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Title: Charlie Trotter's Meat and Game by Charlie Trotter, Michael Voltattorni, Tim Turner, Belinda Chang ISBN: 1-58008-238-6 Publisher: Ten Speed Press Pub. Date: October, 2001 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $50.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.6 (5 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: Give this to your hunter
Comment: He/she won't be able to pull off the recipes by him/herself, but you can put them onto some small task .... say, making a plum sauce to dribble over the final product ... to keep them out of your hair while you do the heavy work. In fact, think of these recipes as team projects ... that's probably the only way to get everything to the table at serving temperatures. Your hunter will beam with pleasure. You will be a god/dess in his/her eyes.
Rating: 5
Summary: Don't try this at home!
Comment: Have you ever traveled cross-country to Chicago just to dine at Charlie Trotter's? I have, and it was one of the best meals of my life. This book and the others in the series are great at giving you a feel of what the real thing is like. The pictures are outstanding and the combinations just wow you. But if you think for a moment that any cookbook would allow you to duplicate what Charlie does, you are mistaken. Some cookbooks are for those who want to follow a recipe and duplicate it. This is not one of those. This is for people who want to understand the Chef's unique cuisine and appreciate it for the art that it is.
Rating: 5
Summary: Meat & Game Extravaganza!
Comment: More of Trotter's high output of creative, skilled dishes with exotic ingredients, sauces and minimalist-Asian accent. Continues the 10-Speed Press tradition of well done cookbooks, with superior photos, text and in Trotter's case, two photographers scenic photos lining the pages.
These recipes are certainly difficult if not impossible for the average home chef, or even the sophisticated amateur gourmet as well. The ingredients are exotic and difficult to obtain (no source help is provided at all) and the techniques and difficulty of steps for each entree are staggering.
Not to despair however, for the interested gourmet. As Trotter himself suggests: "think of the recipes as interpretations found to be particularly pleasing. Look at these pages for inspiration and fresh ideas, then make the dishes your own, either by substitutions we have offered or through the endless possibilities evoked by the foodstuffs themselves." Further, nearly all recipes include suggested substitutes, e.g. for the Asian=Glazed Wild Boar Chop he suggests pork, lamb or chicken.
Especially attractive to this reviewer is the enormous collection of game: from grouse to partidge to quail to antelope, buffalo, venison, et al. Excitement from such as: "Roasted Chestnut Soup with Foie Gras, Cipolline Onions and Ginger," "Grilled Pheasant Breast with Wild Strawberries, Pistachios, and Apricot-Curry Sauce," Smoked Squab Breast with Israeli Couscous-Stuffed Tinker Bell Peppeers,Ennis Hazelnuts, and Savory Chocolate Vinagerette," "Asian Glazed Wild Boar Chop with Kimchi, Burgundy Carrots, and Their Puree."
True to his inspiration of fusion, he combines Western European technique without sauce, and in their place consistently and creatively replaces with Vinaigrette or Emulsion.
Suggest interested also check out Mark Miller's "Red Sage," Trotter's "CT Cooks at Home," and "How To Cook Meat" by Schlesinger.
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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 Desserts by Charlie Trotter, Trotter Charlie, Michelle Gayer, Paul Elledge ISBN: 089815815X Publisher: Ten Speed Press Pub. Date: November, 1998 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: The French Laundry Cookbook by Thomas Keller, Susie Heller, Michael Ruhlman, Deborah Jones ISBN: 1579651267 Publisher: Artisan Pub. Date: January, 2000 List Price(USD): $50.00 |
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