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Accessible Fine Dining: The Art of Creating Exciting Food in Your Everyday Kitchen Kindle Edition

by Noam Kostucki (Author), David Tomaszewski (Illustrator), Michael Moscrop (Editor), Format: Kindle Edition
3.4 out of 5 stars 9 ratings
Six months after opening my first restaurant, one of my dishes was selected as "25 dishes to travel around the world", featuring me next to culinary legend Heston Blumenthal. Exciting and healthy food doesn’t have to be complicated, and it doesn’t have to cost an arm and a leg. Over the years, I have seen some of the most exciting dishes come from the simplest kitchens and the most modest ingredients. The purpose of this book is to focus our attention away from the distractions of fancy kitchen equipment and luxury produce and instead focus our attention towards ingenuity in the kitchen and culinary innovation.For some strange reason, cooking is taught in books as a series of mechanical steps to follow and repeat with precision. I see cooking as a creative art like painting or playing music: it is the freedom of expression that is most interesting to me. When we create from an artistic perspective, we give birth to something new and potentially magical. The purpose of this book is not to teach you specific recipes, because the ingredients you will find in your local organic food market will likely not be the same as the ones we see here. Nor is the purpose to show you how to imitate us.The purpose of this book is to guide you into thinking about your dishes in a way that elevates them to a fine dining level, from ingredients which are easily accessible to you. Naturally, you will find a few recipes, but most importantly you will find a new way to look at food. We will share how we think about food shopping, searching for unusual ingredients, the combinations of flavors, techniques, textures, nutritional value, and of course, plating. The purpose of this book is to guide you to become a more exciting, creative and adventurous version of yourself in the kitchen. What separates a craft from an art form is the story behind it; cooking is a craft, while fine dining is an art form. If you want to create fine dining dishes, start to focus your attention on the different stories a dish can tell. Some stories can be told through your cooking, and others are told through words. Taking the time to present your dishes before people eat is crucial to creating anticipation for the food they will eat.
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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B07L1BCYD1
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ November 29, 2018
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
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Noam Kostucki

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Noam Kostucki believes that everything can be turned into an art form, whether be public speaking, building a brand or running a business. He is a professional speaker and coach on how to create masterpieces. Over the last decade, he has engaged with 20,000+ people in 15 countries.

He has made 50+ media appearances, gave two TED Talks and received the UK Business Speaker of the Year 2011 runner up award. He has spoken at over 80 international conferences and at institutions like Harvard University Yale University, the London School of Economics and executive networks. He worked with multinational clients like Citrix, HP and Tata Consultancy Services. He has written three books: the first on personal branding, the second on how perception and beliefs affect important business decisions and the third on how to find the best mentors and keep them is due mid-2014.

Find more on www.elmundodenoam.com

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  • StoreyBook Reviews
    5.0 out of 5 stars Mouthwatering photos to spark your imagination
    Reviewed in the United States on January 16, 2019
    This book is inspiring.  It gave me new insights into foods, presentation, and endless possibilities.

    The photos in the book are mouthwatering even the dishes that I wouldn't eat (seafood).  The presentation of the dishes made me think that this was a 5 star restaurant in a large town instead of a small restaurant in the middle of nowhere in Costa Rica.  But as they say, looks can be deceiving.  It is all about using what you have available and opening your mind to taste, texture, and smell.

    This isn't a cookbook per se.  It is more about enjoying food and not being locked into a recipe or expect a dish to prepared a certain way.  It is also about being bold and experimenting and moving outside of your comfort zone.  It is also about eating locally and what is available in close proximity to where you live.

    This is a book I will probably read several times because it is a fast read and I think I will pick up on new tips and tricks each time I stroll through the pages and view the images.
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  • Lynda Dickson - Books Direct
    4.0 out of 5 stars Gorgeous, imaginative presentation
    Reviewed in the United States on January 21, 2019
    This book is written by businessman Noam Kostucki and chef Quentin Villers, who together have set up HiR Fine Dining, a restaurant in Costa Rica equipped with only a very basic kitchen. Their ability to combine fresh and unusual ingredients has brought them worldwide recognition. In this book, they demonstrate how anyone can cook the way they do. “The purpose of this book is not to teach you how to create carbon copies of our dishes. It is to inspire new ideas so that you can be amazed by your original creations.” Follow the twelve principles they lay out, perform the challenges they set, and don’t be afraid of failure, for “the more mistakes you make, the better the chef you will become.”

