How to Dry Foods [Paperback]

Deanna Delong (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 5, 2006

When you dry food, you're saving everything: energy, nutrients, money, and, best of all, taste. This step-by-step guide to drying all kinds of fruits, vegetables, and nuts is also the most comprehensive reference available for methods of drying and home dehydrating equipment. The only book needed to master this age-old culinary tradition, How to Dry Foods includes:

• Step-by-step instructions on how to dry a wide variety of foods
• Updated information about equipment and drying techniques
• More than 100 delicious recipes, from main courses to desserts and more
• Helpful charts and tables for at-a-glance reference
• Food safety tips
• Clever crafts that are made from dried foods

Editorial Reviews

About the Author

Deanna DeLong has worked for more than two decades writing, consulting, and teaching about dehydration. She has lectured to audiences around the world, worked as a dehydration consultant to major manufacturers in the housewares industry, and written numerous publications about drying.

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 18 and up
  
• Paperback: 224 pages
• Publisher: HP Trade (September 5, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1557884978
• ISBN-13: 978-1557884978
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 7.5 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 15.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (19 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #54,860 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #54 in Books > Cookbooks, Food & Wine > Canning & Preserving

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Most Helpful Customer Reviews

102 of 102 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Reference, September 16, 2001

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apoem "apoem" (Bosque Farms, NM USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: How to Dry Foods (Mass Market Paperback)

This is a fantastic reference for drying food.

The author takes the time to explain in detail the different methods of preparing food for dehydrating food. She discusses sulfiting, steaming, no prep. etc. The author also explains the various methods of drying food (oven, dehydrator etc.) The pictures only enhance the text. Further more, the author provides several charts (one for fruit, one for vegies, one for meat, one for herbs) regarding how well certain foods dry, how long each food will save when dried. I particularly liked the recipes that used dried foods.

This is a great book to have if you are interested in drying foods. I constantly refer to this book every time I dry the extra food we have on hand.

78 of 80 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Good but disappointing, August 29, 2008

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MyrtleZ (Takoma Park, MD USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: How to Dry Foods (Paperback)

So far this book is very thorough in how to dry just about everything and there are some fun recipes but I'm disappointed, too. One of the main reasons that I'm trying to dry my own fruit is that most commercial dried fruit is treated with sulfer dioxide and I am highly allergic to sulfa. (Hives, trouble breathing,...very bad.) This book's answer to pretreating just about every fruit and fruit leather is to sulfer it. I'm sure that makes it better but aren't there other options?

48 of 48 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The only dehydrator book that you'll need!!!, September 28, 2004

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BakersDozen (Indiana) - See all my reviews

This review is from: How to Dry Foods (Mass Market Paperback)

If you are only going to buy one book--this is the one!! It covers everything, yet is not complicated or overwhelming. It's directions are very clear and has lots of wonderful pictures. I can't think of anything that it doesn't cover. It also has a nice section of recipes to use all those wonderful foods that you've dried. A definite winner.