The Elements of Taste

Contributors

By Peter Kaminsky

By Gray Kunz

Formats and Prices

On Sale
Dec 14, 2008
Page Count
272 pages
ISBN-13
9780316055499

Price

$18.99

Price

$24.99 CAD

Format

ebook (Digital original)

Format:

ebook (Digital original) $18.99 $24.99 CAD

Gray Kunz has teamed up with food writer Peter Kaminsky to put together a cookbook that looks precisely at what taste is. They have identified 14 basic tastes in the chef’s palate and offer recipes showing how to use these fundamental building blocks.

Peter Kaminsky

About the Author

Peter Kaminsky is a former columnist for the New York Times and a contributor to Food & Wine magazine. He has written, coauthored, or contributed to numerous books, his most recent being Bacon Nation: 125 Irresistible Recipes, with Marie Rama (Workman). Other titles include Pig Perfect: Encounters with Remarkable Swine and Some Great Ways to Cook Them (Hyperion) and Culinary Intelligence: The Art of Eating Healthy (and Really Well) (Vintage), which Jamie Oliver called “a great guide to how to make the most of your food.” He lives in Brooklyn, NY. Follow Peter on Twitter at @peterkaminsky.

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Gray Kunz

About the Author

Peter Kaminsky is the author of numerous books, including The Moon Pulled Up an Acre of Bass, Pig Perfect, and The Elements of Taste. He was formerly New York Magazine‘s “Underground Gourmet,” and his Outdoors column runs regularly in the New York Times. His work has appeared frequently in Food & Wine and Field & Stream, and he was managing editor of National Lampoon. He lives in Brooklyn.

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