Christina Wylie

I received an advance copy of this book through NetGalley.

Sous Vide Cooking Made Simple is a cookbook and a tutorial in how to successfully utilize the sous vide method of cooking. As someone who already owns a sous vide, I can testify that there is a big learning curve when it comes to these devices. You have to learn about things like water displacement, how to layer meat in the bag, how to finish the dish afterward. Some people try to act like sous vide is easy, but it's not--it can be very intimidating, but when you nail the cooking temperature and time, wow are the results amazing.

This book is all about getting those amazing results. The opening chapters introduce the different types of sous vide devices, how to use them, and then it goes into the recipes. There are diverse meat and seafood recipes--protein is where the sous vide's temperature-regulating cooking truly shines--but also teaches cooks how to do eggs in various ways. The book ends with dessert recipes that include things like creme brulee and apple pie.

The book is fairly short as cookbooks ago, though it packs in a lot. Every recipe has a full-color photograph, which is awesome. I found a few points there some clarity would have helped a recipe, and my review ebook was missing some pages and had numerous recipes that were upside-down and impossible to read; as this IS a advance copy, those problems should be fixed in final version--but I feel it necessary to note that I couldn't read every recipe.

In all, a good cookbook for people are just starting out with a sous vide.… (mehr)