David Joachim

Unlock the secrets of making creative pasta dishes with more than 75 simple and spectacular recipes, featuring helpful QR codes to step-by-step video tutorials--from the James Beard Award-winning author of Mastering Pasta In The Pasta Book, acclaimed chef Marc Vetri presents a wide range of easy to impressive pasta dinners using both dried and fresh pastas. With a dish for every shape, sauce, mood, and timeline, Vetri demystifies the process of "marrying" pasta and sauce into one harmonious dish, creating your own flavor combinations, and pairing different pastas and sauces. Vetri shares both weeknight classics and popular pastas from his restaurants, adapting his methods so home cooks can experience these acclaimed dishes in their own kitchens, with chapters including: Vegetable Pasta Pici Pomodoro; Garganelli with Corn and Scallions; Spinach Gnocchi with Brown Butter and Shaved Ricotta SalataSeafood Pasta: Paccheri with Clams and Charred Lemon Brodo; Troccoli with Shrimp and Ginger Chili Crisp; Scallop Raviolo with Champagne Poultry and Game Pasta: Tagliolini with Chicken Liver Ragu; Pumpernickel Papparadelle with Duck RaguPork Pasta: Rigatoni with Fiorella Sausage Ragu; Spaghetti alla Chitarra with Basil, Poppy Seed, and ProscuittoBeef and Lamb Pasta Francobolli with Short Ribs and Celery Root; Orecchiette with Lamb Merguez and Fiore SardoVetri guides you through the foundations of making fresh pasta with a chapter devoted to pasta doughs and shapes like pappardelle and orecchiette, including QR codes that link to easy-to-follow technique videos. With 90 stunning photographs, The Pasta Book includes ideas to level up or simplify every recipe, so you can choose the pasta adventure you crave.

Ni odno bljudo ne sravnitsja s khorosho prigotovlennoj pastoj s pravilno podobrannym k nej sousom - eto kraeugolnyj kamen italjanskoj kukhni. Mark Vetri, shef-povar i restorator s italjanskimi kornjami, zhivuschij v Filadelfii, sobral na stranitsakh svoej velikolepnoj knigi vyverennye retsepty ne tolko raznykh vidov testa dlja pasty i samoj pasty - figurnoj, s nachinkoj, ruchnoj raboty ili izgotovlennoj s pomoschju mashinki, - no i bljud na osnove svezhej pasty domashnego izgotovlenija, gde znakomye spagetti, farfalle, ravioli ili bolee ekzoticheskie fatstsoletti, karamelle i kulurdzhone idealno sochetajutsja s ovoschami, mjasom, ryboj, moreproduktami, zelenju i syrami, prevraschajas v istinnyj prazdnik vkusa na tarelke. Mark Vetri uchit tomu, chto vazhno ne mekhanicheski vosproizvodit retsepty pasty, a podkhodit k zadache tvorcheski, znaja prakticheskie i tekhnicheskie aspekty, svjazannye s sostavom testa i ego zameshivaniem, povedeniem pasty pri prigotovlenii i obedinenii s sousom. Blagodarja bestsennoj informatsii, sobrannoj avtorom, my uchimsja ponimat pastu tak, chtoby bljuda iz nee neizmenno radovali svoej teksturoj i vkusom. Perevodchik: Ivenskaja Olga Semenovna

This full-colour, hardcover edition features a brand-new design with a foreword by J. Kenji López-Alt, 8,000 substitutions, custom hand-drawn illustrations by Emily Isabella, and 24 new recipes, increasing the total to 188 recipes. Have you ever been in the middle of making a meal only to discover you have run out of a key ingredient or don’t own a specialty pan called for in the recipe? Or maybe, you want to create a different flavour or texture for a tried-and-true family dish by experimenting with something new and exciting. The answer to these dilemmas? Substitute. But the internet doesn’t always have reliable answers or accurate replacements. Winner of an International Association of Culinary Professionals (IACP) award, The Food Substitutions Bible, now in an expanded, updated, and revised third edition, is the authoritative guide to making substitutions in the kitchen. In one comprehensive, easy-to-use book that’s organized from A to Z, bestselling author David Joachim has compiled creative and clear options to solve cooking conundrums. Now it offers more than 8,000 alternative ingredients, equipment, and techniques plus 188 simple recipes, covering emergency substitutions, time-saving substitutions, healthy substitutions, alternatives for hard-to-find ingredients, vegan and kosher alternatives, and ideas for varying the flavour of a dish in countless ways. You’ll also find over 30 ingredients charts and measurements tables to help decipher things like selecting fresh chillies according to their Scoville Heat Unit, making flour substitutions based on taste or gluten/protein content, and choosing pan size equivalents. Don’t have mirin? Use a mixture of sherry and sugar instead. Looking for a less-rich alternative to whipped cream? Evaporated milk whips up surprisingly well and makes a creamy, lower-calorie substitute you can dollop onto your favourite desserts. Can’t find your fondue pot? Use a heavy stoneware dish set on a warming tray or heating pad. David gives you all the information you need to improvise with confidence at home or in a commercial kitchen. This classic reference book is a must-have for every kitchen and a wonderful gift for every occasion.

