"An indispensable cookbook." - Jeffrey Steingarten, "Vogue" When Paula Wolfert's "The Cooking of Southwest France" was first published in 1983, it became an instant classic. This award-winning book was praised by critics, chefs, and home cooks alike as the ultimate source of recipes and information about a legendary style of cooking. Wolfert's recipes for cassoulet and confit literally changed the American culinary scene. Confit, now ubiquitous on restaurant menus, was rarely served in the United States before Wolfert presented it. Now, twenty-plus years later, Wolfert has completely revised her groundbreaking book. In this new edition, you'll find sixty additional recipes - thirty totally new recipes, along with thirty updated recipes from Wolfert's other books. Recipes from the original edition have been revised to account for current tastes and newly available ingredients; some have been dropped. You will find superb classic recipes for cassoulet, sauce perigueux, salmon rillettes, and beef daube; new and revised recipes for ragouts, soups, desserts, and more; and, of course, numerous recipes for the most exemplary of all southwest French ingredients - duck - including the traditional method for duck confit plus two new, easier variations. Other recipes include such gems as Chestnut and Cepe Soup With Walnuts, magnificent lusty Oxtail Daube, mouthwatering Steamed Mussels With Ham, Shallots, and Garlic, as well as Poached Chicken Breast, Auvergne-Style, and the simple yet sublime Potatoes Baked in Sea Salt. You'll also find delicious desserts such as Batter Cake With Fresh Pears From the Correze, and Prune and Armagnac Ice Cream. Each recipe incorporates what the French call a truc, a unique touch that makes the finished dish truly extraordinary. Evocative new food photographs, including sixteen pages in full color, now accompany the text. Connecting the 200 great recipes is Wolfert's unique vision of Southwest France. In sharply etched scenes peopled by local characters ranging from canny peasant women to world-famous master chefs, she captures the region's living traditions and passion for good food. Gascony, the Perigord, Bordeaux, and the Basque country all come alive in these pages. This revised edition of "The Cooking of Southwest France" is truly another Wolfert classic in its own right.
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我必须承认,我对这本书的期待值本来并不高,认为它不过是又一本“打卡式”的异域菜谱。然而,当我翻到介绍乡村烘焙的部分时,我彻底被征服了。作者对于面团的描述,那种对湿度、温度和发酵过程的精准拿捏,简直如同生物学的观察报告。他没有简单地说“揉面直到光滑”,而是详细描述了面筋形成时纤维的受力变化,甚至配有微观的示意图。这对我这种喜欢深入原理的人来说,简直是福音。这本书的图文搭配也是一绝,照片的色调经过精心调校,既保证了食材的真实质感,又营造出一种温暖、朴实的家庭氛围。它成功地避开了当代烹饪书籍中常见的过度美化和不切实际的摆盘教学,而是聚焦于“如何在家中,用可获得的资源,做出地道的味道”。我曾尝试挑战书中最复杂的一道菜——蜗牛配欧芹黄油,按照步骤操作,中间几乎没有出现任何卡壳的状况。这说明作者在将复杂的传统技艺“翻译”成易于理解的文字方面,功力深厚,体现了极高的专业素养和对读者的尊重。
评分这本厚重的烹饪圣经,简直是美食爱好者的“寻宝图”!我拿到手的时候,就被它沉甸甸的质感和那封面那略带年代感的油墨香气所吸引。内页的纸张选择非常讲究,触感温润,即便是频繁翻阅也不会轻易受损。书中的排版设计可谓独具匠心,大量的黑白摄影作品穿插其中,那些捕捉瞬间的画面,似乎能让你瞬间置身于法国南部那些阳光明媚的厨房之中。我尤其欣赏它在食材介绍上的那种近乎学术的严谨性,每一个品种的洋葱、每一种本地产的鹅肝,作者都给予了详尽的背景介绍和风味剖析,仿佛在进行一场深入的田野调查。翻阅过程中,我甚至能“闻到”那些空气中弥漫的香草气息和慢炖高汤的浓郁蒸汽。它不仅仅是一本食谱集,更像是一部关于地域风土、历史传承的文化档案。特别是关于传统烹饪工具和技法的图解部分,线条清晰,步骤明确,对于我这种厨房新手来说,简直是救命稻草。我试着模仿其中一个关于“酱汁乳化”的步骤,那细腻的文字描述,让我第一次理解了什么是真正的“耐心”在烹饪中的意义。这本书的价值,远超出了食谱本身,它提供了一种生活的美学,一种对本真味道的执着追求。
