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Complete Mushroom Book: The Quiet Hunt by: Antonio Carluccio List Price: £14.99 City Travel Guides Price: £9.74 You Save: £5.25 (35%)Prices subject to change. |
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Binding: Paperback EAN: 9781844001637 ISBN: 1844001636 Label: Quadrille Publishing Ltd Manufacturer: Quadrille Publishing Ltd Number Of Pages: 224 Publication Date: September 02, 2005 Publisher: Quadrille Publishing Ltd Studio: Quadrille Publishing Ltd Sales Rank: 12467 Related Items:
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Editorial Review: Book Description: There are not many people who have been collecting, cooking and devising recipes for mushrooms for over 60 years, but Antonio Carluccio is one. Known as the 'mushroom man', Carluccio's Neal Street Restaurant in London's Covent Garden is a mecca for mushroom and truffle lovers from all over the world. Carluccio's expertise is unrivalled and this book, with over 100 recipes that make the most of readily available mushrooms in dishes ranging from classic to contemporary via oriental and Eastern European, will not disappoint. In addition, for those who want to join in the thrill of hunting for their own mushrooms - the quiet hunt- The Complete Mushroom Book offers a detailed and authoritative well-illustrated field guide that helps distinguish between edible wild mushrooms and their poisonous look alikes. This unique book, with specially commissioned photography by Alastair Hendy will inspire and inform and bring the pleasure of mushrooms available to a wider audience. Synopsis: There are not many people who have been collecting, cooking and devising recipes for mushrooms for over 60 years, but Antonio Carluccio is one. Known as the 'mushroom man', Carluccio's Neal Street Restaurant in London's Covent Garden is a mecca for mushroom and truffle lovers from all over the world. Carluccio's expertise is unrivalled and this book, with over 100 recipes that make the most of readily available mushrooms in dishes ranging from classic to contemporary via oriental and Eastern European, will not disappoint. In addition, for those who want to join in the thrill of hunting for their own mushrooms - the quiet hunt - The Complete Mushroom Book offers a detailed and authoritative well-illustrated field guide that helps distinguish between edible wild mushrooms and their poisonous look alikes. This unique book, with specially commissioned photography by Alastair Hendy, will inspire and inform and bring the pleasure of mushrooms available to a wider audience. About the Author: Antonio Carluccio, leading gastronome and best-selling Italian food writer, explores for the first time the foods and traditions of the different recipes which give Italian cooking its richly varied colourful character. He owns, with his wife Priscilla, the Italian food shop, Carluccio s and the series of Carluccio s Caffes, and was recently given the Commendatore award by the Italian government for his contribution to Italian food. His previous writing includes Complete Italian Food, Antonio Carluccio s Italian Feast and Southern Italian Feast, written to accompany two highly successful television series. Customer Reviews
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 Rating:  - Fabulous FunghiI'm a huge mushroom fan when it comes to food, so when I received this book as a present I was over the moon. The book is split into two sections, the first deals with identifying wild mushrooms and which are the best for eating, and the second part contains the recipes. The recipes are great and very accessible. I haven't been on a mushroom hunt yet, but my local greengrocer regularly stocks wild mushrooms, so I've had the chance to try a few of the recipes, and very good they are too. Rating: - Look and learn....In picking mushrooms, there are 2 approaches: - show the good and the bad and have copious notes to explain the two - show only the good and advise the picker to ignore or discard anything that doesn't appear in the book. Carluccio picks the former and together with a load of anecdotes and lessons learnt from his decades of probing, sniffing, pinching and brushing, writes a book bursting with intelligent writing, simple but striking recipes and oozing with his personality. I particularly liked his observations on Mycological Savoir Faire, how not to pick in such a way that it kills off the spores behind it, how to leave even deadly poisonous fungi alone as all fungi have a function in life and so on. If the man ... Read More: Rating:  - Mouthwatering adventuresThe book is beautifully written and illustrated with superb clear photograhs. Antonio Carluccio's enthusiasm for the collection of wild mushrooms and his talent as a chef are both clearly conveyed as he leads us first through the pleasures of the 'Quiet Hunt' with precise descriptions and photographs to persuade the novice hunter to embark on the adventure and then into the kitchen to make the most of the hsrvest. The warnings are there about the poisonous varieties and he clearly describes the culprits and their effects. What better way to spend a quiet autumn Saturday morning than scouring woods for the free delicacies and then to return home with the booty to concoct some gorgeous dish? It makes such sense to combine the two past-times in one ... Read More: |
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