A revolutionary guide to making delicious pizza at home, offering a variety of base doughs so that your pizza will turn out perfect no matter what kind of oven or equipment you have. Pizza remains America's favorite food, but one that many people hesitate to make at home. In Mastering Pizza, award-winning chef Marc Vetri tackles the topic with his trademark precision, making perfect pizza available to anyone. The recipes--gleaned from years spent researching recipes in Italy and perfecting them in America--have a variety of base doughs of different hydration levels, which allow home cooks to achieve the same results with a regular kitchen oven as they would with a professional pizza oven. The book covers popular standards like Margherita and Carbonara while also featuring unexpected toppings such as mussels and truffles--and even a dessert pizza made with Nutella. With transporting imagery from Italy and hardworking step-by-step photos to demystify the process, Mastering Pizza will help you make pizza as delicious as you find in Italy.

Award-winning chef Marc Vetri wanted to write his first book about pasta. Instead, he wrote two other acclaimed cookbooks and continued researching pasta for ten more years. Now, the respected master of Italian cuisine finally shares his vast knowledge of pasta, gnocchi, and risotto in this inspiring, informative primer featuring expert tips and techniques, and more than 100 recipes. Vetri's personal stories of travel and culinary discovery in Italy appear alongside his easy-to-follow, detailed explanations of how to make and enjoy fresh handmade pasta. Whether you're a home cook or a professional, you'll learn how to make more than thirty different types of pasta dough, from versatile egg yolk dough, to extruded semolina dough, to a variety of flavored pastas--and form them into shapes both familiar and unique. In dishes ranging from classic to innovative, Vetri shares his coveted recipes for stuffed pastas, baked pastas, and pasta sauces. He also shows you how to make light-as-air gnocchi and the perfect dish of risotto. Loaded with useful information, including the best way to cook and sauce pasta, suggestions for substituting pasta shapes, and advance preparation and storage notes, Mastering Pasta offers you all of the wisdom of a pro. For cooks who want to take their knowledge to the next level, Vetri delves deep into the science of various types of flour to explain pasta's uniquely satisfying texture and how to craft the very best pasta by hand or with a machine. Mastering Pasta is the definitive work on the subject and the only book you will ever need to serve outstanding pasta dishes in your own kitchen.

In this follow-up to his acclaimed "Il Viaggio di Vetri," renowned chef Marc Vetri celebrates the rustic, handcrafted cuisine of Italian home cooks while advocating a hands-on, back-to-thebasics approach to cooking. Slow-cooked meats, homemade breads, flavorful pastas... these are the comforting foods that people actually want to cook and eat. With 120 recipes, "Rustic Italian Food "shows home cooks of every skill level how to create the hearty comfort food that Italians have been baking, roasting, and curing in their own kitchens for generations, such as Fig and Chestnut Bread, Spinach and Ricotta Gnocchi, Slow Roasted Lamb Shoulder, and Apple Fritters. Vetri also shares the personal stories and rich history behind these dishes, captivating readers with his culinary talent and his storytelling.

Everybody loves dessert, but nobody loves the calories. Perfect Light Desserts offers recipes for desserts rich enough to satisfy any sweet tooth -- but with sensible calorie counts. Master baker Nick Malgieri and healthful food expert David Joachim have joined forces to create 125 exceptional desserts without the usual quantities of fats and sugars. The focus is on flavor and texture achieved through balanced ingredient combinations and superior baking techniques. Not a single recipe has more than 300 calories per serving. The results are nothing short of spectacular, with desserts that range from devil's food cake (complete with fluffy icing) to a lemon custard highlighted with a colorful raspberry sauce. Old-fashioned American favorites such as hermits mingle with sophisticated treats like rum raisin semifreddo and white chocolate raspberry tartlets. Best of all, while these desserts are low-calorie, they are high in flavor. Moist coconut poppy seed coffee cake, juicy blueberry pie, and fudgy brownies don't taste like "diet desserts"; they simply taste great. All of the recipes here achieve great flavor without resorting to artificial sweeteners or synthetic substitutes. The recipes use moderate amounts of real butter, sugar, flour, and eggs in perfect proportions. Every recipe includes a complete nutritional analysis as well as serving and storage notes. Everybody loves dessert, and now no one has to go without it.

A Man, a Can, a Plan: 50 Tasty Meals You Can Nuke in No Time by David Joachim and the Editors of Men's Health offers step-by-step recipes, including: '50s-Style Creamed Chicken How to make it: Cook the onion in the oil in a large skillet over medium heat, until tender. Dump in the chicken and stir. Cook for 1 minute. Stir in the soup and mushrooms. Simmer for 10 minutes. Stir in the sour cream over low heat. Heat through and serve over the cooked noodles. Makes 6 servings. Per serving: 354 calories, 5 g fat (12% of calories), 1 g saturated fat, 22 g protein, 54 g carbohydrates, 5 g fiber, 599 mg sodium. When it's not just you and the TV ... top with chopped fresh parsley. 10-oz can chunk chicken breast, drained and flaked 11-oz can reduced-fat cream of mushroom soup 6-oz can sliced mushrooms, drained 12-oz bag "no yolk" egg noodles, cooked according to the package directions Also: 1/2 cup chopped onion, 2 tsp olive oil, 1 cup fat-free sour cream Book FactsServing Size: 50 recipes Main ingredients per recipe: About 5 Avg. prep time per recipe: 30 min. Breakfasts: 4 Sandwiches: 8 Munchies: 9 Dinners: 25 Desserts: 4 Special cooking and nutrition tips: 15 Easy-to-clean pages: 43