Mastering the Art of French Cooking, Volume 1
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Mastering the Art of French Cooking, Volume 1 by Julia Child
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * The definitive cookbook on French cuisine for American readers: "What a cookbook should be: packed with sumptuous recipes, detailed instructions, and precise line drawings. Some of the instructions look daunting, but as Child herself says in the introduction, 'If you can read, you can cook.'" --Entertainment Weekly"I only wish that I had written it myself." --James Beard
Featuring 524 delicious recipes and over 100 instructive illustrations to guide readers every step of the way, Mastering the Art of French Cooking offers something for everyone, from seasoned experts to beginners who love good food and long to reproduce the savory delights of French cuisine.
Julia Child, Simone Beck, and Louisette Bertholle break down the classic foods of France into a logical sequence of themes and variations rather than presenting an endless and diffuse catalogue of dishes--from historic Gallic masterpieces to the seemingly artless perfection of a dish of spring-green peas. Throughout, the focus is on key recipes that form the backbone of French cookery and lend themselves to an infinite number of elaborations--bound to increase anyone's culinary repertoire.
"Julia has slowly but surely altered our way of thinking about food. She has taken the fear out of the term 'haute cuisine.' She has increased gastronomic awareness a thousandfold by stressing the importance of good foundation and technique, and she has elevated our consciousness to the refined pleasures of dining." --Thomas Keller, The French Laundry
Simone Simca Beck was born in Normandy and studied at the Cordon Bleu, the same school where Julia Child was when the two ladies met at a party. They collaborated on the classic Mastering the Art of French Cooking. Beck visited America extensively and taught at James Beard's cooking school, among other places. She passed away in 1991.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780394721781 |
| ISBN 10 | 0394721780 |
| Title | Mastering the Art of French Cooking, Volume 1 |
| Author | Julia Child |
| Series | Mastering The Art Of French Cooking |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Alfred A. Knopf |
| Year published | 1983-09-12 |
| Number of pages | 752 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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