What Chefs are Saying “If you think of spices as what’s in those jars that have been in your pantry for the last decade, think again. With Lior Lev Sercarz’s guide, you’ll want to roast and grind your own—and you’ll wonder why you never did it before! Maybe. All pages are intact, and the cover is intact. The Spice Companion reveals his secrets in a stunning, thoughtful, and indispensable guide that at once informs, transports, and inspires. This spice cookbook set includes The Spice Companion, signed by Lior, and your choice of 9 of our Voyager Collection single spices. A useful book? By clicking Sign Up, I acknowledge that I have read and agree to Penguin Random House's Privacy Policy and Terms of Use. For each of the 102 curated spices, Lev Sercarz provides the history and origin, information on where to buy and how to store it, five traditional cuisine pairings, three quick suggestions for use (such as adding cardamom to flavor chicken broth), and a unique spice blend recipe to highlight it in the kitchen. This book has changed my life. Reviewed in the United States on April 23, 2018. Spices and Herbs From Around The World 1), Cooking with Spices: 100 Recipes for Blends, Marinades, and Sauces from Around the World, “If you think of spices as what’s in those jars that have been in your pantry for the last decade, think again. The Spice Companion: A Guide to the World of Spices: A Cookbook A lovely and definitive spice manual by way of the u . The Spice Companion communicates his expertise in a way that will change how readers cook, inspiring them to try bold new flavor combinations and make custom spice blends. 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This app allows for remotely controlling and managing a running instance with the API enabled and configured. Features: - Manage and insert cards - Scan cards using NFC - Virtual Keypad/Scanner - Live Patches: Enable/Disable hex edits on the fly - Online patch list download I have been looking for a book like this almost my whole lifetime. The Spice Companion contains some recipes, but is not a cookbook. The Spice Companion will be my kitchen companion for years to come—bet it will be yours, too.” —Dorie Greenspan   “I have known Lior for many years and have always been impressed by his understanding of how to season food to develop nuanced flavors; he is a true spice master. This book lays out his remarkable knowledge in a visually impressive and fascinating way, and I am thrilled to add it to my collection.” —Eric Ripert   “Lior Lev Sercarz is more than a great chef; he’s a modern-day kitchen magician. I purchased it as a Christmas gift for my daughter and will be ordering another one for myself. The spine may show signs of wear. For each of the 102 curated spices, Lev Sercarz provides the history and origin, information on where to buy and how to store it, five traditional cuisine pairings, three quick suggestions for use (such as adding cardamom to … I own a spice blend company and have been creating and designing my own spices (and spice blends for chefs & restaurants,) for over 25 years. This book is a must have for any cook or chef. This shopping feature will continue to load items when the Enter key is pressed. | ISBN 9781101905470 The Spice Companion communicates his expertise in a way that will change how readers cook, inspiring them to try bold new flavor combinations and make custom spice blends. The Spice Companion lets you know the spices that work well together. The Spice Companion will be my kitchen companion for years to come—bet it will be yours, too.” —Dorie Greenspan “I have known Lior for many years and have always been impressed by his understanding of how to season food to develop nuanced flavors; he is a true spice master. Do you believe that this item violates a copyright? Please try again. Then you can start reading Kindle books on your smartphone, tablet, or computer - no Kindle device required. Sumptuous photography and botanical illustrations of each spice make this must-have resource as beautiful as it is informative. About the Author: LIOR LEV SERCARZ is the chef and owner of La Boîte, a spice shop in New York City. Inspiring book? You will look at your pantry, and your next meal, in a whole new light—with an added pinch of adventure!” —Gail Simmons “Sercarz is the founder of La Boîte, a New York City shop that is to spices what the Louvre is to art… His suggestions are actionable and inclusive in a way that could change the way you cook dinner tonight.” —Food52.com“Sercarz is more than a dealer of spices; he’s a master of capturing a scent and translating it into a reality, a skill that has been honed over a decade of experience. I love it enough to purchase other copies for family members. Lior Lev Sercarz. It has beautiful illustrations and instructions for blending spices in unique and tasty ways. Couldn't ask for more. The Spice Companion communicates his expertise in a way that will change how readers cook, inspiring them to try bold