Jennifer mclagan the eagerly anticipated followup to the authors awardwinning bones and fat, odd bits features over 100 recipes devoted to the rest of the animal, those underappreciated but incredibly flavorful. In a world of costly prime cuts stately crown roasts, plump pork chops, and. Shes famously covered bones, fat and odd bits, each a single subject book with recipes that aims to revive an unloved ingredient. A deliciously bitter valentines menu from jennifer mclagan.
How to cook the rest of the animal, jennifer mclagan educates us how to use the more economical, but less lovable parts of the beast. She has been called courageous, a contrarian, and even a little crazy. Her previous books, bones 2005 and fat 2007 were both widely. How to cook the rest of the animal mentions in our blog. Browse cookbooks and recipes by jennifer mclagan, and save them to your own online collection at. Jennifer mclagan is a chef and writer who has worked in toronto, london, and paris as well as her native australia. How to cook the rest of the animal quill and quire.
From the familiar pork belly, to the novel cockscomb, to the downright challenging lamb testicles, jennifer mclagan provides expert advice and delicious recipes to make these odd bits part of every enthusiastic cooks repertoire. How to cook the rest of the animal focuses on those parts less glorious than prime rib and crown roast but likely more delicious, nutritious, and versatile, foods such as pigs feet, turkey liver, and beef tongue. Whether youve loved the book or not, if you give your honest and detailed thoughts then people will find new books that are right for them. Mclagan is a trained chef and food stylist whose books tackles less popular foods, making them more. An appreciation of a misunderstood ingredient, with recipes mclagan was born in australia. Odd bits laments the disappearance of bitter tastes from mainstream diets and sets to reintroduce them to. How to cook the rest of the animal a cookbook kindle. How to cook the rest of the animal a cookbook mclagan, jennifer. Jennifer mclagan is a chef and food stylist and writer who has worked in toronto, london, and paris as well as her native australia. Fat was named the james beard cookbook of the year and was also published in german fett 2012. This time, she turns her attention to offal with odd bits. She is definitely a provocative iconoclast who challenges us and makes us rethink our relationship to what we eat.
The eagerly anticipated followup to the authors awardwinning bones and fat, odd bits features over 100 recipes devoted to the rest of the animal, those. How to cook the rest of the animal by jennifer mclagan. Jennifer mclagan has over 35 years experience in the food business as a chef, caterer, food stylist, recipe writer and cookbook author. Courageous, and contrarian, jennifer mclagan has more than 35 years experience as a writer, chef, caterer, and food stylist. Booktopia odd bits, how to cook the rest of the animal.
Buy the hardcover book odd bits by jennifer mclagan at indigo. Other readers will always be interested in your opinion of the books youve read. Who knew that lard could be such a good dip for french fries. Other cuisines have long valued the odd bits, and recipes from europe to the middle east to africa and asia are featured, along with your favourite liver and bacon. How to cook the rest of the animal a cookbook 9781580083348 by mclagan, jennifer and a great selection of similar new, used and collectible books. Bitter is another brave exploration into the gustatory. Jennifer mclagan, after helping to resurrect cooking traditions with her earlier books, bones and fat, is up to the task with her newest volume, odd bits. She enrolled in monash university for a degree in politics and economics, but dropped out of college to pursue her career in the food industry. Odd bits by jennifer mclagan penguin random house canada.
Much more than a cookbook, odd bits delves into the rich geographical, historical, and. Food writer jennifer mclagans singlesubject cookbooks, like fat and bones. Mens health judging from the titles of her past two cookbooks, bones and fat, you might guess that james beard awardwinning author jennifer mclagan has a slightly unconventional approach to cooking. About bone marrow, she writes, veal and beef marrow are. Her cookbooks include works on bones, fat, and the scary bits. An exploration of bitter a james beard awardwinning author, jennifer mclagan is known for challenging her readers, delving into topics that make us rethink what we eat and why. In a world of costly prime cutsstately crown roasts, plump pork chops, an. Jennifer mclagan has written a series of books about foods that are misunderstood, unappreciated, and underused. Cooking the odd bits is no more stressful or involved than cooking a good steak, and its also quite a lot more fun. She has become famous for writing books on food and is the author of the book fat. Although both titles have won numerous awards, her publisher just. Get it today with same day delivery, order pickup or drive up. Whether youve loved the book or not, if you give your honest and detailed thoughts then people.
