A steaming bowl of soup with fresh bread and a green salad, a tempting combo plate of crisp, complementary salads--these Daily Specials have been staples of Moosewood's ever-changing menu board since the restaurant opened its doors more than twenty-five years ago.
Over the years the creative chefs of the Moosewood Collective have introduced literally thousands of new soups and as many salads, all devised to showcase the fresh seasonal produce, vibrant ethnic flavors, and meatless food products that form the core of their cuisine. Now, for the first time, they have gathered the very best offerings from their vast soup and salad repertoire, as well as the ingenious extras that transform these simple dishes into world-class meals. Here are classics like Very Creamy Vegetable Chowder and Tuscan Bean Soup, as well as intriguing new creations like Caribbean Sweet Potato Coconut Soup, Golden Gazpacho, and Fennel Vichyssoise. Salads range from straightforward choices that are easy to mix and match, such as Spinach with Cilantro Cashew Dressing, Mexican Chickpea Salad, or Tunisian Carrot Salad, to satisfying one-dish meals like Broiled Tofu & Sugar Snap Peas or Persian Rice & Pistachio Salad. Each recipe is followed by helpful suggestions for selecting dishes so that creating well-balanced combo plates at home is a snap.
There are easy-to-use indexes of recipes by categories including children's favorites, quickly made, low-fat, low-carbohydrate, and vegan dishes. And each recipe has a complete nutritional breakdown, so it's simple to create menus for those with special health or dietary concerns. The section on transforming leftovers into sprightly new dishes also makes Moosewood Restaurant Daily Special a practical primer for those who want to make the most of seasonal bounty.
Few foods are more comforting--or satisfying--than a good soup and a well-made salad, and because many can be made ahead and served on demand, they are perfectly suited to the way we eat and live today. With more than 275 kitchen-tested recipes to fit any occasion, Moosewood Restaurant Daily Special offers years' worth of inspiration for Daily Specials every cook will be delighted to serve.
Moosewood Inc. and the authors of this book have donated 1 percent of their royalties from Moosewood Restaurant Daily Special to the community food and nutrition programs of the Greater Ithaca Activities Center (G.I.A.C.) in Ithaca, New York.
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评分这本书的编辑和排版,尤其是那些关于食材搭配的“灵感碎片”部分,给我留下了极其深刻的印象。它们不是正式的菜谱,而是穿插在章节之间的短篇札记,讨论的都是一些非常细微但至关重要的烹饪哲学。比如,有一页专门探讨了如何让汤品的表面油脂在冷却时形成完美的光泽,另一页则分析了不同产地的洋葱在焦糖化过程中风味差异的细微差别。这些内容密度极高,信息量巨大,但呈现方式却非常轻盈,像一个个精心打磨的宝石,需要你放慢速度去品味。它成功地构建了一种高级的“美食知识体系”,让你在阅读时不仅仅是在学习菜谱,更是在吸收一种看待食物的方式。这种体系化的知识渗透,远比那些堆砌大量异域食材的“潮流食谱”更有价值,因为它教你如何利用你身边的日常食材,达到更高的烹饪境界。它提供的知识是持久的、可迁移的,真正做到了“授人以渔”,而非仅仅提供鱼。
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评分拿到这本书后,我立刻被它那种叙事性的笔触所吸引,它远非一本冰冷的数据集合。作者似乎非常擅长用文字构建场景,读起来就像是听一位经验丰富的老厨师,在壁炉旁,一边慢炖高汤,一边娓娓道来她与这些每日特选菜肴之间的故事。比如,描述一道时令蔬菜时,会穿插一段关于某个清晨在农贸市场与菜农交流的细节,或者某次在山间迷路时偶然发现的野生香草的芬芳。这种叙事手法极大地增强了菜谱的可读性和温度感。我尤其欣赏作者对于食材来源地的细致考察,她对于“本地化”和“季节性”的执着,让整本书的基调变得非常 grounding(脚踏实地)。它教给读者的不只是“如何做”,更多的是“为何要这样做”。书中那些关于如何判断食材新鲜度的小窍门,或者处理某种特定农产品的心得体会,都透露出一种深厚的经验积累,而不是简单地从网上搜集拼凑。这种以故事为载体的教学方式,让人在学习烹饪技巧的同时,也领略到了一种生活哲学——慢下来,去感受食物的生命力。
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