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Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat: Mastering the Elements of Good Cooking
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All the comments and stories posted to Hacker News that reference this book.Since you mentioned seasoning, and I’ve got this in my clipboard from another reply...Check out Salt Fat Acid Heat [0] if you haven’t seen it. It totally changed my idea of how to season things, to the point that I feel a lot more confident modifying existing recipes now.
One of the most eye opening things also sounds the most silly in retrospect: taste as you go. It makes such a huge difference! For whatever reason, I would always blindly follow a recipe until the very end, and hope that the “big reveal” turned out how I hoped. Now, I try to taste as I go (add a little salt; try it; add more). A related tip that blew my mind recently: if you’re making meatballs and want to check the seasoning, cook a tiny chunk of it and taste it before committing to a whole batch.
Anyway, I really like that book :D
0: https://www.amazon.com/Salt-Fat-Acid-Heat-Mastering/dp/14767...
Yeah, I’ve had the same experience. I really like the Salt Fat Acid Heat [0] book for this.It does have a section on recipes, but a solid half or more of the book is on technique, why certain ways work and others don’t, etc.
Lots of stuff that I imagine one would pick up by working in a kitchen or going to school for it, but could take a long time to figure out on your own.
0: https://www.amazon.com/Salt-Fat-Acid-Heat-Mastering/dp/14767...