The Fearless Chef: Innovative Recipes from the Edge of American Cuisine (Paperback)

~ (Author), Joe Yonan (Author), Chris Schlesinger (Foreword), James Beard (Foreword)

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Product Description

Every cook wants to expand beyond the same old baked chicken and fried fish recipes. Yet many are afraid to even try to experiment for fear of culinary failure.

In this exhilarating cookbook, Fearless Chef Andy Husbands teams with Boston Globe writer Joe Yonan to take you on a wild ride to the edge of American cuisine. Husbands and Yonan help you make over your cooking style by introducing the best and boldest flavors from all over the world, making even ordinary staples such as meat loaf and tater tots extraordinary. Filled with practical tips, creative suggestions, and humorous observations, The Fearless Chef provides you with a down-to-earth approach to cooking fantastic, daring meals.

About the Author

Andy Husbands is an award-winning chef and owner of four wildly popular New England restaurants: Tremont 647 (winner of "Best of Boston" awards from Boston Magazine in 1998 and 2001), Sister Sorel, Rouge, and Kestral. Andy is very involved in Share Our Strength, one of the country's leading hunger relief organizations. He is on the local and national advisory boards of Share Our Strength's Operation Frontline, a program that helps low-income families fight hunger. He also co-chairs Boston's Taste of the Nation, an annual fundraising event for the organization.

Joe Yonan is travel editor for The Boston Globe, where his articles have appeared in the Travel, Food, Calendar, Living/Arts, and Life at Home sections.

Product Details

• Paperback: 304 pages
• Publisher: Adams Media Corporation; First Edition edition (August 30, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 159337092X
• ISBN-13: 978-1593370923
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 7.4 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.3 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #836,065 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Fearless is definitely a good title, April 27, 2006

By	Jana Eggers "Bookaholic" (Londonderry, NH United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I absolutely love this cookbook. I think Andy is a genius. Four recipes come to mind immediately as EXCEPTIONAL:
* Basil-encrusted pork with corn relish
* Fried-chicken with green onion gravy
* Kung Pao shrimp
* Margarita cake

OK, now I'm hugry. That said, I wouldn't recommend this for the more casual chefs. Andy has some unique flavor combinations which are much harder adjusting if you don't have everything you need, or if you want to fit them to your taste.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars great new resource, September 20, 2004

By	Edouard Fontenot - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I recently got my copy of The Fearless Chef and am systematically working my way through the recipes. I'm still in appetizers (well, I'm in appetizers and in drinks, because I'm working my way through from both the front and the back of the book). Husbands makes the ordinary new again. Like devilled eggs? You'll flip for the these fearless ones--they're nothing like my grandmother used to make. The chopped salads bring salad flavor quotients to an entirely new level--these things are amazing. So far the nosh and salad dishes are riffs on something familiar but with new flavor combinations and juxtapositions. The tastes and textures are bold and subtle--there's always more going on than you'd expect. So far the recipes have been very accessible and the ingredients available; they're heavy on fresh herbs and freshly toasted whole spices. The writing style is humorous and easy to read and filled with useful background information on ingredients and techniques (who knew that the secret to really good southern style biscuits is a flour called Lily White (or is it While Lily?)? It's one of those cookbooks that's not only good to cook from, but is fun to read because the voice comes through so brightly (you get the clear sense that Husbands and Yonan have had interesting lives and have been focused on food for a long time). The one drawback that I've found so far is that the typeface and positioning for the names of recipes is a little hard to get used to. But then soon enough my pages will be so splatted with the fruits of these recipes that it won't really matter. A great cookbook all around.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars These recipes will amaze your guests!, September 14, 2004

By	Jason Anderson "Jason" (Boston) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I've been a patron of Andy's restaurants for close to a decade. Now that I have a few of his secrets, I can share them with guests who don't live in the area. The recipes in this book are fantastic! The smells, textures and creativity within the pages will have your mouth watering the moment you open the book. Be fearless and explore Andy's world of cuisine!