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Le Cordon Bleu's Complete Cooking Techniques: the indispensable reference demonstrates over 700 illustrated ... 23 reviews Le Cordon Bleu
William Morrow Cookbooks, 1997
If you like to eat, but have no idea where to start preparing or buying food, this is a great start!
+ Helpful Photos and Techniques + Excellent + The ultimate cookbook + This book is GREAT!!!
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Julia and Jacques Cooking at Home 51 reviews Julia Child, Jacques Pepin
Knopf, 1999
Excellent book for the Cook! and Funny Too
+ One of my most favorite cookbooks.... + Finally, a cookbook that fully explains how to do a recipe + Perfect! + A reliable reference with absolutely dependable recipes
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Markets of Provence: A Culinary Tour of Southern France 6 reviews Ruthanne Long
William Morrow Cookbooks, 1996
Perfect For Trips Or Just Some Dreaming...........
+ Wonderful! A tour of Provence even when you can't travel. + you can almost smell the lavender + Absolutely marvelous!
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Bouchon 36 reviews Thomas Keller
Artisan, 2004
Fine restaurant cooking you really can do at home.
+ Beautiful book + Excellent gift + Very inspirational...
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Larousse Gastronomique Recipe Collection 5 reviews Librarie Larousse
Clarkson Potter, 2006
Incredible Breadth and Depth, Great Recipes
+ Great for both profesionals and home cooks + The Great Cuisine Bible, a Must for Every Serious Foodie's Library
I have many times over many years gone to the Larousse Gastronomique as my first step in menu planning before a grand meal. Its encycopedic breadth, its to-the-point informative essays, its side-by-side alternative recipes, and its marvelous way of linking recipes, ingredients, geographical biases ...
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Mastering The Art of French Cooking, Volume One (1) (Fortieth - 40th - Anniversary Edition) 64 reviews Julia Child, Louisette Bertholle, ...
Alfred A. Knopf, 2001
Nirvana!
+ A Perfect Way to Learn French Cooking + French cooking with ingredients in American grocery stores + Kitchen Bible + Mastering the Art of French Cooking
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Cooking School Provence (Cooking School) 1 review Guy Gedda, Marie-Pierre Moine
DK ADULT, 2007
Delicious!
This book is a delectable introduction to Provencal cuisine. Not only does it give simple and elegant versions of all the Provencal favorites (ratatouille, soupe au pistou, sauce remoulade, among others) it tells you how to serve and prepare an authentic meal from apertif to dessert. There are also ...
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Mastering the Art of French Cooking (Volume 1) 64 reviews Julia Child, Simone Beck, ...
Knopf, 1983
Nirvana!
+ A Perfect Way to Learn French Cooking + French cooking with ingredients in American grocery stores + Kitchen Bible + Mastering the Art of French Cooking
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The French Market: More Recipes from a French Kitchen 1 review Joanne Harris, Fran Warde
William Morrow Cookbooks, 2006
Fantastic!
This is a fabulous book for anyone interested in fresh French cooking. The recipes are simple and appealing, with most of the required ingredients being easy to locate. Lush color photographs throughout will help to whet your appetite. I've only made two of the soups so far, The Good Wife's Soup ...
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Barefoot in Paris: Easy French Food You Can Make at Home 73 reviews Ina Garten
Clarkson Potter, 2004
French Cuisine
+ Ina's Newest Fan + like being in paris + It's easy to be French with Ina.......
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Rick Stein's French Odyssey: Over 100 New Recipes Inspired by the Flavours of France 3 reviews Rick Stein
BBC Books, 2005
overwhelming odyssey
+ great eating + Superb as ever!
beguiling trip in unfamiliar territory, great food and illustrations
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Saveur Cooks Authentic French: Rediscovering the Recipes, Traditions, and Flavors of the World's Greatest ... 14 reviews Colman Andrews, Dorothy Kalins
Chronicle Books, 1999
excellent book
+ Pucker up! + Love this cookbook + Ooolala I love it! + Authentic French A Big Hit, 3 Receipes Family Success!
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Fast Food My Way 49 reviews Jacques Pepin
Houghton Mifflin, 2004
the best yet
+ Pepin is the best.... + Another Great Cookbook From "America's" Beloved French Chef + Oustanding cook book
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Anthony Bourdain's Les Halles Cookbook: Strategies, Recipes, and Techniques of Classic Bistro Cooking 70 reviews Anthony Bourdain
Bloomsbury USA, 2004
If You Must Have Only One Cook Book Then This Must Be It
+ Bourdain is brilliant + Cooking insights + Handbook of Tasty Pleasure
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The Great Book of French Cuisine: Revised Edition 4 reviews Henri-Paul Pellaprat, Jeremiah Tower
Vendome Press, 2003
Sure it's dated! But it's a great compendium of pre-modern Haute Cuisine
+ Encyclopediac Treatment of haute cuisine. A must for foodies + THE EPITOME OF FRENCH COOKBOOKS
This is one of those lavishly impractical texts that serious food-lovers should own because it so neatly reminds us of the aristocratic origins of French Haute Cuisine. Originally published in 1935 as L'Art Culinaire Moderne, it records, encyclopedically, the last days of the grand hotel cuisine ...
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The Escoffier Cookbook and Guide to the Fine Art of Cookery: For Connoisseurs, Chefs, Epicures Complete With ... 9 reviews Auguste Escoffier
Crown Publishers, Inc., 1969
Bible of Modern French Cuisine, at a budget price! Buy It.
+ The Bible of French cooking + The Esccoffier Cookbook + Fascinating to read, but not a "cookbook" in the modern sense
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The Country Cooking of France 7 reviews Anne Willan
Chronicle Books, 2007
A wonderful addition to your bookshelf
+ The Country Cooking of France + Thorough, intelligent, inspiring and beautiful. + Best Yet + Marvelous addition to French cooking references
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Ducasse Flavors of France 8 reviews Alain Ducasse, Linda Dannenberg
Artisan, 2006
Great Chef, Beautiful Cookbook, Beginners need not apply
+ Coffee Table Cookbook + Blue... blue.... this book is blue (popular french song)... + ducasse the only wild cook from france
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Remembrance of Things Paris: Sixty Years of Writing from Gourmet (Modern Library Food) 1 review Gourmet Magazine Editors
Modern Library, 2005
Reading and Remembering Why I'm an Armchair Traveler
What a great opportunity to learn more about the Paris I love, and French food which I do not prepare at home. I wait for my trips. I am not intimidated with the snooty waiters, as I did my "homework." I'm prepared to ask questions about loaves and wine and anything else. The set-up of the ...
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Chez Jacques: Traditions and Rituals of a Cook 14 reviews Jacques Pepin
Stewart, Tabori & Chang, 2007
Haute Cuisine made simple
+ Excellent Read + True Gourmet + Chez Jacques
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