail party, picnic, three course meal, or afternoon tea. The 1,400 recipes range from timeless classics such as Cheese Souffle and Steak and Kidney Pie to more innovative recipes such as Salmon and Plaice Ravioli and Red Onion and Polenta Tart, and come from every part of the world, from Scotland to the South Pacific. |