Description
From Bravo's "Top Chef All-Stars" winner Richard Blais comes his very cool debut cookbook for home cooks looking to up their game with more excitement in the kitchen. This is accessible and fun, and includes the signature recipes, flavor combinations, and cooking techniques that have made him such a popular chef.
A new way to make a dish is always on Richard Blais's mind. He has a wildly creative approach--whether it's adding coffee to his butter, which he serves with pancakes; incorporating the flavors of pastrami into mustard; making cannelloni out of squid; microwaving apple sauce for his pork chops; or cooking lamb shanks in root beer. In his debut cookbook, with equal degrees of enthusiasm and humor, he shares 125 delicious recipes that are full of surprise and flavor. Plus there are 25 variations to add more adventure to your cooking--such as making cheese foam for your burger or mashed sous vide peas to serve alongside your entree. Dive into an exploration of your kitchen for both creativity and enjoyment. Now try this at home!
Reviews
"The most innovative chef on" Top Chef, " Richard Blais brings us creative, thought-provoking recipes for the home cook. Let him make you look like a rock star."
--GRANT ACHATZ
"Luckily for the rest of us, Richard didn't heed his mom, nor does he plan to cease playing with his food any time soon. And now, in "Try This at Home," he has managed to cleanly and clearly break down his process so that you can have a good time trying out some of his methods in your own kitchen. This is a cookbook from a serious chef who knows how to make fun of himself and lighten up the whole process. Cooking need not be an overly complicated, overwrought process with eighteen ingredients and fourteen pans. Though you can try using a good iSi siphon and a smoking gun (not "that "kind of smoking gun). And occasionally some nitrous oxide. Oh, and good ingredients, of course. Plus a spirit of fun. You have the cookbook. Now, as your mother would say, "go play!"
--from the foreword by TOM COLICCHIO
"Of all the contestants on" Top Chef, " Richard Blais was easily the most fascinating to watch. His food pays solid respect to the past while looking fearlessly to the future." Try This at Home" takes Richard's years of thinking, experimenting, trying and failing, and trying and succeeding, and brings it all home in thrilling and decidedly useful ways. This is the fast, accessible route to looking like a genius at your next dinner."
--ANTHONY BOURDAIN
"I've known Richard for a long time now and his cooking has always been a huge inspiration." Try This at Home" totally captures his creativity, his talent, and his awesome sense of humor."
--SEAN BROCK
"I've been rooting for Richard Blais since his first season on" Top Chef" and always wondered, How'd he do that? Now I finally have the answers . . . and I will definitely try these recipes at home!"
--ZOOEY DESCHANEL
"Richard has created a book that I wish I had written--a book that will inspire not
Author description
Richard Blais soared to popularity as the winner of Bravo's "Top Chef All-Stars. "A graduate of the Culinary Institute of America, he trained at the French Laundry, Daniel, and El Bulli. He is the owner and creative force behind Trail Blais, a forward-thinking culinary company that consults, designs, and operates outposts of Flip Burger Boutique and HD1, and is the chef-owner of the Spence in Atlanta. He has been on "Today, Good Morning America, Live with Kelly, Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, "and the live Super Bowl pregame show, and is starring in the Bravo show "Life After Top Chef. "He has been featured in the "New York Times, Food & Wine, " and "InStyle" among other major publications.
