Gourmet Your Way
Extraordinary Cooking For Everyday Cooks
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It needs to be said that this book is about more than just the cookware or the recipes or the two guys writing it. Just like cooking is about more than just the ingredients. It is about taste. It is about tradition. It is about family as much as it is also about self expression and all that expression implies.
It should also be said then that this cookbook is NOT WRITTEN IN STONE but on paper. We emphasize this point for the simple fact that most people, especially those just learning, tend to buy and instructional book like this one and treat it like gospel. It is not!!! It is however, a tool, and as such we expect you to use it like one. So write in it, mark the pages, make notes and changes as you see fit or as it were, to make these recipes and techniques fit you and your lifestyle. We’ve even started it for you. At the end of every recipe, you will find a note preceded by “c2c” which stands for “Cook to Cook” where we comment on each other’s recipes, making recommendations and changes to customize the recipes to our own likings. We encourage you to do the same; we even left space on every page for you to do just that!
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About the Book
Gourmet Your Way is a culmination of multi-cultural recipes from Thomas Benzenhafer and Lance Dean, pulled from both family recipes and over 50 years of combined restaurant experience and travel.
We have designed our book in such a way that we present you the principle ideas for many different recipes and techniques and try to teach and encourage you to make these recipes your own. We believe in playing with the traditional dishes as well as thinking outside of the box. Every recipe has our personal touches, anecdotes and stories, as well as a "Cook - To - Cook" comment from each other about the recipes. Cooking should be about love, having fun and most of all “Cooking should be about making it your own.”
About the Author
With nearly 50 years of combined culinary experience, childhood friends Lance Dean and Thomas Benzenhafer were reunited by chance after nearly twenty years. Both had grown up with strong culinary influences in their families and both had spent most of their careers in restaurants and kitchens. Thomas’ strong German background meant that in his family, if you wanted to eat, you had to help in the kitchen; while Lance’s father spent a lot of his time in the kitchen while they were stationed in Alaska, making gourmet dishes that inspired many years of culinary exploration.
Currently, they work for Le Creuset, where they get to share their many years of restaurant experience and travel with their clients on a daily basis; teaching and instructing them on cooking ideas, techniques and recipes. While Lance enjoys the Southwestern flavors and cooking with chipotle, he loves the Asian and Polynesian cuisine that he found while living in Hawaii. Thomas’ traditional German cooking is complemented by his Middle-Eastern curries and savory dishes. Together, they offer their love for all things food along with the philosophy that cooking should be an adventure in culinary discovery.