CURED

Boost the flavor of any meal with this definitive guide on curing and preserving your own jams, pickles, sauces, and more, featuring more than 150 recipes for using your preserved goods.

The secret to six-time James Beard Award-nominated chef Steve McHugh's success comes down to one word: curing. He transforms everyday in-season ingredients into charcuterie, pickles, jams, mustards, and more, intensifying their flavors to layer them into future meals. Home cooks have used cured goods for centuries, and with Cured, you can too, whether it's making your own from scratch or using store-bought ingredients in your everyday cooking.

An invaluable guide, Cured explains both how to preserve foods and why you should embrace this popular technique in your own home. Whether a beginner or seasoned preserver, you'll discover how to make preserved lemons (or buy them at the market), then use them in a bright, beautiful bowl of Israeli couscous with greens and bacon. Learn to use sugar as your curing method to make Prickly Pear Jelly, then use it later in the week to make yourself a Mix-and-Match Jam Cocktail. Or maybe make some Fennel 'Kraut for when you need a quick side or topping for a sandwich.

Steve leads you through how to make preserves, and also give you recipes for when you bought a jar or bottle that caught your eye at the farmer's market that you can't decide how to use. Filled with bright and colorful photography, Curedwill make you want to experiment with whatever fresh produce you have on hand. Whether you dabble in making your own preserves from scratch or want to learn how to use what you already have at home, these 150+ recipes will become hundreds and thousands as you start to mix and match the ingredients listed with your own favorites.

Steve McHugh is a six-time James Beard Foundation Award nominated chef based in San Antonio. With two restaurants to his name and more on the way, this acclaimed chef's growing roster positions him as one of the most prominent names in the booming Texas food scene.
Paula Forbes is best known for her work as a journalist and cookbook critic, writing consistently for Texas Monthly and Eater. She was integral to a cult favorite food website, Eat Me Daily, as the sole editor for the entire operation. She quickly became an expert in the art of cookbook writing and shares tips and news in her newsletter, Stained Page News. She is the author of The Austin Cookbook: Recipes and Stories from Deep in the Heart of Texas.