Joshua Weissman: Texture Over Taste (B&N Exclusive Edition)

by Joshua Weissman

Overview

Notes From Your Bookseller

Joshua Weissman is a treasure in the kitchen and on the page. In Texture Over Taste, each chapter introduces a new food texture, the sway it holds over a meal and how it can be used for your culinary benefit. This is a new lens on cooking that will shake up the way you approach the cutting board.

Fresh off his #1 New York Times bestseller, Joshua Weissman: An Unapologetic Cookbook, superstar chef Joshua is back with a completely new cookbook that takes cooking to an entirely different level! This exclusive B&N edition features an incredible selection of recipes that will challenge how you think about food and how you think about cooking.

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Hey, everyone knows flavor is important, right? But what's that secret sauce that turns flavor into something even more amazing? It's texture! When flavor meets textures like creamy, chewy, or crunchy, the eating experience evolves into something entirely new and utterly fantastic. Flavor is one thing, but texture is what really makes the experience complete.

In Joshua Weissman: Texture Over Taste, Joshua Weissman introduces you to the elements of flavor, but then digs deeper to show you how flavor interacts with six fundamental textures to create over 75 spectacular recipes. In the "Crunchy" chapter, you'll learn how to make recipes like the most amazing fried chicken you've ever tasted, french fries (of course), and arancini. "Chewy" is where you'll discover recipes like New York bagels, jjolmyeon (spicy chewy noodles), and brown sugar boba tea. "Aerated" features a cheese foam, challah bourbon french toast casserole, and a lighter-than-air glazed donut. "Creamy" is where you'll indulge in 1-pound butter potatoes, perfectly baked mac and cheese, and decadent tres leches. In "Fluid" you'll dive into birria tacos, diner-style milkshakes, and matzo ball soup. Finally, "Fatty" features a 72-hour short rib with coffee caramel, hamachi crudo, and a Texas toast smashburger.

Each chapter opens with an irreverent introduction to the featured texture that explains how it impacts flavor, written from the unique perspective that only Joshua can provide. And in this Barnes & Noble Exclusive Edition, you'll get a behind-the-scenes peek to see what it was like to photograph this cookbook. Joshua also shares some personal thoughts on life and cooking, as well as his motivations for writing this cookbook.

With Joshua Weissman, there is no compromising; he'll challenge you to think about cooking and food in an entirely different way. You'll experience cooking exactly as it's supposed to be—fun and maybe even a little dangerous!

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780744095166
Publisher:	DK
Publication date:	10/17/2023
Edition description:	B&N Exclusive Edition
Pages:	264
Sales rank:	23,366
Product dimensions:	8.00(w) x 10.10(h) x 1.10(d)

About the Author

Joshua Weissman isn't your average culinary genius. He's chef-y, he's eccentric, and he's a lot over-the-top in everything he does—from curating energetic and engaging food entertainment, to constantly developing his massive repertoire of original recipes, to cooking everything (seriously, everything) from scratch. He has an abounding love of food and proper technique. After nearly a decade of cooking professionally, his passion has been fueled by working with some of the greatest fine dining restaurants in the south-central region of the US. He notably cooked at the James Beard Award-winning restaurant Uchiko, where he spent time focusing on the finest details of cuisine, training other cooks and chefs, and diving deep into the territory of precise Japanese cookery and fermentation. Joshua can be seen chopping it up for millions of fans on his popular Youtube channel, Facebook, TikTok, and Instagram. He currently resides in Texas and plans to push the world of food farther than it has ever gone before. Residence: Houston, TX Author Site: www.joshuaweissman.com/ Social: www.youtube.com/c/JoshuaWeissman