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Title: Charlie Trotter's Desserts by Charlie Trotter, Trotter Charlie, Michelle Gayer, Paul Elledge ISBN: 0-89815-815-X Publisher: Ten Speed Press Pub. Date: November, 1998 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $50.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.73 (11 reviews)
Rating: 2
Summary: Excellent photos,but...
Comment: ...Charlie Trotter's dessert is of limited to no use for a Continental/European Chef/Cook. Weights and measures are all in cups and ounces.Still maybe undestandable for a European Chef but impossible to work for instance a Russian Chef (These are the people who buy these books because they want to learn.They have little chance to travel yet,so have to rely on books to improve their skills) I have checked ,quickly only, through the recipes and gave up,there are also certain facts not right (Original Linzer cake you don't make with raspberries but with 'red currants'.Also recipes are using to many US specific names and terms,i.e. what is a Meyer lemon? And for the poor amateur cook?Well,look at the pictures and go have dinner where Trotter is cooking! Had I known before,I would not have purchased the book. Benedikt Morak, Executive Chef (from Austria,35 years i nthe business)
Rating: 4
Summary: Fabulously inspiring recipes; not-so-great editing.
Comment: This is a fantastically beautiful book that dismays me. I appreciate the suggested substitutions- when they're provided, but I don't understand the lack of sources. I don't understand why "caramelize" and "filo" make the glossary but "feuille de brick crepe" doesn't. Is that the wafer you find on Italian nougat? I guess so, but I have no idea where to get it.
I also don't understand the "basic recipe" selection process. I kind of think that sweet pie dough is more basic than honey-chickpea ice cream. Call me crazy. This section needs an overhaul.
For somebody as admirably obsessed with perfection as Charlie Trotter seems to be, the proofing errors and dumb editing decisions littering this book make me think that the authors just don't care as much about empowering me to stretch my limits and learn as they do about providing a showcase for themselves and selling books. If not, then what's the explanation? I just wish I could spend my energy exploring the recipes instead of having to painstakingly look for sources for ingredients. I know that sources change. How about posting them on the web site?
Sigh. Buy it anyway.
Rating: 4
Summary: excellent ideas and photos, but not for the practical chef
Comment: charlie trotter creates some of the finest courses i've ever seen. the only problem with this is, nothing contained within this series of books is even remotely practical or feasible from the home kitchen. the ingredients he uses are sometimes impossible to find (even when ordering through a professional kitchen), and the equiptment required for them aren't usually owned by the common cook. so, if you're serious about trying to create an award winning entree or desert, and have the time, patience, equiptment, and endless exotic produce, this book is perfect for you. the rest of us will just have to admire the pictures.
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Title: Charlie Trotter's Seafood by Charlie Trotter ISBN: 0898158982 Publisher: Ten Speed Press Pub. Date: July, 1997 List Price(USD): $50.00 |
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Title: Charlie Trotter's Meat and Game by Charlie Trotter, Michael Voltattorni, Tim Turner, Belinda Chang ISBN: 1580082386 Publisher: Ten Speed Press Pub. Date: October, 2001 List Price(USD): $50.00 |
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Title: Charlie Trotter's: Recipes by Charlie Trotter, Tim Turner ISBN: 0898156289 Publisher: Ten Speed Press Pub. Date: November, 1994 List Price(USD): $50.00 |
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Title: Charlie Trotter's Vegetables by Charlie Trotter, Tim Turner ISBN: 0898158389 Publisher: Ten Speed Press Pub. Date: July, 1996 List Price(USD): $50.00 |
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Title: Amuse-Bouche: Little Bites That Delight Before the Meal Begins by Mary Goodbody, Tim Turner, Rick Tramonto ISBN: 0375507604 Publisher: Random House Pub. Date: 22 October, 2002 List Price(USD): $35.00 |
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