Bøger af Sia Ayrom

In Comfort Food Without Borders, Volume One: From Appetizers to Pastas, chef Sia Ayrom teaches home cooks how to make many of the international favorites they enjoy at restaurants. The first of three volumes, it includes chapters on appetizers and hors d'oeuvres; brunch; sandwiches and burgers; soups; salads; and dumplings, noodles, and pastas. Home cooks learn how to make starters such as mussels Provençal and sesame chicken satay, plus popular brunch dishes like eggs Benedict. Lunch favorites from other countries include the mortadella sandwich and the English pub burger. In the soup chapter, Ayrom explains how to make the perfect stock before sharing recipes for comfort classics mulligatawny and borscht. Salad recipes cover common menu items such as Niçoise salad. Home cooks get tips on elevating the dumpling, noodle, and pasta dishes they regularly make at home to restaurant-quality versions in the book's final chapter. Bucatini Bolognese as well as chicken and dumplings are among those detailed. With each easy-to-follow recipe, Ayrom shares context from his twenty-plus years in the restaurant industry and from his personal life. His final offering, Korean barbeque tofu steak stir fry with flat rice noodles, pulls from the culture of his wife, Kim, the inspiration for this book.

In Comfort Food Without Borders, Volume Two: The Main Course, chef Sia Ayrom delves deeply into the centerpiece of everyone's dining experience. The second of three volumes, it includes chapters on vegetarian and vegan meals; fish and seafood; chicken and other fowl; pork;game meats; veal and lamb; and beef. Home cooks will learn how to make hearty vegetarian dishes such as butternut squash vindaloo with homemade poppadums and barbeque tofu steaks, plus eclectic seafood dishes like saffron marinated sturgeon brochettes. In the chapter on chicken and other fowl, chef Ayrom describes a revolutionary method of preparing pan seared chicken as well as a delectable recipe for magret of duck with a wild mushroom risotto. In the chapter on pork, chef Ayrom explains the intricacies of the ways fat, or lack of fat can impact the taste of pork dishes such as Bossam and crispy pork belly. Game recipes includes a scrumptious recipe for rabbit done in two ways as well as a delectable ostrich fajita recipe. The chapter called, Reinventing veal and lamb, delves deeply into the resurgence of humanely raised veal and the ways in which different food cultures flavor lamb and mutton. In the final chapter of the book, chef Ayrom delves in painstaking detail in the art of cooking beef. Using every cut of beef available, the chef shares his secrets on the best cooking methods and techniques to bring out the best flavors from this ubiquitous source of protein. With each easy-to-follow recipe, chef Ayrom shares context from his thirty years of experience in the restaurant industry and from his personal life. His final offering, which he tongue in cheekily calls "The Orgasm" redefines the meaning of comfort food, and in the process, leaves his readers completely breathless.

In Comfort Food Without Borders, Volume Three: Happy Endings, chef Sia Ayrom teaches home cooks how to make many of the international favorites they enjoy at restaurants. The last of three volumes, it includes chapters on frozen desserts; custards; Fried desserts; Healthy desserts; truffles and other small bites; cookies, brownies, and other pastries; pies; and cakes. Home cooks will learn how to make amazing ice creams such as apple pie gelato and plombiere, plus popular custards like burnt bourbon. Dessert favorites from other countries include saffron and rose rice pudding and blueberry cheddar piroshki. For pies, Ayrom explains how to make the perfectly flaky pie crust before sharing his twist on French comfort classics tarte tatin and peaches and cream schnapps pie. Cookie recipes cover some unusual menu items such as raspberry cobbler cookie. Home cooks get tips on elevating the cake recipes they regularly make at home to restaurant-quality versions in the book's final chapter. Grand Marnier cake as well as a boozy amaretto torte are among those detailed. With each easy-to-follow recipe, Ayrom shares context from his twenty-plus years in the restaurant industry and from his personal life. His final offering, honey bee torte, pulls from the culture of his ancient Persian ancestry, the inspiration for this final volume.