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Mastering the Art of French Cooking, Volume One

By Julia Child, Louisette Bertholle, Simone Beck

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| Hardcover | 9780375413407

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“Anyone can cook in the French manner anywhere,” wrote Mesdames Beck, Bertholle, and Child, “with the right instruction.” And here is the book that, for forty years, has been teaching Americans how.

Mastering the Art of French Cooking is for both seasoned cooksContinue

“Anyone can cook in the French manner anywhere,” wrote Mesdames Beck, Bertholle, and Child, “with the right instruction.” And here is the book that, for forty years, has been teaching Americans how.

Mastering the Art of French Cooking is for both seasoned cooks and beginners who love good food and long to reproduce at home the savory delights of the classic cuisine, from the historic Gallic masterpieces to the seemingly artless perfection of a dish of spring-green peas. This beautiful book, with more than one hundred instructive illustrations, is revolutionary in its approach because:

• It leads the cook infallibly from the buying and handling of raw ingredients, through each essential step of a recipe, to the final creation of a delicate confection.
• It breaks down the classic cuisine into a logical sequence of themes and variations rather than presenting an endless and diffuse catalogue of recipes; 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.
• It adapts classical techniques, wherever possible, to modern American conveniences.
• It shows Americans how to buy products, from any supermarket in the U.S.A., that reproduce the exact taste and texture of the French ingredients: equivalent meat cuts, for example; the right beans for a cassoulet; the appropriate fish and shellfish for a bouillabaisse.
• It offers suggestions for just the right accompaniment to each dish, including proper wines.

Since there has never been a book as instructive and as workable as Mastering the Art of French Cooking, the techniques learned here can be applied to recipes in all other French cookbooks, making them infinitely more usable. In compiling the secrets of famous cordons bleus, the authors have produced a magnificent volume that is sure to find the place of honor in every kitchen in America.

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    Julia Child's Mastering the Art of French Cooking

    In theory it was a great book to get- being that I took French from 8th grade up through my 2nd year of college. However, in reality, the book is extremely dated. I think by now there are some health considerations, for example cooking with nearly a stick of butter might not be the best thing as far ... (continue)

    In theory it was a great book to get- being that I took French from 8th grade up through my 2nd year of college. However, in reality, the book is extremely dated. I think by now there are some health considerations, for example cooking with nearly a stick of butter might not be the best thing as far as avoiding heart disease... I realized that I might make some crepes, or cake from this book but 90% of the book just isn't realistic for the way I cook or eat. The one chicken dish I tried was WAY too rich. I had never had that much cream of butter in my life. The book is good for nostalgia purposes though, or just for fun.

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    Howdelighted said on Jan 28, 2010 | Add your feedback

  • Excellent recipe book! It's written in precise details so even someone who knows nothing about French cooking (like me) can learn how to make French food!

    Also, even if you cannot imagine how it would taste like, please be brave and try all the recipes. They are really eye-openers!

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    material girl said on Aug 19, 2009 | Add your feedback

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  • English Books
  • Hardcover 752 Pages
  • Edition: 40th Annv
  • ISBN-10: 0375413405
  • ISBN-13: 9780375413407
  • Publisher: Knopf
  • Pub date: Oct 16, 2001
  • Dimensions: 1677 mm x 1226 mm x 258 mm Just how big is that?
  • Also available as: Paperback
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