Chef, culinary educator, and recipe developer Lucy Vaserfirer is the author of Seared to Perfection: The Simple Art of Sealing in Flavor and the entertaining and educational food blog Hungry Cravings, an online resource demystifying complicated cooking and baking techniques and offering delicious, foolproof recipes. She is an Adjunct Instructor of Cooking at Clark College in Vancouver, WA and at Mount Hood Community College in Gresham, Oregon and has taught both home and professional cooks and bakers for years. Her recipes and writings have appeared in Cooking Club magazine, The Virginia Culinary Thymes, Weber's Time to Grill: Get In. Get Out. Get Grilling., International Association of Culinary Professionals Cooking Schools & Teachers Section Membership Newsletter, Northwest Palate, and Hospitality News. She holds Le Cordon Bleu associate degrees in both culinary arts and patisserie & baking and lives with her husband in Vancouver, WA.
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After reading the reviews I felt that this book would be wonderful. I am disappointed. I had bought a Kilner butter churner and this was to be part of the gift. It is very US and talks of stick of butter which is not how our butter comes. The recipes are basically taking soft butter and adding various herbs or, for example,Brandy soaked dried cranberries. To be honest I feel I've wasted my money.
5.0 out of 5 starsExpand your butter horizons, buy this book.
Reviewed in the United States on 18 March 2017
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My daughter and I had been talking about flavored butters for awhile and I finally decided to look for recipe book. The price was right on this so I immediately bought it. We've tried about 10 of the recipes so far and have liked them all. The hardest part is deciding what to use each butter on. Honestly, once you find good pairs you'll wonder why you were using plain butter all this time. Olive butter on warm pita bread. Salted caramel butter with pecans on a croissant. Smoked butter (yum!) on a baguette. Miso and scallion butter on slice of sourdough. You could probably come up with similar recipes on your own, but this book is a really good way to start.
This is a good book on butter. Nearly a year later and I am still working my way through all the ideas and offerings. A great kitchen stable for a home butter maker.
4.0 out of 5 starsGood book; great for a beginner to get some good ideas.
Reviewed in the United States on 25 February 2017
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I am enjoying using this book to flavor homemade butter. Putting herbs in butter makes a great compound butter which is good to use on steamed veggies. In one batch, I mixed in a good Irish mustard and a touch of horseradish. The flavors intensify if you put the butters in the fridge instead of using the butter keepers.