    I love the book’s imaginative presentation, with the look of a well-worn handwritten notebook, the quirky and colorful text, the authors’ biographies (complete with hand-drawn portraits), handwritten reviews from diners, and gorgeous color photographs of the locale, wildlife, and food. Unfortunately, there are several editing errors including missing words, repeated paragraphs, poorly phrased sentences, misused words (e.g., desert for dessert, conversing for conserving), inconsistent spelling (e.g., tartar and tartare), and inconsistent formatting (e.g., “Challenges” become “Adventures” and are positioned after “Quentin’s Comments” instead of before).

    After reading this book, you will “become a more exciting, creative and adventurous version of yourself in the kitchen.” The authors invite you to post photos of your creations on their Facebook page or Instagram page.

    I received this book in return for an honest review.
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  • Marilyn R Wilson
    5.0 out of 5 stars Not a cook book - an homage to cook, or in simpler terms a cooking book
    Reviewed in the United States on January 14, 2019
    I am so intrigued by Accessible Fine Dining. What the author tries to draw out of us in the kitchen is our creativity. There are no recipes. It simply talks about his journey from marketing to becoming a chef, and then what makes for fine dining in our homes. From aroma to presentation to the food's story to the taste, the food journey you offer your guests can be inspiring and originate from deep within. I can't wait to apply these principles the next time I have people over.
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  • Alex Swallow
    5.0 out of 5 stars Helping people to enter a wonderful world of new experiences
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 7, 2018
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    Wow! An incredible book filled with wonder and creativity.

    I don't consider myself a good cook. I do consider myself a voracious and adventurous diner. Not only are the insights from someone cooking fine dining in a shack in the Costa Rican jungle likely to be adventurous and worthwhile ones, but I felt that the book helped me understand what some of the elements were that helped to elevate the best meals I've been lucky enough to have all over the world.

    By this book giving me ideas and explanations about things like different textures, plating, experimenting with food, surprising the diner and telling a story through the dishes you create I understand more about the wide range of delicious things I have had the pleasure of eating in my life.

    More than 'only' the cooking, I think the book taps into some strands of the general philosophy behind Noam's impressive body of work- his constant interest in learning and the magic of the world, his dedication to finding the best way to excellence, but his willingness to break the rules- and the integration of opposites in so many of the things that he does.

    If you are looking for more inspiration in the kitchen and to see food with fresh eyes, if you want to feel the passion of someone who cares deeply about food (and the people they serve it to) come bursting off the page- then this is the book for you.
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  • BEATRICE GODLEWICZ
    5.0 out of 5 stars Curiosité
    Reviewed in France on January 6, 2019
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    Plutôt qu'un livre de cuisine classique, c'est le vécu et l'approche culinaire d'un jeune chef qui n'a pas traversé les écoles de cuisine et qui livre avec son ami cuisinier étoilé une manière de ne plus avoir peur d'expérimenter et de prendre plaisir à cuisiner.
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  • Adam G.
    5.0 out of 5 stars Surprisingly good read
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 29, 2018
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    I know Noam in person and I found out about the book from him. I bought it without much expectations and started reading just to see what it really was. And I felt like I've joined Noam in his jungle "hut" (that's a respectful term!) and witnessed him not only talking about his approach but seeing him do everything he describes. It is not a "cooking book" - it's more of a manifeeto and values statement that anything else. And that's what makes this book unique and amazing. A true feast for senses!
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  • Lorna Payne
    5.0 out of 5 stars A foodie book with a difference...
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 17, 2018
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    This is a fantastic book simply bursting at the seams with a fresh perspective on food and what it means to us. I love to cook and this book has inspired me to try new things and look at my cooking differently and from many other angles. Highly recommended!
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