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Book Reviews of Ratio: The Simple Codes Behind the Craft of Everyday Cooking

Ratio: The Simple Codes Behind the Craft of Everyday Cooking
Ratio The Simple Codes Behind the Craft of Everyday Cooking
Author: Michael Ruhlman
ISBN-13: 9781416566113
ISBN-10: 1416566112
Publication Date: 4/7/2009
Pages: 272
Rating:
  • Currently 3.5/5 Stars.
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3.5 stars, based on 10 ratings
Publisher: Scribner
Book Type: Hardcover
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I thought this would be more helpful, but it wasn't. It's definitely a departure from your average cookbook. Instead of recipes, the author uses ratios. Once you master the ratios for things, you can tweak them as your creativity dictates. It's weird that so many of his ratios are for sauces, stocks, and meats. I didn't find that helpful to be honest. The book could have used tighter editing. There are sections that are repetitive or rambling. The concept of the book is good, but it could have been less clinical and more interesting. In the end, I found it dry, boring, and unhelpful.