About this item
Two masters of composition - a chef and a perfumer - present a revolutionary new approach to creating delicious food. Michelin two-star chef Daniel Patterson and celebrated natural perfumer Mandy Aftel are experts at orchestrating ingredients. Yet in a world awash in cooking shows and food blogs, they noticed, home cooks get little guidance in the art of flavor. In this trailblazing guide, they share the secrets to making the most of your ingredients via an indispensable set of tools and principles: The Four Rules for creating flavor A Flavor Compass that points the way to transformative combinations "Locking," "burying," and other aspects of cooking alchemy The flavor-heightening effects of cooking methods The Seven Dials that let you fine-tune a dish With more than eighty recipes that demonstrate each concept and put it into practice, The Art of Flavor is food for the imagination that will help cooks at any level to become flavor virtuosos.
About the Author
Daniel Patterson is the author of the bestselling mystery, One Chance. Before turning his attention to writing, Daniel spent his days working as an executive in the Internet industry. A San Francisco native, Daniel currently resides in Southern California where he is busy working on the second book in the Penelope Chance Mystery series.
To learn more about Daniel, his current projects and up coming releases, visit him on his Facebook page at http://www.facebook.com/DanielPattersonAuthor
