Taste of Honey The Definitive Guide to Tasting and Cooking with 40 Varietals

Name: Taste of Honey The Definitive Guide to Tasting and Cooking with 40 Varietals
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ISBN: 9781449427542

ISBN-10: 1449427545

ISBN-13: 9781449427542

Edition: 2013

Authors: Marie Simmons

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ATaste of Honeyis a fact filled guide to honey and bees with a comprehensive glossary of 40 varietal honeys and over 60 fresh and easy recipes, both savory and sweet, using these honeys.Honey is a lot like olive oil, how do you know what type to select from the store shelf? Are all honey bears created equal? What makes one variety of honey different from another? Which is better for baking and which is best for savory dishes? Why is one darker than another in color, what does that mean? All these questions and more will be answered inTaste of Honey. Veteran cookbook author, Marie Simmons, helps readers understand the life of a bee, and how the terroir of it's habitat influences both the… color and flavor of the honey they produce. Then she explains how these flavor profiles are best paired with certain ingredients in over 60 simple, delicious recipes. Here is just a sample:Snacks and Breakfast: Flatbread with Melted Manchego, Rosemary and Honey; Honey, Scallion and Cheddar Scones; Honey French Toast with Peaches with Honey and Mint.Main Dishes:Crispy Coconut Shrimp with Tangy Honey Dipping Sauce; Salmon with Honey, Miso and Ginger Glaze; Baby Back Ribs with Chipotle Honey Barbecue Sauce; Cold Chinese Noodles with Peanut Honey Sauce.Salads and Vegetable Side Dishes: Pear, Stilton and Bacon Salad with Honey Dressing and Honey Glazed Pecans; Mango and Celery Salad with Honey and Lime Dressing; Honey Glazed Beets with Cinnamon, Orange and Mint; Roasted Eggplant Slices with Warmed Feta and Honey Drizzle.Sweets:Honey Pear Tart with Honey Butter Sauce; Chunky Peanut Butter and Honey Cookies; Honey Zabaglione; Honey Panna Cotta; Micki’s Special Honey Fudge Brownies.In addition to full recipes, there are simple, fast things to do with honey called, Quick Hits with Honey:· For crackers, celery boats or sandwich spread combine ½ cup peanut or almond butter and 2 tablespoons buckwheat, sunflower, avocado or alfalfa honey.· Drizzle lavender, thyme or star thistle honey on a fruit plate medley of sliced fresh watermelon, cantaloupe and honeydew.· Serve a ripe pear, cut into thin wedges, with a salty blue veined cheese (Stilton, Roquefort or Gorgonzola) and a handful of toasted walnuts with a drizzle of chestnut honey.· Season lamb chops with finely chopped rosemary, coarse salt and freshly ground black pepper and broil. Brush each side with generous coating of your favorite honey 1 minute before turning.· Dress salad greens with equal parts fresh lemon juice and honey for a quick oil-free dressing.· Stir ½ teaspoon grated orange or lemon zest into 1 cup creamy whole milk ricotta cheese. Top with dusting of ground cinnamon and drizzle with lemon or orange blossom honey.In addition, 75 photographs by Meg Smith capture the intimate life of the bee and all it's activity producing honey, along with the gorgeous food you can make with it.

Book details

List price: $19.99
Copyright year: 2013
Publisher: Andrews McMeel Publishing
Publication date: 6/4/2013
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 192
Size: 7.30" wide x 8.20" long x 0.70" tall
Weight: 1.122
Language: English

The winner of a Julia Child Award and two James Beard Awards, MARIE SIMMONS is a cooking teacher and the author of more than a dozen cookbooks, including Sur La Table's Things Cooks Love, Fresh & Fast, The Good Egg, and 365 Ways to Cook Pasta . She was a columnist for Bon Appetit for eighteen years.



Acknowledgments


Introduction


What Is Honey?


The Life of Bees


Bee Society


The Anatomy of a Bee


The Role of the Beekeeper


Honey and Terroir


The Colors of Honey


Types of Honey


Honey and Healing


What Is Propolis?



tasting and cooking with honey


The Taste of Honey: A Guide to Honey Varieties


Guidelines for a Honey Tasting


Honey and Cheese Tasting


Cooking with Honey



breakfast and snacks



main dishes



salads and vegetable side dishes



sweets


Baking with Honey


Bibliography


Sources


Metric Conversions and Equivalents


Index