Serious Kitchen Play

SERIOUS KITCHEN PLAY (THE HOWS AND WHYS OF FOOD AND COOKING) George Erdosh, Ph.D. Photographs by the author 2000 © 2000 George Erdosh All Rights Reserved. No parts of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, recording or otherwise, without prior written permission of the author. CONTENTS ABOUT THE AUTHOR................................................................................................................. 5 INTRODUCTION .......................................................................................................................... 6 INTRODUCTION TO REPAST—SALADS AND SOUPS.......................................................... 9 SALADS ....................................................................................................................................... 10 SOUPS .......................................................................................................................................... 21 MEET MEAT................................................................................................................................ 34 CHICKEN AND ITS COUSINS .................................................................................................. 74 SEAFOOD .................................................................................................................................... 87 FOUNDATION VEGETABLES ................................................................................................ 123 THE ONION TRIBE................................................................................................................... 125 TOMATO AND ITS BAMBINO, SUN-DRIED TOMATO ..................................................... 134 PEPPERS AND CHILIES ...............................................................................