by Bob
Foulkes
2011
The only TV
show my hubby and I regularly watch is MasterChef.
Haven't heard
of it?
In short, it’s a bunch of amateur cooks facing off for the grand prize
of money, a cookbook contract and, of course, a trophy.
The fact
that I watch that kind of TV should give reason enough as to why I would pick up and read a
book called, Adventures with Knives,
And loved it!
Basically, Adventures with Knives is the account of author, Bob Foulkes, experience in culinary school.
And his reason for going to culinary school?
In his early sixties at the time, Mr. Foulkes decided to rebel against the cultural norm of retirement, ie sitting on the couch and doing nothing all day, and go to culinary school in a “restless,
self-absorbed search for meaning in [his] life.”
Adventures with Knives was
a terrific read. I thoroughly enjoyed it and totally recommend it.
Bob Foulkes has a relaxed and easy writing style full of understated humour and quirky stories, all with a bunch of really useful cooking tips thrown in.
For instance,
I learned how to keep green beans green, how to intentionally under cook scallops and that all vegetable stocks start with sweating onions.
What does it
mean to “sweat onions”?
For all aspiring chefs, and all watchers of MasterChef, this book is a keeper.
Reading on...
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