Sally Schneider is a food writer and stylist whose work has appeared in Vogue Elle, Saveur, Self, Working Woman, and Health magazines, as well as the Los Angeles Times and The New York Times. A professional chef for six years, she was a contributing editor to Food & Wine and the author of the monthly "Well-Being" column. Her first cookbook, The Art of Low-Calorie Cooking, won a James Beard award in 1991. An article for Saveur won her a second James Beard award in 1995. A New Way to Cook is the culmination of ten years of research. She lives in New York City.
"What's so appealing about New Way is that it manages to be a health-minded cookbook without prescribing anything resembling health food.
"What's so appealing about New Way is that it manages to be a health-minded cookbook without prescribing anything resembling health food.
Every era must have its cookbook, and the cookbook for the early 21st century has arrived. It is not that the recipes Schneider, a columnist for Food & Wine, has included are particularly or innovative. These are recipes that reflect the way Americans cook and eat today, or perhaps the way we wish we cooked and ate. Schneider sets forth a list of techniques for cooking healthful and tasty food, then presents 600 recipes that follow these guidelines. She includes nutritional information charts at the back of the book. Introductory material to each chapter is comprehensive, e.g., a chapter on beans opens with a guide to buying, soaking and cooking dry legumes and combining beans and grains, then follows up with Chickpea Stew with Saffron and Winter Squash and Fat Beans with Mole. Asian, Italian and other multiculti fare typifies modern American cuisine, which means that Oven-Steamed Whole Fish with Chinese Flavors, Thai Seafood Salad with Lemongrass Dressing, and Salmon Cured with Grappa coexist happily in a chapter on fish and seafood. Often Schneider provides a jumping-off point for variations, as in Open Ravioli with a list of possible fillings and sauces. A chapter on desserts tantalizes with such treats as Rustic Rosemary-Apple Tart. Final chapters on flavor essences, flavored oils, sauces and more, as well as instructions for doing anything from peeling citrus fruit to seasoning a cast-iron pan, round out this impressively substantial effort. (Nov.) Copyright 2001 Cahners Business Information.
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