61. But whether or not the average home cook will want to mess with such involved recipes is another question. 62. By the same token, it has become more feasible for home cooks to emulate the food served at the restaurant. 63. Cantonese cooking is ideally suited for home cooks. 64. Chefs have to learn the French terms in culinary schools, and home cooks should have a passing acquaintance with at least some of them. 65. Chefs and home cooks alike are exploring the myriad uses of lemon verbena. 66. Chefs insist that the drying step is necessary for a perfect puree, one that home cooks usually omit. 67. Claude Troisgros demurred, saying home cooks could make the sauce with chicken stock or just white wine. 68. Conch is a tough creature to work with, however, and few home cooks bother. 69. Cross-cultural cooking is chic these days, as restaurant chefs and home cooks create new eating sensations by mingling ingredients and techniques from different cultures. 70. Do home cooks bother with that? |