On the twelfth day of book gifting, Rural Mom suggests:
Likely no surprise that we began our Rural Mom Twelve Days of Book Gifting with a cookbook and are ending with one. After all, we advocate fresh, new, innovative and delicious home cooking!
Cooking Light Mad Delicious seemed like a fabulous note to end our gifting recommendations as so many of our readers have expressed challenges with finding healthy recipes that taste great. This book has you well covered with amazing recipes but also delivers a fun dose of knowledge of the science behind great healthy cooking!
Too often, home cooks with good intentions sacrifice flavor and texture in an attempt to make their favorite recipes healthier. Mad Delicious shows readers how to maximize flavor and texture through 120 new recipes, witty and funny narrative, insight on the nature of ingredients, and a fresh, innovative perspective on the science of cooking with illustrated explanations. The results are mad delicious!
Mad Delicious takes the kitchen science genre to the next level: It’s not just about chemistry and molecules. Schroeder teaches home cooks about the nature of ingredients, how to maximize texture and flavor with clever cooking techniques (try steaming beef-then soaking it in wine sauce for the most tender steak ever!), smooth moves in the kitchen for better work flow, and how all the sciences-geography, meteorology, chemistry, physics, botany, biology, even human sociology and anthropology-can help home cooks master the science of light cooking.
Every recipe is not only a delight to savor, but a fun exploration of how to maximize your experience in the kitchen. Mouth-watering recipes like Cocoa-Crusted New York Strip and Bourbon Steamed Peaches will delight your taste buds while keeping your body on track for better health. This is the cookbook gift that will keep giving long after the holidays when your New Years “new you” resolutions kick in!
Be sure to check out all the great titles that made our book gifting list:
