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Salsas & Ketchups: Tastes, Traditions and over 75 International Recipes, With Notes on Their Origins and Uses
There's a salsa or ketchup for every occasion. This book has recipes galore!
128 pages, Hardcover
First published July 1, 1995
About the author
Silvana Franco
37 booksSilvana is an inspirational and innovative food writer, stylist and presenter. With over 30 years experience, she specialises in creating simple and achievable recipes that anyone can cook at home.
Born and raised in Derby to an Italian, food-centric family, she grew up in the kitchen, preparing meals with a huge variety of fresh ingredients. It was in this warm and welcoming environment that she learned the value of good home cooking and honed her skills and passion for making real, delicious, fuss-free food.
An early career in publishing and magazines found Silvana writing for BBC Good Food Magazine. Her next move took her behind the scenes in television production as writer and home economist on a host of BBC cookery programmes before appearing on screen in her own right.
Silvana has written many cookery books over the years including The Really Useful Student Cook Book, while still a student herself. She is an established food stylist counting many of the country's top brands, retailers and publishers such as Waitrose & Partners, M&S and Eye2Eye Media among her clients.
An enthusiastic gardener and novice ceramicist, Silvana is fully focussed on creating new, wonderful things for everyone to cook and eat in 2021 and beyond.
She lives in South West London with her husband Rob and children Fabio and Cassia.
Born and raised in Derby to an Italian, food-centric family, she grew up in the kitchen, preparing meals with a huge variety of fresh ingredients. It was in this warm and welcoming environment that she learned the value of good home cooking and honed her skills and passion for making real, delicious, fuss-free food.
An early career in publishing and magazines found Silvana writing for BBC Good Food Magazine. Her next move took her behind the scenes in television production as writer and home economist on a host of BBC cookery programmes before appearing on screen in her own right.
Silvana has written many cookery books over the years including The Really Useful Student Cook Book, while still a student herself. She is an established food stylist counting many of the country's top brands, retailers and publishers such as Waitrose & Partners, M&S and Eye2Eye Media among her clients.
An enthusiastic gardener and novice ceramicist, Silvana is fully focussed on creating new, wonderful things for everyone to cook and eat in 2021 and beyond.
She lives in South West London with her husband Rob and children Fabio and Cassia.
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June 3, 2019
This thorough and exhaustive treatment of salsas and ketchups BY GEOGRAPHIC REGION makes this book outstanding.
Tested a few recipes and all great 👍🏻. An absolute pleasure to work with.
Tested a few recipes and all great 👍🏻. An absolute pleasure to work with.
June 22, 2014
I can't remember now where I got Silvana Franco's lovely book, Salsas & Ketchups. Was it in the days when on the way to work, I passed by tables covered with books for a temporary "remainders book" sale? No matter. It was sometime in the late 1990s and was a well spent $7.99.
As I recall, I bought the book with the idea of making homemade ketchup.
But the book isn't just about how to make traditional tomato ketchup. We have had some really spectacular dishes from the recipes. The first one I made was Spicy Thai salsa. Then we tried the red pepper sambal. Both were wonderful. Two of the salsas are fabulous, both the roasted corn salsa and the one made with tomatillos. We consulted the book when making harissa and tahini sauce (both great).
We have never been sorry! (except when, to our surprise, there was no recipe for kecap manis!)
As for the homemade ketchup. Ha. Haven't done that yet. Maybe next time....
As I recall, I bought the book with the idea of making homemade ketchup.
But the book isn't just about how to make traditional tomato ketchup. We have had some really spectacular dishes from the recipes. The first one I made was Spicy Thai salsa. Then we tried the red pepper sambal. Both were wonderful. Two of the salsas are fabulous, both the roasted corn salsa and the one made with tomatillos. We consulted the book when making harissa and tahini sauce (both great).
We have never been sorry! (except when, to our surprise, there was no recipe for kecap manis!)
As for the homemade ketchup. Ha. Haven't done that yet. Maybe next time....
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