Finding fire : cooking at its most elemental / Lennox Hastie.

By:

Hastie, Lennox [author.]

Material type: Text

TextPublisher: Richmond, Victoria : Hardie Grant Books, 2017Copyright date: ò017Description: 255 pages : colour illustrations, photographs ; 29 cmISBN:

9781743793008
1743793006

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Genre/Form:

DDC classification:

641.76 HAS 23

Contents:

Find fire -- Firedoor -- Fire in history and culture -- Ingredients -- Mastering the basics -- Six stages of fire -- Building a fire -- Lighting a fire -- Wood -- How to use this book -- Recipes

Summary: "An introduction to the endless possibilities of cooking beautiful food with fire. Author Lennox Hastie, of acclaimed Sydney restaurant Firedoor presents over 90 recipes that allow readers to take their own journey to master the art of simplicity in cookery over the most natural heat source on the planet. Lennox explains the techniques behind creating a good quality fire, and the effect of using different types of wood to enhance the natural flavours of the ingredients. Recipes are divided by food type: seafood, vegetables, fruit, dairy, wheat and bases. Lennox Hastie's own inspirational story is woven through the history in the book, as he draws on his own international experience to demonstrate how fire is used in so many different cultures."--Publisher.

Holdings ( 1 )
Title notes ( 4 )

Holdings
Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Long Loan	TUS: Midlands, Main Library Peter Burns Collection	641.76 HAS (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		225563

Includes index.

Donated by the family of Peter Burns

Find fire -- Firedoor -- Fire in history and culture -- Ingredients -- Mastering the basics -- Six stages of fire -- Building a fire -- Lighting a fire -- Wood -- How to use this book -- Recipes

"An introduction to the endless possibilities of cooking beautiful food with fire. Author Lennox Hastie, of acclaimed Sydney restaurant Firedoor presents over 90 recipes that allow readers to take their own journey to master the art of simplicity in cookery over the most natural heat source on the planet. Lennox explains the techniques behind creating a good quality fire, and the effect of using different types of wood to enhance the natural flavours of the ingredients. Recipes are divided by food type: seafood, vegetables, fruit, dairy, wheat and bases. Lennox Hastie's own inspirational story is woven through the history in the book, as he draws on his own international experience to demonstrate how fire is used in so many different cultures."--Publisher.