The Kitchen Hand: A Miscellany of Kitchen Wisdom by Anthony Telford
- Print Length: 304 Pages
- Publisher: Allen & Unwin
- Publication Date: October 1, 2004
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 1865088900
- ISBN-13: 978-1865088907
- File Format: PDF
This handy kitchen reference offers a fount of culinary knowledge, tips, and conversions for cooking globally with international cookbooks. A user-friendly dictionary layout provides quick access to necessary information such as metric conversions, equivalent weights, alternatives for allergy sufferers, and rescue remedies for kitchen disasters. Replacements for hard-to-find ingredients that are often elements of foreign recipes are also included. Guides to commonly used abbreviations, oven temperatures, additives, and dimensions of cooking equipment help cooks convert recipes to use for their own kitchens. Tips for making homemade crème fraiche, using leftover egg whites, perfecting pork glaze, and other kitchen tidbits are interspersed throughout.