Tyler Florence: Stirring the Pot

by Tyler Florence

- A hands-on guide to help readers fall in love with their kitchen again.- Inspiration for home cooks to reach that "light bulb moment."

- Opens with a hardworking front of book: "The Anatomy of a Knife," "Pots and Pans You Can't Live Without," "Good, Better, Best" (Tyler rates the latest gadgets and kitchen equipment).

- Tyler shares how to navigate the aisles of a grocery store like a pro so readers can create the "Ultimate" pantry.

- More than 100 must-master recipes.

- Loaded with photos, including one of every recipe.

Genres: Cookbooks, Cooking, Food

256 pages, Paperback

First published October 1, 2008

About the author

Tyler Florence is an American chef and television host of several Food Network shows.
He graduated from the College of Culinary Arts at the Charleston, South Carolina, campus of Johnson & Wales University in 1991. He was later given an honorary doctorate from the university for his culinary success. He is the owner and executive chef of Wayfare Tavern in San Francisco.

Reviews

[Icewineanne · Rating 5 out of 5]

Excellent for beginner cooks. Tyler helps you organize your fridge, freezer, pantry. Recommends good knife brands, shows how to sharpen them, lists tools you will need to make getting dinner on the table easier. Lots of great practical info with mouth-watering recipes and gorgeous photos for all recipes & tips.
These recipes are not what you would expect from a starter book. Tyler gives you recipes for lobster cakes with lemon sauce (heavenly), rosemary-garlic mozza balls with roasted tomato dipping sauce (ambrosia), bourbon chocolate pecan pie (to die for). The recipes are simple & clear, which makes them easy to follow. Most cookbooks have 2 or if you're lucky 3, good recipes. Here, I want to try them all. I have over 200 cookbooks and this is easily in my top 10 favorites.
Highly Recommended for both beginner & advanced cooks.

[John G · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book had a major influence on me when I designed our new kitchen. Also Tyler's classical approach was a nice change from the hippy, zippy and wierd creation offerings so common today. Tylers fastidiousness in the freezing department was also educational.

I have not cooked many of his recipes but I have studied his 'Part 1: Your Kitchen' extensively. This is worth the price of the book alone. However, I only paid $10 for this at a little bookstore in Boulder City, Nevada on a fantastic hot day there. For that reason too it will always be a special book to me.

[Liquidlasagna · Rating 4 out of 5]

one of the better books on how to start off with cooking

and a very good book for selecting kitchen applicances, pans, knives
and how to keep an organized kitchen for storing food and equipment and using them

Burt Wolf's Kitchen Tools for Beginners...
and nothing as quirky or egomaniacal as Alton Brown

some may thing this book isn't as thrilling as other books, but i think it might be way more approachable than the Joy of Cooking was in the 40s-80s

I think a very nice gift for someone with a new house or apartment might be this book, and Tyler's Ultimate with his infamous Spaghetti and Meatballs recipe

[Beka · Rating 2 out of 5]

About 1/3 of this is explaining some of the best ways to set up the various parts of your kitchen. The remaining 2/3 discusses various cooking techniques and gives a few recipes for each one. Not my kind of cookbook, but I'm sure it would be very helpful for a beginner.

[Lucyzoe · Rating 4 out of 5]

Stirring the Pot is as the cover suggests, a collection of 100 irresistible recipes, filled with unconventional wisdom on kitchens and cooking, and an offering of top techniques for great taste: roasting, sauteing, grilling, and baking.

Tyler finds a way to take simple ingredients and combine them to make a dish that looks like it should be really complicated. He makes it look easy, and in this recipe book, he showed me just how easy a great recipe can be.

I'm a fan of Tyler's shows on the Food Network and I'm really impressed with the collection of recipes he's put together in Stirring the Pot.

The recipe book is filled with beautiful photographs and the formatting is brilliant.

[Sherry · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book is full of information on how to organize yourself to cook and the best tools to use.

What I like most is that there is a picture for every recipe and the pictures are amazing.

I recently made Shrimp Scampi with Linguine and it was very simple to make and really, really good. I think next I'll try the Chicken with Mushrooms and Marsala.

[Dora · Rating 4 out of 5]

Tyler Florence arranged this book as an introduction to the areas of the kitchen, what tools to stock there, the types of cooking methods, and recipes that fit each method. The book had colored pictures of each recipe which was nice. However, if you are someone who needs more in depth or step by step picture instructions this book is not for you.

[Glennis · Rating 4 out of 5]

Contains some really good information about food, tools, utensils and other things. Recipes are T. Florence quality as well.

[Anne Fabing · Rating 4 out of 5]

We especially loved his recipe for pork shoulder.

[Ivonne]

19.95

[Becky · Rating 5 out of 5]

Turns out I love Tyler Florence.