Healthy Cooking at Home: CIA Professional Recipes & Techniques for Nutritious Meals | Perfect for Family Dinners, Meal Prep & Healthy Lifestyle

The Culinary Institute of America is the top school for chefs in the United States. Here one does not focus just on family recipes you might find on the internet and in other cookbooks--the art and the science of food and flavors and the combination of what works all play a part.But, for the home chef, it may not be what one would expect in the normal cookbook.Until now.I gained my own cooking skills at the CIA but a chef never stops growing and I collect cookbooks like a library collects what comes out new that season...I just can't stop myself. This one is a real treasure for me because I love to stay healthy but I desire to eat gourmet. I tweak pretty much every single recipe I make--whether from a cookbook or the internet--to add flavors and textures and spices I think will improve it. This is actually the only time since I can remember that I began cooking recipe after recipe without having to "doctor" the flavors in anyway.In here the flavor combinations will wow--balances of things like acidity and sweetness combined with the perfect spices and married together in a way that is stunning when plated.I use it simply to treat myself even when I am simply making a meal for myself on some nights...because it is a treat to feel like you are at the best restaurant but you can relax in your pajamas and savor.Sure you could entertain with it as well, it's that good, but why wait until then?This is done right...you have regular "home cook" measurements like cups, but right next to that measurement you'll see the WEIGHT, which is the only way to get true accuracy in cooking. (8 oz is not always a cup...a cup is for measuring fluid ounces but in America we reach a bit by forgetting weights and a cup of pasta is never 8oz. for example.)I loved recipe after recipe.