new flavor combinations and make custom spice blends. The Herb and Spice Companion is the newest addition to our very popular Companion series, which has already covered tea, cheese, chocolate, and coffee. To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average. The official companion app to SpiceTools. Everyone tells you what spices to use with what food but they don't tell you which spices blend well together. This is a book I’ll be reaching for often.” —Yotam Ottolenghi   “No one knows spices better than Lior: no one has better ideas about how to cook with them and no one has written a spice book as exciting as this one. With Lior Lev Sercarz’s guide, you’ll want to roast and grind your own—and you’ll wonder why you never did it before! With descriptions and ratings of more than 150 spices from around the world, The Herb and Spice Companion includes tips on storing and using spices to create innovative combinations of flavors. Lior Lev Sercarz is the chef and owner of La Boîte, a destination spice shop in New York City. I was a pretty damned good home chef before, Reviewed in the United States on November 30, 2017. Your recently viewed items and featured recommendations, Select the department you want to search in. Sumptuous photography and botanical illustrations of each spice make this must-have resource—which also features debossing on the front cover, an orange-stained book edge, and a silver ribbon marker—as beautiful as it is informative. The Spice Companion communicates his expertise in a way that will change how readers cook, inspiring them to try bold new flavor combinations and make custom spice blends. To get the free app, enter your mobile phone number. This beautifully illustrated guide sets out everything you need to know about the culinary, medical and cosmetic uses of more than 50 spices in a clear and easy-to-understand directory. We are experiencing technical difficulties. s .’s maximum sought-after expert, with hundreds of sparkling thoughts and suggestions for using pantry spices, 102 never-earlier than-posted recipes for spice blends, appropriate images, and breathtaking botanical illustrations. For each of the 102 curated spices, Lev Sercarz provides the history and origin, information on where to buy and how to store it, five traditional cuisine pairings, three quick suggestions for use (such as adding cardamom to flavor … The Spice Companion communicates his expertise in a way that will change how readers cook, inspiring them to try bold new flavor combinations and make custom spice blends. Unable to add item to List. The official companion app to SpiceTools. Not exhaustive. The Spice Companion: A Guide to the World of Spices: A Cookbook eBook: Sercarz, Lior Lev: Amazon.ca: Kindle Store But not only does the book give you a good sense of spices and how to blend them, but what spices go well with each other, and what foods they accent the best. The Spice Companion communicates his expertise in a way that will change how readers cook, inspiring them to try bold new flavor combinations and make custom spice blends. Reviewed in the United States on January 18, 2017. Enter your mobile number or email address below and we'll send you a link to download the free Kindle App. it's well illustrated in colour, it's terse in its descriptions and recommendations for use and it is in dictionary format, from A to Z. The Spice Companion is the essential reference book for using spices to improve your health and well-being, as well as add flavor to your dishes. Please try your request again later. The dried parts of aromatic plants -- the seeds, flowers, leaves, bark, and roots -- that are used widely for flavoring and preserving foods, … Reviewed in the United States on January 16, 2018. Everyone should know about spices! Both in its appearance and content. All-in-all The Spice Companion makes a wonderful addition to any serious cook’s library, just be prepared to make some mistakes along the way—which, if you are a serious cook, you are already used to doing. Instead the author presented his own variations on ,these mixtures. Saw the author on MilkStreet - very impressed with his knowledge about the history and usage of spices. Bring your club to Amazon Book Clubs, start a new book club and invite your friends to join, or find a club that’s right for you for free. Recently penning ‘The Spice Companion’ Sercarz continues to educate and spread the word about the world of spice.” —Fox Business, Sign up for news about books, authors, and more from Penguin Random House, Visit other sites in the Penguin Random House Network. For each of the 102 curated spices, Lev Sercarz provides the history and origin, information on where to buy and how to store it, five traditional cuisine pairings, three quick suggestions for use (such as adding cardamom to flavor … So this book will become an important reference in my culinary library. A definitive spice guide, featuring 102 recipes for spice blends, and a set of hand-selected spices. Nov 01, 2016 Sercarz explains how to best buy, blend, roast and store seasonings, and how spices are sanitized to be sold.”