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!!!
  
  











  



  
Julia and Jacques Cooking at Home51 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
  
  











  



  
Markets of Provence: A Culinary Tour of Southern France6 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!
  
  











  



  
Bouchon36 reviews
Thomas Keller

Artisan, 2004

Fine restaurant cooking you really can do at home.

+ Beautiful book
+ Excellent gift
+ Very inspirational...
  
  











  



  
Larousse Gastronomique Recipe Collection5 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 ...
  
  











  



  
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
  
  











  



  
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 ...
  
  











  



  
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
  
  











  



  
The French Market: More Recipes from a French Kitchen1 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 ...
  
  











  



  
Barefoot in Paris: Easy French Food You Can Make at Home73 reviews
Ina Garten

Clarkson Potter, 2004

French Cuisine

+ Ina's Newest Fan
+ like being in paris
+ It's easy to be French with Ina.......
  
  











  



  
Rick Stein's French Odyssey: Over 100 New Recipes Inspired by the Flavours of France3 reviews
Rick Stein

BBC Books, 2005

overwhelming odyssey

+ great eating
+ Superb as ever!

beguiling trip in unfamiliar territory, great food and illustrations
  
  











  



  
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!
  
  











  



  
Fast Food My Way49 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
  
  











  



  
Anthony Bourdain's Les Halles Cookbook: Strategies, Recipes, and Techniques of Classic Bistro Cooking70 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
  
  











  



  
The Great Book of French Cuisine: Revised Edition4 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 ...
  
  











  



  
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
  
  











  



  
The Country Cooking of France7 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
  
  











  



  
Ducasse Flavors of France8 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
  
  











  



  
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 ...
  
  











  



  
Chez Jacques: Traditions and Rituals of a Cook14 reviews
Jacques Pepin

Stewart, Tabori & Chang, 2007

Haute Cuisine made simple

+ Excellent Read
+ True Gourmet
+ Chez Jacques