Learn the fundamentals from a true master

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	• Jacques Pepin's Complete Techniques Jacques Pépin Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers, 2001 - 865 pages average customer review:based on 39 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

Excellent technique!!!!

Jacques been an incredible chef for the last 3 decades, and this book include almost all the amazing tecniques he use. This is recomended it for a profesional chefs not for domestic use.

Learn the fundamentals from a true master

Short of having a pro chef standing at your shoulder, this book is about as good as it gets on learning the true fundamentals-things like cutting up and de-boning chickens (which can save you a lot of money), removing corn from cobs, making crepes, souffles, and the like.

Jacques is a true master chef, maybe the most efficient and fluid person you will ever see in a kitchen. In addition to true culinary chops, he almost got his Ph.D. in literature-a disagreement with his major professor over his thesis led to him quitting-so he can actually write. In fact, his English writing is better than 99% of native English speakers!

This is not a traditional cookbook-there are not a lot of recipes. Instead it is a book of cooking techniques, a book on preparing ingredients for cooking. Since studies have shown that 70-80% of kitchen time is preparing ingredients as opposed to cooking (applying heat to food), this book is invaluable as it helps you with the most time-consuming activities in the kitchen.

Complaints? Only one: The pictures would be clearer if larger and in color. This book is an improved version of two earlier books (La Method and La Technique) combined into one and he simply reused the original pictures, which are a little small and dark. I would rate is 4.5 stars if I could.

So, if you want to really learn to cut up a chicken, get this book and a half-dozen birds to practice on, then have a cookout for some friends!

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Not for beginners

This is not a book for beginners. This is a book for people who have some chops, but who want a reference manual.

Ignore everybody who complains about the photos: they will never produce meal after meal. They are too busy complaining.

This is a master-work.

Jacques Pepin's Complete Techniques

This is one of my very first cookbooks purchased at the start of my culinary career. This book is extremely well written with both useful tips and illustrations that we assist even the beginning cook in recreating the masterpieces listed there in. From creating the basic brown stock to stuffing a flank steak, there is something in here for any cook or chef of any culinary level.

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The fully illustrated bible of cooking techniques from the world's best-known French cook is now in paperback and in one volume for the first time ever.

From a master chef and the current co-star (with Julia Child) of the hit television series "Cooking at Home" comes everything the home cook needs to perfect his or her kitchen skills--assisted by instructive, step-by-step photography. Learn to de-bone a chicken, poach an egg, whisk a perfect bearnaise, knead a tangy sourdough, or bake an exquisite meringue with the perfection and efficiency of a professional chef. Pépin's toothsome and time-tested recipes offer budding chefs the opportunity to put lessons into practice with extraordinary results. This comprehensive, authoritative presentation of cooking technique and practice is sure to become an indispensable part of every home cook's library.

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