—The New York TimesOne of “16 best food and beverage books of 2016” —USA Today“A kitchen must.”—Tastebook.com“The Best Cookbooks for 2016: F&W Editors’ Picks”—Food & Wine“An exuberant take on vegetables” and one of “Our Top 10 Cookbooks for 2016”—Newsday“With his new book, ‘The Spice Companion: A Guide to the World of Spices,’ Sercarz aims to demystify the sometimes mysterious uses of spice to help home cooks bring flavors to life.” —The Boston Globe“Home chefs, professionals, even beer breweries look to Sercarz to pick up their flavor game. After attending culinary school in France, he worked for multiple Michelin-starred chefs before turning to his true passion: helping cooks everywhere… More about Lior Lev Sercarz, “If you think of spices as what’s in those jars that have been in your pantry for the last decade, think again. The Spice Companion communicates his expertise in a way that will change how readers cook, inspiring them to try bold new flavor combinations and make custom spice blends. The Spice Companion communicates his expertise in a way that will change how readers cook, inspiring them to try bold new flavor combinations and make custom spice blends. Absolutely! The Spice Companion will be my kitchen companion for years to come--bet it will be yours, too." The Spice Companion communicates his expertise in a way that will change how readers cook, inspiring them to try bold new flavor combinations and make custom spice blends. Just a professional masterpiece, with no exaggeration. Only selected spices and only those the author likes to use, Reviewed in the United States on September 24, 2019, Some interesting information on a few of the author’s favorite spices, including tomatoes, lemon peel, and orange peel. I only gave it a four because I had expected information on traditional spice mixtures. This book will inspire anyone who is interested in cooking and creating more interesting meals. With stunning illustrations of each spice, vibrant photography, and a wealth of useful tips, The Spice Companion is a must-have resource that’s as beautiful as it is informative. Bought the book, it's gorgeous, a history summary about the spice, how to to use and then, a great recipe for a spice blend. First published in the United States in 1997 by the People’s Medical Society Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Craze, Richard, 1950 The Spice Companion: the culinary, cosmetic, and medicinal uses of spices/by Richard Craze. The variations presented by the author will probably be of interest to those who have more experience than I do in working with spices. This app allows for remotely controlling and managing a running instance with the API enabled and configured. I've been cooking and baking (pretty darn well, if I do say so) for fifty years, and while I still learn ideas and pick up recipes or techniques from new food books, it's quite rare for any book about food to wake me up and actually inspire me to re-think. The author presented a clear understanding of his intent in writing the book. Please try again. A stunning and definitive spice guide by the country’s most sought-after expert, with hundreds of fresh ideas and tips for using pantry spices, 102 never-before-published recipes for spice blends, gorgeous photography, and breathtaking botanical illustrations.Since founding his spice shop in 2006, Lior Lev Sercarz has become the go-to source for fresh and unusual spices as well as small-batch custom blends for renowned chefs around the world. I have looking through the book, and learning more spices. There was an error retrieving your Wish Lists. The Spice Companion: A Guide to the World of Spices. Reviewed in the United States on October 23, 2018. Does this book contain inappropriate content? I have read it from cover-to-cover and it has utterly changed the way I think about cooking and layering of flavors. My spice collection had quadrupled and I think about spices now much differently than I did before this book came into my world. I can practically smell his amazing spice blends just reading this book.”. However, the information on individual spices is quite informative and well presented. Buy. Un libro meraviglioso, che aiuta ad orientarsi nel variegato (e mai troppo conosciuto) mondo di spezie ed erbe aromatiche. In order to navigate out of this carousel please use your heading shortcut key to navigate to the next or previous heading. "Lior Lev Sercarz is more than a great chef; he's a modern-day kitchen magician. The Spice Companion communicates his expertise in a way that will change how readers cook, inspiring them to try bold new flavor combinations and make custom spice blends. Please try again. It also analyzes reviews to verify trustworthiness. The book is just fabulous. The Spice Companion reveals his secrets in a stunning, thoughtful, and indispensable guide that at once