The Seasoning Field Guide (eBook)

Stop guessing how much salt. Start seasoning with confidence.

The Seasoning Field Guide turns the most important skill in home cooking into numbers you can use and habits you can trust: how much salt by weight, when to add it, which acid to reach for, and how to rescue a dish that tastes flat, too salty or too sour. It's the perfect companion to the cookbook on your counter.

What's inside

• How different salts compare — with a gram-per-teaspoon conversion chart for Diamond Crystal, Morton, fine sea and flaky salt
• The salting-by-weight method, with percentages for meat, fish, vegetables, pasta water, doughs and soups
• Dry-brine and wet-brine timing tables by cut
• Salty ingredients (parmesan, anchovy, soy, miso, fish sauce) and how to season with them
• Acid pairing charts: which vinegar or citrus suits which dish, and when to add it
• Aromatics and finishing: herbs, alliums, toasted spices and finishing salts
• A fix-it table for flat, salty, sour, bitter or heavy dishes
• Six practice drills and a one-page quick-reference card

Details

An instant-download PDF guide from Ashley Crowne Publishing's Kitchen Library. Works on phone, tablet and computer, and prints cleanly at home. Independent publication, not affiliated with or endorsed by any other author or publisher.