A Passion for Potatoes [Hardcover]

Paul Gayler (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: July 1, 2002

A Passion for Potatoes celebrates this diverse tuber with a remarkable collection that covers every culinary eventuality from breakfast to dinner, starter to dessert. With 150 recipes, there is something for the vegetarian, the calorie-conscious, the sweet-toothed, the gourmet enthusiast, and the novice cook. Scattered throughout the seven chapters are invaluable tips, shortcuts and special Potato Features that showcase Paul's knowledge and creativity. This is a cookbook that will surprise and entice, having you reaching for it time and again. (9 x 10 1/4, 176 pages, color photos, recipes)

Editorial Reviews

From Library Journal

Here is another immensely appealing book from the author of A Passion for Vegetables, among other titles. Gayler, a well-known London chef, has a talent for devising imaginative, delicious, and generally uncomplicated recipes. Focusing on one vegetable this time, he's come up with a diverse collection of dishes ranging from Grilled Potato and Fennel Nicoise to Sauteed Potatoes with Crisp Artichokes and Wilted Arugula to Potato, Zucchini, and Shrimp Spiedini with Mustard-Smoked Paprika Mayo. Color photographs accompany many of the recipes, which are inspired by cuisines from around the world. A good companion to Roy Finamore's excellent One Potato, Two Potato.
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From the Back Cover

A Passion for Potatoes celebrates this diverse tuber with a remarkable collection that covers every culinary eventuality from breakfast to dinner, starter to dessert. With 150 recipes, there is something for the vegetarian, the calorie-conscious, the sweet-toothed, the gourmet enthusiast, and the novice cook. Scattered throughout the seven chapters are invaluable tips, shortcuts and special Potato Features that showcase Paul's knowledge and creativity. This is a cookbook that will surprise and entice, having you reaching for it time and again. (9 x 10 1/4, 176 pages, color photos, recipes)

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 176 pages
• Publisher: Lyons Press; 1st edition (July 1, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1585744638
• ISBN-13: 978-1585744633
• Product Dimensions: 10.3 x 9.1 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.2 pounds
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,274,490 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Paul Gayler began his passion for good food at the tender age of 12 while
assisting his mother with their family-owned catering business. By the age
of 16 he attended a catering school where he passed with the highest honors.
He later honed his career working in some of Britain's finest restaurants
and hotels, as well as a short period in France.

In 1982, he left the Dorchester in London, and took up the position of head
chef at one of London's most famous restaurant "Inigo Jones" where he gained
an enviable reputation as a pioneer for haute "Vegetarian Cuisine."
Frustrated by the lack of interest and imagination shown by many chefs in
the preparation of vegetable and vegetarian dishes, he introduced "Menu
Potager," a seven-course gourmet-inspired vegetarian menu. To this day Paul
remains the leader of imaginative vegetarian food in the world.

In 1991, Paul was invited to head up the team of the newly opened
Lanesborough on Hyde Park, in the heart of London. Over the years the hotel
has become a member of the prestigious St. Regis group and has become one of
the most exclusive hotels in the world. Paul remains to this day the
culinary genius, overseeing all food preparation in the hotel with a brigade
of 40 chefs all dedicated to producing great food.

Although Paul himself does not like his food to be labelled, he would
probably describe his cuisine as "Global Contemporary," a careful blending
of flavors, while retaining classical disciplines learnt over many years. He
believes there are only two real cooking stylescooking. Visit him online at www.paulgayler.com