informs, transports, and inspires. The Spice Companion communicates his expertise in a way that will change how readers cook, inspiring them to try bold new flavor combinations and make custom spice blends. The book is very well written and organized. The Spice Companion communicates his expertise in a way that will change how readers cook, inspiring them to try bold new flavor combinations and make custom spice blends. Spices are no longer confined to the kitchen. If you would like to learn more about spices and have comprehensive information in one place, this is the book for you. SpiceCompanion. Buy, Nov 01, 2016 p. The Spice Companion is available in two versions: just the book, and with a limited edition slipcase. They are given the full orchestra here, and the results are bright and loud. --Dorie Greenspan "I have known Lior for many years and have always been impressed by his understanding of how to season food to develop nuanced flavors; he is a true spice master. Does this book contain quality or formatting issues? Instead, our system considers things like how recent a review is and if the reviewer bought the item on Amazon. The Spice Companion communicates his expertise in a way that will change how readers cook, inspiring them to try bold new flavor combinations and make custom spice blends. If you like to make up your own recipes then you must have this book!! You will look at your pantry, and your next meal, in a whole new light- … What a treat! By clicking SIGN UP, I acknowledge that I have read and agree to Penguin Random House’s, Editor's Picks: Science Fiction & Fantasy, Stories Read By Your Favorite Celebrities, Lucky Peach Presents 101 Easy Asian Recipes, Discover Book Picks from the CEO of Penguin Random House US. After viewing product detail pages, look here to find an easy way to navigate back to pages you are interested in. The Herb and Spice Companion is the newest addition to our very popular Companion series, which has already covered tea, cheese, chocolate, and coffee. I was pretty damned good home chef before, but this has upped my game. A master spice blender, chef and the owner of the famed La Boîte Spice Company (located in Hells Kitchen) is a poet when it comes to speaking about the significance of using spices in the food one loves. Something went wrong. For each of the 102 curated spices, Lev Sercarz provides the history and origin, information on where to buy and how to store it, five traditional cuisine pairings, three quick suggestions for use (such as adding cardamom to flavor chicken broth), and a unique spice blend recipe to highlight it in the kitchen. If a book about something I do all the time has me muttering "...I never knew that ...what an interesting idea, I want to try that ...I never would have thought of that" every couple pages, then to me it's a very good book. I can practically smell his amazing spice blends just reading this book.” —Ina Garten   “Spices can often be the unsung heroes of the kitchen. Good job! The Spice Companion: The Culinary, Cosmetic, and Medicinal Uses of Spices. There's a problem loading this menu right now. Reviewed in the United Kingdom on March 7, 2017. i've seen a lot of spice books, but this one is especially enjoyable. For details, please see the Terms & Conditions associated with these promotions. A stunning and definitive spice guide by the country’s most sought-after expert, with hundreds of fresh ideas and tips for using pantry spices, 102 never-before-published recipes for spice blends, gorgeous photography, and breathtaking botanical illustrations.Since founding his spice shop in 2006, Lior Lev Sercarz has become the go-to source for fresh and unusual spices as well as small-batch custom blends for renowned chefs around the world. | ISBN 9781101905463 I use this... when I was growing up...” I wanted more history and uses of mores spices, not the author’s autobiography, Reviewed in the United States on August 1, 2019. The Spice Companion communicates his expertise in a way that will change how readers cook, inspiring them to try bold new flavor combinations and make custom spice blends. With descriptions and ratings of more than 150 spices from around the world, The Herb and Spice Companion includes tips on storing and using spices to create innovative combinations of flavors. The Spice Companion : The Essential Guide to Using Spices in the Kitchen and Home by Alison Candlin; Richard Craze A copy that has been read, but remains in clean condition. Prime members enjoy FREE Delivery and exclusive access to music, movies, TV shows, original audio series, and Kindle books. These promotions will be applied to this item: Some promotions may be combined; others are not eligible to be combined with other offers. Reviewed in the United States on May 23, 2019. If you want to upgrade your dining experience, no matter what cuisine you follow, this is the book for you. This is one for your Christmas wish list. 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