false 39091 69435 1596913614 9781596913615 47 <![CDATA[The Devil in the Kitchen: Sex, Pain, Madness and the Making of a Great Chef]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170708198m/69435.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170708198s/69435.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/69435.The_Devil_in_the_Kitchen_Sex_Pain_Madness_and_the_Making_of_a_Great_Chef 3.43 202 The Devil in the Kitchen, he tells the story of his life in food, spanning his apprenticeship with Albert and Michel Roux, his wild years in the bacchanal of 1980s Chelsea, his ferocious pursuit of the highest Michelin rating, and his “retirement career” as a hugely successful restaurateur. With cameos from the likes of Michael Caine, Madonna, and Damien Hirst, The Devil in the Kitchen leaves no dish unserved, relating the backroom antics, the blood feuds, and the passion for great food that have driven London’s greatest restaurants for decades.</div></div>]]> 39091 3.51 276 71 2007 1859467 1845334108 9781845334109 5 <![CDATA[White Heat]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1189326465m/1859467.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1189326465s/1859467.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1859467.White_Heat 4.44 18 39091 3.51 276 71 2000 1047254 0752874632 9780752874630 2 <![CDATA[White Slave: The Autobiography]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1180490423m/1047254.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1180490423s/1047254.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1047254.White_Slave_The_Autobiography 4.00 5 Amazon Significant Seven, May 2007: Marco Pierre White made history as the most decorated chef in the UK and still holds the honor as the youngest chef ever to win three Michelin stars. Billed as a "brooding Byron" of the kitchen, MPW brought a punk-rock sensibility to his craft, shattering centuries-old rules of fine-dining tradition (and bruising many egos in the process) in his pursuit for perfection. He remains a searing influence on a generation of chefs who survived tours-of-duty in his kitchen brigade and those inspired by White Heat, his modern-classic cookbook (and now high-priced collector's item). In his absorbing culinary memoir, The Devil in the Kitchen, MPW offers intimate insights into his storied career presenting a larger-than-life portrait of a living legend and a culinary genius. --Brad Thomas Parsons]]> 39091 3.51 276 71 2006 1964349 0091870909 9780091870904 0 <![CDATA[Wild Food from Land and Sea]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1190970877m/1964349.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1190970877s/1964349.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1964349.Wild_Food_from_Land_and_Sea 4.33 3 Wild Food from Land and Sea is a book that, in all probability, is not likely to send many readers racing to the kitchen. A collection of Marco Pierre White's restaurant recipes, it is more likely to be valued as a glimpse into the intensive, highly disciplined kitchens in which White's supremely refined food is conjured. Indeed, he says as much in his introduction, remarking that it amazes him that people buy books by professional chefs, the gulf between what is possible in a restaurant and a domestic kitchen being so vast. One might as well try (the comparison is not White's) to build a Ferrari in a garden shed. That this book assumes on the one hand the resources of a fully equipped and staffed kitchen, and on the other an intimate familiarity with the traditions of classic grand French cooking, is signalled by the presence of no fewer than 77 Basic Recipes, which are incorporated into the main dishes as sauces or garnishes. Quite a number of these basics are themselves built round others, such as the rich "Sauce Albufera", a confection of stock, cream and foie gras butter that finds its way into a number of dishes. In a way, to publish his restaurant recipes in their working form is a testament to White confidence and boldness. Here, he might be saying, are my "secrets"; take them if you want them. You'll find that the recipe, like a musical score, is merely the beginning. Like its companion volumes in Ebury's series of utilitarian paperback reprints, Wild Food from Land and Sea is challenging: stripped of any seduction of design or photograph, nothing survives but the recipes. But what recipes. "Panache of John Dory and Grilled Sea Scallop, Etuvee of Leeks, Sauce Lie de Vin"; "Bresse Pigeon, Braised Cabbage, Mushroom Ravioli and Thyme Juice"; "Creme Brulee, Pommes Sec, Jus de Granny Smith": Exquisite. --Robin Davidson]]> 39091 3.51 276 71 1997 6554726 1857322517 9781857322514 0 <![CDATA[White Heat]]> http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6554726-white-heat 3.67 3 39091 3.51 276 71 457862 3.50 6 0 1999 5723290 1409100448 9781409100447 1 <![CDATA[Marco Pierre White's Great Britain]]> http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5723290.Marco_Pierre_White_s_Great_Britain 3.50 2 39091 3.51 276 71 2008 5971776 0091853729 9780091853723 0 <![CDATA[Canteen Cuisine]]> http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5971776.Canteen_Cuisine 3.00 1 39091 3.51 276 71 1995 1097353 0091923166 9780091923167 0 <![CDATA[White Hot Cooking]]> http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1097353.White_Hot_Cooking 0.0 0 Hell's Kitchen describes him as `legendary', and for once the adjective is not just hyperbole. And while this same blurb mentions White's outspoken opinions and reminiscences, the most important element here is the collection of 100 tempting recipes, from starters and soups to ambitious (but achievable) meat and fish main courses and (of course) the exquisite deserts that are one of the chef's specialities. As many of the great French chefs will assert, the basic sauces, stocks and essences are at the heart of fine cuisine, and they are lovingly celebrated in the recipes here.

Among the most useful features here are the shortcuts and tips designed to get us through more difficult aspects of cookery. And it is particularly welcome to note that the recipes (though usually contained in just one or two pages) are still detailed enough to give us the wherewithal to create, say Breast of Pigeon with Foie Gras wrapped in Cabbage or Panaché of Langoustines and Sea Scallops with Cucumber and Ginger (for the latter recipe, Marco Pierre White points out that langoustines, while fished in the Scottish seas, are mostly exported to France and Italy, making them hard to find the UK -- as well as expensive). But after reading the recipes here, readers will be inspired to make the effort.

It goes without saying that we won't be able to achieve results as impressive as Marco Pierre White, but the recipes here are designed to give us the confidence necessary to tackle them. And we can dream, can't we? --Barry Forshaw

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