When i started on this book, i thought i kind of knew what bitter was. Jennifer mclagan is a chef and food stylist and writer who has worked in toronto. Her new book, odd bits is aimed at the offalcurious home cook who may want. Her books have won numerous awards from the beard foundation, iacp and gourmand international. Her awardwinning books, bones 2005, fat 2008, and odd bits 2011, were widely acclaimed. Her previous books, bones 2005 and fat 2007 were both widely acclaimed and each won beard and iacp awards. Jennifer mclagan is a chef and writer who has lived in toronto, london and paris as well as her native australia. How to cook the rest of the animal to your own online collection at. Her awardwinning books are bones 2005, fat 2008, and odd bits 2011. Mclagans premise is that eating the odd bits isnt that odd at all, and she goes to some length in a captivating introductory essay to prove so, noting that prehistoric hunters would always eat their quarrys heart and brain first, followed by the most perishable parts next. Mclagans enthusiasm for her subject is contagious, and with her insight and humor will convert even nonbelievers to the pleasure of odd bits. Can you inform me of any other pleasure that can be enjoyed three times a day, and equally in old age as in youth. Your last few books bones, fat, and odd bits were all focused on meat. Eater national, 91211 as a followup to her books bones and fat, chef and writer jennifer mclaghan is now getting into meatier territory, albeit from the perspective of preparing the odd bits think snouts, feet, and organs.
Equipped with a quirky sense of humor, a taste for the bizarre, and bowerbird tendencies, she is the author of two books, bones and fat, which delve into the history, myth, and culture surrounding food. Free shipping and pickup in store on eligible orders. Odd bits will challenge your cooking skills as much as it will your palate. Rediscover your taste for the rest of the animal with odd bits, and you will soon be cooking with confidence and economy in your own kitchen. Hunting cultures, ancient and modern alike, are full of. Mclagan s enthusiasm for her subject is contagious, and with her insight and humor will convert even nonbelievers to the pleasure of odd bits. Her previous books bones 2005 and fat 2007 and odd bits 2011 were both widely acclaimed and each won james beard and iacp awards. Jennifer mclagan is the author of the widely acclaimed books bones 2005, fat 2008, odd bits 2011, and bitter 2014. Jennifer mclagan, whose own books, fat and bones have now been crowned by her best book yet. The worlds most dangerous flavour with recipes, we sat down with the woman herself in her toronto home for a little chat about bitterness in food and drinks, and what inspired her.
She has lived in toronto for more than thirty years with her sculptor husband. Jennifer mclagan is a canadian chef and author based in toronto. How to cook the rest of the animal, jennifer mclagan teaches you to think of everything as potential food. Jennifer mclagan, awardwinning author of bones and fat, is on a crusade to bring the nosetotail style of cooking and eating out of the closet and back onto to our dining tables. Were all familiar with prime cuts of meat the beef tenderloin, rack of. Jennifer mclagans recent articles apartment therapy. With hunting season just around the corner, jennifer mclagan, author of odd bits, walks us through a recipe for wild animal organs. Torontobased author jennifer mclagans books fat, bones, odd bits, and cooking on the bone have been perennial favourites of good food revolution for many a year in anticipation of her upcoming book bitter. Ive learned more stuff about fat, and ive learned more stuff about odd bits and bones. It is a beautifully written compendium of history, nutrition, and a general how to of choosing, preparing and cooking all the parts of the animal that are rarely used today. Jennifer mclagan, after helping to resurrect cooking traditions with her earlier books, bones and fat, is up to the task with her newest volume. Her awardwinning books, bones 2005, fat 2008, and odd bits 2011, were widely acclaimed, and fat was named.