Product Description

This updated take on sauses includes easy-to-follow directions for all new recipes that use readily available ingredients. These new sauces, from the heartiest to the most delicate and exotic, are perfect for modern tastes and contemporary eating styles.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1344804 in Books
• Published on: 2002-06-06
• Released on: 2002-06-06
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 128 pages

About the Author
Lesley Mackley is an experienced home economist and the author of ten cookbooks, including The Book of Fondues, Vol. 2 and The Book of Mediterranean Cooking. She does product and recipe development for food companies, specializing in herbs and spices. She travels widely doing food demonstrations and is recognized for her expertise by the Guild of Food Writers, of which she is a member.

Customer Reviews

Superb introduction to the how-to of making a great sauce.
In its almost 50 parts, all written by experienced cooks and cook book writers, HP Books' "The Book of ... Cooking" series takes you to the cuisines of various regions of the U.S. and around the world; all in easy to follow, well-explained recipes.

This installment, the Book of Sauces, presents recipe suggestions for everything from basic stocks and standards to dessert sauces. Special chapters are dedicated to fruit sauces, exotic, and other unusual sauces. Classics such as aioli, barbecue sauce, sauce bearnaise, bechamel sauce, Bolognese sauce, Cumberland sauce, sauce hollandaise, Madeira sauce, marinara sauce, various types of mayonnaise, curries and tomato sauces, mint sauce, mornay sauce, pesto, satay sauce and sauce vinaigrette appear next to unique recipes such as apricot and cognac, butterscotch-almond and marmalade-liqueur sauce.

From A la King to zabaglione sauce, this collection of recipes is a great introduction to the endless possibilities of spicing up any dish with a well-tasting sauce - and at a relative bargain price, to boot.