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A chestnut-brown turkey with garlic and herbs beneath its crisp skin. A whole striped bass cooked inside a coarse-salt crust. Thick Caribbean-inspired pork chops basted with a tropical blend of lime, brown sugar, and dark rum. Slender fingerling potatoes shiny with olive oil and flecked with fresh herbs. Warm, tart apples spiced with cinnamon and served with a silky crème anglaise. The secrets behind roasting these tantalizing dishes and dozens more can be found in Williams-Sonoma Essentials of Roasting. This information-packed volume opens with a brief history of roasting and a discussion of how this technique transforms and enhances food. Comprehensive descriptions cover the types of roasting and explain every stage of the roasting process, from preparing the food to testing the food for optimum doneness, providing all the knowledge you need to roast even without a recipe.