tools & techniques

the essential handbook for today's home cook
edited by chuck williams and jennifer newens, foreword by thomas keller
8 by 10 inches; 368 pages
hardcover
ISBN 9781934533031
category: weekend, weeknight
$34.95
about this book

Williams-Sonoma Tools & Techniques is your road map to cooking success. Whether you're outfitting your kitchen for the first time or need a visual guide to cutting up a chicken, this comprehensive book—featuring more than 1,500 full-color photographs, 250 techniques, 200 tools, and 50 recipes—will become your ultimate source of kitchen wisdom.

about the editors

 

Chuck Williams, general editor, has helped to revolutionize cooking in America. His lifelong interest in cooking led him to open the first Williams-Sonoma store in the California wine country town of Sonoma in 1956, later moving it to San Francisco. More than 250 Williams-Sonoma stores are now open in the United States.

Jennifer Newens, executive editor, has been involved with the Williams-Sonoma cookbook program since 2001, conceiving and developing more than 25 branded titles. After earning a degree from UC Santa Barbara, she graduated from the Culinary Institute of America in Hyde Park, New York. Jennifer has co-authored two cookbooks and has taught cooking classes around the country.