Flavor First: How to Get the Best from the Best Ingredients

by John Burton Race

Summary

In Flavor First, Food Network celebrity chef and passionate restaurateur John Burton Race enthusiastically presents more than 100 rustic and flavorful recipes based on his favorite ingredients at their seasonal best. Flavor First shows how to choose, prepare and cook the highest quality produce, seafood and meat and poultry for optimum flavor. There are three recipes for each seasonal ingredient, from simple to complex. Recipe highlights include: Stuffed courgette flowers with fresh crab, Lemon sole ceviche, Roasted loin of pork with a cider sauce, and Vanilla panna cotta with warm cherries Simple serving suggestions that enhance the ingredients and encourage the fresh flavors to shine through are placed throughout Flavor First. There are also step-by-step sequences aid readers in preparing challenging ingredients, such as filleting fish.