Chef Alexander returns in this re-shot and updated version of Simple Sauces (originally 29 minutes with six sauces) which now runs 55 minutes and offers recipes and step-by-step instruction for creating 15 sauces. Ranging from a simple White Sauce to the more exotic Bechamel Sauce and continental Veloute Sauce, each segment opens with a list of ingredients, followed by real-time instruction, concluding with a nutritional values chart and a screenwritten set of instructions. Other sauces include: Mornay, Light Mushroom, Lemon-Dill, Honey-Mustard, English Mint, Tartar, Fruit, and Chocolate. Inexpensive (buying 12 or more titles in the 30 volume-plus series brings the unit price down to $12), easy to follow, and very subject specific, Simple Sauces fills a niche. Plus there's a nice plug for using the library at the end of the program! Highly recommended. (Available from: Alwhit Productions, 10444 Magnolia Blvd., North Hollywood, CA 91601-4110; (818) 763-4446.)
Cookbook Videos, Vol. 6.A: Simple Sauces
(1992) 55 min. $19.95. Alwhit Productions. Public performance rights included. Color cover. Vol. 7, Issue 9
Cookbook Videos, Vol. 6.A: Simple Sauces
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