Basic Basics Kitchen Hacks and Hints

Discover the ultimate kitchen companion with 'Basic Basics Kitchen Hacks and Hints' by acclaimed food journalist Glynn Christian. This indispensable paperback guide is perfect for both seasoned chefs and aspiring home cooks who want to elevate their culinary game. With 300+ practical kitchen tips and innovative cooking techniques, you'll find solutions to all your kitchen queries, making every cooking experience smoother and more enjoyable.

Glynn Christian brings over 40 years of culinary expertise, having contributed significantly to food media as a TV chef and cookery presenter. Whether you're learning how to handle garlic properly, understanding why certain pasta should be prepared differently, or mastering the art of creating delicate pastries like Portuguese egg tarts, this cookbook is a treasure trove of foodie wisdom. You'll also discover the ideal ways to roast nuts, debone small fish, and even a surprising tip on keeping your martinis ice-cold with frozen olives.

Every page of this book is woven with insights that will bring joy and success to your kitchen endeavors. 'Basic Basics Kitchen Hacks and Hints' is more than just a cookbook—it’s an essential tool for creating culinary calm and confidence in your kitchen. Transform your cooking skills today and embark on a flavorful journey, all while enjoying the simplicity and effectiveness of Glynn's culinary secrets. Elevate your cooking experience and bring out the chef within with this must-have kitchen guide.

Author: Glynn Christian Publisher: Grub Street
Bind: paperback
Dimensions: 153 x 234 mm
Pages: 192
Publication Date: 28-06-2021

300+ amazing tips and techniques for seasoned chefs and aspirational home-cooks. An invaluable handbook of solutions to culinary queries, creating cookery calm in kitchens and success on your plates TV-chef and food journalist Glynn Christian has been making cooks and chefs say Gosh! for over 40 years as he shared how ingredients work, demonstrated better techniques and revealed culinary secrets. This handbook collects over 300 of Glynn’s gosh-factor hacks, explaining how best to handle garlic, why dull pasta is better, how to judge a Pavlova, how to make the frilly crusts on Portuguese egg tarts and why it should be ‘thumbs-up’ on kitchen knives. There’s a better way to roast nuts, a simpler way to bone small fish, a more reliable way to wok and a ban on foil tents. Plus frozen olives to keep a straight-up martini ice-cold. Glynn began food broadcasts on London’s LBC radio and BBC-TV’s Pebble Mill at One. He broadcast three mornings weekly on BBC-TV Breakfast Time and made the first TV food series shot abroad. Glynn was ELLE magazine’s initial food editor and wrote weekly for The Sunday Telegraph as well as being the original cookery and food presenter on QVC Shopping Channel UK and then Senior Presenter on TVSN, Australia. His many food and cookery books include REAL FLAVOURS - the Handbook of Gourmet and Deli Ingredients, voted Best Food Guide in the World. Glynn co-founded iconic Mr Christian’s Provisions on Portobello Rd and is honoured with a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Guild of Fine Food. He lives in Battersea, London.