Missing Ingredient

'Brilliant and original ... From slow feasts to fast food, Linfordshows that, no matter what we are cooking, time is of the essence' - BeeWilson, Sunday Times

The Missing Ingredientis about what makes good food, and the first book to consider theintrinsic yet often forgotten role of time in creating the flavours andtextures we love.

Written through a series of encounters withingredients, producers, cooks, shopkeepers and chefs, exploringeverything from the brief period in which sugar caramelises, or the daysrequired in the crucial process of fermentation, to the months of slowripening and close attention that make a great cheddar, or the yearsneeded for certain wines to reach their peak, Jenny Linford shows how,time and again, time itself is the invisible ingredient. From thepatience and dedication of many food producers in fields and storehousesaround the world to the rapid reactions required of any home cook atthe hob, this book allows us to better understand our culinary lives.

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Jenny Linford has created something quite remarkable: a treatise on the single most vital and most overlooked element of food and cooking that's as page-turning as a thriller. It's hard to believe nobody has tackled the concept of 'time' before, and Jenny has done it more than justice. A glorious, essential addition to every food lover's book shelves.