This review is based on the reading of the book and not on the testing of recipes.


I read the first part and skimmed the rest.
What I got from the beginning, this seems like a great book for learning how to cook. It's not just a recipe book. The first half of the book is dedicated to the four elements in the title and how they work and why they are important. They other section I really appreciate is the images (illustrations really) of cut up veggies. Great for someone like me who doesn't know the size differences of chop and dice. The last part is recipes. No picture here, which is generally a requirement for me to get a cookbook.

I'll definitely be coming back to this book when I have more to to try the methods within.