评分坦白说,一开始我抱着相当大的疑虑。市面上同类题材的书籍多如牛毛,大多是徒有其表,内容空泛,流于形式。但《The Cooking of Southwest France》完全颠覆了我的预期。它的叙事方式非常跳跃,却又带着一种浑然天成的逻辑。作者的笔触与其说是在教你做菜,不如说是在跟你分享他多年流浪于法国西南各个村庄的见闻录。例如,他会花上好几页篇幅,描绘某个偏远小镇的集市上,一位老妇人如何挑选当日最新鲜的乳鸽,那种对食材近乎宗教般的敬畏感,深深地打动了我。这本书的重点似乎不在于那些华丽复杂的摆盘技巧(虽然书里也收录了一些),而在于如何从最基本的原料中榨取出最深层的风味。我印象最深的是关于“油封鸭”的部分,作者居然追溯到了古罗马时期对肉类保存技术的演变,这种历史的纵深感,让每一次的品尝都仿佛变成了一次对时空的对话。它的语言风格非常富有画面感,读起来丝毫不觉得枯燥,反而像是在听一位老朋友讲述他与美食的奇遇记。如果说有什么不足,可能就是对于初学者来说,某些传统术语的解释略显简略,需要借助其他工具辅助理解,但这反而增强了它的“深度”,让人有探索的欲望。
评分读完这本书,我的厨房哲学发生了一次重大的转变。它让我明白,真正的法式烹饪,根植于风土,而非那些虚无缥缈的米其林星光。这本书的篇章组织,很大程度上体现了“慢生活”的哲学。它鼓励读者放下浮躁的心态,去等待,去观察。例如,关于炖肉的部分,它反复强调“时间是最好的调味料”,并提供了不同肉类所需慢炖的温度曲线图,这些图表极其科学且实用。我特别喜欢它收录的一些“家庭秘方”——那些没有明确计量单位,全凭经验和手感的描述。作者没有将这些经验简单地数字化,而是保留了它们“口传心授”的质感,这使得每一个读者在模仿时,都不得不加入自己的理解和情感,从而使最终成品带有自己独有的印记。这本书的整体氛围是谦逊而深沉的,它不是在炫耀作者的学识,而是在邀请你进入一个关于地域美食的庄严殿堂,去聆听那些古老而迷人的烹饪故事。每一次翻开它,都像是一次心灵的洗礼,让我对“吃”这件事有了更深层次的敬畏。
评分这本书的结构安排,初看起来有些不循规蹈矩,但这恰恰是它的魅力所在。它没有按照“前菜、主菜、甜点”这种刻板的顺序来编排,而是更像是一部按季节流转、或按地域划分的“行走食谱”。我喜欢它在某些章节会突然插入一些关于当地葡萄酒配餐的深度解析,这些内容与烹饪技巧本身交织在一起,形成了一个立体的风味网络。它的用词极为考究,绝不使用那些网络流行语式的轻浮表达,而是保持着一种古典而庄重的调性。阅读这本书时,我总感觉自己像是在跟随一位学识渊博的导师,他不仅传授技艺,更是在引导你理解这片土地的灵魂。有一段描述如何制作传统鹅肝酱的文字,简直是诗一样的散文,关于鹅的饲养环境、气味的微妙变化,被描述得淋漓尽致,让你在动手之前,就已经在精神上完成了对这道菜的“朝圣”。它对细节的执着,达到了令人发指的地步——比如关于盐的选取,不同产地的海盐、岩盐,风味差异的细微描述,让人重新审视我们日常生活中最不起眼调味品的巨大潜力。
评分my kitchen has alleviated my anxiety for some time, giving me a quiet place for calmness in which to perform some physical actions.. When I was replicating her recipes, I was giving my 100% attention and the world outside disappeared for a few hours. To be a cook is fun and sensual; one needs to be doer, a craftsman, and a designer!
评分my kitchen has alleviated my anxiety for some time, giving me a quiet place for calmness in which to perform some physical actions.. When I was replicating her recipes, I was giving my 100% attention and the world outside disappeared for a few hours. To be a cook is fun and sensual; one needs to be doer, a craftsman, and a designer!
评分my kitchen has alleviated my anxiety for some time, giving me a quiet place for calmness in which to perform some physical actions.. When I was replicating her recipes, I was giving my 100% attention and the world outside disappeared for a few hours. To be a cook is fun and sensual; one needs to be doer, a craftsman, and a designer!
评分my kitchen has alleviated my anxiety for some time, giving me a quiet place for calmness in which to perform some physical actions.. When I was replicating her recipes, I was giving my 100% attention and the world outside disappeared for a few hours. To be a cook is fun and sensual; one needs to be doer, a craftsman, and a designer!
评分my kitchen has alleviated my anxiety for some time, giving me a quiet place for calmness in which to perform some physical actions.. When I was replicating her recipes, I was giving my 100% attention and the world outside disappeared for a few hours. To be a cook is fun and sensual; one needs to be doer, a craftsman, and a designer!
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