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Reading this book, for me, is akin to a middle-aged, every-other-weekend hiker with an aching knee reading a book about how to climb Mt. Everest. That hiker may really, really enjoy reading that book. And her hiking experiences may allow her to greatly appreciate all of the work that goes into climbing Mt. Everest, but the truth is, she will never, ever climb that mountain!
Bar Tartine is a lovely book. The photographs are stunning. The recipes are creative and complex. I might, someday, try one of them.
I will not be making any of these recipes anytime soon for a few reasons. As I'm sure the other reviews have mentioned again and again, each recipe calls for one or more ingredients that one must prepare using the techniques section that comprises the first half of the book. These ingredients are brined, pickled, smoked, dried, powdered, smoked, burnt, smoked then powdered...etc. I just do not have enough refrigerator space to devote to 10+ vats of various foods, in various stages of being transformed from simple to delicious. I live in Europe, and the fridges here tend to be small (note to any Europeans reading this, none of the things in this book will fit in your fridge, but if you are a native European, you may be braver than I when it comes to not refrigerating things). Also, only one person that I know in my town owns a gas oven, and it is the kind without a pilot light, so all of those dried food recipes are out.
The other thing is, for all of the time spent on techniques, there is very little information about how to use the resulting pickles and powders and sauces, other than in other equally daunting recipes at the end of the book. I might be persuaded to cook heads of garlic at 130F in my rice cooker for 3 WEEKS if there was a list of more than three ways in which I could actually use black garlic.
All of that said, I will never climb Mt. Everest, but I do occasionally enjoy reading books about this feat. Hence, 4 stars for an interesting and engaging book about cooking techniques that I will likely never use.
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Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 21, 2016
There are some great reviews on here... but just wanted to add mine in .. I visited Tartine for work in the Summer. I was introduced to the bar and loved it so much I ate there four times in two weeks. It was unbelievably inspiring, and I brought the book home with me to cook from. Initially I thought that perhaps I would not be able to recreate the recipes and the flavours of the restaurant. I was doubtful if you like, as books can often miss the small details in the dishes that make them work .. but I was really truly delighted with the recipes in the book. They are simple, but complex in flavour. The book has captured the essence of the restaurant and the urban, meets farm, meets creative. I've just bought this book again for the second time, to gift to my sister .. I use mine so often I can't lend it!Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 21, 2016
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